Chaos | A Ninjago High School AU

Chapter 24

*12 days later*

Nya's POV

"Stop moving," I instruct Jay, my hands weaving the strands of his auburn hair into little braids. There's not enough to do a big one, so I have to make several little braids.

"But it's hard sitting still," he whines, trying to grab a chip while keeping the rest of his body still. It's another one of our movie nights, but this time, we chose a detective movie. It's a nice switch from our usual horror movie or Starfarer.

"I'm almost done," I reassure him, moving one group of hair over the other. After about thirty more seconds, I tie it up and finish. "Now, you can come back up here."

He leaves the braids  in, moving up to the couch, putting his arm is around my shoulders. I lean into his shoulder. "The culprit is totally the guy who brought the case in. Look at how smug he is," Jay points out.

"But why would he bring the case to the best detective in town? I understand that it would make him look less suspicious cause he brought it up, but wouldn't he have brought it to a worse detective?" I reason. "I think that it's actually the waitress. She has that one evil look in her eye I've only ever seen Harumi have."

"Speaking of Harumi, where are her and Kai tonight?"

"They're on a date, which is probably going to result in her and Kai showing up around ten and disappearing into his room and making a lot of noise," I answer honestly. He cringes.

"They won't care that you're sitting right here?" he asks. I shake my head.

"If anything, it seems like they're always louder when they know I'm in the house," I shiver, thinking about the countless times I've had to stop doing what I'm doing to leave once I hear them.

"That's nasty. Do you want popcorn?" he switches the subject, grabbing the bowl that we popped from the table.

"No thanks," I go back to watching the movie. Now, the detective is an a deserted ally, needing to meet up with a local thug to get the information needed to complete his case. He's nervous, but is also confident in his skills.

"This is about to get good."

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"Haha, I told you it was the waitress!" I sit up in victory since I can't jump up. "It was the sneaky look that she gave. That's the look of a snake."

"Okay, but imagine how shocking it would've been if it was the guy who brought in the case," he laughs. "But you win."

"Thank you, thank you," I fake bow. "Also, can we rain check our board game day tomorrow? I forgot that I promised Skylor I'd go over to her place tomorrow."

"Of course, even though I am going to miss you. Maybe I could work on a truck with my dad."

"Thank you."

"It's nice that you guys are friends now, even if it's a bit odd since she used to be a thing with Kai."

"We bond over disliking Kai," I laugh before I hear a rumble outside. "Speaking of the devil, he's home. Shield your eyes."

Jay looks confused,"Why?"

"Oh, you'll see," I say. As if on cue, Kai and Harumi walk through the door. Once she closes the door behind her, he presses her against the door. He presses his lips against her neck. "Disgusting."

At the sound of my voice, both of their heads snap in our direction. Kai looks slightly embarrassed. His face seems like it's the same color as his shirt. Instead of looking pissed like I expected, Harumi looks neutral, maybe even a little bit relieved.