Emerald Embers | Ninjago Greenflame OneShots

Lost and Found - fluff

Lloyd's POV

Okay. I'm going to do it. It shouldn't be that hard, right? I mean, me and Kai have been dating for a year and a half, so how hard can it be to propose? But what if he says no? Then what am I supposed to do? What if it's too soon? What if after all this, he doesn't even love me anym-

"Lloyd?" I hear Zane ask, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Are you alright? It's been quite some time since you talked."

Oh,right. It's been like 15 minutes and here I am,not even looking at anybody.

"Oh,yea, I-Im okay,thanks." I stuttered. Zane nodded and walked to another room. Well that was...weird. I hope he doesn't see through me though. I've been thinking about this for a while now,I even asked my mom's opinion on rings to get before I bought one. It was fairly simple, a silver ring with two gems in it, one green and one red. I hope he likes it.

I looked over the table to see only Jay and Nya left,talking to each other. I guess I should ask them how to propose, Nya being Kai's brother and all. I was still really nervous to do it, so maybe talking to them would help.

"Uh,hey Nya?" I asked,even though I didn't really wanna talk about it much. "Yea?" she asked,turning to my direction. I felt my heart beat much faster. Why am I so nervous?! I wanted to do this,why can't I just ask her-

"Uh...you there buddy?" Jay asked,facing me now as well. I calmed down a little,but not really. "H-How do I propose?" I asked shakily.

I could tell that they were a little confused, given that I hadn't told them yet. Their expressions quickly changed to sympathetic...at least Nya's did. Jay spoke first; "Oh, this is about Kai, isn't it?" My face heated up a lot,I could tell.

"Jay,don't say that!" Nya giggled. She then turned back to me, "Look, Lloyd. I know my brother better than anyone else. But I'm not too sure what his opinion is on the perfect proposal. But I'm sure whatever you choose to do will make him happy." I smiled. It was good to hear that from someone other than my mom."Yea man,just tell him how you feel,I bet he'll feel the same." Jay added.

I took the crimson box out of my pocket and let the ring fall out into my hands. "Thanks guys." I said,smiling at them. "I hope you're right..."

Third Person POV

Meanwhile, Kai and Cole went out to get some groceries. They were just joking around and talking about not much in particular. Though as he was talking, Cole could see that the latter may be faking a smile. So he decided to stop talking, and think of what to say. After some moments of silence, Cole asked, "Have you been doin alright,man?"

Kai looked at his feet for a minute. He did have a lot of things on his mind, like why his boyfriend's been so distant and nervous around him like when they first started dating. He wants to ask if something is wrong, but Lloyd always brushed the question off. "Hey...Cole?" the brunette asked. "Do you.....know what's wrong with Lloyd?"

Cole in fact did know, but the blonde didn't want Kai to know just yet, so he kept his mouth shut. "Uh...what do you mean?" Cole asked.

"Well,he's been avoiding me....and....I wouldn't know if I did something wrong..." Kai choked. Even though Cole really wanted to tell his friend the truth, he couldn't. Not yet. "Dude,look. You didn't do anything wrong. I'm sure he just has a lot on his mind,with everything that's been going on. I mean it was pretty bad,huh?" Cole said.

This much was true. The group barely had any time to spend together since there was a string of serpentine attacks, followed by missing person cases in the past few weeks. Luckily, the ninja found the missing children (all being around 5-10), aside from one; who was already dead. While all that happened, Lloyd was in quite a dark place; thinking back to his abusive childhood and having a lot of panic attacks. Kai was there to comfort him along with his sister and friends, sure, but Lloyd still felt somewhat alone.