Lloyd’s Movie-Perfect Surprise
The snow blew outside as the Ninja hung their holiday decorations. Lloyd was especially concentrated, and technically breaking the rules by using his powers but he was running out of time— at least that’s what he told himself. He began mumbling his frustrations as his energy infused hands twitched.
“You look like you’re about to shit yourself.”
Kai stood next to him, startling Lloyd. His powers vanished and his agitation rose.
“Kai! You messed me up! I’m trying to—“
The brothers looked up, seeing the now hung mistletoe. Being spooked must’ve put it into place.
“As per usual, my presence is everyone’s lucky charm. You’re welcome.” Kai bloated, proud from completing a task he had little part in. Lloyd was less than amused and rolled his eyes, “Whatever.”
Jay snickered loudly near the corner with Zane behind him untangling the lights wrapped around himself and Jay.
“What’s so funny?” Lloyd was at a loss, but Jay laughed at everything that crossed his path.
“Both of you are under the mistletoe!”
Lloyd finally understood what Jay was trying to imply, and he thought it ridiculous.
“It doesn’t count.”
“It does! Wouldn’t you say, Zane?” Jay said cheekily. Zane paused, scanning Lloyd and Kai, before he smirked devilishly.
“Of course it counts.”
Lloyd folded his arms, glaring at Zane before looking to Kai for reassurance— but much to his dismay Kai smiled and winked at him.
“No way! This is for one person and that’s not you—“
Kai leaped on the blonde, wrapping his arm around Lloyds neck, putting him into a choke hold. Lloyd struggled, trying to pry away from his brother. Jay and Zane stood there, watching them wrestle under the mistletoe.
“This is— for my boyfriend! Get— I’ll bite you!”
“Give your bro a smooch!”
“Ew!” Lloyd opened his mouth and placed his small fangs against Kai’s arm, silently threatening to bite him, but they both knew Lloyd wouldn’t follow through.
“Fine! Then I’ll have to just steal one.” Kai pulled Lloyds beanie off and gave him a big smooch on the forehead before letting go. Kai smiled, throwing Lloyds beanie in his face.
“You’re so lame.”
“But you love me.” Kai grabbed a box from the hallway, before entering the living room with the others.
Lloyd thought to chase them to stop Jay from telling everyone, but he let it go. He smiled instead, rubbing his forehead with his sleeve.
His smile faded as he gazed at the ceiling, the mistletoe was crooked. Lloyd could’ve left it, but he wanted his surprise to be nothing short of perfect, so he began to readjust it with his powers.
“I get the feeling you’re hiding from me.”
Lloyd jumped, startled again, and the mistletoe fell to the ground. Right in between him and Jorge. Lloyd froze, red as a tomato, watching Jorge stare at the mistletoe on the ground.
Jorge turned to Lloyd, and then glanced behind him. Jay’s voice echoed from the living room.
“Is this why—“
How embarrassing! Lloyd wasn’t going to let him hear that. He wrapped the mistletoe in an energy shield and rose it above Jorge, before leaping onto him and wrapping his legs around him.
“Don’t listen to that—“
Before Jorge could even react, Lloyd planted his lips on his boyfriend. Jorge’s eyes closed after the initial shock, and he held Lloyd in his arms.
“You do know you’re supposed to cover my ears, not my lips, right?”
It took a moment for Lloyd to realize what he’d done. His palms were sweaty and his heart raced. He was so focused on getting that perfect kiss from the holiday movies he went right for the lips.
“Uh- whoops?“
“But do it again— it might work this time.”
Lloyd smiled, he loved when Jorge played along. He wrapped his free arm around his lover’s neck. Gazing into his bright eyes and falling down to his lips. Lloyd kissed him again, and it was even better than the movies.
“Ew!” Kai gagged, as the other ninja peaked into the hallway.
Okay maybe not holiday movie perfect, but it was perfect for Lloyd.
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2ND-5 LOG 0009
Uh, question I guess for whoever can answer this: do the gods just... like baking?
It feels out-of-character somehow. Normally they're all, uh, sacrifices and strange requests and I have spent an hour trying to find a place I can make ice, of all things, you know? But also, uh. I mean. There's increasingly strong evidence that they just, uh. Like baking. I think.
I mean, uh. It started with - I've been getting these blank seals. I figured out you can apply them for crystals, if you modify them correctly. And, uh, I tried. There was a way to modify them using cakes? It was relatively cheap, and I was, uh, really tired of hunting down monoliths, and - well. Uh.
I did two; I won the second one. My mouth still tastes like sugar though, I think. I didn't have to actually eat all the cakes, just sorta - little tiny bites? And, uh. I can only assume one of the gods likes baking. Or something. It's the only explanation. Especially given -
I, uh, have been looking for carbon lately. Or just chromatic steel, that works too. So I've been doing a bunch of vaults. And, uh...
I mean. I don't know. The chocolate water is more annoying than anything else, since I can't see through it, and if my mouth tasted like sugar before...
It's been a weird few days?
I feel like I'm saying that more and more. It's been a weird few days. It's been an odd few days. It's been strange. I don't know. What's normal, anyway? Probably nothing, really, except maybe all the killing.
Anyway, the gingerbread cookies yell at me when I kill them. So that's neat!
...I should be less annoyed by cakes and baked vaults than I am, maybe. You'd think that'd be fun, right? I think it's probably fun. Maybe I'm just boring.
I'm swarm, I should like sugar. Uh, I mean.
At least there aren't creepers in those ones. I shouldn't complain.
Once my mouth stops tasting like frosting, maybe I'll even do the cake thing again. It was a fun enough change of pace, I guess.
And hey. Uh, maybe I should see if I remember a cookie recipe, and leave that in the shrine. Maybe that'd make them happier with me. Or maybe the cookies would try to kill me. 50/50, at this rate...
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