Random Drabbles and Scenarios

It's Just a Stupid Crush

Plot: Irizu has a crush on one of his teammates and decides confide in his brother about his dilemma.
Irizu's POV
Word Count: 1,513
Type: Fluff?
A/N: This drabble is much shorter than what I'd usually put out, so apologies for that. Also I don't care if the Ninjago fandom is dead and making OCs and OC x canon ships for this fandom (as well as others) is cringe it's fun for me and that's all that matters to me :)

I approached the door to my brother Cole's room. I knew I would find him there. I knocked on the door and stood back a bit, clutching the crescent moon pendant hanging from my neck, the very pendant that kept my shapeshifting abilities under control.

Cole is my twin brother, younger than me by a few minutes. We were extremely close.

After a couple of seconds the door opened. "Irizu! Hey!" Cole greeted with a small smile. That smile fell as soon as he saw the crestfallen look on my face. "Is everything ok? Did something happen?"

"Can I talk to you about something?" I asked, my voice monotone.

"Of course! Come in." he walked away from the door to let me in and sat on his bed.

I stepped through the door and closed it behind me. I flopped down on the bed beside Cole on my stomach, my face buried onto the mattress.

"I'm in love with a straight guy..." I confessed, my voice muffled by the mattress.

"Come again?" Cole questioned. I lifted my head to speak again.

"l'm in love with a straight guy." I spoke a bit louder before planting my face into the bed again out of embarrassment. I already felt a weight lift off my chest from saying that sentence.

"Ah, really?" Cole asked. I couldn't see him, but I could tell by the tone of his voice that this statement surprised him. I tossed to the side so that I was now lying on my back.

"Yep," I sighed, my hands resting on my chest. "Well, I'm ninety-nine percent sure he is."

"How do you know that for sure?"

This statement made me think for a moment. I knew my answer. I knew my rationale for a hypothesis so possibly outrageous to Cole. I had to get the words together.

"I've seen the way he acts around girls. So... flirty and suggestive..." I explained after a minute of silence. "There's this one girl he met not too long ago. He's head over heels for her as far as I'm aware... We're close, sure, but I don't think he even likes men..."

"You're close?" Cole asked.

I let out a loud nasal exhale. My heart began to hurt for my unrequited love for yet another time. "Like family."  My voice sounded heavy with melancholy. Jeez, I sound so pathetic.

Now that I was this far into the conversation, I realised how silly this really was. It was such a mundane dilemma. Stuff preteens stereotypically would be worried about. With meditation and any kind of spiritual guidance, I could have solved this issue easily without anyone's help. But then again, I knew I could trust my twin brother. We've been through so much together, we both know that we want what's best for each other.

"Irizu." Cole's voice snapped me out of my thoughts before I could go any deeper.

"Hm?" I hummed as I sat up and look at him. He has this expression on his face I simply can't read.