I opened my window and stared at the night sky, letting the cold breeze of air kiss my awfully tired face. I just got back from Chen's party and I had nothing else to do.
Last time I saw Brandon was yesterday on Friday. And my job at the candy store was exhausting, considering I had to work while my arm was still healing.
Speaking of my burnt arm, it wasn't getting any better and it still looked like burnt zombie flesh. Just in case you were wondering.
My attention shifted to the sound of a window opening in front of me. Lloyd got his head out to look at the sky, his blond hair was kind of messy, as if he just got out of bed...at night. He was wearing a green T-shirt. I swear, this dude always wears green, and I'm concerned about that.
He rested his chin on his hand and said to me "Hello, Y/n."
I waved hello and continued staring at the sky.
"Is everything okay?" he asked.
"Everything is fine." I stared at the windows below me. I was so tired, not just physically.
He wasn't satisfied with that answer. "Are you sure? You can tell me, I might be able to help."
I let out a long sigh. "I just wish things would be easier." If only it was easier to figure out the identities of the ninja. And I'm sure it's obvious and that I'm the stupid one who doesn't see it.
"I know what you mean. Things just seem to get worse and worse."
No, you don't know what I mean. You don't have a secret mission that puts your future at risk, Lloyd.
"If only we could at least skip school," I said "I mean, what's the point in leaving our homes if we were going to get attacked by Garmadon anyway? Why are we even risking our lives? It's not even worth it."
He nodded "You're right. If only my mom would let me drop out of school and become homeschooled."
"What?" I asked. "Why?"
"You know why, everyone does. It's not like seeing people at school is doing me any good." He added "Being bullied and called names every day is not fun at all."
I stared into his green eyes which seem to get more and more familiar each day. "I feel you. People are hella annoying."
He kept the awkward silence for a few seconds then asked "Was being homeschooled better than going to an actual school?"
Oh, you don't want to know about my experience.
"Well, it's different for each person. I was actually okay with it, it wasn't that bad, except that the attention was all on me which made things kind of uncomfortable." I added "And it made my dad so mad whenever I got things wrong, saying that I had all the time and attention and still didn't get it right-"
"Wait a minute, your dad?" He asked "Didn't you say that he...?"
"He's my adoptive father." I don't know why I didn't leave it there, and instead said "Well...actually he didn't adopt me either, but it would be hard to refer to him in front of people without explaining."
He was so confused. "So he took you in when you were a kid? Is that what you're saying?"
"Exactly."
"Isn't that literally child abduction?"
"It is-" -Wait a damn minute. Damn, I forgot that Garmadon literally kidnapped me. Meh, it wouldn't make a difference either way.
"But...just leave it there, okay? I don't want to talk about it."
"Okay, even though I should be calling the police right now." I gave him a glare, he added "Or maybe not."
He looked inside his room for a second then back at me. "My friends and I are going to the arcade tomorrow. Do you want to join us?"
Arcade?
"Sure, I'd love to."
He smiled "Great! We haven't decided on the time yet, so umm...Can I get your number so I can send you the time when we decide?"
What an excuse to get a girl's number.
"Sure." Why the heck did I say that?
So we exchanged numbers and said goodnight before we shut the windows. And I spent the rest of the night thinking about stuff, random stuff and remembering things.
The last attack was two days ago. My over-cooked beef looking arm was still painful, thanks to the Fire Ninja.
"Watch out!" I recalled the warning the Green Ninja shouted at me.
He could've kept his mouth shut and not cared if I got hurt or not. Instead, he came to me and bandaged my burned arm and took me to safety.
Why? Aren't I an enemy? I literally left him trapped in a spider web the first time we met. Shouldn't he have done the same to me?
Okay, Y/n. Stop thinking about the Green Ninja and relax. You'll go to the arcade tomorrow with Lloyd and have a good time. Don't exhaust yourself.
He's still an idiot though, the Green Ninja, I mean.
I sighed. Thinking about the Green Ninja's stupidity could wait. I should think about tomorrow's hangout with Lloyd and his friends.
Would I really have fun at the arcade tomorrow? Well, only if you beat Lloyd in the games and see the disappointed look in his eyes when he loses.
His green eyes, that remind me of...
Hold up-
"Are you okay, miss?" The Green Ninja asked when he caught me when I fell over the blown-up bridge, and the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes were his green eyes staring right at me.
"I'll help you...only if you took off your mask." The Green Ninja stared at me with his green eyes in shock.
His eyes...Lloyd's eyes, if I could recall that right, they're the same shade of green. Even their voices.
Could it be? I opened the window again, hoping to see Lloyd. But he disappeared a while go, so I closed my window and sat by my desk.
I shouldn't jump to conclusions, I'm sure Lloyd is not the only one with that eye color. There are a lot of people in Ninjago, it could be anybody.
I turned off the light and went to bed.
~3rd Person POV~
As Y/n's consciousness was slowly slipping away and taking her to the dream world, Lloyd was still up in his room.
This stupid green boy couldn't think of anything else to say to get her number except for the time they'd go to the arcade.
And this dumbass lied out of panic, his friends already agreed on going at two in the afternoon. And some of them weren't even sure if they were going.
Should he text her and tell her they're going at two? Or did she fall asleep already? Maybe he should tell her when he wakes up the next day.
And his train of thoughts was interrupted by his mom barging into his room looking angry. "Go to sleep! Fix your bedtime and don't stay up until midnight for once!"
"But mom-"
"You're not Cinderella to stay up that late, now go to sleep!" She slammed the door shut after she left.
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"Raise your hand like this, and then shoot."
Twelve-year-old Y/n did as Garmadon asked and shot the glass bottle that was lying on a table across the room, now it was shattered to pieces on the ground. "Like this?"
"You're getting better." Garmadon said and gave her a pat on the head with one of his lower hands. "Shoot the one on the right."
"Okay." She did as he asked, but the bullet went straight into the wall this time and into the room behind it.
"Hey!!" Somebody yelled from the other room.
"Sorry!" she apologized before laughing with Garmadon...and he choked on his popcorn.
"Are you okay?!" Y/n asked.
"What do you see?" he asked then stopped choking and took a deep breath. "That was close, I thought I was dying."
Y/n shot the next bottle before he could say anything else. And she actually shot it this time.
"You still need some training."
"I know." A frown covered her face.
"You might become better than me in the future. And if that happened, I might even consider making you my general number one."
She grinned "Really?"
"Really. You'd make a fantastic general, then we'll conquer Ninjago city together...if I failed in all my attacks for the next few years."
She was still grinning. She set the weapon with its family of deadly guns and started running around the room. "I'm going to become a general!!!"
"Careful!" he warned.
But it was too late, she already slipped on the carpet and fell on her face, kissing the cold floor.