NINJAGO: Amateurs of Adulthood

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When the two friends got home, they were welcomed by Master Wu, who sat on the living room floor in silent meditation.

"Good evening, boys." The master said calmly, never moving his body but letting a small smile grazed his lips while his eyes stayed closed

" 'Sup, Wu." Cole greeted the master

"Ugh..." Jay groaned in reply, waddling like an angry toddler to the boys' room before closing the door rather loudly

Wu flipped open one eye to cock an eyebrow at Cole. The darker boy simply shrugged his shoulders with a clueless look before following Jay to the boys' room

The redheaded boy didn't even bother to change out of his gi before throwing himself face first onto his soft blue sheets

"Aye, bring yo ass down here." Cole commanded when he reached the foot of Jay's top bunk

"Uhm..." Jay groaned again

"Uh uh." Cole said as he shook his head before grabbing one of Jay's ankles and dragging him out of bed

"Holy- Cole...!" Jay exclaimed as he clung onto his sheets and pillow

"Nope, you gon' put this attitude away lil' boy...!" Cole laughed before tossing Jay, who still held onto his pillow, over his shoulder

"Ugh...!" Jay exclaimed, the sound escaping his mouth as his stomach connected with Cole's shoulders

"Cole..." The ginger groaned

The taller boy laid Jay in his own bed and quickly crawled in to lay beside him

"What's up, man?" Cole asked, propping himself up on his arms as he watched Jay. The redhead's chest rose and fell as the air traveled through his lungs, his blue eyes fluttered shut as he heaved a slow and soft sigh.

Jay turned his head to the left, to reach eye contact with his best friend before asking, "Do you have any idea what it's like to be beaten by the same villain twice. In one day?"

"That's what's botherin' you? I mean, you beat 'em 'fore we left." Cole said

"Yeah, but-...! What did you see?"

"Hm?"

"In your vision. What'd you see...?"

Cole stopped playing with a loose hem of Jay's gi and looked up in thought about how he should word this. He was brought back to reality when he felt Jay's light slap on the top of his head

"Hey, dumbass. Did you already forget?" Jay asked with a smile

"You gon get beat the fuck up one day." Cole smiled as he cuddled closer on top of Jay with his face buried in the smaller boy's stomach

"My mom. I saw her again."

"Oh, ouch."

"I saw me, too..." Cole trailed off, quickly remembering what went on inside his head

"You?" Jay asked with confusion, "Everybody loves you...!"

"Yeah, 'cause I'm a ninja, it was when I came out to you, but they changed it to somethin it wasn't."

"Ah, so they can make illusions..." Jay sighed, sounding almost relieved

"Yeah, why?" Cole asked, looking up at Jay

Jay stayed silent for a while, almost laughing when he thought about how silly this question was as he propped himself up on his arms

"...Do you know if Nya's seeing anybody else?"

"Damn okay, went straight for the throat..." Cole laughed before clearing his throat when he saw Jay's stern face, "nah, I don't know."

"Ugh," Jay groaned, flopping back down unto Cole's pillow, "that's what I heard in the dream..."

"And why you puttin yo trust in a villain, anyway?" Cole asked with confusion

"That's my problem, I don't know if it was real or not. I don't really, like, know what to do...I just started feeling better."

Cole knew that Jay was probably feeling pretty bad right now, but how could he console him? Anything he said could have been a lie, but to just let his friend feel bad was unacceptable to him as well.

"Aye, either way, you and Nya broke up, anything that happens with yo relationship after that, is up to you. You really gon' let this fuck y'all up for real?"

"Well excuse me, Cole, a lot of people would be fucked up if their fiance broke up with them for somebody else...!" Jay barked with sarcasm

"You don't know that." Cole sighed before rolling off of Jay's body

"I know, but it's so...whatever." Jay said

"...You want a hug?" Cole asked

Jay turned to his beat friend with a smile before answering, "No, what I want is a shower."

"Hm, then get outta here lil' man. You got places to be." Cole said, breathing a sigh as he closed his eyes. His peace was quickly disrupted when he felt a pressure in his side

When the taller boy turned to look, Jay was clinging to his right, relaxed with closed eyes as his cheek squished into Cole's chest

"Thanks for listening...again..." Jay said softly

Cole had to disregard the intense beating of his heart as he placed his hand on Jay's head, using his fingers to comb through the bouncy, ginger locks

"Anytime, Blue Bell..."

It was calming, really, Jay loved when Cole did stuff like this. The ability to initiate this kind of contact without making it weird was so foreign to him, but it came so naturally to Cole. Of course it did, he's Cole. He's nice to everybody, and everyone likes him. He's cool, and funny, and strong, and handsome...any guy would be lucky to have him as a friend, or a boyfriend. Yeah, he needs a boyfriend to-

Jay was knocked out of his thoughts when he felt a strong hand lightly tap his cheek. He quickly open his eyes and looked around, he was still in Cole's bed with him while the bigger boy massaged his head for who knows how long

"Aye, didn't you say you had somethin' to go do?" Cole asked with a smile

"...Right...! Right!" Jay said as he sat up and got ready to walk out of the room

"And get some towels too! You like to drool..." Cole called out. Jay turned his head to see a very visible pool of spit on Cole's chest.

He turned around, grabbed Cole's blanket, and used it to pat off the spit

"There, you'll live." Jay said calmly, trying not to laugh

Cole made that most hilarious face before he screamed, "UUEGHH NIGGA, GET OUT, GET OUTTA HERE BITCH!" He exclaimed as he used his pillow beat Jay and shoo him out of their room

Jay left the bedroom in hysterics, wiping his eyes as the tears of his laughter threatened the run down his face. He felt so much better thanks to Cole, he'd make it up to him next time.

The redhead walked up to the bathroom door and turned it happily

However, when he opened the door, he was met with a horrid sight. So much so, that all he could do was shriek in terror