▬promise of particles▬lloyd x FEM!reader▬

Festivities Lead to Freak Outs:168:

Stepping in you were.. pleasantly surprised. It looked like a middle school dance, people standing and sitting at tables or along the wall awkwardly, a wall of food in trays, and people swinging in the middle to music.

Cole immediately pushed through, running over to the buffet and beginning to grab a little bit of everything. It did look pretty good.

"My favorite team!" Roby slid over, causing the rug to roll up. "Don't tell anyone I said that though. There is a full buffet, but also take a menu, order whatever your heart desires! You want a tour?" He asked, glancing to WyldFyre.

She frowned, watching him suspiciously. "I don't need a distr-"

You nudged her, nodding. "'Fyre, have some fun. It's okay to not be guarded all the time."

"See! I like you! An adult who doesn't make the fun meter go whomp-whomp!" Roby grinned, grabbing WyldFyre's arm and pulling her over.

You weren't sure how to feel about being called an adult. It was true, but damn you felt old.

Relenting, she started walking with Roby, and looked happy. What was up with her? Was she just nervous about a crush.. or did she not think Roby liked her back? (The boy practically had love eyes at her).

Nya ran over to a girl with a green mohawk, and an invisible.. man... Tox and Mr. Pale. People you recognized. They had survived the Merge and it's after effects. Zane ran over to probably get a status update on them.

It made you start wondering if anyone else was here, seriously. Turner? Karloff? It'd be nice seeing faces you hadn't seen since the Merge.

Sora slipped away, talking to someone. And you were just glad she was being social.

As you passed the group of people mingling and dancing, Lloyd spun you around, grinning. It brought you back in a way. You remembered dancing and twirling in KoKo's kitchen while baking minty brownies.

Mhm.. food. Pulling Lloyd back off the floor, you dragged him to a buffet table.

Out of the corner of your eye, you couldn't help but notice WyldFyre causing a scene. Or.. at least her lighting up her fist as security surrounded her. She was across the room and you couldn't make out what was going on.

"Do you think they'd have Dairy Queen fries?" Lloyd mindlessly spoke out loud, sighing. "Said we could order anything.. and damn I haven't had take out since the Merge."

You shrugged. Glancing over the food, you watched the deserts scattered around, some obviously homemade. You should've probably brought something. "They might have those buffet fries that taste too much like potato."

He recoiled, "ew. I'll just.." he glanced around, "eat some salad and chicken." Lloyd grinned, picking up the first thing he saw. "Time honored meal of the Ninja."

Yeah right. "Wu could barely even cook anything other than tea, I don't think it's time honored unless Zane's cooking counts as old."

Rolling his eyes, he took a bit of salad humming. "It's pretty good! Try some!"

You took his fork, sliding the green and strange dressing into your mouth. It was orangey and peppery but had a sweet undertone. Was, pretty good. "Right. Let me find something before we sit down then."

Lloyd turned around to continue down the line of tables, bumping face first into black fur.

You froze, picking up a knife from the table. Ras. What was he doing here- and why the hell did he have abs?? Geez modesty!

Ras caught him, before pushing him back. "Did I.. startle you.. Lloyd?" He growled, eyes drifting to the knife in your hand. "Call your.. guard dog off."