Chapter 21: Sweet dreams and a time traveller's dilemma.
Reader Key:
(Y/N) = Your Name.
(H/L) = Hair Length.
(H/C) = Hair Colour.
(E/C) = Eye Colour.
(N/N) = Nickname.
Author's Note: Shout outs to Ughhhhhhhhhh21 and Himyourfriendmeep.
Who looked at the list of the main story and pointed out a problem with the Garmadon X (Y/N) X Wu ending.
This lead to a cute story about a young Morro and (Y/N) to being longer and adapted to solve the problem :D
(Third Person P.O.V)
____ The Past ____
(Y/N) had returned to her room in Chen's temple with a fast asleep Morro tightly wrapped in her arms.
She was emotionally exhausted after today. (Y/N) was sure Chen was behind this or was going to try and wield this to his advantage at least. Morro stirred just a little in the protective embrace of (Y/N)'s arms.
(Y/N) gently placed a sleeping Morro on her bed, stroking his hair in a loving and comforting matter. He looked so peaceful just snoozing away without a care in the world.
A soft knocking sound came from the door of (Y/N)'s room. She looks up from the sleeping Morro to give the door a blank stare.
(Y/N) slowly walked over to the door with a frown on her face. When she finally opens the door. (Y/N) blinks at the figure standing at the other side, her eyebrows drawn together in exhausted confusion.
"I'm sorry to bother you so late (Y/N)." Wu says making sure to keep his voice quiet. Wu glances around then earnestly turns back to her. "May I come in?" He looked strangely chastised for inconveniencing (Y/N) so minorly.
Wu's cheeks burn redder the longer (Y/N) stares at him. Wu gives a heavy swallow. "Please." Wu almost begs.
(Y/N) nods her head towards the inside of her room as she steps to the side to allow Wu to come inside. "Is everything all right?" (Y/N) asks, carefully monitoring Wu.
Wu flushes under her protective scrutiny and awkwardly clears his throat. "I... wanted to see you." Wu finally responded, his voice is unusually soft, lacking confidence.
"Why?" (Y/N) questioned, she was not in the mood to deal with anyone right now. She just wanted to curl up in the nice soft bed and cuddle Morro as they both drifted off to the sweet sympathy of sleep.
Wu swallows as the muscles in his back tensed under (Y/N)'s scrutinising glare. "I-I'm not sure." Wu struggles to say and looks down, causing his golden hair to fall into his face.
"(Y/N) I-" Wu murmurs desperately trying to convey to her but struggles to find the words. Wu felt his chest rise and fall with each breath and his hands sweating from being too embarrassed to meet (Y/N)'s impassive gaze.
Without making a sound (Y/N) walks forward and gently lifts Wu's head for him so he was now looking at her.
"Wu. What's wrong?" She asked tenderly brushing the strands of Wu's silky hair from his face. Wu shudders in response and struggles not to sway into her touch.
"I have a lot to say and to ask of you." Wu informed her with teary eyes. "But if you're uncomfortable with what I have to tell you, tell me to leave and I will." Wu adds though the thought seems to pain him.
(Y/N) raises a single expectant eyebrow and crosses her arms for good measure. Waiting. "Proceed." She ordered but kept her voice low so as not to wake Morro.
"I want you to come back to the temple with Morro and I." Wu said. Causing (Y/N) to sigh to herself. And Wu's heart grew heavy and hung his head. Letting his hair fall into his face. His voice is hoarse and desperate. Almost miserable. "(Y/N), if you'll allow me. I will-"
(Y/N) purses her lips and gives him a blank stare. "Wu, it's late. I'm tired." (Y/N) pleaded. She could not deal with this right now. "Do you want to sleep in here with us and we can talk about this in the morning?" (Y/N) offered to the distressed Wu.
Wu paused for a moment before quietly nodding and crawling into the nice, warm, luxurious bed with Morro and (Y/N).
Morro gives a low whine and buries his face into the fabric of Wu's shirt. Wu smiled down at his student. "I'm here little one." Wu softly murmured to the sleepy child.
The time traveller stayed up to watch the sleeping pair. She was left dazed at a loss of words.
It must be nice to not be bothered by the burdens of war and old scars. Not that Wu, his brother and Morro didn't have trauma but it was just that she had lived through more.
What was her goal in life now? She wasn't driven by revenge or knew what to believe in anymore.
Morro let out a tiny whine in his sleep and a feeling of unrest only grew in her.
If she remembered correctly in a few years the Elemental Masters would ambush the Serpentine. She could intervene and do something. Things did not have to go the same way as they originally did. But it would mean risking not existing.
(Y/N)'s situation really seemed unbelievable but she wondered if anyone went back in time before besides her and Ronin. She doubted it. But that brought up the possibility of alternate timelines, ones in which she didn't have this problem.
She didn't want to think anymore. So the time traveller did just that and buried her head in the blanket. Hopefully, the soft sounds of Wu and Morro snoring would get her mind off the mini existential crisis she was having.
But knew one thing. She would do whatever it took to keep Morro alive.
(Third Person P.O.V)
____ The Past ____
Sometime later that night. Wu awoke thanks to the sleepy wriggling of Morro. The small child had decided in the dead of sleep that his Sensei's spleen was the perfect place to wedge his foot.
Wu sleepily did some gymnastics and laid down on the other side of Morro. Wu let out a tired sigh at successfully moving without awaking Morro. Before rolling over and cuddling the nearest source of warmth for comfort.
After a few peaceful moments (Y/N) let out a tired grumble. But otherwise didn't wake. Wu froze for a moment once he realised who he had been cuddling.
Wu's face goes bright right and does his best not to wake her with his stuttering. Wu gulped and took a deep breath in to steady his nerves.
Wu instantly became entranced by (Y/N)'s aroma. So much so that Wu found himself unable to concentrate on what was going on around them anymore. Wu took a small sniff near (Y/N)'s hair and it smelt so wonderful. Whatever she used in her hair smelled absolutely delicious.
It was quite comfortable having (Y/N) this close to him. Wu slowly brought his arm down to her waist and brought her a bit closer to him if that was even possible.
Wu could feel her heartbeat. Every second that passed by felt so... so... Wu just can't think of the word for it. Wu heard a door slam shut suddenly and that got him out of the trance.
(Y/N) jumps up from her sleep and looked around for the source of the noise. Ready to fight any perceived intruder that had barged into the room. Wu took this moment to carefully pull his arms away from (Y/N). While Morro woke up and let out a frightened cry from the loud bang.
"Morro." (Y/N) said and immediately pulled the startled boy into her arms. (Y/N) quickly began to comfort Morro. "Shush, It's ok Morro." (Y/N) gently whispered to the boy. "Just a loud noise. It's safe, go back to sleep." (Y/N) pleaded as she soothed his fears.
Wu rested his head on (Y/N)'s shoulder. "It's all right Morro. We are here." Wu added in hopes of calming Morro. Morro looked up at the pair of them and snuggled in closer.
(Third Person P.O.V)
____ The Past ____
Lord Garmadon was absolutely fuming. His chest and shoulders were tight, his fists were clenched and his brow furrowed with hard eyes and grinding his teeth as he stormed down the hall.
He'd stuck his head into (Y/N)'s room to see if she was alright only to discover his traitorous brother had snuck into her bed at some point that night.
Lord Garmadon had watched for what felt to him like an eternity, seething, trying to think of an excuse to get his beloved away from him but he couldn't think of anything legitimate, so he stormed away to return to his room.
Lord Garmadon was surprised to see Master Chen standing outside of his room, waiting for him.
"Good evening, Lord Garmadon. How was your walk?" Master Chen asked joyfully, bouncing on his toes.
"Fine. Yours?" Lord Garmadon briefly growled back, not looking at Master Chen. "Is something wrong?" Master Chen asked with faux innocence. "No." Lord Garmadon lied. He was too angry to talk about this right now.
"Is there anything wrong with (Y/N)?" Master Chen began to respond nonchalantly, trying his hardest to hide the growing smirk on his face. Lord Garmadon realised what he was getting at and bared his teeth.
"You're jealous aren't you?" Master Chen teased, enjoying the opportunity to mess with him.
"What!?" Lord Garmadon snapped.
"Where's your brother, right now?" Master Chen continued to tease. "He's in her room." Lord Garmadon admitted through clenched teeth. "Oh, my poor student. That awful brother of yours is at it again." Master Chen said sympathetically.
"First he steals all your father's love, then your family home and now he wants the one you love." Master Chen said quietly, rubbing Lord Garmadon's shoulder with one hand. "How cruel can one brother be?"
Lord Garmadon growled and pulled away from his Master.
"I have an idea." Master Chen proposed. "I've been in contact with a matchmaker looking for a Mrs Chen to call my very own." Master Chen explained to his student.
"You're looking for a wife?" Lord Garmadon said in surprise. "Yes, yes. I'm building a legacy here. I'm going to need an heir at some point." Master Chen objected to his students' surprise. "Oh." Was all Lord Garmadon could say in response.
"Anyway. I've heard about this wonderfully deceitful girl who would be more than happy to help you with your brother problem." Master Chen said with a sly grin.
Lord Garmadon hesitated he was unsure on whether he should take up this offer of his Master or not.
"Lord Garmadon." Master Chen said with faux sympathy. "Aren't you scared you're going to lose (Y/N)." Master Chen saw Lord Garmadon open his mouth to speak on the side of his vision, but cut him off before he had the chance to speak.
"Don't you want all of (Y/N)'s affection and attention. Don't you want to get to kiss and hug her." Master Chen continued to say. "I just- I don't want anyone else coming along and sweeping (Y/N) off her feet in front of you. I know how much it would hurt you."
Master Chen quickly walked towards his second in command and lightly tugged his shoulder. Easily turning Lord Garmadon to started walking with him with the ease down a hall to a nearby study.
Author Notes:
1.) Thank you for reading. I'm trying to challenge myself by making this a more lighthearted story. So don't forget to tell me what you think. :)
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