Warning: swears, my headcanons, my humor, my (bad) grammar, mostly unedited
TW: slight possessiveness?

I fkn meant it when I said u should just go w the flow chat

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It was Lloyd who introduced you to the team. Well, not THE team, just other people on THE team. HE was your first friend. Well, not like that! You had other friends before him, of course! It's just that... He was your main friend after you entered high school, and it was HIM who introduced you to the others.

He had you (as a friend!) first.

Yet, being your amazing, super friendly and overly kind self, you befriended the other five in record time.

Not gonna lie, it was... certainly an adjustment.

It's not like you two were friends for that long when he introduced you to the others, it barely lasted a month and a half. When they found out he had another friend, and not an Elemental Master, everyone immediately wanted to meet you.

Being ninjas and all, a bit of, well, stalking happened. And it was at that time that Cole just decided you were gonna be his other bestie.

And as soon as you two started talking, that decision quickly came to fruition.

Lloyd was still your main, maybe even favourite. He knows that, he asked you.

I mean— He asked if you liked his friends! And you, of course, said 'yes', quickly adding he was still at the top of your list.

Although there was no denying it, Cole was right behind him on the second and a half place.

Second. And. A. Half.

The fuck does that even mean?

It should be funny, cute even (maybe???).

But it made him feel... weird.

Cole was totally fine with it, he was amused and honoured if anything! But Lloyd felt as if though it was off, not quite right.

Why did it bother him so much?

Well, the easy answer would probably be: you were his first actually friend; as much as he loved the others, they were more or less forced to be friends with him (at the beginning at the very least). You chose to be his friend.

The others could have other friends if they really wanted to. Actually, they were, in fact, friends with a few people outside their team (and their shared friends within other Elemental Masters and/or Wu's friends)! Sure it wasn't an impressing number, but compared to Lloyd's it was massive! He never had the luxury of just making friends, he didn't make friends, if Destiny was feeling nice someone made friends with him.

Once.

Someone decided to be his friend out of their own free will once.

The possibility of this happening ever again was so low he didn't even wanna think about it. And more so, he didn't want to— couldn't waste this gift, blessing even.

But his Blessing, his precious, little, Blessing... He needed to share.

...

Stupid Dragon instincts. Stupid possessive impulses. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

He let out a sigh, a bit too loud in his annoyance, you and Cole stopped your playful argument about best cake type and looked in his direction. You frowned seeing the sour expression, "Hey, everything's alright?"

A meak nod. "Mhm..."

You looked at Cole for help, his eyes still on the blond as he thought. They knew each other long enough for the Earth Ninja to notice, and almost instantly understand.

It's the same expression Lloyd would wear whenever the team talked about their parents, mostly their fathers.

Lloyd was jealous.

Call him cruel, but Cole couldn't help but snigger at the realization, making you immensely confused. The brunet nudged you, giving this smug look. "Someone's a little green today" Lloyd's eyes snapped to him, eyebrows drew together in a stern look – a warning.

You glanced back at your main friend, a bit worried, but still mainly confused. If anything, Lloyd's cheeks were a little pink. After a moment, you turned back to Cole, giving him a look. "Stop scaring me!"

He blinked at you owlishly. "Bro."

"Don't 'Bro' me!" You crossed your arms, light-heartedly glaring.

Cole rolled his eyes, then composed himself and smiled anew, throwing an arm around your shoulder. "Anyway, how 'bout we settle this at that new Cafe?"

Your eyes sparkled and a smile blossomed on your face. "Daydream?"

"Mhmmm" Cole quickly glanced at his teammate, the death glare only made his grin grow.

"Hell yeah!"

"Great! So it's a date"

What.

You blinked, then furrowed your brows, still smiling. "Right. So, just the two of us?"

"Obviously. Anyway, Imma go finish that Art project" He (finally) took his arm away. "Text you the details of our date later~"

"Okay! Good luck"

Now he scoffed playfully. "I don't need luck"

You rolled your eyes. "Yeah, yeah" You waved at him, and he did the same, as he started walking off. Not wasting any time, you took a seat next to Lloyd, who avoided looking at you and instead openly sulked. You stared in deep confusion for a second before lightly poking his arm to catch his attention. It didn't really work. You frowned, "You sure you're okay?"

"Splendid." He didn't mean to growl. He really didn't.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Stars, why were you so nice? Why couldn't you just be angry at him? Why did you have to be worried of all things?

"Nothing's wrong." He turned away more as you tried making eye contact.

"I have eyes. I can see you're upset"

"Well, you're wrong"

You furrowed your brows. "Then why don't you look at me?"

Lloyd didn't answer.

Your expression quickly softened. "You know you can talk to me, right? If something's bothering you, just please tell me"

No. He can't possibly say that. You'll run for the door and never come back.

You placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm bothered by you not talking to me right now" You said a bit firmer, giving an example of how you wanted this conversation to go.

Lloyd pursed his lips, squeezing his eyes shut. Should you run for the door and never come back? [It was s'possed to be 'would' but meh, both fit]

Oh, but it was either that or you'd go on a date with Cole.

By the way: fuck you, Cole.

(Just temporarily.) Because that was a real dick move!

"...I don't want you to go on a date with him" He finally grumbled out a confession, feeling ill just from having to say this. Stupid draconic possessive instincts~

You held a breath in, furrowing your brows as you paused for a second. "Cole? It's not a real date"

Lloyd huffed. "Don't wanna you calling it that... Or being alone with him for that matter"

You took your hand away, growing more and more confused by the minute. "What? Why? Did you guys had a fight or something?"

"No." He answered fast. Too fast. And it came out as a growl again. He took a deep breath, he needed to calm down. "I just don't want you to"

"But why?"

"Because—!" He grunted, annoyed. With himself, his stupid, stupid instincts. He turned around to face you, showing off his big displeased frown. "Because I just don't want you, okay? I don't want you spending alone time with him. And definitely don't call it a stinking date of all things!"

You stared, deadpanning. "He called it a date"

"Yeah! And you played along!"

"It was a joke???"

Lloyd sulked more.

"Okay. What is your deal?"

He scoffed. "Nothing" He tried turning away again but you held him by the shoulders, giving a stern look.

"No. Something. Tell me what"

He met your gaze, you silently stared at each other for a few seconds. Eventually he pursed his lips and looked away, cheeks turning pink again. "I already did. I don't want you spending alone time with him"

You furrowed your brows. "Cole's my friend just as much as yours"

"I know. It's not—" He sighed. No offense, but we're you being dense on purpose? "I'm not jealous about Cole..."

You stared for a moment, then your eyes widened. Oh.

You let out a laugh.

Then pulled away and grinned a shit eating grin. "Oh, you're jelly~! Jelly lil baby!" You teased, poking his pink cheek, making the colour become more vibrant.

"H-hey!" You continued poking his cheek, giggling like a stupid person.

"Lloyd, you're still my favourite. You'll always be my favourite" You reassured, pausing the shitshow and giving a normal, warm smile. "Nothing's changing that"

He looked away. "I know that..."

"Then send the memo to your brain!" You poked his forehead, then booped his nose. "Seriously"

"It's n-not that easy..." He furrowed his brows, still looking to the side.

You sighed. "Would a kiss fix that?"

Lloyd's eyes snapped to you, his whole face turning bright red. "W-w-what!?"

"A kiss" You grinned. "Y'know, like," Without bigger warning, you leaned in and pecked his cheek. "Does that help?" In answer to that he stayed still for about a second, before falling onto his back. You blinked before bursting out laughing.

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Around the corner, Cole patted himself for the good work. Well would ya look at that, he accidentally ended up wingmaning for the blondie! Truly astounding work.

Maybe he should try with Jay and Nya next?

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The shortest one I've made yet, and I have three(?) more left in my notes so, updates upcoming soon???

I'm losing sleep w this collection—

/srs

Btw I have Pizza Game in the bg

Not rlly related just a thing that impacted me not editing this and ignoring weird spelling most the time nowdays (although not all the time, believe it or not those things are NOT half-assed, I'm just not as harsh on meself w this as i am w normal full length stories)