Nya was already sat in the bridge, Kai and the other ninja sat around with her. She must have already got them from the game room.

Jay took a deep breath, then plastered a casual smile on his face. He didn't want anybody to realise how nervous he was.

"So... what's up with you two?" Kai asked.

Jay looked at Nya, silently asking her to start, but then realised she was doing the exact same to him. Nya let out. A little giggle, and sighed, starting herself.

"Jay and I are gonna move in together."

The other members of the ship were quite calm about it, almost as if they had expected this, but as theorised, Kai was hit in the face by disbelief.

"You're whAT?!" He yelled, mouth gaping wide.

"It is not that big of a deal. Jay and Nya have been together for a long time, and if anything, this is past it's due date." Zane said with a smile.

"But... where? Are you gonna leave the Bounty, and live somewhere else?" Cole asked.

"Oh god no. We'd never be able to afford that. Jay will just move into my room. It's honestly super simple." Nya answered, calm and controlled.

Jay still hadn't said anything. He was afraid of what his voice would sound like. Wobbly? Anguished? Scared?

"Fair enough. It makes sense I guess." Lloyd shrugged, not actually paying much attention. He had more important things on his mind.

"I'll miss you in our room, bluebell! Who will I make fun of in the mornings now?" Cole sighed melodramatically, sliding a firm arm around Jay's shoulders.

"Kai?" Zane suggested cheekily.

"Shut up Zane!"

Kai was in a foul mood. Undoubtedly because of Jay and Nya's news.

"Kai, why are you so against us sharing a room?" Nya questioned, crossing her arms and looking at her brother very deliberately.

"I'm not."

"You are, it's really obvious."

"Agh... it's just... I don't want you two to start... doing stuff."

The bridge got a bit silent as people tried to work out what he meant.

"... what do you mean by... stuff?"

Jay knew. Jay had realised what Kai meant the moment it left his mouth. He was still to nervous to speak thought.

However, soon enough, Nya and the others realised too, and Nya's cheeks flushed slightly pink.

"Kai! For heaven's sake! First of all, that's none of your business, and if we did do... stuff... on the Bounty, literally everybody else would hear!" She gasped. Kai shrugged, still not convinced.

"Look, I'm not a little kid anymore. You have no right to dictate my life. Jay and I are going to share a room whether you like it or not." She looked to the side, at her boyfriend, "right Jay?"

Jay forced a smile out and nodded.

"Yeah. I promise I'll behave myself, Kai." Jay half joked. He was thankful that his voice hadn't betrayed him.

The discussion carried on for a little longer, with the occasional passive aggressive comment from Kai, but other than that, everything ran smoothly.

Jay moved a few of his essentials over to Nya's room, trying to postpone the issue of the box under his bed for as long as possible.

Maybe Sensei Wu would have a place he could put it.

The rest of the day passed without much else of anything. The rest of the boys went back to playing video games, while Jay and Nya went back to Nya's - or... their - room, to talk.

Nya asked Jay about all types of stuff. If he didn't mind cuddling in bed. If he wanted to change the set up of the room. If he didn't mind the scented candles and incense she had placed around.

Jay said that he didn't mind any of them.

In fact, he might actually enjoy cuddling in bed.

Though, Jay's binder was starting to feel tight, and along with it, so did his anxiety.

"... hey Jay... do you want to sleep here tonight? Just to... get in the feeling of things, you know?"

Perfectly honestly? He'd love to. He would love to have goodnight kisses and romantic moments and sleepy cuddles, but... his binder felt like it was choking him.

But how could he refuse?

"Sounds alright. Yeah, I'll stay here tonight."

He regretted it as soon as he said it. But what else could he have possibly said instead?

Jay quickly went to the bathroom, lifting off his t-shirt and rolling off his binder.

True, he hated having to wear it. The things it hid gave him so much dysphoria and self hate, that those things had almost been linked to the binder itself, though...

It was a great help. If it wasn't for the simple piece of fabric, Jay would have been discovered a long time ago.

However, the relief to taking it off only lasted for a little while. After doing some stretches and splashing his face with cold water, he had to put it back on, along with his t-shirt.

The weather had taken a turn and gotten hotter again, and having to wear a binder as well as a t-shirt made Jay sweat like hell. Thank god deodorant existed, for if not, he would have had to take a shower every couple of hours.

It felt like the relief had never even happened. He needed a good few hours break from his binder, but... he just couldn't have one. It was really quite scary.

And he didn't know when he would next be able to either.

"We have a couple hours till sundown, and after that... I think it's your turn to cook actually. But... we could move around furniture if you want?"

"Nya, I already said, this is fine."

"You sure?"

"Really. Your room is... actually? Really really nice."

"Well, unlike the boys on this ship, I actually decorate."

"Cole tried to, but Kai told him that his attempts made the room look as bad as his cooking. So... it just stayed plain."

Nya readjusted her position and gave him a bashful smile.

"Are you sure you want to move in?"

"Yeah, Nya. Can you imagine having to share a room with three other sweaty guys who don't shower neeearly enough? I mean... Zane doesn't sweat, but, two sweaty guys is gross enough."

"Eww, you'd better shower enough Jay."

Jay rolled his eyes playfully.

"You know as a fact that I shower every day, sometimes twice in this heat."

"I knooow, just making sure."

She leant forward and kissed him lightly, and Jay let himself melt into the moment, temporarily forgetting the troubles he was facing.

Nya let it draw on for a few moments, then broke away, standing up and stretching her legs.

"I'll help you make food if you want?" She said, giving him an affectionate look that made his heart flutter.

"S-Sure..."

They headed to the kitchen, and began discussing what to cook, but the worries of the future corrupted Jay's mind, to the point where he could think of nothing else.