Ninjago Perfect Match Bonus Scenes

Chapter Annotation: He Gets Sick {Lloyd Scenario}

(Requested by @Nya714)

  "You know, I did warn you," you say with a grin.  

(I think most of you saw this coming before it was published, especially since y/n warned Lloyd that he was probably going to get sick if he stayed in the room with her in the previous part. What do you know? She was right.)

Lloyd groans and pulls his covers over his head. "I don't want to hear it, y/n."

"Now you might not be able to pull off your April Fools prank bonanza."

"I said I don't want to hear it," Lloyd repeats, his voice muffled by his blankets.

You came to the monastery to hang out with Lloyd, only to discover that he got the flu from you. You'd almost forgotten about that—you got over your flu almost a week ago.

"Are you sure you want to keep your head under the covers like that? It gets pretty stuffy when you do that."

(Ah, yes, y/n's complete lack of sympathy for Lloyd. Is it wrong that I enjoyed writing this?)

"You're not under here," Lloyd calls. "That's good enough for me."

You fold your arms and lean against Lloyd's door frame. "Somebody's cranky when they're sick."

"Mmrmph."

"You know, negativity's not healthy for you."

"Mmrmph."

"You should really try to have a more positive—"

"Enough, already!" Lloyd pokes his head out of the covers and leans back against his pillow. "You know, y/n, you could be more sympathetic to sick people."

"Sorry. Force of habit."

"Force of habit?" Lloyd repeats incredulously.

(In all honesty, I think this line is me yelling at my own character using Lloyd's mouth. Please never make fun of someone when they're sick and miserable.)

"You forget what I do to my dad every morning."

Lloyd rolls his eyes at you. "Point taken."

You move into the room and sit down on his bed. "But seriously, I do feel sorry that you're sick. Even if it is your own darn fault."

"Sure, blame it on the person who can't get you back for it," Lloyd jokes. "Just you wait, y/n. I'll think of a way to get you back for this." (Prank war. Why did I not write in a prank war? Dangit, past me.)

"I'm terrified," you tease. "I'm trembling in fear!"

You pretend to shiver in terror and somehow manage to fall off of the bed. You and Lloyd burst out laughing.

"Um, hey, y/n, while you're in here, I should probably tell you something," Lloyd says awkwardly after a few minutes.

(I spent a while working out how I was going to fit y/n finding out that Lloyd should technically still be a kid into the story. On the one hand, in my mind at least, Lloyd would feel like he should be honest with y/n. {Actually, you guys are seeing more of that in action in the newest chapters. I didn't even think of that until right now.} On the other hand, though, y/n would obviously be kind of weirded out by the fact that her boyfriend is technically still a kid. {Don't forget, she's eighteen in the story!})

"What?"

"You're probably not even gonna believe me..." Lloyd mutters.

(Yes, we all know what happened, but y/n doesn't. Sometimes, I think it's hard to forget that these characters actually live in Ninjago, and they don't get to watch their own TV show. Thus, they don't know some things that you, the readers, think of as obvious.)

You fold your arms. "Try me."

Lloyd sighs. "Okay. See that picture on my nightstand?"

You reach over and pick it up. It's a picture of Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, and Lloyd. "Yeah. What about it?"

"Man this feels so weird..." Lloyd mutters. "Notice anything unusual?"

You study the picture again. There doesn't seem to be anything unusual about...wait a minute.

"Lloyd, why do you look like a kid in this picture?"

"Because I was a kid."

(I sense denial. {Also going to be important!})

You frown. "Hang on a minute. When was this taken, and how old are you, anyway?"

"Six months ago, give or take. And do you mean biologically or chronologically?"

You put the picture back on the nightstand. "Lloyd. How. Old. Are. You?"

(Tough moment here for Lloyd. He has no idea how y/n is going to react. For all he knows, this could ruin the whole relationship.)

"Um...twelve."

"TWELVE?!?" you yell. "Explain. Now."

"Okay," Lloyd mumbles. "Calm down."

(I'm pretty sure Lloyd's thinking something along the lines of "okay, that went better than I thought it would" right now.)

You tap your foot. "I'm waiting."

Lloyd takes a deep breath. "Okay, so, back when my dad was evil—long story—he somehow managed to resurrect a Grundal and turn my friends into kids. We were able to fix everything using Tomorrow's Tea, but I got turned into an eighteen-year-old in the process. Don't ask, it's kind of complicated," he adds quickly, seeing the look on your face.

(Again, keep in mind that there are things the ninja don't know. For those of you who are shaky on your Season 2, not long after Lloyd becomes an adult, Garmadon goes back in time to try and keep the ninja from ever forming. The ninja stop him {obviously}, but when they get back to the present, they discover that nobody {including Lloyd} remembers that the Mega-Weapon ever existed. To sum up: Lloyd doesn't know about the Mega-Weapon.)

You sit down on Lloyd's bed again. "You just fried my brain. Your dad used to be evil? He's Lord Garmadon?"

"I told you, it's kind of a long story," Lloyd says.

"Well, I'm not going anywhere. Start talking."