heart2heart | Ninjago Bruise

Waking up in the morning is such an odd experience. For a moment you don't realise where you are. You don't know the day. You don't know the time. It takes a while to adjust to your surroundings - mostly to the difference in light - and for a very brief moment you forget your name. For some, it's not until you turn over when you notice the person laying beside you.

That was the case for Jay.

It'd been almost three weeks since he and Cole officially became a couple. Although they'd never fully discussed labels, it was pretty obvious what they were by now.

They spent almost every second of every day together; playing video games, baking or often just relaxing. It probably looked very suspicious from an outside point of view but neither of them really cared. They were happy - beyond happy - and nothing could get in their way. Well, except for missions.

Although crime rates had been quiet, they still had the odd job and most of the time Jay and Cole were never put on the same team, or one of them would be sent to do a job while the other found something else to do around the Bounty. The earth ninja took that time to perfect his red velvet cupcakes, which Jay had helped him with a few days after their first date. Meanwhile, any time Jay had free from the clutches of his boyfriend was spent trying to finish Fist2Face. Cole said it wasn't productive but Jay just ignored him.

For the past week, Cole found his way to Jay's bed, cuddling up together after watching some sort of action movie that Cole would force them to watch. Jay always preferred rom coms but the earth ninja often fell asleep halfway through them.

Jay smiled - a weak, tired smile - locking eyes with his lover. Cole's eyes were barely open too, but was clearly focussing on the boy he was holding.

"What are you doing here?" Jay whispered, grinning.

"Good morning to you too," Cole croaked in response.

"If you get caught in here-"

"I know, I know," he rolled his eyes, "but how many times have we been caught so far? None. So I thought I'd take my chances."

Jay chuckled, nestling his head into the crook of Cole's shoulder. The perks of having a muscular boyfriend was that he always had a warm pillow in arms reach. He really chose the right person to fall for.

"Besides.." Cole continued, "I barely saw you yesterday."

Jay scoffed, "we spent all morning together."

"Mmm, I'm not counting that as enough time."

"And you stayed in here that night too."

"I'm hearing a lot of yapping coming from your direction."

"I'm just saying .." Jay cut in, dragging out the 'g' as long as possible, "don't you think we're pushing our luck a bit?"

Cole's arm moved from around Jay, swinging around to reach for the edge of the bed, whilst Jay's head peeked up to see what he was doing.

"If you want me to leave-"

" No, no ," Jay reached to grab Cole's arm, bringing it back round to support him, "you aren't going anywhere."

Cole chuckled, pulling his partner closer towards him, burying his head in his messy nest of hair.

"That's what I thought."

"Speaking of yesterday, how was the mission? You got back pretty late I'm assuming," Jay's voice was muffled.

"I'll give you two guesses as to how it went."

"Uh.. it was the greatest experience of your life and if you had to choose between going on vacation to a sunny beach for a year or that mission, you'd choose the mission?" Jay grinned.

"Try again."

A light chuckle escaped Jay's mouth, the warmth radiating off him making Cole's heart fuzzy (which was odd because Cole was already very warm).

"Did they get away?" Jay asked after a minute.

"No, we got them. But it was just incredibly boring."

"At least you weren't stuck in an abandoned building for hours this time."

Cole laughed, "no, but being stuck anywhere with Kai for 10 hours is torture enough. He doesn't stop talking."

Jay's head moved from its comfortable position, his eyes looking for Cole's. The earth ninja glanced down, noticing the raised eyebrow upon his boyfriend's face.