Redemption(Cyrus X Acronix Part 3)

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Overwhelmed(part 13 Vinny x Garmadon)

(go check out part 1-12 if you haven't already)

The two lovers slept for a few hours, but Garmadon woke up first he felt like absolute shit and let out a sigh. The former warlord sat up and stared down at his resting angel and smiled to himself. "I don't deserve you..." he whispered to himself before gently kissing his lovers' forehead earning a soft little smile from Vinny. Garmadon stood up before stretching. He was honestly sick of being here, but he had to help he wanted to help his son. Though it did hurt that his son was afraid of embracing his oni form, but couldn't blame him practically all the onis' he's ever seen have been some what evil not counting Mystake.

Garmadon walked out of the monastery and looked around he opened the gate and sat on the edge. It was pretty late and everyone was resting or so he thought. Garmadon leaned back and stared at the sky the stars were shining and it was beautiful. He really started to admire things when he met Vinny, he would've never seen the significance of something before. The thought of that made him chuckle softly, and closed his eyes. "Mind if i join you?"A voice suddenly called out softly causing Garmadon to turn his attention to the owner of the voice.

It was Lloyd, "Not at all.."Garmadon responded to his son before looking back up at the sky. Lloyd sat down next to his father and stared at the sky. "Does Vinny know you're up?" the green ninja asked his father, which Garmadon responded by shaking his head. "i really am sorry..."Lloyd said breaking a silence that stood there for two minutes. "I said it was fine..."He responded to his son, "No it isn't this isn't the first time i heard someone talk to me in that tone" Lloyd responded.

Garmadon stared at his son before letting out a sigh, "You have every reason to not have given me a chance and think that i could not change...."The oni told his son, "No...no I didn't, i shouldn't be judging you for your past mistakes and it wasn't your fault, but...i am really happy you found someone to give you a chance and i can honestly tell you changed"Lloyd said smiling at his father.

"I agree...about finding a person that believed in me not the other stuff"Garmadon responded quickly adding the last part, hearing this made Lloyd laugh out softly, "Believe what you want but remember what i said" said the green ninja comforting his father. Lloyd leaned on his fathers' shoulder, this caught Garmadon off guard but he didn't mind he really did want to make up with his son. Garmadon rested his hand on his sons' head. The two stayed there for 30minutes until Lloyd fell asleep and Garmadon picked up his son and carried him to his room gently laying him on his bed.

On the way back to his room he saw his brother who gave him a soft smile, as Garmadon entered the room he carefully went back into bed not wanting to wake up Vinny. It was at the moment that he's ever felt so calm before.

(Awwww my heart this is like the most heart warming chapter i've ever written and i love it i mean who doesn't love father and son bonding, it's also long hope you guys enjoy)

Overwhelmed(Vinny x Garmadon)Part 71

(I suggest you check out parts 1-70 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)

“Is there a training grounds here?” Nya asked, Shancai nodded in response.

“We could use some training…fighting against someone we don’t know due to our new threat” Lloyd spoke.

“New threat?” Willow muttered to Vinny.

“Enji…” The cameraman whispered back, Willow made a ‘oh’ sign with her mouth and nodded.

“How about we finish eating then we can go?” Wu asked, receiving nods from the others.

“Where’s your mother?” Jay blurted out to Willow and Shancai, they both shrugged.

“I saw her earlier…but she was busy with something…” the nature elemental spoke, Vinny and Shancai exchange worried looks, wondering what was up with Deity.

They all finished eating and began making their way to the training grounds. When they went by Deitys’ room Vinny paused, he wanted to see her. “Everything alright?” Kai asked the cameraman noticing he stopped walking.

“Uh…yea, go on without me I’ll catch up, just gotta do something” Vinny answered receiving nods from the others as they began walking again, Willow and Shancai staring as him curiously, Vinny pointed to Deitys’ door and they both realised what he was doing and nodded, then walked off.

Once he was alone, he worked up the courage to gently knock on the closed door. He didn’t hear anything and waited a bit more, thankfully the door was opened and Deity stood there. She looked overworked…was that chest Enji took worrying her that much?

“Morning dear…” Deity spoke softly as she gave him a small smile, it was obviously forced and didn’t carry the same comfort of one true smile.

“Morning…” Vinny replied, “Sorry…for bothering you, I just wanted to check on you” he added, Deitys’ expression softened hearing that.

“I’m well dear, did you rest well?” She questioned.

“Yea…I wanted to thank you too, talking to you helped…” Vinny spoke to her, when he spoke to her, he felt like the weight of the world was lifted off his shoulders.

“It’s no problem dear…talking to you helped me as well” She answered, “Is everyone awake?” She added.

“Yep, we were going to the training grounds, Willow suggested Shancai spar with the others and he took up on the idea” Vinny replied.

“That’s good…” she sighed, “I checked up on you early this morning…you weren’t in your room, but then I went to Shancais’…I was surprised seeing you all bunched up together…” she chuckled.

“I wasn’t planning on it…me and him were up and we must’ve woke Willow up, but she came in and suggested a sleepover…it was really nice” Vinny answered, his expression softened at the thought.

“I also happened to check again and find Willow purring makeup on you two” Deity teased, causing Vinny to blush.

“Y-yea she did…but it was funny…” Vinny spoke through embarrassment.

“Best you be off, before you lose your way” she teased.

“R-right!” The cameraman laughed out as he looked back in the hallway, “I’ll see you later” he added, Deity waved goodbye and watched Vinny run off into the hallway and try to catch up with the others.

Vinny was out of breath as he finally made it back to the others, “Look who decided to grace up with his presence” Kai teased as he allowed Vinny to lean against him and catch his breath. Garmadon looked at the cameraman and sighed, he wanted to talk…but how…?

“Those…” Vinny panted as he pointed to the halls, “Are some long ass hallways” he breathed heavily.

“That’s why you walk in them” Shancai spoke as he summoned his spear and gently bonked Vinnys’ head.

“I had to catch up!” The cameraman answered, “And I was not going to talk to someone to find you all!” He added.

“Idiot” Nya teased, as they all exited the palace into a large area.

“Here we are!” Willow spoke joyfully as she pointed to the area, it had archery targets, hay targets and all types of training equipment.

“Sometimes I forget we’re in a huge kingdom…” Cole spoke as he stared into the large area. They went down the stairs and designated one area to their training.

“Shall we warm up?” Zane questioned.

“Stretch” Shancai spoke, “You two may not pull a muscle” he pointed to Zane and Pixal “but they will” he added as he pointed to the rest who are not nindroids. “You’re not fighting I take it?” He asked Vinny.

“I would pull a muscle with or without stretching” Vinny chuckled, and sat down where Shancai pointed. Wu and Garmadon sat on the side.

“Shanni! Take off your armour, you’re sparring!” Willow begged her brother, Shancai rolled his eyes, before taking off his top armour piece, he was wearing a black compression shirt underneath. Goddamn did he have muscles.

“I do not want to fight him…” Jay muttered to Kai and Cole.

“Agreed…” Kai and Cole spoke in agreement, Shancai rested his armour piece next to Vinny, who just stared at it and tried poking it…never again…that’s heavy…

“How about we just do weapons first?! Then we can have on with you all using your powers!” Vinny suggested.

“That’s wise” Zane spoke.

“Very well” Shancai answered as his eyes scanned his spear for any damages, the other ninja nodded in agreement.

As the ninja finished stretching and warming up, they debated who was sparring Shancai first, “I say Jay goes first” Kai suggested.

“W-what why me?!” Jay answered, clearly offended.

“Cause if you can beat him we can” Cole teased, he was just playing along with Kais’ teases.

“He won’t kill you!” Willow called out from next to Vinny in an attempt to comfort them, “Not sure about hurting though!” She added, she wanted to mess with them.

“He’ll hurt them?” Vinny asked her.

“Nah, I’m just messin’ with em’”Willow answered, causing the cameraman to snicker. “How about you all go at it?!” She called out.

“What?” Lloyd asked curiously.

“You all attack him with weapons!” She answered.

“A-are you sure? Maybe that’s too much” Nya questioned.

“What’s that meant to mean?” Shancai questioned, to him it sounded like he was being underestimated.

“N-nothing!” Nya spoke immediately.

“Sure…we can do it…?” Lloyd replied, causing Willow to smile happily.

“You sure this is good?” Vinny asked.

“I know my brother and his limits…and he knows them too” Willow replied to Vinny.

They all positioned themselves, Shancai in the middle surrounded by the others, Vinny, Willow, Garmadon and Pixal all sitting out. Kai attacked first, lunging forward with a sword, the prince dodged with ease, moving with grace. He used the blunt end of his spear to knock the others away.

As Jay attacked with nunchucks Shancai used the spear head to lodge it in the chains of the nunchucks and pull it out of Jays’ hands throwing it to the side. “Cocky” the prince spoke as Kai attacked again, “Slow” he spoke to Cole, who was using a scythe, “Aggressive” he said to Nya, who growled at him.

“I’ll show you aggressive…” Nya grumbled, Cole managed to grab Shancai from behind using the spear to keep his arms back, while Lloyd put a sword to his neck, they seemed to have let their guard down slightly.

Shancai jumped off the ground and used Zanes’ chest for power as he knocked off it, freeing his arms from Coles’ grip and landing behind him, “Save your celebrations till after all escapes are blocked” the prince spoke as he knocked Jay to the ground and held the spear to his throat.

“Geez okay!” Jay spoke with fear, he didn’t like this, Shancai sighed and got up.

“You spend too much time calculating every possible outcome, remember you don’t know your opponent you’ve never fought me before” Shancai spoke as he used his spear to point to Zane.

“I like him…” Wu muttered to Garmadon, Wu clearly liked his teaching style and how he critiqued their flaws.

“You put too much power in your hits and that slows you down” Shancai spoke as he pointed to Cole, “Too confident in yourself…you don’t know your limits” points to Kai.

“He didn’t kill them…but he killed something” Vinny muttered to Willow who laughed.

“Aggressive, something spoken that you dislike you’re triggered” Shancai spoke and pointed to Nya, “And you’re not confident enough” points to Lloyd.

“Geez…harsh much” Kai spoke, with fake offence.

As Shancai began helping better their techniques Wu got up and began helping as well, they did get along quite well. Pixal joined Zane in seeing how she can better her techniques.

“Gonna go see what he says about me” Willow spoke to Vinny as she got up and went to her brother Vinny nodded. Now it was just Garmadon and Vinny sitting out.

The cameraman tried to ignore Garmadons’ presence and focus on what Shancai was doing, but it failed…because Garmadon sat next to him, “Hey…” the oni spoke quietly.

“Hey…” Vinny replied bluntly, he didn’t want to talk, but he missed him.

“I…need to talk about something…” Garmadon mumbled, his voice becoming quieter and sadder.

“If it’s about my health then no we won’t talk about it…” Vinny sighed as he looked at the ground.

“It…isn’t…” The oni whispered, Vinny looked at him curiously…what could it be about…?

“Alright…I’m listening…” the cameraman sighed.

“I understand…the past few days haven’t been the best for both of us…” Garmadon began, Vinny nodded in following, “I love you…I really do…” he added quietly, the cameraman looked at him curiously…where was this going…?

“What’s wrong…?” Vinny asked, he was impatient, he was scared, nervous and terrified…

“A break…” Garmadon confessed quietly, Vinnys’ heart dropped.

“A-a break? What’s that meant to mean?” The cameraman asked, he needed to make sure it wasn’t what he thought it would be…

“We need a break Vinny…” Garmadon repeated as he stared at the ground, he couldn’t bring himself to look at Vinny.

Vinnys’ heart dropped heading those words, his mind just turned off, “I-is it me…?” He managed to whisper out.

Garmadon immediately panicked seeing Vinnys’ reaction, “N-no…it’s not…we just need…some space from each other, you need space…” Garmadon answered, as he looked at Vinny.

“R-right…just a break…” Vinny breathed out sharply.

“I…I still love you…I do, though having a relationship at the moment isn’t working for us…” Garmadon confessed, it clearly pained him to say all this.

Vinny just nodded, he couldn’t speak, he couldn’t think, he couldn’t move…what was happening…?

“Are you a-“ Garmadon cut himself off as Vinny got up and walked away. He really didn’t know what he was doing…he wanted to keep Vinny safe…but nothing was working…

Vinnys’ mind and body worked in auto pilot as it just walked back inside the palace. Nya, Wu, and Lloyd noticed this and turned their attention to Garmadon, who was looking at the ground rubbing his temples and stroking a hand through his hand.

Vinny just kept walking and walking…where was he going…? No idea…did he want to know? No…all he knew was that his life just collapsed in the span of 3 minutes…

(YA’LL I CRIED WHILE WRITING THIS)

Overwhelmed (Part2)(Vinny x Garmadon (I suggest you check out part one first)

Vinny gave Garmadon a small smile before plummeting his head back into the couch. “Vinny are you sure you’re feeling alright?”Garmadon asked again this time his voice have a hint of worry.

“I told I’m fine like I already told you just another long day, I mean I have to walk around with that camera all day so I’m just tired”Vinny replied a little bit bothered. “You should eat”Garmadon said.

Vinny turned onto his back and let out a sigh,”I guess you’re right”the smaller sat up and was about to get up when Garmadon pushed him back down.”Stay, I’ll bring it we can eat here”the larger said.Vinny was honestly surprised but wasn’t bothered to say anything.

Garmadon came back with two bowls of noodles, he gave one to Vinny and sat down next to him. “Thanks Garm, I appreciate this…”the mortal chuckled. “It as you said try to do things that’ll most likely be appreciated and liked”Garmadon replied.

The two continued eating and talking about their day,well at least Vinny, Garmadon doesn’t usually go out of the apartment alone.

“Vinny, may I ask why you are in a different mood today?”Garmadon asked, he could tell Vinny was acting different from the tone he was talking in to the his face expressions. None of this was normal this wasn’t a normal”I’m just tired”,it was something else,something was bothering him and Garmadon wanted to find out. Vinny looked at Garmadon for a moment like he was goning to say something, probably “I’m fine ,just tired”, but instead he looked away as if he knew Garmadon was going to keep asking, which he was. Garmadon moved closer to Vinny and hesitantly pulled him into a hug. This caused Vinnys’ eyes to widen as he would’ve never expected to receive a hug from Garmadon. He looked app at the larger to see him with dark purple blush across his cheeks.”I-Is he blushing because of this…”Vinny thought. The silence was awkward almost as if you could hear the crickets chirping. “Y-you can tell if anything’s bothering you I’ll listen and try my best to help……”Garmadon stuttered out in a small voice finally breaking the deafening silence.

Hearing his roommate, the Oni warlord, the lord of destruction, sound so small, fragile and genuinely worried about his well-being caused his face to light up with blush. He looked back up and Garmadon to see him looking the opposite direction. “G-Garm I know it seems like somethings wrong but it’s not everything’s fine, I’m fine”Vinny stuttered out as he sat up on Garmadons’ lap. “But that’s the thing!You’re not fine, you’re lying to me and I don’t know why!”the larger instantly exclaimed cupping the smaller’s face and not reacting to the change of seating. Vinny stared at the larger his eyes wide open. “D-do you really care that much about me…?”Vinny asked curiously and in an attempt to change the subject.”Don’t try changing the subject…”Garmadon growled before resting his head on Vinnys’ shoulder.

“G-god dammit, why does he have to be so hot..” Vinny thought his face bright red. “Answer me…”Garmadon spoke. “F-fuck!a-alright, you win…I’ll tell…”Vinny replied who could blame him, he breaks easily under pressure.

(nah bro I’m leaving your ass on a cliffhanger even though you probably know what’s gonna happen next)

(Hope you enjoy)

Overwhelmed(Vinny x Garmadon)Part 70

(I suggest you check out parts 1-69 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)

As the night went by Willow stirred awake, she quickly remembered what happened last night and sat up, one of her legs were sprawled across her brothers’ body while Vinnys’ arm was sprawled against Shancais’ chest. Shancai just had his arms wrapped around the two in a comforting way.

“He’s still sleeping…that’s a first…” she chuckled to herself quietly as she looked at her brother. She turned her attention to the window and squinted her eyes as she was hit with a dull ray of sunshine. She quickly turned away and rubbed her eyes. Willow grabbed her phone and checked the time, “8:53…” she muttered before working up the energy to get up.

She made sure to be careful not to wake up the other two, as she made her way out of the blanket fort. She stood there for a moment wondering what to do before a devilish smirk appeared on her face as she ran like a gremlin to her room and gathered a bunch of things into her arms.

She rushed back to her brothers’ room and closed the door behind her. Willow threw the stuff she grabbed into the bed and picked something up…lipstick…she sat next to the two, moving Vinnys’ arm from Shancais’ chest. She did their makeup…being extra cautious on her brother due to his cautiousness.

As the Shancai began to stir awake, he attempted to sit up, but was weighed down by Vinnys’ leg. He looked around and noticed Willow awake on her phone, “Morning” the prince spoke to his sister.

“Morning sleepyhead” Willow replied, “You slept in, it’s 9:45” she added as she teased her brother.

“It is…?” Shancai looked surprised hearing that.

“Yep, no one else is awake though, other than mama though she’s busy with something” Willow replied, as she smiled at her brother.

Vinny began to stir awake, his eyes fluttering open as he stared at the blanket roof and blinked. “Morning…” he spoke as he continued to lay there.

“Morning, sleep well?” Willow asked, Vinny nodded.

“Yea….” He answered, “Sorry…” the cameraman spoke to Shancai as he moved his leg from his body, allowing the prince to sit up.

“All is well…it was fairly comfortab-“ Shancai cut himself off as he looked at Vinnys’ face, Willow however was biting her lip holding back a laugh.

“What…?” Vinny asked curiously, as he looked back at Shancai and his jaw dropped.

“Your face…” Vinny and Shancai spoke in unison, the prince immediately looked at Willow, who was snickering to herself. Vinny however grabbed his phone and went into the camera.

“Holy shit Willow…” Vinny laughed out as he saw his face, Shancai looked at Vinny, who turned the phone towards the prince allowing him to see his face.

Shancai took a deep breathe as he looked at his face, “You can’t deny it’s funny” Willow laughed out.

“It definitely is funny” Vinny confessed as he held back laughter.

“How much did you put on?” Shancai questioned as he touched his face, only to have some foundation pressed onto his hand.

“I have no idea! But you were sleeping so I did it” Willow admitted as she fell back onto the makeshift floor bed and laughed out, kicking her legs.

“Can we take it off?” Vinny questioned.

“Yep! I already took a photo of both of you” Willow teased, causing Shancai to sighed and Vinny to chuckle. “Off to my room!” She added as she stood up, the two men stood up and followed her out of the room.

“You both gotta admit that was a hell of a good sleep” Willow spoke.

“It was unusually comfortable…” Shancai confessed.

“Definitely, it was so comfy an-“ Vinny was cut off.

“What the fuck?!” It was Nya who was bursting in laughter as she saw Shancais’ and Vinnys’ face.

“I-I can explain?” The cameraman spoke awkwardly, Shancai however immediately went into Willows’ room and dragged Vinny in.

“I have pictures! I’ll show you later!” Willow called out to Nya, who gave her an approving nod. The nature elemental went into her bedroom and laughed seeing her brother, he was clearly embarrassed by this.

“Did you use all that?” Vinny questioned, as he noticed a bunch of makeup products scattered on her bed.

“Obviously” she spoke as she playfully rolled her eyes and pushed the two into the bathroom and handed them a bottle. “Wash that on your face, scrub it in like really really well” she added.

Shanghai and Vinny nodded as they turned on the water, wet their faces and began using whatever cleanser they were given. “Never do this again…” Shancai sighed.

“Normally I would agree, but it’s fucking hilarious waking up and seeing my face covered in makeup” Vinny spoke.

“See? Someone gets me” Willow spoke as she wrapped her arm around Vinnys’ neck.

“Yes yes…” Shancai rolled his eyes, “We’re all getting dressed…correct?” He added, receiving nods from the other two.

“Then we’re eating, I’m starved!” Willow spoke, “Then I have pictures I need to show Nya” She teased the two.

“She’s never gonna let me live that down” Vinny whined, as he dried his face with a towel he was given by Willow.

“Neither will I!” The nature elemental teased, as she watched the two begin to leave her room, to change their clothes.

Shancai sighed as she closed the door, “She’s nice” Vinny spoke to him.

“Yea…” the prince admitted, “She is, isn’t she…?” He added.

“You two balance each other perfectly…” Vinny replied, receiving a nod from Shancai. “See you for now…” he added as he went into his room, the prince just waved goodbye and went into his room.

Vinny closed his door and stared at the closest, there was a bunch of clothes. The kingdom must’ve had guests a lot, he didn’t really know what to wear, everything was so modest. Maybe the others were wearing clothes that modest? He saw Nya wearing something definitely from here.

He eventually settled on something, it wasn’t too complicated, but it was blue, his favourite colour. And to say it wasn’t comfy would be a lie. All the clothes were so soft and flowey. Vinny was happy when he realised it had pockets and he shoved the dagger into there, then he put his shoes on.

He looked in a mirror and sighed in relief, he was looking so much better. He liked it here…

Vinny took a sip of water from his water bottle which was given by Shancai the previous night. He eventually left his room and saw Willow and Shancai leaning against the wall. Shancai was wearing his armour and his hair in that singular bubble braid while Willow was a shirt with shorts and her hair in a loose braided bun. It was a clear contrast between them all.

“Looking good” Willow spoke in a singsongy tone as she ruffled Vinnys’ hair.

“So are you both” Vinny replied as he laughed and tried fixing his hair.

“I suppose your friends are waiting for us” Shancai spoke to Vinny.

“Would be a shame to keep them waiting” Willow teased.

“I know…” Vinny sighed, he wondered how Garmadon was doing at the moment.

“Oh right! Forgot to tell you, I saw mum talking to your lover yesterday afternoon, after she spoke to you” Willow spoke, as they all began walking.

“T-they were? Did you hear anything?” Vinny questioned, he desperately wanted answers.

“Not really, though I heard love in their conversation” Willow smirked as she nudged Vinny, causing him to blush.

“That’s…sweet?” Shancai spoke awkwardly, causing Willow to laugh.

“What’s funny?” Vinny questioned.

“Sunshine here doesn’t know anything about relationships, he knows basic stuff, but can’t take hints!” Willow teased her brother, “He’s never dated someone, hell he’s never kissed someone!” She continued to tease as she poked her brother.

“Seriously?” Vinny asked, Shancai reluctantly nodded, “How!? Everyone should be fawning over you!” He added, the prince looked a little surprised.

“That’s what I tell him” Willow said, “It’s so painfully obvious when someone flirts with him, he’s smart, but not relationship smart” she added, a hint of sympathy in her voice.

“Enough you two…” Shancai sighed as he rubbed his temple and walked ahead.

“Hey! Slow down!” Vinny called out as he caught up with him, followed by Willow.

They continued to walk down hallways before entering what was most definitely a dining room. Vinny smiled to himself as he saw his friends all sitting there. Most waved, other than Garmadon who just gave him a nod of notice.

The three sat down, Vinny next to Lloyd on one side and Shancai on the other, while Willow was next to Shancai.

“Who cut your hair?” Kai spoke up to Vinny.

“Is it that obvious?” Vinny chuckled, quite literally everyone nodded, “He did” he added as he pointed to Shancai.

“Well you look so much better than recently” Lloyd spoke, Nya however was smirking at Willow who was signalling for her to come over. The water ninja sat next to Willow and laughed out as she saw a photo of Vinny and Shancai, sleeping with makeup on.

“What’s up?” Cole questioned, Vinny and Shancai stared at the table with pure embarrassment as Willow held up here phone. Everyone burst out laughing, hell even Zane and Pixal let out a small snicker.

“That was this morning?” Lloyd asked, receiving a nod from Willow. Garmadons’ expression softened as he saw the picture, it was weird…Vinny was so close to Shancai…he felt weird…he didn’t like it…Wu seemed to have noticed his brothers’ distress.

“Were you all sleeping in the same room?” Wu spoke, but silently speaking on his brothers’ behalf.

“Yea, we were all awake in like the middle of the night, and I suggested we have a sleepover! So we did!” Willow answered, Garmadon felt a little relived hearing that…Wu let out a sigh of relief noticing his brother.

“Any plans for today?” Nya asked.

“Might show you all around the kingdom” Willow suggested, “Though maybe you can spar with my brother? I’m curious about your powers, I haven’t really met another elemental” Willow spoke, it was partially a lie with Enji in the question.

“I don’t see why not” Wu spoke.

“Sounds like a plan” Vinny spoke up, receiving nods from the others.

(Just so everyone knows, Willow is dark-skinned and has white hair like her mother, while Deity is extremely pale and has white hair as well, Shancai is a mix of both, his vitiligo is dark-skinned and pale-skinned with black hair)

Overwhelmed(Vinny x Garmadon)Part 81

(I suggest you check out parts 1-80 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)

The walk back to the palace was just as quiet as to the markets, Vinny tried to ignore the stinging from the cut on his arm while Shancai showed no emotion. “Hey…can I ask you something?” The cameraman eventually spoke up, breaking the silence.

“Go ahead” The prince answered as they continued to walk along the path.

“It’s about you and Enji…” Vinny confessed, “He acts…different around you, I’ve seen how he acts with Rida and last time when he attacked my friends, he flirted with Cole once from what I was told, but with you he’s more persistent” the cameraman continued, causing Shancai to let out a shaky sigh as his spear disappeared.

“I’ve known Enji for years, longer than Rida, he tends to be more playful with me to mess with me” The prince answered, there was slight truth in his words.

“When did you two meet?” Vinny hesitantly asked.

“I was 10” The prince answered.

“How old are you now?” The cameraman questioned once more.

“Me and Willow turned 25 four months ago” Shancai replied, as they walked out the stairs of the palace.

“Wait, you just turned 25?” Vinny asked surprisingly as they entered the palace, he received a nod from the prince. “Geez! I’m older! I turn 26 in three months!” He added.

“You’re 26?” Shancai asked, “I thought you were younger” the prince added, causing Vinny to laugh out.

“I wish!” The cameraman laughed, before the silence returned. The silence didn’t matter as they exited through a different door into the training area, Vinny seemed confused, but it was short-lived as Shancai pulled out this small box, a first aid box.

The prince signalled for Vinny to sit down on the wooden platform which was elevated from the training grounds. The cameraman sat down and watched Shancai sit next to him. “Tell me if I hurt you” the prince spoke, as he began undoing the makeshift bandage around Vinnys’ cut arm.

The cameraman held back a wince of pain as the fabric was pulled away from his bloody arm. He hesitantly stared at the cut and grimaced at the sight, it was a clean cut, he’ll give Enji that, he had good ass aim. “Is it…bad?” Vinny spoke up, as he noticed the prince staring at the cut, his expression unreadable.

“It won’t need stitches” Shancai answered, causing the cameraman to let out a soft sigh of relief, he still had the stitches on his hand, he should ask the prince about it later. “It’s not far off from a normal cut from a kitchen knife and it didn’t cut a muscle or vein, a normal bandage is fine” the prince added as he grabbed a few things from the first aid kit.

“It’ll heal fine?” Vinny questioned.

“Might leave a small mark, I’m gonna wrap it up, and you can go shower, I’ll wrap it again after” Shancai answered, receiving a soft nod from the cameraman.

The prince disinfected he wound, causing Vinny to jerk away and hiss in pain, “My apologise” The prince spoke, as he grew more cautious.

“I-it’s fine” The cameraman answered, as he smiled at Shancai softly. It didn’t take long for the wound to be bandaged and the prince and Vinny both went to have a shower.

“I’ll come get you after I finish” Shancai spoke, as they went to their rooms, and Vinny nodded before entering his room and locking the door.

What a interesting day…the cameraman looked a little surprised as he noticed all his old dirty clothes, folded neatly, and seemingly as if they were never cut or torn, he also noticed that they seemed to be there since yesterday, he really needed to start paying attention.

Vinny entered the bathroom and stripped of his clothing, he threw the makeshift cloak from Shancai on the bed before with the dagger. Man he needed to be careful, he had a broken arm and now a cut on the other arm.

The world was just out for him. The shower was quick though, nothing different, it felt like a normal shower, unlike the previous days when it felt heavenly. He occasionally let out a wince as the wound stung more. But he quickly finished up and got into white tank top and loose blue shorts before dropping on the bed.

Vinny laid there for a while, he wondered what was taking Shancai so long, then again, he did have long ass hair, so Vinny couldn’t really rush the prince. He was snapped out of his thoughts as there was a knock at the door.

The cameraman quickly got up and opened the door. Just as he thought it was Shancai. The prince was wearing his silk emerald green pajamas as of last time. “My apologies for taking so long” The prince apologised.

“Nah it’s fine” Vinny answered with a soft smile as he followed Shancai back out to the training ground. The two both sat back down, and the cameraman allowed the prince to undo the cover of the wound. It was cleaner and bleeding significantly less than before. But it still hurt so Vinny bit the inside of his cheek to hold back a wince.

There was the silence again, other than their soft breathing, crickets chirping and the wind howling, it was somewhat late at night. “Do you…ever wish you could fight?” The prince spoke up, snapping Vinny out of his thoughts.

“I guess…” the cameraman answered, “I wish I could protect myself, protect my friends…” he confessed as he watched Shancai let go of his now bandaged arm. The bandage was revealed by the tank top, but Vinny would be sure to cover it around others.

“Then you and I are alike…I taught myself how to fight to protect myself, my family and my kingdom” the prince confessed as they both stared at the training course.

“You taught yourself?” Vinny asked, receiving a soft nod from the prince. “It was worth it, you’re amazing…” he added, causing Shancais’ expression to softened as he seemed surprised by the compliment.

“You have potential…” the prince spoke, “You have a desire to watch the ones who hurt you suffer…” he added reluctantly, causing Vinnys’ eyes to widen and his breath hitch.

“I…I do, I’ll admit it…” The cameraman confessed as he looked away.

“Don’t be ashamed of it” Shancai spoke comfortingly, “Everyone wishes the same, I do as well, it’s natural for all” he added.

“Hey…” Vinny began, catching the princes’ attention, “Would it be alright, if you were to…train me of some sorts?” He continued.

“That was what I was insisting” Shancai spoke.

“I know” The cameraman chuckled as he smiled softly, “But that wasn’t a yes” he teased.

“Very well” the prince sighed, as he rolled his eyes playfully.

“It doesn’t have to be anything too much, just basic stuff” Vinny added.

“Nonsense” Shancai answered, “I am mentoring you so I’m teaching you everything I know” the prince continued, as he stood up, which Vinny did the same.

“Sure thing, if you expect me to do backflips and stuff, I’ll sadly shut that down” The cameraman laughed out, as they entered the palace again.

“Whatever you say” Shancai answered.

“How’s your stomach? Enji kicked quite hard” Vinny questioned.

“Should be fine” the prince answered quickly.

“Sure thing” The cameraman answered, “Where’s the kitchen?” He asked, Shancai cocked his head to the side, before pointing to a direction. Vinny smiled smugly before grabbing the princes’ hand and beginning to drag him that direction.

“What are you doing?” Shancai questioned curiously.

“We’re getting you and ice pack” The cameraman answered, causing the prince to sigh.

“I don’t need one” Shancai spoke, only to be ignored by Vinny as they continued to walk that way. As they made it to the kitchen the cameraman shoved the prince down on chair.

“Unbutton your shirt or something, I need to put this on” The cameraman spoke, in a tone that could not be argued, as Shancai unbuttoned and took off his shirt, placing it to the side. Vinny grabbed an ice pack from the freezer and a paper towel before wrapping the ice pack in it.

The cameraman sat on a chair next to the prince and pressed the wrapped ice pack against it. “Fucking hell…it’s bruising already, at least you had your armour on” Vinny spoke, as he stared at the swelling abdomen.

“Now think if he hit you” Shancai spoke, trying to make the cameraman feel less guilty about this, “You weren’t wearing armour plus you’re smaller than me, meaning it would’ve hurt you way more than me” the prince added.

“Ok ok geez I get it” Vinny chuckled as he jokingly rolled his eyes. The awkward silence was there again, as the cameraman kept the ice pack pressed against the princes’ abdomen.

“I can hold it myself” Shancai spoke up, breaking the tension.

“I know…but this makes me feel less guilty about you getting hurt” Vinny answered, receiving a understanding hum from the prince.

“We can…both agree not to tell anyone about this, right?” Shancai questioned as he looked at the cameraman.

“Oh definitely” Vinny instantly answered, “Last thing I need, is everyone even more worried about me…” he sighed out.

“Agreed…my mother would over worry about me, she dislikes me going out late on patrols” The prince confessed.

“To be honest you do go out late” Vinny answered, “Does she care when Willow goes out?” He asked.

“Yes, but Willow stays in the forest most of the time, my mother is used to her being absent, but she makes sure Willow checks in with her before she rests” Shancai answered.

“That’s nice…” The cameraman spoke.

“Speaking of Willow, she needs to go back to the forest tomorrow, she can’t leave it unguarded for so long and with Rushifa growing braver with her attempts, the forest needs someone more familiar with what it contains other than a few soldiers” Shancai answered.

“That’s a shame…she’ll say bye at least?” Vinny asked, receiving a soft nod from the prince, the silence came back as time flew by, twenty minutes had gone by and the cameraman removed the ice pack from the princes’ abdomen. “Should we bandage that up or something?” He asked.

“Yes, there should be some bandages up there” Shancai answered, as he pointed up at a cupboard. Vinny nodded and went to the cupboard, opening it and finding a box.

“This it?” The cameraman asked as he showed the box, receiving a nod from the prince. Vinny came back and sat down, opening the box. Shancai reached for the bandages, but the cameraman gently knocked his hand away. “I’m doing it” he spoke.

“Very well” The prince answered, slightly amused by Vinnys’ attitude. The cameraman unrolled the bandage roll slightly before watching as Shancai sat up, getting his back off the chair, allowing the cameraman to have clearer access to the whole abdomen.

Vinny began carefully wrapping it around the princes’ body, he still couldn’t get over how nice the vitiligo and body patterns were. “Geez you’re jacked” The cameraman chuckled softly, it wasn’t a joke Shancai did have muscles, made sense, he was pretty strong and clearly trained a lot.

“Thank you” The prince answered, he seemed surprised by the constant compliments from the cameraman. As Vinny finished wrapping the bandage around the princes’ body, he sat up properly.

“Is that good?” The cameraman asked, receiving a nod from the prince.

Shancai stood up before filling two bowls of food and putting them in the microwave. “I’m not-“ Vinny was cut off.

“If you’re not hungry then I’m not taller than you” The prince spoke.

“B-but you are taller?” The cameraman answered.

“Exactly” Shancai answered as he leaned back against the counter slowing the food to heat up.

“Okay okay, you win again” Vinny chuckled, hanging out with Shancai was nice, he was calm, relaxing, he made the cameraman feel safe, Willow, Deity and Shancai, all made him feel safe…they felt like family…

Vinny was snapped out of his thoughts as the prince handed him the bowl of food, which he took happily. “Thanks” the cameraman spoke.

“We’ve had a busy night, best we eat and rest, then in the morning we can talk about me training you” Shancai answered, as he received a nod.

The food was nice, he was able to eat, he didn’t feel as sick when he ate, he didn’t think of Rushifa as much and the human meat taste was overwhelmed by the different rush of flavours from the food he was given. It felt heavenly.

Shancai seemed to notice how much Vinny was enjoying the food, it was probably the big happy and content smile on his face. “I thought you weren’t hungry?” The prince teased.

“Oh shut up” The cameraman laughed out, “You know I was lying” he continued, as he ate more. Shancai let out a content sigh as he continued to eat.

They both finished eating eventually, Vinny had insisted on doing the dishes despite the princes’ retorts. After the cameraman finished washing the dishes Shancai put his shirt back on. “You can be very insistent at times” the prince spoke to Vinny as they began walking down the halls.

“Is that a problem?” The cameraman joked, Shancai shook his head in response, before they both made it to their rooms. “I’ll see you tomorrow” Vinny spoke to the prince.

“Try to rest up, I wake up early tomorrow” The prince spoke before opening the door, “Good night” he spoke once more, before closing the door. Vinny smiled to himself, Shancai felt like the brother he never had.

The cameraman entered his room and kicked off his shoes, before entering the bathroom and quickly brushing his teeth. He dropped on the bed, staring at the makeshift cloak with the Phoenix clasp. It was nice, he should wear that more often.

Vinny let out a soft content moan as he nuzzled the pillow and pulled the blanket over himself, before slowly drifting off.

(I wrote a lot my stars, so eat up, also Shancai and Vinny isn’t anything more than brotherly, I can feel people think that it’s a bit weird how much Vinny compliments Shancai, but it’s just that Vinny can appreciate a pretty man, Vinny loves Garmadon)

Overwhelmed(Vinny x Garmadon)Part 95

(I suggest you check out parts 1-94 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)

Vinny let out a shaky sigh when two different gates opened, at least he wasn’t fighting just yet. He rubbed his head before sliding down the wall till he was sat.

He would never say it out loud, but he sort of missed Enji. Enji was more tolerable than Rida, Rushifa, Tex and those other two he worked with.

The cameraman wanted to hate Enji as much as he should, but he couldn’t. He met Shancai, Willow and Deity, because of Enji…how was he meant to purely hate the person who brought so many other kind people into his life. Is this what Shanni thought all the time? Unable to hate Enji. Either way it didn’t change the fact that Vinny wanted to stab Enji.

Vinny was snapped out of his thoughts as he heard metal clashing against each other, as he stared out the cell and into the arena. He didn’t recognise the people fighting and didn’t want to get to know them either. He had met way too many people over the past few days.

The cameraman was once again absorbed in his thoughts, he didn’t care much about the fights and didn’t want to witness them. He wanted to get out of here.What did Rida want with him? He wasn’t special by any means. No powers. No significant relatives.

He was living a normal life before Garmadon came and nothing really changed. Expect judgy looks. Vinny was dating a former warlord, he was also friends with the ninja. That’s all that was interesting about him. At the moment being friends with royals was a significant thing, but he couldn’t careless about their titles.

The cameraman was so distracted he hadn’t even noticed the fact that he took his dagger out and began fidgeting with it. He hated this place. He felt so suffocated here. He felt like he was drowning. Vinny wanted out and he wanted it now. He hated being trapped. He hated life at the moment. He hated everything. He hated-

Vinnys’ eyes widened as he heard a loud cry and the sound of something impaling. He whipped his his head around and stared out the cell. Ah right…battle to the death and it was ended just like that. The winner walked back to their cell while the loser remained lifeless on the ground as blood seeped from his wound.

“Who’s fighting now…?” The cameraman asked himself as he held onto the bars. He paid attention as another two gates opened, he was surprised to see Tenshi come out. Vinny wanted to see how Tenshi fought, how ruthless he was, so he paid close attention.

Vinny was surprised when Tenshi lunged forward grabbing the man by his hair and throwing him down to the ground. He watched Tenshi grab a spear off the ground, the opponent trembled as they backed away only to have a spear driven into the chest. Tenshi said nothing, acknowledged nothing, but instead just walked back to his cell.

“How the fuck did I survive more than 10 seconds…?” The cameraman spoke to himself, it was surprising how he managed to survive for a decent time against Tenshi. Vinny let out a whine when the gate to his cell opened, there was a high chance he died today. If not by someone else then he would kill himself.

The cameraman hesitantly exited the cell and watched as his opponent came out of the cell. A tall bulky man. Yep, he definitely needed a miracle like yesterday. Vinny looked around and noticed Nyssa staring out her cell at Vinny with worry. He also realised Tenshi’s cell was right next to her.

Before the cameraman could do anything else the man lunged at him, Vinny quickly scrambled away once more. Maybe if he ran around as much as yesterday he would just be sent back into the cell, no deaths. The cameraman was surprisingly fast, guess that’s what happened to someone when their life was on the line.

Vinny hadn’t even noticed that he was close to Nyssa and Tenshis’ cell till he heard a voice. “You need to kill him!” She called out as soon as Vinny was in hearing range. “Running around won’t do anything!”

“If I could kill him i wouldn’t be running!” The cameraman called out in response, he was breathing heavily. His opponent was all muscle no speed so that was somewhat good. Vinny ended up against the wall separating Nyssa and Tenshis’ cell, as his opponent held a knife to his throat.

“Just stab him!” Tenshi hissed as he watched Vinny squirm around trying to push the man away.

“Easier said than done!” The cameraman hissed as he felt two hands wrap around his throat. Oh great, now he was being choked. Would be great if he was into that shit, but he was not. Vinny desperately tied prying the mans’ hands off of him, but it was futile. That was until the man was pulled away by Tenshi and his head was slammed against the metal bars.

“Vinny I swear on my life if you don’t kill him I’ll kill you myself!” Tenshi hissed, though it was clear it was laced with concern.

“I’ll probably die of a heart attack before you manage to kill me!” The cameraman answered as he backed away from the man on the ground, who was rubbing his sore head.

“Just do it!” Nyssa spoke as she watched threw the bars.

“Fuck…” Vinny muttered to himself as he grabbed the dagger from his pocket and clutched it tightly. The man on the ground eventually got up and lunged forward once more, Vinny reacting quickly slashed the mans’ eye, most likely blinding him.

The cameraman backed away as he felt a punch to his guts, “Gonna feel that tomorrow…” He muttered to himself as he clutched his stomach in pain. The man picked up a wooden stake from the ground and lifted it. Before Vinny could react there was a sickening slice as an axe flew by, cleanly decapitating the man.

The cameraman held back a gag at the sight as he quickly looked away. Every time he saw a dead human he just thought of Rushifa, that sick bitch. Vinny looked towards where the axe came from. Nyssa…oh gods he almost died and he would’ve if he didn’t befriend her.

“Get the axe…” Nyssa sighed out, Vinny just nodded as he picked up the bloody axe, trying to delete the memory of a decapitated body from his mind. The cameraman handed the axe to Nyssa through the bars. “We’re gonna be here for a while, just go back to the cell”

“Y-yea…thanks” Vinny shakily spoke up, before silently walking back to his cell. He probably should’ve let the man kill him. He felt miserable. Life had decided to unleash hell onto him and here he was taking it pathetically.

When Vinny got back to the cell, he just dropped against the wall, let out a shaky sigh as he brought his knees to his chest and buried his face in his hands. That’s when the waterworks started. It was more so angry tears, he missed his friends, he missed Garmadon. He should’ve just admitted to everything that happened.

Garmadon was probably so worried right now, as if he wasn’t worrying already. Vinny let out a shaky sob as say there. He was gonna get out of here, one way or another.

Overwhelmed(Vinny x Garmadon)Part 62

)I suggest you check out parts 1-61 if you haven’t already, also my ao3 and wattpad for the chapters more organised)

(With Garmadon, Wu and the others)

When the ground warped beneath them and they fell through, Garmadon was quick to act and almost immediately transformed into his oni form, with the fours arms. He flew and caught Pixal, Zane and Wu.

They were lowered to the ground and he dropped them there before looking around, “Thank you brother” Wu sighed as he dusted himself off, the oni was given a nod of gratitude from both the nindroids.

“Where are we?” Pixal questioned as she stared at ether surroundings, overgrown plants everywhere, no mountains insight like Vinny and the others, not that they would know. Large flowers, and trees stretched on for miles.

“Bigger question is how did we get here and where are the others?”Garmadon spoke, he noticed intricate markings on the trees, they looked like flowers and had definitely been carved there.

“They must’ve landed somewhere else, as for where we are is unlike anything I’ve seen before” Zane spoke as he turned his attention to the markings on the tree.

“Shall we search around?” Wu suggested and the others nodded in agreement.

“It would be wise that we stay together” Pixal spoke.

“Agreed, there’s only 4 of us, who knows what lurks through this forest” Garmadon spoke, they nodded and began walking one way. Garmadon stayed in the front leading them, it was definitely safer that way, he was stronger than them.

They walked for ages till coming across, what seemed like a living space. Large flowers were placed around like couches, and vines lead up to trees while hollow trees had vine beds.

“Someone comes here often” Zane spoke.

“Then we be on guard” the oni spoke as he stared at the same flower like insignia on the ground. As they observed their surroundings, Pixal jumped slightly as vines began wrapping around her legs.

“I fear that someone is here” she spoke as she attempted to shake the vine off her, Zane however used his sword and cut it.

Garmadons’ ears twitched as he heard rustling from above in the trees. “Don’t let your guard down…those vines can come from anywhere” Wu spoke, as everyones attention darted towards the noise.

More vines wrapped around Zane and Pixal stringing them up, while it began going after Wu. Garmadon attempted to fend the vines off, but was strung up as well.

Once they were all strung up, a large flower came down as it opened, a person came out? She looked interested, as the vines on them loosened.

They were shocked…her appearance…black scleras with a dark emerald irises, she had a yang sign on her right cheek and she had elf like ears with tons of piercings. She had her hair in two twin buns and some of it out, while she wore a black body suit with low rise jean shorts, she seemed quite short too and was a little on the chubby side.

She smiled to them, “Hi! Nice to meet you, I’m Willow!” She spoke energetically as she lowered them from the vines.

“H-hello?” Zane spoke awkwardly as they all dusted themselves off.

“Sorry sorry, that was such a bad introduction! I’ve never seen you all around here and definitely not in the kingdom, maybe my brother did, I’ll ask him later” She spoke really fast, only Pixal and Zane could understand.

“What’s your names?” She questioned.

“I’m Zane, this is Pixal, that’s Master Wu and this is Garmadon” Zane introduced everyone.

“How’d you all get here?” Willow questioned as she lifted up Pixal arms curiously, she clearly was intrigued by, as of everyone that saw the two nindroids.

“We are unsure, can you tell us where we are?” Wu spoke.

“This whole forest is called Grove, while the kingdom is well the Ivory Kingdom” She replied as she laid back on one of the flower seats, sinking into it.

“Ivory Kingdom? I’ve never heard of something like that” Wu spoke, Garmadon nodded in agreement.

“If I may ask, how do you do that?” Pixal questioned, signalling to her ability of controlling plants.

Willow smiled and chuckled, “Elemental of nature!” She spoke happily as she used fines to push all of them onto the flower seats, it was fairly comfortable.

“Elemental? When did you discover this?” Garmadon questioned, as he sat up properly on the seats.

“Around…” she counted on her fingers, “Seven years ago!” She spoke.

“You mentioned you have a brother…is he an elemental?” Zane questioned, she shook her head.

“This…Ivory Kingdom…what’s it like?” Garmadon spoke.

“Really nice, I don’t spend a lot of time there, but I got there occasionally, my brother on the other hand stays there a lot! He’s sworn protector of the kingdom, and well since my mum’s the empress we don’t have much responsibility, but I protect the forest” She spoke, it was clear she tired slowing her speaking down a little.

“So you’re the princess?” Zane questioned, she nodded. She seemed laid back, but also very aware at the same time. Anytime there was a noise from the distance she would react quickly.

“Is is just you four here?” She questioned as a tree branch lowered near them and she grabbed an apple, “Want one?” She asked, but they all shook their heads.

“As far as we know, the rest of our friends are probably lost in the forest as well” Pixal spoke.

“How many?” Willow asked.

“Six” Garmadon spoke, the worry he had for Vinny at the moment was overwhelming, but he tried his best to hide it.

“I can search around the forest, but if they were lost in the kingdom then they might’ve met my brother…” She spoke, slight worry in her voice.

“Is something wrong with your brother?” Wu questioned.

“Not really…but he takes protecting the kingdom seriously and if there’s people he doesn’t recognise…cause trust me he knows everyone in that kingdom, and if he finds your friends he’ll see them as trespassers” Willow spoke as she got up and stretched.

“Is there any chance you can take us to the kingdom?” Wu asked.

“Yep! My mum can probably get you back to where you’re from” Willow spoke, the others stood up.

“Thank you” They all thanked her, she gave them a friendly smile and began walking one way, they realised she wasn’t wearing shoes.

(WILLOW MY BELOVED!!!)

Overwhelmed(Vinny x Garmadon)part 48

(I suggest you check out parts 1-47 if you haven't already)

Nya walked in and Vinny closed the door, "What's going on?" the water ninja asked instantly as the cameraman turned his attention to her. "W-what do you mean?" Vinny asked causing Nya to give him an annoyed look, "Between you and Garmadon? what's going on you two seem? Distant...Lloyd told me about a few things" she said.

Vinny looked away nervously, he didn't want to talk about this at all, "Nothing happened between us" The cameraman lied causing Nya to let out a sigh, "I'm not dumb I know when there's issues in a relationship, I'm with Jay and we fight then we don't talk to each other" The water ninja said as she tried her best to receive a truthful answer the cameraman. "I swear nothing happened between us and even if something did it probably wouldn't last long" Vinny protested against her claims even though he knew she was right.

"Well whatever happened is also affecting your appearance, you look like you haven't slept in days and don't think I haven't noticed that bandage on your arm" Nya replied her voice full of concern. The cameraman looked away nervously, he ended up looking at the corner where Rida most likely standing he didn't know why, he just felt like Rida was standing there watching. "Nothing happened..." Vinny responded as he tried to convince Nya.

The water ninja let out a sigh, "Whatever's happening you can tell me when you're ready, but please...don't get into a fight with Garmadon again" Nya said causing Vinnys' eyes to widen, "H-how do you...?" The cameraman stuttered out before being cut off, "I may have overheard you two" The water ninja said, "And he has a point" she added as he she looked at Vinny clearly hesitant with what she was saying. "I...j-just go please..." The cameraman spoke out his voice small and full of different emotions.

"Alright...just know you can talk to me.." Nya said out in defeat she clearly knew she wasn't going to get anywhere if this evolved into a fight. The water ninja walked out of the room closing the door behind her. "Fucking hell..." Vinny groaned out as he rested his head against the bed, the last thing he would, he flinched as he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned his attention to it and saw Rida, now visible, looking at him. "I take it she didn't escalate the situation?" The orange eyed man spoke calmly.

"Thankfully she didn't...I doubt I'd be able to take another fight with someone" The cameraman responded as he shoved his head back into the bed. "With your permission may I ask a bit of a...personal question?" Rida asked softly as he sat down next to Vinny who hesitantly nodded, "I've been wondering...why do you feel the need to keep this a secret from them? They've been through enough battles to know how to deal with it" The orange eyed man asked as he looked at Vinny with intent in his eyes.

The cameraman was quiet for a moment as he looked at Rida, "I-I don't know...they've been through so much already...I just feel like I-I need to protect them do whatever I can to keep them s-safe..." Vinny stuttered out as he looked at the ground. "Why must you protect them? You don't have any experience with battle" The orange eyed man spoke out causing the cameraman to go deep into thought.

"T-they have much more important things to deal with than what's impacting me...it's my fault I'm falling for Enjis' tricks and I have a weak mind" Vinny said as he looked back up at Rida, "You don't really have a weak mind you've managed to tell the difference between reality and illusions" The orange eyed man spoke in a calm tone trying to make the cameraman feel better. "I...guess that's true" Vinny replied.

"Changing the subject I was wondering if I could join you tomorrow, when you go out" Rida asked clearly changing the subject to make Vinny feel better, "I...I mean sure you are nice company" The cameraman replied with a soft smile on his face, "Thank you I don't have much to do since Enji's doing a few things for me" Rida said.

Vinny was honestly really happy Enji was busy, he literally caused him so much problems and it was annoying. The two began talking for a while mainly about random things.

(I HAD TO WIRTE THIS FOR YOU ALL SINCE I'M GOING OVERSEAS ON WEDNESDAY)

Merry Christmas! I hope, you have a great Christmas and get a lot of presents as well as spend time with your loved ones:D

Thank you! And Merry Christmas to you two😊