*please note this was written before the movie came out and that i have not watched said movie yet

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Considering how close they were, you'd think her and Lloyd would've hit it off well -like two puzzle pieces, two peas in a pod- when they first met (or interacted for that matter).

...that, unfortunately, was not the case.

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Bliss.

Sweet, sweet bliss.

She presses her rosy cheeks against the glass, mouth watering at the sight of the surely delicious and scrumptious delicacies mere inches from her face. As if on cue, her stomach growls loudly and Kai quickly wraps her hands over her tummy, face flushed tomato red. If only she had some money on her, maybe she could buy-

"U-umm..."

Kai lets out a loud yelp at the sudden voice and turns to her left, a blond kid wearing a black jacket with slight green peeking out from under it entering her sight. She stares at him intently, a voice nagging at the back of her mind telling her-

Telling her something-

He seems flustered at her intense gaze and ends up looking down, twiddling his thumbs nervously. "Well, I saw you - I mean, I wanted to help you-? Ah, that sounds wrong-! I-it's just–!" He grabs something from his pocket -money, she sees the green notes and coins in his hand- and points at the same pastry she had been ogling at. "I could, I could help you buy that!" He all but screams, "I know I just met you and, and stuff but my Mom says I should always help whenever I can, so-"

Then, she realizes-

"You're," her voice is low and quiet as she takes a few steps back, away from him- "You're Lord Garmadon's son."

Bright green eyes snap to stare at her, wide and disheartened. His lip quivers and slowly he lowers the hand holding the money.

And Kai quickly turns away from him and bolts, running as fast as her short legs can take her, not once looking back at the blond staring forlornly at her disappearing back.

Another attempt at befriending someone failed, he sighs. Lloyd wonders if he should just stop trying altogether...

—?neewteb ni deneppah tahW— 

"Are you still on about that?!" He finds himself yelling as he chased her. Honestly, this was ridiculous! He'd thought that they've made rather good progress on their friendship. Ever since he saved her life that one time, she'd been amiable to him then, at least. "I thought we were finally becoming friends!"

She suddenly stops, fists clenched as she turns toward his general direction. She doesn't say anything, won't even look him in the eye-

Something in him snaps.

"Is that all I am to you?!" Lloyd exclaims, bitterness and anger seeping in his tone. "Is that all you'll know me as?! Lord Garmadon's son?!"

Still nothing. Lloyd heaves a sigh, trying to calm himself down.

"Well?"

"I don't–I don't know!" She shouts, head bowed and hands gripping her messy brown hair harshly. "I don't know," her voices cracks and Lloyd takes a double take -are those tears?- when she lifts her head to face him. Brown locks cover her face messily, her eyes are dull and smoldered (so, so unlike that blazing, fiery amber that the blond was used to).

"I don't understand it either," Kai whispers and yet Lloyd hears it so loudly, so clearly. "How can I be so scared of you?"

Her next sentence leaves him in silence and confusion, leaves him with so many questions he wasn't sure he wanted answers to.

"When I'm just so in love with you?"

Time seemed to have come to a standstill, both of them just staring at the other in silence and shock.

The spell is broken by loud, numerous chatters and whispers as the two finally notice the rather large crowd they had attracted and Lloyd sees the others trying to control the-

Kai suddenly bolts, tearing through the dense crowd, pushing and knocking down fellow students in her way.

"KAI-!!" The green-clad male yells, hand reaching out toward the brunette as if that would stop her in her tracks. "WAIT-!! I'M-"

And just like that, she was gone. Out of sight.

Lloyd frowns, a faint sense of deja-vu settling at the back of his mind.