Midnight..

The time of night where it was physically impossible for you to stay asleep. Sure, Lloyd had a bad sleep schedule, practically every ninja did.. except.. yours was probably the worst despite the fact you occasionally seem like you have your life under control.

No matter how hard Cole tries, he just can’t get you to sleep, so he’s gotten to the point of cuddling you tightly so you can’t escape his grip.

Tonight was probably the worst of your nights. You had woken up from a bad dream and squirmed in his arms, surprisingly he didn’t wake up. You knew you wouldn’t be talking about the dream any time soon, as it— One— contained stuff about your past you didn’t want to talk about, —Two — you had a habit of keeping things that hurt you to yourself.

You tried to close your eyes, only to open them back up again, trying not to look at the images your head was forcing you to see. Your thoughts were horrible tonight too.

You sighed and just decided that that was it, no more sleep for the rest of the night as it would be too triggering to try.

Eventually Cole woke up.

“Kai, sweetheart, how come you’re still awake hm?”

He asked, his groggy voice being evidence that he had just woken up.