It hadn’t been your intention to steal from there, but like a magpie to anything silver, the jewels just looked so damn tempting.

And it certainly didn’t help that the stores security system wasn’t up to standard, especially after you cut the wire to the camera.

It was honestly a piece of cake to grab some jewellery, merely going on your way in the dead of night.

You could definitely wear the necklace on Friday and maybe the earrings could become your new centrepiece. It didn’t look like something that was stolen.

With a pep in your step, you made your way to an alleyway, your ears perked when you heard the echoing sound of police sirens.

It seems they’ve missed their cat burglar.

You were about to snicker to yourself, adjusting your bag on your shoulder and prepare to head home after a tiresome night of getting your prize.

All you wanted to do was curl up in bed and sleep until the following morning.

You were unable to snicker when you felt your mask being lifted off your head, you glanced up, your chest briefly tightening in fear at the possibility of a police officer catching you.

That fear disappeared when you caught bright green eyes staring down at you.

“Hey you” You greeted with an affectionate smile.

The you, you were referring to was your boyfriend, Lloyd Garmadon.

The man currently stood on the edge of a rooftop, the sacred Green Ninja that could rescue the city from any big bad without breaking a sweat.

And the man who is currently angrily glaring at you.

“I thought you said this was going to stop” the this he was referring to was your petty crimes, your alter-ego of Cheshire Cat, and the very reason you had a mask on at this time of night.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” You crossed your arms, hearing the sirens go on the opposite direction of where the jewellery store was “I might’ve been wearing it cause I was cold”

“[Name]” Lloyd impatiently muttered, his grip tighenting on the mask.

You pressed your lips together at the sound, lowering your head slightly “You know mischief calls to me, it’s very hard to ignore it”

“Is it? Or are you choosing to ignore it” He countered, lowering himself so he was on the ground with you.

Right now you couldn’t see your boyfriend, he was fully The Green Ninja. His GI on full display, the green and black making him almost blend in with the wall of the alleyway. The only thing that made him visible from the camouflage was his blond hair.

“I’m trying” You nodded to yourself, though you didn’t even believe your own words. You weren’t trying to stop it.

Everything was encouraging your mischievous tendencies.

“Trying and doing aren’t the same thing” Lloyd extended his free hand to you.

Briefly you were foolish enough to think he wanted to hold it, to reassure you that he wasn’t mad and that he is just worried.

His worry didn’t translate into loving words and hugs and kisses.

He wanted you to hand him the jewellery, slowly you took a step back, hiding the bag behind your back.

You swore, momentarily you saw a vein in Lloyd’s neck twitch.

“[Name], give me the jewellery” He gestured to your arm. Impatience was practically radiating from him, he wasn’t in the mood to play around.

You unfortunately weren’t in the mood to make things easy for him.

“But I worked hard for these” You muttered, tightening your grip on the handle of the bag.

A bag Lloyd had bought for you for going out and work purposes. Not theft.

“So does the person who sells them” He tilted his head in the direction of the store you had robbed.

“They won’t miss them” You faintly shrugged your shoulders, tapping your fingers slightly “Besides I’m doing them a favour, they’ve probably been wasting away at the front for weeks now”

“Did you seriously stake out the place?” Lloyd said in disbelief, the rhetorical question settling into your brain as you realised you had said the wrong thing.

“I mean, hypothetically, they’ve been wasting away” You randomly gestured around you now becoming awkward when anger began to seep further into his voice.

Lloyd mumbled your name under his breath in exasperation, closing his eyes and leaning back.

“They were just so pretty, I couldn’t refuse getting them” You honestly spoke, keeping the bag out of his sights.

That made him return his gaze back to you, sharper than before “Then you buy them, you don’t steal them”

“I think they’ll look great on me” You diverted the conversation, hoping to steer away from the fact that they’ve been stolen and focus on how beautiful they will be.

“Everything looks great on you, but that’s not the point” Lloyd both complimented you and did not fall for your ploy, he was not allowing this to disappear “I can’t keep sticking my neck out there for you [Name], one day I might not be there to save you”

“You aren’t saving me, I’m fine” You brushed off his words with a small dismissal of your hand.

“Fine, really?” He raised an eyebrow at you.

You hummed in response “All fine, I have no arrests and no police chasing after me.”

“And why do you think that is” Lloyd’s words didn’t sound like a question, but you were choosing to believe it was. He was merely curious.

“Because I’m quick” You beamed to your hero boyfriend, happily walking to sit on a step.

“Yeah and cause I’m risking everything to keep you safe” He pointed out, not joining you on the step but stood in-front of you, lifting the mask for you to look at “I’m making the scene of the crime not look like a crime, I’m diverting the police, I’m putting everything on the line for you”

You didn’t realise he was supposedly covering for your ass, making it look like no theft at all was committed whilst knowing full well you had been there.

Under your breath you scoffed “I never asked you to do that”

“You didn’t have to!” Lloyd exclaimed, briefly freezing at the loudness of his tone before glancing to his side to make sure no one had heard

No one was even nearby.

“I just.. I don’t want my girlfriend to end up behind bars..” He pressed his free hand against his face, quieting his voice.

“I won’t be behind bars” You rolled your eyes, not pleased at him diminishing your skills.

You’re the Cheshire Cat, you knew you could get away.

“But you could be” He emphasised, lowering his hand in seconds and glancing down to the mask, his expression softened “One day you could be..and I might not be there to get you out of trouble..”

You huffed out a laugh “I command trouble”

Instead of looking annoyed, Lloyd looked concerned, slowly moving to crouch infront of you “You can’t truly think you’re invincible..”

“I don’t steal important things”

“It’s important to someone else though”

You glanced away from him, letting your eyes linger on concrete underneath your shoe, your bag hung helpless from your shoulder.

Instead of taking it, Lloyd lifted it back up to it’s rightful position.

“And your important to me” He confessed, gently moving his hand to cup your cheek, encouraging you to look at him “You’re so important to me, and I can’t keep sitting back while you’re only a few steps away from being arrested”

“I won’t be arrested” You stubbornly muttered.

“And let’s keep it that way” Lloyd stroked his thumb along your skin “No more thefts, no more break in’s, no more crimes..if you want anything you just have to ask”

But you breathed through mischief.

Chaos was your oxygen and without it, you felt like you were suffocating, buried six feet under with no sign of escape.

Slowly, you nodded along to Lloyd’s words, he didn’t know you weren’t planning to keep to your nods.

The blond leant forward and pressed a kiss to your forehead, keeping you close to him. He was once again not handing you in, and he wasn’t taking the jewellery back.

Next time, you promised yourself, you wouldn’t allow Lloyd to catch you in the act.

To keep Lloyd off your trail, you didn’t steal for a month.

One whole month of pretending that your skin didn’t burn you alive, everytime you saw a store that looked so easy to steal from.

One whole month of lying to him that you weren’t getting temptations.

By the end of the month, you had your next heist entirely planned out and this time you were going to make sure nothing linked you to it.

Nothing that would let Lloyd trace it back to you.

Except, this time you didn’t have someone covering for your ass, so you couldn’t afford any mistakes.

Of course the moment you knew no mistakes could be made, every mistake you could think of was done.

So now you were running from the police, their voices and sirens growing louder behind you as you ran.

The only sanctuary you could think of finding was the alleyway.

Pressing your hand to your masked mouth, you lowered yourself beside a garbage bin, hoping that your hand will silence the severity of your haphazard breathing.

You tightly closed your eyes, pressing your back against the wall to try and keep you in the reality.

That for once, you might be heading to prison.

That idea only became stronger when you heard footsteps approaching and you thought that this would be the end of your freedom.

There would be no more nights of leisure, no more mischief to make you smile, no more kisses with Lloyd.

The steps halted when they were stood in front of you. You were already imagining seeing the barrel of a gun the moment you opened your eyes.

Surprisingly, it was a lot worse than being face to face with a weapon.

Lloyd Garmadon stood in front of you, his hand on the mask of his GI as he took the material off his face.

He looked angry, he looked so very angry.

“Llo-“ You went to speak, but he lifted his hand to cut you off, eyes narrowing as he looked to the side.

In the distant you could hear more footsteps approaching and you froze in shame by the garbage bin.

You had expected Lloyd to hand karma straight back to you, calling the police your way so you could be arrested and get the consequences for your actions.

He didn’t.

Instead he began walking to the entrance of the alleyway, and when you were about to join him, he pressed his finger to his lips, telling you to be quiet.

You pressed yourself further against the wall.

“Hey officer, lovely night for a stroll” You heard Lloyd greet someone, him leaning against the bricked wall in what you could only expect was a friendly manner.

The officer smiled in greeting “It would be if I wasn’t chasing after a thief, seen anyone in a mask and running?”

Lloyd pressed a finger to his chin in thought “I think I saw someone go that way” he tilted his head into a different direction.

The officer waved his hand in appreciation and headed off into the direction Lloyd had pointed him in.

When you heard fading footsteps, you glanced out from behind the garbage bin to see your beloved still stood there.

You were about to stand up when he was making his way back to you, no longer was that friendly smile still on his lips, but it was a frown, a very prominent one.

“Are you fucking with me right now” He spoke the moment the bin was within his sights, his voice chipped with tension.

You also hadn’t expected him to curse at you.

“Let me explain” You lifted the mask off your head, his expression didn’t soften when he saw the recognisable features of your face.

“Explain what? How you disregarded your words” He snipped back at you, his posture rigid as he stared.

You faltered at his words “I never gave you my word..”

“But you nodded, you made me believe you were finished with this” Lloyd gestured to around him, his hand lowered to point at the bag at your side “What did you steal this time, what was so important that made you disobey the laws, again”

Slowly, you opened the bag allowing for Lloyd to peak inside of it.

You didn’t get any understanding when he looked within, all you got was an exasperated curse and him tilting his head back.

“For fucks sake [Name]” He pressed his hands into his eyes, letting the pressure rest against his lids for a moment.

You had stolen the most pathetic thing out there, money.

Money from a well-respected store that had many patrons explore it’s stocks for something new.

Money that made people blind with power. And it made you blind with the idea of invulnerablity.

“I’m sorry..” you mumbled under your breath, trying desperately to make the apology louder but failed.

It was as if you couldn’t admit defeat.

Lloyd tore his hands from his eyes “You’re past apologies, you’re past sympathy from me”

Wordlessly you handed the bag to him and briefly his hardened gaze wavered. Briefly, he returned to your beloved who looked like he wanted to wrap you into his arms and hold you for the rest of his life.

That was quickly concealed by a scoff escaping his lips.

“So now you want to right your wrongs” He didn’t take back the bag, keeping his hands at the side of his leg.

You faintly nodded.

“How stupid do you think I am [Name]” Lloyd bitterly spoke, stepping closer to you, he hadn’t lowered himself to your level yet.

You almost wished he would be at your side, at least then you wouldn’t be able to see who had all the authority in this situation.

And it wasn’t you.

“Even if you say you want to stop, you know you can’t, you know you’ll just bide your time until I’m no longer paying attention and steal again” He glanced down the alleyway, not staring at a particular target but doing anything to not look at you.

You blinked back the tears in shame, because he was right. His statement had been spot-on.

“Then hand me over…” You couldn’t believe the words you had said, because you don’t want to be arrested.

But you also don’t want to lose Lloyd, so you had to sacrifice something, and that just had to be your freedom.

The very thing you value.

Your beloved didn’t react much to your idea, you half expected he was about to run, find the officer and bring him to you with fury in his eyes.

“I’m not going to hand you over” He slowly shakes his head, finally moving himself to be by your side, lowering himself to sit beside you.

You felt his shoulder brush against yours, but he didn’t reach for your hand.

“Why not? You already know you can’t stop me” You countered, resting your hands against your lap with a sigh.

“I’m also in love with you” He leaned his head back against the bricked wall, staring up at the night sky. No stars graced your presence “You’re the love of my life and I don’t..no I can’t put you behind bars”

Testing the waters, you pressed your head against his shoulders, allowing it to rest there. He didn’t push you off.

“I love you too” It wasn’t the first time you’ve said you love each other and it certain wasn’t the last.

But the hum of acknowledgment from Lloud made you know he doubted your words.

How could someone love him when they were so willing to steal?

When he still didn’t push you off his shoulder, you wrapped your arm around his, and once again he let you remain there.

But you could feel the canyon between the two of you growing. Even if you were sat beside one another, it didn’t mean you were as close as you once was.

Lloyd was the protector of the city, and yet he was protecting a thief wanting to steal for the sake of it.

You pressed your face into the crook of his neck, allowing yourself to soak up these glorious seconds for a few moments longer.

By tomorrow this cat and mouse game will continue.

this book literally made me question everything, I thought Mason was a traitor, I thought Synové was a traitor and now I think it is Jelanie.

- “You’re the fire that keeps my heart bursting with life, and I could never imagine my life without you, it wouldn’t be worth living if I didn’t have my flame of life…Will you be my Yang..?”

- You said yes immediately, running into his arms in a fit of smiles and happiness.

- The only part of his plan that remained was that you and him shared your first kiss as Yin and Yang under the sunset.

- Kai, however insisted that this was his entire plan, that this was totally how it was meant to happen.

- The ninjas allowed him to say that for five minutes.

- Then they began reciting the tale of how he behaved during preparation.

- At least this’ll ensure you won’t have a groomzilla at your future wedding.

Lloyd:

- He’s been wanting to ask you to be his Yang for over a year.

- The medallion has lived in numerous places across the monastery, in draws, in his pocket, secretly behind the bathroom mirror. It has been everywhere.

- But he keeps chickening out of asking.

- Because he has no idea how to propose.

- Lloyd had gotten advice from everyone, most of them being different renditions of ‘Just do what you think feels right’, while others were ‘Stop being a coward and do it’

- And everyone was getting impatient over his inability to ask you to be his Yang, which fair, he too was getting frustrated with himself.

- However he knew he really had to stop being a coward when the topic of Ying, Yang somehow worked its way into a conversation between the two of you.

- “Would you ever want us to get promised?” “promised for what?” “The Yin, Yang promise”

- Lloyd’s face had gone red at your question and he could barely look at you.

- “Would you ever want us to?” “I would”

- That gave him all the answers he could ever want, and gave him a much needed wake up call.

- After that day he threw himself head first into planning, carrying the medallion with him every single day, just in case the perfect moment arrived.

- He expected the perfect moment to be after a battle or in a fancy restaurant like how he saw in movies.

- It wasn’t, it was in the monastery living room whilst you were curled up on the sofa after affectionately kissing him.

- It had been such a domestic setting and it only made him realise that he could not go another day without asking you to be his Yang.

- He knelt on the floor in the middle of the room, he didn’t even get down on one knee, it was a full on beg-like kneel, directly in front of you and proposed.

- “I know I’m meant to wait for a more romantic opportunity, but to me this is everything I could’ve imagine and more. I want to always be by your side whether that be beside you in our bed, dancing with you in the kitchen or kissing you for the rest of my life. Will you be my Yang?”

- You uncontrollably nodded from your seat on the sofa, beaming at him as he hands you the medallion, and still kneeling on the ground brought you in for a kiss.

- Or more accurately multiple kisses.

Cole:

- He thought for once he’d be good at keeping surprises.

- When he had decided to ask you to be his Yang, and bought the medallion, he decided to hide it in the place you’re least likely to look.

- In the back of his wardrobe in a box with the words ‘extra wires’ in sharpie.

- He had thought his plan was flawless and didn’t even hint at you that he was planning to ask you to be his Yang.

- Until you needed extra wires and wandered into Cole’s bedroom when he wasn’t home to look through his wardrobe for that box.

- “You’re more than welcome into my room, come whenever you want” he had told you, so truthfully it was his fault you found the medallion.

- When you opened the box, you certainly weren’t expecting to find it and almost screamed in excitement at the sight.

- Though you did instantly close the box, smiling down at you as you realised he was planning on asking you to be his Yang.

- While Cole wasn’t dropping hints, you certainly were.

- And it wasn’t hurting anyone, you were just giving him ideas on when to propose.

- “There’s a carnival in town, wanna go?”

- “It’s meant to be hot today, wanna go to the beach?”

- “There’s a small gig downtown, wanna go?”

- You thought all of your hints were effortless and that at one of these he’d pop the question.

- He didn’t and you were starting to become restless over the fact that it had yet to happen.

- It all came to a head when two weeks after your discovery and still no proposal.

- When you were lounging in his room, you decided to be honest in what you had found.

- “Can I tell you something?” “you can tell me anything” “I found the medallion”

- Cole’s face became disheartened instantly and he sat up in his seat, he thought you hadn’t liked it.

- You had, and you told him that, you just hoped he hadn’t decided against asking you.

- He hadn’t, and he truthfully said how he couldn’t figure out when to ask.

- “I wouldn’t mind right now..”

- Cole’s face became brighter as he moved towards the wardrobe, opening it and retrieving the box with the medallion.

- Then he got down on one knee.

- “[Name], you are my entire heart, you make me want to get up in the morning all so I can spend the entire day loving you and reminding myself that I am the luckiest man in the world because I get to be your boyfriend, and I want to spend the rest of my life waking up proud to be by your side..so..Will you be my Yang..?”

- You answer his question by kissing him, Cole adjusting himself so you’re comfortable on him.

- You said yes the moment you finally got your lips off him.

Jay:

- This man, for some reason has a fascination in accidentally doing any big moments during the midsts of a battle.

- So of course it was only fitting for him to plan everything with his head held high.

- Only for the possibility of the city being destroyed to hang in the balance.

- No one expected for him to get down on one knee, he hadn’t even told the ninjas that he was planning on asking you to be his Yang.

- He has learnt that the ninjas are the worst secret keepers and the worst at giving advice.

- You were covered in grit, the hood of your GI over your head as you were in battle position.

- Jay was dirty but most likely had cartoon hearts flying over his eyes.

- When he got down on one knee your eyes widened at the sight.

- “What are you doing..?” “Something I need to get off my chest before it’s too late”

- “I know this is the worst timing, and I wish I could take you elsewhere and be every bit of the man I know you deserve..but I cannot continue this battle not letting you know that you’re who I fight for..I can’t keep fighting without you knowing just how I feel for you and how my heart beats for you. Will you be my Yang..?”

- Even with the impending doom, you lifted your mask off and pulled him in for a kiss.

- Everyone in the vicinity aw’d at the romantic gesture.

- And with the new title of Yin and Yang, you fought harder for victory.

Zane:

- His proposal isn’t over the top, or out of the blue.

- He’s meticulously thought out everything, keeping the medallion safe and sound and knowing exactly what to do.

- He knows to keep it private and he knows to keep the speech short and sweet.

- Zane settles on taking you to the snow covered forest under the guise of a walk.

- It confused you momentarily but then again this is Zane, it wasn’t unusual for him to want to go for a walk and confuse you.

- As you reach the end of the trail, he cupped your hands in his, bringing them up to his lips for a kiss.

- “I have a question to ask you” “Yeah?”

- Zane slowly takes a step back, but keeps his hand in yours.

- “I love you so much, you have shown me there is more to life than binary codes and following rules, you’ve taught me that it is fine to let my life change paths and if you hadn’t told me that I don’t think I would have found you”

- You were touched at his words, but instantly became speechless when he got down on one knee.

- “Will you be my Yang..?”

- You were teary eyed as his words settled into the air and slowly you nodded, a smile growing on your lips.

- To Zane this was what he was made to do, be yours.

Nya:

- She knew what she was doing.

- Sure no one else thought she was, but she knew it was better not to have a complete plan than try and overanalyse every little thing to perfection.

- Sure sometimes she can be a perfectionate to a fault, but you’ve tried to teach her not to be.

- and she needs to be reckless.

- The only part of her plan she planned out was the medallion and her speech, the rest was up to anticipation.

- Or better yet, when she no longer felt she could wait to pop the question.

- That happened when the two of you were at the beach.

- And she knew instantly how cliche it was to ask you on the beach, especially when she asked you to head to the car quickly for something.

- and she began writing in the sand, asking you to be her Yang.

- When you returned, carrying a spare towel on your arms, you instantly dropped it in shock at the sight in front of you.

- The question and Nya on one knee in front of you.

- “Nya..”

- “You make me tongue tied, I never know just what to say to you, without making me sound like a total idiot all because I get distracted by your beautiful face..but for once..I’m gonna be brave and I need you to know that I adore you..I adore you so much and nothing would mean more to me than having you for the rest of my life..Will you be my Yang..?”

- You couldn’t even respond, stepping over the towel as you joined her on the ground, wrapping her into a tight hug.

- “Is that a yes..?” “That is a definite yes..”