SUMMARY: Lloyd's bored...and he wants a piercing.

Okay...no pressure, just stick the pin into the ear, until it punctures the lemon. No biggie. Come on, Lloyd, you're the green ninja! How hard can it be to pierce an ear? You've had pains worse than this!

Shakily, Lloyd brought the pin closer and closer to his ear until...

"Nope! Can't do it!" He dropped the items and clutched his forehead. He'd seen the girls' piercings. Heck, even Kai's pierced his ears. How hard can it be?

His mind drifted back to when he had a mental breakdown and had gotten his nose pierced. It hurt like hell on earth. The hole was starting to close up.

"You good there?" Kai asked, sticking his head through the door. Lloyd glanced at him, from the mirror, "Yep, I'm great!"

"Hold on..." He stepped into the room, "If I didn't know any better, those look like the equipment one would use to...pierce an ear."

"I just want to pierce it, why is it so difficult?" Kai thought for a second, before grinning.

"NYA! COME HERE!"

Seconds later the youngest Smith sibling entered the room, "What's up?"

"You know how you pierced my ears?"

"Yes..."

Lloyd bit his lip, "Can you pierce mine?" She shrugged, "Sure."

The water ninja sat cross-legged in front of Lloyd, who placed his head on her lap, "Now, Lloyd, this is gonna hurt. Are you sure you wanna do this? Remember the nose piercing incident?"

"Yes, I'm sure!"

"Okay then. Kai, hand me that apple."

He gave it to her and she held it in front of Lloyd, "Bite down on this."

"O-Okay-MMF!"

"Now...hand me that pen."

She drew a small dot on his ear for the piercing. "Does this look okay?" Kai shrugged, "Looks good to me."

"Okay then. Lloyd, stomp your foot once if you want me to count from three, and stomp twice for the element of surprise."

Thud...Thud.

"Okay, great." She grabbed the needle, "Hand me the wipes." She cleaned the needle, and positioned it on the dot.

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"GODDAMMIT!" Lloyd yelled, though it came out more muffled because of the apple. Nya looked at her brother, "Bring me one of your earrings."

He disappeared, before coming back with a small silver stud. Nya slipped it into the newly-pierced hole, and disinfected it, "You're all done. Moisturise the ear daily. Do not take that piercing out, you got it?"

"Yeah. Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna scream into my pillow. Be right back."

"Sure. Take your time."

"Great. If you hear any crying...it's because of the...climate change. Totally not about the pain in my ear."

"Totally, dude."

"Okay."

"Okay."

"Yep."

"Cool."

"Noice."

"Toit."