"Good morning, sunshine," you yawn when Cole stumbles down the stairs.

The black ninja rubs his eyes and collapses onto the couch. "Don't talk to me, please. I don't even know where Lloyd gets all these noisemakers."

"Does he do this every year?"

Cole nods. "He did it last year, too, and the year before that."

A loud honk comes from upstairs, followed by angry yelling. You and Cole share a look. "Kai's up."

Zane comes downstairs next, looking surprisingly awake for five in the morning. Kai staggers after him, half-asleep and with his pajamas buttoned incorrectly. Then Nya comes in, looking decently awake, followed by an excited y/b and o/b, who's trying to be grumpy but is obviously just as impatient to open presents as everyone else.

"Okay," Cole groans, sitting up. "Let's get started so we can go eat breakfast."

"Hang on," you protest. "What about Jay?"

"Uh, he said to start without him," Lloyd volunteers a little too quickly. "He's, uh, working on a surprise, and it's not quite done yet. R-right, Kai?" He elbows Kai, who's asleep on the couch next to him.

Kai jerks awake. "Huh? What? Uh, yeah, yeah, what he said."

Lloyd sighs. "Never mind. Let's just open presents! Y/n, you go first!"

"Uh, okay..." you say suspiciously. Anyone with half an ounce of sense can tell that Lloyd's up to something. Even Kai seems to be making an effort to stay awake and focus on what's going on while you circle a large box that's been conspicuously placed in the middle of the floor. A large label on the wrapping reads FOR Y/N. OPEN ME FIRST! A smaller label underneath the first one says face this side.

You aren't sure about this at all. This whole situation is screaming "prank." But you suppose the only way to find out is to open the box. You carefully untie the huge ribbon wrapped around the box, then tear away the wrapping paper. The top of the box is taped shut, and everyone else in the room leans forward in anticipation while you cut the tape, making sure to stand at arm's length.

As soon as you finish cutting through the tape, the sides of the box flop outward. You yelp and jump backward as the whole box collapses to reveal Jay dressed in his ninja gi. He's down on one knee and as soon as he sees you, he holds up a small box.

"Merry Christmas, y/n," he says nervously. "So, um, will you marry me?"