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Everything seems normal. Having a crush is a normal thing to have with everyone, except maybe a person who didn't want to experience it (no judging). Being a normal human is fun, not being a human is also fine. It's normal when it happens in ninjago
But in real life that's a different thing to explain.
What was funny was how random it was for Benthomaar being a close friend with Morro, considering how both from different things and realm (Morro could die if he touched water or something wet). It ended up them being best friends in a way or something, like what Vania could call it a comedic duo since Morro is easily get ragebaited by Benthomaar's words.
What also happened randomly was when one day that the two seemed to just be chilling around near the harbor bay, both just seemed to be talking about anything what's on their mind until a few minutes later Scott came to drop off some upgraded spear that Bentho had requested. It was funny for Morro that his friend here never wanted an upgrade before he talked to him.
“Hey, your spear had just fixed some new upgrades that you asked for” Scott called out to Bentho, who beamingly smiled and immediately got up and went to where Scott stood. “Whoah! This looks like some really sick upgrades!” He excitedly praised Scott as he smirked, feeling satisfied with it.
“Thanks… if you have any complaint or want some upgrades you could always just call me if anything happens” Scott suggested to him as the two of them talked for a long while.
Morro, to his luck he was watching the two talk as he never noticed that Scott was actually in his youth of early 30, and how he still looked young despite his age and how long he was already stacked in the prime empire. Meanwhile he looked over to Bentho and saw how his tails wagging happily, his cheek turning warm blue and him beaming brightly. That made Morro snort of how a silly dog looking Bentho was and sure enough he knew Bentho was still perhaps in his mid 20s.
After Scott left and said his goodbye to Bentho while giving him a warm smile, that made the shark hybrid wagging his tail even more and even looking like a lovesick fool.
“Pfft, you look ridiculous in front of your crush. How old was he again? 27? 29?” Morro tried to ask when Bentho sat back near the dock. “He's 32 actually. And he's so pretty while he's his age, maybe even much more beautiful than any girls…” he sighs with a dreamy love one, already imagining some scenario with the older one.
Morro stayed silent and nodded, until he thought back to it. “Wait… 32? He looks soo young? And what age are you again now?” he asked, waiting for the answer.
“27. And very much legal in human age” he said very proudly, which only made Morro even more confused. “So… you're into the older guy? Like old?” that made Bentho look at him straight into his eyes.
“Do you think I'm into that old age? No! I happen to be into Scott ages. Well technically anything that happens to be with Scott hehe…” he let out a small chuckle as he was already deep into it.
“You're a weird one… you're into 30th something, and you expect me to be normal about it?” He lets out a disappointment ‘tsk’ at him.
Bentho gave him side eyes and even sneered a little, “says you. You pretty much had a crush on Lloyd like… for what? eternity? Yeah that's pretty much older than Scott's age” he snickering and Morro glared back at him.
“At least I hide my crush subtlety, unlike you keep wagging your tail like a sea dog and looking like a wrecking mess” he pointed at Bentho's own shark tail and let out a huff.
That only made Bentho sneering in a low voice, “at least I didn't terrorize his family beforehand… and I actually made a move asking for a date and flirting with Scott! Unlike someone who's still got cockblock by his crush's own family…”
“Shut up.”
“Nope”
The two glared at one another and let out a huffed like angry animal. That silence only lasted a few minutes until Morro asked him another question.
“Do you have any future plans for your crush?” He asked quietly and Bentho let out a proud laugh. “Oh I'm going to do much more. I will ask him to marry me and make him my wife!”
There's another silence between the two of them
“.... he's a guy and much older than you”
“Even if he's older than me I'm still going to make him my wife!”
That made the two of them laugh actually. Yeah somehow Morro regretted asking that and he let him have his imagination run wild.