It started during Summer vacation while I was playing some few Turf Wars. I had nothing to do and not many friends to hang with, so killing time with my Ink brush was what I did with most of my time. That was the last place I would have thought that I was going to get shot by an arrow from cupid. That damn baby squid. How can he shoot arrows when he can barely manage moving his tentacles around? Whatever, but you understand what I mean by cupid. Well, she was cute. Which was odd because I thought many squid girls were cute but she caught my attention more than anyone. I was awestruck by how adorable she was that I was a sitting duck and she hit me with her Aerospray RG. As I was sent back to re-spawn, a caught a glimpse of her smiling face before a teammate of mine splat her as well. From there on, I would purposely go to the Inkopolis more often to see if I can see her again. I saw her a few more times, mostly on turf wars, and she would always be on the opposing team. It was kinda weird, but I would try to take her down myself just to see her a bit more. It would suck though, she had a faster fire rate than I, and since I was always distracted by her, I would always get splattered. That would upset my teammates. Not only that, but she eventually caught on that I would always try going for her. Sometimes she would start getting sneaky and hide away from me to see if I could find her. She would ambush me and splat me, unless I was lucky and found her. She would get surprised, but of course, I let her splat me either way. No matter what, before she splat me back to my base, she would give me a wide grin that I pictured every time I didn't see her.
Now school is in session. It has been for a couple of months and us Inklings are just adjusting to the school lifestyle with our new bodies. We were in the classroom and it was our break, which also counts as lunch for those that brought any. This classroom had twenty five individual desks for us Inklings, not including the teacher's desk in the front. The desks were in rows of five with no space for more desks or anything else. The front wall had a whiteboard with many different colored markers nearby and posters above it from famous philosophers like Albert Inkstein and John Inke. The left wall had windows peering out to the outside world and cabinets that contained different books of all the subjects we are learning about like math, science, and Inkanese. The right was just a wall with posters up about the stuff we learned these past few months so it was still empty but it grew more every week. The back wall was blank awaiting the posters that were going to fill it up, just like the right wall. Students were all around, sitting by the windows or by their desks in clusters. Some students left to use the bathroom, get something from the vending machines, or to just take a breather as we are stuck in this single class for the whole day. All of the inklings here were looking really fresh with their name brand clothes like Skalop, Zekko, and Krak-On. We aren't obligated to wear school uniforms as in the past, many students wouldn't wear them and just come in fresh clothes. They would suspend them for a while, but it eventually became obsolete when each class would only have like five students since everybody else got suspended. So it got lifted and only a few students still wear it today.
I'm sitting in my seat, as usual, which was located near the right wall and three seats away from the front. I'm casually listening to music with my head resting on my folded arms that are on top of my desk; my purple tentacles dangling on me made my head feel a bit heavy. I try not to make it obvious, glancing to the desks that were near the front, two rows away from me where three girls are huddled near each other. Normally, I wouldn't really stare at a crowd of girls like this but I'm not staring at them, just at her. She kept her tentacles long, reaching almost her ankles and has mastered walking without tripping over them. Her skin color was brown, like mocha and probably sweet like it as well. She wore the sporty bobble hat from the brand Skalop, recognizable with its black design. Her sweater was the Zekko hoodie, easily noted since I wear that brand too. She was wearing normal shorts and her shoes were red hi-horses which, unintentionally, I wore the same ones but in purple. What stood out from her fresh style was the color she loved being. Don't get me wrong, she wore all the colors at least once. She would come as blue, yellow, purple, green, orange, even white once, but the color she wore the most was bright pink.
"But then it exploded! I knew it was the opposite team's bomb but it was pink and I couldn't help myself." I heard her say to her friends, which she finished it with a big smile as always. Her friends gave her a giggle and told her something back, but I couldn't really hear from where I was sitting and from the earphones in my ears. I lowered the volume on my iSquid to hear them, but even that didn't help. Being said, she was a bit loud. Her voice was a bit louder and more high pitched than any other girls I've heard. Not that it's a bad trait, made her a bit unique, but it annoyed many people.
"Does Miss Goody Two-Shoes ever shut up?" I heard a growl behind me. It must be Serene, another girl from my class. She's known to be pretty rude and I hear her constantly complain about this girl. "And can she stop moving?"
That was another feature of hers. She's always on the move. If she not moving her feet around or moving from one place to another, she was swaying her body, or fidgeting with her hands.
She was now swaying her body around, making her long tentacles circle around her. She was staring off to the ceiling, seeing that her friends were now talking among themselves and she was in no interest of it. She kept staring all around the room until her eyes met mine. I suppressed a blush coming as she smiled at me and started to walk this way.
"Hey, Hydro." She said as she approached me. I nodded towards her and paused my music.
"Hey, Lilac." I greeted her. It got me a bit nervous that she came towards me and my voice cracked slightly when I said her name. She stood in front of my desk, smiling, and swaying as she was before.
"Are we gonna turf battle today? You owe me from not coming yesterday." She leaned in and nodded at me as if that would raise the probability of me going. Her big pink eyes stared at me, only making me more nervous. Ever since we entered school, I noticed that she was in the same class as me. It took me a whole week for me to gather up my strength to tell her hi. When I did, I thought I was let down when she stared confused at me. I felt embarrassed and had to explain that I was the guy that kept trying to splat her during the summer. In which, she giggled and hugged me. Caught me by surprised and I almost made myself turn bright pink. She tends to forget faces real easily but gets excited when she remembers. Now we're friends, though we all know how I feel about her.
"Sure. But we have to concentrate on our work too," I sighed. I can't say no to her.
"I'm okay, I'm okay! I've been getting great marks on my work so I'm okay." She kept nodding, her tentacles bouncing with them. That surprised many squids. Though she was loud and can't stay still, she was very smart; something I lacked in the academic side. Don't get me wrong, I'm smart, just not school smart.
"So did you go yesterday? Won any battles?" I asked, scratching my cheek. She leaned back, thinking for a bit.
"Oh! Yeah. I went yesterday. For a little while. My team kept getting beaten. I left before I usually do when you come with me." She pouted a bit. Her friends aren't big in turf wars. They were more into looking fresh. Since she knew me before anyone and she knew I liked to ink it up, she asked me to go with her after school. We go almost every day unless I need to catch up on something.
"That sucks. Why would you keep losing?" I asked, trying to keep the conversation going, at least for a bit more. I don't really have much to say in these kind of conversations but if I stop, she'll get bored and move on to another person to talk to.
"I wanna say it was because I was the only shooter, ya know. My team kept being all rollers or all snipers. And they weren't high levels, though they did try their best. Once, my team was only three of us, so we lost like big time." She explained, throwing her hands in the air to emphasize her loss. "But maybe this time, you'll be in my team and help me out. Sure, you're an ink brush user but you're really fast at throwing your ink and stuff." Lilac leaned in close again and I couldn't hide my cheeks from turning purple this time.
"Alright! Break time is over. Everyone to their seats." Saved by the teach.
Lilac quickly turned to get to her seat in the front of the class, a row away from me, smiling and giving me a wave before she did so. I let out the air I was holding in and relaxed. It seems to be getting harder to be around her with how I feel about her.
"And then, like, I thought I got him but he had his Ninja Squid thing and he splat me. I lost my Inkstrike because of that." Lilac explained as she swung her feet on the bench.
We were taking a break from turf battling , sitting outside of the lobby on a bench, drinking a soda. She was explaining to me about a match she lost. I was on the opposing team but I was lost in this battle. We had entered just when I new map was set in place and we had no idea where we were going.
"But Camp Triggerfish sure is big, isn't it?" She asked me, standing up and moving her feet in place.
"Sure was. I thought I was splatting the whole place until I found a part that no one inked up." I explained and then took a sip of my Mountain Ink soda.
"I hated the place with the gates that you had to wait for the last minute to be able to reach them. The other team got a total advantage if they knew." She pouted and spun herself. I couldn't help but smirk a bit as she couldn't kept still.
I then heard a Squid Sisters' song start playing. I looked around and looked for a source. That's when Lilac stopped and grabbed her phone from her pocket. She answered the call, silencing the song.
"Yeah, yeah? Oh, I'm just outside the Lobby. Oh, really really? Well, I think so." Lilac was on the phone and then turned to me. "Wanna practice with some friends?"
That took me back a bit. I've never done a friend battle before. My friends and I never had enough Inklings since we weren't many and when we were many, I didn't know all the people going and I'm not into that. I usually decline since I'm not that into big crowds and forced to interact with everyone but it was her.
"S-sure." I swallowed my pride and forced a smile. Her face brighten up as she went back to the phone.
"Yeah, yeah! We'll do it. We'll wait for you here then. Yeah. Okay, okay. Stay fresh!" She hanged up and spun again to look at me. "My friends are coming with friends. They said that they already reserved a room for us and it'll be ready soon. I guess not a lot of Inksters are here today. We can practice and maybe we'll get used to Camp Triggerfish."
"Oh, I see. Which friends?" Perhaps knowing who they were would help me not be in a bad mood later on when I'm with them. Not that I was going to hate them, just get somewhat annoyed by them since I just don't know how they act.
"It's my friends from class. Rachel with the short tentacles and Luz with the green eyes. Another friend of ours from another class is coming too. She's Koral. She's nice. A little quiet though." Lilac explained it all to me. I didn't mind her friends but as I said, they're more about being fresh than inking around. I don't know about this Koral squid but hopefully she is like how Lilac described.
"What about the other friends?" I asked, seeing that we need six or eight for a good enough private battle. If it was only going to be us, we aren't enough and it will be all uneven. She stopped her moving and started to sway to look up at the sky.
"They said friends. I don't know who, just friends I guess. But Luz did sound giggly when she called. Maybe, maybe she's bringing boys. She gets giggly when she's with boys."
I let out a small sigh. Great, its a group date thing. Her friends are probably trying not to get these fresh boys bored so they decided to take them into a turf practice. And knowing them, they probably have no such clue in what to do compared to Lilac. I wouldn't mind this at all, being that I will probably get paired up with Lilac more, but one thing is making me nervous about this. I'm not the freshest guy in Inkopolis. I have my tentacles up on a high ponytail, which is starting to go out of style according to some. I have dull gray eyes that look like I was bored all the time. I have to wear the Arrowbands, normal glasses will just fall off for me and I always thought they looked dorky. All I wear is a black layered long sleeve, shorts, and my purple hi-horses. Not even remotely fresh and these guys coming will probably make me look like the un-freshest guy around.
I sighed once more before drinking from my soda again. Lilac was spinning herself again, not fazed by these news at all. But why would she? She's always off on her own world, which I guess is a good thing. She has nothing to worry about; no low self-esteem.
"I wonder how good these guys are?" I heard Lilac said as she stopped and looked towards the lobby. "If they're good, they'll be a challenge. I can get better if I can win them. You think they'll be a challenge? And if they are, think I can take them? What if I can't?"
I stared at her for a bit. Maybe she does have insecurities after all. It seem subtle but I think that's what I heard from her. I looked at her and shrugged.
"Don't worry. You got this. You're really good at inking up the turf and you don't back down when an enemy is shooting straight at you. You have guts. You have this. Plus, we don't know if they're good or not." I tried to reassure her. I guess she got the point because she started to sway again.
"Yeah, yeah. Plus, I have you by my side. We can both do it!" Lilac gave me her big smile again, which I couldn't help but smirk at. She's gotten really attached to me when it comes to turf battles. She gets a little fidgety when we aren't in the same team but I guess she's just a little shy even though she's very comfortable with talking to people.
It wasn't long until they arrived. And as I predicted, these guys were fresh. They had they're weapon bags in hand. One had a roller bag, a big one so it might be a Dynamo roller. Another had a charger bag and the other had a smaller bag, so a shooter. All had different hair styles, different from plain old, not fresh up do I have.
"Hey, squid! Ready to ink it up?" This was Luz. She had long, orange tentacles that she made into twin tails landing about to her mid back. Her eyes were green, as Lilac said, and bought some of the freshest things that were out there. She wore the squid hairclip, retro sweat by Jelly Fresh, normal shorts, and cherry kicks. She giggled after a while, noting that she was giggly with boys. She had a shooter bag with her.
"Can't wait for this, squids." This was Rachel and her tone sounded sarcastic. She had short, orange tentacles that fell onto her shoulders. She had tinted shades on, hiding her eyes. She wore the white anchor tee by SquidForce, with normal shorts, and red hi-tops. She carried a small shooter bag as well.
"This will be fun!'"Lilac said to them, clearly not focused that they were lying this whole time about wanting to turf battle. She then skipped towards a girl in the back holding a long charger bag. "Hi Koral. Ready for fun?"
Koral nodded. She was a bit shorter than the rest of the girls. She had her yellow tentacles in a braid and went down to her hips. She had green eyes as well. Her style was fresh but not so extreme as Luz. She wore the retro specs over her blue eyes, gray college sweat by Splash Mob, normal shorts, and black seahorses. I might get along with her, if she's not too shy.
"This is Hydro by the way," Lilac said as she went up to me and grabbed my hand to follow her towards Koral. She always does this when she wants me to follow her and it makes me real nervous. I hope she doesn't feel me getting sweaty.
"H-hi." I told Koral as Lilac let go of my hand and reached over to greet Koral.
"Hello," she said. Her voice was sweet and soft and she shook my hand.
"Where are my manners? Tsk. Tsk. My bad." Luz said as she came up to us. "Lilac, Hydro. These guys are Jordan, Jet, and Rob. You remember them from last time, don'tcha Lilac? They were the ones that we met at Big G's place." She giggled once again.
"Hi! Yeah, I remember ya guys. Nice ta meet ya again. This is Hydro!" Lilac said as she smiled to them all and introduced me too. I nodded my head towards them in acknowledgement, which they did the same, one of them waved slightly with a grin. I looked over at them quickly. Jordan was the one holding the Roller bag. He wore a paintball helmet and his blue tentacles were spiked up in the back. He wore the Zekko Baseball Long sleeve, shorts, and squid-stitch slip ons. Rob was next to him and he had the shooter bag and was the one that waved. He had blue eyes and his green tentacles were let down and reached a bit above his shoulders and wore the backwards hat by Zekko, the Varsity jacket, shorts, and Hi-horses, gold edition. Lastly was Jet. He was the one that had the charger bag. He had yellow eyes, his blue tentacles were brought towards his face,slightly hiding his left eye. He wore the 5 panel cap by Zekko, the camo zip hoodie, shorts, and blue moto boots. I couldn't help feel insecure and tried not to stare at them.
"So you guys ready? Ready?" Lilac said pretty excitedly. She nodded and then went to grab her shooter bag that was next to the bench and my bag. "We can decide groups and choose the map once we're in."
"Sounds fun." Luz tried to sound excited too. She seem to have her eyes on Jet.
"Yeah! Let's go! There's a new map today too. We can ink that! Ink it as practice for regular turf battles." Lilac explained as she walked towards the lobby. Everyone followed her as I lagged behind having to get my ink brush bag from the bench and throw my soda away.
As we all eventually got inside and showed our IDs to the jellyfish in charge of letting people in, we all settled towards the side where all of the private rooms were located. At the private rooms, also called practice rooms for some, we get to chose the field, teams, and battle type. We all stood outside of one of the rooms, which always have two elevator doors per room. Between the two doors are some buttons and handles to operate which map we wanted to use and under the controls were little lockers to put our bags and stuff in while we battle.
"Okay, so like, before we get in, we have to choose teams, I guess." Rachel said as she faced toward at our group. She had been staying awfully close by Jordan. I sighed; hopefully this won't be getting too complicated. I looked over to Lilac, only to find her messing with the buttons and levers for the maps.
"How about squidettes vs playas?" Rob said as he took his weapon out: a rapid blaster. I saw Lilac turn quickly and stared at me; she looked a bit worried but she tried to hide it.
"Eh? Is that even fair? We're just girls." Luz complained, hands on hips. I was about to groan at this before Lilac came up and stared at Luz for a bit. I heard Rachel sigh and shake her head; the two looked confused at their friend. Then Lilac stepped up a bit more toward Luz and smiled.
"Don't say that. Just 'cause we're girls doesn't mean we can't do it. We can like totally win if we work hard. We'll help each other. It'll be fun. Fun! That's what it's supposed to be at the end." She tried to encourage Luz. I saw Koral give a small nod and Rachel come up towards her and give her a small shrug.
"I guess." Luz pouted and then looked over at Lilac. After a few seconds of staring at her, clearly getting a puppy eye treatment, she huffed. "Fine! But just this first battle, got it?" Luz looked over at the boys they brought. Rob smirked and gave the thumbs up while Jordan and Jet nodded. She then looked at me. Not very interested in any of this but Lilac was staring right at me so I nodded as well.
"Yay!" Lilac jumped and went to go check at the map on the monitor near the buttons. "Our map will be ready in 30 seconds. We gotta enter through these doors soon." Once she said that, she opened her bag and got her Aerospray RG out and placed her bag into one of the lockers . Everyone else did the same as well. Jordan had his Dynamo Roller, as I predicted. Rob already had his Blaster out. Jet silently took out a E-Liter 3k. Luz had a Tentatek Splattershot and Rachel a N-Zap '89. Koral took out a squiffer. And lastly, I took out my Ink brush.
As we entered our respective doors, girls to the left and boys on the right, I tried to look back quickly to see Lilac before we left but she was out of sight; she was probably the first one in the elevator.
"Okay, so what's the plan, playas?" Rob asked as he looked at all of us once the doors locked us inside. The elevator started moving, taking us to our base, and it gave a small hum; a waiting song played in the background. I heard a sigh from Jet, who was next to me and saw a shrug from Jordan. Great, I was I paired up with players that don't even know what to do? Jet who sighed started to stretch his arms and then began to talk.
"We go over this all the time, Rob. First, Jordan run past us and take your roller out. Try to make as many paths for us and for you to hide in when an enemy, and in this case, a girl approaches. Rob, you follow behind him and cover anything he left un-inked. I'll find a high place towards the middle to back you guys up when an enemy approaches. And being said," Jet turned towards me, whom I raised an eyebrow to. "Can you stay back to cover the base and once you're done with that, head towards our location and maybe even advance forward?"
It seem that I have spoken a bit too soon and was impressed by this. I thought Jet would be that stuck up cool guy, but he seem to be pretty chill. Most of these guys were, but they were still pretty fresh compared to I, so I still felt weird.
"Sure." I simply said, it sounded like a pretty good plan. Jet looked at everybody and each of us nodded; Rob gave him a thumbs up.
As we heard the elevator stop, the doors started to open. We were left in our side of the map. It was of course, Camp Triggerfish and it surprised the rest of the group as we all got out and walked towards our respawn center.
"Damn! New map looks fresh!" Rob said as he whistled and looked all around. "This is gonna be fun."
"Pay attention to where ya go, playa." A husky voice was heard. It caught me by surprised and I looked over at Jordan. That was the first time he talked and I wasn't expecting it like that. He noticed me looking at him and he just nodded back.
We all got to the base and immediately turned into squid to load up on ink. Once done, we went back to Inkling. I noticed that we had all turned pink.
"Got the plan? Then let's rock." Jet said as he got his E-liter ready. As we heard the music start, Rob and Jordan advanced. Jet tried to get some of the area inked until he found a nice path and went forwards. I, of course, stayed near the base and inked whatever the rest didn't. I had played before in here with Lilac before the rest came, so I knew there was the other area behind the wall to the left. I noticed a small trail of ink, most likely left my Jet, as it went toward the back and went up a wall. I inked all that I could and I was about to go until I heard something coming. Quickly, I turned into squid and tried to go back as fast as I could. I had dodged an Inkstrike that had just inked up the area with green instead of pink. With a sigh, I covered the area back with pink. When that was done, I had a chance to get an Inkstrike and I decided to ink up the part where our team couldn't reach due to the gates being up.
I was finally advancing, going through ink that my teammates had placed and heading now towards the middle. I noticed a sniper on top of one of the walls. It was Jet, seeing that the color was pink in his tank. I heard someone get splattered and taken back to their base. I went to the back where a bunch of grates were and as I suspected, no one had inked up the place there. I started to ink up the area, setting up a sprinkler on the bottom of the grate as I kept inking everything pink. When I was coming back to go up the grates to get behind the enemy lines, I saw a green ink coming my way behind the wall from where I came from. I hid behind the side, where a pillar was beside the ramp. I hid there and waited for whoever it was to advance and I get them with a sneak attack. I kept seeing the ink coming forward, destroying my sprinkler, when it was about to enter my area, it stopped. Confused, I waited a bit to see if they came back. Did they get splattered? My patience was running low and I decided to take a look. As I went forward to look, I heard something trigger. I jumped back, just escaping an ink mine. A heard a giggle as a shooter came out from some ink near the ramp.
"I knew I saw you!" It was Lilac and she wasn't going to let me out of her sight. She had her Aerospray in hand, and kept shooting. I dodged forward and tried to ink the parts she inked so I can escaped, but she went towards the ramp and I saw her plant another mine. From there, she quickly squidded back and got onto the grates. She then started shooting me from the top of the grates and I tried squidding away but she had a good eye and kept spraying the place in ink. Eventually, she ran out of ink and had to turn squid; now this is my chance. As she tried to get ink, I advanced with my ink brush. Unfortunately, I forgot that she had the Ninja Squid on and she had shot most of the area with her green ink. I got confused, looking for her and inking all i could before I heard shots from behind.
"Lookin' for me?" She said before she splatted me away. As I left, she waved goodbye and smiled, only to continue inking the area I had just done.
As I returned to base, I super jumped to where Rob was, seeing that he was well into their base. As I got there, I started to go towards the area I was just at. I was planning to ink up the part Lilac had inked already. As I got there, I started to ink everything I could. I had to dodge many ways though. Knowing her, Lilac must have placed a mine around for anyone. Just as I have thought, the ink mine exploded, having to be there for too long. As they did so, I started to ink it up. I got to the place where she had last splatted me and noticed it all green. I sighed and started to spray ink everywhere. I heard an Inkstrike somewhere and hoped it was a pink one and not green. I finally inked the whole place and then decided to go towards the middle where everyone was at. There, I saw Koral up on a wall, sniping someone and splatting them. I tried my best to avoid them and went towards another green area. As I inked that area, I heard someone coming.
"Not fair!" It was Luz and she was being chased by Jordan. I let them be, not knowing if he was playing with her or wanted help getting her. I went into even more enemy territory and on the wrong time because the music changed. Great, one minute left. As I inked what I could, I saw a light. I squidded away quickly, seeing that it was a sniper shot. I hid behind a wall, inking the part behind the wall and whatever the shot kept getting. The charger, Koral, kept trying to get me, despite that the wall was in the way. Great, it's the last few seconds and I can't even move. The shots then stopped. I looked over, seeing that she had jumped down; probably got frustrated and is trying to get me herself. I squidded quickly towards to her and jumped, spraying her as she charged. She splatted and went away. As that happened, the whistle blowed and it was time. We all stopped and looked up. There was a giant screen coming up from one of the sides towards the middle of the stage. There, the stage was seen, painted with pink and green. Judd, the portly cat that judges all the turf battles, appeared and did his waiting dance. He then took out a flag as the gauges under him appeared and started to fill up; green were on the right and the pink on the left. Then music started to play as Judd pointed his flag toward the pink side.
"Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about." I heard Rob say from somewhere on top. Jet came from somewhere near our turf and Jordan was slowly coming our ways. From a bit of a distance, I was able to hear Luz again.
"See? I told you we wouldn't make it!" Luz was heard whining somewhere near the turf I was just at before I had my brawl with Koral.
"But, Luz, it's not about winning! It was fun! Fun! Fun! Didn't you have fun?" Lilac was also then heard after her. I frowned. This girl better not make trouble over a dumb turf war. I was about to head over to the scene but a charger was then placed in front of me as to stop me from advancing. I looked to the side to see Jet holding his E-Liter towards me. I squinted my eyebrows at him, I was both agitated and confused. He stared at me and shook his head slightly.
"Let them deal with it, bro." He simply said. Is he really stopping me to defend someone? Who the squid does he think he is? I was about to bark something back when I heard some footsteps coming our ways.
"See! We totally did well and stuff. Like, I didn't do this part. I was splatted. How many times did you get splatted, squid? 'Cause I got splatted a bunch of times! Bet you were more stealthier than me, though." It sounded like Lilac and she was holding Luz by the hand and being followed by Koral and Rachel.
"Y'all got nothin' to worry about, bro. They're always like this." He simply said before he put his charger down. Rob then ran towards us and Jordan had been near us for a while.
"And you just let them do this? Like, Luz being like that ain't right." I said to him. Just because they look happy doesn't mean I don't want to call her out.
"We know it aint, playa. But, ya know, them girls are a bit-" Rob was talking before he was interrupted by Jordan.
"Shh. We'll talk about this later. Don't wanna make more trouble," Jordan explained as the girls were much closer to us before. As I saw them coming, I just realized how much pink ink was on Lilac and the girls. I knew Lilac loved the color pink, so I want to say she let herself get splatted a few times and that explains why she was the most pink from all. When she saw us, she let go of Luz, who pouted some, and ran to us.
"That was great, man. Let's go again!" She said as she stopped right in front of me and Jet. Rob was then heard giving a small laugh.
"Squid, you're drenched in ink. Ya sure ya want to battle again?" Rob pretended to shoot her.
"We'll see who's the one getting drenched, playa." Lilac responded. Rob blushed and Jet tried holding in his laughter. This got me a bit confused as I watched Rob and then looked over at Jet. Don't tell me... Lilac didn't seem to noticed anything though, as she looked back to the girls.
"Wanna go again? Or change up teams? New teams? Since I promised you, squid." Lilac was now swaying as she talked to them.
"Ya know it, squid. I've never liked all squidette teams or all playa teams." Luz explained. I noticed Rachel roll her eyes at this and Lilac bit her lip as to stop herself from saying anything.
"Okie dokie. New teams, right? Right. Let's get back to the lobby and pick our team and map." From there on, Lilac ran towards the middle where the screen came out from. Under it, another elevator door was placed.
"Come on!" She yelled and jumped as she waited for us to come over. I smiled at her silly self and I was about to walk forward when I noticed a few people's actions. Luz and Rachel seem very disconnected. At school, they're like best friends, but now it seems that Rachel wants to do nothing with Luz. Koral is sort of at the side, doing her own thing and making things feel even more awkward between this team. Hopefully, it gets better as the matches change. I then glanced over at the boys. Rob was still blushing and stiff as Jet walked over and pushed him to walk and Jordan followed behind. I sighed. It's just getting too salty with the girls and awkward with how Jet talked to me and Rob being interested in Lilac as well. Great, I probably lost this match though. Rob's a pretty jumpy guy like her and if this progresses, I guess my chances are just done.
"Hydro!" "Come on, playa!" Lilac and Rob called out. I looked over seeing that everyone had reached the door while I spaced out. Great, thanks brain. I ran towards them and tried to forget all of this. Let's try to get this day get better.
We did a few more matches. We started to have fun for a while and started to lose track of time, especially since this room got reserved for hours. By the time we were in our 17th match, we noticed that it had started to get late.
"Sorry guys, but we gotta run." Luz said as she looked at the clock in the lobby. A lot of other Inklings were walking out as we stood in front of our private room. We were all covered in different ink, for those that didn't feel like shaking it off. Others, like Luz, always shook the ink away once we were done in battles. She said it wasn't exactly fresh to have Ink proof clothes and not shake off the ink.
"Awwwww! Can't stay a lil' longer, squid?" Lilac whined as she hugged Rachel and grabbed Koral with her tentacles. She avoided Luz, probably not wanting to cover her in ink again.
"Sorry, squid. We gotta go. I have to study with Luz and Koral's gotta go. Ya know how her old man is." Rachel explained with a weary expression to Lilac but hugged her back lightly. With a pout she let go of them and sighed.
"But we better have fun again. We almost never get to have fun!" Lilac chimed as she swayed in place.
"We'll have fun again soon. Plus, we have practices, remember?" Luz popped in as she fixed a ponytail. "Besides. We see each other again tomorrow."
"It's getting a bit late..." Koral spoke again since we met and I completely forgot she was able to talk. She was an odd one. She was very quiet and followed people's orders. She never refused, she never fought, she never gave ideas; she was very passive. She decided to shake the ink off now and seeing Koral did so, Rachel did the same. Lilac didn't do it just yet and stayed covered in ink.
"Okay, okay. I'll walk you to the station then?" Lilac asked. Luz looked over to us boys. Rob quickly looked away and Jordan was on his iSquid and didn't notice anything that was happening. I didn't know what to do so I just looked over at Lilac and then at Jet. Jet was the one that stepped up for us and was putting away his weapon.
"We gotta stay and do somethin' real quick. Not the most gentlesquid thing to do, but we playas anyways, so we can't walk ya guys home today." He explained. Luz was about to say something when I saw Rachel grab her hand and pulled her forward.
"Alright, playas. Gotta leave without ya then. Let's go check out of the room in the front. Stay fresh!" She said everything quickly. Luz pouted and walked with her, quietly saying a 'bye'. Koral waved goodbye and Lilac followed.
"I'll be right back," she told me and I nodded back. I stared at her walk off a bit and smiling to her friends that seem to be trying their best to not be in a bad mood.
"Bro." I looked over and saw Jet telling me to walk with him out the lobby. He had already shaken off the ink and so had Jordan who was next to him. I was so busy looking at Lilac that I didn't notice them packing their stuff.
"Let's go get some drinks, playa. I'm thirsty." Rob said as he waited next to me. He brought over my weapon bag and I accepted it, placing my Ink brush inside. While I was doing that, Rob shook the ink away and once I finished, I did so too.
I walked out with them and went to the nearest vending machine. Rob ran to it and punched the buttons, as we took a seat on the bench nearby. This was weird for me again. I don't necessary just kick it with guys I've never known before after a session of battles. This day was weird too, with how the girls acted and stuff. Luz was a total joy krill. Whenever something nice seem to happen, she always had a retort to say and bring people down. I wanted to call her out so many times, yet those times Jet would always tell me to chill. It seem like he had a good intention but I was about to call him out too. She eventually calmed down towards the end, probably tired from blabbering so much. That was when I remembered about what happened in the first battle and how the guys were telling me something before we were interrupted.
"Wait, what were you guys tellin' me about?" I asked, completely dawned that I forgot to ask as soon as the girls left. Rob gave a small laugh as he was still buying stuff.
"Man, we thought you forgot, playa." He said as he grabbed some stuff that had fallen to the bottom. When he grabbed them, he threw a can to me and Jet and we caught them; Jet was sitting next to me. He went over and stood next to Jordan who was standing on the wall. I looked down at my drink, and opened it as I looked over at Jet.
"As we were sayin'," Jet started as he opened his can. "If the girls seem in trouble, don't get involved. I know it sounds real salty but like they can handle their squid. " He then took a sip of his soda.
"But what if they don't and someone does get hurt by somethin' that a specific someone says." I raised an eyebrow and my tone a little. It seem that whenever something did come up, Luz was the one that started it. "It just seem like someone can't stay quiet."
"Playa, chill. They ain't hurting anyone. Other than Rachel and Luz, that is. Them girls got too much problems on themselves. They besties but they will eat each other up, man. We've known them since they turned, them girls got more fangs than all of us but they only bitin' themselves." Rob explained as he opened some chips. I just noticed that he had like two more bags and three more sodas for himself.
"But, like what about Lilac." I bit the inside of my cheek. I can't really blow my cover on her. "She got yelled at for somethin' she didn't really do."
"See. Lilac's a good girl. She knows what Luz says ain't real. We know her squid ain't real either. Didn't ya see how confused them squids were, Rachel and Lilac? This isn't what Luz usually is when they're by themselves. So whatever it is, they seem to have a hold on it. From what I've seen, Lilac is the only one that can calm Luz before she gets a tantrum. Trust me. She can and will get worse if Lilac isn't there to calm her." Jet explained and sighed.
"She's too pure for this world." Rob said real quiet and I brushed it off. It was true.
"Still ain't right though. Like who does this squid think she is?" After I say that, I hear a real deep low sigh. I looked over to Rob and he smiled as he moved his eyes towards Jordan. Jordan was stretching before he placed his hands onto his helmet and started to take it off. When he did so, I noticed that his tentacles fell down, his tentacles probably spike up when he wears the helmet. He looked straight at me, his eyes were pink and he had snake bite piercings.
"Ya gotta be real careful with these squids, man. They all come from pretty famous families. All of them had one or both parents be real good turfers when they were young. All want their girls to be real good turfers too but Luz is different. Her dad was a big turfer but her mom is a designer. They both agreed that Luz will be pretty fresh and she's kinda absorbed that into her. She was big into turfing until her parents just started to get to her. You saw that Tentatek, squid doesn't play around. But now she's all about being the freshest and that changed her. No more turf battles and if she does, there will be trouble. Might be an act though because squid never act like this before. But ever since, we knew it was trouble. Girl Rachel seems real tired of her squid and we know somethin' is gonna blow up soon but we don't know what the squid is goin' on in the low key. Can't be burstin' in their accusing Luz for somethin' her parents got into her and we can't be telling Rachel down either 'cause we don't have anythin' about her beef. We've only met Lilac once and we told her then about being careful with them two but she just smiles and says she's gone help. Li aint dumb, and she's trying her best, but we know she's gone get hurt and we won't be able to stop her. This is the first time we met Koral, so we have no info on her other than shes real quiet." Jordan explained as he put his hair into a ponytail like me. I sat there watching as I tried to sink everything in. If this is all the parents fault, then wouldn't these girls be smart enough to not listen to them?
"Rachel is also a hot head. So when it looks like Luz is calming down and we finally get some peace, Rachel comes up and starts barking it up again." Jet added in. When this happened, I saw Jordan's eyes quickly look at Jet and then down. "But it's a miracle she was quiet today."
"But wouldn't that still count as trying to change Luz then? Like make her realize that her parents are not doing the right thing?" I asked, it just seem too much like a prime time drama to me.
"We can't really do that, playa. We just dont do that." Rob explained. "Guys aren't seen to be doing that squid, ya know. Plus, that'll just make more trouble. The girls have tried but it didn't work out. Look at them, playa."
"Plus, the girls have enough beef in their hands from their family, they don't need more. All of them have pretty big turf families, like I said. They are taught from young to be real good at inking up the place and get scolded if they don't do it. That's what happens when ya have big turf families, ya know playa? Rachel completely ignores them though. She tries to show them wrong, maybe that's why she's a bit...tired of everything. Heard she got her iSquid taken for that. Luz absorbed it, probably not wanting to be like Rachel." Jordan explained and then took a sip of his soda.
"What about Lilac?" I had to ask. This time, Jet talked.
"We don't really know how they treat her but we know that her dad was a big turfer. Know The Big Purp? That's her old man."
"What? Her dad is Big Purp? He's like the best shooter that had ever existed!" I never knew such information; I never bothered to ask Lilac about her parents, but what normal Inkling would? "Wait, doesn't he also have a son that's pretty big in Rank battles too?" I remember reading an article about it. If he does have a ranking son, then it must also be Lilac's brother.
"That's right, playa. According to sources, he's a Rank S+ now. Heard that playa never leaves the lobby to make sure his ranking stays the same." Rob said with some coral chips in his mouth.
"But we know that's fake. Met him once as he walked toward his house." Jordan said as he threw his can. "Pretty chill, but looked hella tired to deal with anythin' else. It was also late. Probably almost midnight."
I sat there for a bit taking in all of this information. So this whole drama among the girls is because of their parents. Then why haven't they resolved it with them? Maybe their not all like Rachel's parents. Hopefully Lilac's parents aren't but seeing that her bro is such a hard worker, they might be too. I was starting to feel bad for these girls. They're getting all heated with each other about something that their parents expect them to do. We all just had turned maybe eight months ago. Seems pretty bad that they're already expected to do so much. Kind of made me feel a bit sad for Luz, though she was still being very mean to Lilac.
"Wait, why are you telling me all of this?" I asked. They all stopped and looked at me and got me a bit nervous.
"We dont want you getting caught in some squid drama, playa. And don't worry about Lilac, she got this. She ain't goin' to let somethin' like this affect her." Jet explained with a sigh.
"Plus," Rob came from behind and placed his arm over my shoulders. "You're a pretty good turfer, playa. How you ink up the place and know where to put the Inkstrikes and all. Make sure, everything is covered and give us pretty good points to win." He talked and ate his chips.
"What?" I don't know if I'm just really tired that I've had so much information poured towards me or that I couldn't understand Rob with his mouth full of chips.
"What that loser is sayin', is that we would like to have you in our turf team." Jet finished it off. I looked over at all of them.
"Me?" I pointed at myself, surprised.
"Yeah, playa! You're so good at this. We haven't seen someone ink like that in months!" Rob commented and grinned.
"See, we're tryin' to make a team, bro. We never find the perfect playa though but you got some moves. So, we're askin' if you want to join. We'll just call you up when we have time to ink it up. Do some competitions and maybe some Rank battles if we think we're up to it." Jet explained and nodded. "You have potential, bro. So you in?"
I was awestruck that they asked me. I don't have much friends and they usually don't ink in teams, just in random battles. Seeing that these guys I just met a few hours ago are being so nice to me while I thought they were going to be a bother really got to me.
"But, what about Lilac? I always turf with her and I wouldn't want to stop, ya know." I asked. That was my major concern. Sure, being in teams takes time and dedication and I can do that, unless it means leaving Lilac behind. I'm always with her when she wants to ink it up, doubt she has anyone else to rely on.
"You ink it Lilac, playa? So lucky!" Rob said, getting a bit too personal with my space.
"Don't worry. We ain't like other playas that don't let other squids not hang with them. You can bring her along and stuff. She's a cool squid, plus you can see how much this loser is interested in her. And we'll let you know about battles in advance so you can let her know." Jet told me and I swear I was able to physically feel Rob blush next to me. Being in a team sure sounds fun. I'm not huge in inking but every since Lilac brought me over to play after school, I kind of got addicted to it. Plus, maybe having a bit of a competitive streak in me will get me more motivated to actually do stuff. And inking is a bit of good work out sport, with all the running and jumping. Maybe I can get pretty fit and fresh and Lilac would rather look at me than Rob. But bringing Lilac a long and just letting her watch might get her bored and she might get close to Rob while I'm bulking up.
"Can I let you know another time, man?" I asked. Jet nodded and gave a small smirk and Rob let go and let out a small sigh. Guess he really wanted me on the team.
"Here, let me put my number on yo iSquid and ya can message me whenever." Jet said as he pointed at my pocket. I took out my phone quickly and passed it to him. He slid the screen, he looked surprised that I didn't have a lock on it, and then started to put his number on the contacts.
"Alright. It's a go then. We gotta go, bro. My old woman will take my weapon away if I'm late today. Have people over or somethin'." Jet explained as he got up. I saw Jordan move over towards us with his weapon bag in hand. Rob threw away a bunch of empty bags and cans and then ran back to get his weapon.
"Does that mean I can't stay over, playa?" Rob asked with a groan.
"Sorry, bro."
"Man! Not fair."
Jordan and Jet were already ready to set foot and I stood up from my seat to stretch a bit, stiff from sitting around for a while and sore from the battles.
"Alright, bro. We'll see you some other day or somethin'. Even if you don't wanna join, just text me to hang out." Jet said.
"Yeah, playa! You're pretty chill. Like a more expressive Jordan." Rob said and pointed at Jordan who had placed his helmet back on so I wasn't able to see his expression.
"Yeah sure." I said with a smile. This is much different from hanging out with my usual friends.
"See ya." Jet said and Jordan nodded to me as he followed by him. Rob was the last one to follow as he lagged behind from grabbing his bag.
"See ya later, playa." he said and walked away only to come back. "Oh, and can ya tell Li that I said bye?" I saw him blush a bit and smiled. I bit the inside of my cheek so I wouldn't frown and nodded at him. No need to be mean to him when he's been so nice to me.
"Sure, got it, man."
"Come on, bro!" Jet yelled and Rob quickly turned and started to run towards them.
"Thanks, playa! Stay fresh." That was the last thing I heard from Rob or any of the three before they left towards the shops nearby.
I stood there by the bench for a bit, waiting for Lilac to return. I thought about the girls situation. Seem like a bunch of squid to me, but I haven't been in that kind of situation like that. They said that Rachel rebels her parents, but I wonder how. Does she get into arguments? From what I've seen, she does have some knowledge on how to turf, but she wasn't like a hardcore player. But she looked pretty annoyed about turfing in the beginning and she looked like she just didn't care about doing her best at the end. Koral is an interesting one too. She was very pushy at the end, saying that she had to go because her old man or something. She must be in a situation like them as well. Being so, if they are all in the same boat, they must all have known each other since young or something. I wonder if they all live by each other. If so, then they must live by the Crabshaw district. After turf battles, I walk with Lilac home since we both get off at the same stop. After a bit, we split up and she always walks towards the Crabshaw district while I walk to my area, Lagoon Heights. It is known that a lot of famous turfers do live there.
As I thought about this, I heard squishy shoes skipping my way. I looked up and noticed it was Lilac, still inked up and coming towards me.
"Sorry I took long, Hydro. They wanted me to stay with them until the next train came." She smiled and was hugging her bag.
"It's cool. I wasn't waiting long. The guys just recently left." I explained not wanting her to think she left me alone for too long.
"Oh! That's cool. They're cool." She nodded, shook her ink, and then took a seat on the bench and putting her bag down. "They were good turfers, ya know. Like I'm glad I was able to ink it up with you guys. I had tons of fun!"
"Yeah. It was fun," I said, not wanting to spill out anything about how I felt about Luz's actions.
"I was all worried they were going to be these really strong and powerful turfers and stuff. I was so scared but then we played and I was relieved that they were pretty chill playas." She continued and dangled her legs by the bench.
"But, didnt you know them from before? I think that's what Luz said. And they told me they met you once before."
"Well, yeah. But we never really like turfed with them. We saw them when we went to eat one time. They knew each other but that was my first time meeting them. It was kinda boring though. I really wanted to turf when they brought me along but all they did was hang out and eat stuff." Lilac said with a sigh. It was like a memory she didn't want to remember. I took a seat next to her for a while.
It was quiet after that. Like we were so tired that we both didn't even want to talk anymore. She dangled her feet and I sat there watching the squids leaving home and some just coming to turf. The sun was setting a bit, making everything look orange. Couples passed by, holding each other's tentacles and talking. I quickly looked over at her and she was off looking at something to her side, not paying attention to any one at all. I wonder what if would feel like to hold her tentacles. They were really long in comparison to anyone else. Would they be heavy? Or more sensitive than normal tentacles?
"What do you..." Lilac looked over to me and started to say something until she stopped and then looked away.
"Huh?" That was really odd for her to do. "Were you askin' somethin'?" I asked. Maybe she got nervous when she noticed I was staring at her.
"It's nothin'. I think I'm tired or somethin'." She replied and stretched her arms. After she did so, she stood up and swayed a bit. "Think it's time to head home?"
"I guess." I got up from the bench and grabbed my bag. I observed her a bit more. She gave off a tiny yawn and did appear tired.
We both have gathered our stuff and started to walk towards the station. We tapped our passes when we got there and waited for the next train to come.
"Are we comin' again tomorrow? I wanna try to Turf Battle again in random. Maybe, maybe Camp Triggerfish will be on again." Lilac spun around, slowly, as we waited.
"Tomorrow? Sure, I don't mind that."
"And maybe we'll see the guys. Maybe we'll even get to go against each other. Maybe, maybe we can go out to eat tomorrow. I'm craving pizza." Lilac was starting to go everywhere. She does that when she's tired. She'll start to jump from one thing to another, way more than usual.
"Yeah, pizza sounds good tomorrow. Oh, and Rob said to stay fresh. He left before he could tell you." I told her. If I didn't and she sees Rob soon, I wouldn't want to look like a jerk.
"Stay Fresh!" She said and posed just like the Squid Sisters. She's definitely tired.
The train arrived and we got in. She quickly took a seat nearby that was next to a window. She stared off outside and then gently placed her head down. She was starting to nod. I watched her as she did so, I guess I'll just take care of her while she takes a nap. The train was a bit empty at this time. Most Inklings have gone home before or have stayed to play a bit more by Inkopolis. A few business people and some kids coming from other school districts were patiently waiting for their stop. Some were on their iSquids, doing their homework, or taking a nap like Lilac. It was peaceful. I looked over at Lilac. She was hugging her bag real right, scared that her Aerospray might fall. Her face was pressed toward the window, her hat was slipping and was starting to cover the right side of her face. I smiled at her sleeping self, she was too pure for this world. Or at least the things that she has to go through. I leaned back in my seat and stared up, feeling the train rock as it moved. I could feel my eyes growing heavy but I tried to stay awake, just in case we miss our stop. My eyes kept moving lower and lower; maybe just closing them wouldn't hurt. I'll still be listening, just with my eyes closed.
"Hey!"
I mumbled and groaned as I heard someone call. Were they calling to me? I then started to feel tentacles shaking me.
"Hey! Hydro, come on! Our stop is here."
I bolted up when I heard that and looked next to me. Lilac was holding her bag and her tentacles were on me. I looked outside to see the familiar buildings that were by our station.
"Oh squid!" I said as I got up and grabbed my bag and run to the doors. I stayed by them, placing my hand on the door to keep it open for Lilac. She eventually caught up, being trapped by me being on the side seat, and I let go as she got out.
"That was a close call." Lilac said as she walked backwards in front of me. "Imagine if we missed it."
"Then we would be getting home pretty late." I added and looked around. It was getting pretty dark now. I looked back at her, she was good at walking backwards. She eventually started to walk forward again and hummed a bit.
"That was a nice nap. I feel much better now!" Lilac said and smiled back at me.
"Sure was. But, maybe it would have been better if we didn't have to wake up so fast."
We walked down the same street we also go down by. Birds were started to go into their nests and the houses nearby glowed with the lights from inside. Lilac was still lightly humming and it sounded like the Squid Sisters, one of their slower songs. She always gets pretty quiet when we're walking home. I looked up, the first stars are starting to come out in the darkening sky. They twinkled as they appeared. I looked back at Lilac who was just humming and saying around, sometimes even doing a fancy little two step every now and then. Funny how I was looking up at the stars, when the brightest star is right in front me.
Lilac then turned, smiling as she hummed but stopped when she saw me looking.
"What?" She simply said and looked rather confused. I guess I had a dumb smiling face on and didn't even notice. I tried to remain calm and cough it out, changing my expression. I blushed at her but hopefully it was dark enough for her not to see.
"Uh, nothin'. I wasn't," I started but I saw her expression change. Her eyes widened and she jumped back.
"Did ya see? I wasn't! I swear, I was just walkin' around!" She said as she stared at me, almost terrified. "I was just skippin' and stuff." She moved her hands in front of herself and shook her head. I stared at her for a while. Why is she overreacting like this?
"I didn't see what? You dancin'?" Right when I said that, she gave off a small yell. She covered her mouth with her tentacles, I guess not wanting to disturb anyone as she then looked around the houses. When she noticed that no one cared, she let go of her mouth and let out some air.
"What? What' so wrong about-?" I was about to continue but she looked up and still give me a scared expression. It almost looked like she was about to run away. She looked at me for a while before she looked down, staring at her feet. I didn't know what else to do, so I just stared at her.
Well, this is awkward. What was so bad about dancing? She's always moving around, how is this any different? Whatever it is, I'm not going to find it out today. I've never even seen her like this before and I'm starting to feel awful. I need to change the mood soon.
"Uhm, I, well...Oh! Jet and the guys asked me to join their Turf Team." I tried changing the subject and it must have worked since she immediately looked up with a smile.
"Wow! Really? That's so cool." she commented, finally coming closer to me.
"Yeah, but I don't know if I should join or not. Like, I haven't given them and answer." Once I said that, Lilac grabbed my hands and got close.
"You should totally do it! It'll be like fun! And I'll go and support ya guys! Like a cheerleader and stuff." She said and smiled at me.
"Uh, wait, really?" I asked as she still held my hands.
"Yeah!" She started to swing us around. "You guys will look so cool and I'll be there supportin' ya guys. You should like totally join." She eventually stopped and let go of my hands to stare at me and sway her body.
"I...uhm, I'll think about it a bit more." I responded in which she pouted at. It's scary how she acts like Rob sometimes. She started to walk again and I followed her. She was still pouting as she walked with her head up high. I couldn't help but laugh a little at her actions. She was a weird one. Getting afraid at something little in one second, then jumping up and down the next, and now pouting so much she can't see where she's going. Eventually, she almost tripped and she had to swing her arms and tentacles around to get some balance. Lilac eventually was able to get both of her feet on the ground and restored her balanced. She sheepishly looked back at me, most likely embarrassed about that but continued to pout. I couldn't help but let out a laugh, which in return, she did so as well.
Our journey continued for a couple more blocks until we reached our splitting spot.
"I guess," I started and looked towards my street, "I'll see you tomorrow at school." I looked back at her and she was spinning herself around.
"Yeah. And don't forget about tomorrow after school." She kept spinning around and then stopped to look at me. "And, you have to tell me first."
"First?"
"Yeah. On your decision about joining Jet. You have to tell me first if you join or not, okay?" She nodded towards me and waited for an answer.
"I promise. You'll be the first one I tell, alright?" I promised her and she smiled. She then started walking backwards down her street. She smiled as she did so and waved goodbye. I waved as well, standing there until she turned around and looked where she was going.
"Don't forget! Stay fresh!" Lilac finally turned around after waving one last time and started to skip her way towards her house. After seeing her get to about half a block away, and smiling like a dumbass at her for a while, I turned and went towards my street.
My fingers tapped onto my iSquid in the darkness; the light from my phone hitting me enough for me to squint at my screen. My glasses and hair tie were off, so I had the phone pretty close to my face and I was using a tentacle to cover the bright light.
'I'm in.'
- sent 10:18 pm
'Alright bruh. lets meet up 2morro for some battles
- received 10:48 pm
I was on my bed when this happened. I eventually started to think of Lilac in a cheerleader costume and it made me join in a split second. I think I did a wise decision. I looked over at my iSquid and started to listen to some music. I picked the file, 'Second try' and listened to it. I think it ended up well now. I was about to close my eyes when I remembered something.
'I got in'
- sent 11:01 pm
I smiled as I typed that. I hope she's happy. Or asleep, it looked like she needed it anyways. This day was sure something but at least some of it was resolved at the end. As my eyes were closing, I thought what would happen tomorrow. Lilac wanted to play with random people but Jet wants to meet up. I guess we'll figure it out tomorrow. If Lilac really wants to go play, I would join her since I did tell her first. My eyes closed and I can feel my body getting heavy. I was waiting for her to respond, but it seem that she probably was asleep. I should get some rest soon.
With my eyes closed, I imagined Lilac again. Usually I think about her smile but tonight there is something else stuck in my mind. Her two feet moving from one spot to the other.
Hey! So, this was way longer than expected and I worked pretty hard on it. Uhm, I'm a bit tired of writing this out so thank you for reading. I hope to see you for the next chapter. Stay fresh!
Fresh Word Dictionary
Squidiette- Girl, also gets shortened as Squid
Squid- a ton of stuff
Playa- Boy. Not actually a player, like you know, a player.
*a bunch of 'likes' and 'totally'
Stay Fresh - stay cool and stuff
If you see any mistakes, please tell me. Thanks.
Update: 8/14- format errors and added info
Update: 9/24 - Added info
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