Isla looked at the sunrise, holding the hands of her two lovers, Amelia and Ezra. The night before, the two had visited Isla's home. Although it wasn't meant to happen at first, Amelia and Ezra ended up staying the night. It was now 6:22 AM, and the three of them were sitting at the edge at Isla's bed, looking out the window.

"SUNRISES ARE SO FREAKIN' RAD!" Ezra shouted, excitement pouring through his voice.

Isla giggled at this. "Ez, we see them every day..."

Ezra smirked. "'Course we do! I still love 'em to bits, though! How about you, AMY?" Ezra's eyes darted over to Amelia, devious grin on his face.

"Oh, my GOD, I TOLD you not to call me that!" Despite Amelia's words suggesting anger, she couldn't help but smile herself, stifling a laugh. "But yeah, sunrises are pretty cool. You like them too, right, Isla?"

Isla seemed to be staring at nothing, not giving a response.

Amelia stared at Isla expectantly. "Uhh... Isla?"

Isla was suddenly snapped out of her trance, and looked over at Amelia with a shy smile. "S-sorry, um, what did you say..?"

Amelia beamed at Isla, and answered happily, "I said, 'you like them too, right, Isla?'"

Isla raised one eyebrow, confused. "Like what?"

With a smirk, Amelia exclaimed, "Sunrises!"

"Oh!" Isla looked down at the floor in slight embarrassment. "Uh... yeah! Sorry I didn't get it the first time..."

"That's fine!" chirped Amelia.

Ezra admired Isla for a moment, before finally speaking. "What were you thinking about, anyway?" he inquired.

Isla glanced back up at Ezra, blushing ever so slightly. She adjusted her posture and began to speak. "I'm just... glad we're together like this, you know? I can't believe I didn't realize I had no obligation to make a choice before... I feel kinda bad about it, honestly."

Ezra laughed and dismissed it with a wave of his hand. "Don't worry about it! It's not like you had any way of knowing that poly was a thing, considering how conservative of an area you were raised in."

Amelia nodded her head in agreement. "It's not a big deal, Isly."

Isla, visibly confused, let her gaze be pulled towards Amelia. "How can you say that, of all people? You were the one who got super mad at me over it in the first place..."

Amelia shrugged. "I mean, I'm kinda the one who pressured you into the whole 'making a decision' thing, so if anyone should feel bad about it, it's me."

"Right..." Isla looked down again.

While Amelia and Isla continued talking, Ezra checked his phone to look at the time. It was 6:27 AM. "Shit! Already?!"

Isla's tentacles shot up in alarm, before she then glanced at Ezra. "Already what?"

Ezra looked back at Isla and Amelia, visibly dejected. "Sorry, girls, but I've gotta go... there's this huge tournament that's going on, and everyone's gotta be there by 6:30 AM. Don't wanna be late."

Amelia winced. "Jeez, that early? Sounds hellish."

"Yeah..," Ezra responded. "Preparations and stuff..."

Isla frowned. "Your team name still scares me."

"Actually," Ezra began, "after everyone found out my girlfriend was an octo and all that, we changed it to Booyah Squad."

Isla smiled, her tentacles forming hearts. "That's pretty fresh."

Noticing Isla's tentacles, Ezra chuckled. "Yeah, heh. Anyways, gotta go!" With that, he superjumped. "Wish me luuuuuuck!"

Isla was using a pencil to lightly sketch a picture of Amelia. With the utmost care, Isla added a few more details, with a small smile on her face, and tentacles curled up, before putting the pencil down and turning to Amelia, who had been sitting next to her.

"You know, I'm glad I took up art!" Isla rejoiced. "Now whenever I have an idea, I don't have to wait for someone to make it!

"Yeah," Amelia agreed, "but it is still nice to see what others can make, y'know?"

Isla giggled, putting one hand over her own mouth as she did so. "Yeah! Especially what you make..." Her tentacles, which were already curled up, formed hearts as a light blush colored her face. She clasped her two hands together and rested them on her lap.

Letting out a chuckle, Amelia smiled at Isla. "You're adorable..." She twirled one of Isla's tentacles teasingly. "You're so into me, aren't you..?"

Isla's heart rate began to quicken as Amelia did this. She looked down at the floor in slight embarrassment and spoke. "U-um... I guess..."

"Oh, Isly..." Amelia smiled, pulling Isla into a hug. "I love you."

"I love you too," the octoling sang, shy beam stretching across her face. Unfortunately, the sweet moment was cut short, as Isla suddenly pulled away. "Oh, my gosh, we totally need to watch Ezra's tourney! It's gotta be starting soon!"

Amelia gasped. "You're right! Let's get to the Square, then!"

With that, Isla and Amelia both superjumped into the center of Inkopolis Square, hoping they hadn't missed the first few games of the tournament.

Thankfully, the two of them were right on time.

The news flash jingle played, coming from the big TV on top of Deca Tower. The jingle then turned into a song as the familiar figures of the two newest rising superstars in all of Inkopolis showed up on the screen.

On the left was Pearl Houzuki, a short inkling with a crown on her head, sitting on a beanbag chair. On the right was Pearl's girlfriend Marina Ida, a taller octoling wearing a pair of headphones, standing behind her DJ set.

Pearl spoke. "Y'all know what time it is!" She faced the audience, doing her signature pose before settling back into her normal sitting position.

After Pearl was finished speaking, Marina began, "It's Off The Hook, coming at you LIVE from Inkopolis Square!"

Isla waved her arms in excitement. "It's time..!"

Pearl looked at Marina with a smirk on her face. "Yo, Reena, did you hear?"

"Uh... hear what, exactly?" Marina looked back at Pearl, obviously puzzled.

Snickering, Pearl answered, "'Bout the tourney, of course! It's gonna start in, like, 5 minutes!"

"Right, the tourney..." Marina giggled a bit.

"Thankfully," Pearl began, "Ya girls Off The Hook got y'all covered! We'll be broadcasting a live feed of the tourney directly from Deca Tower!"

This was meant with immense approval; cheers rang throughout all of Inkopolis Square, from inklings and octolings alike.

Pearl suddenly spoke, in slight alarm. "And that's all the time we've got!"

Both Off The Hook members walked towards the center of the screen. Pearl continued, "Until next time..."

Both girls then spoke in unison, striking a pose.

"Don't get cooked... Stay off the hook!"