A/N: This was inspired by an artwork on Pixiv.
A soft breeze blew by as three inklings sat around a table quietly waiting. One of them tapped his fingers impatiently on the table looking at the other two, which one was engross with whatever was on his phone while the other quickly ate his third parfait. "Where is he?! He's thirty minutes late now!" Army exclaimed, clearly angry, startling the other two. "Haaa~ Maybe he overslept or something," Mask replied, keeping his eyes on his phone screen, shrugging, "does it even matter if he's here or not?" Army stood up from his seat, slamming his hands on the table, clearing angry. "Yes it does, Mask! It can't be the S4 meeting if there's only three of us!" Mask huffed, looking away from his screen, "Haa~? Well then-".
"Why don't we visit him then? He probably has a reason why he's late", Skull interrupted Mask as he finished the parfait he was eating, "better than waiting all night." Army and Mask quietly agreed, as the three inklings got up from the table and walk to the train station, waiting for the train to head towards Aloha's home.
An hour passed by, as the three of them walked towards the front door of Aloha's house. "I'm still glad he doesn't live at the resort", Army sighed, as he knocked on the door. A few minutes passed by as no one answered, making the three more agitated than usual. "What's taking him so long to answer the door?!" Army exclaimed, knocking on the door again, but much louder. "Maybe something came up for him", Mask said, shrugging a bit, "let's just leave already." Before anyone of them could leave, Skull decided to try the door knob, surprised it was unlocked. "Its not locked", Skull opened the door gently, as the three of them head inside, closing the door behind them.
"Aloha! Are you here?" Army called out, hoping he could get an answer. "Haaa, it's strange for him to keep his door unlock," Mask said, scanning the room they were in. It wasn't the first time the three been to Aloha's place, however, he rarely invites them over. The three of them quietly wondered why Aloha's door was unlocked and wondered where he was, until a small voice spoke behind them.
"Uwaaa~ Someone's here, so many too~!"
The three of them turned to the voice, shocked on what they saw. "Aloha?!" All three of them exclaimed, looking at the child in front of them. "They also know my name! How scary!" Aloha said with a bright smile on his face, looking up at the three innocently. Aloha tilted his head, curious about the three, while Army reached into one of his pockets, pulling out his manual. He started to flip through the pages, hoping he could find anything. "I-I can't find anything about this", Army told the other two, still flipping through the pages, "I wonder what this is." Mask, who glanced at Aloha and back to Army muttered something under his breath before replying, "There must be something, Army. There's no way Aloha could turn into a child like this." Army, who was rereading all his writings, looked at Aloha, who look back curiously and confused. "It doesn't seem he has any memories. I mean, he didn't even call our names. He was surprised by us being here", Army replied, closing his manual after finding nothing.
"It looks like he kept his looks though", Skull added, watching Aloha. "That's pretty scary, it's like he turned chibi or something", Mask replied to Skull, not sure what to do. They wanted to know what happened and what caused Aloha to become small, until Aloha spoke up.
"Um~ Is it okay to have pudding?"
"Pudding sounds nice", Skull smiled behind his Skull Mask, wanting some pudding. "Eh?", both Army and Mask looked at each other before Army sighed, "Fine, we'll get some pudding, but we also need to make sure no one else finds out about this. A-And to reintroduce ourselves as well"', Army said, before looking at Aloha, "you do know who we are right?" Aloha looked at Army, then towards the other two before shaking his head no. "Right then. I'm Army, and over there is Mask and Skull", Army cleared his throat, turning to both Mask and Skull,"you two stay here and at least make sure he doesn't do anything dangerous. Who'll know what would happen to him if he's alone by himself", Army added, heading towards to the front door.
"And where are you going, Army", Mask asked, already getting annoyed by the presence of Aloha. "I'm going to go ahead and buy some pudding."
"Yay~! Thank you very much Army~" Aloha smiled cheerfully, his eyes sparkling which Mask rolled his eyes at, getting more annoyed. Once Army left, the house went silent as Aloha look between the two. "Skull~", Aloha looked up at Skull, smiling, which Skull nodded in reply. Looking towards Mask, Aloha called out his name as Mask only replied with a sigh. "Ugh, do I really have to stay here? Can't I just leave already?" Skull glanced towards Mask, wondering what he should say, before Alola piped up. "But Mask! Army is coming back with pudding! Y-you can't miss out pudding!" Mask quickly glared at Aloha's small form before muttering something under his breath, heading towards the couch before plopping down, going on his squidphone.
A few minutes passed by before Army returned, locking the door behind him. "I really wasn't sure where they had pudding stocked, but I've found them," Army said, taking the pudding cups he brought and put them on the table. Aloha went over towards the table, trying to reach for one of them, before Army helped, getting a smile in return. He quickly noticed Skull took one of the cups, before sighing. "And you had three parfaits too. Don't eat these last two please", Army said before clearing his throat, catching both Mask's and Skull's attention.
"So what do we do now?"