Octavia's PoV
Octavia and Roy walked through the streets of Inkopolis, chatting. While on their walk, they saw a booth on the sidewalk. Curious, they went up to it. Laid out on the wooden counter were various trinkets.
"Come, one and all!" announced the man at the booth, a spider crab. "Come take Timmy's Terrific Trinkets! For a price!"
"Ooh..." Via picked up a pair of sunglasses. It had a golden frame with black zig-zag patterns running through it. The lens of the shades was brown. Rhinestones were embedded on the sides. "I like these."
Roy leaned over to examine the sunglasses. "Oh, me too." He looked at Timmy. "Can I try these on?"
"Of course! Just don't run off with them," the spider crab permitted.
He snatched the shades out of Via's hands and put them on. "You have a mirror?" Timmy pushed a small mirror towards the inkling boy. He picked it up, and his eyes widened upon seeing himself. "Mmm... looking fresh."
"What about me?" She took the sunglasses off of Roy's face and put them on herself. She took the mirror and examined herself. "I think they look better on me."
"What? No! They're better on me," the red-haired inkling protested.
"No, me!"
"Me!"
"Me!"
"Give me that!" A tan hand came to grab the sunglasses off her face. A few seconds after they left her face, Octavia grabbed it with a bronze hand.
"No!"
"You two, please stop!" Timmy begged.
"It's mine!" Roy snapped at Via.
"I saw it first!"
The two pulled on opposite ends of the pair of sunglasses, arguing over it, until finally, the arms snapped straight off. The front of the shades fell to the cement sidewalk, and the lens of it shattered on contact, sending pieces of brown glass everywhere. The remaining frame had become chipped. Both of them muttered an 'ow' as the shards nicked their legs.
"Now look at what you've done!" the spider crab cried. He gestured to the broken sunglasses, claws snapping. "Those shades went for a high price, y'know!"
"It's his/her fault!" both of the inklings accused, pointing at the other. Dumbfounded looks came across their faces upon hearing the other accuse them.
"What! No! You were hogging it!" Roy complained.
"You're the one that took it!" Via hissed.
"And it wouldn't have broken if you hadn't pulled on it."
"I wouldn't even need to if you didn't force it off my face!"
"May I remind you that you need to pay for my losses?" Timmy pointed out.
Roy growled. "I'm not paying it."
"You're not paying it?" Via accused. "You should! You broke it!"
"We all know that's not true," he grumbled.
"Hey!"
"If anything, you should be the one paying it."
"I..." She stomped her foot on the ground. "I'm leaving!"
"Yeah? Well, me too."
The two inklings started walking in opposite directions, away from the booth.
"Seriously?!" the spider crab cried out. "You still have to pay for it!" Unfortunately, his plea was not answered.
At lunchtime the next day, Roy and Octavia just happened to arrive at the table they usually sat at the same time. Upon seeing each other, they immediately froze up. They glared back at each other.
"Go away!" Via demanded.
"What? No; I usually sit here!" Roy protested.
"So do I!" she fired back.
"Guys...?" Inigo spoke up, looking between the two.
"Stay out of this!" the red-haired boy roared. The boy with the ponytail recoiled back in fear.
"Well, I'm not sitting here if you're gonna sit here," the wavy-haired inkling affirmed.
"Me neither," he agreed.
Both of them simply stood there as the other Rainbow Squids arrived at the table.
"Err... What's going on?" Yuri asked, looking between them.
"Yeah, y'all don't look too happy," Perry agreed.
"A certain someone-" Via glared at Roy again. "-Won't leave."
"M-Me?" The boy with hair swept to the side let out an airy laugh. "No, you're the one that won't leave."
The dark-skinned inkling looked over at Inigo. "Why...?"
"I don't know, I swear," he answered quickly, throwing up his hands.
Both of the arguing squids let out a growl of annoyance and stomped away in opposite directions. Just why won't he go away?! Stupid, good-for-nothing, annoying...
"Via, wait up!" Bonnie called, running after her. They sat down at a table towards the entrance of the cafeteria, far from the table the Rainbow Squids normally sat at. The wavy-haired inkling took an apple out of her lunch bag and took a big bite out of it. As she chewed the chunk, the girl with the double bun put a hand on her friend's shoulder. "...What happened?" she asked.
"Roy happened, that's what," the other grumbled.
"Via..." Bon-Bon closed her eyes and tilted her head towards the floor. "Please, tell me." She then looked up at Octavia with sad blue eyes. "We're best friends, aren't we?"
She couldn't resist those eyes. "He broke some sunglasses," she finally replied.
Bonnie blinked. "That's it?" She narrowed her eyes. "That's what you're mad about?"
"Bonnie! I thought you were on my side!"
"I am! ...But..." She frowned. "This is just so... sudden. You two were always such good friends. I mean, you're the reason I even got to know Roy-"
"Don't say his name," Octavia snapped.
"Sorry, sorry... You're the reason I even got to know him and everyone else. Without them, I just..." She sighed. "I would have been so lonely." She put her head on the table. "I think my parents would have been controlling as they were back then, if the Rainbow Squids hadn't come along. I can't imagine us splitting up, especially not now."
In the back of Via's mind, she had a feeling Bonnie was right. Yet, she was stubborn. Roy still denied breaking the sunglasses, it was his fault. Why should she pay for them? It wasn't her fault!
"Via?" the blue-haired girl tried reaching out again.
"We hadn't bought the sunglasses yet," the orange-haired girl started to explain. "We were trying it on, but then Roy ripped it off my face and broke it." She crossed her arms. "He should be the one paying for the damages."
"Did you ever pay them?"
"No, because Roy wouldn't pay!"
"What?!" Bon-Bon cried out. "But you have to!"
"He'll pay it another time," she argued.
"Oh..."
The two went silent, eating without any further interruption.
A/N: Hey guys. Sorry for short chapter. There's not much to it. But, we're heard Octavia's side of the story this chapter. What's Roy's side of the story? Well, you'll find out next week ;). Branchwing, out!