Next day arrives upon Inkopolis, without any particular event occurred during the night. Hun sleeped on the bed without his pajamas, because he was so tired that didn't got any time to dedicate some time for any comfort.
Not only did he sleep with his clothes on, but he didn't even eat anything for dinner! In fact, once awake, his stomach rumbles so loudly, you could hear that all across the house. He touched his belly and was thinking about what he should eat now.
After considering how the fridge was still empty, since he didn't got the time to buy food from any store, he opted to find a bar or something similar. Before going out, he reached the bathroom to fulfill the primary hygienic needs. Then, he took off his clothes replacing them with others in a similar style: very traditional!
With all the required tools in his bag, Hun left his house in search for food. He thought to look around in the main plaza, since it seemed to be full of different shops. Once he left the building, he encountered a group of Inklings, he didn't want to see never again.
"Good morning, Hun! Did you sleep well?" Grina said, while doing a big smile.
"Y-You again! I can't believe you're still trying to recruit me!" Hun replied becoming quickly annoyed.
"Wait, man! We're not here to ask you that thing again!" Bars quickly adds.
"Yep! We want to apologize for… well… our funky manners!" Grina explained.
"Oh… well… ok. Apologizes accepted." Hun said, while leaving the trio behind.
"Hey, where are you going?! We're not done yet!" Grina called.
Hun turns his back, regretting this decision.
"What?" he said.
"We are really, really, straight-up sorry for all those inconvenience! That's why, we want to give you a little present!" Grina explained.
Hun didn't like the sound of that. Only now, he notices how Grina was holding something behind her.
"Ta-dah! Look what you got, lucky boy!" Grina shows a present.
Hun took the present, becoming more worried about the whole situation.
"Come on! Open it!" Bars encourages.
Hun took a big breath and opened the present. Inside, there was a sweet: it was puffy but very soft too.
"Uh? W-what's this?" Hun asked.
"Something to eat! Don't worry, it's not poisonous!" Grina winked.
Hun didn't trust that for a minute, but something weird happened. Looking at the sweet, he got more and more hungrier, the more he was looking at it. That sweet had also a great aroma, making Hun forget about what Grina said before. His mind was telling him to eat it, at all cost.
He couldn't resist… without any hesitations, he took the sweet and gave it a big bite. To his big surprise, the sweet didn't have anything weird on it and was actually very good!
"Mmmh! Delicious!" Hun commented and keeps on eating.
"I see you appreciate it!" Grina noticed.
Hun ate the whole sweet, enjoying every last bit of it.
"Mmmh, that was good! I never ate anything like this, before."
"I bet you want to eat more… riiight?" Grina asked.
"Yeah! … hey, wait a minute. Why would you give me this, anyway? Don't tell me, you knew it…"
"Well, we knew how you fell asleep once you got back in your apartment. We actually wanted to invite you, for dinner!" Grina explained.
"You didn't even respond to the doorbell at all, man! And I push that thing so many times that I literally broke it!" Bars adds.
"You… you what?!" Hun said.
Grina got near Bars and gave him a big pat in the back, while grinning widely.
"Hahahaha! What a joker you're, right Bars?! Of course, he didn't really break it… he was using his awesome, not-so idiotic humorous skills!" Grina explained.
"Oh… oh yeah! Right, I'm the prankster of the squad!" Bars said.
"Uh… I see… you got me, then!" Hun said while scratching the back of his head.
"Sooo, back to the main point! Actually that wasn't the real present…" Grina continued.
"No? But I don't see anything else in the present…" Hun said, while checking again.
"Of course there isn't anything! The next part comes from my mouth!" Grina said.
Hun understood something and starts blushing.
"W-what?! I… I didn't knew you were actually in… in…" Hun said.
"… wha-?" Grina said, confused.
"W-well… ehm… if you want… I-I'm ready for it!" Hun continued, becoming even more red than before.
Hun closed his eyes and purse his lips, ready to get a kiss from Grina. She understood too becoming slightly red in the process, but she quickly gave him a big slap on his left cheek.
"Oooow!" Hun said in pain.
"You, idiot! What do you have in that sponge of yours, pervert magazines?!" Grina said, getting a big angry.
"Uuuh… s-sorry…" Hun apologizes while massaging his left cheek.
"I meant to say, from my words! The next part of the gift is an invitation in a bar, where you'd get breakfast!" Grina explained.
"Breakfast…?"
"Yes! And you need it fast, before you get other crazy ideas in that mind of yours!" Grina said, while blushing a little bit.
Bars chuckled a bit, while looking at Grina. She didn't notice him, doing so.
"Oh, ok! I'm ready for it! Where we will go?" Hun asked.
"In that bar over there." Grina indicates a bar, near the Student Appartments.
"All right! I'm really starving, right now!"
Hun proceed towards the bar, while leaving the trio behind.
"Eh eh eh… tell me the truth, Grina: you really wanted to give him a kiss, huh?!" Bars asked.
Grina blushed a little bit, again.
"I didn't want go hard on him… but I'll not hesitate going insane on YOU, bonehead!" Grina menaced.
Bars becomes quickly scared.
"W-wait, no! I was just joking, man! Take it easy! I mean, didn't you say how good of a prankster I was?!" Bars justified himself.
Grina couldn't reply to that: instead she gave herself a facepalm, in disbelief on what she heard from Bars.
"W-what now? Did I say something wrong?" Bars asked.
"Hun, why did you stop in front of that door?" Grina said, ignoring Bars completely.
"Oh, because I should have waited for you! Sorry for getting impatient…" Hun said.
"That's ok. Hunger plays dirty tricks on Inklings. So, shall we enter?" Grina replied.
Hun and Bars confirmed with enthusiasm and the group entered the bar. They all have a nice breakfast together, along with a friendly talk all together. Hun got the occasion to know the name of each Inkling eating with him.
"Wow, guys! All those foods and drinks were tasty! But… are you sure, I should not pay anything up for it?" Hun said.
"Nope! This is part of our apologize, remember?" Grina said.
"Oh… but… this is a bit too much, actually… I wasn't really that mad, you know…"
"Don't say that! You're so kind to give us an another chance to redeem ourselves." Grina replied.
"Well… no, this's not right! It's true that you were a bit too much yesterday, but that doesn't mean I should take advantage of this whole thing like this!"
"Hun… don't worry about it. Really. It was nothing for us." Grina said.
"No! I… I feel so bad, now! I shouldn't get conditioned like that! I'm so sorry!" Hun apologizes.
Grina smiled sincerely.
"You're a very kind boy, Hun… being so modest, is a quality not all possess."
Hun was feeling really bad inside him. His mind was trying to find a way, to repay all the kindness he got from his new friends. Eventually, he decided to ask something about their activities.
"So, uhm… you said to be a squad, right?" Hun asked.
"Uh? Well… not really. We aren't really a squad, since we're one member short." Grina explained.
"Oh… and what do you do, in a squad?"
"We participate in Turf Wars, pal! We aim to be the best Squids of all Inkopolis!" Bars said.
Hun suddenly realized everything: they didn't want to fight others violently. They wanted to join in fun Turf Wars! The same one he saw yesterday!
"Turf Wars… you always meant Turf Wars, didn't you?" Hun asked.
"Duh…! What else we could referring to?!" Grina asked.
"Ooooh, I get it! Well… actually, if you told me the complete name, I'd not still get it since I don't know what a Turf War was." Hun explained.
All the sudden, the entire bar got silent. Everyone was looking at Hun, in complete shock. Hun felt being observed by all and he didn't like it at all.
"W-what d-did you just said, Hun?" Grina was twitching, in shock.
"Uh… uuhhmm… w-well, I said I didn't know what a Turf War, was. I mean, back in the farms, there wasn't anything like it!" Hun explained, feeling huge regrets for doing so.
"No… no, it can't be man… YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" Bars yelled at Hun.
Inklings and some Jellyfish started to leave their seats, being very scared of Hun. The bar owner quickly stops everyone.
"No wait, don't go everyone! I'll resolve this matter right now!" The bar owner said and quickly turns towards Hun. "You, over there! Out, out, OUT!"
"Huh?! W-why? At least, let me pay"
"OOOOUUUUTTT!" The bar owner shouts indicating the door.
Hun felt no longer welcome in the bar and got out of it, faster than he could. Once outside, he looked back in the bar: everyone was still looking at him, while talking loudly with each other. That was the first time, Hun got rejected like that.
Defeated and humiliated, Hun slowly goes back home. He didn't know what to think about all that. He didn't know what to do next. He may decide to stay in his house forever… or even leaving this city for good. When hopes were almost lost, someone stop him while holding his right shoulder.
Hun quickly turns his back, looking at Grina holding him with her hand. Mirii and Bars were with her too.
"Hun… we need to talk." Grina said, seriously.
Hun got relieved seeing his friends reaching him, but he knew that there was a problem much bigger than he could have imagine.