Inkopolis's most famous Plaza: there weren't much Inklings around, but it was rather easy to spot a familiar group…
"Aaaaah! Now THAT's what I'd call a breakfast!" Grina said, while grinning.
"Dudette…! Did you even eat yesterday? You got in the container like *6 Dunats and 2 Js!" Bars asked worried.
*Dunats are similar to Donuts, except they have a Squid-like form. Js are similar to a milkshake and they are the maximum size available. Ms and Ss are respectively the medium and small size of the same product.
"I think she got the pleasure to… ahem, know the hospital's food." Mirii explained.
"Huh?! And how you'd know that, know-it-all? Don't tell me, you're studying medicine or something…" Bars got curious.
"I've some experience in there, actually…"
"What-a?! Don't tell me-"
"That was the past, Bars. And besides, it wasn't anything serious…"
"Yep! There IS even a moment where our Barsy wouldn't get worried? He sure cares about all us!" Grina said with a wink.
"HEY! I TOLD YOU TO NOT CALL ME LIKE THAT, AGAIN!" Bars shouts.
"Ih ih ih, sooorry… I still like that nickname so much! What about I pay you like 10000 delicious soldi, to let me say that name forever?" Grina proposed.
"NOT EVEN FOR 6 MORE Os, PAL!" Bars denied.
"Sheesh… not even after all that Sugar Land I paid for ya…?" Grina said, in a low voice.
"Uhm… excuse me for this, but why would you give all that meal to Bars? Didn't you say that he was chubby or something…?" Hun asked.
"Actually, she never meant anything eatable. Soldi is just a fancy way to say money." Mirii explained.
"Oh…! D-don't tell me, I was suppose to know that too…?"
"That's ok. After all, being ignorant is one of your charms… I-I MEAN, is something c-completely normal!" Mirii blushed a bit.
"Really… I thought it was an unique feature!" Grina adds, while having both her hands on her head's back.
"D-don't make the situation any worse, Grina!" Mirii replied blushing a bit more.
"But you know, Hunry…"
"Y-yeah?" Hun looks at Grina.
"You sure look like a statue, with us… you barely even speak!" Grina said.
"… i-is that a problem?" Hun asked a bit in panick.
"Nah, not really a problem…"
"Oh…!" Hun dries his front.
"… IS EVEN WORSE!" Grina shouts in front of Hun.
Hun did a big jumpscare, screaming loudly.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh man! So PRICELESS!" Grina said while crying a bit from laughter.
"W-what's that all about?!" Hun shouts, while having a scared pose.
"Oooh, nothing special… just to remind you to be more alive, you know."
"A-alive? But I'm breathing a-and I can even talk to you and-"
"She meant to be… more present." Mirii explained.
"Present…?" Hun asked.
"… right! But of course! Hunry, do you like the farms, dontcha?" Grina asked curiously.
"Yes… why?"
"What about you talk about them to us?" Grina winks toward Bars and Mirii.
"Huh?! B-but it's bori-OW!" Bars shouts in pain: Mirii stomped his left foot. "Uuuuh, I mean… interesting! Fire away, kid!"
"Yes, please… I'm very curious about it too." Mirii said.
"Uuuuuhhhmmmm… w-well… I… ehm… …" Hun mumbles something incomprehensive…
The three other Inklings become a bit suspicious.
"Something wrong, Hunry?" Grina asked.
"N-no! Of course not!" Hunry scratches his head. "Is just that… I… uuhhmm… y-you see…"
"Howdy bro!"
A small girl, clearly not fully grown into a common Inkling, greets Hun with a smile.
"Huh?" Hun turns his back towards her. "Oh, hi sis!"
Hun looks at his friends again, like nothing happened.
"Ehm… I-I don't know… where to start actually." Hun scratches his head again. "There's so much to talk… and stuff, you know…"
"'bout what?" The little girl asks.
"Oh, you see… they want to know about the farms! But I don't know where to start…"
"Ya can start jawing 'bout our animals, for example."
"… yeah! That's right! Well, we have actually a great breeding of cowfishes. Yes, thinking back… I'm actually pretty good at taking seamilk. Especially with Lassie: she's always so nervous about it!"
"But she's a daisy fella, isn't she?"
"You can say that again. We used to play with her too!"
"Yep! We got to do that again, sometime."
"Right! So… anyway, there's more to say about this…?"
"Actually… ya better look at your pardners's faces now. They seem weird…"
Hun does what she suggested: the three Inklings did the most surprised and shocked faces, he has ever seen!
"… uh… w-what's wrong? I shouldn't talk about Lassie?!"
"… Hunry… I… have a question… a curious one too…"
"W-what's it?"
"… do you… happen to have… a little green sister?"
Hun got shocked.
"W-whoa! H-how did you know?! I say… you must be very smart or something!" Hun asked surprised.
"… heh!" Grina twitched her right eye.
"Why yes, I have one and she's pretty sweet! We love each other so much, that we're almost always together!"
"My bud is so awesome! I allers have so much fun with him around!" The little girl adds.
"Eh eh eh, shucks!" Hun got a bit embarrassed. "Isn't she adorable?"
"Hunley… I too have… a curious question…" Mirii speaks.
"Oh?" Hun looks at Mirii.
"… where's she now?" Mirii asked.
"Back to the farms. I bet she's missing me right now!" Hun said proudly.
"Huuug!" The little girl hugs Hun.
"Oooh, eh eh! Easy there now, sis! Your big brother is here!" Hun pats on her head.
"… and… who's that little girl hugging you, right now?" Bars asked pointing Hun's little sister.
"Uuuh, I already said she's my little sister. Why that question?"
"Because… I-I'm getting confused about this." Bars got a bit dizzy.
"How did I confuse those simple things? I said that my sister is in my farm house. Don't tell me, you're not noticing her hugging me right now? I mean it's… …"
Suddenly, Hun slowly wides his eyes.
"… hugging… me… now…? Wait… w-wasn't she at the farms…? … … what… w-what…"
Hun looks at his sister.
"WWWHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTT?!"
"Ya finally got the cowfishes back, bro!" The girl did a little wink.
Hun become extremely panicked, trying to say something… but only weird sounds come out from his mouth.
"Aren't you happy to see your favourite sis here?" The little sisters smiled.
"NO! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSE TO BE HERE!" Hun shouts really worried.
"Oh boy… Hunry… seriously…"
Hun turns his back, looking at his friends again.
"… that wasn't funny at all. I know you don't have much of a vocabulary… but this is too much. Actually, it kinda worries me too." Grina explained.
"N-no, wait! I-I didn't really notice"
"I can explain that, miss!" The little girl interrupted Hun and looks at him. "Big bro, tell us the truth…!"
The little girl took a big breath, before continuing.
"… ya missed me a lot, aren't you?"
Hun didn't say anything at all.
"I can understand that… … it's not the same without ya, in there."
"Sis…"
"Ya got so happy, that you thought I was with you all this time!" The girl explains. "And you can trust me on this one: Hun is so special that the weird bangs are a common feature of his!"
No one said anything about that: everyone listened in silence.
"Poor bud though… to think he got here in the big ol' forest… … all alone… … f-far away from the f-family… s-sniff…"
The little girl was starting to cry…
"… Hun… w-what you said the other time… w-was it true? Y-ya wanted to… s-sniff… c-change?"
Hun didn't say anything about that… but he was looking really seriously, now.
"… n-no, please… y-ya can't be… s-serious… I-I thought w-we were all h-happy together… o-our family w-was so happy together…"
Hun still didn't reply to anything: he was looking at his little sister crying.
"… p-please… COME BACK HOME, BIG BRO! I-I want to laugh with you again!" The girl shouts getting really desperate…
"… … I can't…" Hun said, while starting to cry.
"W-WHY?! Y-YA DIDN'T HAVE A REASON TO DO THIS!"
"… please, leave me alone…"
"NO! … I-I want to stay w-with you… b-big bro… please!"
Hun was crying loudly.
"… w-why don't you listen to me…? D-do you think I-I'm all happy about this? I NEVER CHOOSE TO STAY IN THIS STINKY PLACE!"
That phrase shocked Hun's little sister.
"Then, why are you here Hunley?"
Hun quickly turns toward his friends.
"Who forced you to stay in Inkopolis?" Mirii asked.
Hun didn't say anything…
"… Hunry… s-say something, please! This is serious!" Grina shouts.
Hun didn't answer to Grina either…
"Man… y-you're creeping me out! W-why are you crying like that?!"
No reaction appeared on Hun…
"B-Big bro… w-we can come back w-with the bus, y-you know… I-I got t-two tickets for"
Forgive me, Fara… I… can't go back home… I… will never get back home again…
"WHAT?!" Fara shouts.
"That's false. Very false, Hunley." Mirii pointed toward Hun. "You can get back with the bus, just like your little sister is saying. Unless… is there something much worse, you are not mentioning…"
"WOULD YOU TELL US THE TRUTH ALREADY?!" Grina shouts, scaring Hun. "WE'RE YOUR FRIENDS! STOP HIDING FROM US!"
"… s-sniff… I-I knew it…" Hun was crying. "… change… I-I should have changed s-since my first time here… b-but I d-didn't have the time… no… who a-am I kidding? It wasn't t-that…"
Everyone was listening carefully…
"… i-it… s-so hard to do… but… the solution was the best… s-sniff… I should have changed into a loner."
"A WHAT?!" Grina shouts surprised.
… repeat with me, Hun… loner is better... s-sigh! Loner is the way to live… s-sob, friends give you trouble, n-never have anyone c-caring for you… they hate you… e-everyone! EVERYONE HATES
SLAP!
Hun got slapped by Grina on the left cheek. He stopped talking to himself.
"… you got too far, Hunry." Grina said while not looking at Hun. "I thought I'd have in front of me someone open to us… oh, how wrong I was…"
Hun lay his hand where the slap impacted, with his mouth open and still crying.
"I believe you're not aware, about that show you were hosting… how painful was to hear for all of us…"
Hun noticed how Grina was crying too.
"… a friend in need, giving up on us… sustaining pain and misery, without letting himself receiving any help… and not only that…"
"… w-what?" Hun asked.
"Hunry… aren't you noticing yet…? Your little sister…"
Hun turns quickly his back: how foolish he was? His sister was crying very loudly and he didn't even notice it!
"F-FARA!"
"… how could you do this… being so closed in your world of despair… that even your sister was abandoned."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE! I'D NEVER DO THAT!" Hun roars while crying.
"… Hunry… I'm going to give you one more chance… please let us help you… tell us the truth… … p-please, Hunry… d-don't make me do something I-I'd regret later…!"
No one said anything else for a while…
"… are… are you sure about this? You… want to know… it?"
Grina nods feeling ready for it. Hun slowly looks at Fara still crying.
"… I'm sorry Fara… I know this is going to be… t-too much for you…"
Fara didn't say anything: she was very worried and sad about her brother. Hun took a big breath before saying the truth.
… one month… one month and that's it… the end of Hun.