The sky was blue and clear, full of stars all around. Grina was watching them, while sitting on a chair and leaning her arms on the window stool. She has a medical patch on her forehead and the right cheek. Her left eye is black on its side. The girl is in the Ex-Inkinators's secret treehouse base.
At the center of the room, there is Bars pouring multi-color ink in a hole situated on Robbo's back, using something almost similar to an ordinary fuel container.
"Whew, done!" He lays the container down, closing it by rotating clockwise the related cap, on its top.
He closed the little hole located on the robot's back, by just inserting the cap. The boy looks at the girl, still staring at the stars. He walks towards Grina, wrapping his arms around her arm and getting closer to her with his head.
"I know how you feel, Grina… that tiny witch has really done it, this time." He said in a low voice.
The girl sighs loudly.
"But thinking about it, makes everything worse. You know that you'd never be able to harm anyone in this world…"
"… who said, that I wouldn't…?" She looks down.
"I said it! I'm your best friend, after all…!" He grins. "I never met a such kind girl like you…"
Grina blushes slightly, while smiling.
"Thanks, but really… I'm going to break that rule, if necessary." She touches Bars's left arm near her neck.
"Why? You hate violence, right?"
"Yes, but if that's the only way to defend my friends… then I have to." The girl removed her hand from Bars's arm.
The boy smiled, tilting his head lightly upwards and looking at the stars.
"I… I'll never forget what you did for me, before."
Grina opens her mouth, raising her head just a bit.
"Like, it reminds me so much, when you first saved me against those bullies… I… I think I should repay you, in some manner."
"No Bars, it's not necessary…" She tilts her head, to her right, looking down.
"Don't say that, girl. I really want to do something for you… something that makes you happy." The boy blushes slightly.
"N-no, for real…" Grina blushes even more. "I only care to see my friends happy…"
Both didn't say anything, for a while. Bars turns his head, looking at Grina's face.
"Man, those bruises… it burns a lot, seeing them on your face." He frowns a bit.
"You think?" She looks at Bars.
"Of course! I mean, do you see any girl with those wounds all around? I sure don't!"
Grina stands up and Bars unwraps his arms from her body.
"I don't care for them…" She turns around, watching the boy. "… since nothing would change, without those."
Bars expanded his eyes a bit.
"What are you saying, woman?! Without bruises, you look much MUCH better! Like, a total different dimension!" He opens his arms.
"More like out of any dimensions." She walks towards the sofa.
"G-Grina! Why are you saying such things?!"
The girl jumps on the sofa, turning around and landing on her bottom.
"That's ok, Bars… relax! I never paid attention to myself…" The girl lifts her left leg and lays it on her right knee, as she leans her arms on both the legs: the left arm is under the right arm.
Grina looks to her left, staring at a small dog statue located on a coffee table.
"But you don't seem to agree with this!" Bars walks towards the sofa and sit on it, near the girl. He leans his open arms on the top of the sofa's back.
"Bars, how many times I have to tell? I'm fine!" She turns her face, looking at him.
"Please, be honest with me. Is there something that bothers you?" The boy looks at her, in the eyes.
Grina stood there for a moment. Then she turns her head into its regular position, looking down.
"I… I'm a fat girl, aren't I?"
Bars frowns gradually, as he squeezes the top of the sofa's back.
"What?!"
"Tell me the truth, Bars: I'm a pig, right?!" She looks at him again, with a quick head movement.
"Pig?! Not at all! Where did you get that stupid idea?!"
"… she reminded me…" Grina's eyes look at the right., lowering her eyelids.
"Uhm…?" Bars massages his chin, watching up, and suddenly he expanded his eyes, looking back to Grina. "Hey, I remember! Mirii said that insult to you, didn't she?"
"Yes." The girl nods once. "I hate to admit this, but… she's right… because she's not the only one saying it. My parents keep telling me to follow a diet and all my relatives as well. Nasty people that hates me, usually point out my humongous belly and start making fun of it…"
"NO! Don't believe in those words! Everyone is just exaggerating! Especially that gnome!"
"… really?" She raises her eyebrows.
"You bet! You don't even look chubby! It's just… uuuhh…"
Bars watches Grina and her body: she has an overall large body, than average. Her belly is round but it doesn't stick out much.
"You… you're just big! Yeah, you're a turfing giantess!" He nods quickly.
"A giantess…? Weren't you the one, that kept taunting me about my height?" She grins visibly.
"Ha ha, but I was saying that comparing to my size!" He points at himself, with his right forefinger. "You may be a shorty in my eyes, but you tower over the other girls quite easily! Particularly with Mirii!"
Grina giggles.
"Yep, that's true!" She smiles.
"She couldn't find any better insult against you, since you're just bigger than her. I mean, did you notice how hard you knocked her around? You made her see the stars, for sure!"
Grina laughs loudly.
"Yeah, absolutely! I bet that she even has some bumps on her puny head!" She keeps chuckling, while frowning, as she closed her eyes.
"You won the bet: she has even more bruises than you!" Bars folds his arms, while smiling.
"She managed to strip my shirt, though…" Grina looks at her white shirt, with an anchor on its center: the neck side is divided and the lower part has some holes, of different sizes, all over its left side.
"My beautiful shirt… now ruined by that microbe!" She frowns a lot.
"At least you almost destroyed hers: I think that was her favorite one too!"
"Really?! Awesome! So she's probably weeping all night, with Hunry!"
"Uhm… wait, what happened to his new nickname? You know, Idiot?"
Grina lowers her eyelids, looking at her left…
"Ehm… actually… I think I exaggerated with the whole nickname affair…"
"What the?! You were saying right, Grina! He truly is an idiot!"
THUMP!
Both the Inklings jumped from the sofa.
"Dasquid was that?!" Bars was looking at the front door.
Grina watches the boy and moves her right fingers back and forth, towards the door. The girl runs ahead, then she leans on the door. Bars quickly followed her and stood near. Grina pulls the door and goes out of the treehouse.
She looks around, rapidly catching a glimpse of a Squid with an almost white color, attempting to Super Jump from the panel. His eyes were big and his skin appears to be rough.
"Yaaaahhhoooooooooo!"
The Squid jumps away, towards the main plaza.
"Drat, he escaped!" Grina looks at the Squid going behind the buildings. "After him, Bars!"
The girl stands on the panel and performs a Super Jump. Bars rolls his eyes, for a moment.
Here we go again!
Grina and Bars will now appear as protagonists, in Inkinators S: The Splat Rangers!
The story is a spinoff of the main one. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as this one!