Yujin woke up and looked at the clock. "Seven in the morning." She said before sitting up with a yawn. "Why did I wake up so early?" She asked herself. "Not like I'm in the army anymore." She then sat there for a moment before throwing the covers off of her and standing up.
She then looked down at her phone.
She shook her head and walked out. As she walked down the hall, she looked into Iho's room and sure enough, Kareshi and Iho where lying down, both of them fast asleep. You did the right thing, Yujin. Yujin thought to herself.
Flashback...
As the rings went in, Yujin thought about what would happen to Iho and Kareshi. Then, as the operator picked up the phone, another thought hit her. If Iho didn't tell Kareshi not to splat me... I would be splatted right now.
"Hello?" The man from the other line asked.
She has done so much for me. I can't betray her like this. Yujin thought to herself.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" The man asked again.
No, I can't do this to her. Yujin thought before hanging up the phone.
Flashback is over...
A smile came across Yujin's face before she walked into the living room.
With Agents One and Two...
The two agents walked throughout Octo Valley, they where searching for the final boss kettle. "Surely it has to be here somewhere." Agent One said.
"How about up there?" Agent Two asked as she pointed to a flying ufo.
"Yeah, it has to be." Agent One agreed.
"Ok, super jump up there then."
"Why can't you come with me?"
"When I land, I'll lose my lunch."
"Agent Two..."
"Yes?"
"You didn't even eat breakfast this morning."
"You get the idea."
"Yeah, I'll be back." Agent One said before turning into a squid and super jumping to the ufo. "Yup! This is definitely the last kettle!" Agent One called back.
"Great! I'll give Agent Three a call and let him know that we found it." Agent Two replied before pulling out her squidphone and calling Kareshi.
With Kareshi and Iho...
The two lovers slept in bed, until Kareshi's phone started to blast Bomb Rush Blush. The two yelped before Kareshi grabbed his phone, looked at the number and answered it. "Yeah?" Kareshi asked groggily.
"Agent Three, we got some good news!" Agent Two said.
"Your gonna let me get back to sleep?"
"No. Well, you can after this."
"After what?"
"After I tell you, that we found the final kettle."
"Wait, what!?"
"Yeah, rest up, because in five days, your going in there."
"Ok, I'll be ready." Kareshi replied before hanging up the phone.
"Who was that, Kareshi?" Iho asked with a yawn.
"Agent Two." Kareshi explained.
"What did she want?"
"I'm sorry Iho, but I can't tell you. Remember our deal?"
"Yeah." Iho said with a sigh. There was a pause. "I guess that was a good wake up call, huh?" Kareshi asked as Iho nodded. Just as the two pulled each other into a hug, Yujin came in. "Who was playing the music?" She asked.
"Someone called me and uh, let me know about my... "work"." Kareshi explained to her. "We'll be out in a minute." Iho added as Yujin nodded and left the room.
After the two got out of bed, they walked into the living room to see that Yujin had breakfast waiting for them. "Wow. Since when could you cook, Yujin?" Iho asked as she and Kareshi sat down at the table.
"You didn't know?" Yujin asked as Iho shook her head. "Well, now you know." Yujin said. But even though she seemed happy on the outside, in her mind, she was thinking. I have to tell her... I don't feel right keeping this from her.
"Well, thanks for this, Yujin." Kareshi said as Yujin sat down with them. "Anytime."
A few hours later...
Kareshi and Iho were cuddling on the couch as they watched TV. Since Yujin was out, Iho asked. "remember what I said about me wanting to show Octo Valley our love?"
"Yeah." Kareshi replied.
"Well, considering how Yujin reacted... I think we might want to wait a little while."
Kareshi nodded. "Yeah, I think that would be a good idea."
"I just want people to know. It's so hard trying to keep us hidden."
"And the few people that did find out about us... Well... Nearly splatted us."
"Well, either way, nothing will stop us." Iho said before the two gave each other a quick kiss. Kareshi's phone then made a DING noise. He sighed before picking it up. "Who is it?" Iho asked.
"My squad." Kareshi explained. "They are asking for me to play some ranked battles with them."
"Go with them, then." Iho said. "We can continue later."
"Are you sure?" Kareshi asked, completely shocked at the fact that Iho told him he could just leave her.
"Yeah. You keep telling me about how important ranked battles are, so don't let your squad rank down because you want to be with me." She the kissed him again. "And remember, you can come to me anytime you want. Just text me to let me know, ok?"
"Ok, that's what I'll do." Kareshi agreed before grabbing his stuff, putting on his octoling disguise, giving Iho a quick kiss and leaving the apartment as Yujin walked in.
"Oh hey, Yujin." Iho said.
After she shut the door, Yujin looked at Iho, took a deep breath and said. "Iho... I need to tell you something."
"Uh oh, this can't be good." Iho replied as the two sat on the couch.
"Well... Kinda. Just let me finish, then you can freak out, ok?"
"Freak out? Why would I freak out?" Iho asked, getting more and more worried by the second.
"Well... Last night, after I left your room..." She took another deep breath. "I was calling the police on you and Kareshi." Iho's jaw hit the floor. "But I hung up before I said anything. No one else knows a thing about your love life."
Iho was shocked. She didn't know how to act.
Eight hours later with Kareshi...
"Booyah!" Kareshi cried as he slammed the rainmaker down onto the other team's pedestal as Judd ran out. After doing his little dance, Judd pointed his blue flag over to Kareshi's team as they all got into their victory poses.
After being rewarded their winnings, Kareshi's squad decided to head home for the night. As they all said goodbye, Kareshi walked into an alley and his eyes locked onto Spyke. "Hey, Spyke." Kareshi said before taking off his white anchor tee and handing it to him. "The usual. I got my own Super Sea Snail for you this time."
"'Aight then, love." Spyke said as Kareshi passed him the Super Sea Snail and he rerolled Kareshi's sub abilitys on his white anchor tee. When Spyke passed him his tee, he gasped. "Cheers, love." Spyke said as Kareshi left once he put his shirt back on. "Finally, three sub abilitys of damage up." He said as he walked back to his apartment.
When he got back to his apartment...
Kareshi put his Tentatek Splattershot in his closest before hopping into his bed. His attention then turned to his hero gear. An idea then formed in his head. "This is gonna be a battle and a half..." He said as he picked up the picture of him and Iho. "But I'll win it for you, Iho..." He then took the photo out of it's frame. "And then everything will be perfect." He smiled at the picture before putting his head on his pillow and falling asleep.
The photo was still in his hand.