Oh god, does not describe the amount of emotions she felt seeing what she saw.
Not only was 8 absolutely freaking adorable in the pajamas (thanks Marina), she was crying, which triggered a worried response of a mild freak-out.
"E-eight!?" Said 3, or, Sam, "what are you doing up!?" Said Sam trying (but failing) to hide her surprise.
"I..." started 8, "I... I had a nightmare..." she said weakly
Sam (we're calling her Sam now to get used to it, it will be 3 sometimes, Sam other times) suppressed the urge to clutch her heart in agony, god she was adorable and a sort of motherly instinct was kicking in, telling her to embrace the Octoling full force, but it was still sinking in, this was the strong Octoling that saved Inkopolis from ultimate doom? It was like she had a split personality, the shy and timid one, and the strong and honestly badass one when she picked up a weapon, but right now, she had bigger issues.
Sam slowly walked up to her and gave her a gentle hug, to which 8 returned quickly after taking a while to realize she was being hugged, and started rubbing her face in Sam's shirt, while letting a bit more sobs and hiccups out.
"Shhhhh..." whispered Sam softly, "it's okay... I'm here, can you tell me what happened in the dream?" She whispered again, softly.
Through hiccups, 8 started, "well, I was walking through the square, when all of a sudden, the sky went like, the color of the ink that you used when you were controlled, and it was really windy and, all of inkopolis square was being covered in that goo Tartar was covered in, and you and everyone else was their, and you all started saying I failed them, and I was in my test facility suit again though that isn't the problem, and then you were all sanitized like the Octoling in the tests, and then a mirror popped up, and I looked in it, and I was sanitized, and then I started dissolving into that blue goop and I, and I..." 8 was talking fast and 3 quickly stopped her and hugged her more and patted her back as more sobs came through.
"Sheesh if I knew 8 had such horrible nightmares I would have just comforted her..." she thought to herself as the Octoling sobbed into her shoulder, after staying their for a while, and letting 8 get it all out of her system, Sam started guiding them back to bed, it was almost 1 in the morning now, and as Sam started to lay her down on the blowup mattress again, 8 stopped her and tiredly said, "with... you..."
Sam understood immediately, and blushed hard and started to say something but then 8 said, "...please...".
This Octoling will be the death of her, she was sure, as she caved in to the request.
Next thing she knew it, she was sleeping next to a zonked out Octoling, who was unconsciously snuggling up to her as she stayed perfectly still.
"How did I get into this situation..." she thought to herself as 8 nuzzled into her side more, a few minutes passed before sleepiness took over 3 again, and she relaxed into the cuddles.
Wow, 2 chapters in one day? I hope I actually did good in them, I appreciate any good feedback on my fic (provided people actually read it) and hope that for a first fic, I'm doing pretty well.
I'll likely publish a new chapter soon as I'm just pouring my imagination into these chapters and it's actually really fun to do, their may be points in time when I end up inactive for long periods of time, but I hope you all can bear with me in those times! Thank you for reading my fic, please share it with people and get the popularity going, see you next time!