Hey there! I´m here with another chapter! YAY!
So first of all I want to answer some questions:
1. First of all I was asked if I could write from Shiro´s point of view as well sometimes.
-I can in future chapters but not right now since it would spoil a lot of content from the story. Though I plan to write mostly in Suzu´s point of view.
2. How could have Suzu twisted her ankle since Inklings don´t have any bones?
-Well, in my story they have bones in their humanoid form. Let´s just go with that, okay ;P
Okay.. I think this is all for now.. Enjoy the chapter! And thanks so much for your support! It really motivates me to write more when I read your awsome comments ^^
Chapter 13 – Curiousity
We both instantly looked at Mrs. Anderson who had called us from the distance.
"Crap. This means trouble.", the light blue Inklingboy commented while he slowly stood up and offered me his hand.
"What should we do now?!", I asked him with panic in my voice.
When I was finally on my feet as well, Shiro quickly tossed the ink bubble maker into my hands.
"I got a plan. I do the talking while you make sure that she doesn´t find out about this.", he calmly said.
"What?! And what if she still finds out? It was you, who stole this in the first place and I sure as hell don´t want to get into trouble because of YOUR stupidity!", I whined.
"Suzu Hoshino and Shiro Masato, if you don´t come here this instant, I swear I will...!", our teacher again reminded us of her presence.
"Just trust me, you´ll be fine.", the grey eyed Inklingboy said, before he made his way to Mrs. Anderson.
I gulped as I hesitantly followed him, being scared of what would happen next.
"What in squids name were you doing here, this late at night? You two ARE aware that I could simply inform your parents about your actions, aren´t you?", Mrs. Anderson started as soon as we had reached her.
"I´m sorry madame, but I was looking for something I had lost back in the afternoon. Suzu here just happened to see me while she was on her way to the bathroom. So she isn´t to blame for this situation at all, since she only got worried about what I was up to.", Shiro simply explained this, like he had already known that our teacher would eventually show up.
"And this couldn´t wait until tomorrow?"
"Since we were about to check out that early in the morning, I figured it would be too late by then."
I must say, I was really impressed by Shiro´s gift of finding fitting excuses.
Our teacher sighed:" I see. But this is still against the school rules so you have to understand this can´t go unpunished."
"So what should I´ve done instead? I assume you would have had a better solution than mine?"
"Well, you could have asked me for help for example."
"I understand."
Firmly hiding the ink bubble maker behind my back, I shook my head no and complained:" Mrs. Anderson, please don´t call Shiro´s parents. I know what we did was against the rules, but there must be another solution for us"
"Suzu, don´t worry. Nothing of this is your concern, since..", Shiro again tried to rescue me from this situation.
"No Shiro, it is! I also broke the rules wether it was unintentional or not! So I should also be punished!", I argued.
"Suzu, are you..?!", the light blue Inklingboy wanted to complain again, but was cut short by our teacher.
"She is right. Don´t worry though. I will find a solution which we can all live with, okay? Just return to your rooms for now. It´s still late after all.
With no further discussions, the Inklingboy and me went back to our own hotelrooms. Though Shiro seemed really angry at me for throwing myself into trouble like that, I still was glad about what I had done. True, Shiro had been the one who had broken the rules first, by being outside that late at night, but I hadn´t been out to go to the bathroom but to go for a walk by myself. So of course it would have been really unfair only for him to get punished. This was about being out at night and not stealing stuff from the museum. So it was only natural for me to not let him have that punishment on his own.
As I opened the door to my hotelroom, I was really glad to see Mari being still asleep. Mari asking tons of questions about my where abouts was the least thing I wanted right now. Relieved I headed straight to my bed and tried to get at least some sleep. But my efforts were in vain because all I could think of was the time I had spend with the bright blue Inklingboy this night. It seemed like he is really an okay squid, since I had a ton of fun with him. Of course that didn´t mean that I all of a sudden have changed my mind about him. He was still mysterious to an extend. I mean, I still had so many questions to ask him like why he had kissed me, why he was being nice to me and wether he was a playsquid or not.. But I would lie if I would say that I wasn´t at least a little bit curious about his character..
After I had packed all my stuff into my bag and had changed to my new red-white hoodie, I went straight to the bus and seated myself on one of the seats located on the front. Of course Mari was the one who sat next to me, but I was too tired to pay any attention to her, since I leaned my head on the cold window and tried to get some slumber. Some time had passed until a loud voice woke me up again.
"And to the left we can see an old building which was built by the former species who had lived here before us. It is said that they used this building in some kind of way to be able to see the stars and planets from a closer perspective, though it is unknown how they really managed to do so. Sadly these are just rumours and can´t be proved since the ruins of this building are all, what have been left.", our teacher explained.
"Can´t we do a little stop here? I would like to take a closer look on these ruins..", a familiar voice commented from behind.
Soon after his comment, other students wanted to take a break as well. So our pink coloured teacher finally had to give in and we did indeed make a break near the old ruins.
"Wow, this looks really tasty Mari. Can´t you share a bit with me?", Lukas commented on Mari´s Lunch box.
"Of course it does. I made it myself after all. And no, I won´t share it with you! But if Shiro happens to want something, this would be a whole different story..", the blue Inklinggirl started to blush.
"Eh? Why Shiro and not me?! What makes him so special?", Lukas whined at her statement.
"A lot of things! He is fresh, intelligent, kind and really handsome!", she squeeled.
"So am I! Now gimme!", the green Inklingboy started to "fight" with Mari for the food.
Since the both of them looked really busy, my eyes searched for a certain Inklingboy who was nowhere to be found. Truly curious about what the squid-kid was up to, I went closer to the ruins because I figured it was him who had asked for this break in the first place.
After some climbing I indeed found the Inklingboy, positioned in the middle of the former building, holding a camera in his hands.
"Hey bro, can you guess where I am? I am investigating the ruins of a former building which was used to see stars and planets in a closer perspective by the former species of planet earth. I bet you are jalouse now!", Shiro talked to the camera.
I sat down on some of the ruins and watched his monologue from above and after some time I couldn´t help myself but laugh out loud. Of course this drew his attention fully to myself.
"Oh, hello there squid-chan. Came to join my little investigation?", he jokingly asked, the camera still pointed to himself.
I jumped off my seat and now stood right in front of him:" Just what are you doing here, talking by yourself?"
Shiro shrugged:" Recording my report to my brother. It´s a good exercise since this is what I want to do in the future. And by doing this, I´m sure I can help out my bro as well. It is his hobby to investigate and recreate things from the former species after all."
I raised an eyebrow at that. So Shiro wants to become a reporter?
I grinned and teased him by saying:" I see. Of course a playsquid would like to become a reporter so he could spend more time with Callie and Marie."
"Or I could spend more time with the talented Suzu by reporting all her victories in turf war and ranked battles.", he smirked at me.
I was speechless at this and turned red like a tomatoe.
"I mean, this is your dream right? To become the best warrior in turf war?"
I shyly nodded at this.
After that it got quiet between us. So to fight the awkwardness of this situation, Shiro moved closer to me, put his left arm around my shoulder and dragged me to himself, pointing the camera directly on us both.
"Hey bro, look who I´ve found! You still remember her, right?", he said as he only dragged me closer to him, making our cheeks touch.
Wait.. Remember me?
Confused I looked up to Shiro, who still grinned like an idiot into the camera, when suddenly someone called us.
"All alone again, I see! I hate to interrupt you love-squids, but our bus is leaving!", Lukas called after us while Mari stood beside him, giving me an annoyed look.
Embarassed I pushed Shiro away from me and headed straight to the bus.
After Mari planted herself next to my seat, she asked:" Hey.. There is nothing going on between you two... Right?"
I almost jumped out of my seat because of her odd comment:" What? Between who?"
"Between Shiro and you.."
"No! Of course not! He just wandered off so I wondered what he was up to, that´s all! Pff.. as if I would fall for him or something.."
"Hmmm..", was all Mari had to say after that.
I knew that she didn´t believe me. But I was truly just curious about him...
Right?
