YES, I am not dead, so isn´t this story, the chapter is kind of short but I hope you´ll enjoy it anyway ~
Chapter 16 - Inkworks
„That was close..", Shiro said while turning his face to look directly at me.
As his gaze met mine, his expression immediately went from relieved to shocked since he had realized how close we actually were and how red my cheeks were. In a matter of seconds his eyelids were about to close and I could practically feel how the mood between us changed into a passionate one. It felt like the Inklingboy had read my mind when he bend his head down to lock our lips. I didn´t care how long we stood there. I just enjoyed his warm lips, being pushed against mine. Too soon for my likes he pulled away from me, his cheeks being red as my own.
Quickly he looked in another direction and said: "We should probably get out of here."
And with that he put my hand into his and guided me outside. As we finally reached the center of Inkopolis city again, Shiro turned around to face me with a wide grin plastered on his face.
"So, care to look what I borrowed from the Squid Sisters?", he asked while waving the coloured sticks in his hands.
As fast as I could I shoved my hand on his mouth: "Can´t you be a little louder? I think the Squid Officer didn´t quite hear you!"
Shiro laughed: "Relax, we are the only Inklings out here."
I took a moment and looked around me. Shiro was right. It was the middle of the night and I couldn´t think of any time in which I had experienced Inkopolis City being so quite and deserted. It was a little creepy to be honest, but also very romantic since we were all alone here..
I quickly shook my head and said: "So what´s so special about these sticks?"
Shiro´s grin only became wider: "Be ready to be impressed."
With that said he took a green coloured stick and placed it on the ground. He then pulled a lighter out of his pocket and lit the very end of the stick. After his job was done he approached me and made me step a little back. Curious of what would happen next, I eagerly watched the now burning stick. After a few seconds had passed a squeaky sound could be heard. In shock I covered my eyes but Shiro took my head in his hands and directed me to look directly at the sky. After the ear ringing sound a loud bang followed and in the middle of the sky appeared a beautiful flower shaped like, green colour. A green, glittery explosion happened on the night sky, to be more explicit.
Not only the explosion above me glittered but my eyes which were in awe did the very same.
Sadly that little spectacle only took a few seconds to fade away, so very exited I turned to look at Shiro and shook him eagerly: "Oh my god! What was that! Do it again? Pretty please?!"
As quick as I had said that I quickly realized how childish I just had behaved.
So as realization hit me, I dropped my hands off of him and said in a more classic tone: "Of course only if it isn´t too much of work for you. It is pretty late and that thing is very loud.."
Shiro chuckled to himself but nevertheless lit another of those coloured sticks, only to cause it to have the same reaction as the one before.
"Just what is this? Magic?", I watched the second explosion in awe.
"Actually it´s ink."
I turned to face Shiro: "What? But won´t it spread all over the city while exploding?"
"No because it´s so heated that it kind of melts during the process. My brother invented this, calling it Inkworks. Once again he got inspired by the human species who had lived here before us.", he proudly said.
"Inkworks..", I smiled to myself while Shiro was about to light a bunch of other different coloured sticks.
