4 and neo 3 are here! This chapter is gonna be a bit fluffier with some silly stuff. Enjoy chapter 2!

Quartz was peacefully sitting in the living room, watching some sitcom on the TV. After Cerulean and Haru took him in and helped him find a fresh new look, he felt like he could do anything. He then heard the door suddenly open.

"I'm home!" called an octoling girl around his age. She had just gotten back from a sleepover with a friend. Quartz looked over, and at the same time she noticed him as well. He got off of the couch and was ready to fight. "Who the hell are you?" he asked aggressively. "Octarians like you shouldn't trespass like this!" He punched her in the gut, causing her to shout in pain. "You're a total lunatic!" she yelled.

"You're the fucking lunatic!" shouted Quartz. "That witch sent you to take me back to the canyon!" The octoling girl was confused, she lived in the Splatlands her entire life and was never in the octarian army. "What canyon?" she asked.

"You know EXACTLY what i'm talking about."

"I really don't!"

He punched her again. "DON'T PLAY STUPID WITH ME!"

She felt that she couldn't try to reason with him, so she fought back. A few moments later, Haru heard the commotion and went downstairs to see what was going on. "CERU!" he called. When he arrived, the two broke up the young octolings. "Well, this is awkward." muttered Cerulean.

"SHE'S AN OCTARIAN SPY!"

"HE'S COMPLETELY INSANE!"

"Calm down you two." said Haru in a calm tone. "Quartz, this is Celeste, and Celeste, this is Quartz." This couldn't be any more awkward. "Uh, nice to meet you Quartz." The octoling just glared at her, but reluctantly waved when Cerulean shot him a dirty look. "I need to tell you some things alone." said Haru to Celeste. They went into another room.

"Sorry about him." he said. "Quartz came from a bad environment and needed a place to stay. He was like that with me too, it seems he doesn't trust octolings, thanks to his past experiences. …Poor thing."

"He doesn't trust his own kind?" asked Celeste, still confused. Haru nodded. "I'm sure you two could get along if you both tried. You're around the same age after all."

Meanwhile, Cerulean had his own talk with Quartz in the living room. "Please don't attack people at the door like that, even if they don't seem trustworthy." he scolded. "Sorry…" he looked extremely ashamed. "It's fine." said Cerulean, loosening up. "I don't know who she is though." replied Quartz.

"Her name is Celeste." he explained. "She was really helpful for me and some friends, ever since that whole deal she just kind of stuck around." He did his best to cover up his secret identity and the New Squidbeak Splatoon. Quartz clearly felt awful for hurting someone innocent like that. "Hey, she's a pretty chill girl, if you two make up you could be good friends." smiled Cerulean.

When everything died down, the two did just that. "Sorry." said Quartz. "My past has caused me to not trust octolings, even if they're innocent."

"It's fine, really! Haru told me about it." Celeste smiled, trying to lighten the mood. "You know, if we're gonna be living together, we should stick together." She put her hand out for a handshake. Quartz shook it, a small smile crept onto his face.

"Since we're kinda siblings now, you have to see my game collection!" She grabbed his hand and basically dragged him up the stairs. "I-i'm just staying until I can afford a house!" he shouted. "Aw man, really?" asked Celeste, disappointed. "You haven't even met Ember yet!"

"Ember? Are they an inkling or an octoling?" Celeste then gave him a disapproving look for the latter question. "Sorry."

"If Haru n' Ceru are like my dads, then Ember's the aunt. She's also cooler and not boring!" She turned her switch on, and the title screen for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe came on. "I'll teach you this one."

Meanwhile, the couple were talking in Cerulean's room. "I hear Celeste laughing in there, I think they made up." said the inkling. "Cod, I don't think he's gonna like Ember when they inevitably meet."

"Didn't you invite her over for a slumber party tonight?" asked Haru. "W-when you put it like that it makes us sound like middle school girls." his boyfriend sighed. "You're in it too you know! Just because we're adults now doesn't mean-" He was cut off by a kiss. "I never asked you to defend yourself Ceru!" giggled Haru. "D-don't shock me like that." stammered Cerulean.

"DAMN YOU!" shouted Quartz, who just lost his 8th round of Mario Kart in a row. "I never said i'd go easy on you!" remarked Celeste. "And I hate that you're right." growled Quartz, quietly. The two played the game for hours on end, and the boy kept losing.

Eventually, they got to N64 Rainbow Road, and Celeste was having an unlucky start. She was hit by two red shells almost instantly by racers behind her and Bowser easily pushed her (playing as Toadette) off of the track. "Crap!" But Quartz kept getting stars and bullet bills while in the lower places, and still got good items like triple red shells when he moved up to 5th place. He got extremely lucky and got a blue shell.

Celeste made it back to first as the 2nd lap was ending. "Phew…" she sighed. Relief quickly turned into panic when the mini map showed an incoming blue shell. Quartz's face lit up when he saw himself reach 2nd place. "SQUIIIIIIIIIT!" yelled Celeste as the blue shell caught up to her and knocked her out of the air, causing her to slowly fall on the track below. "RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE TOO!" Quartz quietly passed by her and finished the race. "I…I won." The other octoling's eyes widened. "WHAT?!"

She looked at the results, she saw herself in 2nd and in 1st was Quartz, for the first time after at least 20 races. "You won!" cheered Celeste. "YOU DID IT! HIGH FIVE!" She slapped her new friend's hand so hard he teared up in pain. "Good game." he sighed. They decided to end it there for now, as the sky formed a faint orange glow. It was sunset, and someone was at the door.

"WHAT UP PARTY PEOPLE! IT'S NO PARTY WITHOUT ME, EMBER!" shouted the inkling girl. "You're so embarrassing!" sighed Cerulean. "Chill dude, who else is here? Haru and Celeste?" she laughed smugly. "Erm, about that…" said Cerulean.

"Wait a minute!" said Ember, loudly. "I know what's going on!"

"W-what?"

"YOU TWO HAD A BABY TOGETHER AND YOU'RE ONLY TELLING ME NOW! I KNEW YOU WERE HIDING YOUR FAT STOMACH!"

"FAT STOMACH?! I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL-"

"You're finally here!" chirped Haru, who just finished making popcorn in the kitchen. "Gee you two," sighed Ember. "I didn't know guys could get THAT busy!" Both were red all over. "Ember," Haru laughed nervously. "We're cis men, none of us gave birth."

"How else are babies made?" she asked in a sassy tone. "You're a fucking idiot." groaned Cerulean. "This boy around Celeste's age needed a place to stay, and we let him stay here." he sighed. "Oh." she chirped. "So you DID have a second child!"

"THAT'S NOT WHAT-"

"I wish I had a Haru to my Cerulean!"

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

The three were playing wii sports in the living room. "BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT!" shouted Ember as she swung the wiimote and nunchuck to punch Cerulean's mii down. "BEEEEAT!" The countdown reached ten. "KNOCKOUT!" announced the announcer guy in the game.

The younger cephalopods were coming downstairs. "What are they playing?" asked Quartz. "This old game called Wii Sports." answered Celeste. "It's not old! It's timeless!" scoffed Ember. "HOLD UP, IS THAT YOUR SECOND CHILD RIGHT THERE?!"

"EMBER STOP!"

"Shut up Ceru!"

"I'm not their son." sighed Quartz. "Though I wish I was…" That was a weird thought he never had before, but he just brushed it off for now. "Darn! Anyways Ceru do you wanna play another round of-"

"No."

"So i'm Ember, your aunt…"

"CUT IT OUT!"

She just ignored him. "What's your name?" Quartz couldn't help but laugh. "Quartz!" Ember patted him on the shoulder. "They're raising you well, if Ceru was my dad i'd be a bit worried!" She looked over at Cerulean and smirked, he just rolled his eyes. "I'm just kidding and he knows that." she whispered into Quartz's ear. "Cerulean's a damn good guy."

"Say, you two wanna go grab some stuff from the store with me?" asked Ember, as Cerulean gets his ass kicked by Haru in baseball. "Let's go!" exclaimed Celeste. Quartz replied with a calmer "Sure."

(The store they went to is a store like Walmart or Target)

"That goofy squid boy forgot to stock up on candy! He never thinks about his friends and only about his beloved little Haru!" whined Ember in an obviously exaggerated tone. "Come on guys laugh! I'm so funny!"

While Ember and Celeste talked about all kinds of stuff, Quartz was looking at the things in the candy aisle. Everything looked fresh, in the canyon he never had good food before. He ate well when he first moved into his new home, but he hasn't tried any candy yet. He couldn't take his eyes off of the gummy sharks, and slowly made his way over to them before eating an entire package of them.

"Quartz!" called Celeste. "The heck are you doing?!"

"CONSUME IT HOMEBOY!" cheered Ember. "I'LL HELP YA!"

Needless to say they got kicked out.

A while later, they got back from another store with their stuff. The three saw Cerulean and Haru cuddling on the couch, fast asleep. Ember took a photo. "Why'd you do that?" asked Quartz. Ember smirked. "To laugh at Ceru when he wakes up." Then the inkling got an awful idea. "Guys, to the kitchen."

In the kitchen she turned off all of the lights. "Did you hear about Bloody Calamary?" she asked, menacingly. "Ember don't scare the boy!" Ember jumped. Cerulean was suddenly wide awake. "MY SECRET WEAPON!" she shouted, showing him the photo she just took. "FEAR ME, BOTTOM BOY! I'M GONNA SHOW THIS TO CALLIE!" Cerulean rushed to grab her phone. "YOU'RE SO DAMN NOSY!" he shouted. "DELETE THIS NOW!" He grabbed the phone and deleted the picture.

"You're so damn weird."

"You're no damn fun!"

While they bickered, Quartz curiously went over to the wii in the living room. Wii Sports was still running on the title screen. "How do I play?" he asked Celeste. "I can help you!" She pressed A and B at the same time to go into the game.

"Which one do you wanna play?"

"The easy one."

"Hmmm, bowling's pretty simple."

She let him use Cerulean's mii to play, and taught him the basic controls. "Hold B as you swing." He followed her instructions…and got a strike. "HOLY SQUIT!" She was amazed, and continued watching his streak. Strike after strike after strike, not even Ember could play that well. The final throw came. Quartz took a deep breath, swung his wiimote…and threw it at the TV. "HOLY SQUIT WE'RE GONNA GET KILLED!" Both began to panic. It finally woke up Haru, who slept like a log through Celeste's loud cheering and the inklings' arguing.

"The TV…"

"Haru…" mumbled Quartz.

"WE'RE SO SORRY!" yelled Celeste.

"It's just a TV." Haru smiled sleepily. "Ember can probably fix it…" he yawned. He was too tired to think. Quartz yawned. "I'm tired." He decided to go to bed himself.

"I know you're in Splatsville, you rat! When I finally drag your ass back here, i'm going to bash your skull into the hard steel floor beyond the point of healing."

In the middle of the night, Cerulean heard crying as he passed by Quartz's door. He opened it and saw the poor octoling sobbing. "Wake up!" he cried, the octoling finally woke up when Cerulean gently shook him.

"DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME!" Quartz screamed as he slapped the inkling. "You're having a nightmare!" The octoling then realized who it really was. "S-sorry…" Quartz was still sobbing. "Was it about Octavia?" asked Cerulean. Quartz nodded. "Do you think she'll find me and kill me?" he asked. The inkling hugged him. "If she somehow does, we'll be there to fight her." Cerulean wasn't entirely sure how to comfort him, but then remembered what Haru does. "Let it all out, Quartz. It's okay."

"Ceru…" he mumbled. "You remind me of agent 3…"

"Agent 3? You know him?"

"He defeated DJ Octavio a long time ago. Octavia always feared him, I hoped he would come back and scare her away. When I first saw you, I thought of him. It's as if he was the one who saved me…"

Cerulean smiled. "Agent 3 was very strong, but I heard he goes by captain 3 now."

"You sound like you know him."

"Heh. I might…"

"What do you mean?!"

"CERU YOU COWARD! JOIN THE PILLOW FIGHT!" shouted Ember from downstairs.

"I'll see you tomorrow."

Downstairs, Cerulean got completely whacked by Ember and Haru in the pillow fight. "How was that, Mr. "i'm the strongest agent?" Cerulean just groaned. "Is something wrong?" asked Haru, who noticed something in his eye. "I'm just worried about Quartz. He had a nightmare about that Octavia character…" he explained.

"He's only been here for a day." said Haru. "That sort of memory sticks with you, like a scar. It's always there, even when it heals, it still lingers in the back of your mind."

To be continued…