(A/N: I got asked why I call Mr. Grizz Grizzlo. Well when Mikel and his team started at Grizzco they mistook Mr. Grizz' name for Grizzlo and as they noticed after a while Mr. Grizz said it's fine for them to call him like that. So they called him Grizzlo or Griz for short. If they were at work with others they also called him Mr. Grizz. Even nowadays Mikel also calls him Grizzly sometimes to mock him.)

Mikel's POV:

Mikel's just gotten home: "Skarlet I'm back!"

"Miiikeeeeel, why did you take so long need help I'm suffocating."

"Suffocating?? What the hell does she want now from me? Well still I should better check on her."

After putting away his shoes and mantle, he went to his room: "Alright Skarlet, sorry for taking so long what problem do you have and how can I heeeee........eeee.....lp?" He stuttered while watching his bed.

Everything was in order, all plush toys were intact, the console was running, it didn't seem Skarlet tried to get out of the bed; BUT the air in the room smelled strongly like sweat, her stomach was making loud growling sounds and Skarlet was sitting on his bed with only her underwear on.

"Stop looking so dumb and open the window! I can't reach it!"

Mikel quickly rushed to the big window which was a bit away from the bottom end of the bed, but Skarlet couldn't reach it since her legs were not healed enough to move around. Shortly after a refreshing breeze blew inside, the sun had been shining into the room the whole day and Mikel had closed the window when they were eating lunch.

"Aaaaaah much better, I thought you want to nurse me back to health hotstuff? That's not how you do it. Just look even with only my underwear I'm all sweaty." , she then pushed her breasts up a little and Mikel could nearly see behind them, since they're drenched.

Mikel quickly apologized: "I'm so sorry, I should've thought about something so obvious before." His face was brightly red.

"Alright now or never!" "I know you're sorry, but you own me an apology! As for that I want you to....grumble....", Skarlet's face went red as her stomach was growling releasing the tension of the situation and putting a smile on Mikel's face.

"Just how much does she need to eat?" , he thought but then remembered her "outstanding" features "Never mind..... but first I should hear what she wants. I just hope it's nothing perverted, it's already tough enough to stay calm."

"I want a bath with you!", she stated.

"Not going to happen.", Mikel quickly answered.

"First you try to suffocate me and then you don't even apologize."

"Sorry......."

"Also the game you gave me was quite entertaining but I think I finished it an hour ago as it said "New Highscore" or something like that."

"Wait WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?", Mikel rushed to the small console and checked it..... "She, she, she just broke every single one of my records in just a few hours?!?!?!?!"

"Hey earth to Mikel you hear me?"

"Yeah I heard you. I just can't believe you broke all my highscores. It took me weeks to set them up." Mikel was devastated.

"Weeks? For eel? It was really easy to do that. But enough of that I want a bath with you as an apology and now I also deserve a reward for beating you." "Just a little bit more and I got him."

"Oh come on give me a break...-"

"Nope hotstuff or do you want to deny the wishes from a defenseless woman like me?", she said with a sweet undertone.

"Alright but please nothing perverted and you stay in your underwear, I know you can change your clothes on your own. I'm going to prepare the bath and check what I make for supper." Mikel went out of the room totally exhausted.

"YES! I did it good job Skarlet! I can always rely on my best tools." Skarlet was giggling.

Small timeskip brought by a Mikel, carrying Skarlet while Marco and Grizzlo (Mr.Grizz) were making pictures.

Skarlet's POV:

Skarlet was leaning in the hot bath against Mikel, which tried his best to stay calm. "So Mikel how did you get that small bruise on your shoulder?"

"I had a small fight with someone I know."

"A fight? Was he you enemy? How do you know him? What did he do to you?" Her head started to itch a little, but she ignored it.

"Nah he is not an enemy. As for how do I know him... can you keep a secret?"

"You know Hotstuff we're sharing a bath. You can tell me anything you want.", she said with an seductive voice while moving her ass a little.

"Stop it.... But alright, as we live here in the Outskirts of Inkopolis, we're not that far away from the Octo Canyon. There is an old outpost, where a bunch of male and female Octolings are stationed. We even got a small pipe leading there. Even though many said that Octolings were our enemies the Inklings around here have a relatively good relationship with them, probably because they are also far away from home."

"Octolings and Inklings were enemies?", she started to have a little headache now, but she wanted to hear all from him so she kept silent.

"Since you have your amnesia I am no longer wondering, so I tell you. There was something like a great turf war where a lot of Inklings and Octolings died. The Inklings won, the Octarians or Octolings, take your pick, lost. End of the story. Since then Inklings thought of Octolings as enemies and vice versa. But the Idols from "Off the Hook" just recently had an announcement that some Octolings started living in Inkopolis with Inklings."

"Well that doesn't sound that bad ughhhh..... right?"

"No it's nothing bad, are you having a headache? Should I stop?" Mikel got a little bit worried.

"Please continue, I want to know more and maybe my memories will come back this was." Skarlet temporarily forgot why she wanted to get Mikel into a bath in the first place.

"Well ok but tell me if it get's worse, you shouldn't regain your memories in pain."

"Damn why is a hot mountain so caring I get all tingly inside."

"Alright, where was I? Ah yes, so the news had not that huge impact on us, since we already had a good relationship with that Octoling outpost. It is like an open secret to the Inklings that live around here."

"If there are Octolings living nearby, then why didn't you take me to them?"

"I didn't know if you were a fugitive of someone of high position for them. Heck you could've even tried to get to Inkopolis when I found you."

"That seems to make sense but tell me, where did you find me, you haven't told me?"

"Alright this sounds crazy but you fell from the sky."

"WHAT?" Skarlet moved in the bath, which caused Mikel to flinch.

"Please let me speak, I was driving back from my Salmon nightshift when there was something flying above my ship in the direction of Inkopolis. And while I was getting my googles someone crashed through my hammock, the roof of the cabin and onto me. That someone was you."

This time Skarlet didn't feel that much of a headache this time, but instead she felt a huge emptiness inside her heart. It felt as if a huge hole was ripped open and it hurt so much.

"Skarlet are you alright?"

Mikel's voice started to ease the pain a bit, so she quickly asked him another question, to distract her from the pain, "Yes, thanks for telling me. You sure are a nice one Hotstuff. I can't remember now, but I hope I get my memories back soon. Now back to my original questions..... How do you know that guy? And what did he do to you?

Mikel's voice immediately sunk down: "~inhale~ That guy, his name is Andrew, he's some sort of fashion freak and he fell in love with an Octoling commander from the outpost."

"With an Octoling commander?", inside her head ringed something like an alarm clock.

"Yes, and I helped him to set them up. Nowadays they are a wonderful couple."

"Then why is he your enemy?"

"It's silly, each time we see us we want to fight each other. When he sees me, he remembers his Inking father, which left him. As for my part when I see him with his shades I just want to splat him."

As the word shades fell Skarlet's head was on fire.

"Skarlet we should stop now your head hurts, I can see it.", he then started to slowly massage her tentacles to ease the pain while unintentionally getting closer to her.

Skarlet gritted her fangs: "No please just a little bit more."

"Ok but I'll keep it short." His voice turned dark "For my part I can't stand shades because someone with shades took something important from me and we leave it at that. As for Andrew, he needs to wear shades because Inklings around him get freaked out if he doesn't wear them."

"Why?"

"Because he's an Inktoling. An Inkling with Octoling eyes. His tentacles are also black most times because his mother was also an Octoling commander."

"So that's how it is....." Skarlet started thinking "If this guy's already an Inktoling, that Inklings and Octolings can have children when they make love!!!! This is great, now I just need to put my plan into action." Her headache seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

"Alright we've been here long enough time to get out." Mikel wanted to remove his hands from her tentacles, but Skarlet held them back in place.

"Wait Hotstoff there is one last thing I want to ask you.", she then started moving her ass carefully so her legs wouldn't hurt, until she noticed a huge splattershot behind her.

"What now?" Mikel didn't notice her movements since he was focused on her hands, and when he did, he was already rock hard.

"Don't you want to try making an Inktoling with me?", she said with a tempting voice.

Then Mikel did something she wasn't expecting. He stood up, ignoring his erection moved along her whole back. "That's enough, we're done!", he then moved out of the bath while holding Skarlet bridal style, set her on the toilet, emptied the bathtub and started moving out with a towel on his waist.

"WAIT WHAT TO YOU MEAN WITH WE'RE DONE?" Skarlet snapped back and got furious, since her great plan was now messed up totally. "I know you had a hard one Hotstuff, why did you tell me that shit about Octolings and Inklings if you show such disinterest? Am I that ugly? Are you lovesick? Is it because I am an Octoling or what is it?"

Mikel stood still for a moment, then walked in front of Skarlet, got onto his knees, so he could look her straight into his eyes.

Skarlet nearly lost her breath as she saw tears forming in his eyes.

He then started talking with a calm voice as he did his best to oppress his sadness "Skarlet it's not that I don't like you. Even though I only know you for two days now, it's fun to be around with someone. It feels so fulfilling to look after someone that appreciates it. But you can't expect to love someone in two days. You don't even have your memories back yet. What if you have someone you already love and I am in second place for example? If I would love you and you would leave me for someone else, then I won't survive it. I haven't gotten lovesick, I haven't got my heart broken. I got it shattered.", even while talking some tears were flowing down his cheeks. "Now please put on your clothes, I need to make supper, since you're still hungry."

Skarlet didn't say anything meaningful this evening anymore. They ate some soup Mikel made with tomatoes and after that he even read Skarlet a >Good Night Story< like yesterday. But all of that passed by Skarlet as she fell asleep while thinking the whole time. "Do I have someone waiting for me? Why am I seeking Mikel's affection, even though I barely know him? Why am I so afraid when he mentions shades? Why am I not able to remember anything yet? What happened to me?"