Skarlet's POV:

Skarlet had just hung up the call with Mr.Grizz and was staring onto the ceiling from her bed. "How can this guy just leave without telling me?", she asked herself quite frustrated. "Well he did tell me, that he needs to go to work, but why couldn't he wake me up before he left?"

She was quite mad at him for not waking her up. Not only because she woke up and had no idea where he was at first, but also because Mikel changed her into her nightdress without her noticing. "I just can't believe I missed such a chance!", she groaned into her pillow.

"Damn it was so nice on his lap, but seriously what's wrong with this guy? He just changes a sexy girl like me into her nightwear and is not even touching my underwear? What am I doing wrong?"

Letting out her frustration, she threw the pillow onto the wall next to her. "Damn, how can a nice guy like him resist my full arsenal? He even told me I'm beautiful...", her cheeks got slightly red as she held up the green plush toy from Mikel. Somehow it was her favorite, sadly due to her memories she couldn't figure out why.

Instead there was something Skarlet figured out from the date she had with Mikel. There was an emptiness inside her, like a hole, craving for affection. As she recovered, the feeling slowly grew more and more. But when she was resting on his lap, with his soft yet large hand on her forehead, she felt the emptiness fading away. Despite her loss of memory Skarlet understood two things.

"I want this emptiness to go away and I don't want to be alone when I remember my past."

Even though Mikel told her, that he would be there for her, it wasn't enough to comfort her. While holding up her green plush toy she asked it hopefully: "How can I make him mine you little hotshot? What do you think I should do? Can you give me any advice?", sadly no answer came from the stuffed toy.

"Hm, as I though.............", she cuddled the plush toy, with a sad expression.

Then suddenly two voices echoed inside her head.

Voice1: "Skarlet, you just need to wait patiently. Love isn't something that develops overnight."

Skarlet: "Huh, who are you?"

Voice1: "I'm a part of you and I'm here to help."

Skarlet: "How do you thing you can help me?"

Voice2: "Don't listen to that one! If you want him you should make him yours!"

Skarlet: "Who,.... But I've already tried everything, it seems I just can't do it."

Voice2: "Yes you can, you only need to do it the right way."

Voice1: "No, Skarlet a relationship won't be possible without showing respect and acting virtuously!"

Skarlet: "Wait, what?!"

Voice1: "If you be good a good girl, he will surely start to like you."

Skarlet: "Who the VEEMO said I'm a good girl!!!!", the first Voice immediately silenced due to her scream.

Voice2: "No one anymore, but I can tell that you really want to get close to that inkling, right?"

Skarlet: "Just how do you?......Nevermind, yes how can I make him mine?"

Voice2: "As it is now, he seems to be troubled by his past. If you can find out about his past, you could surely use it to get him."

Skarlet: "But he won't tell me anything beyond that someone shattered his heart and I doubt I could ask around for him."

Voice2: "He surely left things around, that could give you a hint, you could try to make him feel indebted to you, or you can try to seduce him."

Skarlet: "Well the seducing part turned out great.", Skarlet said with sarcasm.

Voice2: "Then there are only two more options left. But you shouldn't neglect your attempts, or he might grow suspicious."

Skarlet: "That sounds all neat and easy, but how should I do that if I can't even walk?"

Voice2: "Not my problem", the Voice said and faded away.

Skarlet: "HEY! Come back!", but there was no answer.

The voices disappeared as suddenly as they appeared.

Skarlet then pulled herself together having a goal set: "Alright, first thing is to get you two working again, so I can get to Mikel.", she said to her stretched out legs. "And finally make him mine."

She then pulled her legs close to her and stretched them in the air, but as soon as she tried to stretch them out completely the horrible pain came back. "Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch.............. Why does this hurt so much, damnit." As this didn't seem to work, she tried it by sitting up straight and slowly lifted her feet. The pain was much less this time, so she carefully did some exercise by treading into the air.

Skarlet kept up with her training, while carefully watching out not to strain her muscles to prevent the horrible pain from coming up again. She did this for quite a while, before she fell back on her bed, being completely exhausted.

"It seems I'm still not there yet, but damn my constitution is awful.", she then watched over to the phone, thinking about her call. "Sigh..... I wish he would be already back. It's getting really lonely when no one is around.", her eyes started to shut down.

"so lonely........"

"lonely?.........."

"I don't want to be lonely anymore........."

"I want........."

Skarlet couldn't finish her though before the sleep overcame her.

Mikel's POV:

The door shut down as Mikel came back, being completely out of breath. Normally he's just jogging back from Inkopolis, but since Skarlet called at Grizzco he got worried and just sprinted the whole way.

"Huff, huff.... Skarlet I'm home!", he said while getting out of his shoes. "Damn this feels so strange to say." "Skarlet?" Mikel got slightly worried as there was no answer coming from his room. "I hope she didn't try out standing up again. Or maybe she did and passed out?" Thoughts about what might had happen drifted around his mind while he headed to the bedroom.

"Skarlet, 's everything alright?", as he opened the door his worries faded away but there was already the next problem: "Geez can't you sleep properly!"

Skarlet laid on her belly clinging to her favorite plush toy, while her ass stood up as she somehow pulled her legs closer, her head was turned into his direction having a huge grin with salvia dripping from the corner of her mouth. The pillow seemed to be soaked already and the blanked was half on the floor.

"*Sigh* Well at least she seems to have a pleasant sleep", Mikel said as he couldn't understand how it's even possible to sleep like this. He picked out a "Fresh" pillow from his closet and carefully switched it out with the soaked one, while lifting Skarlet's head as gentle as possible. Then he pulled the blanked over her and picked up the empty plate, where he had put some snacks before.

"Alright now that that's been taken care of, I really need a shower. I stink like one of those salmons...... and some sleep before she wakes up would be nice too." Mikel headed to the bathroom and quickly got out of his sweaty clothes.

After he finished with cleaning himself, Mikel walked to the fridge and got himself some dried meat and yoghurt. "Ah just a quick meal and then I'm ready to hit the couch. But seriously I need to buy some groceries." Before he went to sleep Mikel left another plate with some leftover dried meat and a sandwich next to his bed. "I hope I get a few hours before she wakes up, geez she's such a handful."

Mikel drifted into sleep with a smile, but as soon as his nightmares came back it vanished.

Skarlet's POV:

Skarlet woke up with a pleasant smell in her nose.

"Hmmm this smells so good.", she then stretched herself "Ah I I've slept wonderful, but I could really take a bite now, hm?" Skarlet then noticed the plate next to her. "Didn't I eat up everything during the night?" As she turned over she noticed something was off with her pillow. "This isn't the same pillow I had, when I went to sleep....", noticing some stains of her drool an evil grin came upon her face.

"So, he has that sort of fetish. Hihihihihi, I can't believe it's gonna be this easy!" Skarlet got excited from what she's going to do with Mikel, while she cleared the remains of her plate. "I just need a few chances and he'll be all mine!"

Mikel's POV:

Mikel was currently baking cookies, since he's had quite a bunch of ingredients left. As he absolutely hates throwing food away, it's often mixed in some other meals. Due to that habit, some of his dishes had quite a variety of tastes. "Man, it would be such a shame to throw away the eggs. Glad I've had some leftover jam. These will turn out great!"

He had already prepared the dough and began to cut it out in Squid- and Octopusshapes. Then he put some jam on one design and put another similar one atop of it, but with the eyes holed out. With this it seemed that the cookies would look at the person eating them with their eyes made out of jam. "They really do look lovely, I hope Skarlet likes them. Speaking of her shouldn't she wake up soon?" The words barely left Mikel's mouth as he already heard a very familiar voice.

"Miiiiiikeeeeeeeel, Hotstuff, where are you? I need to go to the toilet!"

"As if........ alright, here comes another day." Mikel quickly checked the timer on the oven and headed to his room. Skarlet was there all fidgety, with her tentacles hanging down.

"There you are! Hurry up!", she said with a stern voice, while stretching out her arms.

"Oh dear Goldie, please give me strength."

Timeskip brought to you by chibi Mikel and chibi Skarlet brushing their fangs with a sleepy face.

Narrator's POV:

Mikel was sitting at the table with Skarlet and watched Skarlet enjoying his self-made cookies. But something was different today. Skarlet hasn't made a move against him until now, which was quite pleasant, but she also seemed to have forgotten how to eat properly. "Somethings off, why does she keep eating like that? She's drooling on her shirt each time she takes a bite. Did I make the cookies too dry for her or is there something her stomach doesn't tolerate?" He then asked: "Skarlet is everything alright with you?"

Skarlet looked up from her cookies: "Yes everything is perfect. I'm feeling great so far and your cookies are the best.", she said while giving him a thumbs up. "Hihihi, it seems I'm heading into the right direction. I just need to wait for him to ask. Still his cooking skills are amazing."

"Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy them.", Mikel said slightly blushing while scratching his bulky tentacles. But nevertheless, he was still a little bit freaked out about Skarlet's current eating habit. "But really I've put so much effort into those and she's eating those in such a slutty way, it's a shame." After he couldn't endure watching his food being violated by her Mikel spoke up: "Skarlet seriously tell me what's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean Hotstuff?" "Ha yes, I'm already getting aroused by myself if I think about what we're going to do later on." "I'm just enjoying your food."

"Boah for the love of.... nevermind......... but yeah, I can see that. Now tell me what's up with all that drooling around. You're making a huge mess if you haven't noticed it yet."

"What do you mean?"

"Look at you, your shirt is completely soaked with drool stains and half of the cookies I've put so much effort into are spread across it." Mikel was quite furious at the moment.

"I think he's not completely pleased, but here goes nothing." Skarlet then leaned over the table, making sure her cleavage was right in front of Mikel and spoke: "I'll tell you what's going on here. I know exactly what you've done to me while I was asleep.", while pointing at Mikel.

"What by the damn mothership are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about your little night visit. Did you really think I wouldn't notice it that you changed my clothes? I wonder what you have done with them.", she said with a seductive grin. "Now I got you!"

"I haven't -"

"And what happened to my pillow? I know that I'm making a little mess while sleeping, but I can't believe you have a fetish like that."

"FETISH?! How do you know those words when......................", Mikel's voice skyrocketed.

"Oooooh that doesn't matter, but why couldn't you tell me sooner you're into that? I would've been even able to help you with it.", Skarlet said while slowly biting off another piece of a cookie, leaving another small string of droll behind. "Well how did you like my performance?" "C'mon I know you can't take it anymore. I'm right in front of you."

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"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Mikel's head met the table with full force shaking Skarlet, which startled her.

"Uh, this wasn't supposed to happen?"

Mikel deeply sighted: "Skarlet stay silent for a moment.", while resting his head on the table.

"..."

"Do you hear a small rumoring sound of a machine?"

"Uhm, yes?", Skarlet got anxious.

"That's my washing machine."

"!" "Don't tell me?"

"I've only taken your sweaty clothes and your drenched pillow to wash them-", Mikel slowly looked up into her face, completely ignoring her chest "-and instead of a thank you, you're violating the food I've put so much effort into.", his voice was trembling near the end.

"OH SQUIT! This is bad!"

Timeskip brought to you by a chibi Skarlet enjoying cookies, while a chibi Mikel is cleaning the table.

Skarlet's POV:

Skarlet was riding inside Mikel's hood again, as they were heading to the small grocery store in the Outskirts. He was clearly upset.

"Mikel, are you still mad?"

"...", no answer.

"Damn now I really messed up." "What are we buying today? Is it something for you to cook for tomorrow?"

"..."

Skarlet, now really worried, said with a sad voice: "I know I already said that I'm sorry, but if I promise that I'll eat properly tomorrow will you tell me?"

".......I'm going to make pancakes filled with curd."

"That sounds yummy, I can't wait for it."

"But you're still getting no sweets today."

"DAMNIT"