Mikel's POV:

It was getting dark at Inkopolis, the shops were closing, the Inklings and Octolings went home from their Turf War matches and most people called it a day. But not for one tall shadow, sprinting through the alleys at full speed.

Mikel arrived at Grizzco, being completely exhausted as he entered the building, nearly running through the door.

Grizzlo looked at him while carrying some boxes: "Well, aren't you early and watch where you go! If you break the door again you're going to repair it.", then his eyes got suddenly fixed on Mikel's face.

"Huff, Huff ..... something wrong Griz?", Mikel looked back with a tired expression.

"What's that on your face?", Grizzlo pointed at his left cheek which got a huge red mark on it.

"Don't tell me you see that slap................. Damn you Isa!"

"Now, now, no need to yell inside here. Tell me what happened, while you get yourself ready for the shift."

Mikel took a deep breath, as he talked to Grizzlo while heading over to his stuff: "Well, it all started this afternoon, when I told Skarlet that we would go shopping the next day."

"And?"

"Well I had to take her measurements, since she wouldn't have been able to try on her own clothes on due to her injury."

Grizzlo's expression got completely blank: "Don't tell me.."

"Jup, and that's how it went."

Flashback Mikel's POV:

"Skarlet! By the goddamn mothership hold still please. You're wiggling around more than an eel!", Mikel was on the edge with his nerves. Skarlet was always moving around and every time he got too close to her, she tried to pull him between her breasts.

"Oh c'mon Mikel. You're tingling me so much with that little measuring tape and the only thing you gave me is this sleeping dress.", Skarlet pulled up her arms, so that the nightdress perfectly fell around her sexy body.

"Please, for once can you stop this theatre? I need you to wear this, since you can't stand up and the measurements should be correct in the end.", Mikel tried his best to explain everything to her.

"Well, IF you ask me really, really, really nice, I'll stay still.", she said with a devilish smirk on her face.

Mikel took a deep breath "I'm sooooo going to regret this." "My dearest Skarlet, would you please be so kind and stop moving, so I can measure your beautiful body. You're also allowed to pick a whole set of clothes of your choice to wear.", he finished and had a feeling that his tongue would fall off. "Just kill me now....... Please."

Skarlet then started to giggle: "My, my, you're getting better at this. I could hear it all day.", she seductively leaned back, only to be pushed straight up again by Mikel. "Hey!"

"Skarlet, I said it ok........ so please let me take the measurements. I don't want to be late for work.", Mikel's voice was getting more worried than frustrated.

"Hmpf, fine. But only because you said it so nice.", she then let Mikel measure her body. Well she still moaned when he fiddled around her chest.

"Seriously?! That's a whooping D+....... This girl has one hell of a body.", Mikel then looked on his Squidphone. "OH, by the damn Flyfish! I need to hurry.", he jumped up, LITERALLY changed his clothes next to Skarlet, ran into the kitchen to grab a few snacks, put them next to Skarlet on the bedside table and headed for the door. "I'll see you tomorrow morning.", he said and dashed off.

Flashback Skarlet's POV:

". . . Veemo. . .", Skarlet's brain tried her best to progress what just happened. "Was he just now dressing next to me, with only his pants on?", she then held her head "AAAAAARGH damnit, If I could just move, I would've had him now." Being clearly frustrated, she immediately started to train and was even able to do sit ups for short periods. "Just you wait.........."

Mikel's POV:

"Then I rushed towards Inkopolis as fast as I could."

"Well that would explain why you're out of breath, but you do know that yourself into a lot of trouble by being so nice to her?", Grizzlo crossed his arms.

Mikel just made an expression, which said clearly "I know that already!"

"Still I would really like to know from where that mark on your face comes from."

"Uhm that...... Ugh it's actually far worse than you think."

Flashback Mikel's POV:

Mikel took a small detour to Marco and Isa's home, to prepare for the shopping trip with Skarlet tomorrow.

"Hey Marco open the door! I don't have much time.", he yelled while hammering at the entrance.

Shortly after Marco opened the door with an annoyed face: "Damn, can't you just come over earlier?"

"Sorry, I had my own troubles.", Mikel answered back. "And a lot of them too." "So, where is Isa?"

"In the living room, now hurry up."

Isa was there watching TV: "Oh hi Mikel, what do you need at this hour? Is it because of the shopping you asked for tomorrow? Don't worry I've already rented a Wheelchair, for when you drop her off."

"That's great thank you, but I came here to deliver something else", he then started searching around for a piece of paper.

"Huh, what else?"

"Ah here it is.-", he handed it to her: "These are Skarlet's measurements, you said you'll need them tomorrow morning."

"Pfffffffffffffffffffff!", Marco spit out the coffee he was drinking in the kitchen, while Isa looked at Mikel with a shocked expression.

Isa then slowly stood up, came over to Mikel, took the piece of paper and ..... *SLAP*!

"Ouch! What was that for?", Mikel complained as he got slapped by Isa.

"You're a huge perverted Buckedhead! Can't you listen to anything I say? I said that I'll come over tomorrow to make the measurements myself, not for you to make them!", Isa was completely mad.

"Don't tell me..." "Wait........ so I wouldn't had to?........."

"No, I would've come over tomorrow morning with Marco.", Isa just shook her head.

"AAAAAAAAAAARGH! Why does this always happen to me?"

Flashback Isa's POV:

"Seriously, this guy is such a handful....", Isa shook her head, while Marco cleaned his coffee from the floor. "Now let's see those measurements at least. That octoling was quite something."

Isa took a look at the sheet and her eyes nearly shot out of their sockets. ". . .D+ WTF?! What's with those sizes!!!!!!!!!!"

Mikel's POV:

"And that was what happened Grizzlo....", Mikel ended his summary.

Grizzlo just stood there shaking his head: "Why is always everything going wrong with you?"

"HEY!"

"Hahaha, now you better get to work, if you want to get some sleep afterwards. We got a lot to do.", Grizzlo headed towards the dock.

"Alright, I could really need a workout." Mikel bumped his fists together and went after Grizzlo.

-Timeskip brought to you by a chibi Skarlet doing sit-ups, while a chibi Mikel brawls with Salmons-

Mikel's POV:

Mikel closed the door behind him. He was finally home, after all that's happened. "Uff, I could really fall on the couch and sleep, but well I need a shower first."

Said and done, Mikel went to make himself something to eat, before he went to bed, but something caught his eye when he passed the bedroom where Skarlet slept.

"Hm, she actually looks adorable, when she sleeps.", Mikel said while pulling up her blanked again. "And I should really get this self-talk of mine under control. But well, she's sleeping so it doesn't matter."

Mikel then headed to the bookshelf and kneeled in front of it. There were two things, one was a picture of him, back in the day when he got his GS or Grizzloshotter from Grizzlo as a present.

Mikel took out the picture and observed it a little. "Hm, I was really happy, when he ordered me this. It's still my favorite. But man, that thing was heavy back then.", a smile formed on his face.

But as he looked over to the second item, Mikel's face turned into a gloomy mess, while tears started forming in the corner of his eyes. It was a small chest, with a lock on it. The keys had been thrown away a long time ago by himself, but he still kept it.

"Why can't I let go of these memories?"

After a short while of watching the chest Mikel got up: "Well, no use in dwelling over the past. I'll better grab myself something to eat and get some sleep. It's shopping time for Skarlet."

Mike headed out of the room, finished his stuff and went to sleep. But he didn't realize, that someone was awake the whole time.

Skarlet's POV:

"So, he has things left over from his past.", Skarlet looked over to the bookshelf, where Mikel was kneeling before. As she saw the chest, her mind made a conclusion.

"This must be the key to his past......... and maybe to mine."

Skarlet then thought about plans on how she could get it open without Mikel noticing. But all on them ended on the same conclusion. She needed to be able to walk and Mikel must be out of his home at that time.

"Well there's no helping it, I need to get my beautiful legs to finally do their job.", she then thought about what Mikel said when he came inside.

"Did he really say, I look adorable? Oooooh so he has feelings of me! YES!", her signature smile formed on her face.

"Now I'm really excited for tomorrows shopping-trip. I'm going to get some sexy outfits, a bunch of underwear, maybe some high-heels and sooo much more!" Skarlet snuggled onto her green plush toy while fantasying about her next day.

But there was one more feeling inside her chest, a sort of pain she didn't feel before, like someone was missing. "Why does this hurt so much? It feels like I wanted to do this with other people before.....-", her head started to hurt again "-Ugh, this pain... and why does it feel like I can no longer do this with whom I wanted to do it?"

The pain started to get more intense, but before it became too much Skarlet quickly shifted her thoughts away. "C'mon Skarlet think about something else! Hmmmmmmmmmm..... Like..... Mikel, yeah! When he was here." Then she remembered when he was dressing right in front of her during the day and with a bright red face Skarlet could finally sleep. And she started drolling on her pillow again.

A/N: Thank you so much "agent4 (lea-laura)" from the Splatoonity Amino for drawing Mikel with his favourite equipment! Also thanks everyone for reading and stay tuned for Skarlet's shopping trip!