Skarlet's POV:

Skarlet was in a beautiful round room, covered in a red fabric and in the middle was an Inkling tied to a chair. The Inkling looked at her in fear as he seemed to try figuring out what will happen to him.

Slowly Skarlet moved towards him, while swinging her hips at each step. When she was just before him, Skarlet stopped and bended forward to her prisoner. As her breasts hung directly into her victim's face, she gently held the chin with her hand, forcing the Inkling to look into her eyes.

"My, my, what have we here? Looks like I got a first price catch here.", Skarlet had a devilish smile on her face.

The tied-up Inkling gritted his fangs, staring at her. His eyes were filled with a mix of anger and fear. Anger due to his incapacity and fear due to him not knowing what this crazy Octoling is going to do with him.

Skarlet already got excited by the thought of an Inkling being complete at her mercy. "Don't struggle so much. You don't want to ruin the fun, right?" She then gripped his face and gave her victim a passionate kiss, as it tried to wiggle away.

As their lips parted, the Inkling calmed down, while trying to catch his breath, but Skarlet hasn't even started yet. She hopped on his lap, holing his neck with one hand, while she slowly opened her jacked with the other.

With a sweet *boing* her breasts popped out and the Inklings eyes widened.

"Oh, it seems that you like what you see." Skarlet then noticed a hard object beginning to grow and her grin widened. "Hmmmm, it seems you also got something I like to see.", she said while slowly stroking the growing splattershot.

The Inkling in front of her started to let out slight moans and Skarlet couldn't take it any longer.

She jumped down from her victim's lap and pressed his legs apart. The Inkling's eyes shot wide open as Skarlet started to pull down his pants.

But before she could reveal his splattershot the Inkling suddenly shouted: "Skarlet!"

"Not now, I'm just getting to the good Part."

"Skarlet!", "Skarlet!"

"Hggnnnnnnnnnn......", she started to hold her head due to the constant yelling.

"Skarlet, wake up!"

"AAAAAAAHHHH!", *bonk*

Mikel's POV:

"Damn, why isn't she waking up?", Mikel had already prepared lunch and yelled for Skarlet a few times. "Isa just called if we are already on our way!"

"Wat the squid? Normally she should be already awake and yelling for attention?", he then headed to his room to check on the sleeping Octoling. "Seriously? C'mon not again.....Skarlet!"

The Octoling was lying on her side and drooled on the fresh pillow Mikel prepared yesterday. And of course, she had a lewd smile on her face.

"Skarlet!", "Skarlet!", Mikel yelled twice to finally wake her up.

"Hggnnnnnnnnnn......", she held her head and a displeased look appeared on her face.

"Skarlet, wake up!", he started to shake her now.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!", *bonk*

Both of their heads banged together. (A/N: And none of them realized that their lips nearly touched.)

Mikel&Skarlet: "OUCH!"

Mikel was the first one who got up and held his forehead. "Damn, you really hit hard you know that? Well at least you're finally awake."

Skarlet then threw an angry look at him: "Couldn't you be gentler with a Lady? Besides I had a wonderful dream and you messed it up just when I got to the good part." She started sulking while holding her head.

"I really don't want to know what you dreamed about." Mikel then walked towards her and snatched away the drenched pillow.

"EEEEEK!", Skarlet got startled a little from the sudden move.

"I've already called you for SEVERAL HOURS! But you wouldn't wake up.", he then proceeded to lift up Skarlet, trying his best to ignore her features and brought her to the bathroom.

"Hey if you're going to lift me, then warn be beforehand!", "So I can.......-"

"-Seduce me?", he finished her thoughts. "Sometimes I can already tell your thoughts.", Skarlet looked at him like she just bit her tongue. "Now get yourself cleaned up, I've already prepared lunch. We should hurry up. Isa and Marco are already waiting for us."

Mikel headed towards the door: "You don't wanna miss your shopping trip, right?", leaving a completely speechless Octoling behind.

----Timeskip brought to you by Mikel and Skarlet preparing for their trip, while Skarlet makes one seduction attempt after another----

Narrator's POV:

It was currently afternoon in Inkopolis, just after lunch. So, most of its inhabitants were back at work, while the majority of the younger generation played their Turf-War matches or hung around near the Inkopolis square.

Due to the busy Inklings and Octolings the streets at the outer part of Inkopolis were nearly empty. Only a few Inklings were going after their business, while every now and then a car crossed the street.

Isa was already tapping the asphalt impatiently: "Damn, how long are they taking?"

"Don't worry Sweety. I'm sure Skarlet just needed some time to choose her clothes.", Marco answered her with a cheerful smile, as his one eye searched the street for them.

"Look Isa! There's Mikel!", he then pointed into the direction of the Outskirts, where the silhouette of a tall Inkling could be made out. The silhouette grew larger and more detailed, as it quickly approached.

"Seriously Darling, -" Isa gave Marco a quick kiss: "-You got one sharp eye, that's for sure." Marco's face turned red from all this praise.

Then Mikel arrived, being completely out of breath (A/N: Again...). "Huff, huff, sorry the delay. Skarlet needed her beauty-sleep."

Isa crossed her arms in front of her chest: "Yeah, you better be sorry! We've been waiting for nearly an hour since I've called you.", she had quite the displeased look on her face.

"Speaking of Skarlet-" Marco interrupted "-Where is she? You haven't forgotten her? Right?", he asked with a worried voice.

Just as Isa wanted to blast out her next scolding session, Mikel pointed towards his back.

"Helloooooooo, your sexy-big-busted Octoling is sitting over here!", a cheerful voice came from Mikel's back. Then a small tentacle appeared over his head, as Skarlet waved at them from his hood.

Isa let out a sigh of relieve: "And here I thought we would've rented the wheelchair for nothing.", she pointed at the mobile seat next to her. "Now get her in and we can head off. Ya know we don't have all day."

Mikel the carefully picked out Skarlet from his hood, to which she whispered a silent *veemo*, and put her down into the wheelchair.

As Skarlet turned into her humanoid form, her breasts bounced around, due to the loose repaired bra. Which caused Marco's face to turn red, while Isa stared blades into Mikel's eyes, the moment she realized that her underwear was gone for good.

"Now can we finally go? I don't want to miss my first shopping trip in Inkopolis!", Skarlet complained from her sear.

"Just a sec, need to put these on.", Mikel said and put on a pair of gloves, as well as *A PAINTBALL-MASK*?"

"What's with those? You're looking hilarious.", Skarlet laughed while pointing at him.

Mikel just glared back at her with a quite serious look in his eyes: "If I'm wearing those, people will think, that I came from a Turf-War match. It's also to hide those.....", he flipped the hollow fingers of his right glove.

"Ah, so you won't weird out other people. Like Marco?", she pointed at Marco's cool pirate-eye-patch.

"Yup just like that." Mikel answered. Well it wasn't the whole truth, but it wasn't a lie either.

Skarlet then looked at everyone with question marks flying over her head: "And what the veemo is a Turf-War? I get a tingly feeling inside my head when I hear it, but that's all." This left a shocked expression on everyone's faces. "Uhm, did I just say something wrong?"

The first who pulled himself together was Mikel: "Seriously..... You really don't know any of the important stuff huh? Well if you behave today, I'll show you what Turf-War is. Promise."

"Oooooooh, are you inviting me on another date? My that's so thoughtful of you. Then it's a promise.", Skarlet interpreted his explanation in her own ways.

"That's not what I,...... well what I meant was.....", Mikel was at a loss for words.

"But maybe you want to privately show me how to play Turf-War with this sexy body?", she added with a flirty voce, while giving Mikel a wink.

"Skarlet!"

Marco just shook his head at the scene before him, while Isa had enough: "Alright, alright, enough with the honeymoon-talk. -", she interrupted both of them. "Can we finally go now?"

Everyone silently looked at each other: "Alright, Let's go!"

----Timeskip brought to you by................ Ya all know what? Let's just see how much Skarlet enjoys her shopping trip----

Narrator's POV:

Skarlet was having a blast while entering Inkopolis. Not only were there so many clothing and fashion shops, she didn't know where to start, but also food-stalls, restaurants and candy shops, far too many to count all of them.

At first the group only wanted to buy some underwear, but upon seeing Skarlet having a wide smile and looking at everything with excited eyes when they entered the Arowana-Mall, Mikel just said: "Well, screw my wallet, let's have fun at least once!"

Then their shopping-trip began. Well still with quite a fair share of problems coming altogether.

In the underwear store, Skarlet only wanted to buy some sexy lingerie, that barely covered her features, while Mikel insisted she should buy some casual ones, for the sake of his nerves. Well Skarlet bought casual ones, but not without smuggling in some sexy lingerie thanks to Isa's help.

Then they went for trouser and legwear. Skarlet immediately wanted to try out the shortest and most alluring skirts she found. But as she overheard Mikel and Marco talking about how unalluring those were, especially when you've already seen what's beneath, she quickly changed her mind and bought some leggings and a few good-looking shorts.

(Marco and Mikel giving a *High Five* to each other.)

While they were heading towards a store to get shirts, sweaters, etc., Skarlet's eyes were fixed on a store window, the just passed by.

Inside of it was a beautiful large Leather-jacket hanging on a mannequin. It was fairly overpriced, due to a sign with *Limited stock* hanging from it. Skarlet's mind started to burn like fire, but she couldn't take her gaze away from the jacket. Only when they had passed the store, Skarlet's headache eased. Knowing it was far from what she could probably afford, she directed her eyes towards the store Marco and Isa were heading for.

Isa as well as Marco didn't notice anything of this, but Mikel who was pushing the wheelchair saw every moment of it.

----Timeskip brought to you by a chibi Skarlet running through stores, while a chibi Mikel looks into an empty wallet----

Skarlet's POV:

The whole group was chatting together, while they were heading towards the Inkopolis-square. Their destination was a food-truck owned by a guy called "Crusty Seans". "I wonder what'll be there to eat? Maybe I can get Mikel to feed me if I play the poor Octoling? Ooooo, I just know how he's going to react. This'll be fun!", Skarlet chuckled to herself.

Then as they arrived at the "Crust Bucket", Mikel drove Skarlet towards an empty table, while Isa sat in front of her. But just as she wanted to put her plan into action Mikel spoke up: "Girls, I'm really sorry, but it seems I've forgotten something. It won't take long, but I could need your help Marco. Can you tag along please?", he put down two large shopping bags, while Marco looked towards Isa, which gave him an OK.

As the two of them headed away Skarlet got quite frustrated "Damn! Why does it need to happen at the worst time?", but her mind quickly shifted towards something else. "Hey, now that I'm here with Isa I can ask her about Mikel. Maybe she'll drop some juicy secrets?" Skarlet's expression quickly turned bright as her plans shifted.

Skarlet: "Hey Isa?"

Isa: "Aaaah, just as I expected. As soon as he's gone there's going to be questions about him, right?"

Skarlet: "Just how did you know *smirk*. Well since we're here, how about some girltalk?"

Isa: "Oh? It seems someone is very curious. I wonder why?"

Skarlet: "You know why.... So...... How was he, when he was still young? What's his favorite color? Did he have many girlfriends, or is he a virgin? How close are you to him, you're not building a male harem right? Why is he so closed off when I'm around? Do you think this body fits his taste, or is he a flat-chest lover? I also wanna know as many characteristics about him as possible!

Isa: "...................."

Skarlet: "What? Did I ask too few questions? I got plenty more where those came from!"

Isa (shaking her head): "No wonder his nerves are on edge with someone energetic as you."

Skarlet: "Oh my, thanks."

Isa: "Now.....hmmmm Well, let's see. I'll tell you a few info's about Mikel, but not everything."

Skarlet: "Hey, why?"

Isa: "Because there are some things, he should tell you personally."

Skarlet: "Like how he loves these bouncy breasts and can't stop looking at my wonderful ass?"

Isa: "Ha, if you think he's going to fall for you this fast, then you're going to have it rough."

Skarlet: "Don't worry, I like it rough."

Isa: "......"

Skarlet: "......"

Isa&Skarlet: "Hahahahahaha!"

Isa (wiping tears from her eyes): "Alright, I'll tell you a few details about Mikel."

Skarlet, who's laughing made her breasts bounce around so much that the male Inklings around had bright red faces, while the female ones got pale from envy, was eagerly waiting for Isa to start.

Isa leaned herself onto the table, looking directly at Skarlet: "Sooooo, Mikel is a 24 year old squid and he works at Grizzco for about 10 years now-"

"10 YEARS?!-", Skarlet interrupted "-Just how much does this guy work?" "He's been doing this for sooo long? He must really love his job."

*sigh* "I don't want to be interrupted, if you want to hear more....."

"Oh, right, sorry, please continue.", Skarlet gave her full attention towards Isa.

Isa looked at her with a smile and made herself ready for a long talk: "So, where did I left off? Ah right,....... Yes, he works a lot. Marco and I also used to work at Grizzco, but we left after a few year, since Marco had sometimes problems with his eye and I wanted to have similar working hours like my darling."

"So, he's working alone now? Perfect! Maybe he wants some company while working?"

"You've probably noticed that he's quite tall, well to be exact from his tentacles off he's nearly 200 cm high. He's quite the gentle soul and seeing others happy always makes his day brighter. Also he's not only working at the Salmon shifts, but also as a mechanic at Grizzco, so don't think that he's just doing some idiot work."

"I honestly didn't, but he seems quite versatile. Hmmm wonder if he's like that in bed too?"

"Now then, this is quite important. It might not seem like it, but Mikel is quite shortsighted. All the Salmon waste and the constant attacks left quite a mark on him. Due to that he often recognizes most people by their voices from afar."

"Question!", Skarlet carefully interrupted. "Why isn't he wearing glasses?"

Isa's face grew darker as she went on: "Well that's something I won't tell you directly, but let me say this. He had two terrible events in his past. One that made him loose his two fingers and also caused him to hate every kind of eyewear. The second has led to that he doesn't want to get involved with any other women anymore. That's why he's probably distancing from you."

"Was he in love once? And what's with those vague answers?" "Back when we were bathing, he said someone shattered his heart."

"That's something he should tell you If he wants you to know it. Well both events lead that he doesn't like to play anything Turf-War related, except some private battles together with Marco. So, don't worry about your promise."

"YES!"

"So, but let's leave it at that for now ok?"

"Hey, why!" "Just when it's getting good......."

"Because I want to order something to eat and they should be back soon. But well I still can tell you things like how his favorite food are spinach-puffs and a few other little secrets.............", Isa said with a smirk to Skarlet, who was already making a huge list of notes and possible advancements towards Mikel inside her head.

------At the same time, not far away------

Narrator's POV:

Marco and Mikel were just coming out of a shop, with Marco yelling at Mikel: "You're freaking nuts! You know that?"

Mikel was just silently carrying a bag, walking along the street.

Marco then took a deep breath: "I hope you know what'll happen when you give this to her? Weren't you the one who never wanted to get involved with another girl after what happened with Lena?"

That left a dent. Mikel turned around, looking into Marco's eyes with a threatening glare. "Don't...say....that......name! And I'm fully aware that I won't be having a single day off when I give it to her.", Mikel looked down towards the bag, for which it contains he had spend three months of his savings. "I'm just not planning to give it to her today......... that's all.", he then turned around and started heading through the streets again.

Marco just happily shook his head while Mikel was already ahead: "Well, it's nice to see you warming up to another girl.....-", he then looked up into the sky with his one eye. "-Just please don't let it be another disaster."

"HEY MARCO C'MON!", Mikel yelled from now even farther away.

"DON'T YOU DARE TO LEAVE ME BEHIND!", Marco yelled back while running towards him.

Narrator's POV:

As both of them were getting closer to the Inkopolis plaza, Mikel bumped into a young Octoling, while walking around a corner.

The little Octoling nearly dropped the groceries she was carrying, but Mikel caught them and handed them back to her.

"Woah, watch out missy! You don't want to throw everything around, right?"

The Octoling looked up at the tall Inkling giving her a warm smile: "I'm sorry, I was just in a hurry to meet up with my friend. Thank you sooo much for catching me.", she said with a happy face, while taking the grocery-bag back from Mikel.

"My, aren't you a sweet girl? Here share these with your friend." He handed her a pack of chocolate cookies, he actually bought for himself tonight and went away.

"HEEEEEY Ava! Over here!", an Inkling waved at the Octoling, while coming over. She then saw the cookies in her hand. "Where did you get those?"

"Some really nice mister gave them to me Liz, while I accidently ran into him. He's right over there." She pointed into the direction the tall Inkling was before, but no one was there now.

"Hmmm, he seems to have left already.", Liz stated.

"But he was just here.......-", Ava pouted her cheeks "-And I wanted to thank him."

"Don't worry maybe we'll see him again but now let's head back to Leon and Marie, the should be already waiting.", she said while heading towards a certain manhole.

"Coming!", Ava quickly ran after her.

----Timeskip brought to you by Skarlet listening to a few juicy stories told by Isa----

Skarlet's POV:

"Hahahaha, I can't believe he actually went and got a Griller pan, only for Marco's birthday.", Skarlet was holding her belly while hearing some funny stories about Mikel.

"Well even it was meant as a joke, Mikel took Marco's wish seriously and literally went towards the Salmon-grounds to get a Griller pan, which he then carried all the way to our flat. It looked hilarious.", Isa said with a broad smile on her face.

"I wonder, how far he would go for me?", Skarlet thought with a lewd smile on her face.

Isa noticing her face quickly added: "Skarlet, believe me when I'm saying, that things like that can go horribly wrong. So, don't overdo it ok?"

"No worries." "Well, at least for now."

"Alright, and one last tip. If you really want to know more about him personally you need to stay silent and observe him sometimes. If he thinks he's alone he might let his true thoughts and feelings slip earlier than you think."

"Wow that easy?", Skarlet immediately got excited "I'll just pretend to sleep and then I'll get him."

"Yeah but one advise comes with it. Please restrain yourself when the moment seems wrong to you. He has a caring heart and if you overdo it, you might hurt him more than you would think."

"Not overdo it? Ha, I haven't even started yet!", Skarlet thought to herself while munching on her Galactic Seanwich. "Thanks for the chat Isa. I think I understand him a little better now."

"Nothing to thank, I have my fair share of problems with my own husb......-"

"Well, well, if it isn't the poor Isa.-", a sudden voice appeared from the street. "Are you now begging Octarians for money, since your husband can't feed you?"

"What are you doing here Lena? Searching for another boy to strip them off their money again?", Isa countered with a sharp voice.

"Oh, don't worry I'm only allowing high class Pro's to become my boyfriend. You two can quarrel about the rest."

"Seriously..... what a bitch! What was her name again...? Who cares, I'm not letting some stranger to talk to me and my friend like that!", Skarlet was clearly upset from that Inkling acting all high and mighty. "So, you're targeting the Pro's now, because no one of *rest* likes to lie down on that flat board of yours?", she said while letting her breasts bounce a bit, which turned the faces of the boys around into a blushing mess.

The unwelcomed Inkling just stood there, boiling with anger: "Pah! Why do I waste my time with low life's like you?", she quickly said and disappeared into the crowd.

Isa just looked between the disappearing Inkling and Skarlet, being completely baffled. "Remember me to not get on your bad side Skarlet."

"Don't worry, what are friends for?", Skarlet answered with a big smile. Then she noticed two figures approaching from the other side of the plaza. "Heeey, Hotstuff! How can you let a Lady wait for so long?"

Isa just shook her head.

Mikel came closer together with Marco: "I told you not to call me that! And well......... sorry we bought a bunch of things for the coming days and I accidently ran into someone, so it took us a while to get here."

"Well if you are really sorry, then you have to give me at least something to compensate for it.", Skarlet answered with her arms crossed before her.

"*Sigh* What do you want this time?", he seemed completely open to give it a shot.

"Ha, thanks for the tip Isa, now let's see...." A big grin appeared on her face: "How about giving me a massage before you're off to work?"

"What?! No, not happening!", Mikel quickly denied, while Marco and Isa tried to hold their laughter.

"Hey, I'm sitting the whole day inside a chair and can't move a bit. I don't think its that good for my legs to heal, but if you say I should stay sick for a longer time...........", Skarlet made a sad expression, like it would've really made her day. "C'mon, this has to work!"

"Urgh..............Fine, but only today." Mikel answered with a low voice.

"My aren't you a sweetie? I'm already looking forward to it.", Skarlet's mood immediately brightened as she then went on finishing her Seanwich.

"Marco, Isa....... I just got owned.... Right?"

"Hahahaha........... Yeah you did." Marco and Isa were both laughing at Mikel who just stood there not knowing what to do.

----Timeskip with Isa and Marco saying goodbye to Mikel and Skarlet from Inkopolis----

Narator's POV:

Now this had been a wonderful day for Skarlet, she had one of her best days with this shopping trip. It was a lot of fun going through the streets and just enjoying her time together with others.

Skarlet felt like she wanted to do this a long time ago, but since she was still not able to remember, only some strange sad feelings remained.

But these quickly disappeared as Mikel did his best to give her legs a proper massage, while his head was completely red and it seemed smoke was coming out of his ears.

And of course, Skarlet used every possible opportunity to tease Mikel.

A/N: Uff this chapter was longer than I had anticipated, well, I hope you enjoyed it and stay tuned for the next one.