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I'm super excited to write some scenes, but I'm trying to not make this feel rushed.. so... yeah 😂!

Notes

- More Splatoon!

- gReeK

- SPE clan

Solar II

Moon Lumanlan opened the door, revealing Sun Taiyono and her aunt.

"Sun? Stella?!"

The princess frowned at increased shock added to her name. "He got lost. I led him back."

"Oh!" Moon said. She doubted it and noticed Sun's facial expression. It was a face filled with insecurity. She also noticed her aunt nudging Sun a bit.

"Come on!" she hissed.

"No," he mumbled.

Moon frowned. "'Come on!' for what?"

"Nothing," Stella replied.

The princess hastily said her goodbyes and headed home. She left Sun and Moon staring at each other.

"So."

"So?" asked Sun.

"Did you actually get lost?"

He scratched the back of his head. "Nah, not really. She made that up."

"So she just caught you?"

Sun nodded slowly. "Yup."

"I see," whispered Moon. "Come on inside. It's getting pretty cold."

"Yeah."

"Yeah." Sun leaped into the house as Moon stepped to the side. She gently closed the door. Moon noticed three pink petals falling. She took one last glance at them and walked over to Sun.

"So any homework for me?"

"No, surprisingly."

"That is surprising."

Moon smiled, which caused Sun to look away. "So," he said. "Nintendo Switch?"

"Sure. Why not?"

"So, a different game on Splatoon this time?" asked Sun.

"Yeah. How about Ranked Battles?"

Moon turned on the device and replied, "I bet you it's doing Rainmaker."

"I bet you it's Splat Zones."

They entered the game and saw the modes.

"Clam Blitz," said Moon. "Neither of us was right."

Sun laughed wholeheartedly. "Yup! Basically, we gotta get ten clams, form a power clam, and throw it at the enemy's basket."

"Right."

Moon took out the controller and started playing a round of Clam Blitz.

Round One: Moon

"Moon!"

"What, Sun?!"

He put both of his hands, each on her shoulders. "You're tense. Focus on getting ten clams instead of killing."

She relaxed her whole body, including her shoulders. "You're right."

"I'm always right."

"That's where you're wrong, Sun."

Round Two: Sun

"Hey, Moon," Sun called out.

"What?" shouted Moon from the kitchen.

"I finally got ten clams for a power clam."

"Great. Now throw it."

"They killed me."

"Amazing," coughed Moon.

Round Three: Sun

Moon was still preparing dinner as Sun continued playing Clam Blitz.

"No!" suddenly shouted Sun.

"What.. happened now..?"

"They're winning."

"Have you even formed a power clam yet?"

"They keep killing me before I can even get ten clams to form one."

"That's because the gun you chose to play with sucks."

"Oh."

Round Four: Moon

"See?" Moon was telling Sun. "Brushes kill better."

"Eh."

"What?"

"You're making a racket with the Switch."

"I know I am."

Round Five: Sun

"Moon! We're winning! We're winning!"

"Gotcha!" shouted Moon from the kitchen.

"Moon! We're losing! We're losing!"

"Gotcha," mumbled Moon as she poured fried rice into a big bowl.

Round Six: Sun

Moon was preparing the dinner table when Sun suddenly said, "Moon, you have a friend request."

"Decline it."

"Why?"

"I don't know who they are anyways."

Sun raised his voice as he struggled to kill someone. "Moon, that's the purpose of a random request! They want to be friends!"

"But then what's the purpose of the decline button?"

"Um—."

"Exactly."

Round Seven: Moon

Sun began eating his bowl of fried rice on the couch as he watched the marchioness play. The game came to a point where three out of four players on Moon's team formed a power clam. And those three included her.

"Go, go!" hollered Sun. "Oh—watch out!"

Moon sighed and easily killed a person that was chasing her. "Cool," said Sun, scooping up a spoon of his fried rice.

"I know it is."

One other person that had a power clam died due to the stress of having to deal with two-against-one. Moon and another person struck the enemy's basket.

"Wait!" Moon shouted. "I just realized that's Blue!"

"Blue? The other person that just threw a power clam too?"

"Yep!"

"Man, she's aggressive," commented Sun after seeing her kill off three people in a row.

"That's how good she is," replied Moon.

Duchess Blue Takoizu was playing as [SPE] Amphitrite and Marchioness Moon Lumanlan played as [SPE] Luna. [SPE] was meant for some of the royals to recognize other royals playing. It was something Moon reluctantly agreed to. She explained it all to Sun.

"Wow, you didn't even realize she was there. That's sad."

"Shut up."

"Sorry."

Moon sighed. "It's alright."

Sun gazed at the screen. "You're going to chat with her?"

"On phone call, yes."

Moon dialed Blue's number on her cell.

"Hey, Moon!" beamed the duchess through the phone. "Saw you at Clam Blitz!"

"How's Red?"

"Left him with Yellow."

"You.. felt guilty?"

Blue was heard sighing as her username showed up on Moon's television screen. "Of course. He looked so injured to move on. I didn't want him to deal with that for me."

"Ask your mother."

"What?"

"You heard me," Moon said. "Ask her."

Sun sat and ate silently. The round gained enough players and started to begin.

"How am I supposed to ask her why?"

"Just say, 'Why do you care so much about my wellbeing?'"

"She's going to say, 'Because I am your mother!' or something like that."

"Blue, you have to do something about it."

She made a noise of disappointment. "I know. I know that."

"So what are you going to do?"

Blue was the first to collect ten clams and form a power clam on Moon's team. Moon followed her, protecting her from people trying to dismantle.

"Don't know," replied the duchess.

Arriving at the opponent's basket easily, [SPE] Amphitrite threw her power clam at it. It broke.

The affected team scrambled over to where they were as Moon threw in some clams. They quickly killed off both of the girls.

"Gotta say," she said. "They're slow."

"Agreed," mumbled Sun, his voice low so Blue couldn't hear.

"Wait! That's Gold that just killed me!"

Moon glanced at the top left corner and spotted his username. He changed it.

[SPE] ErosMyEggos

"It's supposed to be Eros!" hissed Blue.

"Might've gotten bored of it."

"Probably."

"Gold also probably dragged Crystal onto here."

"Oh! I see her!"

Moon giggled at the username next to Gold's.

[SPE] IHateEros

"No," said Blue. "She loves Eros."

Moon coughed out of amusement. "Love's a touchy subject and a bit too far. Isn't she supposed to be Psyche?"

"She was until she found out that Psyche's the love interest of Eros."

"Crys didn't know until recently?"

"Two days ago to be exact."

"Wows."

Blue laughed. "I know right!"

"Air-ohs My Egg-ohs?" asked Sun. "Man I wish I was that creative."

"Who's that?" asked Blue.

Moon replied to her, "Sun."

"Oh! Hiya, Sun!"

"Heya."

ErosMyEggos followed IHateEros as she carried a power clam over to Moon's team basket.

"They're out for revenge."

Moon grinned. "You're correct."

Blue was killed first protecting the basket. Gold had a roller, so Moon had to keep a distance. Blue then came back to from spawn and killed Crystal. After that, Moon splatted Gold.

"Yay! That was so tense! They were so close!"

"Not that close."

"Close for me."

The game ended with a K.O. Blue expressed her happy mood right after the results. "Yay! Yay! Ya—Oh! Crys is calling me!"

"Add her onto here."

"Will do!"

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Sun silently went inside his room after he was done eating. He still heard the royals' voices bickering.

"I don't want to play anymore!" shouted Marchioness Crystal.

Earl Gold was whining. "No! I want you to play with meeee!"

"Says the one who doesn't have work she or he needs to do!"

Moon sighed. "Oh, you two. Just stop."

Sun smiled at the sound of Moon's voice. But after a second, he let it fade away. He glanced at the clock above his bed. It was a little over six o'clock.

The spy decided to sneak into Moon's room out of boredom. He peered at the at the bed table. It had drawers. Sun opened one and spotted some pictures she had.

The pictures were all of her smiling. She looked so lovely. Blushing a bit, he put them back. But then, something else caught his eye. An open envelope.

He peeked inside it and found a letter. Unfolding it, Sun widened his eyes. He recognized Polarri's handwriting. His fancy a's and g's gave it away.

"Besides," Blue was saying through the phone. "What's ErosMyEggos?"

"Something that came out of a commercial."

Moon cringed. "You mean Leggo my Eggo?"

"Moon, I feel your confusion."

"You were meant to," she muttered.

Sun drew his eyes from the wall back to the letter sadly. He began reading:

Dear Novarro,

I request for you to hold onto the Essies for another month. I have a hired spy to become close with the marchioness and gain her trust. We'll take it from there.

— Polarri~

Questions rang in Sun's head over and over. Did Moon read the letter and put it her drawer? Is she suspecting me? What if she finds out? If she didn't read it.. then why is the envelope open..? She read it. She read it. She read it. She read it. She—!

"Crys," said Moon. "You keep taunting Gold."

"I want to take the opportunity to while I'm not on his team!"

Sun's eyes, yet again, were gazing at the wall blocking his ability to see her. She sounded too happy to be around him anyway.

Sighing, he looked back at the letter. Sun swiftly folded it back into the envelope, closed it firmly, and left the room.

And there she was. Moon.

"Moon! Erm, you're finished playing?"

"Give me that."

She tried to snatch it from him, but he pulled it away from her. Sun was panicking on the inside, but looked bold on the outside.

"What're you hiding?"

"I'm not hiding anything," Sun told her, walking into his room. Moon followed him inside.

"You could tell me anything, Sun."

"I could. But I can't."

"Sun," she said softly, taking a step closer. "Just tell me—for the sake of my curiosity."

"S-Someone's after you."

He threw himself onto the bed. This time, Sun let her grab it. Moon opened the envelope, took out the letter, and unfolded it.

After five seconds of reading, she glanced up. "Someone is after me.."

Sun's hands were trembling, but her eyes were soft. And that was when he realized, she wasn't suspecting him. She was frowning and looking down at her feet. "Why is everyone after... me? I just want a normal life.. really."

"I'm sorry," Sun blurted out.

"What do you mean sorry?" she asked, puzzled.

"N-Nothing. Wrong words came out."

Moon opened her mouth, but she chose to stay silent and raised her left eyebrow. She sighed as she pursed her lips. "Sun."

"Hm?"

"You look sick."

"Oh," said Sun. "Really?"

"Your face is pretty red. I'll get you a glass of water."

"Oh, er, it's alright."

Moon shook her head. "Nah, you need something to cool you off." She started to head out of the room when Sun said, "Thanks."

She peered over her shoulder and smiled. "Of course."

Sun waited until she was out of sight. He laid down as he pondered. The spy bit his lip. The sun was setting quicker than usual. Being understandably concerned, he lifted himself up and took a closer look at the sunset. He gazed at the window for ten long seconds. "I've got water."

He turned to the entrance of the room. Moon held his glass of water with two hands. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Moon followed his wandering eyes after she handed him the drink. "The sunset, eh?"

"Yeah," Sun replied. He gingerly sipped the water. "It seems.. odd."

"Odd?" asked Moon. "I wouldn't call it odd. It's traditional."

"Traditional?"

She smiled at him. "In the summer, there would be at least two irregular days in Alola."

"Why's that?"

"Science doesn't know," responded the marchioness. "It's a phenomenon."

Sun scratched his head. "This tells me that I don't really pay attention to sunsets often.."

"The sky can tell you a lot.."

"What?"

"Nothing. I'm going to bed."