To the manta's heart!(Big man x female reader)

The accident

It was lunch time, you hungrily ate on your crab sandwich you got from Marigold. Geez, you needed to admit these were even tastier from Crusty Sean! Tho it kind of felt like cannibalism, there were some crabs and other sea creatures in it. Oh well, for now the only crab-like creature you knew around was that guy who owned the shoe store. Other than that you tried reassuring yourself that it wasn't a crime.

You flinched when you saw the giant screen get colored in the colors of blue and yellow, ah it was the deep cut. They were probably going to announce the battle stages didn't they? Oh well, it's fun to watch their reactions.

While finishing your snack you watched the idols appearing, they were looking fresh as ever. So like always, they started with an introduction and started chatting till the screen showed a weird image. Huh? That looked like some sort of underground palace!

You didn't understand what it was because you never participated in splatfests, you loved watching them but you were scared on your own. It's creepy on how people just fight for their lives because they preferred mayonnaise than ketchup, you found it kind of dumb. Your eyes videoed when you saw them starting to talk about some splatfest announce. Ah well, guess you were going to get quarantined in your house again for the weekend.

You tapped your fingers on the table as you waited for the themes, not going to lie you were a bit interested. And then they appeared!

"Which type of milk would you prefer?

Chocolate, strawberry or banana?" (This is the only fake theme that came to my mind T-T)

Huh...seemed interesting enough. You need to admit banana was your favorite, big man too. Tho you didn't think of joining it, you were a bit scared.

You looked at the maps after that, boring as ever. Maybe splatfest wasn't a bad idea? Ah well, maybe you could try.

You walked off the lobby after doing several ranked matches, you liked testing your skills. But sometimes it would be really frustrating. Ah well you liked riding the tower, the song was chill.

Of course as you expected everybody were talking about the splatfest, wherever you turned you saw cephalopods arguing about what side they would choose. You ignored them and continued on your way, wanting to go to your apartment and rest. Tho you caught a crowded group next to the weapon shop, you couldn't help but feel your curiosity grow. Was there a new weapon or something?

So you decided to go there but made sure not to completely be in the group, you were not fond of crowded areas honestly. Before going you thought of asking somebody about it, turning to the nearby cephalopod which was a normal looking inkling boy.

"Hey, excuse me but why there's a massive crowd here?" You asked, the stranger turned towards you. Smiling "Ah well! The Deep Cut is out shopping for weapons! Can't you see?" They said and continued trying to look through the glass like the others did.

Deep Cut? There?! Then I'll gladly go inside the crowd! So without thinking your dumb brain decided it will be a good idea to do that, blending in you tried seeing a trace of your favorite idol. But it was tough, you bumped into tons of cephalopods and you would almost trip. This was deadly.

While trying to keep your balance through the crowd you heard the screams increasing as the door opened, ah the deep cut was getting out! You desperately wanted to see them without a glass between them and you. So you went faster, pushing through the cephalopods and muttering 'excuse me!'s.

You could finally see Big Man's tail slightly, you were close! You needed to see them without they were gone! You squirmed more but at last, you tripped. You felt your balance breaking and the way you got pushed by the crowd made it impossible to regain it back, you squeaked and closed your eyes.

The next thing was you laying on the cold floor, ouch...You planted headfirst on the concrete, you could barely recognize what was going on. You felt your consciousness leave your body slowly, but you could hear the noises of panic around.

Several moments before completely fainting you felt yourself being lifted up by some very slippery hands- fins? You didn't really felt like questioning everything, you just really felt like closing your eyes for a bit...

Just...for...a..bit