Splatoon x Male Reader

S3C Chapter 30: What May Be

I'm happy to be releasing this chapter on the story's 6-year anniversary. That number is crazy to me. I never would've expected this story to be where it is today back when I first started writing it, but here we are. It gives me much joy to write this story and for it to be enjoyed by all of you, so I hope to continue with that offering for the future to come. Thank you, all of you who are here to be reading this!

(Y/N) POV

(Y/N) sat there, frozen in shock at the proclamation from the one who stood in front of him.

As he sat there looking over at her from the bed, through the tears, she walked closer toward him, collapsing to her knees as she crawled alongside the bed and reached for his shirt, gripping it as if she was afraid to lose him again.

(Y/N) didn't react as she placed her head in the bed, still crying as he could hear.

He snapped out of it and felt his heart rate spike.

How was he meant to react to this? It was all just one bombshell after another for him. Seeing her suddenly appear here scared him. He wanted to run away again, but... he couldn't.

Not when he saw the mixing of all that sadness on her face that she couldn't help but smile through.

She tugged on his shirt, but he still held himself back.

He had so many questions, so many fears, so many worries over whether it was just her or not.

(Y/N): W... Why are you h-here..?

He couldn't help but ask with a frightful tone, scared of the answer she would give.

However, instead, he heard her sniffle a bit with her head still face down in the bed before lifting her teary face, still with her big smile displayed to him.

???: You were always my hero, so... I wanted to be the hero who saved you this time.

(Y/N) felt his chest ache, taking in her answer. His own eyes beginning to water akin to her own.

She wasn't angry with him at all. She came because he needed her when he was at his lowest. He finally saw her, accepting her helping hand that laid outstretched to him.

As the tears fell down his cheeks, he looked down at her black hair before wrapping his arms around her head, pulling her into a hug close to him.

~Flashback~

Callie POV

Callie: And she didn't say anything to me about this! For months! Why?!

Callie sat on the floor with her knees to her chest with tears falling from her eyes as her grandpa looked at her with a pitiful expression, sad that his granddaughters were going through such a hard time.

Cuttlefish: Callie, I'm sure your cousin, Marie, had her reasons.

Callie: What could be a good enough reason to keep something I care about that much from me?!

Cuttlefish scooched closer to her and placed a hand on his granddaughter's shoulder.

Cuttlefish: I'm sure she thought she was making the best choice she had available to her. She cares about you and would've taken that into consideration.

Callie: Well I don't care for her! Not after this.

Cuttlefish: Yes you do. But you're angry at her right now, and that's okay.