Bright Hues (Splatoon Fanfic)

Chapter 2: Lesh & Eva

Saturday, 9:40 AM, Robo ROM-en

Lesh, having to finish his bowl of ramen after Eva finished three bowls worth before him, as he chatted with her about his starstruck moment: "I mean, of course they were referring to The Turf Tagger, but still, it's just so mind blowing how they all actually gave me some praise... Shiver being the first to notice me though."

The purple haired inkling rested his cheek on an open palm, as if daydreaming right now after mentioning Shiver, this of course didn't go unnoticed by Eva as a teasing smile crept on her face. Shiver of course was a celebrity crush for Lesh, although his first was actually Frye, it's been a seesaw of who he liked the most, Big Man? He seemed like the kind of bro you would dream of being good buds with. Course celebrity crushes are fragile things and are as real as any currency in a video game, though Lesh still can't help but daydream of the two female idols. Eva decided to immediately have fun with this with a sly smile as she obnoxiously cleared her throat to get her friend's attention.

Eva, now seeing that Lesh broke out of his daydream, only to see him now giving her an annoyed look as she now posed and having the body language representing Shiver's, using her utensil to mimic her fan and even tried to talk like her: "Well Lesh if I'd knew you'd think of me that much, you'd could've at least made thousands of graffiti for yours truly~."

Lesh, unamused by Eva's joke as he just rolled his eyes as he spiked with sarcasm in his voice: "Ha ha, funny, nice joke, real guy buster as always. You lucky I don't skip the bill and have them put you on dish washing duty to pay for us."

Eva, scoff as she immediately drops her act as she pretends to be hurt: "Aww come on, Mr Turf tagger! You wouldn't want my precious hands be ruined now, would you?"

She continued to joke with him as Small Fry casually munches on his own meal that Eva ordered for him. Not too long now as the robotic waiter comes with their bill, with a total price that for sure had Lesh give Eva a frown as she tries to act nonchalant about while avoiding eye contact. With that paid for, the two along with their small little salmonoid leaving, with Lesh having a bit of a sour expression on his face.

Lesh, taking his paint cans out as he shook them one by one, not very optimistic of how empty they are as he shot the yellow inkling a glare: "Welp... running low where I can barely spray a small one, and I spent my money for the day on someone that had to order the jumbo, three times! Guess that's enough work for the day then."

Eva, although feeling bad at being a dent to the purple inkling's wallet, she did felt happy though that Lesh now had a open schedule for the day: "Well, since you're not doing anything, nor am I as I managed to annoy my bosses enough to let me have the day off... why not hangout to catch up on some lost time?"

Lesh, sighing as he shook his head, she convinced him at that point as he did have to wait till his next paycheck rolled in and his supplier to get back tomorrow, he gave her a subtle nod before walking off with her behind a bit: "Alright fine, but lemme drop off my stuff at your place real quick, I don't wanna hull around crap I'm not gonna be using."

Eva, interjecting as she tried to object against him: "Hey why my place?!"

Lesh, immediately answering her with an annoyed tone while raising his voice a bit: "Do you really want me to remind you how much you're knee deep in?"

The two were bickering back and forward as they walked on, passing by stores and restaurants before coming up on Eva's apartment complex where she lived, of course. With her trying to play with Small Fry along the way with some instances of her bumping into Lesh over and over. As they marched up the steps, reaching floor after floor as they were greeted by the residents that lived there, until they finally stepped onto Eva's floor as said Inkling decided to pop in front of her friend's way to ask him a question.