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Oreo heard her Inkphone ding from the other side of her room. She lazily got out of bed to go and check it. She'd probably doomscroll for an hour anyway, but to her surprise, Aloha messaged her.

'Loha<3: <Hey ori, wanna hang out? Was gonna go grab something to eat, but it's boring when you're all alone in a café~♪>

Or3io: <yeah sure!! Where we meeting?>

'Loha<3: <outside the galleria, that way we can walk and talk~♪>

Or3io: <cool!! I'll be there in 10 :D>

'Loha<3: <already waiting for ya, cutie~♪>

Oreo put her Inkphone down and immediately got ready. If she had her mask off, she would have the biggest smile on her face. She found the nicknames that he gave her really sweet. She knew he was a flirt and all that with the girls (and everyone else) but the others didn't matter to her. Hopefully he was...somewhat oblivious to what her thoughts were on him..
After rushing out of her apartment door to avoid getting teased by her team about Aloha, she headed down to the Galleria. Soon enough she saw him there waiting for her to arrive. She picked up the pace and ran over to him.

"Hey 'loha!!!"  Oreo called out enthusiastically. She seemed to be in a much better mood today, now that she was seeing him.

"Hey there sweetheart!~ Took ya long enough, it's been 15 minutes! I've been all alone for ages~♪" he says, putting on his usual charm.

Aloha earned an eyeroll from Oreo as they walked to the café they were going to. They seemed to have a pretty good friendship, and that's why Oreo hid how she felt. She didn't want to ruin that, and she didn't know how he would react if she told him.

Once they made it to whatever café Aloha saw, they both sat down at a booth and chatted for a bit before ordering. No, Oreo didn't order anything. She's wearing a mask, ya dingus.
She couldn't help but notice that the longer they sat there for, the more cephalopods that would look over at them both and stare. It was an unsettling feeling. She could hear some even whispering to each other:

"I didn't know Aloha had a girlfriend.."

"Wait, isn't she that girl from that team with only three people?"

"She should take that mask off!"

"I thought Aloha was gay or something.."

Aloha noticed the way Oreo looked around at the other cephalopods in the cafe, seeming uncomfortable and unsettled.

"Hey, you alright? Don't worry, you're not insane, I hear them too."  He said, not quite enjoying how he and Oreo were being talked about.
Oreo gave him a "please get me out of here" look.

"Yeah, let's leave. I'm sure we can find somewhere else to go?~♪"  It's like he read her mind. Both of them got up, Aloha paid for his food and they both left, looking for some place else to go.

They sat at one of the benches in the park. Whispering and staring.

They went to the Shoal to see if it was quieter there. Staring.

Finally they went back to the Galleria to see if there was some stuff they could check out. More whispers and more stares and..angry looks?

Aloha felt pretty bad that their day out was butchered by stares and whispers of rumors that were heard and seen everywhere they went. Oreo herself felt bad too, she didn't want to force him to go anywhere else just for her, she thought she was the only uncomfortable one in the situation because Aloha was a lot more popular and maybe would've dealt with it for longer? That wasn't the case, though. Anyone would feel uncomfortable if people were staring them down and whispering rumors around to others...at least I think anyone would.

"Listen, I'm sorry-" They both said in unison, stopping mid-sentence so the other could speak first. Aloha gestured for Oreo to talk.

"I'm sorry for today, I really am. I know you wanted to hang out and have fun- but now there's rumors about- about you and me and if you have a girlfriend and I'm sorry for dragging you everywhere if I did-" Aloha chuckled, cutting her off before she could finish her apology.

"Ori, I'm the one who asked you out, I'm the one who dragged you everywhere! The rumors can stay rumors...but not for much longer~♪"

"Wait, what?-" Before Oreo could properly ask what he meant, he suddenly hugged her in a tight embrace. Before he pulled away, he managed to lift up her mask just enough to kiss her on her cheek.

"Next time you can come to mine, we could watch a movie? Just send a message whenever you're free, alright love?~♪"
Just like that, he was gone. Oreo was left standing there, stunned, blush spreading across her face.

~~~~~

Oreo lay in her bed that night, thinking about everything that happened that day.

""I'm the one who asked you out"? "Rumors can stay rumors, but not for much longer"? Uuurrgh!! What even happened today?! Did he actually..?!"    
   Oreo paused, thinking about how he kissed her....did he even see what was under her mask? She was nervous thinking about it, but at the same time she couldn't wrap her head around what happened besides that.

"There is NO way I'm telling the other two what happened today.."

She fell asleep that night, the only thing flooding her mind being Aloha. For now, she would have to wait and see what would happen next.

A/N:
And you'll have you wait too. Yeah my bad only had the motivation for this one today lmao-

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