Splatoon: Why me?

Chapter 7

"It has been exactly one week, two days, two hours, five minutes and eight seconds since Bluzi had been awake...nine seconds... Ten seconds..." Orae mumbled to herself over and over again during class.
She was day-dreaming about him for the last month, waiting desperately for his return...
They had to enject a sleep syrum to induce pain during the operation. She then was no longer aloud to meet him anymore...
"One week, two days, two hours, eleven minutes and thirty seconds..." She spoke a bit louder.
"That's correct!" The teacher smiled.
The class clapped and some even cheered.
"Huh?" Orae looked up and tilt her head sideways in confusion.
"Orae you just answered the hardest question in the book in one try! Nobody could find the time!"
Orae only sighed and slammed her face back on the desk.
Everyone was confused.

'Since first grade... If I had known... We would be Boyfriend and Girlfriend by now... We would both be popular...' She thought when lining up for food.
"What color sandwhich dear?" The lunch lady asked scooping a big blob of unedible food onto her plate.
"Blue..." She sighed raising her plate.
She'd been eating blue food ever since the accident. She hoped that maybe... Just maybe it might mean luck for Bluzi...
She sat down at her usual lonely spot and started slowly nibbling on her sandwhich.
"C-c-can I sit next to you?" A shivering shy voice came from her side.
She turned to the sound and saw a tall and slender boy wearing a baseball cap and a scarf that covered his mouth and nose. He looked awfully familiar and yet so different...
"Sure. What's your name?" Orae casually asks, poking the glob of undescribed thing on her plate.
The boy hesitated for awhile. He shook his head a little the
"My name is Plis..." The boy shivered and sat down slowly.
Orae raised a brow, but then pretended like it was nothing. That name sounded very familiar to Orae...
"W-w-what's yours?" Plis asked while slowly chewing away on his cookie silently.
"Orae... Orange without the 'n' and the 'g'." She sounded tired.
She wasn't very interested with this person... He sounded like a emo kid...
"I-I-I'm sorry for budging in all of a sudden... I just saw you sitting alone.. Maybe I could... Be friends with you?" Orae smiled. She felt bad wanting to decline a heartwarming offer... She needed to keep her mind focused on Bluzi.
But something behind his pained eyes tell her that he needs her to assist him...
"Sure!" She finally said after a long wait.
The scarf was covering his mouth, but he can almost see that smile he was making.
"That's all I ever wanted... Someone to call friend..." The boy sniffled a little.
A flash of symphony went across her face. She suddenly remembers she was famous now... Heck she could sit at the cool table if she wanted to! They invited her last month!
But her popularity must've put him where she used to be. It was her sudden change that made everyone different.... Like Plat...
"Then let's go to squidplaza cafe after school! I want to know you better, "friend"" they both laughed at her stupid joke.
She felt like she was filling in for Bluzi, helping those who need tips. She doesn't know much guy tips but she could recommend some gender neutral things.
She wanted to help everyone be at the top... But then she realized there will be no top...
'Couldn't high school just be like a flat line? ' she sighed.

Plis packed up his locker and looked in the mirror. He was stuck with the disgusting cap and scarf, at least until the time is right. He doesn't want to startle her all of a sudden... Maybe when they become good friends then--
"hey! Ya ready?" Orae popped from nowhere.
Plis flipped back in surprise and landed perfectly on his feet.
"Wow! I never knew you were good at gymnastics! Anyway you ready to go?" Orae tried to sound happy but everything she says always ends up like a dying animal.
"You okay...?" Plis asked noticing her sad tone.
"Yeah... Just friend is in hospital..." Orae fought back a few tears but eventually one came out.
"I have a friend in the hospital as well..." Plis sighed.
"Anyway... Let's get going!" Orae pushed her tone back up again.

The afternoon for Orae was a complete success. He was getting into the tips she had to offer and he even took out a notebook to jot down some. They both drank away on their inkoffe (which BTW was odd because they both odered blue...) and even shared a cookie.
Things were well for both of them and before anybody knew it, dusk fell and the two left for home.

"Thank you for such a wonderful night..." Plis smiled and whispered.
Orae suddenly got afraid of where things were headed. If they were bonding too well she was afraid that he might ask her out! Then it will be a dead end if she says anything and--
"I can see you panicking... It's okay I'm not falling for you, I like you as a friend." Plis grinned at her.
Orae breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled a bit.
"Hey... If you don't mind can you walk me home? I'm scared because of... 'Previous accidents'..."
Orae asked as she approached the very red stone alleyway where she was almost stabbed.
"What happened?" Plis asked with a slight curious face.
"The school bully tried to stab me... Exactly here..."
"Well that's terrible... I hope he learned his lesson." Plis sounded like a school teacher talking to a toddler.
But she didn't mind... It was somewhat comforting.
"Sure... I'll walk you home." Plis grabbed Orae's hand and they both stilled down the dark alleyway...
With no danger.

I tried to make Plis mysterious... But I bet half of you already know who he is! XD