Suzuhara, Oli, and Octo (SPLATFIC)

Suzuhara, Oli, and Octo

I can clearly remember three things; meeting and adopting Oli as a child for happiness during the times of war;

I was training, as usual. Ink came in ten seconds late, and I kind of gave him a good scolding for it (for some reason and no particular reason at all). Suddenly, a child Octoling that I had never seen before rushed in and, cutely, saluted to me. I can't help but chuckle.

"New recruit? What's your name?" I ask, kneeling down so I can "reach" his height, but he was still shorter than me.

"Oli!" the Octoling cheered. Suddenly, Oli dashed off.

I find it cute that Oli thought training was tag. Whenever he came in for "training", he would often boop me on the head and run around the training yard in circles. Whenever someone tried to pursue him, he always would run faster. No one can catch him. He would also like following me around. Whenever we went outside, he would climb a tree really fast (like Ink, except quicker). He's really a sight to see.

And then, my marriage with Suzuhara;

Everyone I knew was there—from Mish, to Ink, from Squirt, to Kureiko, from Jess, to K, and all the others. Even Cap'n Cuttlefish attended! I couldn't believe it. Callie and Marie sang with the choir. Everyone cheered when the cousins entered because of how famous they were—and that time when they modeled swimwear at Mahi-Mahi Resort (in which Suzuhara and I planned to go for our honeymoon).

At the end of the ceremony, Oli ran up to Suzuhara and hugged her, offering flowers. Suzuhara blushed and hugged him back, kindly taking the flowers.

Ink teased me for marrying a woman that wouldn't want to make a baby (which is reasonable in my defense, because I don't want to know what an Octoling and Inkling baby looks like). Mish couldn't stop fangirling over how cute of a couple Suzuhara and I were, Balie and Squirt were gone for a good 89% of the ceremony, who were probably hidden inside of the male bathrooms, throwing up in the toilets. Which was true, because Balie and Squirt eventually came out of the bathrooms and congratulated Suzuhara and I.

Oli ate all the cookies, but Suzuhara and I were too happy with each other to give him any proper scolding. We just chuckled and kissed Oli's head.

And the bachelor party was amazing. Even though a few of us got drunk out of nowhere (which I swear, that group didn't include me), it was a blast. I never had that much fun in my life—it's as sad as it sounds. We all laughed and the men kept asking me why I would marry such a woman. I smiled, and I had told them that if I didn't love her, why would I marry her?

Ink pours me a glass of wine and hands it to me.

"Do you think you're gonna get some tonight?" Ink asks me in a joking manner, but he winks.

"Not when Oli's around," I replied. I took the glass of wine and took sips of it every now and then.

"Oli? Wasn't he like your brother or something during the war?" Ink asked me.

I rolled my eyes. "Now, he's Suzuhara's—and my—kid. He's really got nowhere else to go, and he's already following me around."

"Good luck with that," Ink says. He poured himself a glass of wine and we all chatted with the men who weren't drunk yet.

Let's just say, that night, Suzuhara had a little "gift" for me. Oli was fast asleep, thanks to some of Suzuhara's great influence that he would get cookies if he can wake up by ten AM. She grabs my tie and pulls me close. I kiss her, and she kisses me back. She then placed a hand on my chest. We were both new—I might need some time to get adjusting, I had told her, but she was extremely excited...

And, my final memory, Squidmas;

Since there's extreme weather here in Inkopolis, it should've snowed. But that rarely happens. However, on Squidmas, snow came in and, inside our house, our faces went pale and our bodies were close to freezing up. I mean, that was only Oli, but Suzuhara and I cared about him, and we did do something about it. I turned on the heater as Suzuhara made hot chocolate for the three of us and cookies for Oli. Oli just sat on the couch with a blanket, learning how to use a television remote as he shivers furiously (which is as sad as it sounds).

We then sat in a circle on the carpet in the living room, and gave presents to each other. The only gift that Suzuhara gave to Oli was more cookies, in which he all devoured. Luckily for the Octoling, he never gained weight. I honestly wasn't sure what to get him—so I got him a gaming console that came with two controllers and three games. I thought he was a little lonely, since we homeschool him and Suzuhara claims that Oli is always asking about when will I come home when I go to work or about cookies—one or the other.

Suzuhara gave me something I thought I lost as a kid—it was a pocket watch that I would wear around my neck. It's like Yin and Yang, actually, with Yin being us dark Octolings and Yang being the peaceful Inklings. I then realized that I never had remorse until I laid my eyes on Suzuhara, when I kissed her, when I married her.

I then gave Suzuhara my gift. It was a photo of familiar faces when they were children.

"Wait...this is Jess, Mish, Balie, Arowana...and Callie, Marie...and Violet, and Sierra...Trent and Marilla..." Suzuhara tears up. "Meltem and me."

Oli gave Suzuhara a pat on the back, and dropped a neatly-wrapped box into her lap. "For you!" he cheered, smiling.

Suzuhara opened the box and saw the purple flowers she really loved. There was also crabby cakes, and they looked particularly fresh. They were only in Octo Valley, the real one, not the one Cap'n Cuttlefish lived in. She smiled. "Thank you, Oli." She kissed Oli on the head, as Oli smiled.

And luckily for me, Oli got me a present. However, it was two photos. The first photo I can see was me, Ink, Pulpi, Kureiko, and K as kids. Then the other photo was us after the war. However, the after-war photo included the childish Oli.

I smiled and hugged Oli. "Thank you, bud."

The Squidmas party was held at our home. Oli, Callie and Marie all sang Squidmas songs that were originally by the ones before us.

We then all took three photos—first, of all the Octolings. Second, of all the Inklings. And third—a combination of both. We all smiled.

Ink, who was my best man during the wedding, joined me on the patio and pat me on the back, sitting next to me on the table. He was quiet for a while, but then he smiled and claimed; "Suzuhara makes really good cookies."

I laughed, leaning back on my chair. "Hey, that's one reason why I wanted her as a wife."

"You have a pretty cute child, too," Ink complimented. He took a sip of the wine in his hand. "He's good at singing."

"Suzuhara teaches him," Octo said. "He's like a child version of me, except happier. I don't think he and I will ever part."

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AshleyTheInklingGirl (Wattpad) is the owner of Violet, Sierra and Oli.

HopeyWithAChance (Wattpad+Quotev) is the owner of Jess, Pulpi and Ink.

Delphiasisme (Quotev) is the owner of Mish and Balie.

queersquidkid (Wattpad) is the owner of Trent, Marilla and Meltem.

Maria (Quotev + Wattpad) owns Arowana.

I (Quotev + Wattpad) own Octo, Suzuhara, Squirt, K and Kureiko.

Nintendo owns Cap'n Cuttlefish, Callie and Marie.