Clumsy

Chapter 12

Yes, (Y/N) probably could have been more prepared for water. Her parents had tried to teach her how to swim when she was younger, even took her down to the municipal pool for swimming lessond, but soon realised that only fully mature squids could swim. That, and she was just bad at it.

She could neither swim nor surf, yet (Y/N) was still was in love with the beach. Be it the smell, or the sounds, or the sights (Y/N) wouldn't be anywhere else if she had the choice. Though the sand wasn't good for skating, she often rode her longboard on the pier, where she'd sit on the edge overlooking the water and swing her feet over the swirling blue beneath.

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"There's so many inklings here!" (Y/N) cried over the hubbub. She squinted angrily at the sun as it glared into her eyes.

"Yep, I guess great minds think alike?~" Aloha chuckled, lifting off his golf visor to rest on his companions' head. (Y/N) flashed a grateful smile before
he tugged her arm over to a surf-board store, walking into the shady space.

"Uh, I don't know how to surf..." (Y/N) looked down to her sandy shoes embarrassed. Aloha was hiring two boards and flashed her a smile,

"I'll teach you then!~🎵"

Two surf boards later, and about 20 metres of beach running to to water, (Y/N) realised she was still in her regular gear. 'Oh cod',
"Another problem Aloha- what about my clothes?"

"Oh! Well, I dunno. You wearing any underwear? There are so many other squids here in bikinis, they woulnt be able to tell~" She put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at his suggestion, but obliged anyway. Aloha's eyes went as wide as saucers when she lifted her shirt,

"Well, turn around! I didn't take you to be that kind of squid," (Y/N) scoffed and Aloha snapped around, cheeks burning. He could hear things fall to the ground, and when he turned around again his rosy blush returned. Her underwear wasn't exactly bikini like, her bra a comfy old granny one and briefs. But to Aloha, she looked absolutely gorgeous. To top it off, she still wore his golf visor. She walked over to him and shut his jaw,

"Close your mouth, you might catch flies."

He suddenly had the need to go to the bathroom.

"I'll be back~"

When Aloha had finished and returned to the spot he'd left the surf boards, (Y/N) was sitting an one of them and talking to a male inkling with three tentacles pushed back.

"Hi Aloha!" She grinned at the pink inkling, "Meet Gloves, he's really sweet!"

"Hey dude, (Y/N) here was telling me a lot about ya! How've you been lately?" Gloves stood up and slung his arm around Aloha's shoulder.

"Hiya Gloves, I've been good, but better once I met (Y/N)~" He winked at the (I/C) inkling before doing an elaborate handshake with Gloves.

"Do you two know each other?" (Y/N) looked at them skeptically as they finished their handshake.

"Could say that, but it was nice meeting you babe. I gotta go-" And with that, the neon-green inking had disappeared into the crowd.

"Did he just call you 'babe'?" Aloha breathed,

"He did? Well then I guess," (Y/N) shrugged and stood up, tucking the board under one arm. "But does it matter? It's not like I'm dating anyone either, and you always call me babe. Don't be a hypocrite!"

Swallowing his jealousy down, Aloha shrugged and began to walk with (Y/N) to the water until they were ankle deep.

"It's basically like longboarding, except that you don't control how fast you move: the ocean does~" He caught a small wave to demonstrate.

She waded further into the ocean and attempted to stand on the board, copying Aloha, but slipped over and rolled into the water on the other side of the board. This was going to be one very long surfing lesson.

Skip to 48 minutes later, Aloha was showing off his skills to a drenched (Y/N), who was just floating on her surfboard. At this point, she'd given up trying. Yes, her wonderful talent of longboarding should have helped her and yes, Aloha wasn't the worst teacher, but no. Longboarding on water evidently was a lot different than longboarding on land, as (Y/N) had discovered.

Skip to 53 minutes later, and they were both drawing in the sand whilst soaking up the mid-afternoon sun. They sat on the wet sand, from where the tide was receding, facing the waves. Aloha lay on his stomach whilst (Y/N) sat crosslegged (only now with a shirt on) beside him.

"Hehe, Look! I drew you~" (Y/N) peered over Aloha's shoulder and stifled a laugh.

"I'm flattered, really," It honestly looked as if a bird had scratched it with a stick between its beak, it looked like only Great Zapfish could save it. A.K.A., it was absolutely horrible.
Quickly turning back to her own, detailed and realistic portrait of her companion, she dashed it out with one stroke of her hand and scribbled a turd with eyes in its place.

"You really captured my handsomeness, have you been studying~🎵" Aloha whispered into her ear as he looked back over her shoulder, sending shivers down her spine.

"As a matter of fact, I even went as far as to capture your personality, too," She giggled and drew a smiley face,

"I'm flattered, really,~" He stood up, pulling (Y/N) up too when she outstretched her hand towards him. Aloha then touched his hand to his chest and said "Sugar, you really know the way to my poor pink heart~"

As they walked away, leaving the sandy haven and into the city, Gloves clucked his tounge and laughed. Stretching, he brushed the sand from his shirt and sat up from where he previously lay in the sun.

"What a gal," Gloves chuckled as he saw (Y/N) clap Aloha over the back of his head, probably because of one of Aloha's flirtatious comments.
He yawned, before rolling up his towel and saying goodbye to his friends. Then gathered his stuff and he too walked away from the beach and back into the city.