Coroyakuza

Twenty|| Confessions

Gloves and Emperor's original plan was to just be fuck buddies. They claimed they were dating, but the green inkling was just there to please the monarch. One night, after they had their "fun", the two lied in Emperor's satin sheets and stared at his ceiling. They shared a moment of silence before Gloves reached for the yellow inkling's hand. Emperor took it and gave it a small squeeze. "You were better than usual today," he muttered. "Anything for you, Your Majesty," Gloves chuckled, sitting up and grabbing his shirt. "You're leaving?" Emperor sat up and raised his eyebrow. "I'll be back. I have to deal a few weapons today," the green inkling explained. "You're a weapon dealer?" Gloves nodded. "Yeah. I'm also a gang leader and I've been kinda neglecting my—"
"Wait, what?"
"Yep," the green inkling nodded, slipping his gloves back on. "I best get going. Bye." He gave Emperor a small kiss before exiting the room.

"Heading out so early?" N-Pacer raised an eyebrow as Gloves closed Emperor's bedroom door. The yellow inkling was sitting at the dining table sipping on her tea. "I'll be back. I have some business to tend to," he said. "I'm sorry. About what happened the other day at the funeral. I wouldn't have gone but Emperor insisted." She sighed. "Don't worry about it. Thank you for coming. Paying your respects was thoughtful of you, even if you only came for Emperor," she said, leaning on the couch. "You don't have to say that. I know you and Prince don't like me," he said with a small scoff. "No, really. I meant what I said. You aren't a bad guy," she said. "You're pretty cool yourself," he said with a small nod. "I have a small query for you though."
"Shoot."

"Do you love him?"
"'Scuse me?"
"Do you love Emperor?" Gloves frowned. "He's an arrogant jerk but he needs some love. And he deserves someone who can keep it together. At the funeral, I know he asked you to be there for emotional support," N-Pacer said matter-of-factly, taking a sip of her tea. "I have to go," the green inkling muttered, leaving the apartment without another word.

•

"What do you guys think of Gloves?" Emperor asked a while after the green inkling left. "We're on good terms, I suppose," N-Pacer stated. Prince pressed his lips together. "I-" He paused. "I have nothing against him." The older Houzuki brother furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm sorry," he muttered. "What's been happening with me, I shouldn't put you guys through that shit," he said. "It's about damn time," N-Pacer laughed. Prince let out a giggle. Emperor frowned. "What are you—"
"It's just funny, y'know?" Prince said with a fit of laughter following. The taller inkling let out a small chuckle. "Guess it is."

The door creaked open, revealing Gloves. "Looks like the whole gang's here," he said with a smile as he closed the door behind him. "Uh," Emperor bit his lip. "Wanna hang out with us for a bit actually?" Prince offered, pulling up a chair for Gloves. The green inkling stared at the seat and let out a small laugh. "Yeah, sure."
"Have you thought about an answer to my question?" N-Pacer asked before taking a sip of her tea. "Weren't you drinking that before I left?" he asked, tilting his head. "I poured another cup. Anyway, my question?"

"What was the question?" Emperor asked. "I asked him if he loves you," N-Pacer said casually. Both the yellow and green inklings frowned. "Excuse us for a moment," the older Houzuki brother muttered before grabbing Gloves' hand and leading him to his bedroom. "I'm sorry about that," he said, closing the door behind him. "No, it's fine. But, uh. That question, it's been bothering me," the green inkling mumbled, playing with his gloves. "How so?" Emperor asked, raising an eyebrow. "I know this wasn't supposed to happen, but I think I caught feelings for you," Gloves admitted, sitting on the yellow inkling's bed. Emperor sat next to him. The two shared a moment of silence. "Me too," he muttered quietly. That led to a heated makeout session.

Meanwhile, N-Pacer and Prince were having a conversation of their own. "Marina's pretty cool," the younger inkling said with a smile. "Marina?" He gave a small nod. "Pearl's girlfriend," he explained. "Ah. She paid her respects at the funeral. I think Senior is pretty fond of her," N-Pacer said before standing up and going to the kitchen to wash her teacup. "I'm heading out," she said, throwing on her milky eminence jacket. "Where you going?" Prince asked. "Out," and with that, she was gone. Not too long afterwards, moans were heard from Emperor's room. "Great," the younger inkling muttered and went into his room.

N-Pacer was on her way to visit Bobble. As she was walking to the hospital, she ran into the Blue Gang's Headphones. The two bumped into each other in the parking lot of the hospital. "H- Hey, N-Pacer," the shorter girl said, a small blush dusting her face. "Hi. Visiting Bobble again?" she queried as they walked into the hospital together. "Yeah. You wanna go in first?" Headphones offered. "No, thank you," the yellow inkling declined politely. "After, ya wanna go out for a bite? Goggles has his boyfriend over and it's kinda awkward right now," the blue inkling said with a nervous chuckle. "I know how that feels. Sure, wanna eat at Crusty Sean's?" N-Pacer suggested. "Yeah, I wonder how he's doing." The two approached the front desk and requested to visit Bobble. A young nurse led them to the short blue inkling's room.

The yellow inkling sat outside as Headphones entered Bobble's room. N-Pacer sat patiently, looking at her hands. Honestly, she had had a crush on the brains of the Blue Gang for a while. That was until Bobble went to the psychiatric ward. She had developed feelings for the short inkling as well and now she wasn't quite sure who she liked anymore.

Not too long after Headphones had entered the room, a certain cyan inkling approached. "Is someone visitiiiinng?" he asked the yellow inkling. "Yeah, Headphones is in there," she answered patiently. Suddenly, the door flew open, revealing an angered Headphones. Her glare was almost intimidating once she saw Mask. "What the fuck is your problem!? She was doing better, you asshole!" she screamed, causing everyone's attention to turn to the two inklings. N-Pacer stood, grabbing the blue inkling's wrist. "Headphones, calm down," she said soothingly. "But he—!" Tears fell from her still fierce eyes. Mask just stared at her before turning and leaving. "No! You don't get to fucking walk away!"

"Ma'am, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave," a nurse inkling nervously said, obviously intimidated. "I'm sorry for her behavior, we'll just be leaving now," N-Pacer said with a polite smile before throwing Headphones over her shoulder, causing a small yelp to escape the shorter girl's lips. "You make sure he stays away from Bobble, dammit!" The blue inkling groaned as the taller inkling kicked the hospital door open. "Put me down!" she shrieked stubbornly. "Let's go to Crusty's."

•

"Let me get this straight. YG Gang's Rider stole meth from Specs, then gave it to Aloha who snuck it passed the nurses somehow and got it to Mask. And Mask and Bobble are? A thing? And Mask basically peer pressured her into doing meth?" Headphones groaned. "Yeah, that's exactly what happened. What's worse, Goggles and Rider are dating. How am I supposed to tell Goggles?" she sighed, taking a bite of her shwaffle. "That's, hm, that's rough."
"No kidding, cod I hate Mask so much, I can't believe he'd do that to Bo-"
"Headphones, do you... have a crush on Bobble?" The blue inkling stopped her ranting and sighed. "Is it that obvious?" N-Pacer simply nodded. "It is, yeah," the shorter inkling muttered quietly. "I have a crush on her too," the yellow inkling admitted. "R- Really?"
"Well, I like her. But I kinda like you more." Headphones blushed. "O- Oh."

"Sorry. That was uncalled for," N-Pacer muttered, taking a bite of her shwaffle. "N- No, it's okay."
"It's unfair of me to confess when you have feelings for someone else," the yellow inkling said. "It's okay, really! Don't worry about it." N-Pacer sighed. "Want me to take you home?" Headphones offered, finishing up her shwaffle. "If it's not too much trouble." Headphones nervously smiled at the taller inkling, before blurting out "I like you too."
"What?"
The timid girl turned red with embarrassment, "I like you too, and I have for awhile and I don't know what to do. I like you and Bobble." N-Pacer stared at her for a moment, before taking her hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze.

"We can figure it out together."