Beneath that Mask

A Bittersweet Defeat

And the winner is... Team Blue!

The Blue Team all cheered in excitement! They won against Team Cyan but most importantly, Mask; the 2nd strongest member of the S4.

"We lost to a team that enjoys life..." Mask mutters in utter defeat. "Next time we'll have to be more persistent!"

"Why don't we just cursed them? Hehe." Full Moon Glasses said with a mischievous grin appearing on her face. 

"Nooooo!" Specs said in the distance, feeling quite unsettle now.

Goggles, unprovoked by that statement, tells Team Cyan, "But you look liked you're having fun! You're enjoying life too!"

"H-He's right...!" Mask shockingly comes to realize as well as the rest of his team. "...Team Blue." Mask now switches to his usual serious tone. "The last member of the S4 is even better than me... be careful..."

"Don't worry! We'll just work together as a team again!" Goggles exclaim, giving Mask a reassuring smile. Mask cringe at Goggle's smile. Despite having fun with his team against the Blue Team, smiling - let alone being happy - was still something that was hard to process. He and his team both enjoy spending time with one another. They are all very close friends and hang out very often with one another. Their favorite things to do together are reading comic books and playing video games. It's what he and his team were both known for. They always practice in private and avoid public spaces. So it makes sense as to why many would assume that they had no life and part of the reason why Mask believes he doesn't have a life as well.

After Team Blue goes and prepares their battle with Team Purple aka, Skull from the S4 and his team, Mask and his team were planning on hanging out once again since it is what they usually do after they played a match. This time, however; Mask wasn't really in the mood to play video games or hang out with his team, which was weird since it was one of the things he looks forward to. 

"You guys go on ahead. I'm calling it a dayyyy." Mask said, sounding almost annoyed. "I have stuff to go over and yeah." His team were questioning on Mask's odd behavior but brushed it off. they assume that Mask was still bittersweet about their battle with the Blue Team. The more they thought about it, however, they noticed even during the battle, Mask was acting odd as well. His team decided to confront him about this some other day and not right now because they can predict that if they do, Mask will just become incredibly annoyed and angry at them, and nobody wants to get on Mask's angry side.

Mask heads back to his home. The sun was setting slowly. The sky filled with colors of a warm yellow and a soft but vibrate orange. Mask took off his gas mask and let out a deep sigh. It was a long day for him. He went to his room, where it was dark and a bit messy. In his room, the curtains are closed all the way, the lights are turned off. The only thing illuminating his room was the glow-in-the-dark stars on his walls and ceiling, a light blue lava lamp, and some string lights. He has a shelf full of the many video games he collected and played as well as his favorite collections of comic books too. Against the wall, he has a coffee table with his TV placed on it. Surrounding it was also a bunch of video game cases, controllers, and a bunch of food wrappers. He has a bean bag close to it, sitting on top of a cyan rug. Across from his TV and such is his bed that has a faint dark blue galaxy bedding, though it is unmade. He also has a bunch of posters that are displayed on his walls that includes many of his favorite bands and video games.

As soon as he enters his room, he put his carbon roller and his mask against the wall then quickly crashed himself onto his bed and pulled his phone out. He goes through the video of the battle that was recorded with his team against Team Blue. He closely analyzes on a particular inkling... the one that caught him off guard the most. The inkling that has never frowned nor has stopped smiling. He can't seem to remember her name but he doesn't need to because anyone can recognize that inkling just by the way they smile.