(helpful-yellow-inkling, bday starter!) Today is October 8th, which is the bday of both Eika and Eimie. With the two gifts in his grasp, Jesse went ahead and visited the two of them. Of course, he and Eika hang out with each all the time now. However, he and Eimie haven’t seen each other in a while, which made things more exciting for him. He gently knocks on the door and awaits what comes ahead.
Inside the house, a loud excited voice was cheering, while a calmer soft voice followed. As soon as Jesse knocked, the voices went silent. Not even a second later, the door opened.
"Ooooh! Jesse! Yay!!" Eika cheers excited. Her eyes immediately focused on the gifts. "Oooh! Eim! C'mon! Jesse's here!"
Eika hugged Jesse and giggled. Just then, Eimie saw the happy couple. "Heh.. Hey! What's up! Long time no see."
(( It is here, finally. After running this blog for nearly 2 years now, we have almost reached the end of Eiden’s story. This will be the second-to-last story in this blog, and the remaining 15 stories will be found over at @marchant-girls.
The very last story will be posted on July 21st, the same Friday when Splatoon 2 releases to the public.
This fic features a special squid from @a-demo-of-a-hero‘s blog
Without further delay, enjoy this reading!))
The day has finally come. Eiden Marchant, a 19 year old purple squid from Inkopolis, was set to change his future for good. He dressed up nicely, hid a nice pink leather box in his pocket, called Eimie and Eika over to meet at the Inkopolis Fair, which had just recently opened again. He then called Demo, his girlfriend, over to come to the fair again.
Eiden was waiting patiently at the fair entrance. He had been here nearly half an hour early. He saw Eimie and Eika far in the distance, waving excitedly.
Eika tackle-hugged Eiden. “OH MY COD! IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING, ISN’T IT?!” He said, snuggling up to him.
“Agh! E-Eika! Calm down..! As promised, you will get to witness this magical moment..!” Eiden hugged Eika back.
Eimie caught up with the hugging siblings and smiled faintly. “Hey loser... I just wanted to say... thank you for calling me over. Kinda nice that you considered me to be here... despite all the bullying that I have done to you...” Eimie felt a bit ashamed. She had given Eiden a lot of hell before. Now that he will be gone, she felt a bit guilty.
“Oh, come on Eimie... it’s not that big of a deal.. I mean, you are older than me, so it is your job to ‘bully’ me, right? It is like an established rule for siblings..!!” Eiden tried brushing it off, as if it were nothing. Yet, Eiden was still careful around Eimie.
“Y-Yeah, I guess... Also... hope everything turns out well for you once you are up there in the ferris wheel. Eika has told me that you revealed your feelings for Demo up there? I mean, kinda cliché, but I guess it is meaningful to you...” Eimie said, helping Eiden back up and taking Eika off him.
“Yep.. Oh! Here she comes!” Eiden waved at Demo, who quickly showed up in front of them. “Shall we?” Eiden extended his arm, which Demo quickly and happily clinged to.
Eiden, Demo, Eimie and Eika got up on the ferris wheel, all in the same cabin. It was even the same as the one before, since there were crude repais done to it. Demo had cracked it open to escape the cabin, back when the ferris wheel failed to work.
Eimie nudged Eika’s arm. “Psst.. record this.. It will either be a hit or miss..!” She said. Nonetheless, Eimie was nervous for Eiden. She has known how easily Eiden gets nervous. Would he be able to pull this off swiftly?
Once at the top, the ferris wheel stopped abruptly. Demo groaned. “Oh damn is this happening YET AGAIN?!?” Demo stood up to try and force-open the cabin doors. Eiden quickly jumped to action.
“D-Demo.. wait! D-Do you remember what happened right here, in this same cabin, months ago..?” It was happening. Eiden had set this plan to motion.
Demo stopped to remember, which caused a small dark blush to fill her cheeks. “Oh yeah! Heh, you snuck up here a bag of marshmallows. You were so nervous back then, doing the whole “Oh I love you” thing. Really sweet of you, by the way!” Demo smiled.
“Yep! What a scene, I remember...” Eiden said, standing up next to Demo, and admiring the whole city from the top of the ferris wheel. Eika took out her phone and started recording. Eiden and Demo didn’t noticed, as they were looking out at the rising sun.
“Actually D-Demo... ever since t-that day... you helped me realize something...” Eiden’s little heart started pumping faster.
Demo looked back at Eiden and was able to notice. She couldn’t help but to giggle at the little babi getting nervous, just like always. But this could only meant one thing.. Demo started blushing.
“Back that day, y-y-you made me realize that... that I had a new purpose in l-life. I n-now wanted to accomplish new t-things... I started thinking... that I w-wanted to travel the world and have n-new stories to tell...” Eiden gulped. The phrase was coming up.
“I... I realized that I wanted to... t-t-to share them w-with you...” The time had come. Eiden looked at Demo, directly into her eyes. He took her hands and slowly knelt down. Demo knew what this meant, she had seen these in cheesy movies. But it was now happening here, and happening to her.
“A-And.. ah!... I w-want to know... i-if you are willing to... to accept t-this journey I w-w-want to start... !” Eiden reached for his pocket. Eimie and Eika were both screaming internally, showing an enormous grin.
“D-Demo... Demo Woods.. my tall and strong squidfriend...” Eiden nervously opened the leather box, revealing the shiny ring that he had bought weeks ago.
“W-W... Will... Will you marry me...?” Eiden muttered the magic words he had been practicing for weeks now. Demo was covering her mouth with one hand, as Eiden held the other. She was speechless. Little smol Eiden had now proposed to her, making her an engaged squid.
“N..Nerd... Of course I want to be your wife, you cheesy gremlin!” Demo lifted Eiden up from the floor and planted her lips on his, engaging on their first romantic kiss as future Mr. and Mrs. Marchant.
Eimie and Eika stood up, clapping and holding back their tears. Eimie smiled and Woomy’d, while Eika giggled happily.
After their long kissing session, Eiden took her hand and slid the ring in her finger. Demo was internally screaming as well. She admired it from close. Eiden had this enormous grin and huge blush across his entire face.
“Demo.. I love you...” Eiden hugged her tightly. He was the happiest squid in the world.
“And I love you as well, my little flustered smol boi...!” Demo giggled through her overwhelming emotions. She hugged back as well, even tighter than his embrace.
Eimie and Eika went over to both hug and congratulate Eiden and Demo. They all shared this happy moment in Eiden and Demo’s life.
The day has been perfect. Eiden and Demo exited the fair after playing all the games and eating tons of food. Eimie and Eika followed behind, but not to close to allow them to share their moment.
“Wow.. he actually did it..!” Eimie whispered to Eika. “I... I actually though he would bail and just leave it as it is... but I guess he built the guts to really do it..!”
Eika smiled back at Eimie. “Yup! Eiden is a really strong squid! I never doubted him and his skills. He might be like the most anxious and nervous squid in the world, but he found someone who he really loves. Love can do anything, Eimie!” She whispered back.
Eimie was about to reply, but those words from Eika struck hard. Eimie took a deep breath, and relaxed. She will need to remind herself those sentences, as she patiently waited for Fynn to come back.
After walking out the fair, Demo used an app in her phone to request a special ride back home. They were patiently waiting for it, so Eiden and Demo could spend the night together.
“Alright you two, we are heading home. You go spend the rest of the day together, as the engaged squids you now are!” Eimie cheered on them.
“Yes! You now go watch Squidflix and chill, or something! I dunno what engaged squids do, but just go and have fun!!” Eika also cheered. “See ya around~!” Eika and Eimie started walking the opposite way, leaving Eiden and Demo alone.
As soon as their requested ride arrived, the driver squid stepped outside the car to open the door for the couple.
The driver looked at his phone to identify the squids. “Alright, got a request to travel back to Downtown Inkopolis from.. Demo Woods?”
Demo nodded her head. She then had the idea to tease Eiden even more.
“Demo Woods is fine, although you may now call me Demo Marchant!”
In just another regular day of spring, Eika would usually text Jesse a good morning message, along with a selfie or a picture of the view outside her window or her breakfast. Today was different, as Eika didn't text Jesse for the first time ever since they started dating. Something was up.
Marchant Bloom ( Closed RP with helpful-yellow-inkling )
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Once again, Eika had slept over at Jesse’s place. After being a couple for a couple months, it was common for each squid to spend the night at the other’s house, either watching a movie, cooking together (Eika’s skills are improving!), or just spending time together.
This morning, Eika woke up next to Jesse. The warm spring sun was shining through the window, directly into Eika’s eyes. She mumbled as she slowly brought the blankets up to cover her head.
💏 - Our muses meet under the mistletoe (helpful-yellow-inkling)
Eika waited outside her apartment. She had sent Jesse an invitation to come over to spend the Squidmas Eve dinner. There was a scarf that covered her neck and mouth and she also wore a pair of wool gloves. Eika was shaking like a leaf, it was too cold outside. Yet, she waited for her adorable yellow squidfriend to arrive.
Early in the morning, the purple girl squid duo were out and about. They both had a 12oz cup of coffee in their hands. Eimie, the quiet one, was simply taking sips of her coffee and walking slowly. While Eika, the cheerful one, was loudly talking and laughing about what she dreamed last night. Eimie had developed the skill of listening to Eika’s 3 words per second and understand everything.
Still, Eika talked waaay to fast and waaay to loud. Two blocks away, anyone could hear Eika coming through.
Eika the squid had been seen running around the park... wearing jeans and a jacket. Barely 10 minutes in and she was exhausted already, probably due to the non-optimal gear for jogging. After not being able to keep up anymore, she went over to the nearest bench and, without looking, threw herself towards the seat and laid there, motionless and thinking her life choices.
