This Headcanon belongs to my cousin and honestly, I’m leaning into this weird headcanon!
Warning: Mentions of small ships, De@d names, Transphobia(?), Mask and Metry headcanons, cursing, bits of angst but there’s some wholesomeness, and my bad grammar :)
It was a cloudy day, soft rain here and there, and this small family was staying in like any other regular inkling to stay at home to not get wet and goopy.
A cyan inkling who was about 11 was playing on his computer, tapping on the keyboard, he was playing ‘Final Fantasy X’.
“Come onnnn..” he mumbled moving his mouse aggressively.
“MELODYYYY!!!” a female voice shouted. But he kept on playing. Either he didn’t hear it or he was listening to the game very loudly.
“MACKENZIEEE!!!” she shouted again.
No answer from him. He just continues playing. From the other side, the mother scowled and barged into her child’s room, “Young lady!!! I called you two times!!! And don’t close the door!”
His character immediately died. Great. Now he has to do that boss level all over again.
“Mackenzie, you can play that game later. It’s not going anywhere. Now come downstairs.”
He saved and quit his game and then turned off his computer. The mother watches her child walking out the door and going downstairs followed by her. “Why am I needed..?-” He was cut off by his mother, “We're styling your hair!! Since you’re going to a new school.. You know what they say! New school year and a new you!!~” The mother smiled as she led her child to the dining room table. A small table that has three seats. Perfect for him, his mother, and his weird little sibling.
He sighed as he sat down watching his mother get the scissors from one of the kitchen drawers. Wait, does that mean she’s cutting his hair?! Finally!! He’s been waiting for this moment! “Manuel!!” the mother called out.
“Yes, Mama??” she answered. His little sibling was in the living room.
“Get the towels please!!” she shouted.
“Okay!!” the younger inkling replied.
The mother brought out her phone and showed it to her child, “Now which hairstyle do you want?”
There were a variety of different hairstyles to choose from. He grabbed his mother’s phone to swipe the image of what caught his eye. All of them are either wavy, curly, or in pigtails which he doesn’t want. He then spotted a shorter haircut and he can tie his two tentacles to a short ponytail. He then showed it to his mother.
The mom grabbed the towel that she had asked her son to go fetch, she then placed the towel down on the table and looked to see that her daughter had chosen the photo. She grabbed her phone to see.. She shook her head, “Sorry hon.. But you will look like a boy..”
“Then what's the scissors for..?” he asks his mom.
“For your brother.. His hair is getting way too long..”
The pink inkling frown, “But I like having my long hair!”
“You look like a girl hon.. I don't want you to be mistaken by your hair..”
The pink inkling crossed her arms, “No fair.” she pouted. She looked up to her brother to see that he was upset.
“Yeah.. Better than nothing,” he mumbled quietly. As always his weird little sibling heard that.
~(Sorry a huge time skip got a bit lazy-)~
“Ohhhh Manuellll!!! Your favorite little sister has arrived!~” Metry shouted. She was in the cyan team’s house. Good thing Mask friends are out doing something or whatever they're doing. Well Desi is with Diver while the two girls are in Artist Valley.
Hearing no response she just invited herself in—of course taking her shoes off. She was holding a clothing bag that contained snacks and hair products. She heads upstairs to call his name one more time. She looks between the halls and sees one door open. She walked forward to see the sign on the door that said, ‘KEEP OUT.’ How childish.
She stepped in the room and couldn’t help to shudder. Cod is cold and it was dark too. There Metry can see her older brother sitting on his (baby pink) gamer chair. “Beating youngggg children.. Feeling gooood..” he mumbled.
“Brother!!” Metry shouted, stopping her feet. Mask flinched and paused his game to look to see.. His weird sibling is at the doorway. Metry looks over to see her brother playing that game that she got him for last Squidmas.
‘Kingdom Hearts’ that was the name! And has Final Fantasy characters that Mask loves so much.
“Whaaaat?” he asks as he places his controller down.
“First off.. Open some light..” Metry placed the bag down on Mask’s bed and opened the curtains a bit, immediately she could hear her older brother hissing. She rolled her eyes, “Oh calm down.” She walked over and sat next to her brother’s bed, as well as Mask, who had just gotten off his gamer chair. Mask unstraps his mask and removes it. Showing his full face.
Metry brought out some (bitter) candy boxes and brought out some hair supplies, hair clips, hair ties, you name it! Mask rolled his eyes, “Pink hair ties Melody?”
Metry nodded her head, “Oh come on!~ We can match~ Now turn around!”
…Weird to find out their siblings huh? Mask believes that too, they don’t really look alike except when you look a bit closer at them or where we have Metry/Melody here calling Mask/Manuel ‘Big Brother’.
“Do you want me to cut your hair?”
“Ohh?~ Why?~ I thought you hated having long hair?”
The cyan vampire squid didn’t answer.
“Could it be from a certain pink squid?~”
“You turn around. It’s my turn.”
I written all of this in Google Doc. Lol.
Enjoy this weird Headcanon of them and honestly, I might write more about them, soon.