How to Get Close to You When I Smell Like Squid and You Smell Like Octopus [Splatoon]

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The full story is about 15,000 words, and it's all posted!

---Story blurb

I'm a squid, a squid living in Man Tui Town.

Us squids and octopuses have to play competitive matches every day.

It's a game where we attack each other with ink.

I hate competitive matches.

Especially the giant cockroaches in them: those opponents who dash around wielding dualies.

One day, I ran into an octopus on the opposing team.

He was using a Red Dualie, rolling and dashing around me, and killed me eight times while I only got him once.

I hate Red Dualies.

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"A Lasting Feeling"

A stressed-out heroine with no interest in dating x a love-at-first-sight hero who talks himself into believing she likes him | Both are romantically inexperienced

Muscles are the most wonderful gift the Creator has given humanity. Those muscle fibers, honed with sweat and sculpted with care, are stunningly beautiful.

After working overtime for half a month, Xia Yiwu was exhausted and foggy-headed. The moment she saw her new neighbor's bulging arm muscles, that was the only thought in her mind.

Her gaze couldn't help wandering over her new neighbor's pecs, abs, and glutes.

Oh wow.

Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, a round backside, and muscular legs.

His physique suited her tastes even better than those muscle influencers she followed online.

From that day on, Xia Yiwu started waking up fifteen minutes early. She'd greet her new neighbor, admire his muscles, and then head to work. It became part of her daily routine.

Ah, what a lovely sight. It seemed her neighbor's chest had grown another centimeter today.

A message popped up late at night in the group chat "Protein Powder Wholesale Shop."

Zhou Zeyi: [What does it mean if someone keeps staring at your chest and butt?]

Brother No. 1, eating barbecue: [They're a pervert.]

Brother No. 2, still working overtime late at night: [Man or woman?]

Brother No. 3, just here for the drama: [You secretly train so hard behind our backs, and now you're getting your comeuppance.]

[Where'd you go? You asked one question and ran off?]

Five minutes later.

Zhou Zeyi: [Do you think she likes me?]

The guys: [????]

It was another night of chaos at work. Xia Yiwu dragged her exhausted body home and walked straight into Zhou Zeyi's chest.

"Ah! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." Xia Yiwu took two steps back, clutching her forehead and apologizing over and over.

"Did you hurt yourself?" Zhou Zeyi asked.

Xia Yiwu shook her head, still feeling the sensation on her forehead: soft, springy...

I want to touch it, the thought immediately popped into Xia Yiwu's mind.

"Do you... want to feel it?" Zhou Zeyi asked.

Xia Yiwu: !!! Her neighbor really was a kind, wealthy, and generous man!

Zhou Zeyi: I can confirm it. She likes me.

Xia Yiwu: Huh? Since when?

Theme: Keep working to improve yourself, and you'll grow.