A Casual Day

Army POV

After breakfast, Team Pink split up, they were all laughing about something and before I could ask Aloha, he darted upstairs and Straw Hat pulled me away, outside to where the pool was. She was insisting we stayed outside and then suddenly, about five minutes later, Diver comes out.

"Come on!" He says, grabbing my arm and pulling me inside of the house. "We're going somewhere. We need your help finding things. Aloha went to change. I already changed, so did Straw and Octo. Come on! It'll be fun! Aloha's got the whole thing planned out! It'll be awesome! I promise, you'll love it." Diver says, smirking.

"Anyways, we need your help. Can you help us find stuff? You're here more than we are, honestly, aren't you?" Octo asks, coming up from behind us.

"Ah! T-That's not exactly-" I was cut off.

"Oh really?" They both chime. Straw skips past us, then stops and turns to me, holding out a photo. I remembered seeing that picture in the scrapbook-of-sorts that Aloha had. It was an older photo. Back when I found his notebook...He was smiling and doing a peace sign. I was smiling but trying to hide it, looking away from the camera. He had his arm around me. We were at his place. She held up two more pictures, all at his place, different places too.

I felt the blush creep onto my face, I grabbed the photos quickly. "W-What about it?" I ask her.

She smiles. "You've been here often, not to mention you went to bed with him, didn't you?" She teases. I felt my face burn up quickly. She burst out laughing.

"Haha!" She laughs, taking the photos and walking into the kitchen, I watched her put them back on the fridge using magnets. The magnets were little fruits.

We stopped walking, standing in the living room. "So, will you help us? We don't want to go into someplace Aloha wouldn't want us to be and he's preoccupied, as said before." Diver says, pointing up the staircase to Aloha's room. I hesitantly nod.

"BUT-!" I say, catching their attention.

"But...?" Diver asks.

"BUT, we do not speak of this again." I say, glaring at Straw who giggles a little but nods.

"Sure, we won't tease you about how much time you spend with Aloha and you'll help us!" She says, jumping up and then handing me a list. "We need to find all these. Give us orders!" She says. "We know you can do that much, right?"

"Y-Yeah, sure..." I say, then tell them what to find and where to find it.

Aloha POV

I was changing into clean clothes, rather than the ones that smelled like alcohol and slightly of Army. I smile to myself as I pulled on the clean shirt, buttoning it up.

*Authors Note: I swear to the HOLY COD, I called it a HAIR tie because wth else am I supposed to call it? I dunno! So, I called it a HAIR tie and a HAIRstyle. Hair for them is their tentacles, okay!?*

I grabbed my hair tie and pulled my tentacles back. I couldn't get it right...I sigh, letting my hands fall. I'm a total mess today. But, I could care less about my hairstyle right now. I stood up, all dressed and opened the door, shutting it behind me before rushing down the steps.

"Diver!" I called.

"Here!" He said, putting something into his bag, sunscreen, it looked like. I look to him and he looks up from his bag to me. "Oh. Aloha, you're-"

"I know," I say, shrugging.

"Oh. Are you not going to fix it? Where's your visor at?" He asks, he was zipping up his bag. He slipped it onto his shoulders. I shrugged again.

"Not too su-" Army cut me off by throwing it at me. I caught it just barely. He takes my hand and leads me over to the couch.

"Sit." He says, I listen to him and he takes my hair tie from me.

"What are you-?" I ask but he cuts me off again.

"Fixing it." He says, pulling back my tentacles.

"A-Army, you don't have to. I can do it, I just-" He cuts me off once more.

"I do, you're a complete mess." He replies. He's so stubborn sometimes. When he was done, he takes my visor and puts it on me. I smile up at him.

"Thank you~" I chime. He smiles back at me.

"Sure. Now, let's get going. I know what you want to do." He replies. Diver and the others were ready to go, I stand up and we all left my place, heading towards the beach.

When we got there, it was nice outside, warm and sunny. Perfect weather! I took Army by the hand and we went surfing...together. He did so grudgingly. He liked it, but, he wouldn't admit it. He said that he didn't like the waters...but, he was smiling the entire time. He sure was a poor liar. I'm sure he loved it. We splashed around in the waters for a while, laughing. Then, we pranked Diver. He went to surf and Octo helped us to put a crab in his bag. Oh, his reaction was hilarious, he started chasing us. The chase lasted until I was caught as a squid and he literally threw me-as a squid-into the water.

It's okay because Army sprayed him with sunscreen after that. It was so much fun. But, around two hours later we all left and went to get changed. Then, to Inkopolis Square...that's when things started getting a little...um, how do I put it...? Bad...

We were all walking together, in dry new clothes, to main shopping area.

"Hey! Look who it is!" A voice called, "Team Pink and Army!"

I visibly grimaced but forced a smile on my face as I turned around to face him. "What's up?" I ask him, smiling brightly. On the inside I was glaring and trying my best not to snap at him from just the dignity he had to even call out to us...

"Nothing, I was just informing you that we're talking to Skull and Mask right now! You might want to talk about that battle because they're just about to give into our invite and accept! Wouldn't it be great to battle us?" Vintage asked.

He had a trick to this. I know he did. I looked to Army, who frowned.

"Where are they?" I ask him.

"Over there!" Vintage says, pointing over to where his team stood next to an aggravated Skull and an annoyed Mask. I frowned and walked up to them, my team and Army right behind me.

"What's wrong?" I ask Skull and Mask.

"Oh! Look who it is! Hello~!" Red Sole greets. I look to her, glaring. She giggles and stays quiet.

"Nothing, we were just leaving. Want to come, Aloha?" Skull asks, though with the look he gave me, it wasn't a question. I stepped aside, muttering, "Lead the way". He walked past me, grabbing me by the wrist and practically dragging me while the others followed.

"What's wrong?" I ask him, as he let go of me. I rubbed my wrist. "That hurt..." I whisper to myself, hoping he hadn't heard it.

"Sorry." He says. I look up at him. "They were getting on my nerves. They just want a battle and they are starting to get really annoying to the point, I'm going to lock myself in my house and only stare at my phone for hours a day. That sounds nice." Skull says.

"So, you needed an excuse to get away from them?" I ask him. He nods.

"I told them no. I'm about to lock myself in a closet and die there alone." Skull replies.

"Take meee with youuu." Mask says.

"Sure. We can die alone together." Skull says.

"Die...alone together?" I ask, confused. "But, you would be together. You would be dying toge-" I cut myself off with a gasp.

"What?" Skull asks. I shake my head frantically, snickering. "What is it, Aloha?" He demands. I shake my head again. "If you do not tell me- I swear to cod, Aloha I will kill you-" Army cuts him off, quickly.

"Can you not kill him? I kind of need him." Army replies.

"For what?" Skull asks, turning to him. "Making ou-"

"NO!" We both shout, interrupting Skull who looks shocked a little. My face was hot and I was fidgeting with my hands. Army was hiding his face, behind one of his manuels. Skull laughs, teasingly at us.

I glare at him. "Haha! That's all you need him for? Making out and being with him, forever~? For loving? Aww, how cheesy, you two." He asks, teasing some more. My teammates were trying to cover up their loud snickering behind me.

"T-That'sallyouneedMaskfor!" I blurt quickly. Skull stops, caught off guard. "You-! You shuddup!" I tell him, pulling my visor down a bit, hiding my eyes. Army snickers, grabbing my hand. I look to him, he was smiling. Skull turns on his heels and grabs Mask, by the shirt, and drags him away. Literally, dragged him. I watched them go before Army pushed my visor back up.

I could still feel the heat in my face but I smiled at him.

"Let's go back to your place. We can all hang out by the pool and then watch a movie, okay?" Army says, already leading me back to my own house. I think he'd been over so much he could remember where it was at. I smiled to myself. I do enjoy his company though...