Splatoon: Love Between Species

Chapter 32: Rich Frenemies

The Inkopolis Hospital.....a simple, quiet building with a lot of patients. Calvin looked up at the building from the outside, seeing the logo of a medical squid. He looked at his hand and saw the bottle of black and green ink......shaking his head....feeling the weight of his Tenta Brella, which was strapped onto his back, weigh him down......not because of it's weight....but because of the guilt it was inflicting onto him.

Calvin slid the container of Ink into his pocket and slowly walked into the hospital, passing all of the Inklings and Octolings in the waiting room, and he began to feel their stares right on him....making him feel even worse.

Octoling boy:....Calvin....

Inkling boy: the hell...is he doing here?

Inkling girl: maybe he has sick relatives.

Inkling boy:.....or maybe he came here to taunt on Isabella even more.

Octoling boy: she's not even in this hospital.

Inkling girl: how do you know?

Octoling boy: because she's dead. Why would they keep her corpse here?

Calvin heard more and more mumbling, but he tried his hardest to ignore it. He walked up to the counter and instantly caught the desk manager's attention.

DM: Calvin. Here to see someone?

Calvin leaned a bit closer so all of the other cephalopods couldn't hear him, then began to whisper to her.

Calvin: I'm here....to see Isabella.

DM:......I........ don't know what you're talking abo-

Calvin: I'm not idiotic.....I know she's still alive.

DM:..........

Calvin: my father has insight into everything....tell me...

DM:.....*sigh*.....

The Desk Manager stood up from behind the counter, then began to walk away while gesturing him to follow her.

DM: right this way, sir.

Calvin began to follow the Desk manager through the hospital. The desk manager walked through the hallways until she reached a simple door.....a door that was closed off from the rest of the hospital rooms.

They didn't even take the elevator....and Calvin couldn't help but question the door......it did look normal, but it still made him uncomfortable when he found out it was secluded from the rest.....The woman grabbed the doorknob and slowly opened the door, allowing Calvin to walk inside.

DM: don't be surprised if she doesn't say anything.

Calvin: pardon?

DM:....nevermind.

Calvin walked inside and the woman closed the door and allowed Calvin to be in the room....all by himself. Besides the heart monitor, The room was very silent....the ceiling fan slowly spun in a circle, and Calvin couldn't help but feel his heart drop to his stomach when he saw Bella.

Bella was sitting up in the hospital bed with the blankets only covering the lover half of her body, with her hands laying down on her thighs. Bella's tentacles were completely white...and he could see her eyes completely white and lifeless.....he walked over towards her....slowly...but he didn't see her look up at him at all.

Calvin:....Isabella?....

Bella:.............

Bella looked as if she was already dead...with her eyes open, but he looked over to her heart monitor.....seeing it let out very very slow beeps. Calvin felt as if he got stabbed right in the chest at that moment........realizing....that he did this.....that he was the one who made society even worse, the one who killed Isabella......the one who denied her request for help.