[Splatoon] The secret that lays in our hearts

Chapter 8.5 - Where are they?

Something was different. Callum and John just realised Duncan was nowhere to be seen,
"How long has Duncan been gone?" Sighed Callum, looking from left to right,
"I...I have no idea..." John replied, as he took his colourful headphones off and placed them around his neck,
"Should we go look?" Asked Callum,
"Nah." John said,
"Maybe they know where he is?" Callum pointed towards a group of four inklings,
"No, I don't think they would...wait...are they Duncan's crush's friends?" John shook his head in confusion,
"We should go and ask?" Callum looked towards them all. John nodded his head as they walked up to the four inklings.

"Hello?" Callum said, as he looked up to the inklings, one of them turned back to him,
"Who are you?" She said in a rude tone,
"I'm Callum. I'm wondering if you've seen my friend, Duncan." Callum replied,
"I haven't seen your friend, I don't even know what he looks like, midget. We're too busy looking for our friend anyway." She turned as her long, red tentacles brushed past his face. He sighed,
"Wait..." John said,
"What's your friend's name?" He asked, as the tallest inkling of the lot looked at him,
"Abigail. Pink tentacles, squid clip in her hair. Zekko hoodie and black trainers." He said,
"Callum," John whispered,
"I think this 'Abigail' is the girl Duncan has a crush on..." Callum looked at John in surprise, it had to be. The orange inkling over heard their whispers,
"That turquoise inkling?" He said, they both went silent. They slowly nodded,
"That's the guy Abb--" the green inkling put her hand over his mouth,
"Ahaha, no she doesn't Leo..." She gave a small nudge,
"Oh...no, Lily is right. She doesn't." Leo gave a worried kind of expression on his face,
"Yes, she does. Don't lie you two." The tallest shrugged like it was nothing,
"Evan's right. Lying doesn't solve anything." Said the red tentacles one,
"Scarlet..." Lily said slapping her hand on to her face,
"Don't tell him." Lily begged,
"We won't." John and Callum said together. As much as they did want to tell him; maybe it's better not to right now,
"But we can help them get together, right?" Callum gave a mischievous smirk, they all sighed, but then let out a little laugh.

After a while of thinking, Callum broke the silence,
"Where should we look first?" He said, as they all looked at him, they all shared ideas,
"Abbie likes to go to the Cafè." Lily looked towards the Cafè,
"No pink inkling in sight though..." Callum let out a small sigh of anger,
"Why don't we separate and look for them?" John looked to him,
"Do they even have a clear vision of what Duncan looks like?" He whispered in his ear,
"I do," Evan said, stepping forwards
"I'll go help you guys look for him." He tapped his head,
"Thank you...Evan, is it?" John smiled, Evan smiled back and nodded,
"First time you've smiled in years Evan." Leo laughed, Evan stayed silent,
"Uh, well, we're going to take the train to Ducan's house, see if he's at home" Callum said, as he ran towards the train station,
"Wait for us!" John shouted, as he and Evan ran after him.

Scarlet looked behind her to being with Lily and Leo. She sighed, "I'm doomed." Scarlet thought to herself.

Evan, John and Callum waiting on the platform for the train, like the impatient fool he is, he started to clap, then tap his feet at the same time, it's like he was creating a song, other inklings started to click their fingers and joined in, he started to run around gathering all the inklings joining in and they made a small song of sort,
"Does he always do this?" Evan asked, as he watched Callum impatiently wait for the train,
"No, not really." John answered.

The train came and stopped at the station, Callum waved goodbye to his new 'friends' and ran back to Evan and John and hopped onto the train.

They sat down by a window as they waited for the train to depart.

The train departed. They had to wait about 3 stations to where Duncan's house is, because nobody wants an hour walk.

They all sat silently on the train, until the silence broke,
"I don't mean to sound rude, but why are you...small, Callum?" Evan asked,
"Dwarfism." Callum immediately replied,
"Now can I ask a question?" Callum smiled,
"Um, go ahead." Evan replied,
"Why did Leo say, "That's the first time you've smiled in years, Evan"?" Callum asked, Evan stayed silent for a while,
"Reasons." He sighed,
"Do you really think Duncan will be home?" John said as he looked to Callum,
"Well...yes." Callum replied, John just slammed his head onto the table, he gave out a little cry,
"Did that hurt?" Asked Evan,
"A little..." John replied, he sat back up and rubbed his forehead, having to rub head head for the rest of the train ride.