"Till I Meet the Stars in Your Eyes Again" (Sheldon x Marie)

"Till I Meet the Stars in Your Eyes Again"

The train was on the horizon, and the sky was blue, it was a place where the clouds parted from one another.

"... You'll do great, I promise Marie." Sheldon, the short horseshoe crab said to his tall inkling friend, Marie. She looked a little frightened, just having become a popstar as of recently. Despite her fears, her dear friend Sheldon was there to wish her luck as she stepped into a new world.

"I'll miss you, Sheldon." Marie looked quite saddened, knowing that this new world may never let her see Sheldon for a while, but despite this sad realization, he still smiled. His buck toothed grin became more prominent. She smiled in return, and her fears were lessened.

He would always be there in spirit, even if she couldn't see him.

As the two looked longingly at each other, the train screeched to a halt as it reached the station. Marie sighed, this was it. Sheldon stood behind her as she looked at the door, she didn't want to go, to leave calamari county, everything.

"Now, go become a popstar, ok?" Sheldon told Marie enthusiastically.

She couldn't say anything, but her grateful eyes and smile already told him that she was thankful for his presence. She took a deep breath, and took a step onto the train platform. Once the doors closed, she saw Sheldon only getting smaller and smaller from the distance, the train pulled him away from her view, forever.

"Good luck, Marie." Sheldon whispered to himself.

Sheldon's smile faded, he too was aware that this may be the last time they ever see each other. Nonetheless, he accepted this, and left the station...

Would Sheldon ever see that same train again? Maybe he could just stay at the same platform Marie had left from, and someday, they could play together, just like when they were kids in the village again.

"... Things have been good, I suppose." Marie said to Callie, they were on break from another daily broadcast of the latest turf war news. Callie yawned; "That's good, but... Are you ok? I noticed that you've been moping as of lately..."

Marie tried to hide the fact that she had been moping, she indeed had been a little sad. She shook her head, and tried to put on a calm expression that expressed 'everything's fine, I promise.'

"Ah, no. It's just been this popstar life, you know?" Marie said, "Broadcasts, day in and day out."

Callie nodded, "Yeah, very tiring, huh?"

Marie nodded in return, Callie then went back to scrolling on her phone. This gave some time for Marie to look longingly out of the window from their studio, something was missing from her life...

Sheldon continued to wait by the station, he looked into the distance. No sign of any train coming soon...

It was another tiring work day at the weapon shop, as Sheldon was effortlessly trying to fix one of his prized splattershots. One screw in and it was finished, he looked at the beautiful weaponry in his gloved hands.

"Ahh yes, another fine piece of art!" Sheldon smiled, all of his years learning from his grandfather, Shellondorf, paid off.

Something then took away his attention from his splattershot, as the front door's bell chimed. Sheldon thought that it was... Her.

The train bells chimed in the distance, he looked up, was it her train?

"Hi Sheldon, my aerospray's gone and busted, could you help me fix it?" No, it was just some inkling kid. Sheldon was surprised, but not that surprised.

"OH, right. Aw jeez, didn't I tell you kids not to mess around with your weapons?" Sheldon scolded.

The inkling teen looked embarrassed, handing the broken aero spray to him, he gave off a couple of 'tsks' as he was handed the broken aero spray.