Reunited (Zane Truesale X Reader)

Worth it

——(Y/N)'s P.O.V.——
"You guys ready?" Now in a wig, jeans and blazer, I turn to the boys, "I understand if you're not,"
Syrus walks forward with a hopeful glint in his eyes, "I'm ready. I really am,"
It sounds like he's trying to convince himself more than anything. Still, I nod and turn to the rest of the group.
"Alright, you know how this is gonna go down:
Syrus and Jaden are gonna approach Kaiser first, if he tries to approach us first, we don't dive in right away, instead we talk around him until me or Astor gives the go ahead.
Astor and I will be on standby, watching everything that happens. We won't be listing, but if anything seems out of place we'll come in or you'll give us the signal.
Chazz: Go nowhere, talk to no one, do nothing.
Everyone clear?"
Everyone except Chazz smiles and nods, "Why am I so useless? I'm not a complete idiot, you know. I'm smarter than everyone here,"
"Smarter than the guy that brainwashed you?" I pointed to Astor, "Smarter than the girl that's years ahead in her career despite the lack of advantages you were given to start your career?" I continue to point back and for that Astor and myself, "Smarter than those people?"
"All I'm saying is-"
"-All your saying is that you feel left out," I interrupt, "Sorry but that's what happens when you're not helpful and show up out of the blue. Alright!" I clap my hands together, "Let's go repair a damaged relationship between brothers,"

.......

The crowd surrounding me and Chazz is louder than usual. Though it was easy to tune out considering I'm only paying attention to the two boys across the room.
Jaden and Syrus are sitting at a table waiting to see Zane.
"Where is he?" I mutter under my breath, "He better not be skipping,"
"What was that?" Chazz turns to me.
"Just looking for the guy me and my family are going out in a limb for. Nothing serious," I roll my eyes and continue to look at Syrus and Jaden, "Sy doesn't really like big crowds, either. Not really my type of scene come to think of it," A chill goes down my spine and I run my hands over my arms.
"I thought 'Someone so ahead in her career,'" Chazz air quotes, "Would be used to this kind of thing. What happened to the annoying girl who was making fun of my hair an hour ago?"
I turn to Chazz and cock my eyebrow, "You want me to go back to that, cuz I was holding back earlier-"
"- No, I'm not complaining, but Jaden told me how important it is that you keep your cool," He jolts his thumb to point at the boys, "He said on the chopper that your uncertain. You need to calm down, put some faith in Syrus. He may be a total dweeb, but even I think he's stronger than he seems,"
I look down and chuckle, "I'm not worried because I don't have faith in Syrus," I look back up to see Kaiser in the crowd, heading straight for Jaden and Sy, "It's that one have have no faith in," I nod towards the man moving across the room.
"Let's go by Astor," I say, walking towards the bar, not taking my eyes of the duelist, "Remember-"
"-Talk to no one, go nowhere, do nothing," Chazz repeats, voice colder than before, "He looks so different from when I last saw him. Jesus,"

—— Syrus' P.O.V.——

There he is.
Holy shit he's walking straight towards us. He's making eye contact.
I turn my eyes to look at Jaden, he's already staring back at me with a reassuring smile and a thumbs up.
"We got this, Sy. You got this,"
I take a deep breath and look at Zane, who's about to sit down with us.
Yeah, we got this.

—— Zane's P.O.V.——
"Be nice," (Y/N)'s remark plays in my head on a loop as I approach my brother and his friend.
If Jaden's with him I guess they do have a plan. Who'd of thought (Y/N) wasn't fucking around?
"Be nice,"
I sit down directly across from Syrus and choose my next words carefully.
"So, you let her use your Power Bond card, huh?"
No sadism, no tormenting, just being nice. If Syrus really wants be back in his life, he has to take the first step.
I already tried to get my brother back and he rejected me, now let's see his alternative.
"Uh... yeah, I just thought..." Syrus repeatedly trails off, I don't know if he's nervous or just dumbfounded, but he's clearly uncomfortable.
I make him uncomfortable.
Fuck.
"Uh, how 'bout a "hi" first, huh Zane?" Jaden swoops in, "You really caught us off guard here. We didn't expect you to approach us tonight," Jaden tries to chuckle to release some tension, and it seems to work when Syrus visibly relaxes.
"So, you're doing well in the pro league," Jaden continues, "That's good,"
"Yeah, I guess," Right, they don't know I know about their weird plan, "What are you doing here, Jaden? Aren't you not aloud off the island unless it's an emergency or something?"
Jaden and Syrus look at each other, and Syrus sighs.
"Hey, Jay? Could you get me something to drink?" Jaden gets a worried look on his face.
"Sy, are you sure I could just-"
"-Jaden. I'm fine. I got this,"
....
Jaden sighs and stands up. As he walks away, my eyes follow him to where (Y/N) and Astor are.
I guess they're keeping tight surveillance on me. As I'm about to tear my eyes away, (Y/N)'s orbs catch mine. They're glaring with caution.
"Be nice,"
I shudder and look back at my brother. Fine, if this is what it takes to get my foot in the door, I'll be nice.
"I'm surprised more reporters aren't crowding around you tonight," Syrus starts, still not fully making eye contact, "Considering how rare it is that you lose these days,"
"Nah, I think these people know better than to approach me," I look at him, still avoiding my eyes, "Especially if they think I'm feeling less than stellar,"
"Yeah, I know first hand what your like when you're not feeling your best..." Syrus trails off as soon as he realizes that I could hear him.
Now I'm avoiding his eyes.
...