Dueling Queen in a Villain's World

Injured Friend

LOCATION: Trey's Room]

Y/N and the gang headed for Trey's room, ignoring the stares students had as they saw Astral.

"Pardon the intrusion." Ace announced as the group came into the room.

"Clover-senpai, are you okay?" Deuce asked looking worried.

"Hey, Glasses! We came here to check on you!" Grim stated.

"Oh, it's the A-Deuce combi~ You even brought Y/N-Chan, Grim, Whimsy, and-?!?! Whoa! Who's the floating blue ghost?!" Cater said looking at Astral. Trey was surprised as well, but he was more relaxed about it.

"My name is Astral, I suppose you can call me Y/N's newest familiar. I also came from beyond the stars." The alien Duelist introduced himself.

"OMG! An actual alien! Hey, let's take a selfie!" Cater said as he took a picture of Astral with him.

"What is a selfie?" Astral asked confused.

"It's basically like taking a picture of yourself. Cater likes to do that a lot." Y/N explained.

"Hello~ Wait, what's with the "A-Deuce" thing, Cater-senpai?" Ace asked.

"Eh? You both have "-ce" at the end of your names, so I just combined them~" Cater smiled.

"Please call us by our complete names!" Deuce asked.

"More importantly, what exactly happened to Trey?" Whimsy interjected.

"Ah, I missed a step on the stairs. I tried to be cautious during the fall, but my right leg ended up getting the worse of it. I'll have to be in crutches for a while." Trey explained.

"Eh-!? Isn't that kind of bad?" Deuce exclaimed.

"It looks like I won't be able to participate in this year's Magift Tournament." Trey sighed.

"I thought of letting it slide if it was just a small injury, but... Here, have some canned tuna as a get-well present." Grim said holding out some canned tuna. "Get better soon, 'kay, Glasses?"

"Haha, thank you."

"Geez, give me a break. It's already tough without our star player Trey, and now we've gotta re-do the player selection." Cater lamented.

DEUCE & ACE: "Oh!? Player selection!?"

"Do all human males jump at the chance of playing when someone is out of commission?" Astral asked.

"I guess so. Never understood or did any physical sports myself." Y/N said.

(knocking on door)

"Really, now. What are you all doing gathered in an injured person's room?" A certain redhead asked.

"Ah-!! It's the irritable Riddle!" Grim blurted out.

"Irritable, you say? I won't get mad if you don't break the rules." Riddle raised an eyebrow before turning to Y/N. "You came as well Y/N?"

"We came over as soon as we heard." The female Duelist told her fellow prefect, earning a nod.
"Thank you for your concern. Trey, how's your condition? Is there something you want to drink or eat?" Riddle asked

"You don't have to be so worried. I told you, I'm feeling okay." Trey softly smiled.

"But... You got injured because of me and..." Riddle said sadly.

"What do you mean?" Ace wondered.

"I had to go to the 3rd years' classroom because I had business with them. But then..." As he recalled what happened.