Into the World of Cardverse!Hetalia

Chapter 10: All aboard to Trust Issues

They continued on their journey through the rocky paths all throughout the afternoon, stopping for a short lunch and then once again heading off. Minori was silent for the whole time, in fact everyone was.

The tense atmosphere was weighting upon the children, Gilbert and Peter were just there glancing at the three of them once in a while, worried a bit for them. These siblings have proved to be going to trouble but in the end, they hug it out with a few apologies.

But not this time?

Sakura was hugging Satoshi close while Minori was right behind all of them this time, looking down on the ground and sometimes staring up ahead to the mountains or gazing up to the sky.

When it was late afternoon, about the time when they see the sun going down signaling that night is coming soon. They set up camp in a clean space, Peter and Satoshi made a camp fire, the boy was finally opening up, saying to Peter that this was the first time he has made a camp fire on his own.

They ate dinner, a few fried fishes and some grub from the supplies. Minori mumbles that she takes the first watch and heads off to sit on a rock that was coincidentally there on the entry way where they found their campsite.

She was distant, crunching down to cover her own head with her knees and arms.

Gilbert was feeling bad, even though it wasn't his fault, he was the one who told them about the dragon without keeping an eye on them. He scowls, he seriously needs to stop hanging out with serious people to not deal with these kinds of situations.

He glances at Sakura who was with Satoshi at the campfire area. They didn't feel like sleepy, fully awake and talking amongst themselves, Peter was out doing some stuff that Gilbert really doesn't care.

When Satoshi decided to set up their tents, leaving Sakura in the comfort of the camp fire, Gilbert finally takes this chance to perhaps talk with the girl.

"Hey." He greets, suddenly feeling awkward as he takes a sit on the log beside her. "Oh hello Joker Gilbert." Sakura greets, unfazed a bit from the happenings this morning and smiling a bit.

"Oh uhm, you can call me Gilbert."

"Hehe, seems unfair for Minori but okay." She laughs, that was so innocent which made Gilbert remember of someone special.

"Speaking of Minori...will she be okay?" Gilbert asks, concerned for the depressed girl.

"Oh...well, she will." Sakura gazed up to the girl keeping an eye and in the same time she looking like she was thinking hard and agitated.

"Knowing her, she gathers up confidence and time to think about her faults." The two watches as Minori finally stands up and heads over slowly to Satoshi whose back was turned to her as he prepares the stands for the tent.

"She could finally let go all of the shyness to finally apologize and recognize her faults and learn from them."

Minori taps Satoshi's shoulder and when he turns she suddenly cries in front of him. They faintly could hear words of "I'm sorry" and "It's my fault" and a very long explanation about how she feels sorry for letting her siblings in danger and traumatized and how much she loves him as a brother.

They hugged it out as Satoshi said it was okay with a big smile saying "hey, we don't get to see a dragon ever" and those kind of stuff.

Gilbert watches Sakura's face suddenly smiling, it looked like she was glowing. Gilbert could feel heat rushing up to his face.

Footsteps were heading towards them as they see Minori walking up to them and stopping right in front of them.

"Hey uhm, Joker Gilbert and Sakura...I'm sorry for causing trouble back at the dragon incident. It's not like I'm in a hurry to go home but I just want to see most of this world they can offer, our dimension doesn't have magic and stuff so it makes me excited but I know now that I should considerate of my siblings and watch out for my actions..."