Fatal Bullet (Various x Female Reader)

Chapter Thirteen (Reminisce)

        After thinking about it for a few moments, I looked back to Itsuki. I nodded, surprising Kureha.

"Yeah, I'd like to join Alphard." Kureha looked at me in shock.

"W-What? I was expecting you to decline!" I looked over to her.

"Do I really come off as that much of a solo player?" I asked, chuckling slightly at the end of my sentence. She nodded.

"Yeah! I got the impression that you didn't like to be in guilds after what happened to your last one, according to what you've said about it." I sighed, nodding my head.

"Yeah... You aren't wrong about that. But I think it's time I moved on. So yes, I would like to join Alphard." I spoke, looking back to Itsuki. Itsuki had a slight look of shock on his face.

"Honestly, I wasn't expecting you to agree. Very well then. Would you be joining as well, Kureha?" She shook her head.

"I'm going to have to decline." He nodded in understanding.

"That's alright. Here, I'll send you the squadron invite." Itsuki brought up a menu with a wave of his hand and with a couple taps, a pop up came into my view.

Squadron Leader Itsuki has invited you to join the Squadron Alphard.

Please press Accept or Decline.

Accept Decline

I stared at the menu. Do I really want to join Itsuki's squadron? My hand hovered over the Decline option for a moment, purely out of instinct, before I tapped the Accept button. A new message appeared on both Itsuki's and mine's screen.

Player (Y/N) has joined Alphard.

Itsuki looked back at me after closing the menu. He placed a hand out, indicating for me to grab it.

"Welcome to Alphard, (Y/N)." I took his hand. Taipan bowed to me.

"Welcome to Alphard." I nodded to him.

"Thanks." Some of the other members, my new squad members, came up to us.

"Hey, Itsuki, did we get a new member?" "Woah, are you really a girl?" At that question, an angry blush rose to my face.

"Of course I am! I'm not secretly a guy pretending to be a girl like in most games! I play avatars of my own gender." I huffed. Itsuki chuckled.

"Don't worry guys, I can confirm she's a girl." My eyes widened in confusion.

"Eh? H-How would you know that?" I asked, confused on how he would truly know that I was a female. He smirked playfully back at me.

"It's a secret." I huffed again.

"Or- you were just saying it because I had just confirmed my gender right before." I stated, placing my hands on my hips. Some of the other members began laughing at this. I looked around while smiling.

"This feels... good." I muttered, smiling softly to myself.

"I'm (Y/N), it's nice to meet you all. Let's all get along." I bowed, introducing myself to my new squad mates. After doing so, I received a round of "Welcomes!" from everyone that was present. I looked back over to Kureha, who seemed to be looking as though she was feeling left out.

"Hey, Kureha, wasn't there some things you wanted to go get from the shops?" Her eyes widened, having remembered that she did indeed want to get some things today.