crimson II [shu kurenai x reader]

Chapter 13

Your POV 

Thump.

I let out a loud, relieved sigh as I landed on the soft grass. Somehow the drop from Snake Pit had taken me back to the outside world. But how I got here was the least of my concerns. Seeing as the others weren't here yet, I figured I could used some thinking time. I eagle-spread myself so that my arms were wide open and I could just see the blue sky, clouds floating above me. The wind rustled the leaves and my hair as I reflected on what had happened during Red Eye and I. 

How could I think he was actually Shu? No way could a person change that much in two months. Shu wouldn't yell at people. He wouldn't interrupt people. He wouldn't call people a loser and taunt the. He wouldn't drop me in a 20m drop! Shu Kurenai was gone. I let out a deep sigh, troubled by all my thoughts and worries. But he would come back. He had to. He just had to.

We had been in Snake Pit for six hours, but I wasn't hungry at all. Instead, I felt broken inside. Just like my original Xcalius. The one Lui had broke.

I then took out a velvet box, and cautiously opened it. Inside there was the broken fragments of my first Xcalius. Shu noticed this.

'(y/n)? Are you ok? Is that...Xcalius.'

I slowly lifted up my head to look at him. His crimson eyes met with my, (e/c) ones, and they reassured me. Without warning, tears started falling from my eyes. I threw myself into Shu's arms and buried my head in his shoulders. I felt so stupid. It was only a broken bey. But salty water continued to fall. Shu's arms wrapped around me.

'Lui did that, didn't he?'

I nodded, face still buried in his shoulder. When I finally lifted my head up, I could see I had made a stain of tears of Shu's pink shirt.

'S-S-Sorry,' I hiccupped, wiping away my tears. 'It's so stupid.'

'It isn't stupid, (y/n),' Shu said gently, hugging me again. 

'It's just every time...every fucking time I see Xcalius in pieces...I feel like a loser. I break down.'

'(y/n), that is the opposite of stupid.'

I glanced up and saw how serious Shu was.

'Of course you would do that. Who wouldn't do that? What Lui did was the worst thing that could happen to a blader. But hey,' Shu smiled at me, and for a second I was floating. 'That's why we're going to beat Lui this year.'

I nodded, wiping my tears away. I blinked. It was so nice to have some alone time with Shu, I wish I could do this every day. But I couldn't. I wanted to make the most of this night, so I turned around, going for a kiss. But it was too late. His lips were already on mine.

We kissed, and I had a throwback to the last time we kissed. I would never forget times like these. I will treasure them forever and ever. We slowly broke apart and smiled simultaneously.

And I still did treasure times like those. I could never forget that memory. Never. But why was that? Maybe because I was happy? Yes, but I was happy now, wasn't I? Well, I would be if Shu hadn't gone missing. If I was back at BC Sol with Valt, Honcho, Cuza, Silas and...Free. I closed my eyes and let out a deep breath. I hadn't given him one thought after I left to go to Mexico. That wasn't being a good girlfriend. Constantly thinking and worrying about Shu...it reminded me a little of what happened between me and Ukyo. And then we ended up separating. I let out another, troubled sigh. 

I guess those feelings for Shu never did go away. But if I like Shu and Free at the same time...does that mean I have to pick? No way can I pick between them.