Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V: Our Fate Intertwined

Heartland Duel School: Reconciliation?

 I'M SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING. I HAVE THE CHAPTERS READY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVEN'T UPDATED. WELL THIS THE NEW CHAPTER NOW SO ENJOY

The Cafeteria was big, having a food court-like appearance with a second floor and the eating space outside. Crystal left the group as she noticed the line was closer than the rest of the other branches. As the group each separated to their respected branch line, Ruri noticed Crystal gone, the group turned to find Crystal by the line where the Diamond Branch was located. They noticed that each branch had different food and that Diamond by far had the most variety to which Crystal didn't notice. She was too busy getting her choice of food. She got some sushi, rice, spicy chicken with octodogs, takoyaki and sandwiches. She also took strawberry milk, water with her. Once she showed her verification and utensils, she went to find the rest of the Spade group already waiting and the Clover Branch barely coming out. Once everyone was ready, they all made their way to the second floor to where they found a big table for the group to sit. Crystal sat down in the middle with Ruri on her left and Kaito on her right. Kurosaki sat in front of the female and Yuto in front of Ruri. Allen took Shun's left and Sayaka sat next to Allen. Once they thanked for the food, they began to eat and then took notice of Crystal's tray of food and the difference between the branches and Diamond and all the variety that branch had. Crystal, eating her rice, started to notice the stare of her friends looking at her food and started to smile and laugh.

"Guys, if you want to try it, go ahead, I'm not stopping you. I got a lot for that reason."

Once she finished that sentence, the group decided to grab what they wanted. Ruri grabbed some of the sushi, Allen grabbed an octodog, Sayaka took a sandwich, Kaito and Yuto took a takoyaki. Once they all got something, she noticed the male in front of her not taking anything. She figured it was because of earlier.

"Shun are you going to get anything?"

She then realized that she called him by his name rather than Kurosaki but it didn't change his answer

"No..."

She sighs and starts to eat her share of the food. She then ate the last sandwich that was in the tray of 2, enjoying the mixture of flavor in her mouth. Once she finished the sandwich, she opened the strawberry milk and started to drink it to wash down the food. Once she finished, Kaito started to speak with her and tell her more about his daily life and things that were going on while Crystal ate and finished her lunch. She started getting more into the topic with Kaito and started to laugh and enjoy herself, something that Kurosaki noticed and had a slight dislike for. Kurosaki took a good look at her while she was in this state. Beautiful blue eyes that held tears of laughter rather than anger or sadness. Her smile, contagious and affectionate. Her overall complexity was something that he considers attractive for a female, well at least for him. He had only been wary at her and gotten a frightened expression and when he accidentally raised his voice at her, she became hostile and angry. He knew inside that she wasn't going to harm him or his friends but then what was his reason for being the way he was towards the girl? He looked at the two again to find both of them conversing about macaroons and Kaito telling her about this place that he knows, that makes some of the greatest macaroons in Heartland City and how he's willing to take her after school tomorrow if she's not busy. That doesn't sit well with the teal male as Crystal takes him up on his offer.

A few minutes before the bell rings and Crystal is putting away her drinks and bids everyone farewell early as she heads out the Diamond Branch. Kurosaki then leaves without the others noticing and heads towards the Diamond Branch in pursuit of Crystal, who is several feet away. Once he catches up to her halfway through the route, he pulls her by the arm and into a secluded area where there would be less people to see them. Crystal, being yanked by the arm from her path, just wailed before facing Kurosaki in said secluded area. Wearing a bored expression, she questioned the reason for being yanked from her path.

"Why did you literally yank me out of the path? I got classes to prepare for, lives that I need to liv-"

She was cut off by an embrace from the taller male. She froze on the spot, unable to comprehend why Kurosaki was acting so weird. She then heard mumbling coming from the taller male.

"I always hug Ruri when I apologize for my actions, and I think this is an appropriate time to do so as well. Crystal, I'm sorry for glaring at you, and raising my voice and getting angry at you. At first I was wary of you as the individual that came in today but seeing as Ruri and everyone else enjoyed your company, I slowly became more comfortable with you around but I think I just scared you more. But then you left the classroom while I was putting away my materials as I was supposed to be your guide, I panicked. I genuinely got worried for your safety and who you were to encounter. You were right, you have no reason to trust me a-"

He was then cut off by the girl hugging him back. Crystal didn't know if hugging him back was the right course of action, but understood why he didn't trust her and how he was overprotective of the group he has and she found it cute. But she understood the last part, she did leave without permission and she could have very well met with the wrong people. She was surprised that he cared about her safety and wellbeing rather than getting to class and raising her voice didn't solve problems and just made it worse.

"I'm sorry Kurosa-"

"Call me Shun, Crystal."

"Fine. I'm sorry Shun. You were just looking out for me and I had no reason to raise my voice at you. And I'm sorry for saying that I couldn't trust you when you helped me earlier. I was just stressed and scared of you but that isn't an excuse for me to act that way. You were just worried about me and I didn't give you my thanks for that."

They both stayed in each other's arms, one of Shun's arms on her waist and the other to her back while Crystal had her arms around his waist. They both enjoyed it and it felt like they weren't afraid of the other, and they just both understood each other. They both knew that this was the restart of their friendship and they haven't felt any less comfortable with each other's presence.