Kai stepped in Card capital to see his normal sight, a bunch of kids playing and buying booster packs.
"Welcome" Came the bored reply of Misaki. She looked up and suddenly flinched, earning a concerned glance from Kai.
"It's nothing." She said, burying her face into her book.
Weird. Mabye she's still cautious about me since the Link Joker incident?
I don't blame her.
Kai always wondered about why Aichi forgave him, especially since he slapped him, and then challenged him to a fight when Aichi was already exhausted.
Aichi never stops making me wonder. He thought, letting out a snort of amusement. He immediately spotted the dot of blue hair in the dull colored blob. He sighed. Aichi was always having a cardfight whenever Kai just wanted to have a conversation with him.
As he walked to the table, he noticed something on Aichi's neck. As Aichi turned around, he jumped, nearly dropping the cards from his hand.
"Ah... Hello, Kai-kun" Kai widened his eyes at some bandages covering almost his whole face except his nose, eyes, and mouth, and a few pieces of pale flesh poking out.
"Aichi... Can we talk in the park?" Kai crossed his fingers behind his back, hoping Aichi would say yes.
As he opened his mouth to reply, Miwa shouted "Oi, why is Kai crossing his fingers behind his back?"
"Does it look like I'm crossing my fingers now, Miwa?" Kai snapped
"No it just looks like your flipping me off- HEY!"
"Well... Sure, why not." Aichi said, and Kai narrowed his eyes at the fear in his voice.
"Wait, Aichi, what about the fight?" Said his opponent, Morikawa.
"Ah.. Sorry Morikawa." He apologized quickly, collecting his deck and running after Kai.
Kai and Aichi walked to the park, and on the way there, Kai noticed Aichi was staying at least 7 feet away from him. When he inched closer, Aichi moved sideways a little more.
That's weird... I wonder if he's still uncomfortable around me?
As they got to the park, Kai tested his theory and sat on one side of the bench. Aichi sat on the very end of the other side. Kai narrowed his eyes, and pulled the younger boy closer until their hips were touching. Aichi yelped, and Kai could feel trembling vibrating through his waist.
"Aichi, is something wrong?"
Aichi gave him a confused glance, met with a concerned glance. Then the shook his head. "Yes, I'm fine, Kai kun."
They sat there in a moment of awkward silence, and Kai could feel Aichi attempting to squirm away from him. Kai sighed. "Aichi, there's something wrong isn't there.."
When the bluenette didn't reply, he continued. "What's with the bandages?"
Aichi sighed, a sorrowful look clouding his ocean blue eyes. "You don't remember?"
Kai looked back at him, befuddled, and Aichi looked up.
"You did this to me, Kai. At least, your reversed side did."
