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Fabia fidgeted on the swing set, glancing at the human next to her sitting on the other swing, eyes shut and his expression unreadable. The silence was awkward between them

After the previous days' events, the two had snuck out of the palace for some downtime. What was puzzling was that it was Drago who suggested coming to earth, considering the tongue-lashing he gave Dan yesterday

…Dan hasn't said much after that

So here they were. In an abandoned play park, sitting in awkward silence

…Fabia couldn't take it anymore. Throwing her hands in the air, the Neathian screamed

"Argh! I can't take it anymore! I know that what I did was wrong, I know that I should have gone to you first. I am sorry that I went behind your back, I really am!"

Panting for breath, she bowed her head as she slumped in her seat

"At least say something" she whispered in defeat

Dan tried to keep his best poker face on as he watched his companion's breakdown. But he couldn't stop the corners of his mouth quirking upwards, eyes opening as looked at her, they were glinting in amusement. It was kind of fun, watching the princess squirm

He kicked his feet a bit to get the swing moving, shaking his head slightly.

"I told you already, its fine. There's no need to worry over it" he said

Watching her lift her head to look back at him, he gave the princess a wink and a grin

Looking in his eyes, Fabia could see that what he was saying was true, and that he held no bitterness towards her. The Neathian let out a sigh of relief and relaxed, she felt as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

Dan's smile faded though as he looked over to see their bakugan speaking on the park bench. Aranaut and Drago had given their partners some space to sort things out, enough to keep their discussions private, but so that they were still in sight of each other. Dan took a deep breath before exhaling it

"But you were right" he admitted, causing Fabia to jerk her head to him in surprise

The boy sighed "We should have gone to them straight away, if we did, they could have been helping us" thinking about that last part, Dan quickly shook his head "On second thought, helping you. They probably still hate me, but a least they wouldn't be working with the Gundalians"

Fabia stayed silent listening to him. She still didn't know what happened between Dan and his friends, but she learnt the first time around when asking Drago…. Yeah it wasn't going to happen again. It was strange though, back on Neathia every time they discussed this topic Dan was adamant about not getting his former friends involved. So, what changed?

She looked to see that he was staring at Drago, narrowing her eyes in suspicion she turned back to him "Drago really chewed you up didn't he" she stated

Her suspicions were correct when Dan started to fiddle with the bandages on his arm, his eyes finding the ground underneath him very interesting

Fabia quickly leaned over to smack his hand away before he caused the bandages to loosen. Earning an indignant huff from the human

"YES! Yes, he did. I said I was sorry and he's still giving me the silent treatment" huffed Dan as he jammed his hands in to the pockets of his jacket

At hearing the raised volume in voices, the two bakugan looked over to their partners. Checking to see if they were aright

Dan just ducked his head down in embarrassment, whilst Fabia gave an apologetic grin and a dismissive wave of her hand. Satisfied that nothing was wrong the bakugan went back to their discussion

The princess turned back to Dan, here eyes boring into him "He sounded pretty worried back there"

He cringed; face contorted with guilt "It's not like I did it on purpose" he said. "I was just worried about you. I didn't mean to give him a heart attack" he voiced regretfully

Fabia clasped her hands together as she gave him a smile "Aww, that's so nice of you to worry about me" the bluenette said sweetly

Before punching him on the shoulder "But I can take care of myself" telling him in mock anger

Dan chuckled whilst he rubbed his shoulder "Can't blame a guy for trying"

A sudden thought came into Fabia's head, she blinked and tilted her head

"How did you know where I was anyway?" she asked

"The only one who knew where I was going was…" she trailed off, eyes narrowing and balling her fists she growled "I am going to murder him!"

Dan laughed "You'll have to get in line. I saw Elright heading on a warpath towards our room, after that prank he pulled on the castle knights"

Her anger subsided she snorted "It was pretty funny"

Thinking about it, the two of them tried to hold back their giggles, when that was failing, they started cackling

At the movement Dan winced, putting an arm against his side

Fabia had noticed the movement but made no comment of it, knowing that the human would just brush aside her concern

Instead she jumped up to her feet and pivoted around to face the Pyrus brawler, her white coat swishing behind her

"You were telling me about this…. frozen yogurt? Why don't we try some while we're here!"

Excitement swelled up in Dan at the thought of having the cold desert. Having not had human food in such a long time, he hurriedly agreed

Rising from his seat, the two brawlers made their way over to their bakugan

Drago sighed, seeing that Dan was still not looking at him

"Have you two still not spoken to one another yet" questioned Aranaut, once Fabia had signalled that everything was fine

"You cannot ignore your partner forever Drago" he told the Pyrus bakugan

Drago relented "Maybe I was too harsh on him. But after spending yesterday morning in the infirmary and seeing him just up and run through that portal. I just snapped" explained the dragonoid

What if he had gotten into more trouble, he could have increased his injuries, or worse…...

As if sensing where Drago's thoughts were taking him Aranaut quickly interrupted by changing the subject

"I had thought that you were aware of what he was doing when you opened the portal"

Too deep in thought Drago was silent

"…I never opened the portal" he confessed

"…"

"….."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WASN'T YOU?!"

Drago quickly hushed the alarmed bakugan, before looking over to make sure that they were not overheard by their partners. Thankfully they were still talking to each other

He turned back to Aranaut "Now do you see why I reacted the way that I did, I don't know where that portal came from. It could have been a trap for all we know, and Dan just went right through it"

Aranaut nodded his agreement "True, but if you didn't open it then who did? We need to let Fabia and the castle knights aware of this"

Drago nodded as well. Looking back towards his partner to see him laughing with Fabia

It was good to see his young friend enjoying himself for a change. So much has happened since their return from New Vestroia, much has changed…... not for the better, however.

Drago was becoming increasingly concerned for his friend's wellbeing. He has been noticing lately that Dan is becoming less like his usual self as the day's passed by.

With Drago deep in thought, it was Aranaut who noticed that their partners were coming up to them

Nudging the other bakugan back to reality, he gave him one last piece of advice

"Talk to him. If you two do not speak to each other soon, you may end up regretting"

With that said Aranaut went into full ball form making a roll jump into Fabia's outstretched palm

Drago sighed knowing that the Haos bakugan was right

Just as he went into full ball form getting ready to jump, he was stopped

"Umm, Drago?"

Upon hearing a tentative note in his partners voice, he took in the sight of Dan shifting his weight from one foot to the other, as well as biting his lower lip. It pained Drago to see his young friend was nervous of him

"What is it Daniel?" internally wincing once he said Dan's full name, For core's sake he'll think I'm still mad at him

Brown orbs briefly flickered with hurt, Dan steeled his resolve. With newfound confidence he spoke

"I wanted to apologise; I shouldn't have run off like that" taking a deep breath he continued "I am really sorry for scaring you Drago" Dan bowed his head

"I am sorry too Dan. I had overreacted, I didn't mean to be so harsh with you. I was just…...afraid"

Dan's eyes lit up with hope as he looked at the Pyrus bakugan

"Still friends?"

Drago quickly rolled into a ball and did a roll jump onto Dan's shoulder, making sure to bump his friend's neck. He will deny doing a slight nuzzle if anyone dared asked, and if Dan noticed then he said nothing. This was a private moment between partners

"Always" said the dragonoid as he unravelled from ball form

Fabia beamed as she watched the heartfelt moment from a distance. She didn't want this moment to be ruined… but that frozen yogurt was waiting for her

She skipped over to Dan, linking her arm with his. Him and Drago looked at her with confused looks, as her face lit up like a kid on Christmas day

"Frozen yogurt?" was all she said

Dan couldn't help but laugh as Drago and Aranaut looked at them and each other in bewilderment

Things were starting to look up a bit today

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