𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐡! - 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡

23. Oblivious

'The key? It's a temporary place for Astral. He doesn't have much to do and in the beginning, he hovered above me. Even at night, when I'm asleep. Quite annoying but not anymore.' Yuma answers and they reach the last stairs to the school.

Thinking about it, Celeste walks down the stairs. 'Oh, Yuma, get it out of your head to duel me, it won't happen. My deck is complete, but I'm not going up against you in duel period.' Something she wants him to know. 

'What? You have all your cards now?' Yuma was looking forward to dueling her.

She shakes her head with a grin. 'Forget it, you couldn't win it from my sister, so why do you think I would have a chance against you.' She is amused by his reaction, but she made up her mind about not dueling against Yuma. 

'Yuma, hurry up!' Tori sounds. 'Or you get detention.' 

'I don't want detention. Come on.' Yuma grabs her wrist and runs with Celeste inside and to their classroom. 

Only for Celeste to see Mizar inside in the hallway.

'I'll see you at lunch?' Mizar was hoping to see her before his classes begin.

She nods quickly. 'Sure.' She can't say more or Yuma pulls her with him.

'You'll see your friend at lunch. The second bell can ring any second.' In the classroom, he lets her go and sits next to Tori. 'What?' He asks when Tori looks from Celeste to him. 'I almost run into her on my way to school.' 

Sitting down, Celeste sees Caswell. 'Good morning.' 

'Good morning.' Caswell smiles back. 

'Alright, class, good morning.' The teacher begins.  

***

Celeste packs her back fast and leaves quickly to go to the shop. She doesn't get far or she recognizes Mizar. 'Mizar, hey, I thought you have swimming.'

Mizar shakes his head. 'It's too late for me to learn to swim.' He looks behind them. 'Please keep that to yourself? I don't want anyone to know.'

Laughing she nods. 'Don't worry, no one at school will find out. But I don't have secrets from my sister. No matter how small the lie is.' 

Mizar's face changes. 'You are gonna tell her?'

'Yes, she won't make fun of you.' She can tell that he doesn't like it. 'Relax, I won't tell anyone here. That's what matters, right?' 

'I think so. Don't tell anyone here at school.' Mizar notices that the girl heads for the city. 'Where are you going?' 

'The game shop, I'm hoping to get an Xyz card. I have like five of those and most of them are low-rank monsters,' Celeste explains. 'My main deck is ready but my extra deck isn't. That is the reason, I don't duel anyone. I know that I'm always on the side watching others duel.'

He understandingly nods his head. 'Of course, you want some variety before you take on a duel against someone. I've heard about the dueling skills of Yuma and Shark, do you want to duel them?'

'No,' she instantly replies. 'Yuma and Shark competed in the World Duel Carnival and Yuma won it all. Shark ended fourth. I'm not on their level of dueling to take them on. Maybe one day I will be but not now.'

'That makes sense.' Mizar goes with her. 'I need a deck. I had one but I lost it.'

She looks at him, not knowing how to react. 'How did you lose your deck? Does that mean you need to start all over?'

'If I didn't lose my deck, I wouldn't buy new cards now do I?' He rolls his eyes.

'Hey, don't be that sarcastic.' Celeste sighs and looks between the packages of cards. 'How about this, I probably don't need all the cards from the package. You can take the rest and you will have a start with a deck. Are you any good at dueling?'