Operation: Reconciliation!

## Operation: Reconiliation!

**Operation: Reconiliation!** is a 3-star card from the *Amidst the Pouring Rain* event. It is centered around Rukia Kurayami from first-generation group Re"verse.

The card art features Rukia Kurayami and Ophelia Minh Huynh (all from Re"verse)

The card story features Rukia Kurayami and Ophelia Minh Huynh (all from Re"verse)

## Card Story

The sun had been starting to set - it being evident due to the sunlight shining in through the square, glass window. It was quite cloudy, though, which could perhaps describe the ongoing conflict currently happening. The walls in the cafe were white and decorated with wooden shelves, plants sitting atop them and a large, plain curtain draping over next to the table. The door to the room opened, revealing a red-haired girl; the blonde following behind her. Once they were both seated - them sitting face to face each other - Rukia opened her mouth to say something, but Ophelia beat her to it.

 “So.. What should we do now?” Ophelia began, “Aspen apologized to me, so uhm, I’m assuming you both are fine..?” She added, awkwardly chuckling.

 Rukia nodded, crossing her arms with a frown.

 “Yeah. I’m still a little confused about what happened, though. Aspen didn’t really elaborate on what was bothering her in the first place, she was a little vague.” Rukia hummed, “Speaking of; where’s Yuzuki? I haven’t seen her since.”

 “Uh,” Ophelia thought, before remembering where she’d gone. She had kinda blocked out what had happened after Aspen and Rukia left to talk.. The angel felt a bit bad because Yuzuki did try to talk to her, but.. She was just so out of it.. Ophelia suddenly lit up, remembering.

 “I believe she went to get some work done? The University is having some sort of photoshoot session and Yuzuki’s friends wanted her to be their model… I can’t be too sure, however.. I wasn’t really paying attention.” Ophelia answered, with a sheepish smile on her face.

 “What do you mean you’re not sure?!”

 “Hey, In my defense, I was trying to come up with theories on why Aspen would lash out!” Ophelia huffed and waved her hands frantically in an attempt to excuse herself, “You know I can’t multi-task!”

 “Yeah, yeah..” Rukia spoke, rolling her eyes playfully.

 “Yeah.” Ophelia replied firmly. “I don’t know if she’s actually working, though. Maybe it was an excuse to escape the awkwardness.. She could be in her room right now, no doubt.” The angel placed an elbow on the table, resting her cheek against her palm. She sighed - why did this have to happen now? Usually, the girls had pretty good chemistry. Sure, there’d be fights now and there, but they’d be small ones; like, who was going to shower first. This was probably the biggest fight they’d had.. And there’s still so many questions unanswered. Why did Aspen lash out like that? Where did Yuzuki go, is she okay? After a moment of silence, Rukia spoke.

 “Hm.. Maybe, we should try to set them up so that they could talk? Y’know, I highly doubt they’d be able to talk and resolve things right now; it’s impossible when you’re in such an emotional state.” Rukia suggested, looking at Ophelia twirling her hair.

 “Yeah, I agree. We could disguise it as something casual, maybe? So that it doesn’t seem too tense or formal. We can be there too - in case something goes wrong.”

 Rukia paused her movement; thinking. She considered the idea and also nodded. Nothing could go wrong… Right? Other than, well, either Yuzuki or Aspen running away. Knowing them, though, it probably won’t happen.

 “Sounds good! We’ve gotta go shopping tomorrow anyway, so. We could implement our plan at the mall? They can’t escape and it’d be a good opportunity.”

 Ophelia nodded once again with a smile on her face.

 “Yeah, let’s do this.” Taking a look out the window, the sun that had previously been in the sky had been replaced by the moon. Ophelia pursed her lips in surprise, for how long had they’d been discussing? They’d been discussing it for a while, it seems.. Since the sun had already set. What she thought was going to be a 15 minute conversation turned into a 2 hour discussion. The cafe workers politely told them that they were going to close soon.

 “We should get to sleep.. It’s pretty late and we need as much energy as we need for this to work.” Rukia said, glancing up at the clock. The devil stood up from the chair, tucking it back under the table and walking towards the glass door - Ophelia closely behind.

 “Mhm. We’ll talk more in the morning. Operation get Yuzuki and Aspen to talk again will start then!”