Chapter 62 - Best Friends

                                    

                                          
By the time Kyra came round from her rest, Willow was just about waking up too. She was still annoyed at herself for having got so annoyed at Nate and Willow yesterday and wanted to apologise for how she had acted.
                          
"Morning, how are you feeling?" Willow asked as she looked over to see Kyra was now awake.
                          
Kyra felt much better than she had done last night, but she still wasn't one hundred percent back to herself. "I'm ok I guess, my arm feels weird, but I'll explain why later. Also, I'm sorry for losing my temper yesterday, I was just so worried about Gliscor," she replied, stroking Gliscor's head.
                          
Glaceon and Lucario were in need of attention too, so Kyra gave them what they were looking for. The silence after her apology had put her on edge, worried that Willow wouldn't forgive her.
                          
"Normally I'd say don't bother with an apology, but not this time. You went too far yesterday, Nate and I were worried about you and you completely pushed us aside as if you didn't care. I know that's not how you truly feel about us, but sometimes we can't help but think that you big yourself up too much. We know you work better under pressure because it gives you more reason to prove yourself, doing everything yourself when Nate and I are with you on this journey isn't going to be a regular occurrence. Nate doesn't have the guts to say this, but I do, what happened yesterday really upset us. It wasn't Nate's fault that Saturn stole Gliscor, and he definitely didn't betray your trust. You need to learn how to control your temper, only then will we properly be able to enjoy our journey." Willow explained, it hurt having to be so honest with Kyra, but she knew it was for Kyra's good. 
                          
Kyra knew Willow was right, granted it hurt hearing it, but she wasn't going to deny it. "It's not as easy as just controlling it, you're not the one who belongs to a family of high running tempers," she said in an attempt to defend herself.
                          
"I'm not saying it will be easy, what I am saying is that you need to at least try. There's no need to get so defensive Kyra, I'm giving you advice, not attacking you," Willow replied, not willing to let Kyra just ignore what she had been saying.
                          
Kyra broke eye contact as she grabbed a change of clothes from her bag and walked towards the bathroom. "I never said you were attacking me, I was just stating a fact.  Us Fuladari's have a short patience, Mum's family is the exact same. If it's really that bad and you're struggling to cope, maybe we'd be better off travelling separately, if that's what you want."
                          
Willow was even more annoyed at Kyra going into the bathroom so she could force a break into the conversation. Kyra's pokémon were both glad and annoyed at the fact Willow couldn't understand them, they certainly would have had their say if they could be understood.
                          
"Of course you three are on Kyra's side here, I'm not surprised. She seems to get on better with you than she does the people she's known practically all her life," Willow muttered, messaging Nate to tell him to come and talk to Kyra.
                          
Kyra slumped down against the door, upset at both what she had said and what Willow had said. She hated feeling as if she were a burden to her friends, it made her feel as if she were better off digging herself a hole and never coming out. A few tears fell to the floor, only making Kyra's temper flare up at how weak she felt.
                          
Nate got himself ready after reading Willow's message, he had guessed Kyra's reaction to be something along the lines of what Willow had explained. He felt just as guilty as Kyra now did, the last thing he wanted was to have caused Kyra to become upset, that had been exactly what had happened.
                          
Willow was still annoyed at how Kyra had reacted by the time Nate got there, she had no intentions of apologising to Kyra until she apologised first. She saw Nate come in and hoped that he would agree that Kyra was the one being unreasonable.