So I'm putting a note here because I can. I'm going to start putting dates next to who's PoV the chapter is, just so you can have a kind of a time frame and exactly how much time has passed between each time skip. This is just so it's less confusing as to when a chapter is taking place. The dates are only in universe, and have nothing to do with real life. That means there could be a Christmas episode in June. Also, for my sake, Yuuki is 13 as of now In this fic, with Shiro being 14 and Sinon being 15. Screws with canon timeline, but I don't really give a fuck. Anyways, I'll shut up now, so enjoy.

Shiro's PoV

November 19th, 2023

I woke up to a familiar scream. I jumped up and rushed over to Sinon's bed, where she was sitting up, visibly shaking. I sat down next to her and saw her look at me with wide eyes. "Sinon, try to calm down."

I grabbed her hand and put it against my chest, and saw her face redden. I chalked that up her panic attack, "Sinon, focus on my breathing. Hear it? Breathe with me, it will help calm you down." We sat like this for around 20 minutes before she finally calmed down. She buried her face in my chest, suprising me as my face started growing hotter. I felt something wet on my chest, and felt Sinon starting to shake.

"Hey, you alright?" I felt her shake her head.

"Please Shiro. Just, let me cry." I say there and let her cry into my chest until she pulled her head back and wiped her eyes. "Thank you, I needed that."

"Of course, I understand how panic attacks can get."

She looked down and said something quiet enough so I couldn't hear it, then she spoke up louder. "Im sorry Shiro, you shouldn't have to spend time helping me stop freaking out."

"Look, Sinon, it's not a problem. It's easier to get over if you have people helping you. You have both me and Yuuki here for you. You don't have to face this alone."

She looked up and smiled at me with tears in her eyes, "Thank you Shiro. Speaking of Yuuki, where is she?"

"Have you not seen how late it is during the day? It's not suprising that she's out doing something. Anyways, I should probably go get something to eat."

"Could I join you?"

"Yeah sure."

We walked over to the diner that was across from our inn. I ordered a bowl of rice while Sinon ordered the most American thing on the menu, bacon and eggs.

"Hey Shiro, why didn't you just cook? You could've made something instead of buying something."

I just shrugged, "Didn't feel like it, besides, don't have time. I wanna check up on something after."

Sinon looked up with a curious expression, "let me guess, the rat told you something?"

"Yep, supposedly there's a one of a kind item, and you can trade it in for one of a kind weapons. I could use a new dagger."

"Can I join in, I don't have anything planned for today."

I nodded and we continued to eat our breakfast. When we finished, we headed out to the far left corner of floor 32, and into a Forrest. "So, we're looking for a NPC in a black cloak near a flower bed. That's all I know."

I heard her sigh next to me, "So we for flowers, yet we don't know what kind. Helpful."

"Hey, cheer up. I might just pick you some flowers." I looked over with a smirk and saw that her face was slightly reddened.

"L-lets just get this over with." She stuttered, with her blush getting worse.

We walked into the Forrest and immediately saw a batch of flowers, but no cloaked person in sight. "Welp, let's keep going." We continues walking, seeing multiple different flower beds, ranging from daisies to sunflowers, but still no cloaked figure. We approached the border of the map, and saw a flower bed full of blue flowers with yellow centers.

"Whoa, those are beautiful." I heard Sinon gasp from behind me. I walked forward and kneeled infront of them, and got a notification saying quest step updated. Shortly after I heard footsteps that were heavier than Sinon's, so I these up. When the footsteps stopped, a figure in a black cloak kneeled next to me, and started picking flowers.

The cloaked person, a female, started speaking in a light, soft voice, "These flowers are beautiful."

I glanced over, but there was no sign of her face, so I looked back down, "Yeah, they really are." I pulled one out of the ground, and an item card calling it a Forget-Me-Not.

"You seem different from the other Somebodies I've met."

"Somebodies?"

"You know, people with hearts. People like me are nobodies, people with out hearts. Vessels made from the memories of our somebodies" a marker stating that the quest was complete appeared on my screen. "Here." I looked over to the Mysterious Figure to my right, who was holding out her hand, offering me to take what was in it. I reached out and grabbed it, with it appearing in my inventory as a thalassa shell. I looked down at it and heard the Figure walk away, then the sound of wind. I picked up more flowers and out them in my inventory, then turned around, standing and walking over to Sinon.

I pulled out the flowers from my inventory and gave them to her, "Here, it seemed like you liked these."

She took the flowers with a blush on her face, "T-thank you." She said when looking down. 'how am I just now noticing how cute she is.'

"So, we should probably get back, Lizbeth said she wanted us to do her a favor." I messaged Yuuki, telling her to meet us back at the inn.

We teleported back to the inn, and noticed we were running low on crystals. We entered the door of the inn and saw Yuuki sitting on her bed. "So, What you two get up to?" She said with a mischievous smirk on her face.

"Ah, met some random cloaked person, got a shell, and some flowers for Sinon. Anyways, come on, Lizbeth said she wanted our help with something. So let's go."

We headed down to Tolbana and walked over to Lizbeth shop. When we entered, she turned around holding a rapier. "Hey you three, you here to help?" I nodded. "Cool, you up for grabbing some ore?"

"Sure, we don't have anything better to do. So where are we going." Yuuki spoke up before we had a say in it.

"A mountain on floor 55. A dragon gives a rare ore, and I figured you could come with. You three are the three highest leveled I know. Please, I can pay you the worth of the Ore."

"Uhh, isn't that the coldest place?"

She sighed, "yeah, that's the problem, and I have to go with you. Only a master Smith can find the ore."

I looked over to the other two with me, who just shrugged. "Welp, it's off to go freeze and find some metal."

And we're done, short chapter, but I really couldn't figure out how to extend this chapter without a fight scene I don't want in the story yet, it's not time for that. Also, something gonna happen next chapter that will be quite interesting, and references to so many things will occur. Anyways, on to the reviews.

Tl34lt12: Multiple references to Kingdom Hearts. Favorite game franchise deserves some showtime in my fic. There will be at least Kingdom Heart references in a couple other chapters, with some revolving around them in general. And don't we all ponder ethics and life when fighting giant dogs with shields.

Anyways this has been TheExoticCake, signing off.