A/N: Hi guys! Another chapter coming your way!
I recently read a fanfic spelling Scilica , silica. Am I spelling it wrong? Please let me know in a review or pm! For now I'll continue to spell it Scilica but please let me know if it's incorrect! Also I've had some Pms and reviews about the structure of my chapters, I hope I fixed this in the last chapter and also this chapter, but I can change it further if it's still wrong!
Chapter 7
Kazuto stretched as he opened his eyes to the red glow of the tent, he looked across at the sleeping bag containing his amazing girlfriend with affection in his eyes.
"Morning sleepy head!" Asuna giggled,
"Morning waking beauty" Kazuto replied, playfully.
"Did you like seeing the sunset from this altitude? I hope it was better than seeing it on your roof..." Kazuto asked feeling guilty he hadn't brought her there quick enough to see the full duration of the sun setting.
"Of course I did dummy! I watched it with you!" The words warmed his heart as he unzipped his sleeping bag.
Kazuto pushed the curtains of the tent aside to reveal the sparkling daylight before him. He yawned and walked over to Lisbeth's tent.
"Hey, you awake in there?" He asked cautiously, after a few groans and mumbles a frizzy haired Lisbeth appeared in front of him,
"Huh? W-what time is it?" Lisbeth moaned,
"9am, you might want to look at your hair..." Kazuto contained his laughter as Lisbeth's bedhead failed to make her look serious,
"Ah! My hair, My hair!" She shrieked rushing back in her tent to find her brush.
Kazuto chuckled to himself, and wondered off the Scilica's tent hoping for a similar drama,
"Scilica? You awake?" Kazuto said trying to repeat such a fun filled moment,
"Ah! Kazuto! You're finally awake!" A voice said from inside,
As she walked out of her tent Scilica was all ready, hair brushed, properly clothed, completely the opposite of what Kazuto was expecting.
"E-eh? How long have you been up?"
"Oh only since 7..."
"7! Ugh... could never bring myself to wake up at that time."
"You and Asuna are so cute sleeping together like that!" Scilica toyed,
"What?! You spied on us?" Kazuto exclaimed, blush filling his cheeks,
"I took a quick peek..." Scilica said trying to keep a straight face at the distraught Kazuto before her.
Kazuto hurried back to his tent, regretting ever trying to tease her.
Asuna had got up and headed toward the mini waterfall, hoping for a natural shower, she changed into her swimwear and put her clothes down on her towel, she moved toward the streaming waterfall and plunged into it's fresh water. She shuddered in the cold but also sighed as the cool water ran down her body, soothing her, almost as well as one of Kazuto's embraces.
Meanwhile Kazuto had the same idea, he got into his trunks and slung a towel over his shoulder, he started brushing his teeth as he walked over to the place he had loved so much last night, as he arrived he laid down his towel and clothes then walked over to the river, he spat out his toothpaste and put his toothbrush on top of his clothes and towel.
He turned the corner to the mini waterfall, only to find Asuna in her swimwear, eyes closed in complete bliss.
"Enjoying your shower?" He teased, Asuna shrieked and splashed the cold water at him in an attempt to blind him while she covered herself up.
"Ah! Kirito-kun! What are you doing? And close your eyes pervert!" Asuna shrieked,
"Alright I am... and I came for a shower, you obviously beat me to it."
"Oh, didn't you see my towel?" Asuna said, believing he was just trying to see her in swimwear.
"No, I must've come round the other side of it."
"Oh O-okay... do.. do you want to share the shower with me?" Asuna asked her cheeks flushing red, but also longing for his warmth to be with her in this refreshing shower.
"Are you okay with that?" He said slowly moving his hands from his eyes,
"Yeah, come on in." Asuna said being quite seductive and moved her arms and hands from her body revealing her sleek figure.
Kazuto walked into the waterfall and was instantly chilled, but he pressed his body to Asuna's, sharing one another's warmth they ran their fingers through each others hair, the cool water running down their faces and dripping on their feet, they stayed that way for what seemed like forever, embracing the moment and the intimacy before breaking apart.
They began to spread water over one another's bodies, washing and soothing each other, until this loving moment was turned into a full on splash fight by Kazuto.
"Hey! Oh, it's on now!" Kazuto flicked his wrist and the water he had been pooling crashed into Asuna's petit face. She gasped and threw a hand full of water into his eyes then pooling more into her palms as he recovered. He ducked under her next splash and poked her side, catching her in a grasp and the chucking water on her neck.
"Okay! Okay! You win Kirito-kun!" Asuna blurted out,
"Is the great lighting flash surrendering? I don't believe it for a second. Say the exact words!" He poked her rib again, causing her to hunch over and protect them with her hands, only finding Kazuto's already there, "Surrender or the real tickling shall commence!" Kazuto was enjoying this too much, he sighed and let go, I've had enough fun, he thought to himself. After a few seconds of standing there Asuna began to shiver.
"We should go, we'll catch a cold." Kazuto warned,
"S-sure... I liked that Kirito-kun... we.. could do that more often."
"What share a shower?" Kazuto joked expecting a blushing Asuna to retaliate, but instead...
"Y-yeah..." She replied much to Kazuto's surprise, of course he wasn't t complaining.
"That... That'd be great Asuna."A surprised Kazuto whispered.
They quickly dried themselves with their towels and and got dressed, Kazuto picking up his toothbrush after being reminded by Asuna.
They walked back to the camp hands entwined, taking in the sights around them, Kazuto mostly looking at the one next to him.
Lisbeth sat in her tent rocking back and forth holding her knees to her chest, Oh no, no, no, My hair! He saw my bedhead, no one's ever seen my bedhead!, She thought to herself.
"Hey! Lisbeth, It's me Scilica, wanna go light rest of the fire wood?" Scilica said, peeking her head in the tent,
"H-hey!? Whats up?" She asked, cautiously as she saw Lisbeth's horrified expression,
"My hair... he saw my hair!" Lisbeth screeched as she blankly stared into empty space,
"You mean your bedhead? Ha! Come on, why would you care?" Scilica reasoned, "He's not your boyfriend, no matter how much we wish for it!"
This seemed knocked some sense into Lisbeth since she slowly got up and turned around.
"Y-yeah.. B-but I still need to look my best..." Lisbeth replied shakily,
"You're overreacting, come on lets go light the fire!"
They walked over to the fireplace and placed what was left of the firewood in the middle, Lisbeth went and grabbed her box of matches from her tent and lit one,
"Hey! Thats cheating!" Scilica pointed to the matches,
"Oh come on, lighting them with a stick could take hours!" Lisbeth persuaded, but to no avail,
"Ah! But we have time to kill don't we! If it takes more than an hour we can light it with a match."
"Fine" Lisbeth groaned.
Scilica grabbed a stick and shoved it into the firewood, with her palms she began to roll it back and forth almost like making playdogh sausages, the wood began to get warmer as the friction kept building heat. "Hey! Lisbeth look! I'm doing it! Just like I saw in that survival film!"
"Great! Keep going so I can get warmer!" Lisbeth encouraged,
She kept it rolling in her hands for almost half and hour, "Lisbeth... My hands are killing me! Can you take a go?"
"No, you're the one that didn't want to use a match, if you want to stop you can!" Lisbeth said rather cold heartedly.
Suddenly flickers started to appear then a few small sparks, then finally some embers, they both blew into the embers and before long, flames had conjured.
"Ha! I did it!" Scilica looked at Lisbeth with an "I told you so" face.
"Whatever... Hey where's the two lovers?"
Kazuto pulled Asuna round the back of the tent, he had seen Scilica and Lisbeth lighting the fire and would prefer not getting teased again for showering with Asuna, she of course thought the same. "Hey, Asuna, wouldn't it be great if they stopped teasing for a while and then we showed off in their faces before they were allowed to tease again?"
"Kirito... What sinister plan have you got in mind?" Asuna replied, very worried,
"Oh nothing, just thinking about their faces at the inability to tease while we were smooching right in front of them!" Just the thought made him laugh a little. He waited around the side of the tent until they weren't looking and slipped in, pulling Asuna with him.
The rest of the day they spent as a group, laughing together as they sat around the camp, telling stories and jokes.
"Hey, once, when I was with my guild, the black cats of the full moon, we were levelling in a forest full of giant bugs, I found a small butterfly that landed on my nose, Sacchi and everyone laughed as apparently it would bite my face off, then it did, it started to eat my nose! The thing was as dangerous as some of the giant bugs around, it taught them to laugh at me! That was just two weeks before... Never mind." He fell silent as he remembered the trap room, and the betrayal his ally's, no, friends must have felt.
Asuna patted his back once she saw his expression, "Kirito-kun... I love you... I can't do anything about the black cats and I'm sorry for that, but lighten up, It's Lisbeth's turn." She whispered in his ear, Kazuto tried to keep his expression smiling for the rest of the day but he had reminded himself of the past and however much he tried it wouldn't leave his mind,
"I'm gonna go get some firewood, the fire is dimming and it's getting dark," he stood up and moved into the forest, heading towards the river. "Hey! Kirito-kun! I'm coming!"
Oh great, he thought, I get to make Asuna upset because of how I'm feeling.
He sat on the edge of the river waiting for Asuna, looking at his reflection, thinking, did he really deserve all this? Wonderful friends, an amazing girlfriend, and the action of surviving the death game, did he deserve to be alive when, his black cats, where gone? Asuna ran up to him and sat behind him wrapping her arms around his chest.
"Kirito... I'm not going to lecture you about how great of a person you are, I'm just going to say they're proud of you, all of us and all of them, I'm guessing Sacchi is probably looking down on you with a smile on her face. We should start gathering firewood up, while we are doing so, think about it."
With that she got up and left, she knew saying how great he was wouldn't help him, he needed to hear that they're not disappointed in him, to hear that they're happy.
He tossed the firewood on the flame feeling slightly better as the flames flew up in his face, he put some of the firewood aside for tomorrow. "Heh... It's night already?" Lisbeth yawned,
"Yup, I'm gonna hit the hay soon, but I want some time to myself so I'll stay up a bit longer than the rest of you, if you don't mind..." Kazuto asked calmly,
"No problem!" Lisbeth and Scilica exclaimed,
"Hey, Scilica, don't you still have a bedtime to abide by?" Kazuto asked curiously,
"What! Oi! I'm old enough to go camping with you guys! I'm old enough to decide when I go to bed!" Scilica glared at Kazuto for pointing out her youth compared to the others.
"Alright alright."
"I'm going to bed now only because I want to!"
"Haha, see you tomorrow." Kazuto said as Scilica climbed into her tent mumbling something about her bed time and being older.
"Well, I guess I'll hit the hay then, night!" Lisbeth yawned as she climbed into her blue tent.
"I guess that just leaves me... Kirito-kun, what are you doing alone out here anyway?" Asuna asked concerned,
"I'm just gonna think about stuff for a little bit, you'll be awake when I go to bed, I won't be long..."
"Okay... I'll be waiting." Asuna climbed into her tent and changed into her nightgown, wondering what was going through Kazuto's mind.
Kazuto sat down and looked up into the stars, "Sacchi, I don't know if you can hear me... I don't know if some form of you even exists... But if you are looking down on me, you're smiling, right?... I'm sorry about what I did I truly am... But I'm going to try and bury my thoughts under my new happy ones for my friends and Asuna... I hope you understand." He walked into his tent and after a quick change outside, he slipped into his sleeping bag, looking at Asuna before slowly drifting into a deep sleep.
A/N: Thanks for the support, reviews and PMS! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and hopefully I didn't stray too far from the main fluff but I thought our other characters needed some more love (as well as the black cats which I hadn't given a mention yet). Next week will be the last of the camping trip, hope you've enjoyed it! Now I just have to think of and idea for after the camp trip! Suggestions welcome!
