Chapter 25: A Lively Morning

A few days later…

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

My eyes slowly open and I groan in protest at the beeping alarm. Quickly, I shut off my alarm and went back to bed. Putting my arm over my eyes, I find myself drifting back to sleep.

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"Nirito… It's time to wake up Nirito." A familiar voice rings in my ears.

I remove my arm, opening my eyes to a surprising sight. I see a familiar individual with long black hair and yellow eyes. My eyes widen at this sight. "A-Aya?"

This can't be… I thought she…

"Who are you talking to Nirito?" Aya moves her head closer. The first thing I noticed as she moves closer, was her scent. A wave of nostalgia hits me like a wrecking ball.

As that metaphoric wrecking ball hits me, my head starts hurting suddenly. I put my hand up reflexively. "Urgh…" My vision starts becoming distorted and my ears starts to ring a high frequency sound. "AH!"

"Nirito!?" Aya puts her hands on my shoulders. She has a worried look on her face.

My headache finally dies down and the person in front of me who I saw as Aya, wasn't. There appears in my field of vision is a blond haired girl with blue eyes. "V-Vert?"

What? What happened to Aya? Was that an illusion?

"Yes, it's me. Nirito, are you okay?" She puts a hand up to my forehead. "Doesn't seem like you're having a fever."

After realizing the situation, I put my hand over hers. "It's nothing." I try to reassure her, but she looks at me suspiciously. "Don't worry about it. Just a bit of morning drowsiness."

She nods. "I guess I'll leave it at that." She smiles. "Good morning Nirito."

I got up from my bed. "Morning Vert." I stretched my arms. "You came to wake me again. How many times has it been since that day?"

"Five days straight." She pouts. "It hasn't been enough days yet for you to stop counting."

I laugh. "Well we got to inform the readers of the time skip."

She giggles at my comment. "I guess that's true."

"Um…" I scratch my cheek with my finger. "Is that a new sleeping dress?"

"Yes it is. I can't believe you noticed." She commends me.

"Well, I got an eye for that stuff." I smirk. "Looks good on you by the way. Suits you pretty well…" The next thing I know, I stare at her curves.

Looking good…

"Pervert…" She blushes.

"You know… You can't really say that when you're looking at my crotch." I lightly karate chop her head.

"Muuuu…" She brings her head up. "I was just curious if you have 'that' again today."

"Hey now…" I sigh. "I swear I will put a master lock on my door."

"Come on Nirito~" She pouts. "We are dating now, no need to hide secrets from each other."

"I know that… However, I'm not pulling down my pants… That's one secret for a different time."

She giggles. "Speaking about secrets… How about I tell you mine? Then you can tell me some of yours?"

"Well…" I put a hand under my chin. "I know you like butlers… Though I guess you wouldn't really call that a secret."

"Uguu!" She dramatically falls on my bed. "This can't be… I can't believe you know my secret to end all secrets…" She dramatically says.

"It's not even a secret when everyone in the Neptunia community knows about it." I sigh. "Even so, a good boyfriend knows their girlfriend's personal secrets."

She frowns. "Are you saying I'm a bad girlfriend?"

"Of course not!" I lay down next to her, embracing her in a hug. "It's only been five days since we started going out. Of course you wouldn't know all about me yet. The same could be said about me."

"That's good…" She snuggles her head onto my chest. "Hehe… I love you Nirito…"

"I love you too Vert." I give her a kiss on the check. "Am I forgiven?"

My kiss catches her by surprise. "S-Somewhat…" She blushes. "I'll fully forgive you when you take me out on a date."

"Hopefully soon…" I sigh. "We had a lot of work during these last couple of days. We didn't have much time to do couple stuff."

"I know…" Vert pouts. "Stacks upon stacks of paperwork… Thanks for the help by the way."

"It's no problem." I smirk. "I think I could get used to this political work."

Her eyes light up. "You can be Leanbox's CPU Candidate!"

"Rejected…" I shot her down.

"Why!?" She has a surprised look on her face.

"Because… I don't have a HDD form first of all. Second, I said I could get used to political work, but I didn't say I liked doing it." I sigh. "This political stuff is more in Chika's territory."

"Speaking of Chika… Have you noticed she's been acting weird lately?" She asks.

I remove my arm around her and sit up on my bed. "You're right… I noticed she's been acting more aggressive towards me. Do you think she have founded out about our relationship?"

"Probably…" Vert sits up on my bed. "Even so, I think we should tell her about us soon."

"Yeah…" I nod. "Plus, we need to make the announcement to the CPUs as well." I slap both of my cheeks. "Man, I feel nervous."

"Hey…" She leans on my shoulder. "Let's not worry about that now. What you should worry about is our first date."

"Gee… Thanks for the confidence boost." I say sarcastically. I look down, my eyes focusing on Vert's lips. "You know… It has been a couple of days since our first and last kiss."

She blushes. "Yeah, it has…"

I put a hand under her chin, causing her head to turn. "I've been holding back during these couple of days." I look into her eyes. "With you this close, I'm not sure if I can hold back anymore."

"You're not the only one…" She blushes, her lips glistening.

"Vert…" I bring my face close to hers. My lips hovering around hers.

"Stop teasing me~" She seductively whispers.

"As you wish milady." I go in, our lips meeting in an embrace. "Mmph…"

"Mmmmm~ Hmmph~" She makes soft moans.

After a minute, we finally separate. "Haa… Haa… Vert…"

"Niri-" I interrupt her by moving in for another kiss. "Mmmmpph~"

Unlike the last kiss, this one lasted longer. Instinctively, I gently push her down, me being on top. "Haa… Haa… Haa…" I look down, seeing that her cheeks are really flushed.

"Haa… Haa… Nirito…" She looks at me with yearning eyes. "W-We shouldn't be doing this… We have work to do…"

"Let's forget about work for today…" I put my hand under her dress, feeling up her bare thighs. She holds back a moan in response. "Besides, you may be saying that, but your eyes are saying something else." I whisper in her ear. "A bad girl like you should be punished…"

*SLAM*

As I go in for another attack on Vert's lips, my door slams open. There stood a figure that I knew I would have to face sooner or later.

"What is the meaning of this?" Chika blankly says, her face covered by her hair.

"Ah! Um!" I quickly got off Vert and we both sit up. Our faces were still very red. "I can explain this Chika!"

"I don't care anymore…" She turns around. "Please forgive me lady Vert, but I feel like I need to take a day off…"

"Wait Chika!" Vert reaches out her hand.

"Oh yeah…" She answers with no emotion. "Almost forgot to tell you… The Nep sisters are currently waiting in your office…" With that, she leaves us, shutting the door on her way out.

"Chika…" Vert's arm drops limply.

I stand up. "I need to fix this."

"Let me go with you!" Vert stands up as well, hugging my arm.

I shake my head. "No… You got Neptune and Nepgear to see. I want to talk to Chika alone…"

She reluctantly nods. "Fine… However, please don't be angry with her."

I pat her on the head. "I'm not angry. I understand what she's going through."

"Thank you Nirito." She smiles. "Well I should be off to see them." Before she leaves, she gives a quick peck on my cheek. "Good luck." With that, she leaves the room.

"What a day so far…" I sigh. "Anyways…" A serious look is on my face. "I got to do my part and make things right with Chika."

I sniff underneath my armpit "But first of all… I need a shower…"

A/N: As always thank you for reading!