Chapter 21: Come with me?
[Hello everyone, hope ya'll are all doing well. In case anyone was wondering why I did such a huge time skip it's because I wanna try to keep my fanfic sorta in time with the real world so when real life holidays come I can do a chapter or 2 on them. Anyway Link Start!]
'Finally this fog is starting to clear.' Eric thought as he started to wake up. 'I still can't move my body but at least my brain is starting to fire back up.' Eric thought as he tried his best to move any part of his body. Eric was still trying to move when he noticed people talking, he strained to listen.
"How many more rows till you finish the blanket?" Asuna asked.
"Only about 5 more." Asada answered as she continued crocheting a blanket.
'Asada and Asuna are here.' Eric thought as he tried even harder to move. 'Damn it body work!' Eric thought. Eric managed to make an audible grunt.
"What was that?" Asuna asked. Asada and Asuna looked at Eric.
"H-ey." Eric said weakly. Asada and Asuna stood up and walked over to Eric. Eric finally had enough power to open his eyes. "G-Guess who's s-still alive." Eric said a little louder with a weak smile. Asada hugged him tightly.
"I'm so glad you've finally woke up." Asada said as she still kept ahold of him.
"How long have I been out?" Eric asked with his voice almost normal.
"Months, It's now December. About 2 weeks before Christmas." Asuna replied as Eric started regaining feeling in his arms.
"So I've missed a lot of stuff then huh?" Eric asked as Asada let go of him.
"Yeah, but the school understands and said you'll need to review and you will be allowed to come in semester 2 and you still have a chance to pass into a new grade, so you won't be behind." Asada answered.
"So I went into the coma being 16 and I'm now 17." Eric said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I'll go get a doctor." Asuna said. Asuna left the room while Asada helped Eric sit up. A few minutes later Asuna returned with the doctor.
"Hello Eric, I'm doctor Danny." Danny said.
"Nice to meet ya doc." Eric said.
"How are you feeling?" Danny asked.
"Well it took a bit but I've regained feeling in my whole body, and now I'm just numb and feeling slightly off balance." Eric replied.
"Well If your friends help you do you think you can return home?" Danny asked.
"Yeah." Eric replied not wanting to be in a hospital any longer than he had to.
"Then doctors orders are to; take it easy, give yourself a day or two before trying to walk a lot, and even though you should be fine I don't want you playing any VRMMO's for a few days because I don't want it to cause you to slip back into a coma." Danny said.
"Understood." Eric said.
"Don't worry I'll make sure he listens." Asada said.
"You do that, well just get dressed and I'll have the front desk ready to sigh you out." Danny said. Eric and Danny shook hands and Danny left.
"I'll go outside and bring the car around front to wait for you two." Asuna said as Asada handed her the firebird keys. Asada helped Eric stand up.
"Kirito bought you some clothes, it's in the bathroom." Asada said. Eric nodded and walk in to the bathroom. A few minutes later Asuna saw Asada and Eric walk out.
"Remind me to thank Kirito for theses cool clothes." Eric said.
"He knew you'd like them." Asuna said with a smile as she moved into the back to let Asada drive while Eric rode shotgun. "Just drop me off at Kirito's please, besides I'm sure he'd like to know that Eric's awake." Asuna said. After a driving for a bit they pulled into the drive way at Kirito's house. Asuna and Asada walked in first and made Kirito and Leafa close their eyes. Eric walked in.
"Guess who." Eric said. Kirito and Leafa's eyes shot open.
"Eric!" They shouted.
"Ding ding ding." Eric said with a laugh.
"So you're awake now." Kirito said.
"Yup, by the way thanks for the clothes." Eric said.
"No problem, they suit you." Kirito said.
"Well I'll try to meet up with everyone later but right now I just wanna head home and rest." Eric said.
"Alright man just text me and everyone later." Kirito said.
"Will do man, see ya'll later." Eric said as him and Asada left. After a while Eric and Asada walked inside of the house. "Oh I see you've kept the place clean." Eric said.
"Yeah, I didn't want it messy when you woke up." Asada said.
"Well thanks, say I have a question for you." Eric said. Asada looked at him. Eric turned red. "Well uh even though laughing coffin is defeated and everyone is safe, would you still like to stay here with me?" Eric asked.
"Of course I would like to stay with you." Asada said as she hugged Eric. Eric sighed with a smile. "Now since you gotta take it easy how bout I order us a pizza and we go watch some stuff?" Asada asked.
"Yeah, and I'm kinda tired so can we eat in my room, I do have that nice big HDTV." Eric said.
"You go ahead and go and set up something to watch and I'll be up when pizza is here." Asada said with a smile. Eric nodded and walked up the stairs and laid in his bed and cut the tv on. Cody hopped up onto the bed and snuggled with Eric.
"Awww how's a good boy?" Eric asked as he petted Cody. "Been awhile." Eric said as he rubbed Cody's head. After about 15 minutes Asada walked up the stairs and laid next to Eric and opened the pizza box.
"What we watching?" Asada asked.
"Well they just released season 4 of YVA, so wanna start from the very beginning and work our way up to season 4?" Eric asked.
"Yeah sounds nice." Asada said. Eric and Asada ate pizza then cuddled while watching YVA till both of them fell asleep. In the morning Eric woke up and moved a little and felt weight to his left and right. Eric looked and saw that Asada was asleep with her arm around him on the left, while Cody was curled up and sleeping to Eric's right. Eric smiled and tried to get up, but Asada woke up and grabbed his hand. "Good morning." Asada said groggily.
"Good morning." Eric said as he rolled around to face her and smiled.
"Sorry guess you fell asleep then I fell asleep with you." Asada said.
"It's fine, it was fun eating with you and watching TV." Eric said as he hugged her.
"Yeah." Asada said as she snuggled into Eric's chest. She started falling back to sleep and before Eric knew it she was out cold. Eric chuckled softly and just closed his eyes.
'Eh I could use some more sleep.' Eric thought. A few hours later Eric woke up again and saw that Asada was sitting up watching stuff on TV.
"Oh glad to see you awake." Asada said with a warm smile. Eric yawned.
"How long was I out?" Eric asked.
"A few hours, I just woke up a few minutes ago." Asada replied.
"Wow it's kinda cold." Eric said as he shivered.
"Yeah, I mean it is December." Asada said. Eric sat up and stretched.
"I'll go make breakfast, any requests?" Eric asked.
"Hmm, waffles?" Asada asked. Eric nodded and left the room and headed towards the kitchen. Eric received a phone call from Kirito.
"Yello?" Eric asked.
"Hey dude, been trying to call for the past hour." Kirito said.
"Sorry man, me and Asada was asleep." Eric said.
"It's ok I was just calling to see how you was feeling." Kirito said.
"Much better, I love the cold but I guess since I was in a coma for so long I'm really about to freeze." Eric said.
"It is really frosty outside." Kirito said.
"Well anyway I'm gonna fix me and Asada some breakfast, I'll get in a group chat with everyone later." Eric said.
"Alright man, take care." Kirito said before hanging up. Eric finished making waffles and walked upstairs and back into his room.
"Really?" Eric asked with a chuckled as he noticed Cody had gotten up and moved into his spot next to Asada.
"He thought you was taking to long." Asada said with a laugh. Eric just laughed and handed Asada her plate of waffles.
"Well since he's in my spot I'll just sit at my desk and do some work on computer." Eric said as he sat at his desk. Eric had a slight gasp when he loaded up his email.
"What?" Asada asked as she paused the TV.
"Well long story cut short, back when I was in SAO I teamed up with a few different people sometimes, Kirito, Hunter, Silica, and a few random people. Well one time I teamed with this kid who was young and we got along so well I ended up giving him my email. After a while I didn't see him around so I thought he died but I just got an email from him." Eric explained.
"What's it say?" Asada asked.
"Basically he says sorry for not emailing me sooner but he forgot my email and was just able to remember. He's now 15 and doing very well in school and in life." Eric replied.
"That's nice." Asada said. Eric nodded and emailed him back. "Hey, If you don't mind I'm very comfortable right here so can I stay here on the bed and watch stuff on your TV for a while?" Asada asked.
"Sure, I love having you around so stay as long as you want." Eric replied as he checked more emails and sent more replies. Eric grabbed his phone and sent everyone a group message saying he was awake and fine. Sometime later after finished all his emails and texting everyone Eric grabbed a game controller and started playing a game on his computer.
"I got to make a phone call so I'll be in the living room for a call and to do some texting." Asada said.
"Alright, I'll be down in a bit." Eric said. Asada walked downstairs. Time Eric finished gaming his phone went off.
"Hello?" Eric asked as he cut his computer off.
"Hello." Eric's mom said.
"Oi, how've you and dad been doing?" Eric asked.
"Good, so you've woken up from that coma." Eric's mom said.
"Yeah, not even falling off like a 4 floor building can kill me." Eric stated boldly.
"Your dad said that's probably what you would say." Eric's mom said with a laugh. "Well there is a reason I called." Eric's mom continued.
"What?" Eric asked.
"Well the rest of the family wanted to know if you'd be coming back to America for a little bit for Christmas." Eric's mom said.
"Oh…" Eric said as he thought. "Yeah, It's been about a year since I was back in America." Eric said.
"So shall I tell everyone you'll be coming?" Eric's mom asked.
"I'll stay for Christmas but because the fourth bullet of bullets will be starting soon after Christmas I'll fly back almost right after Christmas." Eric stated.
"Alright, when will you be coming?" Eric's mom inquired.
"I'll try to get on a plane in the next few days, by the way can I invite someone?" Eric asked.
"Who?" Eric's mom asked.
"Well maybe 2, I'll talk to Hunter and see if he wants to come although I don't know if he'll come back this year. But I wanna invite a friend that's been staying with me to come." Eric replied.
"Well just ask Hunter and your friend then let me know." Eric's mom said.
"I will, I'll call when I know who's coming with me and when I have the plane tickets." Eric said.
"Ok, love you and be safe, Bye." Eric's mom said.
"Love you too mom, I will. Bye." Eric said. Eric ended the phone call. "Time for Christmas I guess." Eric said with a sigh. "Guess I'll have to buy everyone something soon." Eric said as he left his room. Eric walked downstairs and saw Asada on the couch texting someone. "It's cold in here, want me to try and find a heater or something?" Eric asked.
"I have an idea, come here." Asada said. Eric went over to the couch, Asada made him lay down next to her, she then pulled the cover over both of them. "Now with both of us close together under the cover it will warm up." Asada said as she finished texting and looked at Eric.
"I'll still buy a heater for later, but I have a question for you." Eric said.
"You know you can ask me anything." Asada said.
"I'm going back to America soon to enjoy a few days with family during Christmas, then I'll be back in time for the 4th B.O.B, And my question is will you come with me?" Eric asked.
"Sure! I'd love to come with you and enjoy Christmas with you and your family." Asada replied with a smile.
"I'm glad." Eric said with a warm smile.