Chapter 22: take it easy?
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Eric, Kirito, Hunter, and Klein walked into the mall. "Nothing like a boy's day out in town, right?" Klein asked.
"Yeah." Kirito said.
"I'll use whatever fresh air I can get." Eric said with a chuckle. "By the way Hunter I have a question for you." Eric said.
"Shoot." Hunter said.
"Everyone wants to know if you're coming with me back to America for a few days for Christmas." Eric said.
"Nah, I'm gonna chill here with Silica and the others." Hunter stated.
"Got it." Eric said with a nod.
"So when are you leaving?" Kirito asked.
"If I can get the tickets, day after tomorrow." Eric answered.
"Have you told everyone else yet?" Klein asked.
"I haven't told Asuna, Agil, Silica, or Lisbeth about it yet." Eric replied.
"You need to, also what'd Asada say?" Kirito asked.
"She's coming with me." Eric replied. Kirito smirked in a way Eric was all too familiar with. "I can tell you wanna say something, so just spit it out." Eric said.
"Already taking her to meet the family huh? You're a fast one." Kirito said.
"Ha Ha Ha." Eric said sarcastically. "Anyway I'll be back in time for B.O.B, besides both me and Asada will have our Amuspheres so we can log in for the Christmas rewards." Eric said.
"Well I hope you two have a great time together." Kirito said.
"It's no fair." Klein said with a pout.
"huh?" Eric, Hunter, and Kirito asked.
"Kirito has Asuna, Eric has Asada, Hunter has Silica, and I've heard that even Agil has started seeing someone." Klein explained.
"Don't worry buddy, You'll find your soulmate one day." Eric said.
"Yeah." Hunter agreed.
"But you might want to cut back on your overly big attempts at getting a girl." Kirito added.
"You guys are right." Klein said. Eric suddenly broke away from the group and wandered towards the arcade. "Eric?" Klein asked. They followed him.
"I'm feeling much better and I wanna try a game of D.D.R." Eric said as he bought some tickets.
"Didn't the doc said to take it easy?" Kirito asked.
"Yeah, but I don't see him around here." Eric replied as he made his way over to the machine. "Perfect, A enemy that can give me a challenge." Eric said as he saw a pink hat and dark grey jacket he recognized. "Yo, rematch?" Eric asked.
"Been awhile since I saw you, yeah I'll take you on." Kelly said. Eric and Kelly stepped onto the machine. "I'll pick the song." Kelly said.
"Alright." Eric said. Kelly picked Believer by Imagine Dragons. They both started out strong and before anyone knew it they were on an endless loop of god mode with both of them having perfect scores. 'Ok I think I might be over doing it now.' Eric thought as pain started coming from both his legs. Eric missed two arrows back to back and lost.
"Well seems I won this time." Kelly said.
"Yeah, good job." Eric said.
"I look forward to the next rematch." Kelly said as she walked away.
"another one? Ouch my legs would kill me." Eric said with a chuckle.
"Legs hurting?" Kirito asked.
"Yeah I over did it, but don't tell Asada. She'd have my head on a silver platter for over doing it." Eric replied with a gulp.
"I won't." Kirito said with a laugh. "Hunter and Klein are already doing some shopping." Kirito said.
"Right, I need to do some Christmas shopping myself." Eric said.
"Well meet up in the food court in one hour?" Kirito asked. Eric nodded before they went their separate ways.
'Hmm… Since I won't be here on Christmas I need to go ahead and buy everyone something, I might can even find something to take to America as a gift.' Eric thought as he stepped into an antiquate shop. Eric looked around a few different shops and bought a few things.
"Where is he?" Hunter asked as he tapped his foot against the ground.
"Here, Sorry I'm late." Eric said as he walked up to Hunter, Kirito, and Klein.
"No bags? I thought you would've bought something." Klein said.
"That's what took me so long, I was putting a bunch of bags back in my car." Eric explained.
"Oh, makes since." Kirito said. Eric's phone started ringing.
"Yo I got to take this, order me a hamburger please." Eric said as he walked out the food court to answer his phone. Kirito, Hunter, and Klein ordered food and grabbed all the meals and sat at a table. Eric walked back a few minutes later.
"What was that about?" Hunter asked.
"Oh It was Asada calling me to ask a quick question." Eric replied.
"Everything ok?" Kirito asked.
"Yeah, she just wanted to know when I was gonna get tickets to fly to America." Eric answered.
"When are you leaving?" Kirito asked.
"Soon, I wanna show her around my home town a little bit, so we're going to go soon so we can enjoy before returning for B.O.B." Eric replied.
"Got it." Kirito said. After everyone finished food Kirito and Klein headed back to their houses, meanwhile Eric and Hunter drove to a nearby GameStop.
"Do you remember our promise?" Hunter asked as they stepped inside the shop.
"Yeah." Eric said as they walked down the anime merch section.
"When?" Hunter asked.
"After B.O.B we will say our good byes to our friends and log into ALO. There it will happen." Eric answered.
"When we battle you better not hold back." Hunter said.
"I have no reason to hold back, I'll come at you as if you were a real threat." Eric stated.
"Good, because I'm not gonna hold back." Hunter said.
"I wouldn't ask you to." Eric said. The boys looked around for a while before Eric went back home.
"Welcome back." Asada said as Eric stepped inside.
"Thanks." Eric said as he sat on the couch.
"You ok?" Asada asked as she stepped out of the kitchen.
"I'm just tired." Eric answered. Eric yawned and shivered. "And cold." Eric said as he got up to find a heater.
"Well I'm fixing dinner, how about you go lay down for a bit and I'll wake you up when it's ready." Asada suggested.
"Yeah ok." Eric said as he walked upstairs. Eric plopped down onto his bed and passed out almost instantly. Asada walked upstairs a little while later after finishing cooking.
"Hey, foods done." Asada said as she gently shook Eric. Eric grumbled and yawned.
"I'll be down in a minute." Eric said.
"Ok, Don't fall asleep again." Asada said as she walked downstairs. Eric sat up and checked his phone. Eric walked downstairs and sat at the table. They ate dinner and then they sat together on the couch.
"I got Kirito and Asuna to agree to watch Cody while we're gone, and I'm ordering tickets now." Eric said.
"Ok, so when do we leave?" Asada asked.
"Tomorrow, we have to be at the airport by 1:00." Eric replied.
"Well while you're buying tickets I'll start packing some of my stuff." Asada said.
"Ok." Eric said as he started buying some tickets. Asada grabbed a suitcase and walked into her room. After Eric finished buying the tickets he grabbed his suitcase and went to his room to pack.
"Whew, I'm finally all packed." Asada said as she closed her suitcase. "I better make sure Eric finished and didn't get distracted." Asada said as she left her room. She poked her head in Eric's room and saw he had closed his suitcase and was out cold. Asada stepped in and pulled a cover over Eric and cut his light out before returning to her room.
'Hope I didn't over sleep.' Eric thought as he woke up. Eric checked his phone and it said 11:42am. Eric grabbed his suitcase and went into the living room.
"Good to see you're awake." Asada said.
"Yeah, you about ready to go?" Eric asked. Asada nodded. "Ok then, let's put the suitcases in the car and load Cody up to so we can take him to Kirito's house." Eric said. Eric and Asada put the suitcases, a big bag, and Cody in the car, they then left and drove to Kirito's house. "Thanks for watching Cody." Eric said.
"No problem, I'll send you some pics of him to let you know he's ok." Kirito said.
"Thanks, by the way here." Eric said as he handed Kirito the big bag. "Don't open that bag until Christmas." Eric said with a smirk.
"Alright." Kirito said.
"Eric we need to go, we can't be late." Asada said.
"Right, bye Kirito." Eric said.
"See ya, have a nice trip." Kirito said. Eric and Asada got to the airport and bordered the plane.
"I'm gonna try to sleep the whole flight, wake me when we get there ok?" Eric asked.
"Sure." Asada said. Eric closed his eyes and started drifting off to sleep.
'When I wake up we'll be in America.' Eric thought before he passed out.