Chapter 10: A Sinic Time
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Eric opened his eyes and got out of bed. Eric stepped out of his bedroom. Eric stared at the guest-bedroom door. "Hmmm" Eric said deep in thought. Eric walked downstairs and went into his kitchen and started cooking some breakfast. Eric took out a pot and started grabbing some ingredients. After a while Eric had mixed together a pot of chicken noodle soup and it was cooking. Eric sat down on the couch in his living room and started watching TV. Eric heard Sinon walking down the stairs. Eric turned his head to see Sinon walking towards the couch. "Morning." Eric said.
"Morning." Sinon said as she sat next to Eric.
"I started cooking breakfast." Eric said as he paused the TV.
"I know, it smells good." Sinon said.
"It should be done soon." Eric said. Eric stood up. "What do you want to drink?" Eric asked.
"Orange juice." Sinon replied. Eric nodded and went into the kitchen, he poured 2 cups of OJ and 2 bowls of soup. Eric went and gave Sinon hers and then he sat down with his. After breakfast Eric grabbed his keys.
"I need to go and get my firebird window fixed, you gonna come?" Eric asked.
"Sure." Sinon answered as she got up and went with Eric. Eric and Sinon got into the firebird. Eric drove to a mechanic.
"Hey, you think you can get my window fixed today?" Eric asked the head mechanic.
"For the right price yeah." The head mechanic replied. Eric handed him some money.
"That good enough?" Eric asked.
"It will be done in a bit. I got a few customers ahead of you." The head mechanic said before walking off to get back to work.
"Well that solves that." Eric said. "Asada I need to talk to you about something." Eric said as him and Sinon sat on a bench outside the mechanic shop.
"What is it?" Sinon asked.
"I think the guys from last night were either hired by laughing coffin or were laughing coffin members." Eric said. Sinon just stared at him. "And I know that your apartment's locks are pretty bad, I got a good look at them last time I was there with you and someone could break in within a couple of seconds." Eric explained. "So I would like it if you would let me talk to the landlord and see about getting you better locks." Eric said.
"You can try, but he doesn't like people changing up the apartments to much." Sinon said. Sinon gave Eric the number to the landlord, Eric called the number.
"Hello?" The landlord said.
"Hello, I was calling because I have a question about the apartments." Eric said.
"What?" The landlord asked.
"If I bought some locks could I replace the old locks with the new ones?" Eric asked.
"No, there is no changing the locks, if something happens to them I have backups." The landlord answered.
"But the locks are crappy and doesn't really protect the person living in the apartment." Eric protested.
"I think they do good enough, good day." The landlord said as he hung up on Eric. Eric put his phone his pocket.
"I hate that guy." Eric said.
"He said no?" Sinon asked.
"Yeah." Eric replied.
"It's ok." Sinon said.
"No its not! Those locks are weak and with what happened last night I need you to be safe." Eric said.
"Well if you want I wouldn't mind staying with you for a while." Sinon said. Eric looked at her. "If you want me to stay." Sinon said.
"Yeah, My house is big enough to house 3 people living together so having you there won't be any trouble, besides I quite enjoy your company." Eric said smiling.
"Well then will you help me pack up some things and move it to the guestroom?" Sinon asked.
"Might as well go ahead and grab everything you want and stop paying for the apartment, I got enough space for you to just throw everything in the guestroom and stuff. Then after laughing coffin and everything I can help you find a better apartment." Eric answered. Sinon stood up.
"Ok." Sinon said.
"Only if you want to, it's all up to you though." Eric said.
"I want to, then I get to have your cooking all the time." Sinon said with a smile. Eric laughed.
"And I hope you like pizza, because I have order pizza and stuff a lot." Eric said. Eric and Sinon walked around town talking for a while before returning to the mechanic shop. All of Eric's firebird windows had been replaced with brand-new ones. "Whoa, you did all of them." Eric said as he looked at it.
"I had some extra windows in the size so I figured I would go ahead and do them all." The head mechanic said as he handed Eric the keys.
"Thanks, you got yourself a new loyal customer." Eric said. The head mechanic smiled and nodded before walking away to work on other vehicles. "Want to go ahead and grab the stuff from your apartment?" Eric asked as him and Sinon got into the firebird.
"Yeah." Sinon said. After a couple of hours and a few trips Sinon's old apartment was empty and she was no longer paying for the place. Eric sat on the couch.
"Oh man that was rough." Eric said as he sighed.
"Thanks for your help, I'm gonna head upstairs and unpack and organize my new room." Sinon said before taking the last box up the stairs.
"I'm not looking forward to school tomorrow, that stupid unit test." Eric said to himself. 'I stink at mathematics.' Eric thought. "Wait." Eric said as he grabbed his phone. He dialed Kirito. "Hey." Eric said.
"Oh hey dude." Kirito said.
"You busy?" Eric asked.
"Not really, why?" Kirito asked.
"Are you good with math?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, let me guess you want me to come over and help you do some studying before tomorrows test?" Kirito asked.
"Yeah, I can have pizza delivered here." Eric said.
"… I'll be there in a little while." Kirito said.
"Ok thanks man." Eric said before ending the phone call. Eric walked up the stairs and stood in the doorway to Sinon's room. Eric saw her struggling to push a desk into a corner. Eric stepped in and pushed it into the corner.
"Thanks." Sinon said.
"No problem, Kirito's coming over later to help me study, I'm gonna order pizza. Want some?" Eric asked.
"Yeah." Sinon answered.
"Ok, I'll let you know when it gets here." Eric said. Eric helped Sinon move a few things around her room before he heard the doorbell. "That's Kirito, I'll let you know when food is here." Eric said.
"Ok, have fun studying." Sinon said. Eric smiled before walking downstairs and opening the door. Kirito came in and the two of them sat at the kitchen table. Kirito brought out some flash cards.
"I'll go ahead and order pizza since it's getting late, then we can study before it gets here." Eric said as he picked up his phone. He ordered 3 pizzas. Eric and Kirito spent a few minutes doing flash cards and reviewing notes before pizza arrived. "Even though it wasn't a huge study session I feel like it really helped, thanks." Eric said as he handed Kirito a pizza box.
"No problem, wait why'd you get 3 boxes?" Kirito asked.
"1 for everyone." Eric answered.
"Are you sure you can do math?" Kirito asked.
"Ha-ha, I'll be right back." Eric replied before walking up stairs. After a minute Eric walked back down with Sinon right behind him.
"Asada, what are you doing here?" Kirito asked.
"Eric doesn't think my apartment was safe enough so I'm staying with him for a while." Sinon answered as she grabbed a pizza box. Kirito started smiling. Eric noticed.
"No! whatever you are thinking no." Eric said as he pointed at Kirito.
"I wasn't thinking anything, expect how you always seem to be looking out her Asada, being a knight in shining armor." Kirito said messing with Eric.
"Yeah, I can look out for friends can't I?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, but why so much for her?" Kirito asked. Eric's face turned red.
"N-No reason, I swear Kirito you act like there is something going on." Eric said trying to laugh it off. Sinon smiled at Eric. 'well there is a reason…. Dang it! Kirito's getting to me, that's all. Right?' Eric thought.
"do that much Eric?" Kirito asked.
"Huh?" Eric asked confused.
"Think about Asada?" Kirito asked with a sly smirk.
"Ahh! How'd you know?" Eric asked feeling the redness in his face returning.
"I didn't till you confirmed it." Kirito said as he laughed.
"He got you there." Sinon said with a laugh.
"Whatever, let's just eat." Eric said. They all enjoyed some pizza and Kirito said his goodbyes and left. Eric and Sinon walked up the stairs. "Whelp I guess we'll get up in the morning, go to school, then afterwards we should log into ALO and just make sure we have anything ready for when everyone gets there." Eric said as him and Sinon stood in hallway.
"Sounds good, mind if I get up first and take a shower?" Sinon asked.
"Sure, I normally get up at 6:00 just to let you know." Eric said.
"Ok, Goodnight." Sinon said.
"Goodnight." Eric said. They both went into their rooms and laid in bed. Eric stared at the ceiling deep in thought. 'As much as I'd like to just think it's Kirito in my head I know that's not true. I like Asada, That's why I feel like I have to keep her safe.' Eric thought. Eric felt himself drifting to sleep. 'No matter what happens…. I will protect her.' Eric thought as he fell asleep. It was 6:34 in the morning when Sinon opened Eric's door and looked in.
'He's still sleeping? He said he likes getting up at 6:00, and it's already past 6.' Sinon thought as she stepped into his room and walked over to his bed. "Eric, wake up." Sinon said softly. Eric grumbled. "You need to wake up now." Sinon said keeping the same tone as earlier. Eric opened his eyes and stared right into Sinon's eyes. "Good Morning." Sinon said smiling.
"Good morning." Eric said with a yawn.
"It's past 6:30, I figured you wouldn't wanna sleep any later." Sinon said.
"Yeah, thanks." Eric said as he got up.
"How about you go and take a shower while I fix breakfast?" Sinon asked.
"That sounds good." Eric said as he walked to his closet and started looking around. Sinon went downstairs to the kitchen. Eric grabbed his school uniform and went to the bathroom. Eric stepped into the shower and cut the water on, time the water hit his skin he jumped back and cut the water off. "Dang that's like lava hot!" Eric shouted. Eric saw that the hot water nob was turned all the way. "Nope, that won't do." Eric said as he shook his head. Eric turned off all the hot water and turned the cold nob to max. Eric turned the water on and smiled when it hit his skin. "Much better." Eric said with a sigh. After Eric finished his shower he went downstairs. Sinon heard Eric talking to himself and getting mad.
"What's wrong?" Sinon asked as she saw Eric enter the kitchen.
"Ahh! Stupid tie!" Eric shouted as he was struggling with his school tie. "I have no clue how Kirito says these things give him no problem." Eric said with a sigh.
"I swear, come here." Sinon said. Eric walked up to Sinon. Sinon grabbed the tie and started doing for Eric. Sinon finished and stepped back. "There, easy." Sinon said.
"It's not easy for me." Eric said with a sour face. Sinon laughed, Eric smiled.
"Breakfast is done, hope you can eat Waffles." Sinon said.
"I haven't had waffles in a long time." Eric said as he sat down at the kitchen table with Sinon. They finished breakfast and got into Eric's firebird. Eric dropped Sinon off at her school.
"Asuna is coming to pick me up so you can just go home or something." Sinon said.
"Alright, have a good time at school." Eric said with a smile before driving to his school. Eric got out and heard some noise from behind the school. "Man I've only got a couple of minutes to get to class…. But I do love a good fight." Eric said with a grin as he started walking towards the noise. Eric rounded the corner and saw Kirito trying to fight 3 huge kids. 'Whoa those guys are like football players on steroids.' Eric thought as he started sweating a little. The biggest one slammed Kirito against the wall. "Hey!" Eric yelled as he started walking towards them.
"Stay out of this, this does not concern you." The biggest kid said.
"Well see you fighting my friend and it's 3-1 so I'm here to make it even 3-2." Eric said.
"You should go back to math class." The smaller one said.
"Huh? There is 3 of ya'll and 2 of us. And since it is me and Kirito we are even now." Eric said grinning.
"Ya'll can't win against us!" The biggest one said as he ran at Eric. Eric dodged the kid, he then walked over to the sports shed. Eric pulled out 2 baseball bats.
"It's not metal… shame." Eric said as he walked towards the Kirito. Eric gave Kirito a bat. "Ready?" Eric asked.
"Yeah." Kirito said. The biggest kid punched at Eric. Eric stood there and the kids fist hit Eric's chest, but Eric just stood there with a smile.
"After some run ins with very bad people I have pumped up my workouts." Eric said as he swung the bat. It hit the kid in the head with a loud thud, the kid fell to his knees. The other 2 kids ran off. Eric and Kirito put the bats up.
"Thanks for the help." Kirito said as him and Eric walked towards class.
"No problem, let me know if they bug you again, I love to trash bullies." Eric said. They got into class and took a math test. Eric started walking towards his firebird. Suddenly Eric was hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat. Eric rolled on the ground and hopped up. "Alright who has a death wish!?" Eric shouted. The three kids from earlier were back, with baseball bats. Eric smiled.
"Get ready to die boy." The biggest kid said.
"What are your names?" Eric asked.
"Drake." The biggest kid said.
"Jack." The smaller one said.
"Bill." The middle one said. Eric ran at Drake. Eric dodged the bat and punched Drake in the face, Drake stepped back and shook his head.
"Wow that was… weak." Drake said. Eric had a shocked face. They all dropped the bats and walked up to Eric. Bill kicked Eric's leg and sent him to the ground They all stood above him kicking him. "Die!" Drake shouted as he kicked Eric really hard. Billy and Jack held Eric up and kept him from moving. Drake started punching Eric in the chest repeatedly. Drake upper cut Eric's face. "Had enough wimp?" Drake asked as Bill and Jack laughed. Eric looked at Drake, blood was dripping from his lips. Eric eye's went wide and he smiled.
"Man you guys are fun." Eric said with a laugh. They were shocked. "My turn." Eric said as he freed himself from Bill and Jack's hold. Eric pun kicked Bill to the ground, Eric landed 6 punches on Jack before he fell. "Your boys are pretty weak." Eric said as he turned to Drake.
"What are you?" Drake asked.
"The Demon swordsmen." Eric answered as he walked towards Drake. Drake went to go run away but was stopped by Kirito.
"This is for earlier today!" Kirito shouted as he punched Drake in the face. Drake stepped back. Eric ran and tackled Drake to the ground and knocked him out cold. Eric stood up. "Guess what Eric." Kirito said.
"What?" Eric asked.
"Everyone is ready for the boss fight." Kirito answered. "And tomorrow is Saturday so no one has school and we can hit it hard tonight." Kirito explained.
"So what time is it going down?" Eric asked.
"9:00." Kirito replied.
"Awesome." Eric said.