Sword Art Online
After The Incident
Chapter 13 – Lurking Danger
We had finally arrived at the wondrous Himalaya Mountains. As we had been flying towards our destination, the weather had seemed to slowly but surely get colder and more savage than back in Japan. The plane trip itself was fairly peaceful, except one snobby rich kid kept complaining about how this couldn´t have been the first class, and how badly he apparently was treated.
Apparently he was not satisfied with anything, and his bickering with the stewardesses on the plane kept me awake, so I rarely got any sleep. I was ready to get up from my seat and hit him square in the jaw, but Asuna kept holding me back, which probably was for the best. Cause my temper, plus a lack of sleep, is bad news for anyone that happen to piss me off.
Not only that, but the plane trip itself was extremely boring. I had whipped out my decades old GameBoy Color, but had forgotten to charge it so only got about 30 minutes of gameplay. Then I wanted to rent a movie and watch it on a mini computer they provided on the plane, but of cause every computer was taken already.
And then when I wanted to sleep the rich kid asshole kept whining and bickering, keeping me awake.
So when the pilot finally announced that we had arrived at the Himalayan airport, I almost cried from happiness.
"Oh my god! Yes!" I yelled as I jumped off my seat "No more asshole rich kids, or uncomfortable boredom! Freedom at last!"
"Stop overreacting Kazuto" Asuna mumbled calmly as she stood up beside me "It wasn´t that bad"
"Yeah cause you had music in your ears" I mumbled as I pouted "If you hadn´t you wouldn´t be so annoyed and not get any sleep"
"It´s your own fault" She said "You could just have remembered to pack earplugs or music or anything really"
I didn´t want to argue with her so I called it off as we exited the plane and walked done to the airport gate to collect our luggage. As soon as that was done I grabbed my phone and ordered a taxi, and after about 20 minutes or so it finally arrived. I grabbed as many bags as I possibly could, leaving Asuna with her simply handbag, and put it as well as I could in the trunk of the taxi.
When we were about to step into the taxi I opened the cardoor nonchalantly for Asuna, stepping back so she could get in.
"Wow, what a gentleman" She said with a smile as she pecked my cheek "Thank you handsome"
And with that remark (And a satisfied smirk and a blush on my face) We stepped into the taxi, and soon we were off towards our hotel.
When we arrived at our hotel I immediately went up to the counter and got the key to our room, which was room 538. By this time, I was pretty tired from carrying around luggage, so I accepted when Asuna offered to take her own two bags. Luckily there was an elevator to the upper floors, so it didn´t put much strain on either of us.
When we arrived at room 538, I slowly turned the lock and doorknob, revealing the room for Asuna. It would remind you a lot of a hunter´s cabin, with two comfy chairs, a sofa and a coffee table in the middle of the room, and a double bed in the far end of the room.
When you entered the room there was a few cabinets on each side of an enormous stone fireplace, filled to the brim with books on every genre, from anywhere in the world. Some of them were even from Japan and was filled with beautiful poetry. Something Asuna would love without a doubt.
And as soon as I showed her the room I had reserved for our stay, Asuna´s face lit up in happiness and peace. She immediately went over and stared at the beautifully cut, handcrafted cabinets, running her hands over the oak wooded texture, and the glass panes that separated her and the many hours of reading that would, without a doubt, occur in the late night hours of our stay here in the Himalayas.
She giggled a bit and smiled widely as she ran over and tossed her self onto the massive bed, sighing happily as she stared up at the ceiling. I smirked and soon enough joined her, jumping up beside her and smiling as I looked in her direction. She did the same, and we lied there for a moment and just watched each other, and took in the moment.
"This place must have cost a fortune" She mumbled softly "How did you manage?"
"Our friends was more than willing to help me" I said with a smirk "They´re the best you know"
"Yeah, that couldn´t be more true" She mumbled with a smile as she nuzzled a bit closer to me.
I responded to her action by wrapping an arm around her shoulders, wrapping her up in my being. She smiled and sighed softly, and I could feel how the smallest tension in her body slowly began to fade, as well as in my own body. I was relaxed now, and I was out of evils reach. The both of us were.
She smiled and looked at me.
"So, a double bed huh?" she asked teasefully as she smirked "You hope for anything to happen?"
"I don´t know what you´re talking about" I said innocently as I smirked "For now we can just settle in, but in a couple of hours there is dinner downstairs"
"That sounds good Kazu-kun" She whispered in my ear as she put her head on my shoulder. "I love you"
"I love you too Princess" I mumbled as I softly and gently kissed her lips.
There was no need to act aggressive. I converted all the feelings I wanted to, just by being near her.
'I love you'
'I need you'
'Let´s stay together forever'
All these thoughts ran through my head as we lied there, huddled against each other, arms wrapped around each other, as we just enjoyed each others embrace and presence.
When we pulled away from each other we were both panting from a lack of air, and I smiled a little as I looked into her eyes.
"This is already the best vacation ever" I mumbled softly as I smirked a bit.
"Yeah, I agree" She said as she pecked one final time on my lips.
"Let´s get some sleep ok?" I mumbled softly "The plane trip was exhausting"
"O-Oh! Y-Yeah sure" She mumbled, suddenly blushing a little bit.
"Huh? What´s wrong Asuna?" I asked as I began to take of my shirt.
"W-Well since it's a double bed," She mumbled with a deeper blush than before "W-We´d have to lay close to each other right?"
I blushed a little and nodded.
"Y-Yeah" I mumbled softly, suddenly realizing what she meant. "D-Do you want me to get a spare madress or something?"
"O-Oh no! J-Just make sure to be turned the other way" She mumbled, blushing a dark red now "B-Besides, I want to lie besides you…"
I blushed a little at her response and nodded.
"C-Could you turn around so I can change?" She asked shyly, and I nodded and immediately did as she had requested.
Five minutes later she said I could turn around so I slowly did. I took one look at her and desperately tried to keep eyecontact, trying to look away from other… Distractions may I say, as she was only standing in her underwear.
"S-Stop staring at me like that…" She mumbled shyly "I-It´s embarrassing"
"O-Oh s-sorry"
I immediately turned my head away from her and blushed as she went into the bed and slipped under the covers. I then began to change into my sleepwear as well, and slipped into bed as well, beside Asuna. I made sure to turn my body and sight away from her as well, just like she had requested.
"S-Sleep well Asuna" I mumbled softly as I could already feel the exhaustion and jet lack take over.
"You too… Kazuto" She mumbled in response, shifting a bit in her position to try to get more comfortable.
Soon I could hear soft and slow breathing from her figure, and I assumed she had fallen asleep.
"I don´t know why she was so exhausted" I mumbled as I pouted a bit "She had plenty of sleep on the plane"
And with that final thought I could no longer keep my eyes open, and slowly drifted into dreamland.
~The Next Morning~
I woke up in late morning, as I felt soft movement close onto my back. I blinked my eyes open and looked back over my shoulder, letting out a small "Huh?" in surprise as I realized what was moving me around.
In the night, if it was consciously or subconsciously, Asuna had turned towards me, and wrapped her arms around my waist, without me noticing. Now she was shifting in her place, hugging me closer and closer to her by the second. You think I would have noticed if anyone had noticed me in the night, considering I was dead afraid something would happen to me at night, but this time I hadn't felt a thing.
"Guess I´m beginning to escape my nightmares" I said with a victorious smirk.
I smiled a bit and took the liberty of turning around to look at Asuna, also wrapping my arms around her as she was doing with me. As I did that she smiled a bit in her sleep, muttering something I didn´t completely catch.
"Kazuto…" She mumbled as her smile grew a bit wider.
"Yes, I'm right here hun" I mumbled softly as I kissed her forehead "I´m not going anywhere"
The next hour I spend snuggling closer to my girlfriend, and thinking up ideas to what we could be doing today.
"There´s the small village nearby" I mumbled to myself "We could go explore that… Or maybe do the obvious and go skiing in the nearby ski resort?"
I pondered over this time and time again, but was abruptly interrupted in my pondering as I heard knocking on the door.
"Huh?" I mumbled as I looked up at the door. "Oh that must be Asuna´s surprise"
I quickly threw on my jeans and my shirt and opened the door for the person who was knocking.
"Ok… uhmm what is `thanks´ in english?" I mumbled "Uhh Arigato.. No wait that´s Japanese… Uhh"
"You Japanese?" The waiter asked as he silently wheeled his cart inside.
"Uhh Y-Yeah" I mumbled, smiling slightly as I followed him in.
"Oh ok" He said with a smile. "Then please allow me to continue talking"
I almost fell flat on my face from surprise. The phrase he had spoken was in perfect Japanese.
"Y-You can speak Japanese?!" I asked surprised, almost so loudly that I woke up Asuna.
"Yes sir" He said with a smirk as he readied everything on his cart. "I have been studying it for many years, just in case someone Japanese would occupy one of these rooms"
"Wow.. You really are prepared aren´t you?" I asked with a dumbfounded expression and a chuckle "Thank you for the food. I´m sure my girlfriend will be amused"
"No, thank you for ordering sir" He said with a smile "Is there anything else?"
"No, nothing else" I said with a sigh and a smile "Thank you. You can go"
"Very well sir" The waiter mumbled with a bow.
He put everything on the table before nodding at me politely, and left with his cart.
"Well that was a pleasant surprise" I said with with a smirk.
I then went ahead and made everything ready for when Asuna woke up, which couldn´t be much longer, seeing it was almost noon.
I was still standing by the table and getting the last things ready, when Asuna mumbled and moaned as she sat up in bed and stretched, yawning loudly as she slowly returned from dreamland. She blinked to wake herself up a few times before looking over at me, where her eyes immediately sprung up from surprise.
On the table were a sea of several breakfast dishes, from grilled sausages to bacon and scrambled eggs. She smiled widely and jumped out of bed, any sign of her being sleepy long gone, as she sprinted over and hugged me tightly.
"You´re simply the best Kazuto!" She squeeled happily as she stared at the food hungrily "Is this roomservice?"
"It sure is!" I said with a smirk "You know I can´t cook! I couldn´t have made all of this"
"But, wasn´t it really expensive?" She mumbled as she looked back at me with a worried expression.
I Simply smiled and pecked her cheek.
"Nothing´s too expensive for you. I keep telling you" I said with a smile as I sat down "Now are we going to eat or what?"
"Of course, of course" She said with a smile.
She sat down beside me with a hungry expression, but kissed my cheek before digging into the food.
"Thanks Kazuto" She whispered as she began putting pancakes on her plate.
" No problem hun" I mumbled as I took a big bite out of my eggs.
"Huh? Hun?" She asked surprised as she looked up from her plate with a small blush.
"What? You don't like it?" I asked as I tilted my head at her in wonder.
"N-No that´s not it…" She said with a shy smile "I-It´s just… You´ve never called me that before"
"Well, I´ll be sure to say it from now on then" I said with a smile as I continued to eat.
~Meanwhile, in The Hall Outside~
The waiter had just delivered a cart of breakfast to the room, and was wheeling his cart down the hall with a bright smile on his face. He wasn´t what he looked like though, and when he rounded the corner, and had looked around to make sure no one was watching him, he pulled out a walkie-talkie from his sleeve, whispering into it with a smirk.
"Boss, I´m in position" He whispered softly, covering his voice with his hand.
"Good work" Sugou´s voice clearly resounded from the walkie-talkie "Did they have any kind of suspicion?"
"Of course not boss" the guy said with a small chuckle "Kirigaya-kun is in his seventh heaven right now. Not even the slightest worries"
"That is good then" Sugou said with a chuckle as well "That means he won´t come home to foil my plans then"
"Hey boss, I´ve been thinking," The henchman mumbled "What are those plans exactly?"
"I don´t really pay you to think or to ask questions" Sugou said with an arrogant huff "But you´ll see soon enough. Everything is going according to plan"
~Back at Kazuto and Asuna´s room~
We had just finished breakfast, and I leaned back in my seat, putting both of my hands on my stomach, totally stuffed.
"Whew… This place might beat even your cooking Asuna" I mumbled softly.
"I know you´re lying" She said with a cute giggle "You love my cooking don´t you?"
"Damn. Busted again" I said with a smirk "You´re right. The food is good, but not as good as yours"
"Damn straight" She said with a smirk as she kissed my cheek "Thanks for the food though"
"Again, no problem hun" I mumbled softly as I kissed her cheek "Now, let´s go do something! I feel reenergized all over again!"
"Yeah me too" She said with a small smile "There´s just so many possibilities here, though"
"Yeah I know" I mumbled softly "But I was kind of thinking we should take it slowly today, with something relaxing"
"Oh yeah? What´s that?" Asuna asked as she began taking dishes away.
"Well, there´s this village nearby" I said with a smile "It has all kinds of booths and shops we could go check out if you want"
"That sounds great!" She said with a smirk "Maybe then I could get you a decent set of clothes"
"What?! What´s that supposed to mean!?" I shouted with a pout.
"It just means," Asuna replied with a smirk "That I could you something else than black or grey. You´re always in the same kind of outfit"
"That´s not true!" I said with a pout "I was wearing a red jacket at our date"
"Kazuto, that´s weeks ago" She said with a raised eyebrow "Ever since you´ve never even touched that jacket"
"T-That´s…" I mumbled, knowing she had hit the head on the nail "That´s true…"
"See?" She said with a smile as she pecked my forehead "Now what should I get you…? Something white maybe?"
"Oh god no!" I yelled as I almost fell down my chair "That KoB uniform was horrible enough!"
"But Kazuto you look so good in white" She mumbled, trying to tease me.
"No, no and no!" I yelled as I jumped behind the bed and hid myself "Not in a million years!"
She sighed a bit and put her hands on her hips as she pouted "Fine. No red or white. But at least let me throw SOMETHING together for you"
"Fine. One outfit" I mumbled softly. "But only if I can make one for you as well"
"Fine. Deal" She said and we shook hands to seal the deal.
With that I began tying my shoes and Asuna did the same, and she went out the door first. I smiled a bit and zipped up my jacket before looking back at my wonderful hotel room one last time, before I stepped outside, and closed and locked our hotel room door behind me, heading out towards the first wonderful day in the Himalayas with my girlfriend.
A/N
Hey guys! Hope you like the chapter!
People just can´t let those two have some privacy huh? What do you guys think Sugou has planned?
The one way to find out is to keep yourself updated next Sunday.
See you then dear readers! :D