Not so Digital
A/N: Whee for a quick update… I feel kind of guilty though, because I've only been updating my two .Hack fics lately… Bah… That and working on a lot of original stuff… Anyways, as always review, because it's what makes me choose to update….^_^
Chapter Five
I leaned against the railing, having watched Black Rose log out of The World for the night… I stared down at the rippling water that was so far below… The digital water, that still was able to transfix my attention. God, I was such a nerd.
But still Carmina Gadelica was truly beautiful… It was always dark and just… Haunting in the city, especially when you weren't in the crowds of people shopping, but just out in space, as if detached from both reality and the game world…
And that's why I didn't even notice as Kite approached me until he too was leaning on the railing a secretive smile on his tanned face as he called my name to get my attention. "Whoa, sorry, I just... um… totally spaced out," I said flushing with embarrassment as I glanced over at him.
"Don't worry about it," Kite replied shrugging his shoulders and smiling before turning his eyes outwards into the great expanse of cerulean water that looked almost black, like an endless abyss in the night sky.
"Black Rose wanted me to congratulate you," I blurted out suddenly remembered how weird the usually energetic girl had been acting… What had she meant about Kite wanting her to leave? I shook those thoughts away, deciding it was probably better not to make Kite feel self conscious about something he had probably said that the girl had misinterpreted.
Kite nodded a smile tugging on the corners of his mouth, willing him to break into his usual hero grin. I just kind of stared at him, feeling like a complete idiot… not that that was a change, I always felt like I'd done something horribly wrong… But this time I just really didn't know what to say.
"I…" Kite paused fixating his attention on me all of a sudden. "Well I y'know won something from the race…" He suddenly looked uncomfortable and awkward… Not like the Kite I knew, he always knew what to say… "And well… The whole reason I wanted to race and win was because of the prize… It was a whole bunch of Aromatic Grass…" He looked at me hesitantly as if weighing my reaction.
"Oh… um, wow Kite, that's really… cool. I didn't know you… liked Aromatic Grass," I said blinking confusedly at him… Kite had never actually understood the point of Aromatic Grass, so why would he race to get any, much less a lot of it?
"I don't," Kite said meeting my gaze with his own steadily. "But you do. And I wanted to do something for you," He said his face breaking into a silly smile.
"Wha… Why would you want to do that?" I asked blinking as he held out several packets of Aromatic Grass… Why would Kite do something for me? I'd been so jealous of him before… I just didn't understand.
Kite shook his head, a gloved hand raking through his spiked hair, "I don't know how to explain it…" He said before a small blush inched its way across his tanned face. Well apparently he did, but he certainly didn't feel like telling me.
"I like you, alright?" He bluntly said, deliberately averting his eyes away from mine… Well, there had been a few things that I could have thought that might be the reason, but that was definitely not it… I had never once thought that Kite might like me… Well, if I understood him right… The more than friends kind of like? I was confused now, and my head hurt…
"What do you mean?" I asked still thoroughly puzzled… I secretly was hoping that he did like me in the more than friends way though… Why, I couldn't quite tell though.
And that's when it happened… Kite kissed me… Before I even noticed he had leaned down and swiftly pressed his lips gently against my own… Well that cleared that up as well as gave me my first kiss... Even if it had been digital… But then again, it had certainly felt real enough to me… Oh my god, Kite just kissed me.
"I mean like that," Kite said watching me closely, waiting for me to do something, whether it be slap him, which of course I would never do, or throw my arms around him and.. Well I wasn't going to do that either.
But that's when the pixels started going fuzzy… And a ringing sound started echoing in my ears... What was going on…? "Kite… I feel.. funny… I think…" And that was it.
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|~|Kite|~|
I was staring blankly at the ocean once again… I wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but Elk was gone either way… I wondered if he had logged out, disgusted with me… That was a possibility, but somehow I doubted it… Elk wasn't rash like that.
He'd said he felt funny… And then he'd just faded… I'd seen some weird things, so that wasn't exactly to strange in my book, but still.. I was concerned that something had happened to Elk. It wasn't every day you went and kissed the object of your desire and then they faded away like a ghost… Like he had never been real in the first place…. It was a creepy feeling, and I didn't like it… I just wanted Elk to log back on and talk to me…
But oh well… There wasn't much I could do other than E-mail him… Which I was going to do… An apology I guess would be in order, to say that I had just been kidding… That I really didn't like him or anything… Maybe then he'd come back? I knew it had been a risk trying that… But… I just hated trying to deny it… Black Rose had already figured out there was something going on, although she had been hesitant to bring it up, and I couldn't help but get the impression she was kind of disappointed. Not much I could do about that though.
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|~|Elk|~|
When my eyes fluttered open, I was shocked to find myself still logged into the world, although where I was I didn't quite know… I had been lying atop a bed, which had been neatly made, though now it showed evidence of a small body curled up atop it.
"Kite?" I called blinking as I took in my surroundings… I was in a small room that was bare and medieval looking… And there was nothing around me whatsoever… What was going on? And that was when the earlier events flooded into my brain…
Did this have anything to do with Kite kissing me? I felt silly, like little school girl who fainted at their first kiss… But I hadn't exactly fainted had I? The World had gone all blurry and there had been this noise that had just been horrible… And now I was here, wherever "here" was…
This was just too much for a Saturday afternoon, I thought sighing before heading to the door, and turning the small metal knob… Or at least trying to… Okay, so this was weird, I was locked inside this room... Why I couldn't fathom, and as much one would think Kite was to blame I was sure he would never lock me in some room.
I sighed, not liking the only option I had… I'd just log out, and restart, as annoying as that was, I didn't see any other option… Well besides jumping out a tiny window… But at the moment I didn't really feel up to that… Logging out would be so much easier.
Or so I thought.
A/N: Dun dun dun! XD Review and I'll update soon! XD
A/N: Whee for a quick update… I feel kind of guilty though, because I've only been updating my two .Hack fics lately… Bah… That and working on a lot of original stuff… Anyways, as always review, because it's what makes me choose to update….^_^
Chapter Five
I leaned against the railing, having watched Black Rose log out of The World for the night… I stared down at the rippling water that was so far below… The digital water, that still was able to transfix my attention. God, I was such a nerd.
But still Carmina Gadelica was truly beautiful… It was always dark and just… Haunting in the city, especially when you weren't in the crowds of people shopping, but just out in space, as if detached from both reality and the game world…
And that's why I didn't even notice as Kite approached me until he too was leaning on the railing a secretive smile on his tanned face as he called my name to get my attention. "Whoa, sorry, I just... um… totally spaced out," I said flushing with embarrassment as I glanced over at him.
"Don't worry about it," Kite replied shrugging his shoulders and smiling before turning his eyes outwards into the great expanse of cerulean water that looked almost black, like an endless abyss in the night sky.
"Black Rose wanted me to congratulate you," I blurted out suddenly remembered how weird the usually energetic girl had been acting… What had she meant about Kite wanting her to leave? I shook those thoughts away, deciding it was probably better not to make Kite feel self conscious about something he had probably said that the girl had misinterpreted.
Kite nodded a smile tugging on the corners of his mouth, willing him to break into his usual hero grin. I just kind of stared at him, feeling like a complete idiot… not that that was a change, I always felt like I'd done something horribly wrong… But this time I just really didn't know what to say.
"I…" Kite paused fixating his attention on me all of a sudden. "Well I y'know won something from the race…" He suddenly looked uncomfortable and awkward… Not like the Kite I knew, he always knew what to say… "And well… The whole reason I wanted to race and win was because of the prize… It was a whole bunch of Aromatic Grass…" He looked at me hesitantly as if weighing my reaction.
"Oh… um, wow Kite, that's really… cool. I didn't know you… liked Aromatic Grass," I said blinking confusedly at him… Kite had never actually understood the point of Aromatic Grass, so why would he race to get any, much less a lot of it?
"I don't," Kite said meeting my gaze with his own steadily. "But you do. And I wanted to do something for you," He said his face breaking into a silly smile.
"Wha… Why would you want to do that?" I asked blinking as he held out several packets of Aromatic Grass… Why would Kite do something for me? I'd been so jealous of him before… I just didn't understand.
Kite shook his head, a gloved hand raking through his spiked hair, "I don't know how to explain it…" He said before a small blush inched its way across his tanned face. Well apparently he did, but he certainly didn't feel like telling me.
"I like you, alright?" He bluntly said, deliberately averting his eyes away from mine… Well, there had been a few things that I could have thought that might be the reason, but that was definitely not it… I had never once thought that Kite might like me… Well, if I understood him right… The more than friends kind of like? I was confused now, and my head hurt…
"What do you mean?" I asked still thoroughly puzzled… I secretly was hoping that he did like me in the more than friends way though… Why, I couldn't quite tell though.
And that's when it happened… Kite kissed me… Before I even noticed he had leaned down and swiftly pressed his lips gently against my own… Well that cleared that up as well as gave me my first kiss... Even if it had been digital… But then again, it had certainly felt real enough to me… Oh my god, Kite just kissed me.
"I mean like that," Kite said watching me closely, waiting for me to do something, whether it be slap him, which of course I would never do, or throw my arms around him and.. Well I wasn't going to do that either.
But that's when the pixels started going fuzzy… And a ringing sound started echoing in my ears... What was going on…? "Kite… I feel.. funny… I think…" And that was it.
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|~|Kite|~|
I was staring blankly at the ocean once again… I wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but Elk was gone either way… I wondered if he had logged out, disgusted with me… That was a possibility, but somehow I doubted it… Elk wasn't rash like that.
He'd said he felt funny… And then he'd just faded… I'd seen some weird things, so that wasn't exactly to strange in my book, but still.. I was concerned that something had happened to Elk. It wasn't every day you went and kissed the object of your desire and then they faded away like a ghost… Like he had never been real in the first place…. It was a creepy feeling, and I didn't like it… I just wanted Elk to log back on and talk to me…
But oh well… There wasn't much I could do other than E-mail him… Which I was going to do… An apology I guess would be in order, to say that I had just been kidding… That I really didn't like him or anything… Maybe then he'd come back? I knew it had been a risk trying that… But… I just hated trying to deny it… Black Rose had already figured out there was something going on, although she had been hesitant to bring it up, and I couldn't help but get the impression she was kind of disappointed. Not much I could do about that though.
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|~|Elk|~|
When my eyes fluttered open, I was shocked to find myself still logged into the world, although where I was I didn't quite know… I had been lying atop a bed, which had been neatly made, though now it showed evidence of a small body curled up atop it.
"Kite?" I called blinking as I took in my surroundings… I was in a small room that was bare and medieval looking… And there was nothing around me whatsoever… What was going on? And that was when the earlier events flooded into my brain…
Did this have anything to do with Kite kissing me? I felt silly, like little school girl who fainted at their first kiss… But I hadn't exactly fainted had I? The World had gone all blurry and there had been this noise that had just been horrible… And now I was here, wherever "here" was…
This was just too much for a Saturday afternoon, I thought sighing before heading to the door, and turning the small metal knob… Or at least trying to… Okay, so this was weird, I was locked inside this room... Why I couldn't fathom, and as much one would think Kite was to blame I was sure he would never lock me in some room.
I sighed, not liking the only option I had… I'd just log out, and restart, as annoying as that was, I didn't see any other option… Well besides jumping out a tiny window… But at the moment I didn't really feel up to that… Logging out would be so much easier.
Or so I thought.
A/N: Dun dun dun! XD Review and I'll update soon! XD