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Ch. 8
(Suguha's POV)
"Thorn, you have such soft hair. Why don't you let me play with it more?"
I asked him as I brushed my gentle fingers through his soft brown hair. He rolled his eyes and then closed them.
"Because you always end up trying to braid it."
"But I like trying to braid your hair."
I pouted as I shifted in my seat on the couch. Thorn sat on the floor with his head in my lap so his face was upside down to mine. We had the tv turned on but we weren't really watching it. It was a re-run of Naruto and it was a flashback episode so fuck that.
"So are we going to take the whole day off?"
The boy in my lap asked as I rubbed my hands over his red cheeks. I shook my head and pecked his forehead.
"Not necessarily. We have to go in and meet at the Freedom Tower in New York remember? We all need to vote on where we should have our headquarters. But for now, we can just hang out. I mean...we've been so busy with the game that..."
I stopped and Thorn looked up at me with curious eyes.
"...that...we haven't really gotten to spend time together. Yeah, we have been looking for a wedding location in the game but seriously!? That doesn't count!"
I yelled over-enthusiastically. He stared at me with his bright brown eyes and I had to ask him why he was doing that.
"Sugu, I love you."
He said. It was kind of his way of telling me to calm down. If he said "calm down" then he knew I would get pissed because you never ever say that to a girl because they will just get ever more mad. I sighed lovingly and kissed him. There wasn't anything to do today other than just make-out. Don't get me wrong, that was perfectly fine with me but it just seemed like a waste of a good day-off. Does that sound stupid? If so, I don't give a shit what you think! I stood up from the couch, sending Thorn face-first into the floor while I made my way over to the kitchen. He followed quickly while rubbing his cheek.
"Oh shit. I'm sorry Thorn."
I said as I rubbed his cheek and kissed it. His look of discomfort quickly turned into a huge smile. I don't think it even hurt in the first place...
"I think...I'm going to make some coffee water."
"Noooooooooooo!"
He yelled as he jumped at me and wrapped his hands around my waist. He started moving his fingers erratically and I started to laugh. Oh God...Was he tickling me!? He moved his hands to my tummy and I fell to the floor laughing.
"Stop! Stop! Hahahaha! Stop Thorn!"
"Not until you tell you me you won't make any coffee water!"
He said while laughing as well. Well I certainly wasn't going to let him win. I started tickling him as well and his eyes widened as he bursted out laughing. I smirked as I rolled on top of him and continued to make him laugh. He put his hands up in surrender and I stopped. We both were panting since that whole episode was about five minutes long. I sighed with a giggle and laid my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and rested them on my back. He rubbed his hands up and down and the comfort almost made me fall asleep in his arms. We were so weird haha.
"Hmmm...Did you wanna maybe...move this to the couch?"
Thorn suddenly said, hinting at something other than sleeping. I rolled my eyes and kissed him.
"What did you have in mind?"
"W-Well...you know..."
He said, darting his eyes away from me every few seconds. I found it absolutely adorable that he was blushing so hard. The fact that he was still embarrassed to say those kinds of things was so cute! I lifted up from him and stood up. He did the same and I took his arm gently as I led the both of us to the soft plush couch. I looked back at him and he had a big smile on his face. I couldn't help but giggle as I sat the both of us on the couch. He proceeded to take his shirt off but I stopped him before I could. He gave me a weird look and I pecked him on the cheek.
"Before you do that, I want to give you something so close your eyes."
He looked at me suspiciously but did what I told him to do. I smiled and looked over the edge of the couch. There was my Amusphere that I had left last night when I logged into the game. It was all plugged up and ready to go so I picked up the helmet and looked at Thorn. His soft tanned face brightened as he kept his eyes closed. He had an expression of excitement and confusion as he waited for me to do something. His hands were in his lap and his legs were criss-crossed on the couch.
"Okay, just wait a bit longer."
I told him as I put the helmet on him. His eyes flew open as soon as the helmet connected with his head and I started laughing.
"Haha! You thought I was gonna be naked didn't you!?"
He pouted and crossed his arms.
"Maybe..."
He said sadly.
"Awww..."
I said as I put my hand on his cheek and gave him a kiss. His frown soon turned into a smile and he gave me a big hug. See, this was a huge quality that I loved about Thorn. He never really held a grudge against anybody. Well, unless it was something that posed a threat against me. There was one time when we came back from the grocery store one night and some hobo tried to rob us. The hobo licked his lips as he looked at me and Thorn gave me the bags he was holding slowly. He told me to stay back and of course I was kind of worried what would happen. But as Thorn charged that homeless man, my worries soon disappeared as he landed a punch in his bony face. He then swung his foot and it hit the man's stomach. Hard. The hobo fainted I guess because he stopped moving on the ground. When Thorn came back to me, I gave him a hug and cried in his shoulder. I was scared okay! I asked him how he knew how to fight and he gave me a great big smile. He said that every American knew how to fight like that and I rolled my eyes. But I will never forget that day because it let me know that Thorn would always protect me; in game and in real life.
"I would kiss you and...all that...but we have to go in the game and vote for our headquarters."
I told him. He whined and kissed me again.
"But I thought you said that we would do that tonight. It's only like four in the afternoon."
He said. I nodded and sighed.
"I know but I just got a text from Asuna saying that her Mother didn't want her getting on tonight so we have to do it earlier. You know, her Mom's a real bitch. She's so dictating and when I went over there, it was like we were in North Korea or something."
"But North Korea is free now."
Thorn said. I huffed and flicked his forehead.
"You know what I mean, like twenty years ago and shit. But anyway, I should probably go tell Arkady and Kazuto. You text Sinon, Charles, and Erin while I do that babe."
I told him. He nodded and brought his head to the floor with his legs hanging on to the couch as he texted her upside down. Haha, he could probably be Spiderman if he wanted to. But anyways, I walked to the guest room we let Arkady stay in and knocked on the door. His dog, Maverick, barked once but stayed quiet as the Russian opened the door. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and I gave him a look. His hair was in the same place as it usually was but he didn't have a shirt on and he was wearing pajama pants with the Kremlin on them.
"You've been sleeping this whole time?"
"Да"
He said with a lazy grin. I laughed and moved my long hair behind my shoulder.
"We have to go vote where we want our headquarters so get on the game. And put a damn shirt on!"
I yelled as I left him there standing in the door. He shrugged and went back into his room. Going to my "brother's" room, I moved to knock on his door and the door opened before I could even knock. Kazuto's dark eyes stared at me and he opened his mouth to speak.
"Asuna texted me. I'll be on in a sec."
And with that he closed the door, leaving me bewildered.
"What is wrong with all the guys in this house. Jeez..."
I muttered. I walked back into the living room to see that Thorn had already dived in. I wonder if there's ever been an incident where someone got raped in real life while they were dived in...I'll have to try that with Thorn sometime and see what happens hehe. Although I'm sure he wouldn't mind. I walked over to him and slid on the big couch. I brought my second Amusphere to my head and quickly dived in as well. The world we had created came forth to us and my beautiful blond hair came flowing around me in a high ponytail. I dusted off my skirt and looked around. Thorn was leaning on a tree as he waited for me.
"We can go vote at the Freedom tower, but we're having sex when we log out."
He said with a grin. I giggled and nodded as I grabbed his warm hand.
"Whatever you say big guy."
We started to walk towards New York, which we finished about a week ago, and it probably took about ten minutes to get there from we appeared. The Freedom Tower came into view with its bright blue glass and genius design. It was my favorite building in the whole game because I loved the way the sun shined off of it's glass. We both walked inside and took the elevator all the way up the 94 floors of the building. Once there, we walked into the observatory deck where you could see the city through the windows. Although New York City wasn't one of the choices we had chosen as a place to put our headquarters, we did still consider it a huge branch in our leadership system. A good meeting place. We had set up a desk in the middle of the room and only the eight of us were allowed up here. We turned out to be the last ones to get to the tower and we found everyone sitting at the long table.
"Alright good! Everyone's here! Now, we are voting for our headquarters' location. I have sent all of you the poll and you will decide for yourselves. Just let me read to you the places one last time."
I swiped my hand down and read what was on the list.
1. Madrid, Spain
2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. Toronto, Canada
4. Tokyo, Japan
5. Moscow, Russia
6. Washington D.C., USA
7. Atlanta, USA
8. Rome, Italy
9. Sydney, Australia
10. Beijing, China
11. Hong Kong, China
12. Berlin, Germany
13. London, U.K.
14. Paris, France
15. Johannesburg, South Africa
16. Seoul, South Korea
"Okay get to choosing!"
I said with a smile as the poll appeared in front of everyone's face. I wonder what everyone's going to choose...
And that is the end of the chapter! I WILL GIVE YOU THE DECISION OF WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS WILL BE. YOU CAN CHOOSE MULTIPLE CHOICES SO DON'T WORRY! PICK THE BEST CHOICE PLEASE! THE POLL WILL BE ON MY PROFILE SO VOTE! NOW! DO IT! Anyway, I didn't go to school today because I was so sick of chemistry and all of my teacher's shit so yeah I got some time to finish this chapter. I've been busy so that's why it took so long. Anyway, please review and comment on the story and tell us how we did. It took so long cause we didn't get many reviews guys. I'm serious. Finally, thanks so much for reading and we will see you next time!
