A/N: Halloween special! Like... Two weeks after Halloween... Woops. Never mind, Cause here it is, and there ain't nothing you can do to stop it! Haha... Yes you could. Enough with my rambling! Begin! (Set 5 years after Aclization, Yui has been in the real world for 3 months.
Tricks and treats.
The usual assortment of costumes caught Kazuto's eye as he entered the dice cafe, Yui holding tightly onto his hand. She had an adorable pumpkin costume on, with a little hat for the stalk of the festive vegetable. Kazuto himself wore a dark cloak, a white screaming mask and held a scythe in his hand, completing the outfit. Yui was bouncing as she walked inside, having recently got used to her new Android body.
Asuna had gone out earlier, wanting her costume to be a surprise for Kazuto, so he had taken Yui on the black beast, much to her dismay.
Asuna was wearing her witch costume from the year before, with a few alterations. She wore a tattered cloak around her figure, and the leggings had been replaced with dark tights, Kazuto attempted to avert his eyes before Asuna caught them, but he failed. Asuna instantly blushed, curling her hair around a finger. As the door the bell alerted the rest of the gang, and they turned to face Kazuto, immediately Aw-ing at the adorable costume Yui adorned.
Liz had chosen Freddy Krueger, instead of her usual werewolf or Frankenstein, she had a cropped jumper (sweater), showing what looked to be mutilated skin, burn scars and blood. On her left hand was a glove covered in knives, true to the decades old movie.
Klein, being Klein, donned a sumo wrestler's pants, complete with some gory details painted on his face. He would be the laughing stock of the night, Kazuto decided in his mind.
Keiko, even though she was now twenty one, still did not understand that Halloween was supposed to be scary, and was wearing the most adorable cat costume she could find. She wore a masquerade mask, whiskers and a black nose through the use of makeup, complete with Cat ears, black trousers and a black fur coat.
Sinon went for a... Distracting, costume. At least in Kazuto's eyes. She was a female vampire, with very, very short shorts. Not to mention they were tight. She had her hair down and some plastic teeth over her teeth. Kazuto forced himself to look away, Asuna hit hard.
Finally, Agil stepped up to the bar, and Kazuto managed to get a good look. He was dressed as hades, the greek god of the underworld, with a blue wig (probably meant to be fire), black robes and white face paint.
"Kirito-kun!" Asuna exclaimed happily, Embracing him while Liz and Keiko played with Yui.
"Hey honey." He placed his scythe against the bar, wrapping his arms around her in a grip just as tight. "You look... Hot."
"Hot?" She blushed.
"Well, I would normally say Beautiful, but Dayum."
"S-Stop it..." She said, but she pushed up against him further.
Kazuto chuckled, lifted his mask and pecked her lip. He pulled the mask back down, and chuckled to himself once again.
"Hey Asuna."
"Yeah?"
Kazuto squeezed the little bag inside his costume, that was on a wire that lead from his mask to his hand. Blood began to run inside the transparent plastic in front of the mask, that would be unnoticeable if it weren't for the fake blood. It ran around the screaming face, pooling at the bottom, before being sucked down and pushed up to the top from the squeezing of the bag.
Asuna yelped and slapped him, quickly apologising afterward.
"Ow..."
The rest of the dicey cafe was laughing, especially Klein, who came up and placed his arm on Kazuto's shoulder.
"Awww, that's no way to treat your husband!"
Asuna pouted. "It was a mistake."
"It's fine Klein." He chuckled, and led them both to the centre of the room, where everyone was hanging out.
Eugeo and Alice sat in a booth in the corner of the cafe, sharing a meal, the low lighting and the laughter in the background apparently only adding to the atmosphere of their meal. Eugeo was dressed as a traditional vampire, and was trying to do his best Dracula impression. Kazuto had shown him those movies not too long ago, along with a load of other movies to educate him about pop culture.
Alice wore a long white dress covered in blood, and a headband that made it look like she had a knife through her head. She wore no makeup, except for a white pastille that made her look really pale.
It was close to midnight, and the dicey cafe was still filled with laughter as people performed jump scares on unexpecting friends. Klein had the terrible idea of scaring Liz, and ended up with a large scratch on his cheek.
"I didn't know they were sharp!"
"Yeah well they are! I'm not apologising for something that's your fault." She huffed and crossed her arms. Klein pouted.
"Aw come on! It's Halloween! Have some fun!"
"I am!"
The cafe stared at her, and she began to blush.
"Argh! Fine! I'm sorry! Better Klein?" Klein looked up at her with amazement in his eye, mocking Liz as much as he could before-
"Just get up before I change my mind!" She outstretched her hand, and he placed his hand on his heart as Liz lifted him.
"Thank you so much Liz, I can't believe you did such a kind and normal thing."
Liz had to physically hold her bare hand back with her gloved hand.
"Melany wouldn't be very happy if you hit me now would she?"
"Melany would probably encourage me!"
"She's kinda right." Kazuto shrugged, Asuna glared at him and pouted.
"You're such a meanie Kirito-Kun."
"Only when I want to be." He whispered, slipping his arm around her waist and dragging her into him, to which she responded by nuzzling her head into the base of his throat.
The rest of the night was amazing, and might have involved dancing, or what Kazuto believed to be 'dancing'. Needless to say, Asuna didn't fall for him because he was good at dancing. Yui had giggled endlessly.
Of course, Klein had drank. A lot. At least he gave Agil an unlimited amount of bottles to clean.
Keiko focused on playing with Yui for most of the night, constantly telling her how adorable she was.
It had the potential to create a thousand new memories.
~A few hours later.
It wasn't long before Klein had passed out at the bar, the bottle of wine still In his hand. Liz flicked him a few times, but his eyes stayed closed.
"He's out dark. No way he's going to wake up any time soon."
"Want me to walk him?" Kazuto offered.
"Nah. It's ok. You and Asuna can go home, we'll clean up here."
"That's awfully Nice of you Aunt-" Yui yawned. "Rika..."
Liz smiled and nodded her head at the flagging child.
"Ah." They both said, and smiled at their daughter. Kazuto lifted her up into his arms, poking her sides to make her giggle.
"Let's get this little one off to bed then. Goodnight Liz." He kissed her cheek briefly, in a friendly fashion, Asuna tightly embracing her friend.
"See you soon!" She giggled, before gripping Kazuto's hand and being led out of the building.
Agil came down the stairs only seconds after they were gone. "Has everyone left?"
"Pretty much. Just me, an unconscious Klein, Sinon and you."
"Sinon!?" Sinon stumbled around the corner.
"Oh hey guys! Agil! Perfect timing! Top me up will ya?"
"I swear she's like a younger, female Klein when it comes to drinking."
"Wha-!? No! I'm much more responsib-Hic-le!" Sinon sipped the last drop of wine from her glass.
"I'd better get her home. Can You handle Klein?"
"Of course." Agil laughed.
Liz practically carried Sinon out of the cafe, Asada's slurred words in her ear all the way to the apartment.
"Lizzzzzz..."
"Yes Sinon..." She sighed.
"I loo-Hic-ve youuu!" Sinon leaned on Liz even more, tripping her over and landing on top of the brunette Blacksmith.
"Sinon! Come on!"
"Liiiiiizzzzz... I'm sleepy~" Rika tried to get up, but Asada laid her head on the agitated Rika's chest.
Liz rolled her eyes and laid back on the grass at the side of the pavement, allowing the drunken female to have her rest.
"You're lucky I'm not going anywhere." She giggled.
"Rika-san is warm..."
"You're going to be so embarrassed when you're sober."
"Mmmmhm..."
Liz decided it wasn't the worst way to conclude her Halloween, and closed her eyes. Sleeping was probably a good way to prepare for the onslaught from a sober Sinon.
A/N: Yay! Halloween! It was two weeks ago... *Sigh* Sorry. I would've just got rid of it, but I was proud of the fluffiness so... Yeah. Sorry. Hope you enjoyed!