Chapter 3: Let's get moving

Hello everyone I am incredibly sorry for not uploading in a long time. But I am back now I finally got a new computer so I can finally get back to writing. Also I want to thank everyone who liked my story I had no idea it would be as popular as it is (not that popular but it is an achievement for me). Anyways Hope you enjoy the new chapter and I want to apologize if the characters are OOC but I just write what comes to mind so if it comes out like that I am sorry. Anyway on with the story!

Kirito woke up at around eight in the morning. He began to get up when he felt something on his chest. He looked down to see Asuna lying next to him with her head on his chest. He began to blush slightly when seeing her asleep. For a moment he thought wondered if he should go back to sleep or wake her up.

While Kirito was in deep thought Asuna slowly woke up. She looked around the tent dazed with a small amount of drool coming from her mouth. When her eyes fell on Kirito she panicked and hit him in the face.

"Ow," Kirito shouted being knocked from his thought "Why the hell did you hit me?"

"I think I should be asking questions here Kirito-kun!" shouted Asuna

"Okay I will just ask one question. Why are you sleeping on my chest?"

"Because….. I cuddle things in my sleep" she said the second part in a much quieter tone.

"Well. Feel free to ask your questions now."

"The main one on my mind is why you are in the tent with me."

"I don't think you should be complaining you looked pretty comfortable"

Asuna blushed at this and left the tent. She knew she never cuddled anything in her sleep before so why had she done it now? She couldn't answer her own question so she dismissed it for now. Roughly one minute after Asuna left the tent Kirito came out and began packing everything up. He was done and had everything in his inventory within five minutes.

"Shall we go," Kirito said happily "the next town is only about an hour walk from here."

(At the next town almost two hours later)

"Uh my feet are tired Kirito-kun," Asuna whined "you said it would only be an hour you liar."

"Well my memory is a little fuzzy." Kirito chuckled

Asuna looked at him and sighed. How could a person so skilled in combat be this casual in a death game? He seemed to be the strangest person alive but for some reason she liked the strange parts about him. She began to get the same strange feeling in her gut as before. As they were walking her gaze fell upon his hand and she began to subconsciously reach out for it. However she stopped when Kirito began to speak.

"Asuna while we are here I think you should upgrade your gear."

"What's wrong with what I have right now?"

"You don't know much about games do you? Your gear can give you stat bonuses and make combat much easier and making staying alive much easier."

"Wow Kirito-kun, is there anything you don't know about games?"

He chose not to answer this question purely because he was slightly embarrassed to seem like a sage to this girl. Also because he wondered how someone could know so little about a game. Mainly because this is something that is present in almost every MMO or role playing game.

When they arrived at the Armor and weapon shop Kirito sold all of his useless items and told Asuna to buy anything she wanted after he showed her the basics of armor stats.

After a lot of time spent looking at armor and weapons she decided to get a set of armor that was similar to Kirito's. However the shirt with her armor only reached the top of her stomach and the color scheme was a much more upbeat set. Instead of black all over, it was white with a dark shape of pink for the trim. It still included a long coat however but it followed the same color scheme as the rest of her clothes. She hated where her shirt cut off but it was the only one that matched the rest of her attire and that meant a lot to her. She did, however, enjoy the blush she got from Kirito when he saw her new clothes.

"All that is left is for you to find a nice weapon for yourself." Kirito said avoiding eye contact with Asuna.

"I've already found one." She said as she held out a rapier it was incredibly similar to the one she recently held.

"Doesn't that seem a little light?"

"I would prefer speed over a lot of power. In case you couldn't tell from the boss fight."

After a sigh and handing the shop keeper the money his stomach began to rumble. Looking at his HUD he realized it was almost noon. I can't believe she spent almost two hours buying armor. Well at least it looks good he thought to himself. He wouldn't dare to say that out loud for fear Asuna would discover his weakness for cute girls and use it against him every chance she got.

"Kirito-kun, I'm hungry let's get some food." Asuna said while gripping her stomach tightly.

"I agree," Kirito replied copying her actions "We need to find a restaurant fast."

Soon they found somewhere to eat. Within seconds of walking in they ordered their food and sitting rather impatiently while waiting for it to arrive. When their food did come they began shoveling food in their mouths to fast to hold a conversation. When they had finished they paid their bill and proceeded to find some leave the town to find some monsters to slay and gain some exp.

After hunting monsters for several hours and gaining three levels each they began to get bored and started to walk towards the town and the nearest inn. After they got to the inn they decided to spend the night in and an awkward moment with the inn keeper confusing them for a couple. They were sitting in their room with blushing faces at the thought of the two being a couple.

"Asuna," Kirito said in a shy tone avoiding looking at Asuna at all "you can use the bath first if you like."

"Okay," Asuna replied in a slightly eager tone at the thought of getting to take a bath and having some alone time to think "only if you insist though."

"Of course, I can wait a little bit to take a bath."

As Asuna sat in the bath she had finished cleaning herself but wanted more time to be alone and think about her feelings. Why do I like it when he looks at me the way he did earlier when I bought my armor? I can't be developing feelings in a world like this, can I? Ugh I wish I could just realize how I feel and act on it! No, that's what right now is for I need to just find a way to know if I truly have feelings for him.

After what seemed like an eternity of thinking she knew what she was going to do. She walked out of the bathroom that was placed in their room. She sat next to Kirito on his bed while he was going through his inventory and equipping new items he had found while they were leveling.

"Kirito-kun I need to talk to you about something important." Asuna said in a rush hoping to not sound desperate to talk to him.

"Sure," Kirito closed his inventory and turned to her with a slight smile "what do you need?"

She didn't know why but she loved it when he smiled it made her feel safe as if he was going to protect her.

"I just need to find something out if that is alright with you?" she said with a raging blush she was past the point of no return.

"Sure just don't do anything to crazy." He said with a chuckle.

"Okay then," she said quietly as she began to lean closer to him…..

I am sorry to leave it right here but I needed a good stopping point. I will have the next chapter up as soon as possible so please r&r I always want to know what you guys think. Again though I am sorry it took me so long to update I didn't have a computer for a while and I was busy with family stuff. Also any ideas are welcome I really have no idea where the story is going I would prefer they be PMd so that people don't know what they are. Well I will see you all next chapter, Peace.