Not much to say. I just posted the last one so yea. Enjoy

Getting up from the table, I wiped my eyes and headed in to the bathroom. Turning on the bath water, I sniffed loudly and began to remove my clothing. Hopefully a bath will calm me down. Turning off the ethics code, I shivered. I haven't been without any clothing in weeks. It was a strange feeling.

Stepping in, I sat in the shallow water, hugging my knees as I watched the warm liquid slowly creep up my body, lost in thought. He was,,, so angry… After everything he put up with because of me, can I really blame him? I took his stuff, I cried on him several times, I took his food money, his room money, and got him in a fight… Then I forced him to relive his deepest pain… Reaching my shoulders and knees, I turned off the water and sunk deeper, leaving only my eyes and the top of my head above the water. While giving a weird feeling, this was possible since you couldn't actually take damage or suffer from lack of oxygen. Breathing was actually only needed to talk, but everyone still did it simply by reflex.

Trying to enjoy the water, I couldn't help but picture his eyes, fueled by pain and rage, as he ordered me off of him heatedly. He's angry and what am I thinking? That he might be about to kiss me. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Our faces weren't even two inches apart… "Kill you!" I shuddered remember his last words to me, bringing on a new wave of tears. What did he mean? We were talking about his regret when he took hand in other's deaths,,, and then saying that? I… I don't understand. My tears mixed with the bath water as they came out.

After a while, I got out of the bath, not feeling any more relaxed. If anything, I felt worse, having used such an expensive item that was given out of generosity. Reequipping my underwear, I flopped on the bed, unsure of what to do. Lying there, I planned out the next day. First I would be able to get over tonight and disband the party myself. Strange that he hadn't done so already. Then I'd travel to a higher floor, searching for a new group of people. Hopefully with enough col and charm, I could get someone to accompany me through the dungeon. Then I could see Pina again. This thought brought a smile to my lips.

*Knock Knock*"Silica-chan?" Chan? Kirito-kun? He came back?

Instantly I jumped out of bed and rushed to the door. He came back! Throwing it open I launched myself in to his arms, seeing an extremely shocked look on his face, hugging his neck tightly. "I'm so sorry Kirito-kun! I didn't know. I didn't mean to make you angry. Please,,, can you forgive me?" I felt myself close to crying again, so grateful that he returned. I need to stop crying on this guy. I hugged his neck tighter as one tear escaped, landing on his shoulder.

He pried my hands off his shoulder, pulled me face to face, and looked in my eyes, "You did nothing wrong." I.. didn't? Then he dropped my hands and leaned back, looking at the wall. Putting his hand behind his head and an embarrassed look on his face, he reminded me of when he overheard my ranting to my kidnappers. Why is he so shy all of a sudden? "I'll explain once you,,, um,,," he stuttered, unable to finish his thought.

Puzzled, I slowly looked down at myself. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. I forgot I was in my underwear."I, I, I, I…" I covered myself with my arms backing away slowly, then I sprinted behind the door and slammed it. Oh,,, my,,, GOD! How do I always end up in situations like this?

"Um… Silica-chan? Would you rather talk in the morning?" I could die from the amount of heat in my face right now. I didn't want him to leave though…

Quickly equipping a simple night dress I took a deep breath and opened the door again, not really able to look Kirito in the eyes. "Pl… Please come in." He hesitantly complied and sat back down in the chair we were sitting in earlier.

He opened his mouth to speak, closed it, and opened it again, still nothing coming out. "I didn't mean to do that," I blurted out. He looked at me and chuckled. I heard a faint 'figured' directed at no one and decided I should continue. "And, um, about earlier, with those guys, I didn't mean that either. I was just mad at them and it was the first retort that popped in my head." I started pacing at this. He nodded thoughtfully. "Actually, I would be really hurt if you tried something without asking." Ok, at least I fixed that. "I mean, it's not that I don't find you attractive Kirito-kun," Oh no... Mouth? "In fact I think you're a really great guy." What are you doing? "Actually, I would be ecstatic that you would be interested in me." Mouth. "I mean, I am kind of interested in you." Stopppppppppppppppp. "I just thought you wouldn't because you thought I was such a kid…" I stopped pacing, turned to him, and covered my mouth to prevent any more words from escaping, mortified that I had let that much out.

Kirito looked at me with a blank stare, mouth slightly agape. Closing it, I watched him swallow and clear his throat. "Um… Well… I…" Lost for words, he ran his hand through his hair and looked at the table. When will I stop doing humiliating things in front of this guy?

I turned around, not able to look at him, leaving him facing my back. "Let's just forget I said anything. I made a mistake. See? Blurting random things I don't mean. Do you want to leave and come back, a fresh start? Then we could act like nothing happened and just talk about the mission." I heard him get out of the chair.

Instead of the door opening though, I felt a hand on my elbow, turning me back around. Looking up, I saw him lean down and place a chaste kiss on my cheek. Shocked, I simply stared at him, his mouth moving. Did he, did I, um, did, AIEEE! I started screaming in my head. He does like me! I think…

Finally I registered the fact that he was talking, "so you didn't mean any of what you said?" He smirked at me as he asked this, throwing my words back at me. Seeing me still unable to answer, he started laughing and pulled me in to a tight hug. Holding him tight, I felt him whisper in my ear, "sorry I didn't ask to do that. Are you mad?" He was brave enough to do that thinking I might rip his head off. Actually, with his superior strength stats, he could do a lot worse to me and I would be helpless, but, he didn't.

Breaking the hug he began letting me go, that was, until I put both hands on his cheeks, and forced his lips on to mine.

His eyes were dinner plates in size I saw as I closed mine. My first kiss. My first, ever, is with Kirito-Kun. I felt his lips stiff against mine, then slowly relaxing, though not moving. Should I be moving mine? I've never done this before. Maybe I should. They always did in those movies mom and dad watched. What if I was bad at it? I hope Kirito-kun is that forgiving. Prepared to experiment, I slowly started to move my lips.

Kirito's lips, on the other hand, became firm again as his hands reached up and took my own off his face, placed them at my sides, disconnecting his lips from mine. "Silica-chan," he started. Oh god, I do suck at kissing. He's probably kissed plenty of experienced girls and can't stand whatever I just did. "I do like you, but let's not rush into stuff like that. I've never done this before either." He hasn't? Wait, either?

"Either? Are you just assuming I've never kissed anyone because of my age?" Sitting down on the bed with my arms folded, I started to feel grumpy. I know I'm younger than him but he didn't have to go out and assume. Hmph

Looking at me, he started cracking up. "Sorry, but you just look adorable pouting like that." Sitting on the bed next to me, he pulled one of my crossed arms away and held my hand. "Look, Silica-chan, I just don't want to do anything weird or wrong. That was my first kiss you stole right there." Yea, right.

"No way. Look at you. You've probably kissed a hundred pretty girls." I wasn't letting up on my pouting, instead I started getting jealous, a flurry of older, not to mention more developed, girls, running through my head.

"Yup. Totally. The gamer and computer geek stuck in a videogame since he was fourteen. Definitely kissed a hundred girls." He doesn't have to be sarcastic about it. And fourteen?

"So,,, fifteen?" I guessed deducing his age. Two years older. That wasn't too too bad, was it?

"Next month," he clarified. That's a little better, but he could still be put off by my age. "You know, you don't have to tell me yours, though it would help ease my mind knowing you were at least a teenager."

"I'm thirteen," I contributed stupidly.

"I see. Okay Silica-chan. And, really, you did steal my lip virginity." Finished with that, he started laughing lightly. He's making fun of me. And did he have to say it like that? My cheeks were darkening considerably.

I sighed, "sorry about that… If it helps, It was my first one too…"He nodded slowly, not seeing a need to reply. "Also, if I made it weird,,, It's just you're older. I thought I'd have to impress you or something…" I trailed off, thinking back to my outburst of wanting him to make a move on me. I still didn't want that, it just reminded me of it.

He looked at me with a soft expression and shook his head slowly, "no. You don't."

Looking at my hands I asked him, "was it,,, bad?"

He must have not expected that question but then began to reply in an analytical way. "We'll if neither of us had done it before then we would have no knowledge of how to do it well. And, likewise, we would have no idea of what was good or bad. So I don't really think that I can be qualified to give that answer,,, but no. I liked it." He smiled lightly and squeezed my hand. Looking in my eyes he finished, "Still, we both have little experience, and we can figure it out on the way."

Leaning forwards, I closed my eyes again and reached my lips again, only to be met with something that clearly weren't his. Puzzled, I open my eyes, finding him holding a finger to my lips. "Before we get in to any of that, we have some things we need to discuss." Getting off my bed he sat again in his chair, and pulled it to face mine, putting his feet up on the bed post.

"About when I left,,," he started.

So 70 percent of that was not planned. But, I'm rolling with it. Please leave a review, even to flame the OOC'ness