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Chapter 7:
It was a peaceful day today, and I was inside Lizbeth's shop with Asuna since she wanted Lizbeth to tend to her sword.
"That should do it" Lizbeth said holding up Asuna's sword sheathing it to give back to her.
"Thank you Liz" Asuna replied.
"So are you guys going to return straight back to the front-lines?" She asked us.
"Well I am, but Saki is going to be busy today, since she's going to meet up with someone special~!" Asuna told her.
"Yea-Wait... HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ASUNA?!" I cried out.
"Let's just say, I have a ton of friends" She said smiling.
"You're seriously scary, you know that?" I said shuddering.
"Who's the 'special person'" Lizbeth asked playfully.
"This boy that she's been getting really friendly towards!" Answered Asuna cheerfully.
I really want to sulk right now.
"But I'm so sad you didn't even tell us Saki" Lizbeth exaggerated with actions, with Asuna nodding her head as well.
"Well... You guys would just tease me if I did, plus he's not special" I said.
"How mean~ We're your best friends you know~?" Lizbeth replied.
"B-Best friends?" I repeated.
"Yep, the three of us" Asuna said. "Don't you like that?"
"I-It's not that! I'm so happy I could die right now!" I said hurriedly.
"Actually on second thought, please don't die" Lizbeth told me.
With that, we all started laughing together.
Me and Kirito had planned to have lunch together, and were now in a little restaurant having small talk with each other.
"Hey Saki-chan, what did you think when you heard that this was a death game?" He asked me.
"Shocked, I guess"
"I see..."
I also felt betrayed, but that was going to sound weird if I told Kirito that. But really, my own dad leaving me in a death game where I could die any-time? I know he wasn't really the caring dad in the first place but still!
"By the way... since when did 'san' become 'chan'?!"
"Well, we're closer now aren't we~?" He grinned.
I pouted.
"Oh yeah, I was thinking about getting a new custom sword, do you know someone that's good?" Kirito asked.
"Liz"
"Liz?"
"Her name's Lizbeth, she's one of my best friends that's a blacksmith" I said explaining.
"I'll pay her a visit then, can you tell where her shop is?"
"Sure" I replied.
I was running with all my might, trying to reach Lisbeth's shop.
I was just bored and was checking where my friends were when I couldn't find out where Liz was. I knew she wasn't one to go into dungeons so I was pretty worried. I even messaged her but she didn't reply at all.
Reaching my destination, I burst open the door only to see Kirito and Lizbeth together with Lizbeth looking like she was going to say something important, really important. More than that though, I saw the look in her eyes when she was staring at Kirito.
I decided to ignore Kirito for now and walked towards Lizbeth. "You're okay right? I was so worried you know!" I told her.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay" She said looking down.
Huh? Was she sad or something? The reason that first came to mind was because of the boy standing in front of us.
"Did he try to do anything weird to you? Was he rude? Selfish? Obnoxious, insult you in anyway, or-"
"Is there even a limit to how much you can insult me?" Kirito cut in.
"Insult me? He broke the strongest sword in my shop!" Lizbeth said cheering up. I could already tell it was just fake though.
"Oh, he did that did he? I see... I can think up a good punishment if you want?" I suggested.
"B-But it's also because of him I made an even greater sword!" She defended him.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"We went into a dungeon together to collect some good materials, we were stuck there for the night though" Kirito replied for her.
"So that's why I couldn't find you" I murmured.
"Well, If Liz forgives you then I will too... Sorry, it's just a tiny bit fun to insult and poke fun at you, I wonder if that's normal?" I questioned to myself.
"It's not normal at all!" He shouted.
I could feel Lizbeth watching our interactions closely. "Do you guys know each other?"
"W-Well, we're on the front lines together but, I-I guess you can consider him as a f-f-friend of mine" I said looking the other way.
"Yeah, Saki-chan recommended you when I asked about getting a new sword" He said smiling at me. "I'm glad she did"
"I-It was nothing..." I said. "Besides, I hope you protected my best-friend well, if I hear her HP dropped even by 1% I'll seriously make you regret it"
"S-She wasn't hurt at all" He replied nervously.
"I saw that, you hesitated!" I pointed out.
"It was just a tiny bit, I also gave her a potion! And I was nearly killed out there! At least try to sympathize" Kirito said.
I turned to Lizbeth, apologizing for Kirito for not protecting her properly.
"You don't have to apologize, you know" She leaned close to my ear. "So he's the special some-one hey? I'm rooting for you~!"
"You've got the wrong idea!" I cried out.
She then ran off saying she forgot some supplies she needed to stock up on.
"Take good care of the shop while I'm gone you two!"
"Wait, Liz?!" I shouted. With her gone, I decided to drop the happy act.
"When I barged in, I'm sure that I interrupted something that was important" I turned to Kirito.
"Yeah, I think you did" He muttered.
"Then what are you still doing here?" I said pushing him forward towards the way out.
"What about the shop?" He asked.
"You think I can't handle a shop for a little while?" I retorted.
"I shouldn't have even asked, thanks, Saki-chan" He said before rushing out to find Lizbeth.
"You seriously fell for him didn't you, Liz" I murmured to myself, and they only spent one day together. Man, were you flirting with her or something Kirito?!
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Until next time.