A/N: work is still crazy at the moment but I am working hard to let the story continue. Since it is near 5am here at this moment, and I have to be at work around 7, I hope you will understand the delay. The 14 to 16 hours of day are really destroying me at the moment but I will keep trying to update the story with new chapters on a daily bases. I can only hope you will understand if it get delayed a day if I can't find time to write.

Have fun with this chapter.

Chapter 14

We left after breakfast, because we didn't want to disturb their honeymoon even more. Me and Lizbeth walked in front, holding each other's hands. I noticed Crimson being quiet, he hadn't said a word after we left from Kirito and Asuna. I looked over my shoulder to look at him and saw him walking, looking at the ground. Lizbeth looked at me and turned around too to see where I was looking at.

"I think you need to spend some time with him." She whispered in my ear.

"I think you are right." I whispered back.

After a quick kiss, she let go of my hand and turned over to Crimson.

"Can you do me a favor?"

"What is it?" Crimson replied.

"Can you look after your brother? I forgot that I have an appointment for metals so I have to go."

"Oh. Then good luck with that. I will try to keep him out of trouble." A small smile appeared on his face.

Lizbeth ran towards the teleport gate and disappeared before our eyes.

"So… will you tell me why you feel so bad?" I asked.

"I'm fine. Worry about yourself." He reacted with an angry voice.

"Something is wrong. Normally you're never this quiet unless something is wrong. Is it Lizbeth?"

"No… well yes… I don't know."

"You do know, come on. If there is something, tell me. You're my little brother. So what is wrong with her?"

"It is not her. It's…"

"Is it me?"

"Yes… of no it is not you. Well it is you but…" he took a deep breath before continuing.

"It just… that I am… jealous of you…"

"How come?"

"Well… what you have with Lizbeth… I want that too and it hurts me to see that you can live here like that… almost as if the other world doesn't exist anymore."

"I didn't know that. I am sorry. If it hurts you that much, do you want me to break up with her?"

"Would you do that for me?"

"Yes I would. You're my little brother."

"How crazy are you? That girl has fallen completely for you and you for her and you would break up with her because I feel jealous? How stupid are you?"

"I would give my life up, if that would save you. You are my little brother. I would do anything for you. You are in this game because of me. It is my fault you are here. If I had canceled my reservation for SAO when I got the game from Argus, you would be at home. Safe."

"It isn't your fault that I am here, I decided to play that game. And if you ever dare to let go of something like Lizbeth or other things that makes your life better, I would kick you. You are alive, so live your life."

"But how about you? If you feel bad every time I am with Lizbeth, I am not happy."

"I will be fine. It is not that I'm not happy for you, it's just that I miss that feeling. Someday I will meet somebody that makes me feel the same way as you do. But promise me that you won't behave different with Lizbeth if I am around."

"I promise. But only if you promise me that if something is bothering you, you will talk about it."

"I promise. But how can I do that? You and Lizbeth are always together. It is she now has an appointment, otherwise she would be still here and we won't be talking."

"She doesn't have an appointment. She saw you felt bad and gave us the space to talk about it. She understands that there are times that you need me, just as that there are time that I need you. So don't worry about it, just say if you need me."

"She lied to me? To give us time? Again, if you ever let her go, I will smack you so hard and as many times until you realize how stupid you were to let that happen."

We laughed together. I stood up and spread my arms.

"Come on… you know you want it."

"Can't you ever behave normal? I'm not hugging you."

"You want it. Come on. Show some love for your big brother."

"What will all players think that will see it? Do you ever think about that?"

"Since when do we care? We never cared about that. We always did what we wanted, joke around and stuff like that."

He slowly got up and hugged me. "Thank you" was the only thing he said.

"Brothers for live remember?" I said while releasing him.

"Brothers for live." He said while hitting my fist with his.

As we were walking towards Lizbeth's shop, we joked around. We did the same things that we always had done before this game, having fun in or own way. We walked into the shop and saw Lizbeth standing behind the counter helping a customer. It didn't take long to finish and Crimson walked up to her after the customer had left.

"Thank you Lizbeth, for earlier."

"No problem. If you ever need something, don't be afraid to ask."

"I will. I know he can be weird from time to time, but deep in him is a good guy. Don't ever let him go."

"I won't. But I have something for you."

From behind the counter she pulled out a sword and gave it to him.

"Thank you. But why?" He asked surprised.

"Yesterday you gave me the metal and when I got back, I forged this sword from that metal. I know it won't match the Exidator but it is a really powerful sword."

As Crimson was admiring his new sword I walked up to him. I looked with him towards the sword and its stats. It was a really powerful sword. As he swung the sword from left to right, the smile on his face became bigger and bigger.

"It feels amazing. Exia, what do you think?" He asked while handing the sword over to me.

I put my hand on the handle and I could feel something. It were the emotions from Lizbeth towards him. She really cared for him and for that reason this sword would be able to do amazing things in his hands.

"For me this isn't a good fit. This is a sword made for you. And for you only."

"So you are saying this sword isn't that great?"

"For me it isn't. But for you it is. Because this is your sword. Made for you and only you. Creating a very strong connection between the player and his sword is important so you can get the maximum out of it."

"Now I get it. It is like the sword recognize me if I hold it. And because it is built for me, if you hold it, the sword would feel that it is not me."

"Yes that is it."

We talked about it for some time, and after dinner we decided that it was best to try the sword out the next day because we were all tired. He went towards the guest room, leaving Lizbeth and me alone in the living room.

"What was it that made him feel bad this morning?" She asked.

"Basically, he was jealous of us. Having found love in this world. But we talked about it and it is fine now."

"I am glad to hear that."

After some time of sitting against each other in silence, she got up, pulling me up with her. She slowly guided me towards her bedroom. We changed into our sleeping clothes quickly and got into the bed.

She placed her head on my chest and we fell asleep quickly after that. I had missed the softness of a bed but I also didn't want to sleep without Lizbeth. She kept the nightmares away. Nightmares I had for a long time thanks to this world.

When I slowly woke up the next morning, I opened my left I a little to peek at Lizbeth. I saw her staring at my face and couldn't help myself to quickly open both my eyes wide and saying 'BOE".

She got up really fast with her face turning red.

"I'm sorry… Good morning…. Should I make some breakfast?"

"I am sorry to scare you like that but I couldn't help myself. But I am not in a hurry today so why don't you lay down again? We still have some time and we deserve an easy morning from time to time."

"That is true." She slowly answered and placed her head on my chest again.

"Did I wake you up?" She slowly asked.

"Wake me up? I don't think so. Why do you ask?"

"Just like you said, you deserve a good night sleep. So after I woke up, I didn't wanted to wake you up."

"I slept like a baby. So you don't have to worry about that. Did you sleep well?"

"It has been a long time that I slept this nice."

She slowly raised her head and moved up towards me. Letting her lips find mine, we kissed. We didn't know why, but we couldn't stop. It was the only thing we could think of.

A simple knock on the door made us realize that it was already past dinner time, meaning we had spent the entire day in bed together.