A/N: WHY ARE THEY TOYING WITH OUR EMOTIONS!? WHY DO THEY KEEP LEAVING CLIFFHANGERS!? I'M ABOUT TO READY TO START CRYING FROM THIS ARC.
Kirito put the crystal back into his inventory and when he was about to go over to the girls, a chiming noise when off in his ears, making him jump from the suddenness of it. A window opened in front of him and he saw that it was a system message warning him of the external force.
'That's either mom or Sugu… probably Sugu since she must be mad at me for leaving her.' he thought with a devious smile on his face as he dismissed it. Asuna saw this and a questioning look on her face formed.
"What's wrong Kirito-kun?" She asked him as she picked up Yui.
"It's just a system message. It's probably Sugu wanting to yell at me some more."
"Suguha-chan? What did you do now?" She said, getting straight to the point.
"W-Why do you assume that I did something?"
"Papa has that look on his face. The one that looks like you did something Liz-san would do." Yui said as she snuggled slightly into her mother's light blue hair, Asuna patting her head.
"So what did you do?" Asuna asked as she looked at him, prepared to glare at him until he told her. Kirito sighed and decided to tell her before she decided to throw him in the snow.
"Earlier, Sugu and I were talking with our mom and I mentioned her boyfriend that she hadn't mentioned to her yet."
"Please tell me you didn't do anything else."
"I don't think that can apply to things that have already happened."
"Kirito-kun!"
"What!? I only left her alone with her…"
"But isn't Midori-san like you?" Asuna said as she resisted the urge to pinch the bridge of her nose since she was holding Yui. Another system message showed up in front of Kirito and he dismissed it again.
"What if it's your mom?" Asuna asked. Kirito thought about that and opened his menu to his friend list. He went up the list and saw that next to his sister's avatar's name, it had an online symbol next to it.
"... I think it's my mom…" he said as he closed him menu.
"Go! You might get in trouble it you keep her waiting any longer!" Asuna said, pouting slightly. Kirito nodded and walked over to them, kissing Asuna briefly on her lips and kissing Yui on her forehead.
"I'll see both of you tomorrow!" he said, opening his menu and clicking the logout button, seeing Asuna and Yui smile as he left.
Kazuto opened his eyes and saw the bright light of the ceiling, squinting slightly from the light. He took off his amusphere and sat up and saw how Midori was sitting at his desk, looking at the picture frame that he kept there. He blushed slightly and cleared his throat to get his mother's attention away from the picture.
"Ah! You've finally come out!" She said as she put the picture back in its spot next to Kazuto's phone charger.
"R-Right… I actually thought that it was Sugu that was calling."
"And you tried to stay in your game? I raised you well." She said as she ruffled his hair.
"I'd rather not die at the age of 17 from Sugu's beating."
"That would be terrible to clean up."
"That's what you're worried about in that situation!?" Kazuto asked, making Midori laugh at his reaction.
"Anyway, I need your help." She said as she put her hands together and smiled in a pleading manner to him.
'It's either something pointless or something that'll cause my death.' he thought.
"W-What is it?" he asked, wary about what his mother would ask for.
"I need you to get Nagata-kun to come here when Suguha isn't here."
"Why?"
"I want to talk to him! I want to find out how it happened that they started dating!"
"Couldn't you just ask Sugu?" He asked, hoping that she would yes and drop the topic.
"You really think that she would tell me? She would be too embarrassed and manage to run away before I would even get the chance to corner her."
"G-Good point… Sugu is definitely the type to run away at questions of that kind." he said as he put the amusphere on the desk next to his phone.
"What were you even doing online?" Midori asked as he moved the machine.
"I was… I was with Asuna…" he said as he admitted it, his blush returned as he said it.
"It seems like it was just yesterday that you were building your computer…" Midori said as she wiped away an imaginary tear. Kazuto rolled his eyes as her reaction making her sigh.
"It's so much more fun to tease Suguha… At least I can get a reaction out of her!"
"You had your fun when you met Asuna!"
"I know, I know… When is she coming again? It's fun to tease her as well!" Midori said with a smile.
"I-I don't know! She has some things to go do with her family so I'm not sure if I'll be able to see her much as I'd like…" He said, making Midori smile at how lovesick he looked even though he was just with his girlfriend a few minutes ago.
"S-So you only want me to bring him over?" he asked to divert the subject from Asuna and back to Nagata.
"So you'll do it!?" she asked, excited at the thought he would.
"S-Sure… I'll do it if you stop asking me when Asuna will come over."
"Is it because you get depressed that she's not here right now?"
"I-I do not!" Kazuto said, his cheeks getting more and redder. Midori smiled and got up from the chair, walking to the door.
"I think Suguha might still be mad at you so make sure to avoid her until she's calm or not within range of her kendo equipment."
"I'll remember that…" he replied before she left the room. He quickly got up and walked to his computer, connecting it to his amusphere to look for the pictures he just took. As he looked for it, his gaze went to the picture frame next to him and he smiled. It had been one of the few things he had managed to find in his NerveGear and he couldn't help but be happy about it. It was a picture that he and Asuna had taken on the 22nd floor in the rocking chair outside, his arms around her waist as they both smiled.
A/N: OVER 50,000 VIEWS!? ARE YOU GUYS ANGELS!? WAIT... We're on Fanfiction... Never mind! But seriously, I love you guys! Also, thanks to Bashabuttonstories for the chapter he just uploaded!
(Also I made the error of putting my music on shuffle and started to cry from the EGOIST music that started to play. I'M DYING)