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When the girl finished eating her plate, she looked up and giggled.

"Y/N, I'm gonna go buy some groceries. We ran out, and I wanna head out for a bit. See you later. Also, make sure Lilly's safe." Kirito said as he grabbed his sword from the racket and left.

"He's really nice!" Lilly said as she laughed again.

"Y/N, I'm boooooreeed.." She said as she put the plate to the side.

"Hmm.. Wanna go outside? Or-- Oh! I know. Have you fought any monsters yet?" You said as you got an idea.

"Yeah. I can protect myself too." She said as she stood up.

"Let's gooooo!" She said as she ran outside running.

"Wait up!" You said as you ran and caught up to her quickly.

You took out your sword and got ready. You looked at her as she took out a small purple dagger. It was cute, especially for her age.

"You ready?" You say as you look up at the tall monster.

She nods before she starts swinging and doing minor damage.

She wasn't doing that much damage, but it was something.

"Y/N, I can't do this!" She says as she sits down on the ground.

You quickly slash and kill the monster before facing her.

"It's okay, maybe fighting isn't your specialty." You say with a smile as you pat her head.

She nods silently.

"I'm boreeed. Let's go back." She says as she gets up.

"But we just started!" You exclaim.

"Yeah, but.. Fighting is not really my thing. I thought it would be fun." Lilly says as she starts walking back on her own.

You tilt your head to the side. You then run up to her.

"Are you coming back?" You say as she keeps on walking.

"I'll come back in a few days, I want to walk around and explore and stuff. Don't worry, I'll be fine on my own. Good luck with Kirito! I'll maybe see you again some day." She smiles and then disappears in the horizon.

She acted like an adult, even though she was young. Pretty surprising. You decided to go explore on your own as well, you don't really feel like going back in the house because there's nothing to really do.

You turn around and see a dark forest. You look at it in awe as the slim, dark trees tower over your head. You get a few shivers, but decide to walk in because of curiosity. Curiosity might kill the cat, but satisfaction will bring it back. The forest's trees were all crunched up together, kind of looking like the game Slender. Except for the fact that Slender had tons of space. Imagining it, if there was a nervegear game for slender, you would probably be dead right now. Anyway, footstep by footstep, you arrived at the middle of the forest. Well, what you thought was the middle. And it looked like the middle because there was a rock with surrounding space. You walked to the rock, cautiously. You then sat on it. It was a weird rock, especially the structure. You decided to leave it alone and go to Silica's house. You looked at your GUI for directions to the next city, since you had no idea where you were. You kept walking and walking.

You see a shadow. You turn around, drawing your sword. You walked back cautiously until you felt hands grab your mouth.

Pitch black.

>> Kirito's POV <<

I stare at the lettuce.

'She might need this to cook..' I thought to myself.

I give the gold to the merchant. I then turn around and the familiar blonde. Great, without Y/N here, I'm not gonna be able to shoo her off. Let's just see what she wants now.

"Hey Kirito!" She says while smiling.

"Where's Y/N? Did you break up with her already? What a sha-" She stops herself.

"I mean, uh.. Poor Y/N. She must've been so sad.." Asuna says as she giggles.

"What are you laughing for?" I say while rolling my eyes.

"Now I get to marry you~" She says while squinting.

"No. Listen, I need to get this for her, so can you please just move?" I say hesitantly.

I'm really bad at being stern to girls.

"Sure sweetie~ Listen, can I come with you?" Asuna says as she catches up to my walking speed.

I pause. "..."

"...Fine." I finally let out, while rolling my eyes once again.

This is what I get for being attractive.

I start walking, a bit awkwardly actually. It was silent the whole time but I heard Asuna's giggles and skips.

I walk in the house and set the food on the table. Y/N isn't home. She's probably still training. I sigh next to Asuna and send her a text message.

'Hey, I left the food at home. Please come back soon, <3'

I smiled and got up.

"Where are you going?" Asuna said, tugging on my cloak.

"I don't know, where do you think I'm going?" I said, starting to get a bit ticked off. This girl is so clingy.

"I don't know.." She says while sitting down on the couch.

I decide to ignore her and walk out.

Let's call Y/N, I've been gone for a while now and I need to see when she's going to come back home.