January - February Test drive

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cherry grove

[doublefist]

Kirito's got a snack in one hand that he had been just about to bite into when he heard the sound of someone crying. He's not surprised; after all, being kidnapped, no matter the circumstances or the bright cheery atmosphere of the place, it's still a lot to take in. It's an emotional roller coaster to think you'll never see home again, or that you at least may not be able to see it for a long, long time.

He sighs, going to tuck his snack back into his bag, before he follows the sound of sniffles. He wasn't expecting to see the familiar long, red hair tied in that classic braided style that Asuna always wore. He stares for a moment, trying to process through the shock, before he goes to slowly approach her. Maybe it's just someone who looks like Asuna...

But then she's wiping at her eyes and apologizing without really looking at him and he knows for sure it's her. He doesn't even hesitate as he goes to all but tackle her, arms wrapping around her tightly as he knocks them both into the grass. His head is getting buried against whatever part of her he's landed on, his eyes shut tight.

"You're here."

[lightnflash]

She'd just been trying to take a quiet moment to herself to contemplate the situation or maybe just pout about it. Now here she is being pounced by whoever happened to catch her in the act. What's worse is that they've landed directly on top of her, face buried against her chest in a far too familiar way. So of course her instinct at first it to fight off this over zealous person.

Asuna squirms underneath him, going to shove him off and preparing a punch, but then her mind registers that voice and how familiar it is. She immediately stops herself from decking him and rather blinks at him in shock.

"Kirito..."

A fresh wave of tears fill her eyes, though she's smiling and takes her own turn to throw her arms around him. "I'm so glad to see you." She clings to him, holding him close, the way she always does whenever she's afraid of losing him.

[doublefist]

He keeps himself close to her for a moment longer, breathing her in, amazed at just how real she feels and how authentic she smells. It's the first thing here that's made him wonder if maybe he was wrong, maybe this isn't a game. He knows that it felt the same in the Underworld, though, or at least close to, and every launch of a new program improves with these kind of details. The potential with using peoples souls for data processing is endless when it comes to simulating realism.

He pulls back after a second, looking down at her, his own eyes watering, though no one would be shocked by that. He reaches out to wipe some of the tear stains from her cheek carefully. For all his bravado and surface excitement, he understands why she'd needed to cry. There's so much about the situation that's terrifying, no matter the bright sides he keeps pushing on himself so he doesn't crash under the weight of it.

"It's going to be okay," he says with as much reassurance in his voice as possible. "If we're here together, everything will be okay."

[lightnflash]

Her own thoughts had run much the same course as far as the realism of everything around her went. She might have been willing to consider that this was truly another place, but it worked and felt much like the other virtual video games that she'd participated in. Its realism was on par with the Underworld, so it made more sense to her that she'd somehow gotten trapped in another virtual world than been swept away to another actual world.

She leans into his touch, closing her eyes for a moment as she feels the pads of his fingers wipe her cheeks. His touch could make everything better, so she holds onto him a little longer. He was right, it was going to be okay. Now that they were facing this together she could handle the situation with ease.

"You're right. It will. I'm so glad you found me." She moved to hug him again, holding him close and breathing him in. He was so familiar and so loved and relief flooded her.

When she finally satisfies the ache to cling to him, she pulls back and looks at him. "We've gotten stuck in another virtual world, somehow, haven't we? Sometimes I wonder if we'll ever finish up high school."

[doublefist]

He didn't hesitate in returning her second hug, his arms wrapping tightly around her, one hand going to cradle her head against him in a comforting manner. There was a part of him that didn't want to let her go, an underlying fear that she would disappear into a thousand flecks of pixels the moment that he stepped back.

"I'll always find you," he said gently. No world had ever kept them apart for long and no world ever would, as far as he was concerned. He placed a kiss on the top of her head, trying not to look too put out when she pulled back again.

Which was easy to do when she said those words, his mind immediately preoccupied by one of his last talks with his family. And what's your job? ... To be a high school student... His head hung back as he let out a groan.

"My dad's gonna kill me."

[lightnflash]

Since they'd first met almost four years ago, they'd nearly lost each other more times than she even liked to think about. It sometimes made her feel clingy, especially when they'd been separated from each other for any length of time. Losing him was probably her greatest fear and she'd had that fear come far too close to reality too often and to recently.

"I did hear that you don't lose any time in the real world, and it's not like last time with the Underworld where you were in a coma. Hopefully that means that we'll just easily go back to things when we return." There was a hint of doubt in her tone because when had it ever been easy to reenter society after they'd been stuck in another world, no matter how much time passed.

"Your parents will just be glad that you are home safe, if they notice at all. And we'll just have to work extra hard to make up for it."

[doublefist]

He lets out a sigh, going to lean his head against her shoulder for a moment. Mostly the dramatics were used to lighten the situation slightly, but there was a fear that his parents were eventually going to use these kidnappings as a reason to stop him from being allowed to full-dive anymore. At least until he graduated and was underway in his university programs.

He lifts his head, going to pull himself up from the ground and offering her a hand up as well. "If things are quick enough, maybe I won't even have to tell them. Wouldn't that be a nice change of pace? Having one of these kidnappings at least working in our favor?"