My Partner In More Ways Than One (Sword Art Online Kinon Fan Fiction)

Chapter 3

When I got out of ALO my mind started racing. "Why did Sinon do that? Does she have feelings for me? But do I have feelings for her?" All these things were racing through my head at a million miles a second.

I reach up and touch my cheek where she kissed me. I'll admit it felt nice. But what about Asuna? I can't tell her that happened. But if I don't what would happen if she found out?

I look at my clock and see that it's only 6:00 p.m. I decide to text Sinon and see if we can hang out.

Me- "Hey can we hang out?"

Sinon - "Um sure. Come over to my place and we can figure it out from there."

Me- "Sounds good see you in 10 minutes."

As soon as I send it I grab my jacket and walk downstairs and tell Sugu I'm going out. I walk over to my motorcycle and put my helmet and I ride over to Sinon's and instead of it taking 10 minutes it takes 5.

I get off my bike and take my helmet off. I walk up the stairs to her apartment it then runs through my head that I haven't been here since the death gun "incident". I push those things out of my mind and knock on her door.

I hear some footsteps from inside then some locks being unlocked.

When the door opened I saw Sinon dressed in her usual get up. Brown shirt, shorts, and her hair was a but messier than usual. I also noticed she was ever so slightly blushing.

She is the first to speak. "Hey. Come on in we can figure out what we'll do in a minute."

I walk in to see that it looks the same as before. She sits on the bed. While I just stay standing up.

"You know you can sit down, right?" She says poking fun at me with that cute smile on her face.

I smile back and sit on the bed beside her.

"So what do you want to do?" She asks looking at me.

I look back at her. "To be honest I'd rather us talk." I say.

She sighs. "I thought you might." She looks away.

"Sinon what was that in ALO?" I ask her.

She remains silent. And so do I.

She finally speaks after I'd say about 5 minutes of utter silence.

"It was nothing. I was just saying thanks for saving my life." She mutters without looking at me.

I chuckle. And that makes her turn her eyes onto me. "What's so funny?" She asks in that cute but menacing way.

"Well the thing is you know I would have accepted just a simple thank you. Or a lunch, but you decided to kiss me on the cheek. So to me that means it was more than just a simple thank you." I look her dead in the eyes. "Am I right?"

She looks away and goes back to being silent.

I sigh "You don't have to answer. That was all just my messed up mind running ragged. To be honest I don't know why I have so many friends. I'm nothing special, I'm about as far from special as you can get. And you say that I'm your strength and that makes me even more confused." I stand up. "I'll just go." I'm about to walk away when Sinon jumps up and hugs me from behind.

"You're ARE special Kirito. And you have so many friends because they care for you and they also know that you are special. And you were right about what happened in ALO it was more than just a thank you." She says.

I turn around to see her with tears in her eyes.

"It's was way more than just a simple thank you." She says with tears running down her face.

I hug her back. "Then please tell me what it was instead of me trying to figure it out. Cause you just heard how I can figure it out."

"I wish I could tell you without feeling bad but I can't." She says letting me go and turning around.

"Sinon please tell me. I would rather you tell me then..." "I have feelings for you Kirito. Ok?" She yells cutting me off.

My mind starts running rampant. "Wait Sinon has feeling for me?!? The same Sinon that said she hated me in the cave?"

I just stand there shocked.

"I've felt this way ever since the cave. And I was hoping that when we came back into this world I would be able to be with you. But then I learned about Asuna and how y'all have been together since SAO and then I realized I don't have a chance in hell. So I tried pushing these emotions away but they keep coming back even stronger. And I just wanted to get that off my chest." She says with a sad smile on her face.

I walk over to her and grab her shoulders. "Sinon for all I know you will get your way tomorrow. Because that's one thing about life. It has so damn many twists and turns that once you think you have everything figured out you're one hundred percent wrong. But I know that now I am with Asuna and you are one of my closest friends. But I will say this if you lose hope in what you want then you will never achieve it. So alway have hope. Always." I let go of her shoulder and smile. I look at the clock which reads 9:00. I look back at Sinon. "Now I better get going before Sugu starts to worry. I'll see you tomorrow Sinon." I turn to leave and when I reach the door.

"Kirito." Sinon says.

I turn back to her. "Yeah?"

She smiles widely "Thanks!"

I return the smile "Anytime."

I leave her apartment and get on my back and take the scenic route home. By the time I got back home it was 9:30. When I walked in I say to Sugu "I'm home." And then immediately went up to my room and passed out.