Scilica awoke to a chiming noise that was sounding in her ear. It was
a morning alarm that only she could hear. The time set was seven in
the morning.
She pulled the blanket off herself and sat up. It was usually hard to get
up in the mornings, but today she was able to open her eyes in a good
mood. Her head felt fresh, as if everything had been washed away by
the deep sleep.
After stretching, Scilica was just about to get off the bed when she
froze.
There was a person sleeping with his back to the bed; the morning
sunlight that was shining through the window fell on him. Just as
Scilica drew a breath to scream, thinking that it was an intruder, she
remembered where she had fallen asleep last night.
---I, in Kirito onii-chan's room…
As soon as she realized that fact, her face grew hot as if she had been
hit by a fire breath attack. Since emotions were rather overstated in
SAO, steam might really be coming off her face right now. It seemed
that Kirito left Scilica on the bed and slept on the floor. Scilica
groaned as she covered her face with her hands out of embarrassment
and regret.
After taking a few dozen seconds to calm herself down, Scilica
quietly got off the bed and stood up. She then walked over to Kirito
with silent footsteps and stared at his face.
The sleeping face of the black swordsman looked so innocent that
Scilica couldn't stop herself from smiling. She had thought that he
was quite a bit older than her because of his sharp gaze. But
surprisingly, now that she saw at him like this, he didn't seem all that
different from her.
It was fun watching his sleeping face; but Scilica couldn't stay like
this forever, so she softly prodded the black swordsman's shoulder
and spoke to him.
"Kirito onii-chan, it's morning~."
Kirito opened his eyes widely and blinked several times as he stared
blankly at Scilica's face for a while. Then his expression quickly
changed into one of embarrassment.
"Ah... So-sorry!"
He suddenly lowered his head.
"I thought of waking you up but you were so deep asleep... and I
could't open the door to your room, so..."
Rooms that players rented were impenetrable system-wise, so there
was no way you could get in unless you were a friend of the player.
Scilica quickly waved her hand and said:
"No, no, I'm the one who's sorry! For taking over your bed... "
