Klein(SAO)x Reader

Chapter Fourteen

My eyes flutter open, and the pain is gone. I see my health is all the way back up, and I feel someone propping me up with one arm, and the other keeping me poised. I make out the highlights of Klein kneeling next to me, tears in his wide eyes. 

"K-Klein?" I hum with a yawn, rubbing my eyes. The tears then trickle down his face, and a small smile forms on his lips. "Where's everyone else?" I ask, regarding that there's no one else in the cabin with us.

"Oh, thank god! I thought you were going to die!" He exclaims, squeezing me in a tight hug. 

"U-uh, I guess I do have a tendency of almost dying during boss-fights, huh?" I mutter through my squished cheeks, trying to get out my reply.  

"Skylar, I want to tell you something," Klein states, pulling me to sit in front of him.

"Yes?"

"I love you!" The unpretentious assertion catches me off guard, but I smile anyway, tears overflowing in my eyes. 

"I-I l-love you too." This changes his emotion instantly and he starts grinning

"I-I finally g-got it out." This makes me smile broader. Before I can stop myself, I find myself kissing Klein passionately. After a while, he pulls away, looking even brighter than before. "W-wow!" He breathes, making me giggle. 

"We should get going, huh? I'm guessing everyone's left already?" Klein nods to validate my statement. "Okay, then. The group should be healed by now, so we should go pick them up and take them to the next floor." I recommend. Klein nods again, seeming lost for words. We stroll out of the Dungeon, teleporting to the town hand in hand, stepping up to the doctor's office. The guys bustle out, some irritated, and some jovial. 

"Wait, why are you...Are you two finally together?" One of them exclaims, completely agape. Klein and I nod, and he looks thrilled and astounded. "Oh, congrats, guys!" 

"I-it's not like we're getting married," Klein stammers, glancing to me. I beam, and he smiles back. 

"But maybe in the near future," I add, making everyone hoot idiotically. I roll my eyes but grin at their excited reaction. Klein then explains that we'll be moving up two floors this time thanks to me, and I refuse to take the credence, insisting it was a team effort. They all agree that it was because of me, sending ripples of good cheer up my spine. We start trekking to the forty-fourth floor, most of the guys babbling or murmuring about Klein and I. Still holding hands, I don't take their whispers to heart and continue humming as we swing our arms back and forth. We then make it to the floor and are astounded to see it's a lake region, with cottages snuggled into the midst of forests, with contact to the shore of one of the larger lakes. Klein taps my shoulder, pointing to one of the cabins. 

"That would be a nice place to live." I nod my agreement, observing the area. It has immediate access to the shoreline, and it has many trees circling it. Decks stick out of two sides, leading to what would be a marvelous view, had I been standing on one of them. The stones are weathered with age, but ivy ascends the sides, covering the shallow cracks running through them. The orbicular windows have an oak frame, tinted to a pleasant tone of blue, the door frame also having the same pallets.

"They look expensive. Maybe if we combine our Col, we could afford one." I query, and Klein hums his agreement. He looks thoughtful, and then, with his free hand, opens his inventory, counting the amount of Col. 

"Well, with the recent boss fights, I bet we could afford them now. I mean, I have around three-hundred thousand Col. How about you?" I follow his lead, checking the number.

"Oh, I have seven-hundred eighty-nine thousand, nine-hundred seventy-six. So, yeah, we could definitely afford one of those." I affirm casually, shrugging as I close my inventory. When I glance over, Klein is staring at me, mouth slightly open.