Looking For Something Real (Sword Art Online)

26. The Other Side (Lemon)

Authors note: Just as a warning the next few chapters have A LOT of smut and lemon content. It made sense for me to include it since the emotions involved are important to the characters development, and sex is a big part of most relationships.

I am aware that some people would rather avoid it though so I've made sure to place warnings before and after any smutty content.

Chapter 26- November 7th 2025 "The Other Side"

SAO Survivors School

Sitting at our usual table in the cafeteria, my group of friends were all busy eating their lunches and discussing our lives. It would have looked like a scene from any other school if we all hadn't been years older than contemporary pupils. Asuna and Keiko talked about their plans for the weekend while myself and Kazuto discussed school.

"What are you thinking of taking for your advanced class?" Kazuto asked me, mouth half full of sandwich.

"I was thinking advanced programing, I'd love to be able to create my own games one day. Maybe even VRMMO's." I replied. "What about you?"

"I'm not sure yet, but I want to build something that will allow Yui to share this world with us like how we share hers." Kazuto positively beamed. I could tell by his wide smile that the mere thought of it bought him endless joy. I couldn't help but feel a slight tinge of jealousy at his dedication.

I glanced to my side having realised that Liz had been uncharacteristically quiet for a long time. She sat beside me, eyes glued to her lunch that she had hardly touched. She seemed a million miles away, like she was trapped in her own thoughts.

"Hey Liz, are you ok?" I said in a quiet tone. In response she looked over at me with her eyes without even turning her head.

"Tyzn can I talk to you for a second?" she eventually asked.

"Of course, what's up?" I replied, feeling a little worried as to what had her so concerned. I was expecting Liz to just talk there and then but instead she stood up and walked to the corridor. I glanced at my friends worried faces as I stood up and followed suit.

As I met her in the hallways she was standing by the lockers, staring at the ground and had gone a shade of pink under her freckles.

She stood in silence for a few seconds before saying "I.... errrr.... want to ask something without you laughing at me or freaking out ok?"

"Of course, you have me worried Liz what's wrong?" a slight and brief grin came to her face with those words. Apparently I conveyed how worried I was and how much I just wanted to help in the tone of my voice. It made me overjoyed to think about how good we were both becoming at reading the other without needing to say anything.

"So I was wondering... do you want to..." she trailed off for a few seconds more, still not making any eye contact. My heart was screaming at me to say something but in my head I knew that it would just make things worse for Liz. "Want to stay over for a couple of nights? In my room?" she finally blurted out.

I stood in shocked silence for a few seconds before stupidly saying "I dunno if the hostel lets pupils do that."

Like that would matter, the desire to spend all of my time with Liz far outweighed my concern for getting into trouble.

Liz finally snapped her eyes to mine. "They never said we couldn't. And besides my corridor only has me and one other girl on it anyway so it won't be hard to sneak you in. "

I had never really considered it before but the hostel was split down the middle with the same number of rooms on either side. Yet, there were far fewer girls trapped in SAO then there were boys so it only made sense that the female dorm would be rather empty. "Well I suppose you're not wrong" I eventually said.