My Heart Hates Me

Chapter 34 The Key

Kirito stared at Vivian and she looked back at him. He slowly walked towards her and touched her face "You're not a dream again, right?" He confirmed.

She looked at his face. He hadn't shaved for these two months and it seemed as if he hadn't slept much either. She pressed his hand on her face and he hugged her tightly 'That's not Kirito's perfume' She thought.

"I thought you'd never wake up"
'Well too bad for you-- I did'

He kissed her head and took a deep breath. She could hear him breathe above him. He seemed happy. 'Where's Lucus, he didn't tell me anything!'

"You know, I've been pretty depressed lately" He said "And I was lonely" Vivian closed her eyes and held his sweater 'I'm gonna hate myself for this'

"Vivian"
"Yes"
"Vivian"
"Yes"

"Vivian"
"What?"

"Vivian"
"What do you want-"

"I just wanted to call your name." Kirito said with a smile.

Vivian looked at her blue-green reflection and then moved away from him "Do you want to eat something?" She asked with a smile "I'll cook" He said.

"Can you cook?" She asked "I can, I think" He said "Just don't burn down the kitchen" She said.
"I'll try"

Fate slammed her book on Lucus' head as they stood in the American grasslands.

"Why would you trade someone's heart? You know very well that now you'll feel the same emotions as her!"
"I know. But, atleast I'll feel something"

"You really are one heck of a masochist."
"No, I just thrive for some pain. You love things you can't have and that's where everything begins" He said as he put a piece of grass in his mouth. Fate just stared at him "Then simply love things you can have" She mumbled to herself.

"Just say you can't even chop vegetables." Vivian wrapped a band-aid around Kirito's finger as he looked at her.
"I'll cook" She said.

"No, you just woke up! So you'll rest. I can cook! You just cut the vegetables"
"It's okay I'm pretty good. You just go and shave. I'll cook" She said. Vivian tied the apron around her and began chopping the carrots; Kirito walked towards the bathroom.

When she was done cooking, she closed the lid of the pressure cooker and suddenly felt hands on her waist, just like that day.

She slapped his hands and quickly moved away.
"What are you cooking?" Kirito asked as he looked at the pressure cooker. She didn't say anything, just walked out of the kitchen.

"I'll take a bath. Turn off the knob after ten minutes." Kirito was about to say something when she slammed the bathroom.

He looked at the bathroom door and then at the pressure cooker. Vivian stood under the shower as she looked at the water droplets fall on her hands "Why did I freak out?" She took a deep breath and applied the body wash.

When she was done, she walked out of the bathroom. Kirito was dressed up in his coat, eating a toast with tea. He looked at Vivian "I took the lunch" He said.

"Okay" Vivian said and walked towards the mirror. She picked up the hair brush and began combing her hair.

"How long will it take it for you to grow your hair as long as they were before?" Kirito asked. "I don't know, probably an year" Vivian said.

"I can't wait to see them just like before" Kirito said "I have to oil them if you want them to grow faster. You hate me oiling my hair, don't you?" Vivian asked.