Sword Art Online: Faithful Hymn

Chapter 14: Igniting Love

Just like yesterday, both Shoji and Yuna decide to sleep the same way they slept a day ago. Nothing much happened during the time the two escaped from school, besides that they went to a pizzeria together! Since a normal diner gets boring after a few days, Shoji thought it'd be a nice idea to show Yuna how dinner could be when prepared by talented people. And we are not talking about a cheap pizza hut here, no, Shoji brought Yuna to a quality restaurant! While Shoji ordered his favorite pizza: Pizza Americana. This pizza contains mozzarella, pepperoni, ham and minced meat. Since Yuna thinks a pizza like that would not be her style, she decided to order the Pizza Hawaii. The two youngsters both enjoyed their food very much, eventually leaving the place with no remorse.

"I guess it's time to dive into bed right?", asks Yuna to her brown-haired friend. "Yeah exactly, I feel pretty tired actually.", responds Shoji to her. Once again, Shoji s heading for the light switch at the end of his bedroom. Once he kills the light, Yuna undresses herself in a few swipes and taps with her fingers, revealing another set of underwear this time around. This time her underwear is pink, as well as her bra being strapless. Even though it wouldn't matter whether she uses the same underwear as before, it's good to know she is capable of equipping different sets of underwear. Now that Shoji still has his clothes on, he has to undress himself as well. Usually he would say to someone else he or she had to turn around, but he doesn't think Yuna would be bothered by it. Since Yuna already has pulled the sheets over herself, she is not interested in a striptease by Shoji.

Once Shoji's clothes are gone and he is left in his underwear, he lays himself down in his double bed, next to his white-haired beauty. He pulls the sheets over himself that were already occupied by Yuna, pulling her close to himself as well. Before he noticed, Yuna is laying against him. Not only that, but it appears that she is still awake as well!

"I can't sleep yet with sheets only. It's pretty cold.", whispers Yuna with her adorable voice. It's unknown whether Yuna had the idea of laying against Shoji's body to begin with, but now she is certain that it might be a good alternative to gain warmth if she's really that cold. Even though Shoji doesn't find it very cold in the room, it would be rather nasty of him to leave his beloved friend in the cold like this.

"Well, I could always.. share...". Shoji has a little trouble finishing his sentence. He does not know if Yuna would find him weird if he shared this idea, though now that he started it, he has no choice but to finish his line.

"Share something, Shoji..?", Yuna questions him with a wondering voice to it. She indeed might not have an idea what he is talking about, but the slight lack in her general knowledge might just be about to change.

"Share... my.. body heat..", stutters Shoji. Once Shoji opens his eyes to look at Yuna's reaction, the only thing that he can see is that her cheeks are getting a little red, as well as her beautiful eyes.

"Humans... radiate body heat?". This is what Yuna wonders, before she moves her hand to Shoji's chest, covering the majority of it including a nipple of his. And indeed, her hands start to get warmer the longer she holds her hand onto his chest. Shoji who just felt what Yuna was aiming for immediately got into his blush mode. It may be best to not let her notice the blush though, since it may give her the idea that she isn't supposed to just touch him like that.

Despite it's 'wrong' to get touched like this out of a sudden without permission, Shoji knows that he likes it when he gets touched by his beloved friend. Even though Yuna got no idea that it's somehow inappropriate to touch her friend like this, she also enjoys it! In reality, Shoji should feel bad about himself for not telling Yuna. But on the other hand, he doubts that Yuna would act like this towards another person she does not know at all. He is aware of the fact that she'd only touch him, and no one else. So in a sense, there is no need to tell Yuna that she shouldn't just touch him.

"Yeah, you are right... my hand is feeling ignited right now. Give me your heat, Shoji..", Yuna whispers to him once again in her charming voice. Shoji, who has no problem with her request at all, embraces Yuna's both and welcomes her with open arms. Yuna does the same, embracing Shoji's body with her arms.

"I remember waking up like this yesterday, too. I don't know how that happened, but I would not mind it at all, knowing it keeps me warm.", Yuna tells him. "Humans sometimes move within their sleep, but they can't help that. That's probably what happened yesterday with the both of us.". With that in Yuna's mind, she know knows what the two of them could do from now on, permanently.

"Well, if that's so, we can sleep like this together forever, especially when we're cold right..?", asks the white-haired singer. Yet again, this would not mind Shoji, but if Yuna eventually would find out her actions are considered inappropriate and Shoji hid that from her, who knows how the future could turn out for them.

"Yeah, we definitely can,", Shoji responds to her. And just like that, the two of them eventually fall asleep with both of them having each other in their arms. Before they truly fall asleep though, Shoji has to do one more thing, something he forgot to tell her during music class.

"Yuna, your voice sounds absolutely phenomenal."

"Thanks... maybe someday I'll sing again, just for you..."

"That, would make me the happiest guy on earth.."

"And I'd be the luckiest girl on the planet.."