Sword Art Online: Faithful Hymn

Chapter 22: Unlike Others

"I just got no words for your hymns, Yuna..." says Shoji while the wind coming from outside flows blows inside his room. The wind makes Shoji's hair move, as well as Yuna's eyes a little watery. Since Shoji is aware of the breeze blowing in the room, he thought Yuna was developing tears in her eyes because of the wind, making her eyes feel dry. Although not much later, Yuna starts to sniffle. Could that be because of the wind blowing inside?

"You don't know how much I appreciate your compliments Shoji. If a stranger would tell me the same thing, I'd assume he lie because he just wants to be friendly, but you... you are just always honest with me and always tries to make me smile..." says Yuna with her soft voice, sounding like she is almost going to cry out of happiness.

"You're stunning Yuna, everything about you is! You can't tell me otherwise, because I believe for one hundred percent that you are. Your designers and developers haven't made you amazing, you have made yourself amazing..." compliments Shoji the white-haired vocalist. With once again a blush developing on Yuna's face, she crawls onto Shoji's bed, moving Shoji's body so he is positioned well, followed by the girl jumping on top of him! The two teenagers are now caught in each other's embrace, with Shoji being trapped by Yuna who is laying on top of him. She's put her head above his shoulder, allowing her to give him ultimate comfort. Shoji, who just got caught off-guard and still tries to reflect on what just happened, moves her arms around Yuna's body, hugging her as result.

"Hmmm, you're just one big plush cuddling bear... you're not going to escape!" teases Shoji's candidate to be his girlfriend. "Ah man, but I just got so hungry..." teases Shoji back to backfire Yuna's tease. With a big grin, as well as laughter coming from Yuna, she can't wait to say something back that's even more adorable.

"What are you getting hungry for? Does my comfort not fill your hunger gauge?" comments Yuna in return. Shoji, filled with pure joy and excitement, knows he has to respond to not let Yuna win the teasing competition Shoji just enveloped. "Hahah, that being said, you know what could still my hunger? That silly chef's outfit of yours."

That, really wouldn't be a bad idea, is what Yuna must think after Shoji 'requested' to see her in that kind of attire. For that reason, she lets go of Shoji's body with one hand, and drags it to the side in order to access her invisible menu. With just a few swipes and taps in the air, her standard outfit transforms into the costume of anyone's favorite chef. The white outfit sure does look good on Yuna, especially because of her matching white hair. The thing that makes her look silly though, is the infamous yet stereotype chef hat that gets summoned out of nothing. "Such a silly hat don't you think? Let's just put this off real quick." says Shoji to Yuna whilst he is already removing the tight hat from her head. After tossing it to the other side of the room, he caresses her hair, which appears to be still wet from the shower she took not too long ago.

"Oh man, your hair still is wet. My clothing will soak if you keep hugging me like this!" Of course, Shoji doesn't really bother that his clothes will be wet due to her friend's hugs, but he hopes that Yuna gives up on hugging so that he can call himself the teasing champion. "Crap, I forgot it's still wet. Since you're so nice to me you're allowed to dry it up!" commands Yuna to the brown-haired boy. With nothing else to say, Yuna removes herself from Shoji's body and sits on the edge of her bed. Now knowing that her hair still is wet, she is afraid of wearing her chef outfit for one more second. She quickly changed attire, ending up without wearing anything at all! Shoji could not see her body as Yuna sits with her back to him. With Yuna's red towel still being withing reach, Shoji grasps for the towel, moving it towards Yuna's long and straight white hair. It will take quite some time, that's one thing Shoji can be certain about, but it would be worth every penny if it were an occupation.

"Y...You sure you don't want to wear at least a bra?" asks Shoji with a nervous tone attached to it. He has not seen a girl of his age entirely naked before, let alone his best friend. Despite being an AI, Yuna should know from herself that revealing your body to someone would be rather disturbing, as well as humiliating for yourself.

"Don't worry, I entrust you to take good care of my hair. Besides, I don't want my bra to get wet because I was too clumsy to not fully dry up my hair to begin with." responds Yuna to Shoji's question, which he clearly did not joke about. She knew that your body is a serious matter, and not something to recklessly share with others. Her faith in Shoji is the one thing that allowed her to be naked in the same room as Shoji, knowing that nothing ludicrous will happen.

To be precise, it eases her, comforts her, satisfies her. She loves it to be like this around him.

She adores it to be nude around Shoji.

Shoji grabs Yuna's hair with one hand, whilst bringing the towel closer to her hair. He uses his free hand to lay it behind her hair, to serve as flat surface, whilst toweling her hair with the towel. While Shoji is busy with helping Yuna cleaning and drying up her hair, his eyes are somewhere else. He can't help it but to stare at Yuna's body, which he can definitely define as perfectly-sized. She's neither broad, nor too thin. It's true that she's on the thin side, although she definitely doesn't look unhealthy. In fact, it looks like that her body size may just be the thinnest, most healthy possible body that could exist.

Once he finished praising Yuna's body in silence, he finished drying up Yuna's hair as well. Yuna seemed quite satisfied with the result, since she could not feel any wet spots on her hair anymore after touching it a couple of times.

"You did so great! As reward I'll equip the dress you like so much!" rewards Yuna her friend for his great efforts. Once again, she moves her hand in front of her while making some movements with her fingers, allowing her chef attire to change into a beautiful, black dress that greatly fits her thin body.

"I hope you don't mind if I give you a quick massage?" requests Shoji to the beautiful dress-wearing diva in front of him. "A massage? What's that?" asks the girl in response to the boy's request. "You'll see..."

With Yuna changing her sitting position from the edge of Shoji's bed into the middle of his bed, Shoji moves his hands towards Yuna's shoulders, preparing to give her the treatment she deserves. Since she is not familiar with how a massage works, she will be absolutely thrilled by the experience she will have to face. His hands eventually reaching her shoulders, kneading her soft and thin skin, even made Yuna moan a little!

"Oh my god, that feels amazing Shoji!" tells Yuna to the boy while she can't hold her enjoyment in longer. She keeps on moaning, with Shoji not really knowing how to respond appropriately in a situation like this. Whenever someone would massage him, he would feel rather awkward without knowing what to do except for waiting until the one massaging him is done. But Yuna makes noises on a whole new level. He never would've expected her to moan, although he is completely fine with it.

"Just don't stop! Keep on doing this!" shouts Yuna while the boy keeps massaging her shoulders. She moves positions, from sitting in the middle of his bed onto Shoji's lap once again, wrapping her arms around him once more. With Shoji not doing anything except for massaging the girl, Yuna moves her head closer to his, already having an idea what Yuna has in mind.

"Hmm, proud of you Shoji" says Yuna out loud before moving her head closer to his, letting each others' lips meet one another once again. Shoji does not kiss back in a situation like this, since he wouldn't expect Yuna to keep kissing him. She also doesn't continue kissing, due to not knowing that it's something couples would do. It also wouldn't surprise Shoji if Yuna didn't know what couples are. For that reason alone, Shoji is willing to introduce Yuna to another level of relationships. While he prepares to open his mouth, Yuna lays her head onto his shoulder, still feeling the pleasure given to her by Shoji's hands onto her shoulders.

"Say, Yuna, how much do you know about love?"