Falling in love with my teacher (KiritoxAsuna)

Chapter 22. -Shopping before Christmas.

It was one week before Christmas, the boys were still not going on vacation. That would be four days before that celebration, which was expected in the hearts of all the students and teachers of the academy.

The mall was slightly crowded because many were already getting ahead of schedule, and because it was Saturday morning.

It was the first week that Kirito and Asuna would not go to breakfast together, but they were not the only ones who met on Saturdays. Naturally Yuna and Eiji also did, and occasionally Eugeo and Alice, who more and more had forged a friendship that was progressing little by little.

Yuuki and Eiji were walking in the mall, they wanted to give Yuna a good gift for Christmas that year; but both were competing to be the best gift giver.

One of them was competing to be him girlfriend. The other one was competing to be her best friend, but strangely enough, they were not the only ones competing for the same gift.

Alice had cancelled Eugeo's trip to Ueno Park that morning: his parents told him that he would not go out because of the cold and because his younger sister Selka was sick, she would have to take care of her.

So the boy found it easy and simple to go and buy Christmas presents for his brothers, his parents, Kirito and Alice...especially for her.

He saw the teddy bears on the shelves, none of which convinced him. The chocolates were so expensive that she would have to sell a kidney if she wanted to give one away on that occasion, so she opted for something simpler but no less important or encouraging: a small sheep of chocolates, wafers and jelly beans. Simply charming.

When Eugeo was about to take it, Eiji did too. It was the last sheep left in the whole huge shopping center.

Both looked at each other challengingly, then smiled at each other. -Say, we seem to be in a delicate situation. -Eiji said.

-What's going to happen now is that you're going to let go of this sheep and get out of here. -Eugeo said.

-No, no, no, no, no. We both know that's not going to happen.

-Well, then, as far as the mess we're in, I only see one way out.

-Oh, and what would that be?

-Simple, what sport would you like me to kick your ass in?

(Those who know about good cinema capture the reference despite not being the 100% accurate translation :v)

-In shot put.

-Let's go there!

Two trunks of ten pounds each cut into cubes and put into a sack was what both boys were going to throw. Eiji was going to be the first. They were in Ueno, near the shopping center, so when they finished, the winner would go for the little sheep of candy that each of them wanted for his girl.

Eiji would stretch and warm his arms, Eugeo would look at him in a mocking way while he practiced his throw.

Lifting the sack with the wooden buckets, Eiji took a little flight, taking a few steps backwards to throw the sack five meters away.

-You tried to overcome that. -He smiled.

-It will be very easy. -Eugeo went to where the sack was, and since the snow had marked the fall of the sack, there was no need to make any sign of the record.

Eugeo dragged the sack back to the launch site, picked it up, and thought about Alice in the depths of his mind and his burning desire that she should have that little lamb to eat.

But when he threw it, and because he didn't warm up properly, he hurt his arm; throwing the sack less distance than he could reach...even with those he reached the same distance as Eiji.