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October 2024 | 55th Floor | Grandum
Three more hours till the boss raid… He lazily thought to himself. Propping himself up, to look at his surroundings; the office wasn't as grand like Heathcliffs, it was a little ways smaller – cozier for a lack of better term, but with a view. There was a single, a two-seater couch with a coffee table in the middle then a fireplace right in front of the table. Towards the back of the room are an office table and Asuna seated behind it furiously typing away on the holographic keyboard, eyes glued to the floating monitor.
Making an audible sound of impatience, he patted his pockets out of boredom checking if there's anything there. Times like this, I wish I have a console to play with… he chuckled at the thought looking for a game to play within a game.
"Kirito, if you're that bored; Take a nap."
"Can't," He lazily answered, "I'm either too nervous or excited to take a nap." Getting up from the couch and walked towards the Sub Leader of his Guild who was now moving dots around a map.
"And why is that?" Asuna asked half-heartedly still focused on the map.
Standing behind her, watching fingers work on the holographic screens over her shoulder, right next to her ear "I don't know, my first raid as K.o.B.?" Kirito asked with a sheepish smile.
Noticing the close proximity, Asuna turned her head coming face-to-face with Kirito. Asuna cupped his face "Hey, I promised you that I won't die, remember? So don't die on me."
"Yeah, I won't" He cracked a small smile then noticed the map and realized her strategy. "Asuna…" he started, noticing what he's looking at and released his face so that they can both face the screen.
"You can't let the Black Knights take the flanking position and the Solos at point" he unknowingly made an irritated sound "Most of the Solo Players have no coordination amongst themselves, let alone other Guild formations"
She let out a huff "I know, but the Solo Players won't listen to the Raid Leaders. We end up working around their fight patterns in times like this, but this isn't a major boss fight so we just let it be."
"Talk about inefficiency…" Kirito trailed off then thought for a moment "Leave them to me."
Asuna looked at him with curiosity. The Solo Black Swordsman is going to rally the Solo Players in a Boss Battle?
As if hearing her thoughts "I'll handle them, so are you done working?" He asked with a grin plastered on his face looking back at her.
Asuna chuckled, "Kirito, now that you volunteered to rally the Solos, I now have to change the strategy" Placing her right hand on his cheek, unconsciously caressing it reassuringly "Don't worry, now that I know what to change, this'll be quicker to finish."
And here he thought he could have her undivided attention for the next 2 and half hours. He stood up letting Asuna's right hand fall back onto the map to move things around.
Well, it can't be helped. Kirito decided, he walked towards the front of the office table and dragged the chair beside a busy Asuna – "Kirito! ...?" – He set the seat to her right side.
"What are you doing?" dumbfounded by his actions and blushing hard when he scooted himself closer beside her, sides touching so both can get a good view of the screen.
Kirito shrugged "Helping you multitask, you write the report and I'll re-arrange the formations in the map, just tell me which and where to move. How does that sound?"
Sweat dropping "If I knew any better you're just looking for my undivided attention" Asuna quipped, a slightly raised eyebrow and a soft smirk on her face.
Kirito watched her expression change, reveling at their close proximity and laughed, "Well, you got me there." He grinned.
"Alright" Asuna, getting up close to his face with a smirk making Kirito slightly blush "Get this right and I'll make you a sandwich at the Mess Hall, how does that sound?"
His face broke to a boyish grin and stared at the monitor with a determined look "Alright, let's do this!"
25 Sept. 2015: Grammar corrections
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