5 In The City 1 (1/2)

”Hey, Ruto?” Asuna probed cutely, while rubbing her now red eyes. It's only natural, she had been crying a lot.

Her blonde hair seemed to shine in the moonlight. We had been on the back of the carriage for a few days now, fortunately the driver fed us occasionally.

”Yeah?” I responded carefully. She was hurt the most when Nana tossed us aside, as Asuna hardly talked to Erin and I, and was attached greatly to Nana.

”C-can I sleep closer to you...? T-t-this hay doesn't really keep me warm...” She looked at me with pleading eyes, their azure gleam grabbing my full attention.

”Eh, why not?” With a gentle smile, I motioned her towards me.

She broke out into a bright glowing smile as she cuddled up to me. I wrapped my arms around her, welcoming my dreams to wrap me in their embrace as well.

I will protect this smile.

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The sun greeted us not long after. Erin ended up beating me to being the first awake.

”Morning Erin...” I mumbled as I strategically slipped away from the sleeping Asuna.

Erin rustled his light-brown hair, looking over at me with his jade green eyes and a teasing smile as he said, ”You sure had an interesting pillow last night, didn't cha'?”

”Ehehe...” I calmly laughed it off before noticing that the carriage wasn't moving. Wait, there aren't even trees around us. We... we are in a city?!

Erin must've noticed the confusion on my face as he informed me, ”We got in the city about an hour ago. The driver said he didn't have the heart to wake you two, but he had some business to attend to, so he told me the directions to the school and to take you guys there after you both wake up.”

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