Kirito's Shrinking Part 3 (Patreon)

When the next day arrived, he awoke bright and early, dressing up casually in shorts and a t-shirt since it would be a hot day out. His clothes were a bit baggy, but he got them big in the first place, so he had still yet to notice that his height was now 165cm. It would seem at the current rate he was shrinking he was losing 2.5cm every day.

He took the bus and managed to meet the two girls in front of the amusement park, who had already been waiting for him for a half hour. The two of them were both wearing cute shorts, cute tops, and a white sun hat. They put on sunscreen, but they didn’t want to risk the chance of getting sunburned.

“Finally, you’re here,” Sinon said to him, disappointed that he was late.

“Sorry, there was a small traffic accident on the way here, and the bus was stuck in traffic for a while,” he said to them telling them a small lie. He was a natural-born night owl, so it was a tad bit hard for him to wake up in the morning. He was lucky that he managed to only be a half hour late.

“It’s fine~,” Silica said, not bothered by him being late. “We’re here to have some fun, so let’s go~!”

The three of them entered the park together and went around, going on serval rides together. It was quite fun. After they all ate lunch together Kirito heard about a ride that was so dangerous that you had to be 170cm or taller to ride. Kirito still believing that he was 175cm wanted to try out the ride so he went over with Silica and Sinon so he could ride it.

“I’m sorry, but you are too short to ride this ride,” the ride operator said to him, blocking him from getting onto the ride.

“What are you talking about?” Kirito asked him. “I’m definitely tall enough to ride this ride.”

“I am sorry sir, but you need to be over 170cm to ride, but according to the height chart you are around 165cm,” the ride operator said to him. “I’m sorry, but please come back when you grow a bit.”

“Pfft! Hahahahahahahahaha~!” Sinon yelled, laughing at Kirito. Until seconds ago, he was all high and mighty about riding this ride, so confident that he could ride it, but the look on his face right now was priceless.

“Sinon don’t be mean~,” Silica said to her. “It’s okay Kirito so what if you weren’t as tall as you thought you were, you’re still way taller than me,” she said trying to make him feel better. “Let’s just go on other rides for now,” she said taking his hand and slowly pulling him away. Kirito was glad that she was kind to him in this situation, though it was still weird. He could have sworn that he was 175cm, odd.

“Let’s go on the Ferris wheel,” she said to him.

“You two go ahead, I’ll stay behind,” Sinon said to them, noticing that the compartments only sat two people at a time.

“Oh my, how sweet~,” an older woman said to her. “It’s so nice of you to stay behind so that cute young couple can go on the ride together~.”

“Couple?” Kirito mumbled under his breath, hearing what the old lady had to say.

The Ferris wheel ride was nice and easy. The two of them just chatted about old times in SAO as they watched the sunset. Truly, anyone that could see them now would think that they’re a couple.

When the ride was done, Sinon and Kirito both agreed to call it a night before leaving the park. Kirito helped them onto their bus and headed back on his own when the time came. He went to sleep that night with a smile on his face.

The next morning and he had once again shrunk another 2.5cm. Luckily, he had nothing planned for the day, so he had planned to spend the rest of the day relaxing, but as always, nothing seemed to go the way that he expected them to.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

“Kirito wake up!” Suguha yelled at him, banging on his door. “It’s time to train!” she yelled barging in before he could even get up and dragging him out of his bed. Ugh, she was so much nicer to him than Leafa, it was unfair.

“Come on, let’s go,” she said dragging him down to the dojo and making him get dressed in his kendo gear. “It’s been far too long since we trained together IRL. You need to stay physically fit.”

“Come on Suguha, did you really have to bring me down here this early in the morning for training?” Kirito asked her. For some reason, he felt strange. It was as almost if his gear didn’t fit him anymore, but that was impossible. There was no way that it didn’t fit, it was customed made for him.

“Alright get ready!” Suguha yelled, charging straight at him.

Kirito tried to defend himself as he usually did against her, but something was wrong. His reach wasn’t as long and for some reason, Suguha seemed taller than usual. Was this his imagination playing tricks on him?

“Haah!”

Imagination or not that didn’t stop Suguha from defeating him with ease, in fact it was too easy for her. She has defeated him many times before, but this victory just didn’t feel well-earned.

“What the hell was that!” Suguha yelled, frustrated that he didn’t put up a proper fight this time.

“Well, you did wake me up and force me to train before I could even properly wake up,” he said to her, which was true, but he knew that there was something else going on, but he didn’t know what.

For the rest of the day, the two of them spent training. While Kirito did improve a lot compared to his first fight after subconsciously adjusting to the new height of his body, Suguha still won every time. He may be a master swordsman in Vr, but in the real world, he was just above average.

The next day he also spent the day at home after realizing that his clothes which had started to become loose fit on him could now only be described as baggy. His new height was now 160cm, and he was now officially smaller than Sinon, who was 161cm.

“Hey Silica, would you and Sinon mind going out with me tomorrow to help me get some new clothes? Something must have gone wrong when they were being washed and now, they’re way too big for me to wear. I wonder what could have done that to my clothes.”

“You want me to help you pick out new clothes?” Silica asked shocked that he was asking her this.

“It’s fine if you don’t want to,” he said back to her, thinking that she didn’t want to do it. “I would have asked Asuna, but she is because with her mother tomorrow and I don’t want to interrupt their bonding.”

“No, no, it’s fine, I can help~!” Silica yelled happy that Kirito was asking this of her. “I’ll call Sinon right now and see if she’s available to help.” Tomorrow would be the best~!

After Kirito ended his call with Silica, he couldn’t help but feel a bit worried when he asked her if Sinon could come along. He knew that Silica would be a bit tense around him if it was just her, so having Sinon around would definitely ease the tension. Hopefully, Sinon would try to mess with him too much and make him wear anything weird.

That night he went to sleep with a very nervous heart.

“Hey bro where are you going?” Suguha asked him, curious as to why her brother was heading out so much, even though Asuna wasn’t involved.

“I’m going to see Silica and Sinon get some new clothes today,” he said to her. “Something must have happened in the wash since now all of my clothes are now way too big. Did that happen to your clothes as well?”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Suguha said back to him. “Hmm, is it just me or do you look different?” she asked slowly noticing his difference in height, but she couldn’t be sure. While it was quite obvious by looks alone that Kirito was getting smaller, no one seemed to notice it that much. It was curious as to why.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Kirito said to her, still trying to subconsciously deny that he was shrinking. “I got to go.”

“Just don’t stay with them for too long or your precious Asuna may get the wrong idea~,” she said, teasing him as he left the house.

“Kirito you came~!” Silica said, happy to see him when he entered the mall.

“Pfft, you weren’t kidding when you told me that his clothes got messed up,” Sinon said, partially making fun of him for his baggy clothes. “How does something like that happen?”

“I have no idea,” he said back to her. “I woke up yesterday and they were like this.”

“Well, I guess we can help you get some new clothes~,” Sinon said to him. Kirito had always been shorter than her, so she wondered why she never tried to help him pick out some new “clothes,” before.

“Thanks,” he said back to them. “It’s always best to have a girl’s opinion in these situations, since I could get some new clothes to impress Asuna,” he said, eagerly waiting to meet her again. Besides today, her current schedule was quite busy. She didn’t have too much time for them to meet.

“Alright let’s go~!” Sinon said energetically, leading the way to the clothing store, where she and Silica picked out a ton of different clothes for him to wear. While the first several were normal and consistent with his usual style, the ones after that started to become more awkward.

“Are you sure about this?” he asked them, wearing a full-body cow-themed pajama onesie. Under most circumstances, he would never wear this, but for some reason, he was wearing it right now.

“Of course it is,” Sinon said to him. “Last time I slept over at Asuna’s place she had the exact same pajamas. Wouldn’t it be great if the two of you match?”

“Well, I guess it couldn’t hurt,” he said agreeing to get the pajamas because he thought that it would make Asuna happy.

“What about this one?” Silica said handing him another set of clothes.

Kirito changed into them and was shocked to see that the shirt she had given him was a Robo-Fighter anime mech-themed t-shirt.

“Um, Silica I don’t think that this is quite me,” he said, trying to let her down lightly. ‘While he was a fan of giant fighting robots as the next guy, he wasn’t one to openly express his support for them wearing themed apparel.

“Oh, what about this one?” Sinon said, handing him a cute male sailor uniform.

“I am definitely not wearing this one,” he said refusing her right there, without even giving it the thought of being worn. There was no way that he would humiliate himself in such a manner.

“How about these?” Silica asked, handing him a set of all-black clothing.

When Kirito got changed, he discovered that the clothes she gave him were loss fit shorts and a hoodie that was so large it went down to his knees!

“I… I was thinking that you could wear it while you stay up late gaming,” Silica said to him. “It will keep you warm and comfy at night.”

“…Thanks, Silica,” Kirito said back to her. At first, he was going to say no to this, thinking that she was trying to mess with him like Sinon, but after realizing that she choose these out of the kindness of her heart, there was no way that he could say no to them.

As the three of them continued shopping Asuna, walked by the window of the store and saw the three of them. Their backs were turned to her, so when she laid her eyes on Kirito, she didn’t even recognize him, thinking that he was just some random middle school kid.

She had just finished up her shopping trip with her mother and was about to head down to that new Vr demo that was being promoted right now. She managed to get herself a Gold Pass and couldn’t wait to see what this new game had to offer.

She had wanted to invite Kirito to test it out with her, but she heard that he had already tested it out with Silica last week. It was a shame, but at least she knew that he was doing fine. It would be several more days before her schedule clears up so she can meet him again.