Suddenly Lisbeth's cell rang. When she took it out she gasped and tried to hide the name that was on the screen. "It's him isn't it!? Put it on speaker!" Asuna said. "Guyyyys!" Lisbeth blushed but did as they asked. "Hello?" "Hey! Thanks for giving me your phone number by the way!" Zach's voice said from the other end. "N-no problem..." Lisbeth said, kind of annoyed that it'd been revealed she gave him her number. "So I was wondering if you wanted to grab some ice cream or somethin'?" Zach asked cheerfully. "Uhhh....I'm kind of halfway across the globe right now." She said. There was a short pause on the other end before they heard a dopey: "OOOH! I forgot!"<br/><br/>Kazuto chuckled. "Yeah, it's a bit strange to be asking someone who lives halfway around the world for an Ice cream date." He said in a teasing tone. "Kazuto come on lay off!" Leafa said trying hard to contain her mirth on the subject they were talking about moments ago.<br/>Klein smirked. "Hey Zach! Sorry we just had to eavesdrop because Litzy didn't mention you guys exchanged digits!" He explained.<br/><br/>"They had me put it on speaker." Lisbeth said guiltily. Asuna joined in saying. "We kindof were just talking about you and Sam. This is an odd coincidence."<br/><br/>"Well it's no big deal, Rika! I don't mind them being nosy! We just sorta....established contact like this cause she didn't have a clue about Green Lantern lore and what she actually could do."<br/><br/>"Aaand?" Asuna pressed.<br/><br/>"And uh.....sorry you're breaking up!" Zach faked static noises and said a quick: "Later Pinky!" to Lisbeth before hanging up<br/><br/>"Pinky?" Kazuto asked as Lisbeth began to blush heavily. "I-its just a nickname guys! No big deal!" "Something else is being hidden. What else did you guys talk about hm?" Suguha asked. "Hey come on! That's hardly fair!" Lisbeth replied.<br/><br/>"I think everyone is curious so fairness is out the window." Klein said, analyzing how this conversation went this route.<br/><br/>"Fine!" Lisbeth huffed and took a deep breath. "I told him about all the SAO stuff we all went through. And the bits about....how I developed a crush on Kirito and it didn't go in my favor.....and how lonely I'd get in the blacksmith shop..." she said quietly.<br/><br/>"We were in game at the time..and he sorta....touched my hand and kinda got emotional when he said he knew how I felt....about being alone and lonely and stuff."<br/><br/>"He told me about how he'd basically been so antisocial during high school that he didn't have any friends by the end of it....and he ended up alone yet wanting to go make friends...but he had such low self esteem from his family constantly tearing him down that..." Lisbeth trailed off...getting a bit emotional herself.<br/><br/>Wiping a single tear from her eye, Liz continued: "He hides it well...but inside he's always criticizing himself and he even flat out told me he can't even look in the mirror and like the person he sees."<br/><br/>"Oh," Kazuto said. "We're sorry for prying into it... but the guy seems so happy and social, both offline and online." He said. "Everyone has inner demons Kazuto." Klein said. Suguha and Asuna hugged Lisbeth tight, saying their sorry's through that gesture.