Yeah, you left out the part where, 2 seconds into their internal thought processes, Kirito has already been shot.

Silica: K-Kirito ... I-if I dont do something-*BLAM*
Shinon: N-no! I won´t let anybody hurt the person that-*BLAM*
Liz: Nobody cares about me. But he was the only one to-*BLAM*