Our Memories Will Live On Forevermore. ~Yuuki Konno X OC Fanfic~

{Prelude} ¦[Who?]¦

{Prelude}

|[January 6th, 2026. Early Morning.]|

"Long time no see!" She utters, greeting me with the smile I've always remembered her by, on the edge of our special place where we once first met.

And that's... that.

I haven't read a romantic novel before. Never had an interest in them before, movies and dramas are usually my go-to for romance. Either that, or manga and anime. I never thought that words can capture the feeling of love that well, I guess it just depends on the writer. Oh right... I was so into the book I forgot I was walking, whoops.

A step and another, I walked through the grassy grounds of the 22nd floor. The large and dark forests surrounded all of my sight, seconded only to the large blue lake next to me. Ah, beautiful. I haven't walked slowly beside the lakeside here in a while, not since SAO.

Well, it's not like I'm just walking around here for no reason at all. That'll be a great waste of time, and energy... Brain energy, I guess. The nice log cabin up there, not too far away and picture perfect at my sight. It's where the two legends themselves lives and or, lived. Kirito and Asuna. Thought I might say hello to them as they're online.

I waltzed on the stone steps near the entrance, making small clacking noises under. Inside, at the couch I saw him. The Black Swordsman. God, that's cheesy as hell. He's sitting down with his casual shirt and shorts on, trying not to fall asleep. To the left in the kitchen, The Lightning Flash. Why do they still stick with these names... The Undine was making what looks like tea, and she's already putting the hot liquid inside the cups. Perfect.

I knocked the wooden frame of the door, leaning slightly on my own arm.

The two noticed, their eyes peaked at my direction and they put up a grin.

"Ah! Long time no see, Shiki!" Asuna exclaimed as she walks to the door.

Shiki. That's been my username since back then. Just stick your names together, and shabang! That's what I thought when making that up... At least it sounds decent, I've been called as that for years now.

"How's things, y'all?"

I walked inside, greeted by the... Goodness gracious! That smell is amazing! If something smells this great, it must taste awesome. Well, it's tea. But, I digress!

"That smell is amazing, how'd you do that?!" I ask boldly.

"Aha~ It's nothing special!" She answered.

"Dang, you're right. That smell is amazing." The black-haired boy on the back followed.

Asuna lead me to the couch near Kirito, and so I sat. It's been ages since I've taken a nice detailed look inside this place, mostly because I was busy minding my own stuff.

"So, Shiki. What's up with you?" Kirito asked.

"Oh, you know. Business and fighting mostly. Been finding a bunch of loot and selling them, killing literally any monster and enemy I could see, aaand sometimes getting my own ass kicked."

"Ahaha! The usual huh?" He chuckles.

"What? It's not like you haven't gotten your ass kicked once!"

"Once or twice, but never to a monster! That would bring shame to my name!"

"Yeah, yeah says the guy who speedran through levels by going for dungeons all the time."

"Hey, what can I say? I'm just built different man."