A gender-neutral Y/N is an introverted solo player who spends almost every moment they can grinding in the Fields of Aincrad.
Y/N find themselves distancing further from the people they say they're fighting to free; but what happens when those peopl...
I know Philia told me to go, and that she said that she'd send me a message if she needed anything, but I can't help but feel like I should head back... something just doesn't feel right in the pit of my stomach...
Well, nobody else knows I've landed back here in Aincrad just yet, I could always just head back now and—
???: "Oh! U/N! Coming over for a surprise visit I see!"
Y/N: "Oh... Hey Asuna, what are you doing loitering out here?"
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Asuna: "Just enjoying some time out here in the nice weather, want to join me? Or are you here strictly on business?"
Y/N: "Nah, nothing too important right now! I'm here on Philia's request after all, she said she wants me to spend more time with you guys. So I suppose I don't really have any reason not to take you up on your offer. May I?"
I point at the empty space on the wall next to Asuna, and she slightly budges over to the side to make more space and then gestures with her hands that I can sit beside her whilst she looked up at me with a smile on her face that was as warm as the virtual sunlight shining down upon us.
I then accepted Asuna's invitation and sat down beside her, letting the artificial sun's rays soak into me as the rest of those living within this town continued to move around us.
Asuna: "You know... I never really realised just how nice this world can be. I mean... back on those first ten Floors, when it was me and Kirito competing with each other in our party of two, I had a lot of fun... but then later... when I joined the Knights of the Blood..."
Y/N: "You ended up a bit of a stick in the mud?"
Asuna: "h–Hey! Rude! ...d–Did you really think I was like that?"
