Sword Art Online: Faithful Hymn

Chapter 50: The Good, The Bad And The Bold

Dicey Cafe, March 23th, 04:30 PM

"What?! There's no way Asuna would have an affair with Shoji just like this!" Sinon densely exclaims throughout the entire cafe. It wasn't her intention to yell , it just came as a big surprise to her that Kirito would tell them something like this. Silica sits silently at the rear end of the table, while Lisbeth wants to know some clarification on this matter.

"It doesn't sound like Asuna at all. She wouldn't have any reason to short shrift you, right?" Lisbeth asks the black-haired boy. Even though he is eager to know some reasoning behind Asuna's previous action, the sexual matter he proposed to Shoji, he also can't stand it to hear that Asuna would try to get rid of him.

"But for what reason? We have been together for so long now, and we both live happily together with Yui. Why would she want to throw that all away?" he bluntly asks around him. He is barely able to maintain his rage and despair. The girls around him understand why he is this way, and thus they don't bother that he behaves towards them like this.

Klein and Agil usually are handing out in Agil's own cafe, but this time around he doesn't seem to be sticking in his sweet, old bar. It surprised mostly Kazuto to notice this when they entered the bar, but it also was more comfortable for them. Especially because Kazuto wasn't planning on talking easier to two adult men around, who aren't that fond of heavy language anymore.

"Uhm... Asuna told me a reason why she feels more... disconnected to you.." Silica tenderly tells the three people around her. All of them were eager to know Asuna's reasoning, but they wondered whether she would tell it to Kazuto or not. If Asuna felt like talking to Kazuto about it, she probably would have done it already. Since she has only told Silica, as far as the three are concerned, it most likely is a private reason. Although since Kazuto wants to do everything he can to win Asuna back, he doesn't plan on going easy on Keiko.

"Keiko, please tell me! I don't want to lose Asuna!" Kirito shouts towards her. The little girl actually got scared by his sudden yell meant towards her, but once again, she understands why he behaves like this. Since she revealed that Asuna had her reason to behave differently towards her boyfriend, she decides to everyone around the table as well.

"Well, she said that you... flirt... with most of us." she softly explains, being afraid and uneasy about telling Kazuto the real reason. Both Lisbeth and Sinon seem to be able to know what Silica and Asuna would mean, and they can't say they aren't a victim of it. Kirito on the other hand, behaves like she doesn't know what she is talking about. He looks at the girl with a vague expression, not knowing what to say or do.

"W..what the hell? Flirting? Where in the world would she get that idea from?!" Kirito bluntly asks around the table once again. Since the girls are well-aware of this, Kirito flirting with them behind Asuna's back, they now wouldn't blame Asuna for thinking this way. Of course, it's still pretty rude to ask a sexual trait from Shoji when she has a boyfriend, but they could also consider this 'payback' for what Kirito is doing to her.

"Don't pretend like you have no idea Kazuto. I didn't realize the reason Asuna could possibly bear, but now that Silica reminded me, I start to feel like Asuna actually made the right choice here." Sinon tells the boy serenely, not trying to make him even more frantic than he already is.

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With Yuna gone... after she struck me down to the ground... I have no idea what to do next. I feel absolutely disgusted with myself. That feeling wouldn't diminish if I went to Yuuki or Asuna to seek comfort. It would even make me feel more disgusted than before. I'm certain that Yuna will return eventually, but regardless of her return, she still wouldn't see me as the boy I used to be. She may just see a sexist, a cheater, a failure in front of her.