Asuna's POV
[Year 2031]
Kirito and I started our love story at a very young age. It was the world against us. People would say we are dumb or we're caught up in temporary love. But for us, we can conquer anything and everything even with the odds against us as long as we're together. We were unbreakable yet delicate. Everything was sunshine and rainbows but we were too naive to believe that it can last forever.
Everything changed when I got pregnant at eighteen.
My parents were devastated. They disowned me three months after I gave birth, and people started to look at us in disgust. I had too many burdens to carry but Kirito was always there for me. I have nothing else to lose but him and our daughter, Yui. We decided to move away from everyone. Far far away to where no one could disturb and humiliate us. It was a beautiful log house in the forest. Everything then started to be happy again, we got to enjoy our beautiful lives with our small family with no interference. We thought it was the beginning of our sunny days but then again, we were still naive to believe that. Dark clouds started to hover over our sunshine again. Yui turned one and the demand for our needs kept increasing. It was a hard life knowing you still have tomorrow to worry about.
I have no choice. We have no choice. We have to give up our beautiful house and go back to the city. After nonstop begging from my parents, they agreed to give me a job in one condition, leave my family for a year and come with them overseas.
I told Kirito about this and after thoroughly thinking and planning, we decided to say 'yes' to the offer. Saying good-bye to my daughter was the hardest part. But I know, this is all for her. I'm doing this for her. I'm doing this for my family!
The first few months have flowed decently. I managed to keep in touch with them through calls and messages though it's painful not being able to kiss or hug them. Our lives have also been better. In just five months we bought a house of our own, Yui finally got everything she needs and this made me happy. I felt like I did the right choice and the right sacrifices. Well, that's how it works for Yui.
I'd come home almost every three months for two to four days and every time I say goodbye is the most heartbreaking part. But then after a full year, it was my turn to look after Yui for another year. Although I told Kirito he doesn't have to look for a high paying job, he still insisted on doing so. Our lives began to be normal with Kirito working while I look after Yui. He asked me to marry him, and yes we did. I get to cook dinner every day and take care of my family. We again lived a happy life for this full two years.
I again had to leave for another 24 months. But this time it isn't the same as before. I failed to give attention to my family and this is where the good things started to fall apart. Kazuto has also been busy with his work too leaving Yui neglected. At first, we badly wanted a job because we needed to. But now, these jobs are what caused me to tear my family apart. The storm and the rain washed away the spark that we had left. We fight over small things, we blame each other for every small mistake, we point out each other's weaknesses and the reason to stay in love has been forgotten. Kazuto and I finally came to a decision to grow in separate paths, live in separate worlds, and to be happy in separate ways. Maybe we really are just caught up in temporary love.
Yui is now six and two months ago, I moved back home for good. Kazuto and I have been friends for the last two years. And our marriage? Well, we actually didn't file a divorce. We just live separate ways in our different lives. We just ignored and assume that our marriage never existed. I live on my own which is a little far from his. We barely see each other now but we still have means communication in matters of Yui.
Our daughter is now a first-grader. Monday to Thursday she stays with her dad and I pick her up from school on Thursday, she stays with me until I send her to school on Monday morning. That's why Kazuto and I have the least chances to see each other. Which is also something I think is for the better. I live in an apartment while he lives at the house we bought. Its a Monday afternoon but Kazuto asked me to pick up Yui since he has an urgent meeting at work. He said he'd just pick her up at my apartment and having the thought of that makes me uncomfortable knowing I'll be seeing his face.
