After Kirito's Aunt dies in a car accident Kirito and his cousin have to move into their close friend's house, which is hours away from their old house. Drama strikes when a "friend" named Akiko has a thing for Kirito, who struggles to remember a promise: "Promise me that you won't fall for anyone at your new school...
Months have past since Asuna's death and Kirito is still trying to pick up the pieces, helped by his close friend and long time clearer Yuuki the two bond and grow closer than a simple friendship . (AU with Yuuki being the same age as Kirito, not suffering from illness and trapped in Aincrad, (AYAU)