Hello there! Just a little collection of KiritoxAsuna drabbles. They'll all be between 100 and 999 words, so this one is towards the shorter end. Hopefully lots of romance and fluff ahead!

This first one is sort of random, but I hope you enjoy! :D

~Every once in a while, the things he liked most about her would surface, and his breath would be taken away once again.~

Subtle Beauty

There were times when suddenly her beauty would amaze him. She had always been strikingly gorgeous in his mind, although over time he supposed he'd begun getting used to it. He didn't take it for granted but… it became a little less shocking.

And it wasn't only her looks. The first time the thought that she perhaps stood out amongst other girls, was when she'd rushed past him in a flurry of red hair and shining swords to attack the monster they were fighting. She'd been clad in such a dark cloak before, so strikingly different from the bright whirling colors she was now as she moved so fast she blurred.

Since then they had become nearly inseparable. He'd grown used to holding her hand, he'd grown used to fighting alongside her, and he'd grown used to… her, in all her splendor.

She was Asuna, his Asuna, and she began to seem normal.

But every once in a while there were those instances… Those instances when he'd remember that initial shock when he'd seen her.

Maybe she was helping him out in battle and once again he was stunned nearly silent by her quick and skilled movements. He'd never seen a girl wield a sword so skillfully, and when she twirled, spinning and stabbing in a way he was sure even he himself could never master, the pride and amazement that was him being hit over the head again with her beauty, caught in his throat.

Or maybe it was in the quiet times. Maybe she was meticulously chopping a pepper, or silently cleaning off her uniform. It was so mundane and so normal but every once in a while his steps would falter and he'd stare, amazed once again at how truly perfect she seemed.

Because in the end she was definitely the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Both in her appearance, her graceful movements, the smile that took his breath away, her fiery determination, and of course, her independence and skill that made her stand so high above all others.

She was beautiful and perfect in his mind, and if it were up to him, she wouldn't change a bit.

The Number Sequence and Lots of Prompts Challenge - #256 - beautiful