Kirito was a solo player, everyone knew this. He wasn't much into joining guilds or parties. But that eventually changed. Thanks to Asuna and all the other friends he had gotten during those two years.

Now, while playing Alfheim, or clearing Aincrad for the second time, even in Gun Gale Online Kirito preferred having his friends around. Games were meant to be fun so that's how he tried to play them.

But, on rare occasions, he preferred playing only with one another person. Just the two of them.

That person was Asuna of course.

She always kept him in check so he wouldn't go overboard with the fighting. She always brought yummy food (since her cooking skill was again maxed out). She made the whole process of playing the game much more fun and special.

"Kirito-kun, are you daydreaming again?" Came the voice of the girl he was thinking about. He shook his head, better enjoy the time he had with her than lose it.

"Yes, just thinking." Kirito smiled. "This quest is a bit boring anyway."

That earned him a slight hit on the arm from Asuna. He rubbed it while quickly apologizing.

"Humph! If you don't want to be here, just say so." The girl whipped her head to the other side, her hair flying around her face.

"No, no. I just meant it's moving a bit slow. We have to actually stalk a mob after all... And the award is not that good." The last sentence was said quieter than the rest but Asuna still heard it as she was right next to Kirito. That earned the boy another hit. With this rate he wouldn't be able to finish the quest due to low health.

"I didn't drag you here, you proposed to come with me." Kirito had to agree with her. "Besides, the award is very rare. Yes, it is not for a weapon like you would prefer. But it's still nice." Here Asuna blushed a bit, making Kirito look confused at her.

"What is it for? The award, I mean."

"Shush, the mob is coming!" Asuna pushed Kirito down and then lowered her head too so the bush in front of them hid them. The quest had said they had to attack at a specific moment or the award won't be dropped. Kirito sighed but still followed his wife's orders.

No matter what he said and how much he complained, it was actually fun. He liked helping Asuna like that. She hardly ever asked for help so he always tried to join her on such quests.

A bit more stalking and one short fight later (both of them were quite strong, what with Excalibur and Mother's Rosario), the quest was finished. The couple decided to walk for a bit before flying up to the floating castle and then to their house. There was no where to hurry for after all.

"So? What is the drop for?" Kirito decided to try his luck again.

"For clothes." Asuna murmured, blushing again.

"Huh? Don't you have clothes?" The boy was confused again.

Asuna frowned at him before answering. "These are limited. And not only for me. There's enough to make you a costume, too."

"Eh? Why for me too?"

"It's a matching set. That's the quest about, matching set of clothes for partners." Asuna whispered this, as if nervous that Kirito wouldn't like the idea.

"Oh." Was all he could say at first. Then Kirito grinned, reaching for Asuna's hand. "Do you think you could make something for Yui, too then?"

Asuna immediately looked up, grinning and eyes shining happily. "I'll try." She nodded.

Soon they had to fly up since they couldn't exactly walk to the flying castle above them. Back in their house, Yui was preparing lunch. Or trying. She had taken after Asuna and wanted to try and learn how to cook. Since she wasn't exactly a player, everyone wondered how that would work at first but eventually it turned out she could try learning some skills. The little girl had even gone fishing with Kirito a few times, too.

Maybe it was a part of her algorithm to understand human feelings, who knows...

Once Kirito and Asuna entered their house, Yui welcomed them cheerfully. Fifteen minutes later lunch was served (with a little of Asuna's help on some parts of the meal) and the family of three was seated around the table, making small talk, saying what they had done while the others weren't around.

A few days later, Asuna got Kirito and Yui in the house. Kirito had an idea what that was about but Yui didn't, this was going to be a surprise for her. Asuna materialized a few things from the shared inventory with Kirito, putting them on the bed so all three could see them.

"So you made them?" Kirito asked, picking up his newest costume.

"Yes, with a little help from Lis." Asuna walked forward, taking some of the clothes. "These are for you, Yui."

The little girl stared at the clothes. Then a smile began spreading across her face and she quickly took the clothes, manipulating her menu and putting them on.

"How do I look, mama, papa?"

"Very cute, Yui-chan." Asuna said while Kirito patted the girl on the head. Then they too put their clothes on.

They looked really good. Kirito had to admit he liked the clothes, Asuna knew his likes and style and had tried her best to follow them. And she looked really beautiful, too.

Yes, he would always go do quests with Asuna, no matter how boring they were. It was always worth it.