Kazuto's phone rings.
"Suguha! Can you get that please?" Kazuto asks.
"Yea! Give me a second." She responds.
It has been three days since Kirito spoke to Asuna's father. Kirito has been working longer and longer shifts, hoping that he could propose to Asuna on their anniversary.
"Kazuto! It's Yuuki Shouzou. He wants to speak with you quickly!" Suguha calls up.
Kirito gets up from his chair and sprints for the door to his bedroom.
"I'm coming! I'm on my way down!" Kazuto says.
Kirito rushes down the stairs and nearly face-plants into Suguha.
"Here." She says, handing her cousin the phone.
"Hello?" Kirito says.
"Good afternoon Kazuto. This is Shouzou, I have called you in order to schedule an appropriate time to discuss more about your wishes to marry Asuna. I have spoken to Asuna's mother on this matter, she also wants to here your ideas and your plans for the wedding and the proposal. What time do you think you could come over for a quick chat?" Yuuki Shouzou asks.
"Good afternoon to you too, Shouzou. Uh, I could come later today if that works for you? I am off from work for the next few days, my boss is sick." Kazuto says.
"The only issue with meeting today is that Asuna would be around the house. If you want to keep this a secret, it would be ideal for her not to know that you were here." Yuuki Shouzou says.
"Right. How about tomorrow then? I remember hearing something about Rika and Keiko taking Asuna out for the day." Kazuto asks.
"Ah yes. They plan to take her out shopping again. Tomorrow would work perfectly. Does noon sound ok?" Yuuki Shouzou asks.
"Yes sir." Kazuto says.
"Alright. Make sure to bring all the important information that you have regarding the ring and wedding ceremony." Yuuki Shouzou says.
"I will. Thank you again. See you tomorrow." Kazuto says.
"Before you go Kazuto…" Yuuki Shouzou says.
"Yes? What is it?" Kazuto asks.
"After the proposal and marriage, did you plan on buying a house for you and Asuna to live in?" Yuuki Shouzou says.
"Yes. I was thinking that I would have bought the house the day before the wedding and both Asuna and I could pick out the furniture together. If you wanted, we could talk more about that tomorrow when we meet." Kazuto says.
"That sounds like a good idea. Talk to you tomorrow. Have a good day." Yuuki Shouzou says.
"Goodbye." Kazuto says.
"Goodbye." Yuuki Shouzou says.
Kazuto hangs the phone back up. He then looks at Suguha, who was standing over the couch listening to everything Kazuto had said.
"Suguha, do you think you could ask Rika and Keiko if they still plan on taking Asuna out tomorrow?" Kazuto asks.
"This is your wedding, cousin. You have to do these things. You should call them now, just in case they changed their plans." Suguha responds.
Suguha goes and puts her bowl in the sink, then turns back around.
"I was going to spend the day out. Have fun planning your wedding!" Suguha says, running for the door.
Kazuto shakes his head as Suguha leaves him alone in the kitchen. He goes back up to his room to grab his cell phone. Once he has it, he notices that he has a message from Asuna.
"Hey Kirito! I was wondering if you would like to spend the day together sometime soon? I cannot do it tomorrow, Rika was planning to take me to the mall. I heard about Agil, do you think we should go visit him?"
Kazuto unlocks his phone and types a response to Asuna.
"Hey Asuna-san, I would really enjoy spending a day with you. Maybe we could talk later in new ALO about a good day that works for the both of us?"
Kazuto then puts down his phone. He hasn't seen Yui in a very long time. Since he started working, he hardly spend any time on ALO.
Kazuto quickly spends another message.
"I'll be on ALO for some of the night, starting now. I haven't spent much time with Yui since I got my job. She would like to see me."
Kazuto places his phone beside him as he puts on the AmuSphere.
"Link Start!" He says.
