A/N: Okay I think this might be my favorite chapter so far… I think...

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Disclaimer: This sad author unfortunately doesn't own Sword Art Online.

"Want to go to the park?" Kazuto asked, already planning something in the back of his head.

"Okay, but what'll we do there?" Asuna asked with a curious gaze in her eyes. He wanted to tell her but he knew that it would make it more fun by not telling her.

"I don't know but I'm sure that we can find something fun to do since we always do there, right?" He said in hopes that she would go along with it. Asuna narrowed her eyes slightly since Kazuto had looked away somewhat when he finished his sentence, a sign that he was hiding something. As much as her mind screamed at her to do an automatic questioning, she ignored it since Kazuto had a rare childlike gleam in his eyes and she wanted to see where this was going.

"Right, now let's go!" she said as she ran off ahead of him, leaving a trail of footsteps in the freshly fallen snow. He smiled and ran off after her.

'I guess they didn't call her "The Flash" for nothing…' he thought as he chased after the long-haired girl. The park they usually went to wasn't far from the café so they arrived within minutes of leaving it. Asuna, who was out of breath, leaned against a tree slightly as she tried to regain some air back into her lungs. Kazuto quickly bent down slightly, as if to catch his breath as well, but he made a ball of snow in his gloved hand instead and hid it behind his back.

"At least we're warm from running, right Kirito-kun?" Asuna asked as Kazuto took some steps to be near her so that he would not miss.

"Right. By the way Asuna, about the duel earlier…"

"What about it?"

"Round two!" he said as he flung the snowball at her and ran away with as much speed as he could before she could react. Asuna stood there as he ran, trying to make sense of what just happened. She looked down to her white winter jacket and saw the snow and realized what he meant by 'Round two.' She quickly bent down and formed two snowballs, one in each hand, and ran after Kazuto, following the direction of his footprints in the snow.

It didn't take long for her to catch up since Kazuto had stopped to make some more snowballs. He looked up and saw Asuna with the snowballs, and with her deadly aim, he knew this would be a good fight. She gave a smug smile and threw the snowball directly at Kazuto's face, making him fall over and land on the snow. She walked over, prepared to throw another snowball at his face when Kazuto threw the snowballs he had been making at her chest, making Asuna step back as he took the opportunity to run away again. As Kazuto ran away, Asuna saw the smile of pure joy on his face with the same childish look he had earlier.

'I'm glad I went along with this. I've never seen Kirito-kun look so innocent!' she thought as she ran after him again. Asuna followed the tracks just like before but she stopped when she passed a tree where they ended. She looked around and saw nothing but the pure white of the snow.

'You'd think that he'd be noticeable in his black clothes with the snow everywhere…' she thought as she walked a few steps more, the crunching of the snow echoing slightly in the mostly empty park. A pair of arms cladded in black wrapped around Asuna's shoulders, causing a small yelp in the long-haired girl as she was pulled sideways into the snow. She heard laughter from behind her and turned in the snow to see Kazuto with the same look he had earlier with a look of pure joy and love in his eyes as he looked at her.

Asuna couldn't help but smile since at the sight since he normally was so serious and sometimes showed his antisocial tenancies every now and then. She grabbed the sides of Kazuto's head and brought her lips to his, making the cold disappear from them as the warmth to each other spread. Kazuto smiled slightly as they kissed since they both knew that only Asuna could make him act like a kid again and relax.

Behind her back, Asuna made another snowball with the intent of getting another hit on her boyfriend before an all-out snowball war began between them. As they separated, red faced, Kazuto pulled the back of Asuna's winter coat down and poured snow in.

Her response was screaming form the sudden cold she felt on her back and throwing the snowball in his face. She quickly got up and scrambled to get the snow out of her coat before Kazuto could retaliate with another snowball.

Laughter, she heard the sound again as she shook the snow out instead of the counterattack she was expecting. She turned again and saw that Kazuto was still lying in the snow covered ground and was laughing again with his arms stretched out above his head. Asuna didn't know whether to hit him again or to continue smile since he was so at ease today.

'He's acting so much like a kid… I should remember this for when he says that I'm acting like this.' Asuna thought as she gave up and ended up smiling at him. Kazuto sat up with the same goofy grin he always gave her, and threw the snowball he had made when he stretched his arms at Asuna. The impact of the snowball made Asuna fall backwards into a small mountain of snow, causing some of the snow on top of it to fall on top of her. Kazuto worried a bit that maybe he should have given her a warning but that disappeared when he heard her laughter echoing slightly from where she was half buried in the snow.

"You know Kirito-kun; I like this side of you…" Asuna said as she sat up. Kazuto ran his hand through his hair to get the snow out of it as he responded to her.

"You know, I don't think I've played in the snow since me and Sugu were kids… it's even more fun since now I can be with you." He said to her, unintentionally making her blush. Kazuto stood up and walked towards Asuna, holding his hand out to help her stand. With the blush still evident on her face, Asuna took his hand and stood up.

"So I guess this means you won this round?" Asuna said, making Kazuto think.

"No," he put the snow he had hidden in his other hand in her hood of her jacket and then threw the hood on her," now I've won!"

Asuna quickly ran away screaming, trying to get the snow out of her jacket again, leaving Kazuto standing there laughing.

"Don't run too far! I still need to take you home!"

A/N: I'm going to go into my weekly seclusion now to write... and do homework. If you haven't, make sure you vote for the SAO Awards!