Asuna and Sugu sat down at an empty part of the mall's food court after having ordered their food. When they finished their meal, Sugu took out a small yellow envelope, the contents of it already making Asuna want to giggle.
"I will admit that some of them are probably a huge invasion of privacy but since they are HILARIOUS and I'm his little sister, he won't mind… much." Sugu said as she passed the envelope to the older girl.
"Are you sure you won't get in trouble?" Asuna asked, Sugu practically blinded by how much concern she was showing.
"I'm sure! And if I do, Onii-chan knows that he can't beat me and my shinai." Sugu said, the both of them laughing since they knew it was true. Asuna put her tray that previously had her food on to the side, wanting to see the contents of the envelope. When she opened it, she saw how there was quite a handful of pictures. When she saw the first one, she felt like she needed a few seconds to process what she was seeing. She saw a boy in a black middle school uniform who looked very similar to the Kazuto she had met back on the first floor of SAO but she couldn't believe the difference that there was.
"H-How old was Kirito-kun in this photo?" She asked, making Sugu separate from her drink to answer.
"Hmm… I think he just turned thirteen in that picture." She said, turning back to her drink as she tried to discreetly answer the text messages she had from her boyfriend.
'THIRTEEN!?' Asuna thought when she continued to look at the picture, seeing how Kazuto's face was so babyfaced. 'He looks so adorable... ' She thought, wondering how he managed to get rid of the look in a year before entering SAO. She changed to the next photo and had to cover her mouth from the explosive laughter that was threatening to come out from what she saw. Sugu leaned over to see what picture that Asuna was on, close to spitting out her drink when she saw it.
"T-That's one of my favorites… I can't believe I forgot that happened…" Sugu said as she coughed slightly from her drink. Asuna scanned the picture but she still couldn't believe what she saw, Kazuto with his hair grown out to his shoulders, almost looking like a girl.
"H-He almost looks like his GGO avatar…" Asuna said, giggling as she did. The next photo was almost exactly the same, except that it had Midori tying up Kazuto's long bangs while a young Sugu was laughing on the floor behind them. The older girl couldn't contain her laughter anymore and let it out, attracting the attention of many of the customers. Sugu looked over again, careful not to have some of her drink, and started laughing along with the older girl.
"THAT is my favorite one! My mom had that hidden since she was worried that Onii-chan would find it." Sugu said, wiping away the tears that clung to the edge of her eyes.
"Kirito-kun doesn't know about this picture?" Asuna asked, Sugu nodding.
"If he did, he would go to any lengths to make sure it was utterly destroyed. It's a good thing that dad was the one that took it since if mom had taken it, Onii-chan would have found it in no time." Sugu said, going back to drinking from her cup while Asuna continued looking through the photos. She found one that she especially liked out of all of them, one of Kazuto that was of him sleeping on the floor of the dojo while he was cleaning it.
'So he has always had that cute face while he sleeps…' Asuna thought, smiling down at the picture. The next picture was of him getting beat in kendo, him faced down on the floor while Sugu hovered over him with a panicked look on her face.
"I-If you got to the kendo picture… that was mostly an accident…" Sugu said while slightly covering her face with the cup she had.
"Mostly!?" Asuna asked, making Sugu's ears turn red.
"He thought he'd might try kendo again so we tested it and… let's just say he stayed further away from the dojo after that happened…" She said, turning away while Asuna began giggling to herself. She flipped to the last picture that in the pile and almost panicked by what she saw.
"Last one is a bonus for helping me." Sugu said with a smile.
"Kirito-kun is going to be mad if he find out... I'll make sure to hide these well." Asuna said as she inspected the last image, trying not to squeal from how cute it was. It was Kazuto when he was small, toddler sized, playing next to the pond that was in the Kirigaya backyard with Sugu behind him, trying to put a stag beetle on Kazuto head.
'I take it back, this now my favorite.' Asuna thought since she could see how innocent Kazuto was like as he looked towards the camera with a cute toothless smile.
"Thank you Suguha-chan!" Asuna said with a smile, Sugu waving it off.
"I should thank you! It would have taken me forever to find something for Nagata-kun. Not to mention the clothes you helped me pick out as well… So don't sweat it!" Sugu told the older girl. They quickly cleaned up the area they ate at, throwing away the trash they had before they began to walk out of the mall.
"I'll have to make sure to hide these well… I wouldn't want Kirito-kun finding these…" Asuna said as she finally stored the pictures in her bag.
"Hide them in some books?"
"I reads them sometimes... "
"Tape them under your desk!"
"That's… actually a good idea." Asuna said, wondering if their maid would find them if she stuck them under there.
A/N: So we passed 120,000 views! We also passed 300 reviews! I would thank the person but unfortunately, they are a Guest so I can't name them… If you know who you are, thanks for being my 300th reviewer!
Also, they released the cover art for the latest DVD for season 2 and I cried a bit when I saw it since it had Yuuki on it… It's so perfect.
