Does He Feel the Same Way? (Kirito x Reader)

Kirito's POV~

         It's been a year since (y/n) moved away. I'm still waiting for the chance to tell her how I feel. I was still smiling at that same picture I held in my hand. The picture of me and her long ago. I set it down on my desk beside my bed and got up. After that night, nothing romantic happened between the two of us, we had told each other how we feel. So now we were friends. But about five months ago, I started becoming friends with this one girl named Setsumi Kino (Set-sue-me Kee-no). I guess she's a fill in for (y/n), but yeah, we get along. I tied my shoes and grabbed my jacket, then walked out of the house and started heading towards the town.

          As I was just walking around, I passed the park that we had been at a year ago. My last memory of (y/n). 'I love you Kirito.' she had called to me. I felt a faint blush creep onto my cheeks. I turned my gaze towards the bench that the three of us had been sitting on and saw someone sitting there. I double-taked as I looked over at her. She was stunningly beautiful. She was wearing a hoodie and dark skinny jeans but she looked amazing in them. She was just sitting on the bench, looking to the side and faintly smiling as if she was remembering something. For some reason I started walking towards her, unable to control myself.

         As I got a closer look at her face, she started looking really familiar. Wait...(h/c) hair and (e/c) eyes...I stopped dead in my tracks. It couldn't be...could it? "(Y/n)?" I called. The girl froze for a brief second then looked over at me. A light blush grew on her cheeks as we looked into each others eyes in silence. "...Is that really you Kirito?" she asked. I nodded and we started walking towards each other. When we met up with each other, she threw her arms around me and pulled me tight towards her. I felt my face grow warm as I felt her chest touch mine but I hugged her just as tightly. I felt tears well up in my eyes and as we started to pull away I could see the same in hers.

         "I thought I would never see you again. I'm so sorry I never told you that I was moving." she told me but adverted her gaze from me as blush grew present on her face. I smiled with pure joy but crossed my arms. "Well you should be! I was so lonely without you cracking jokes in class with me. Maybe I could have convinced you to stay..." I muttered the last part. She looked at her feet, that blush still present. "Well you could have convinced me if..." I heard her mutter. I smiled at her and patted her head. She giggled and looked up at me. "So are you moving back?" I asked her. She looked pained for a moment and faintly shook her head. "No...I just decided that I would visit and began walking around like we always used to do." she said. "Oh...Well, do you want to go walk around?" I asked, looking to the side and putting my hand on my neck, a faint blush dusting my cheeks. "Sure, old bud." she giggled and lightly punched my arm.

        'Old bud, huh?' I wondered. 'So maybe she doesn't feel the same way.' 'I...My feelings for you...you may never feel the same way but I don't think I'll ever change the way I feel about you.' (Y/n)'s words played through my mind. I looked over at her and smiled. 'I wonder if she does feel the same way because I know my feelings won't change...and now my chance to tell her has come. So...should I tell her now?' I thought.

         I turned towards her, causing her to stop and face me. "Is something wrong Kirito?" she asked, a concerned look on her face. "(Y/n), I meant to tell you this after that day on New Years...you see (y/n)...I-" "(Y/n)? Is that you?" I looked over and saw chestnut hair. 'Her interruptions still han't changed though.'