Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-2607:FB90:FDA:EC1B:9826:A373:70CC:4D3B-20190219193214/@comment-2605:3E80:800:0:0:0:0:6DA-20190219225903

In the 200 years they are in UW they probably already married and lived together for years, since they are also called, King and Queen  ( Star King Kirito and Star Queen Asuna )

But the thing is, when they came out they asked Higa to delete their memories of the 200 years, so they don't remember it anymore. ( they still remember until a while after they got Stuck tho, so Eugeo and the wars etc are still remembered )

Altough you can say their feeling and emotion they went through in those 200 years are still there just as Asuna told Kirito when he was despressed about not remembering the 200 years and the friends they made in there. Plus as Cardinal mentioned before, the memories are too complex to be completely deleted.

And now about Ordinal Scale and their relationhip in real world.

What are you expecting to happen now ? I mean Kirito is not even 18 yet, and he is stil student with no job. He can't just marry Asuna yet, and their relationship is already as close as it get, you can say only a marriage is left lol

Plus there is somethings that is hinted in Unital Ring, like Asuna's brother getting closer to Kirito and asking Kirito to call him by the name and Kirito started calling him "Koichiro-kun"  it's like  Asuna's brother also accepting Kirito as Asuna's husband already. Plus they hold hand and hug, but u can't expect them to keep on kissing or more in front of their friends, it's just rude and disrespectful in japanese culture, also asuna act so close and "already know all of kirito and already expect anything he gonna do" in UR lol

Another thing to note, you should remember that Sword Art Online is not always focused on Kirito and Asuna's relationship, it always got other focuses, while their relationship is alway there as a constant but it's not focused as the main plot.

btw the whole Unital Ring events in Volume 21 happen in 2 day !