I really sympathized with Aoi on why he continued to push Kirito away despite the reassurance kirito never failed to give him. I think it was about how all his life, he relied on kirito to fill on the loneliness his parents made him feel. And kirito tried so hard to fill that emptiness because from the start, he knew aoi was his person and that he was there to stay. But you can't make a broken glass full no matter how much water you pour in. Aoi had to internalize that he was never alone, but its hard to realize when he's projecting his own familial pain to kirito. So for the first time, he had to face life alone without being overly dependent on kirito. I think that's the best way possible to resolve their own personal issues.
Although aoi planed on never going back, I'm glad kirito never gave up because they were each other's world TT
I really sympathized with Aoi on why he continued to push Kirito away despite the reassurance kirito never failed to give him. I think it was about how all his life, he relied on kirito to fill on the loneliness his parents made him feel. And kirito tried so hard to fill that emptiness because from the start, he knew aoi was his person and that he was there to stay. But you can't make a broken glass full no matter how much water you pour in. Aoi had to internalize that he was never alone, but its hard to realize when he's projecting his own familial pain to kirito. So for the first time, he had to face life alone without being overly dependent on kirito. I think that's the best way possible to resolve their own personal issues.
Although aoi planed on never going back, I'm glad kirito never gave up because they were each other's world TT