002 // fai why did you put him up to this, this is EMBARRASSING

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Xiaolang Li shared a photo. 03/26 near Birch Hills

If anyone on Retrospec is friends/acquaintances with Sakura Kinomoto (pictured above), you're formally invited to her birthday party on Sunday, April 1st, 2pm at [Insert Fai Lachance's address right about here]. Any questions or details about the party should be directed to Fai, not myself. I've only been asked to handle the invitations on their behalf.

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tooltip: most people wouldn’t be in charge of party invitations for their “classmate.”

they also don’t type furiously to deny a misunderstanding. you’re looking quite suspicious, Mr. Li.

[ He isn’t above teasing children... Save yourself. ]

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[Where's Goro to put Akira in his place when he needs it--]

Her father asked me to do it! It's just so she doesn't have to do all the work!

We're friends, and we share memories, but she's not

We're not

That's not our relationship, okay?!

[Even if he wishes HELLA BADLY otherwise, but facts are facts, and with Sakura keeping an eye on all of this, he can't let what he really feels slip.]

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[ Maybe if you say his name three times in front of the mirror, he will come to save you. ]

all right. just remember to ask her out when you're ready. you'll never know when someone else will swoop in and steal her away.

this is a nice thing you're doing for her, though.

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[He's just....... going to be staring at this message for about a minute or so, face practically on fire thanks to all the heat rushing up to it. 'Steal her away'...? He hadn't even considered something like that to be a possibility. Sure, he had gotten jealous of Prompto and his tutoring sessions with her, but even Xiaolang knew that he wouldn't have been interested in her in that way, given their gap in ages and all. But the more he thought about it... she was a cute, peppy cheerleader, who was fairly popular with other kids in their grade, so there had to be other boys suffering the same way he was. And if he wasn't too careful...

... okay, fuck it, he's setting this reply to private, since he just knows this conversation will probably go to places he doesn't want Sakura to see.]

I don't

I don't know how to even do that! She doesn't think about anyone in that sort of way, and I don't know how to ask her that without messing up our friendship!

But

I don't want someone trying to take her for themselves, either, if I can help it...

[Unless she genuinely likes the person, which in that case he'd bite down his feelings and try to be happy for her. BUT HONESTLY, YOU GOT HIM A LITTLE FREAKED OUT NOW, AKIRA]

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[ Oh... He thought they were moving on? This is when he thinks his teasing has gone too far. He’ll make sure to keep things private from this text forward, too. ]

i was kidding, but sometimes it does happen. i would just confess to her, personally.

you have to take risks to get what you want.

[ Even though he’s sure that won’t satisfy Xiaolang at all... He already presented an easy solution, either way!! ]

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That's easier said than done. I have no idea how to tell her how I feel without making things awkward between us, or getting it through to her enough to make her understand.

She's not really good at picking up on things like this.

[So no, not quite the easiest solution? Sakura was a dear, important person to him, but god, if she hadn't been able to notice how he felt by NOW...]

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I like you, romantically, and I would like to be your boyfriend.

But I also cherish you as a friend. If you don't feel the same, then I wouldn't want this to get in the way of what we have now.

thoughts?

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That's

[... actually not all that bad? The first part was a bit too forward for his tastes, but the second part worked well enough. If he work-shopped it enough in his mind before getting the nerve to tell her as much, it COULD work...]

... maybe. I don't think I can straight out ask her to be my gi

my gir

[jfc he can't even type the word without feeling like someone set him on fire--]

my special someone that directly, though. It's kind of... [Embarrassing?? Intimidating?? Makes him want to die a little on the inside??]

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i know it's a little forward, but if she's as you said, then you need to be blunt about it or else she won't understand. you seem like the type to die if you have to confess more than once.

girlfriend.

[ TYPE IT TO HIM, YOU WUSS. This is all very precious and he's going to support them now. ]

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[Look, HE CAN'T EVEN SAY THEY'RE DATING WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY DATING, this is clearly going to be a Process for him]

... that's true, but...

It's a lot to ask of someone who doesn't consider you in that sort of way. It's intimidating.

She... her other self, that is-- she liked the me in our memories. Enough so to give him something precious. But I don't want her to feel like she has to like me now because of it.

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[ Boyo.............. ]

you kind of remind me of my boyfriend.

how do you know she doesn't? her feelings aren't something you can decide on your own. and if she doesn't, maybe you should show her why she should.

take her heart.