Awkward at Love

"So, did you ask her yet, Rin-Rin?"

"N-not yet."

"Eh? But it's in a week."

"I... get scared every time I try..."

"But she's your girlfriend. Why are you scared to ask her on a date?"

If only Rinko knew the answer. That would make all of this so much easier. Why was she finding it so hard to ask her girlfriend out for the day? It was her girlfriend for heaven's sake. They were already dating. This shouldn't be hard. But yet, Rinko couldn't do it.

She tried a lot. Whenever she was alone with Sayo, she'd try to do it, but somehow she always talked herself out of asking. Things were not going well. And she was starting to run out of time. She needed to do this soon.

"I don't know why..." Rinko sighed, "I just feel like she won't want to."

"But it's Valentine's Day." Ako protested, "It's when you are supposed to go out."

"I..."

"Come on, you can do it, Rin-Rin. I know you can." Ako encouraged her.

Rinko looked at the ground, "I... I'll try."

"You got this!"

...

Tomorrow was it. Tomorrow was Valentine's Day and Rinko still had no asked Sayo out on a date. This was a disaster. Perhaps it was best just to leave it? Was it too late to try anymore? What if Sayo had other plans by now? She didn't want to ruin them.

"Ako-chan?"

"Yeah?"

"I... didn't do it..."

"Eh? You still haven't asked her out? What's the problem?"

Rinko shrugged. She didn't want to admit what she was feeling. She still was struggling to believe Sayo wanted to date her. This was a lot harder when she felt she didn't even deserve Sayo to begin with.

"Hey. She's here first. Tell her now."

The five of them were supposed to meet up today. Rinko and Ako just happened to have been in the area when the time came to meet up. They were first.

"I can't... I'll just let it be..."

"Please?"

"No." Rinko was done trying. She could only handle so much of it.

"You two are early."

"We were shopping nearby." Ako explained.

"I see. I hope those two won't take too long."

"Is there a reason you say that?" Rinko asked.

"I just have a feeling." Sayo replied.

"Well, how about we talk until they get here?" Ako nudged Rinko slightly. Sayo didn't catch it.

"About what?" Rinko didn't want to, so she asked that.

"Fine. I'll do it for you." Ako huffed, "Sayo-san, you and Rin-Rin should go out on a date tomorrow since it's Valentine's Day."

"A-Ako-chan!" Rinko quickly looked at the ground. Her face was turning bright red.

"Udagawa-san-"

"I'm helping." Ako huffed, "She was too afraid to ask you out so I did it for her."

Sayo let out a long sigh, "You are so much trouble. Perhaps I need to speak to your sister about your behavior again?"

"No! I'm not being bad. I seriously just want to help." Ako defended.