A great day.

My name is ayumu uehara, I'm a 26 year old office worker living in Tokyo. My whole life I've never done much, I've never wanted much either. I just quietly did everything a good girl was supposed to and listened to my elders. This honestly wasn't a bad way to live; as I graduated and got a pretty good job. Also a nice upper class apartment to boot. Safe to say I was living the good life, my parents were super proud too. My whole world was sort of planned out for me, that's why I was never prepared to meet...her.

It's been a little over a year ago, since our floor manager introduced us. "Miss uehara, this is Yuu takasaki". "She'll be working next to you from now on". As soon as I saw that face, everything changed. "Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you", the girl bowed. "Uhhh yeah, nice to meet you too", ayumu blushed. Ever since then I couldn't keep my eyes off of her; she had to be the most beautiful woman in the world. That gorgeous dark hair, that innocent look on her face...all of it excited me. Unfortunately I was always to scared to strike up a conversation. I would even get flustered if she asked to borrow a pen. But in my head it was to the point where I just couldn't let these feelings lie anymore. I just had to tell her something, I couldn't wait another day.

Once ayumu got home that night, she decided to give an old friend a call. So the happy byun plopped down on her couch and pulled her phone out. After a few rings, we hear a very regal voice greet "hello". "Hi shioriko, how are you". "I'm fine", the fanged girl giggled. "How was work today". "Well...it was". "Let me guess", shioriko interrupted. "You got all hung up on Yuu again". "Heh, how did you know". "Ayumu, when are you going to tell this girl how you feel... it's been so long". "I know, I know...I just get so nervous when I'm around her". "I want to say a lot of things, but I always freeze up". The other girl then let out a loud sigh of disappointment. "We're adults but your acting like this is some high school romance...I think you need to grow up".

After the girls outburst, ayumu went quite. Making shioriko think she hurt her friends feelings. "Ugh, look I'm sorry to be rude about it". "But what if she came to work with someone new tomorrow, or maybe transferred to another office". "Then what...she'd never know you had feelings for her". "Yeah your right, but I'm just so nervous", ayumu pouted. "That's normal, but you can't let it define you". "You have to talk to this girl ayumu...if you don't you'll always regret it". Hearing shio's harsh words kinda hurt pomu, but on the inside she actually agreed with her friend. Ayumu was getting to old to let her fear and anxiety control her; she had to move on her feelings.

"But how could she", the girl wondered. Fortunately for her, shioriko had that part covered. "Hey ayumu, why don't we make a promise here and now". "A... promise?". "Yes". "You have to promise that when you get to work tomorrow, you'll make your move". "Ummm I don't know if...". "Ayumu, I know you can do this", her friend assured. "If you open up just a little...I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised by what you can do". At this point in the conversation, ayumu started to feel better. Shioriko always knew how to cheer her up; even if it involved breaking her down at first. So now with a newly ignited flame inside of her, the young woman smiled. "Thanks shioriko-san...you always know what to say", ayumu giggled.

"I'm going to tell her how I feel tomorrow...I promise!", ayumu said clenching her fist. Hearing this made her old friend smile. "Heh, I'll be anxiously awaiting your call". After their chat ended, pomu happily jumped to her feet. "Alright ayumu". "You have to stick to your guns tomorrow...I can't let shioriko down", she nodded. Now more than ready to face the next day; ayumu took a quick shower and went to bed.

The next morning however wasn't looking like a pleasant one. Whenever pomu woke up, thunder and lightning crackled in the sky; and heavy rain battered her bedroom window. This was definitely one of those days where you wanted to just stay in bed. Ayumu knew that wasn't an option though, as not only was it a work day. But this was also going to be the day she captured her crushes heart. So the girl jumped out of bed and quickly went through the morning routine. She brushed her teeth, put on her work suit, and put on some light makeup like always. The anxious young lady then looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. "You can do this ayumu... today's your day!".