"We're home!"
Monika's voice echoed through her house as she led Sayori through the front door. Moments later, Claudette stepped out of the kitchen with a small cup of ice cream in hand.
"Welcome home, honey. How was your day?" she responded with a bright smile.
"Fine, Claudette," Monika chuckled.
Sayori's eyes lit up with curiosity. Wasting no time, she approached the young woman.
"Ohhhhh, so you're Claudette," she said.
"Mm-hmm. And you must be Sayori."
"Yeah. How'd you know?"
"Your eyes sparkle with that positive energy Monika says you have." Claudette leaned forward and quickly kissed both of the guest's cheeks leaving them faintly glowing red.
Unsure how to respond with words, all Sayori could do was chuckle nervously.
"Where's Monika?" Monika asked.
"Out and about," Claudette answered before leading a scoop of ice cream into her mouth.
"She went out?"
"Yeah, I took her out earlier, but we went our separate ways about an hour ago. Don't worry, she was in disguise."
"Hh. Wonder where the other Monika went." Sayori thought aloud.
Monika shared her curiosity. But not only did she wonder the same exact thing, for some reason she could not understand, she felt worried and, even more confounding, a bit envious.
...
Shujinkou's heart raced as he tried to process what he was just asked. The Monika in front of him had just asked him out on-
"A D-Date?" he stuttered.
"Mm-hmm." Monika answered with a nod.
"Us?"
"Mm-hmm."
"You and me?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Me?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Uh..."
Shujinkou quickly looked away. He anxiously scratched his right cheek as he desperately tried to control the various emotions circulating through him. The last time he felt as flustered as he felt now was when Mali first pressed her chest against his own.
Like that moment, what the Monika before him had proposed was something he never thought would happen to him. This belief, along with the fact that it was coming from someone who didn't know him that well, further increased the singular question of "Why?"
"Is something wrong?" Monika asked.
"N-No!" Shujinkou sputtered. "Nothing's wrong, it's just that..."
"'Just that...'?"
"It's just kinda out of nowhere."
Monika shot him a surprised, but interested look. "How so?"
"I mean, we just met recently and don't know each other that well," Shujinkou explained.
Monika giggled, confusing the young protagonist. "Shujinkou, isn't that what dates are for? Dates aren't just for people who are already romantically involved or known each other for a long time. Most of the times, dates begin with one person seeing another or just have a few brief interactions and decide they want to get to know the person better."
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أدب المراهقينShujinkou is your average high schooler. When he isn't indulging in manga or video games, he's usually loses himself to scenarios in his head. That's how he figured he spend the rest of his high school life until a request from childhood friend, Say...
