Appointment.

So to make sure I decide to play a little prank on him.

I'll tell her out of the blue that she's trying to go up the skirt of Sakura's trio.

And surprisingly my joke was very effective.

I react abnormally.

That means that he must be thinking or trying to go after Sakura and the others, I don't think I've heard that there is such a relationship in the town, and also because of how grumpy Sakura is as well as being too attached to sister Satsuki, I don't think that he can have all three if he will have it difficult if he wants to conquer all three.

He is trying to avoid the subject and deny it.

Which makes me more sure of my theory.

Then she tells me that she had a conflict with someone she knew and apparently she had a misunderstanding or maybe I should say that he tried to win her over but she couldn't convey what she wanted and ended up misunderstanding the situation.

But I'm surprised that the misunderstanding almost ended in a fight where she tried to stab him.

She must be a very tough girl.

Or maybe I treat her too rudely or rudely.

I ask her about the problem they had but she doesn't want to talk about it, I don't force her because it must be something very personal.

Then she asks me for advice so that I can talk to her again.

Which I ask him some questions to see how good he is at speaking.

The result surprises me.

Her abilities so to speak are not bad but they are very basic, not good enough.

I'm surprised that he was able to attract the attention of that girl named Tenten, not what surprises me the most is that he wants to conquer the others with those skills of his, I think it won't be enough because I just saw that he doesn't even know very well basic courtesy.

I think she will fail to win her over and she will probably end up heartbroken.

I wouldn't want to see him like this, so I've decided to give him a little help.

"And I've thought about it, I'll show you"

"Um...excuse me?"

"As you heard, I'm going to teach you"

"Teach me? I don't think I need something like that"

Maybe now he is not thinking about it much but I bet that in the future he will thank me.

"Shh, don't refute, I'm doing you the favor of teaching you how to conquer someone"

"I don't think I need it"

"You just humor me and later you will thank me"

I'm going to my room to change my clothes, these are not the right clothes to go out.

"Wait here for me in a moment"

After making a small and careful selection, I decide to put on some casual clothes.

"Why have you changed?"

"Don't you get it, we're going on a date"

"An appointment?"

Even though he's never dated anyone so this would be the first time, I think we'd both be benefiting.

If it's a date then I think it's the fastest way for us to learn that in addition to curing my boredom in the process I could also know why the couples I always see pass by are always smiling.

I don't understand why they're just laughing and smiling at each other, they're just walking around, nothing else so I've always felt curious.

So I just saw the opportunity with my best friend, maybe I can understand too.

I don't hang out with people of the opposite sex, so I guess it will be a different experience, I feel a bit excited for some strange reason.

"Mom! I'm going out for a while, I'll be right back"

"Okay, come back quickly"

So I urge Yuu to leave the store.

"Does your mother let you date someone just like that?"

"Well, I didn't tell her that she was seeing someone so I guess she's fine."

I grab his hand.

"Hey, I don't think we must go hand in hand"

"This is what he does on dates, so don't worry about it."

When I see the couples go by I see that they always go hand in hand and of course, I'm going to do the same.

But even if he does this, it doesn't mean that I have feelings of love for him or anything like that, I've always seen him as a friend, I don't remember feeling anything different.

Although many times they tell me that we look like a couple, I simply tell them that we are friends even if on the surface we appear otherwise.

Compared to the rest of the people, I would say that our friendship is a bit strange, we seem like a couple when we are friends, so when we seem like friends, maybe we are a couple?

Well, there's no point in thinking more, I'm looking forward to this date with a bit of excitement.

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I still don't understand how it ends up on a date.

I only went for advice, not for a date.

But I can't refuse, I would have done it a long time ago if I wanted to but for some reason, a part of me doesn't want to refuse.

I feel a bit embarrassed when he's holding my hand, I'm not used to walking hand in hand with someone.

In all this time I don't think I've felt a feeling of love for someone, especially with people my age.

I think the reason for this should be because right now even though I am a child I still look at others as children and it is difficult for me to see them as potential partners or similar.

So I'm feeling embarrassed because a girl is leading me as a couple by the hand.

Inside me, I still consider myself an adult.

"Then let's go to the park first"

She tells me with a smile.

'Wait I'm forgetting something important '

"Hey, Ino won't it be bad if they don't see like this-?"

"Don't worry about it, everyone already knows we're together anyway"

"Hey stop joking this is-"

"Stop worrying about those things, we'll think about it later, for now, let's dedicate ourselves to enjoying"

"But-"

Before I can refute further she drags me with her.

So she leads me by the hand to the park.

'This seems familiar to me because with Satsuki I went around the village like this, the only thing I hope is that no one sees me as Tenten did'

After walking for a while we arrived at the park where we were talking about unimportant things.

We are walking along the road that is surrounded by trees, people do not hang around here much.

To be honest, I'm a little uncomfortable, I'm not used to talking, I usually keep quiet but it seems today Ino is somehow always getting a lot of words out of me especially when he makes those jokes in bad taste.

"Hey Yuu, look at that"

"Mmm?"

"It's a dandelion flower"

Then she approaches a flower that is shaped like a sunflower and caresses it with her hands.

"You know, these are my favorites"

"oh"

"Hey, can't you react a little more?"

"Well, it has a nice color and its shape is representative of the sun"

"That's better"

So we started after talking some more, we left the park.

Suddenly my stomach makes a noise.

"*snarl*"

Shit, I didn't have lunch at noon.

"Wow, it looks like we have to go to a grocery store."

"I'm sorry about that"

"Don't worry, I was a little hungry anyway"

I say this while scratching my head a bit.

We're supposed to be on a date, and that noise made me a little embarrassed.

So we go to a ramen stand.