Let's Go On a Date!

there's only two days left until we return to the school, I think that I had too much problems during this holiday, so I would really like to enjoy some time alone and play video games all night.

"I need your help Aru!"

obviously nothing will go as planned, in front of my house Makoto was begging me to help him

"I really need to make this date amazing so she would ask me to go out again!"

"even if you ask me..."

"you have a lot of experience so please show the pathetic me how it's done!"

I don't have any experience though...to be honest I don't remember going on a proper date before

"it's just Chi-senpai right? anything will be fine with her"

"that's exactly why I need your help! if I don't do anything special she'll just think that we're hanging out together like friends"

I see his point but I'm not the right person to ask, why does he even think about it when he knows that I'm not dating anyone?

"fine, I'll help you"

I really want to refuse but the way he looked at me with admiration forced me to accept, my pride won't let me tell him that I'm a lonely virgin now that he thinks so highly of me

"thank you very much! you really saved me!"

"talking here isn't good, we should probably move to a near park or something"

"can't we just go inside your house...?"

that won't do, if Airi saw him it's guaranteed that only problems will come

"I want to walk a bit, it's a good chance so let's go with it"

"it's fine I guess..."

I started wearing my shoes quickly as I started asking for details

"where are you two going? when?"

"I don't know..."

we have to start from the beginning huh?

"what did you say when you asked her out?"

"I didn't ask her yet"

"I see"

I closed the door and went back to my room to enjoy some sleep

***

I was forced out by my mother, Makoto used a dirty trick that doesn't suit him at all, who's giving him such a bad influence?

"you just need to call her and ask her to go with you somewhere tomorrow"

"t-that's... talking is easier than actually doing it! what if he reject me? I'll definitely die"

you won't die dude...but still I see what he thinks about, it's scary to get rejected

"let's put a plan then, call her now and follow my instructions"

"I believe in you! don't you dare betray me!"

first: you need to say Hi, it may seem like an obvious step but it's really important to decide uf she's interested in you or not.

"H-Hell"

he fucked up, that was a quick one.

"hell?"

Chi-senpai asked with a confused voice

step two: it wasn't supposed to be used this early but we don't have a choice, use your mistakes to make some jokes!

"I just thought you should go to hell so I called"

he fucked up again, that wasn't even a joke that's straight up an insult

"sorry..?I don't know what I did.."

she isn't acting like normal, she can't keep up with him because she's too confused

we have to go for step three! it's already a failure so just ask her out!

"let's go to hell together! you're free tomorrow right?"

????

what is he even trying to do, there's no way we can save it this time

"hell huh? are we going alone? what time?"

I forgot she's insane, forget about hell she'll probably accept anywhere!

"U-umm"

oh right step four: the time, she didn't say she was busy so anytime is fine with her, go with 10Am it's not early enough to say she overslept and you can have a long date if things go well, and it's easy to run away if things failed

"tomorrow 10pm"

why are you...

"I don't really know what pm means, but I assume it's morning right? I'll see you in the station!"

that surprisingly worked, you just need to see goodbye

"see you in hell"

"..."

she won't show up tomorrow will she?

***

the next morning, before 5 minutes from the time they were supposed to meet, Chi-senpai arrived and searched if Makoto was there yet

"are you sure I should keep her waiting?"

the amateur guy started doubting his teacher hiw disrespectful

"Listen here Makoto, if you show up early she will think you're desperate! you need to show her that you don't care about her"

girls like people who don't care about them, or so I read on the internet yesterday

"I see, as expected from Aru-senpai!"

"I can't help now, she'll notice if I talked to you while you're on a date, you memorized the steps right?"

"of course!"

after ten minutes from the meeting time walked confidentially to Chi-senpai, she smiled when she saw him but the smile didn't take long to dissappear

"why are you T-posing?"

"asserting dominance"

the second tip: shoe the girl your reliable side, since Makoto doesn't have any reliable side ww just need to show her who's the man!

I told him to do it like this but... I said it as a joke there's no way I would've expected him to believe me this easily

"I see"

Chi-senpai nodded before approaching Makoto while T-posing herself, what the fuck that's so cute

unable to withstand the cuteness Makoto fell on his knees

"I'm your senpai if course I'm the dominant one!"

she smiled proudly, honestly I can see why Makoto likes her..

"I hate her..."

"?"

I heard someone talking behind me, when I turned around I saw a girl standing right behind me.

I was hiding behind a wall so I didn't focus on my surroundings at all

"what are you doing here, Shiori?"

the girl who was stalking Makoto was no other than his sister, a creepy middle schooler

"I'm just doing what any little sister would do, stalking my stupid big brother"

"I don't think that what's normal sisters do...anyway you're not trying to ruin their date right?"

it she's gonna do that, I'm forced to stop her before they notice

"that won't work if you're following them too, everything I tried was easily stopped by you, you even teleported me away"

I don't remember doing any of that though? and why the fuck does she know about my power? should I just go and put it on newspaper?

"why do you hate Chi-senpai?"

I know that she want Naru to be with Makoto but that's not a reason to hate Chi-senpai

"she's not dumb but she still act like one, yet she's not a faker"

"isn't that good? it's fun to be around her"

"that's exactly why I hate her, I can't see her flaws"

I kinda understand her reasoning, it's more frustrating when someone's flaws aren't actual flaws but more like a charm

"oh they left we should follow them"

"no? it's already creepy enough that we stalked them so far we should leave"

"Eh? but what would you if she rejected Oni-chan? or even worse, they could start dating!"

isn't it fine if he's happy? also, he's not a kid he should learn how to deal with rejection

I dragged Shiori with me so she won't interfere, she was screaming all the time so everyone was giving me deadly glares.

"can you please shut up? I'll buy you crepe"

"deal"

she smiled cheerfully as she started walking besides me without me dragging her

that was her goal all along huh? she should just ask I wouldn't refuse to invite her

"Sawano-Kun?"

I heard a low voice calling me, it was so low that anyone else would have missed it

"Hello Suzuki, are you here to buy a book?"

she was holding a bag so she probably finished shopping already

when she noticed that I was looking at the bag she hid it behind her back quickly

"oh don't worry I won't ask about it if you don't want to tell me"

"T-Thank you"

Shiori who hid behind my back when I started talking to Suzuki whispered in ears

"can we go already?"

I forgot that she's shy around people she doesn't know because see her other side more often lately

"we have to go now, see you at school!"

"Ah, yes"

when Suzuki bowed as usual her bag dropped showing what was inside it

"you look like a pure child but you're into +18 books huh?"

Shiori commented harshly on the book that has a naked woman on it's cover

I grabbed Suzuki's hands quickly to stop her from throwing herself on a truck

"I will just die! I don't deserve to live anyway with my dirty mind!"

"we didn't see anything okay? let's just pretend nothing happened alright?"

it took me a lot of time to stop Suzuki from crying and Shiori wasn't helping at all, she was complaining a lot asking to leave the dirty girl to her death

***

it's afternoon, I spent the day with Shiori to make sure she won't do anything stupid, if she wasn't my friend's sister I might have considered it a date

"how did it go?"

Shiori was still with me when I called Makoto, she got closer to listen to his answer

I asked him just to make sure, he texted me a lot asking for instructions but I still don't know what exactly happened

"I fucked up"

that's not a surprise, I ignored the happy noises coming from Shiori and asked Makoto for more details

"some guys tried to flirt with her when I went to the toilet so I started a fight with them when I returned "

"isn't that actually good? that's a normal date event when you show your manly si-"

I realized the problem halfway through my sentence, it only looks good when you win. Makoto understood what I was thinking and said

"yes, I failed miserably and got my ass beaten, and to add salt to the injury, Chi-senpai beat them easily and ended up saving me instead "

instead of saving her, he started a fight she was avoiding and got beaten forcing her to defend him, but there's still something

"I think it's cool when you jump to help others even though you know you can't win"

Shiori nodded silently with a proud smile, she definitely likes her brother more than anything

"d-do you think so?"

"don't get embarrassed it's disgusting"

I ended the call and looked at Shiori to go back, but I got another call

"why is this man...oh it's from Chi-senpai?"

I hesitated a bit but ended up answering her

"hello?"

"I just thought I should thank you for today too"

"today? did we meet?"

I played dumb but she didn't buy it at all

"you're the one who planned the date right Arucchi?Makocchi didn't stop looking at his phone whenever something unexpected happened"

yep, there's no way I will ever help that guy again

"did you have fun?"

I asked her because she said she wanted to thank me, you won't thank someone for nothing right?

"I had a great day, it wasn't romantic though, we should invite everyone to the theme park next time"

I didn't notice it before but she acknowledged it as a date, she acts as if it's just friends hanging out but she's definitely aware of his feelings

"what do you think about him now?"

Shiori leaned more to listen to her answer, I never saw her make such a serious face

"hmmm, yes, I don't think I can date him"

"yaaahooooo"

"why are you suddenly shouting when I said that I won't date your friend, don't tell me Arucchi you're jealous?"

"it's obviously a girl's voice! it's Shiori, there's no way I'll fall for someone like you!"

even as we talk, Shiori is still celebrating

"I was going to say that you love Makocchi but I see"

"..? that's even worse! Oi, why are you looking at me like this?"

Shiori was scanning me thoroughly with a scary look on her face

"I didn't consider that Arucchi too liked me...ah why am I like this? please don't ruin you friendship because of me"

"you're enjoying it aren't you..."

"yep"

I couldn't help but laugh, maybe I do really like Chi-senpai

"anyway let's meet at school!"

"yeah see you"

I finished the call and looked at the sky, I know that there's someone following me but I'm too exhausted to check their identity, you're gonna live another day be grateful

"hey Aru"

"hmm?"

Shiori called me suddenly

"thank you for today, let's go on another date again sometime"

"sure"

just by looking at her smile it's obvious that she's teasing me, Shiori is really cute when she smile like this, she should drop the yandere act soon

"let's go home"

I put my hand over her head to pat her, she didn't resist it it's more like she's enjoying it

I should ask Makoto if he's fine with exchanging sisters someday