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does a walk count as a date

[ And does he want it to? ]

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it can be

if you want it to be

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id like to get to know her
but im not calling a walk a date
thatd be a cheap date

[irritated]

so if you could then you wouldn't mind taking her out on an actual date then?

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if youre going to offer to pay for it i respectfully decline

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i barely have enough for me and taichi so maybe one day

but what i'm asking is if you had the money to do it and she wanted to then you'd go out with her?

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well yeah maybe

[irritated]

how about this:

i ask her for the walk for you. i can play it off

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how

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you don't have her information and i'm doing this as a surprise for you. like a gift.

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are you sure about that.....??
i know this is more your arena than mine but.......

[ He trusts him but doesn’t at the same time, that is to say. ]

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trust me! remember it was my job to flirt with girls? well. after school club activity.

close enough.

[And he didn't really flirt with the girls. Just Kaoru. But details.]

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yeah i know but
im not trying to date her you know that right
she was just nice..

[irritated]

then a friendly outing~

[Wink wink.]

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okay okay a friendly outing
lets do it

[ Is he going to regret this...? He's already wondering. ]

[irritated]

you'll have fun! consider this part of being a normal teenager.

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thank you sifu hikaru..!

[irritated]

she thinks you're sweet

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[ ghyffuhjkk it’s actually happening ]

whatd she say

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she waants to be friends with you and get to know you better.

[Which is honestly the most basic of basic developments but with Zuko, this feels like a huge milestone.]

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ok.....
...cool.

[ It's a milestone. It's a milestone in itself that he's having this conversation with Hikaru at all, let alone allowing him to play wingman. Only in an alternate reality! ]

[irritated]

should i tell her you think she's beautiful

[He will not.

But he is absolutely waiting for some amazing response from Zuko.]

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you wouldnt dare

[irritated]

she'd like to cook you lunch

[Not even talking about how he didn't tell her Zuko thought she was beautiful. Let Zuko sweat a little.]

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what?!?! she wants to cook for me.....?!

[ Look, he's not Japanese, but there's something viscerally intimate about someone wanting to cook for someone else. Zuko... cannot cook. Hikaru knows that. This hits home in a different way for royalty with zero life skills. ]