Tomoko couldn't take the thinking anymore. It was like the lightbulb powering her brain was flickering out... or was it the other way around?... Whatever. She decided to unwind by appreciating the view of the knockout sitting beside her.
...
Tomoko, "I bet it'd be nice to be married to you."
Asuka looks up from her study material to Tomoko in surprise, "What?"
Tomoko thinks to herself, 'Oh shit! Did I just say that out loud?!'
Tomoko digs herself deeper by awkwardly babbling, "W-Well, it's just that you're so kind and beautiful that a life with you seems like it'd be full of love and happiness...hahaha."
...
Asuka, for her part, was actually blushing at this. Her heart was beating fast: slain by words. "Well, if that's how you feel, would you like to try dating?"
Tomoko's face shifts from confusion, to comprehension, to wide-eyed astonishment with each syllable, "Wha...wha...what?"
"Would you go out with me?" Asuka clarifies.
"Yes." Tomoko responds immediately. She was stunned dumb but she still knew the answer to that question. It was obvious after all.
"Alright, but the next time we study you have to treat me like your friend, okay?"
...
"Th...This is a dream. This is a dream, right?"
Tomoko pinches herself.
"Oww."