Come on, this pickup line has to work! A very annoyed Hanamaru thought. She had gone over the failed moment bit by bit, wondering how on earth Yoshiko managed to interpret the pickup line as an actual question rather than rhetorical. Maybe she needed to set the mood a little more?
Earlier research had been useful as it told Hanamaru a little about how exactly to 'set a mood'. Apparently with things that were out of her control, like weather, but there were still things she could do that were within her control.
She rushed to the classroom again, briefly wondering if she should change the location, and almost rushed to Yoshiko's side. The website did say to sit in her lap... but looking at the very little space between Yoshiko's chest and the desk (not that she was looking at Yoshiko's chest) she determined that it was impossible for any human to be able to squeeze in on her lap.
Oh well, maybe another time, zura.
Rather than sitting on her lap, she decided it to be best to envelop the unsuspecting girl in a hug and sing out, "Yo-shi-ko~!"
The fallen angel let out a smallish squeak as she was attacked by the other girl and barely registered her name being sung.
"I-It's YOHANE!" Came the reply after she mostly recovered from the shock of the sudden hug attack.
Hanamaru smiled and corrected herself, "Yohane?"
She tried to say it as sweetly as possible with just a tiny bit of suggestion in her tone as well as her gaze as she looked up at the girl in question. Did she set the mood correctly enough? Maybe...
"Yes, Zuramaru?" Yoshiko replied, tense under the other girl's grasp for some reason.
Well, here goes, the big question.
"Would I be an Angel or a Devil, zura?" She asked and, hopefully, Yoshiko would answer right...
She seemed to have perked up at the topic of Angels and Devils and answered immediately and confidently, as if she already had an answer a while ago, "An Angel."
Hanamaru grinned and tried her best with a suggestive look, narrowing her eyes, she really did try.
"Then I must be a fallen one because I've fallen for you."
Quiet. For at least 10 seconds as Yoshiko processed this and for a while Hanamaru thought that she had set the mood right. That is, until Yoshiko looked at her and answered.
"You can't be a fallen Angel! I doubt you would do anything wrong! At least not like that anyway..." Yoshiko told her, taking the line way out of context and explaining the many ways Angels could fall.
Did she not hear the 'I've fallen for you' part, or did she take that out of context too?
"And why would you become fallen for my sake?" Yoshiko asked.
Yep, she managed to take that out of context too.
Hanamaru gave Yoshiko a deadpan gaze saying, "Never mind." Then walking off to her seat as class was probably going to start any minute now.
Congratulations, Yoshiko, you're even more dense than I thought.
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Due to popular demand elsewhere (I'be published this on two other sites), I've decided to continue this story. I have 14 more pickup lines for Hanamaru to use and the most dense Yoshiko ever. Seriously, she'll make you rip your hair out screaming, "JUST KISS HER ALREADY!" You have been warned XD. Until next chapter, bye!
