"And so I think that was the third failed attempt at a confession, but she hasn't given up yet! You really likes you. I think that means you should ask her out next time, don't you think, Riko?"

Riko sat on the bench by Tsuki, hands on her face as she burned in embarrassment. She had just asked her what You thought of her in a romantic sense, she didn't expect the entire story of You's previous failed confessions as well as a detailed plan over the past couple of months trying to get Riko to notice her differently.

Moving her fingers from her eyes, Riko peeked up as she asked,

"Have I really been this oblivious for so long?"

Tsuki leaned back, putting her hands behind her head as she laughed out,

"I'd say so. I mean, how do you look over all of the hints, the compliments, and the flowers?"

Riko groaned as she just wanted the world to swallow her whole. Tsuki was having a great time though.

At first when Riko had asked to talk to her she was a bit curious at what they could have in common to hang out and chat about. With her questions answered though, Tsuki could only taunt Riko more of her past obliviousness.

"Oh, do you remember last Valentine's Day? She made you tiny handmade chocolates with your name on them, while she bought everyone else store-bought ones? Only for you to leave them in the classroom? Oh man I had never heard You so sad in that moment she got to my house, I was so sure she was going to give up right then and there. Gotta say though, you missed out on some great candy."

Riko threw her head back, still covering her eyes as she yelled out,

"Agh, don't remind me! I still feel so awful about that."

Tsuki smiled at how embarrassed Riko was getting at the topic of You. Getting up, the black-haired girl grabbed her cap, that was before Riko quickly called out,

"Wait, where are you going?"

Tsuki turned around as she kept walking away,

"I'm just leaving. You already have everything you need to know, now it's your turn to make a move."

Getting up, Riko let out in a exasperated tone,

"But, how do I know if she even still likes me? I mean, it's been months since I can think of any hints she's given me. What if she gave up and I'm just putting myself out there to be shut down?"

Tsuki wanted to roll her eyes. Riko couldn't even see the first signs, there wasn't any doubt she would still miss any others.

Stopping in her tracks, Tsuki gave her honest advice,

"Riko, if You could put her heart out on the line time after time after so many failed attempts, I think you can do this one for her. Plus, from the last time we spoke she still has a couple more confessions left in her before even thinking about giving up. Why not beat her to the punch this time?"

Riko looked down at the floor. Tsuki was right, You wouldn't even dare to give up if she loved someone so much. Clenching her fists, Riko looked back up towards Tsuki with determination,

"Okay, I'll do it!"

Giving a thumbs up, Tsuki smiled before taking a step further away,

"Atta girl. Well, good luck with all of that. And if everything goes wrong just remember, this Watanabe is always single."

Giving a wink, Tsuki proceeded to turn around as she walked away from their conversation. Before Tsuki could get very far though she quickly called back,

"I'm joking by the way! Don't tell You, I really don't want to get beat up at the next family gathering."

Riko laughed out before sitting back down. Tsuki oozed confidence and though Riko didn't have much, it was time she got some. The girl she wanted had been after her heart for so long, there was no reason to doubt herself any longer.

Grabbing her phone, Riko was quick to type out a message for a meet-up but before she could reread it for spelling errors, an icon appeared over her screen. A smiling picture of You holding up a peace sign begged to be answered. Answering the call, Riko brought the phone close to her ear,

"You, I was just about to text you."

"Y-You were? Oh, I wanted to call you so I could ask you something, but you can go first if you want."

Riko had the words at the tip of her tongue but a part of her didn't want to say anything, especially not when there was a chance You could possibly do it for her. It sure would save her the embarrassment. Instead Riko tried diverting the subject back to You,

"Well, nevermind, what did you want to ask me?"

A ruffle of noise could be heard in the back before You tried getting out her own words,

"Oh, I-I, uh... I just wanted to ask... if, um, you-"

Riko looked down at her feet as she heard You's stumble of words. Might as well put them both out of their misery.

"Do you want to ask our questions at the same time, You?"

Shaking her head, You agreed before saying aloud for Riko to hear. Riko grabbed at the cloth of her shirt as she could feel her heart ready to burst.

"On the count of three. One, two- are you free this Friday?"

"What are you doing this Friday?"

Both girls sat in silence for a moment, realizing what they had both done subconsciously, before giggling out. Neither of them could wait for the final count of 'three'.

Taking a deep breath, You cleared her throat as she tried to gain her composure. If they were thinking about the same question there was a chance they could be thinking of a similar outcome, at least You could hope.

"So, Friday after school? I'll meet you at the front gate?"

Riko smiled ear to ear as she hummed in approval.

"Friday sounds great to me, You. I'll see you then."

"See ya."

Clicking the phone off, Riko's grip on her shirt never lightened but rather she brought the cloth upwards, screaming into it as she covered her red face.

"Good phone call?"

"WAAAH!"

Riko jumped up as she saw Tsuki in front of her, tilting her head to the side.

"What are you doing? I thought you left already?"

Tsuki shrugged before stuffing her hands in her pockets,

"I wanted a cool exit from our conversation but really my bus doesn't come until another hour."

Riko laughed before getting up. She might've seemed cool but Watanabe's had a thing for being secret dorks. Gathering her things, Riko asked Tsuki,

"Well since you have time, wanna grab a snack? And possibly give me some advice for this Friday with You?"

Smiling, Tsuki bobbed her head,

"Sure if you're paying! Quick advice though, You loves a girl in uniform."

Riko could feel the tips of her ears burning red as she started walking towards the closest store,

"Okay, let's think normal for a moment."

"Ah, gotcha."

While Riko and Tsuki planned how to win over You Watanabe's heart on the other side of town, You was busy still screaming into her pillow. Weeks of planning for a simple phone call and it went so smoothly. There wasn't anything better in the world.

You jumped out of bed, already typing out a quick message to Tsuki over the good news, while going straight to her journal for ideas on where to take Riko. She had one more chance, there was no way she was going to blow it.

A confession was coming that Friday, put together or not, You was going to let her heart be vulnerable one more time with no regrets to follow.


Okay, this is the second fic I came up with for the request from Kree_Queen_of_Trash in the previous chapter. Thanks again for the request!

I decided to post both on the same day since I pretty much wrote them side by side. Also like I said in the previous chapter, feel free to hit me up with a YouRiko request here or on Twitter/Tumblr. I love to procrastinate when I'm supposed to be writing for Infected lmao. Anyways, as always, Yousoro and out ( ‾▿‾ )ゞ