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He smiles brightly at her. "I bet you'll be really good at it. ...Okay, hmm, how do we start on this exercise..." And he returns to mostly focusing on the class material while also looking at her and smiling at her more than most people do. 

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What a smiley person.

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As the class is wrapping up, he clears his throat. "I, er, Aza... I had a question for you...?" 

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"Yeah?"

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He fidgets. Smiles again, shyly, without quite looking straight at her. "I - do you want to, er, do something outside of class at some point? Like, uh, go on a walk in the gardens, or, I don't know, something..." 

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She's about to say "sure why not" when she notices that this is, possibly, not just about Shann wanting company while he walks through the gardens. "Um," she says.

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Shann turns bright red. "It's, uh, no is fine..." 

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"It's not a no, I just wasn't expecting -" Gesture.

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"I, uh, if you wanted to - think about it, or something, that's fine too..." Shann sort of looks like he wishes he could disappear into the floor right now. 

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"- yeah I think I will think about it? Sorry."

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"It's okay." 

And he flees. 

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Well, that could've gone better.

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Ma'ar glances up from where he's packing away his notes. :- Did something weird just happen? You're making a face: 

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:Shann asked me out and I was not expecting it and handled it awkwardly:

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:Huh: Pause. :Do you not want to go out with him?: 

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:I hadn't thought about it! I've never gone on a date. I guess he's nice? I don't know him that well:

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:What other things would you want to know about him?: 

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:It's not like a list, it's like - being comfortable with him and stuff? Also I think it might matter if he's cute, which I also hadn't thought about:

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:That makes sense. I - haven't thought about that kind of thing either. I guess maybe you could tell him to ask at the end of the class session, and maybe by then you'll be able to tell?:

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:I told him I needed to think, yeah, though he looked very awkward so maybe among dating-age people 'I'll think about it' is understood to mean 'no':

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Ma'ar makes a face. :What would you be supposed to say if you actually want to think about it, then? It seems stupid for it to be a secret code!:

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:Maybe if you don't instantly know the answer is yes that means you're below some threshold for how interested you have to be for it to make sense to date? I don't know! I'm going to ask Ranara:

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:Oh, that's probably a good idea. ...Can you tell me what she says, too, now I'm curious: No one has tried the same thing with him yet, but if they do he's not likely to handle it any more gracefully. 

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:I can! - unless the advice is different for boys or something:

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:...Why would it be different for boys, that also seems stupid: 

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