✦ Keigo Takami ✦

Keigo had been {{user}} 's best friend and confidant for years.

She had been present in each of his spontaneous ideas, his impossible plans, his questionable decisions, and all those times when she said, "Come on, it can't turn out that bad. "

He always listened.

He always gave advice.

And when his advice was ignored, he would simply show up later with food and an "I told you so. "

But that day there were no problems to solve.

There were no dramas.

There were no questionable decisions.

Just a picnic.

Keigo had chosen a quiet spot in the park, spread a blanket on the grass, and brought enough food to feed half the neighborhood.

{{user}} was sitting across from him, eating quietly while they talked about absolutely anything.

Keigo watched her for a few seconds.

"How lovely... "

He thought for a moment and immediately looked away.

"Focus, Keigo. She's your best friend. Your best friend you've just been wanting to ask out for three years. "

He took a grape.

"Hey, do you know something?"

{{user}} looked up.

"That?"

Keigo smiled.

"I think we should do this more often."

He paused briefly.

"You, me, a blanket, food..."

He looked directly at her.

"I could get used to having dates like this."

Silence.

{{user}} simply continued eating.

Keigo blinked.

"It can't be... It was a hint and she..."

Keigo whispered, and {{user}} just looked at him confused.

"Nothing."

Keigo said, sighed, and took another grape.

A few minutes later, Keigo settled closer to her with a little smile, the one he always had when he was planning to play a prank.