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[Classic incognito message, with the picture blocked out and everything; he even makes an attempt to disguise his handwriting, which he forgets after the first three words.]

Say you want to ask a girl out. How do you go about doing that?

Girls like flowers, right?

[See, there's actually a lot of consideration that goes into this. For a guy with a faulty brain-to-mouth filter and a do-or-die attitude, the amount of waffling here is...strange, maybe. But everyone's a walking contradiction. He has some ideas, along with maybe ten different speeches that he's mentally mapped out over the past three years and never planned on actually using, but second- and third-guessing himself leads to this pandering for advice...thing. He's pretty sure it's lame, but... It couldn't hurt, right?

Okay, so maybe he's just procrastinating.]

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[Anonymous dweebiness aside, Jean goes about his day as usual. Training at the Battle Dome; going to school; taking care of his horse at the stables, and taking him out for a ride into the woods; and checking the General Store for some...supplies, art supplies. Don't ask, don't tell.]

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[...Okay, he'll lift his hand to show his picture again - hesitantly, because he knows he's beet red. He has so many regrets right now.]

I had a feeling you knew it was me.

They're not getting to me, they're just idiots with too much time on their hands.

I've seen your handwriting enough to recognize it.

[That's true. They aren't wrong about oral sex, but they're also being prats about it.]

You want to talk in person?

Shit. Wonder who else knows it too. [Someone take him out of his misery right now...]

You're not gonna give me more "tips" are you?

Though call. Depends on who else would recognize your handwriting and would suspect it's you.

God no. If you want sex education, either talk to someone at either clinic or get some books from the library.

Dammit, I'm some kinda idiot.

Hey, just checking. And I think I'll pass. [He's way too embarrassed to go poking around in that stuff. For now.] Got enough to worry about without all that. [You know, sex and stuff. Not that he's afraid of writing the word, or anything...! It's just.......shut up.]

Nah. And let's be honest here; in the seven years of Luceti history, you probably aren't the first to ask something similar nor will you be the last. And if I were your age? I'd probably do something similar if there was someone I wanted to ask out.

Planning on asking Mikasa out?

How'd you know?

[Jean, please, you're the most obvious piece of garbage to ever stink up the place with your pheromones.]

You've known her for awhile because you come from the same world, and you told me she says the most beautiful girl you've ever seen.

[...Right, he did tell her that.] Guess it's pretty obvious.

I just figured I'd try asking her out finally. You said it yourself, we have chances here we might not get otherwise.

So I did. I hope it goes well.

The worst that can happen is she'll say no.

[...And think he's a huge loser who she never wants to talk to again. Now he's holding his head in his hand as he writes.]

Fuck. What if I just make everything weird.

No is always a viable option, sorry to say. And if she isn't interested, you respect that.

But as for making things weird, sure, it might be awkward a bit after if she says no or if you two go on a date and things don't work out. But if you're respectful of what she wants and don't push things, things smooth out.

I know, I know, I will.

I'm not gonna push it. [Because if he gets rejected by Mikasa, he'll be too embarrassed to ever bring it up with her again.] The last thing I want to do is make an ass of myself. More of an ass of myself, I mean.

Good.

And I really do wish you the best of luck and hope it goes well.

And if you go the flower route, if you don't know what her favorite flower is, go with a nice spring blend. Either something bright or a more subdued mix with white and yellow.

Thanks. [For the advice and well-wishing, and for refraining from making fun of him.]

I think I'll try that.

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