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Asian American Coming of Age Adventure

I entered the cat shelter with my siblings and mom. Her face lit up once she saw all the adorable cats. What am I gonna do I cannot handle this adorableness. We go through all the cats and after a long time, we decided that we wanted the white Siberian cat. Whatever, we still have time to start our plan. Avery nodded at me and I nodded back, it was time. “I need to go to the restroom”, I said. Avery replied, “so do I, can you come with me, Emily”? She said sure and followed us there! Avery went it and Emily waited outside, I quickly just washed my hands. And went out to Emily, I asked her if she wanted to go get some boba with me after everyone leaves and she smiled and replied saying of course. Avery finally came out and we went back to the rest of the group. Okay, this is gonna work. I whispered to Avery that the plan has worked. 

It was time to go play the games at the arcade, this was when I was going to make the most of our time together. The whole entire day I tried to subtly flirt with her. I think it worked because she was smiling the whole time and we almost even held hands. Geez, this may be the day I'm gonna confess. I think I'm gonna do it when we get boba together. I can't stop looking at her she's just so beautiful. The time quickly ran out and we went to Tea Fusion the boba shop and got boba. When we got our boba at the cash register, the server said, “you too are such a cute couple”! I didn't know what to say I was so red. I looked over at Emily and she was whispering into the server's ear. I'm not entirely sure what she said. But the server nodded and said, “oh I see, got it”. We waited for our order to come we got two boba she ordered honeydew and I ordered a jasmine tea. We also got a Bánh mì to share. 

It came out after a while and she told me that she had to tell me something and to not overthink it no matter what. “Oh, what is it”, I replied. My heart was beating so fast that I thought I was gonna die. Is this the moment? “I've liked you for some time now”, she said. WHAT?!?!?! I was so surprised. I smiled and replied, “So have I, in fact, I was gonna tell you today as well”! She looked surprised then started laughing we ended up hanging out the whole day. We went out into the city to go look at the sunset together. Today was the best day ever, I can't believe that I finally managed to do this. I dropped her off at her house. I and her are planning on going on more dates. I entered the cat shelter with my siblings and mom. Her face lit up once she saw all the adorable cats. What am I gonna do I cannot handle this adorableness. We go through all the cats and after a long time, we decided that we wanted the white Siberian cat. Whatever, we still have time to start our plan. Avery nodded at me and I nodded back, it was time. “I need to go to the restroom”, I said. Avery replied, “so do I, can you

 come with me, Emily”? She said sure and followed us there! Avery went it and Emily waited outside, I quickly just washed my hands. And went out to Emily, I asked her if she wanted to go get some boba with me after everyone leaves and she smiled and replied saying of course. Avery finally came out and we went back to the rest of the group. Okay, this is gonna work. I whispered to Avery that the plan has worked. 

It was time to go play the games at the arcade, this was when I was going to make the most of our time together. The whole entire day I tried to subtly flirt with her. I think it worked because she was smiling the whole time and we almost even held hands. Geez, this may be the day I'm gonna confess. I think I'm gonna do it when we get boba together. I can't stop looking at her she's just so beautiful. The time quickly ran out and we went to Tea Fusion the boba shop and got boba. When we got our boba at the cash register, the server said, “you too are such a cute couple”! I didn't know what to say I was so red. I looked over at Emily and she was whispering into the server's ear. I'm not entirely sure what she said. But the server nodded and said, “oh I see, got it”. We waited for our order to come we got two boba she ordered honeydew and I ordered a jasmine tea. We also got a Bánh mì to share. 

It came out after a while and she told me that she had to tell me something and to not overthink it no matter what. “Oh, what is it”, I replied. My heart was beating so fast that I thought I was gonna die. Is this the moment? “I've liked you for some time now”, she said. WHAT?!?!?! I was so surprised. I smiled and replied, “So have I, in fact, I was gonna tell you today as well”! She looked surprised then started laughing we ended up hanging out the whole day. We went out into the city to go look at the sunset together. Today was the best day ever, I can't believe that I finally managed to do this. I dropped her off at her house. I and her are planning on going on more dates. We finally found our cat on the sidewalk after the search. We're able to be with her all the time now.

March 18, 2023 00:10

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