"Well, and what happened?"
"What happened with what?"
"Hm? With the hot neighbor?"
"I already told you, I saw him."
"You... Saw him... That's all."
"Well yeah!! I saw him by the mailboxes, I froze, I hid, I sneaked a pic, and I sent it to you. I didn't have time for anything else!!" He heard loud sigh.
"Satoru I swear to God..."
"I wanted to make my appearance, but he left the apartment like, 30 minutes ago and he hasn't come back yet."
"No wait! I still have to tell you about my great plan for our first impression!!"
"Ok so, first, I wait for him to come back, and I go out to greet him when he arrives."
"Because that's not suspicious at all..."
"Shush! It's meant to look like a coincidence, everything's under control."
"Sure thing..." If Shoko knew something from his long standing friendship with Satoru, was that he didn't have it under control.
"So as i was saying... I go out and greet him. But catch this!! I'm actually going out to a DATE!"
"Not like... And actual date, obviously. It's just for the appearance." he rolled his eyes, she took a drag of her cigarette.
"Please tell me you're not wearing your suit..."
"Of course I'm wearing my suit!!" she scoffed.
"Yeah, ok... You're wearing your suit, then what?"
"Oh, but I'm not just wearing my suit... I also have a whole bouquet of flowers!!"
"Where the hell did you get the flowers?"
"What do you mean 'where'? The florist, duh."
"Didn't you just... see him by the mailboxes and then you've been waiting for him to come back?"
"What? Of course not!! I saw him by the mailboxes, this morning. But I couldn't go out then, I had to make a lasting first impression! Which is why I went to the hairdresser, to the florist, and to the convenience store for chocolates."
"Yeah, sure... Quick question, how is you pretending to have a date going to convey that actually you're dying for his bones?"
"I'm not dying for his bones... He's just... Insanely hot. Anyways, that's the thing. I coincidentaly run into him while on my way to a date. I'm dressed to impress, I got the flowers, and the chocolates. I introduce myself. He'll inevitably ask where I'm going dressed like that, and I'll tell him I have a date. THEN, tomorrow, when we run into each other again-"
"-coincidentaly. AND he sees me super sad... He'll ask what happened, and I'll tell him the very sad story of how I got stood up by a guy!! AND THEN he'll know that I'm available, that I'm into men, and that I am an absolute catch."
There was a moment of silence before Shoko spoke.
"What do you mean 'DUMB'?? It's PERFECT!!"
"Ok... First of all. It is dumb. Second, putting aside your crazy plan... Do you even know if he, is into men...?"
Satoru got quiet for a moment.
He heard her grimace, and if he closed his eyes he could see her rubbing her temples with a frown.
"Satoru... Put the suit away and don't make a fool of yourself..."
"But Shoko!! How am I supposed to introduce myself and make a grand first impression!? Besides, the scene is perfect, I've replayed it in my head several times."
"Listen-" his words got caught by the sound of the entrance door. He looked through the peephole. "-shit, my knight in shining armor is here, gotta go, WISH ME LUCK!!"
"Sato-" he hung up. She facepalmed.
If you wanna see how his plan went check out my fic on my ao3!!
The Plan - ch. 1: Code Red