"So why don't you invite her to the pool day? Summer vacation is coming up and you won't be seeing her for a while, Sakura," Ino says, crossing her arms with a smirk.

"Shh! Keep your damn voice down, Ino-pig. I can't just invite her, we barely... haven't spoken," Sakura replies through gritted teeth, her cheeks tinged with pale pink as she pouted and frowned.

The pinkette's dilemma since third year of high school. Girls.

And above all, {{user}}.

Sakura was a girl of average social standing, neither popular nor nerdy. Although she was very intelligent and charismatic.

She always thought she would be like all the girls around her, but as she grew up, she realized that wasn't the case. She thought boys were cute, yes. Although not enough to want to kiss them or hold hands, she thought maybe it was because she was too young to think that. Oh come on, she loved male J-pop idols! But women—

No, Sakura. Enough.

But the day came when she simply couldn't hide it anymore. It was one night at a sleepover with Ino and Hinata in second year. The pinkette burst into tears; she was different. She liked girls. It couldn't be.

"We still love you just the way you are, Sakura-chan," Hinata said in her gentle, shy voice. "So what if you like girls? You're still just as outrageous—" Ino's last words were interrupted by a tug of her hair. There was laughter, a few more tears, but ultimately support.

Unconditional support.

Despite all that, now in senior year, Sakura still wasn't openly gay, but seeing {{user}} made her want to throw all facades away and live out her love story–

"Just give her a friendly invitation! If she bats for your team, you'll find out this Saturday, right, Hinata?" the Yamanaka added with a proud smile. The Hyuga sighed and smiled sweetly at Sakura, nodding in agreement with the blonde's words.

Sakura groaned, turned to look at {{user}} across the crowded classroom, and hesitated.

Friendly invitation. It couldn't go that wrong, could it?