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You decide to check out the safe under the work table, a mysterious thing you haven't tried to open for months. I mean, you don't know the combination. Technically it's your safe now, and whatever is inside it is yours too, but you really didn't feel like messing with it until now.
What could be inside? You figure something sentimental is more likely then something truly valuable. But pulling out the safe and fiddling with it, you realize it's locked. You spin the wheel a bit to feel around for a bite, but no luck, it's oiled and smooth. How old is this safe anyway? You feel your fingers along the back of the heavy metal and feel it touch cardboard. On the back, a small slip with something written on it. <span class="mu-i">Her birthday</span>.
Whose birthday? This was her Dad's safe after all. Maybe his wife? Is Cheryl's mother still alive? You don't know her birthday. Cheryl's birthday? You don't know that either. Maybe you'll ask her the next time you see her? Or would that be awkward? Why would you ask for her birthday unless you were planning something? What if it's soon to come, and she'd think you wanted to give her a gift?
For the first time, you feel a twinge of awkwardness. Your relationship with Cheryl has been totally platonic this entire time. Yet suddenly, the concept for asking for her birthday seems personal and terrifies you in a weird way. You want to get in the safe but... would it be too forward to just ask? You don't know any of her friends on level 4, that would be a lot easier to ask in a roundabout way. Why are you feeling so nervous about asking her this all the sudden?
>Because you have feelings for Cheryl
>You don't want to spoil your friendship
>There could be something really valuable or bad in this safe and you don't want her to know about it
