>>16343199https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR8_bR96gq0"Can't two friends have a simple picnic up on a hill on a nice, warm day without any ulterior motives involved?" you give her a sheepish shrug and hope to god you can ruse her with this.
While it is true that you're lying to her, and that you really do have ulterior motives, you can't let her know that. You have to keep Miss Leading in the dark, you must never let her know anything beyond the faint assumption that this is just out of your heart wanting to do something qt with her.
Which while true enough on its own, doesn't compare to you wanting to know more about her. For fuck's sake, you could end up marrying her in less than ten years from now without even knowing so much as her mother's maiden name.
Or any name, really.
After giving her thoughts a once-over, she lets out a calm sigh and lowers her guard, "I suppose you're right. I may just be a little too tense given the many troubles we've been going through and all... You genuinely mean this, don't you?"
"Uh, y-yeah, of course I do!"
This was almost too close a call.
Time to pounce, cougar.
A) Casually get her to talk about her dad.
B) Get her to talk about her mom.
C) Jokingly ask if her childhood consisted of being locked in her room all day.
D) Off-handily toss a romantic remark her way.