Very nice, you had me going that he was a complete chicken. I liked the quick, almost off-hand start to asking her out.
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Did he ask Mindi out, or did she ask him out?

The line in the story is spoken by Mindi. I’m sorry for the confusion on it. At some point I will edit it to make it clearer. One other clarification, you might want to read the next Ficlet to see what the question is.