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“Is this officially our first date as a couple?” Leena asks over the small table, the noise of the restaurant is minimal in comparison to the bars we’ve been in previously, but enough that it covers idle conversation.

“If you want it to be.” I want it to sound casual, but I haven’t been on a date or anything like it in years, only one-night stands and flings. The idea of a formal date, especially with Leena, is scary in a way that I’m unfamiliar ...