>>41643492
I was in one, technically
>sophomore year of hs
>miserable dysphoric wreck but wouldn't troon out for another year because I was too le based
>basically asexual pre-transition so never pursued anything romantic before
>never really spoke to anyone at school either so everybody mostly just forgot I existed
>leaning against the side of the cafeteria building waiting until lunch period is over like normal
>some girl I don't recognize approaches me kind of nervously
>dressed kind of alt with purple streaks in her hair but other than that she looks mostly normal
>"hi *anon*"
>start panicking internally watamote style because a normie is randomly speaking to me
>manage to stammer out a hello back
>she starts making small talk about the class we're apparently in together, I'm not absorbing what she says at all just kind of nodding along and mumbling "uh huh" and "yeah" when appropriate
>eventually she trails off of the conversation and stares down at her feet nervously for a second
>"uhmmm sooo I was wondering if maybe we could like go out to this arcade place where they have food and stuff sometime..."
>hands me a slip of paper with her phone number on it, and then scurries off
>wow that was pretty autistic, maybe this is a fellow traveler after all
>it legitimately took me a couple minutes, but eventually it hit me that I just got asked out
>kind of in shock, go through the rest of the day freaking out about wtf I'm gonna do
>the idea of texting her fills me with a sense of dread
>but so does the idea of being rude to someone nice enough to reach out to me
>oh screw it what the hell, maybe this will make me normal