Most people can complain about awkward moments where they find themselves uncomfortably close to someone's face for the first time. The trend is often the earlier one can get their first kiss, the better.
Luna and Alex were on his somewhere eating ice cream sundaes and their favorite Japanese candies that they had bought at the little market down the street. As close, as childhood friends, the topic of romantic relationships came up a lot. As close, childhood friends, they usually tried to avoid talking about them being together.
Alex ruined that understood peace that day by saying, "Luna, can I kiss you?"
For a moment, she thought she had a major brain freeze, but in reality, it was just her world being spun on its head for a moment.
"Now?" She croaked.
"Not if you don't want to," Alex said, blushing himself silly.
"I just thought – well, think – that you and I, we, should – well, would be a great couple."
