#316. Date Night Chapter 9. Date Night
Ch 9.31 *
#316 *
Aug. 26, 2026
- Chloe (walking beside Mark, still blushing): "I'm not good at relationships, you know."
- Mark: "Is anyone?" "Come on, let's try one real date." "You can pretend to be good at it for a couple hours, and only I'll know your secret."
- Chloe (still blushing): "Could we — maybe — just do dinner and a movie? Isn't that what normal people do?"
- Mark (grinning): "I wouldn't know what normal people do. I'm a horse."
- Mark (turns to her): "But — that sounds nice. Friday?" Chloe bites her lip.
- Chloe (nervously fiddling with her hair): "Seven o'clock?" Mark: "Meet here, or your place?"
- Chloe (gulps, shaking): "I'll — see you then." "And here."
- The door slams shut inside the apartment (*WHAM*). Chloe stands in front of the door, her arms wide as she braces against it. Zia looks up from the couch. Chloe looks panicked and wide-eyed and terrified. Chloe (weakly): "Zia —" "I have a date."
Characters: Chloe, Mark
Well, who knew, we actually somehow arrived at the title. tosses away the script
— Inker