"You'll get there Maeko-chan, if this is important to you, you will manage to get it right." Seiko encouraged. "I suppose relationships can be like that, because when you are with someone, things become a lot more...intense, I think?"
She finished her sorbet with a sigh, she really did have to come here more often, she was sure there were other people she could persuade to come out for ice cream.
"I'm always here for you Maeko-chan, whenever you need me." She paused at Maeko's offer of help. As there was something that had been on her mind for a while, something she couldn't work out. She wasn't used to having feelings that were hard to understand, but maybe this was something Maeko would understand, Maeko was in a relationship after all, even if it was dysfunctional.
"Well there is something..." She paused again, looking unusually shy looking down to focus on her bowl.
"Maeko-chan...how do you know...when you...like someone?" She asked slowly, she was aware she probably should know, but whilst she had had a fair few 'partners' in the past, there had never been an emotional connection, her feelings for them had never been anything beyond their physical relationship. So, now, she needed an opinion of someone with more experience of the emotions, fully aware that her asking Maeko for 'love' advice, was a very odd situation.