He would have liked to call Mei and ask what the hell he should write in, but he believed that even Mei could do little with the questionnaire.
"Staring at it won't get it done," he muttered to himself and sat down.
He took the title page in his hand, took out a ballpoint pen and read through the document carefully.
The first questions were quite harmless and simple, he went through them point by point and answered them.
After answering the first questions, he took the time to read the next.
"What the,..... " Richard was glad to be in his private rooms. For half the questions that had been asked, he didn't even know the answer. And the amount of details asked was,... high. He filled in the questions to the best of his knowledge and left blank the fields to which he had no answer, nor the means to take measure.
A little blushed he went to the next sheet:
"So,..." he murmured. "Question 1: How would you describe yourself as a lover: Greatest strength? Greatest Weakness? What do look for in a Partner?,.... huh".
These questions were at least a bit more pleasant than the ones before, so Richard took it upon himself to think about the questions.
In fact, he hadn't given much thought to the questions so far, so it was difficult for him to put his finger on it. Nevertheless, he tried his best to answer them accurately.
That should be right,... right? Now onto Question no.2!
Another question answered, only seven to go!
Richard took a sip of coffee and massaged his temples. He had rarely been so preoccupied with the subject as he was right now, and the fact that it reminded him of a school test didn't make it any better. Nevertheless, he was pleased with himself and went to the next sheet.
"Question 4: What qualities do you not want present in a partner? Do you Snore & How much Hair do you shed?"
Richard smirked, he was wondering when the Yori specific questions would show up.
Question 4 was quite tricky, since he couldn't put his finger directly on what really bothered him about others, but his answer was at least in the right direction.
Questions 5 & 6, on the other hand, were answered quickly.
Page 3 was done and took just half as much time as pages 1 and 2 did. On to page 4!
"Almost there" he muttered, reading the questions on page 4 aloud to himself again, "Question 7: How do you feel about fish? Question 8: How do you deal with separation? Question 9: Would you describe your approach to relationships as: a)casual b)romantic c)fixated d)you do not form relationships?"
Another sip of coffee, before arming himself with the ballpen again.
The fish question was typical for her, but Richard couldn't answer it more honestly than that. When he saw the fish in Yori's quarters it inspired him to make the necklace, but he really didn't know much about the creatures except that they tasted good fried.
Question 8 was again something to think about, but at least here Richard had more knowledge about himself than in the previous questions.
He made a clean line under answer A) and spotted a box for annotation on the last page explaining his answer in more detail.
Exhausted, he let himself fall back. He stayed like that for a few minutes before he took the whole thing in his hand again, checked it for spelling mistakes and put it together in a neat pile.
He looked for an envelope to put the stack in and left his quarters to deliver the questionnaire.
This is probably the most complicated way to ask for a date I've ever seen, he thought to himself on the way.
