[And Kotetsu can hear it loud and clear.]

Well, uh. I kind of...[Did a dumb thing. That I don't exactly regret but should've thought through better? Par for the course, right, aibou?]

...said I'd go to the birthday party of someone I don't, um. Know.

[...]

Well, I. Know her brother, since he. Gave me a job, but...

[The unfinished part of the sentence: Will you go with me and save me from making a complete ass of myself?]