Scenario:

Michiru wants to prove to country bumpkin!Haruka that they really DO have things in common, and she decides that horseback riding is obviously one of them

Haruka has to either try to find a way to explain a) her childhood home was a trailer, not a farm b) she’s never been on a horse and c) horses are in fact, rather frightening (without embarrassing herself or Michiru in front of other socialites), OR FAKE KNOWING WHAT SHES DOING AS BEST SHE CAN

And of course she chooses the latter