Witnessed This With My Own Eyes

A nerd walks up to a male Asuka cosplayer
Nerd says "Hey I like your Sakura cosplay"
....5 seconds of a cringeful awkward silence....

"O-oh I'm not cosplaying that, I'm cosplaying Asuka from Evangelion..."
"O-ohhhh y'see I thought you were cosplaying as someone else heh heh....."
"yeah..."