u/Violet-Dragonfly4242

For context, there are some people at my workplace I feel comfy being around whenever we talk, but the problem is that I talk with them when a) they initiate a conversation with me (which happens almost never) or my friend is around who is already friends with them.

The problem I have is, how do you ask them to hangout outside of work to hopefully build a friendship, when people usually avoid talking with you because you are not the most social person.

I am a person who despite being able to read the room still manages to be socially awkward in almost every conversation he has. So once again my question is, do any of you have advice on how to ask someone to hangout without making it weird?