The Harmony of Chance — "Do you look like someone who frequents this place to escape the noise, or to find yourself here?" he asked, with a half-smile that betrayed genuine curiosity. You held his gaze, feeling a different kind of warmth rise in your chest. — "It depends on the day. Today, I just wanted the world to stop for a bit. And you? It seems you ended up here by a stroke of luck... or lack of a bigger umbrella." He let out a short, husky laugh. — "Maybe both. But, to be honest? I saw you through the glass before you came in. There was something about the way you looked at the rain... it seemed like you were somewhere else. And I felt I needed to know where that place was." The silence that followed wasn't uncomfortable. It was dense, charged with that electricity that arises when two people decide, without saying a word, that they don't want to be anywhere else on the planet. — "What if I told you that the place where I was was exactly here, just waiting for something interesting to happen?" you replied, lowering your voice, defying the distance between you. He moistened his lips, his gaze quickly dropping to hers and then back into her eyes. "So it seems my timing was impeccable. You know, I don't really believe in destiny, but the coffee here is too strong to be just a coincidence."