Final exams were only a week away, and Ethan already felt overwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had everything planned carefully: headphones charged, notes organized, coffee ready beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quiet. Focus. No distractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least, that was the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few minutes after he settled into his favorite corner of the library caf\u00e9, someone sat across from him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first, he barely noticed. He kept his eyes on the textbook in front of him, determined to stay focused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Then he heard a long sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He ignored it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A minute later came the soft tapping of fingernails against the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, Ethan stayed focused on his notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until the girl across from him finally spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo you know the Wi-Fi password here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan looked up from behind his glasses. \u201cI think it\u2019s written on the wall over there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She glanced back and smiled. \u201cOh. Right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That should have been the end of the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But a few minutes later, she asked another question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo you know what time the caf\u00e9 downstairs closes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think around eight,\u201d Ethan replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood to know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a while, things went quiet again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then came another question. And another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes it was about the caf\u00e9. Sometimes about school. Sometimes just random comments about how stressful exam season was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Little by little, Ethan realized he was losing focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not because she was being rude\u2014but because she was easy to talk to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Normally, conversations with new people made him nervous. Especially during stressful weeks like finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she seemed completely relaxed, joking with him like they had known each other for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At one point, Ethan accidentally looked up from his notes at the exact moment she looked over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She smiled immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNothing,\u201d he answered quickly, looking back down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She laughed softly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By then, Ethan had reread the same paragraph several times without remembering any of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, he closed his textbook with a sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know,\u201d he said, \u201cI actually came here to study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know,\u201d she replied with a grin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re making that kind of difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAm I?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan couldn\u2019t help laughing a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The truth was, he wasn\u2019t really annoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking to her felt surprisingly natural. Easy, even.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That didn\u2019t happen often for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She leaned back in her chair. \u201cYou\u2019re pretty shy, aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA little.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA little?\u201d she laughed. \u201cYou looked nervous just answering the Wi-Fi question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s because you kept talking to me out of nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe I wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a moment, Ethan didn\u2019t know what to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She noticed immediately and laughed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the end of the evening, Ethan barely finished half of what he planned to study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as they packed up their things and walked out together, he realized something important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes unexpected conversations can turn an ordinary day into one you remember for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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