“F-Fate?” he questioned.
“Yup! We were destined to meet each other right here and now!” she asserted in a confident, yet pleasant tone. “Just think about it. A chance meeting of two people, and they turned out to be reading the exact same book? The odds must be at least a million, even a billion-to-one! This is pretty much a miracle as far as I’m concerned!”
“I mean, if it were the same classic masterpiece or a niche Western novel, then maybe, but the chances of us simultaneously reading the best-selling novel of the week in Japan are probably pretty high,” he said.
“Oh, I get it. You’re one of those killjoys, aren’t you?” she said with a peevish expression.
“Ah... S-Sorry.”
“Hehe, just kidding. No need to apologize,” she assured him, her expression having softened into a warm smile.
