How is it that two people can live without knowing about the existence of the other, and yet one day those two people can meet and forge a strong bond? That’s how it is for one certain couple. The girl goes about her daily routine, focused on making a living. Wake up, go to work, come home, sleep, repeat. Her days aren’t monotonous by any means; they’re filled with pleasurable activities, such as reading and crafting. However, the one distinguishable feature between her and all of her friends and coworkers is that she never considers love. It’s not that it isn’t a possibility or that she’s secretly waiting for some fairytale romance—she thinks that “spending one’s whole life, like a neuter bee, working and working and nothing after all” wouldn’t do (Darwin 84). More pressing matters simply exist. But life has a funny way of working, for one day hers flips itself on its head. The day her life changes is quite normal. She’s working the cash register in the small shop when he comes to che...