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Unfinished Sympathy
Ines, don't ask! I had a very bad night.
But, Lucy. How are you? How did things go with...?
He didn't show up!
It's already 2 in a single month. I'm breaking record.
Girls, there's a customer in table 3 waiting to be served.
-You're favorite customer! -Just what I needed!
Now, I know the reason for such a bad service.
Are you waiting for someone else?
Oh, no... You always come alone, right?
My sentimental life is a complete mess!
No one takes an interest on me! Neither here nor in the Internet!
Not even now that I signed up to "Cupid.com", can you believe it?
-And, what is your username? -Titania
There you have it! Change it for ***-tania and you'll get thousands of emails!
My life is a disaster. I spend almost all day checking my email
to see if suddenly the email that changes my life arrives.
Everything would be easier if I was as pretty as you.
Oh, c'mon, Lucy!
You're prettier than me! You just need to be more confident on yourself!
It's sad to know that the closest to a man in my life is Don Beli...
And, that misanthrope from table 3 who thinks that I'm really stupid.
"Titania, Oberon has invited you to chat in Cupid.com"
"Be there at 10pm. If you accept follow this link."
"Titania?"
"Hello, this is Oberon."
"I thought you wouldn't come!"
"Hello, Oberon."
"Sorry, I've just checked my email and came as soon as I could."
"I'm glad that you came"
"I was looking at Cupid.com"
"and immediately your name caught my attention."
"I guess that if you're Titania and I'm Oberon, that makes us both queen and king of the fairies."
"Do you like Shakespeare as well?"
"Are you kidding?"
"But tell me... What do you do for a living?"
"Let's say that I am a coffee distributor... And you?"
"I'm a writer."
Don Belisaurio, in all the time that I've been attending your coffee shop
I've never had to suffer such a bad waitress!
What do you mean, dear Ricardo?
Lucia is a very qualified employee.
It's just that she's having a bad time lately.
Give her a chance!
"A writer? Interesting!"
"Are you a novelist?"
"No"
"I'm an essayist."
"At the moment, I'm writing an essay on Schubert's Unfinished Symphony."
Don Beli, I know this isn't my place, but I really dislike the customer from table 3.
He's really nasty. No wonder why he's always alone.
I bet he doesn't have any friends!
My girl, Ricardo is one of those sentimentalists
that hide themselves behind books.
-He's not as bad as you think. -You think so?
"That's one of my favorites!"
"Romanticism is my favorite art period."
"Really?"
"I love Romanticism!"
"How did you become interested in art?"
"I studied art history"
"but I'm doing this job to pay for drama lessons."
"It's Shakespeare's fault."
"It's always Shakespeare's fault!"
"And do you fancy any particular role?"
"That's a hard one!"
"I like Ophelia's madness, Desdemona's devotion..."
"Porcia's cunning, and naturally Juliet's passion, but you know?"
"I wouldn't mind playing Puck."
"Wow!"
"I've never met anyone talking like that about Shakespeare's girls"
"I have the impression that you're a sensitive and interesting girl."
"What are you doing in a website like this?"
"Well, basically my sentimental life is a disaster"
"Do you know what's the problem?"
"I haven't found anyone in whose eyes I'm the woman I like to be"
"Do you get my point?"
"I think I do!"
"Something similar happens to me."
"Most people think I'm a mean person"
"and that's why I'm alone all the time"
"But to tell you the truth, I really enjoy being by myself..."
"Others think I'm arrogant and proud."
"Really?"
"I think you're interesting and kind..."
"On the other hand, I have this customer who thinks I'm useless and clumsy."
"This guy is a real jerk."
"He thinks so high of himself. And for him other people are nothing but illiterates."
"Really?"
"How nasty!"
"I couldn't befriend someone like that!"
"Because as you say, a nice reflection of yourself in the eyes of the other person..."
"is essential..."
"even to start a friendship."
"That's right!"
"Everytime I'm with someone I ask myself who am I in the eyes of that person."
"And most of the time I don't like that image of myself."
"But, I feel very comfortable chatting with you"
"I can assure you that I like the girl I am in your eyes, although I haven't seen them yet."
"Really?"
"Well..."
"What a coincidence..."
"Because I also like who am I while chatting with you"
"hey, Titania..."
"Do you think it's too soon for us to meet in person?"
"I don't think so..."
"Besides, if we are going to be king and queen of the fairies, it'd be nice to meet my consort as soon as possible."
"Naturally!"
"Do you know this coffee shop called Las Musas owned by Don Belisaurio?"
"Well, actually his name is Don Belisario, but I call him Don Belisaurio..."
"because we're good friends."
"I go to his coffee shop almost daily. If you want we can meet there tomorrow."
"I'll be sitting in the table at the corner with a bunch of books."
"but, I can do some space to the fairy queen."
The table at the corner?
That's table 3!
Are you sure that's him?
Positive!
He's the only one coming almost daily, sitting at the corner with a bunch of books.
What are you gonna do then?
I don't know.
I thought that's what you wanted!
C'mon, give it a try!
Didn't you mention that you had a nice time chatting? And that you have so many things in common?
Girls, the customer in table 3
is waiting to be served!
Yes, I'm on my way!
The eyes of a stranger are like mirrors
in which we see ourselves.
And in the same way that you might despise the image that you see there
you might also love it... and love the owner of such mirrors.
What?
Ricardo, do you like the person that you are in my eyes?
Because let me tell you that I don't like
the person that I am in yours.
Tell me... How are you doing with that essay on Schubert's Unfinished Symphony?
How do you know...?
Titania?
So, you're in the coffee distribution business!
What do you think, Oberon?
Do we give us another chance to discover ourselves in each other's eyes?
Lucia,
if I knew that it was you last night
I would have gone offline immediately!
Wait, wait!
I was just kidding!
I'm not as bad as you might think.
Dear Titania, I've had very weird dreams
I imagined that I was despicable for you
and you for me as well.
what if...
we go on a date as soon as you finish working?
"Now thou and I new in amity"
"And will to morrow midnight, solemnly"
"Dance in Duke Theseus house triumphantly,"
"And blesse it to all faire posterity..."