Missed connection: downtown

I was walking downtown today and I walked past the area where there were ping-pong tables and a giant public chess board where you walk around with the pieces. I was walking past it and then a rather good-looking guy said, “You play chess?” I kind of instinctively said, “No” even though I enjoy playing chess. But I was on the way to do something and I saw the board and it wasn’t set up right (the king and queen were on the wrong squares), and I kind of thought, “This guy is probably going to suck” and I don’t like to interact much with strangers so I didn’t feel like playing.

But then as I walked past, I saw that he was standing there for a few seconds, looking at the people playing ping-pong, and realized that he didn’t have anyone to play with. So he left. And then I took a better look at him, and I thought, “Oh, he’s quite handsome.” 🙁