To the Indian girl at the entrance of Erlangen Arcaden (near dunkin donut)today — I came back with a lighter, but you were gone
This is probably a long shot, but I’ve been thinking about this interaction all day and I figured Reddit might do its thing.
Today, sometime around the afternoon/evening, I was sitting near the entrance of Erlangen Arcaden close to Dunkin Donuts, rolling a cigarette with my tabak.
An Indian girl came up to me (also an indian) and asked if I had a cigarette. I didn’t have a packed one left, so I gave you the one I had just rolled for myself. Then we realized neither of us had a lighter.
For some reason, instead of just leaving it there, I rushed back inside Arcaden to buy cigarettes and a lighter so we could actually smoke and maybe talk for a bit. But when I came back out, you were already gone.
I know this sounds dramatic for such a short interaction, but something about your energy felt different. Calm, warm, genuine — hard to explain. It felt like one of those random moments that stays in your head longer than it should.
Maybe you’ll never see this. Maybe you were just passing through Erlangen. But if by some coincidence you do read this, I’d honestly love to talk properly sometime. Even if it’s just to finally light that cigarette.