"Hello, nice to meet you
You've been inside of me
Hello, nice to meet you
You broke my heart"
-Hello, Nice To Meet You, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cast
Ever since Lettie's break up with her ex-boyfriend, she had done everything she could to avoid the places they used to visit together. Heck, even staying in the same city her ex seemed to be so suffocating for her at that time so she left her apartment here in New York and started a new life somewhere far away from here. Now, years have passed and her parents have asked her to visit them at their house here this year, contrary to their usual practice of visiting her instead. In her first few days of staying here, everything seems to be doing well, with her just bonding with her family and not thinking about her ex at all. Well, until she read the New York's Daily's newspaper featuring Benny Watts. Yes, in contrast to many people's beliefs, Benny actually does date people—well, he used to date her, a girl with little knowledge about chess, before.
As if a hidden switch was clicked after she saw the news, the feelings and memories she had with him that she thought she had long forgotten suddenly came flooding back to her like those feelings and memories they had were never forgotten. Then, hours later that same day, Lettie finds herself waiting outside the cafe that Benny Watts frequently visits and ironically, the same damn place that she desperately tries to avoid the first few days she was here.
If his schedule was still the same as back then, she's sure that he still had small chess gatherings at this cafe. Then again, who knows if she is actually right? They already broke up ages ago and a lot of things had already changed. Remembering that fact, she couldn't help but feel a small pang on her chest. However, after a few minutes of standing outside the cafe, she saw Benny's figure inside the building.
It turns out Benny still frequents this cafe huh.
She thought to herself, pretending that it doesn't hurt to think that maybe she's the only one who still can't handle to face the memories they had there—not that she wants him to feel as hurt as her or stop visiting his favorite place just because of their past. It is just that, a small selfish part of her wishes to see that her presence in his life, as short as it was, was able to cause some impact in his daily life albeit the fact that she had never overcome chess's importance to him.
Entering the cafe, she saw that he was sitting down on his favourite spot which was the middle table where everyone's attention would be in him as he talks about the various games he had in the past and tips he'd like to share. Sighing at the sight of him, Lettie couldn't help but admire Benny's enthusiasm as she silently wondered how long she last heard his voice and saw the sparkles in his eyes.
After the awkward thoughts in her head finally disippitate, Lettie finds herself just relaxing and fully listening to Benny. Heck, she is now even considering visiting again someday just to listen to his cute ramblings. Yet, as soon as that thought popped out her mind, a familiar voice broke her out of stupor.
"Lettie?" Benny said in his usual voice but somehow, it was enough to send numerous butterflies in her stomach.
Looking up at Benny who was now standing in front of her, Lettie just smiled awkwardly and stupidly said, "Hello, nice to meet you Benny." as if she wasn't secretly dying to tell him that he had been and still is inside her heart this whole time.
"It's nice to meet you too." Benny said, smiling at her as though she was one of his close friends as though his heart never got broken to pieces by her.
Benny took it upon himself to give each of them a cup of apple juice, in a glass cup to be exact not the cheap party cups that they both so despise. After that, he sat down at the chair in front of her as if it was perfectly natural for him to do so.
