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They both thought t 0O4GcAN
that a sudden feeling had united them f?UzD#50D
This certainty is beautiful, L10IF
but uncertainty is more beautiful still. %_)zWlN
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They thought they didn't know each other, 7!4V>O8@
nothing had ever happened between them. >.%4~\U
These streets, these stairs, this corridors, 1=GI&f2I
they could have passed each other long ago kA?_%fi1
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I would like to ask them, M@7Xp)S"
if they can remember - {[#(w75R{
perhaps in a revolving door h[Tk;h
face to face one day? ] f7#N
A "sorry" in the crowd? -;c
"Wrong number" on the phone? )C]x?R([m
- but I know the answer. <e"J4gZf&
No, they don't remember. z/|BH^Vw
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How surprised they would be q? z>
for such a long time already <4X?EYaTq
fate has been playing with them. =:7$/T'Qg
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Not quite yet ready
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to change into destiny, @z,*K_AKr
which brings them nearer and yet further, :F(9"L
barriering their path 4('JwZw\!
and suppressing a laugh, k=n
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leaped aside. d]B=*7]
There were signs, indications, Z6s5M{mE
but maybe just undecipherable. \ aKd5@
Three years ago, perhaps ?S`>>^
or even last Tuesday, iD_TP
this leaf flying S`g;Y
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from one shoulder to another? <|F-Dd
Something was dropped and then picked up. kq/u,16@
Who knows, perhaps the ball vanished @6MAX"
into childhood bushes? W
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There were handles, door bells, vOT*iax0
where, on the trace of a hand, McP.9v}H0_
another hand was placed; "sbBe73 m
suitcases next to one another in the Lo`F
left luggage. 4M`Xrfwm'[
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night, `iYc<N`
suddenly erased after waking. :t$A8+A+0
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is only a sequel, after all, z^`]7i
and the book of fate r_o<SH
is always just half open. f_<Y\
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一见钟情 !#}>Hv^N
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他们都以为 Q"}s>]k3_
是那瞬间的感觉 L3c*LL
将他们结合在一起 d6b.zP
这种确定的感觉很美 uQp_':\k
但那种不确定的感觉 n<R \w''x
却更加妙不可言 /bcY6b=:
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他们觉得彼此从未见面 /$`;r2LG
也许从来没有发生过任何联系 h}6_ybmZ
但那么多街道、楼梯、走廊 tgN92Q.i6T
或者他们曾在哪儿擦身而过呢 #5{sglC"|F
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我想问问他们 Bw-s6MS
是否记得在某个回转门 K2|7%
那个面对面的瞬间? V5s&hZZYa
拥挤人潮中的那句「对不起」? *{[d%B<lp
或者电话里的一句「打错了」? b(&]>z
但我已经知道答案了 xrI}3T
不,他们并不记得 -Bv12ymLG
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他们一定会十分惊讶 ,}7_[b)&V
原来 1uM/2sX
运气一直在和他们捉迷藏 ua#K>sur.
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但这运气 R}k69-1vL
却还没有成为命运 pt})JMm
它曾让他们如此接近 ,y.3Fe
却又让他们擦肩而过 }tR'Hz2
阻断他们之间的联系 p7 [(z
又忍着邪恶的笑意 =]KIkS 3
跳着跑开了 e^frVEV
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运气也曾经给过他们暗示 iS-K
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但这暗示也许过于深奥 /0\QL+^!
可能在三年前 ND,`QjmZ
或者就在上个星期二 _LLshV3
不是就有一片落叶 4x]NUt
从他的肩上飘到她的肩上? h AAU ecx
一个人的东西曾经掉落 U.Hdbmix
又被另一个人拣起来 {PmzkT}LF
谁知道呢 B\zoJg&7(
也许就是儿时树丛中的那个小皮球 @_O3&ZK
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某个门把手上 8p,>y(o
或者某个门铃上 XGk}e4;_
两个人的手 Fwv\ pJ}$
也许曾经放在同一个位置 y:9?P~
两个人的包 vU9ek:.l
也许曾经挨着放在行李架上 uu@<&.r\C
甚至 s01$fFJgO
也许两个人曾经做过同样的梦 p">WK<N
只是第二天早上起来 {X]9^=O"
却忘掉了 .EzSSU7n)
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每一次开始 enPYj.*/0
也许 Hdna{@~
都只是一种继续 Nh:4ys!P
而两个人之间的故事 Cqa3n[Mhw1
却永远只写了一半 X|)Il8
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