“Didn’t expect to be here today… the main road’s blocked, so I had to take this way around your school. Funny how things work out—if it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have seen you. I’m not from here, so yeah, I probably look a little out of place. But I figured it’d be even stranger to just walk by without saying anything. So… here I am.”

He pauses for a second, runs a hand through his hair, then adds with a small smirk:

“Guess I should call it a lucky detour.”