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"Can you help me take one more picture?" The stranger asked pleadingly.Kris nodded his head, not minding the troublesome reqest of him.The stranger took out a pair of shades and put them on, posing well against the cityscape.As Kris aimed the camera at him, he realised the similarity of this person to the one whom he had bumped into at the China airport.Is this him? It was weird how the fleeting image of that person remained so vividly in his mind.Looking at the picture he took, he was sure that this was the same person."Thanks for helping me!" The stranger smiled as he took the camera from him.Staring at the stranger as he stood beside him, Kris wondered if he should say something."Have we, perhaps met before?" Kris asked eventually.The stranger tilted his head slightly. "Didn't we meet at the cafe?" "How about even before that?" Kris pressed.He watched as a look of realisation crossed the stranger's face. It's him! Kris was strangely excited."You recognised me?" The stranger couldn't seem to believe him.Kris smiled, "Yes. I'm Kris by the way." He extended a hand.The stranger took his hand and shook it. "I'm Zi Tao, or you can call me Tao." Tao. "What do you say if we talk over coffee? Since it seems like fate that we've met, at least twice before, when we barely know each other." Kris didn't want to let go of Tao's hand.Tao simply nodded and broke off their handshake. They both then went to the cafe at the top of the tower. --"Can you help me take one more picture?" Tao hate to trouble the stranger, but he really wants one with him wearing shades.Tao sighed in relief as he saw the stranger nod, and proceeded to take out his shades.How shall I pose... Tao stared deep in thoughts as he looked out to the cityscape. Then he heard a click, realising that the stranger probably had taken a picture of him at that moment, Tao wasn't sure how it will turn out. I didn't even pose properly.Putting on a smile, Tao approached the stranger to retrieve his camera. It's good! Too focused on the turnout of his picture, Tao didn't notice the stranger's stare."Thanks for helping me!" He thanked the stranger with a light smile.He looked at the stranger, wondering why he was keeping quiet."Have we, perhaps met before?" Tao tilted his head. Didn't he just identify me as the waiter at the cafe?"Didn't we meet at the cafe?" He asked, confused."How about even before that?" The stranger asked.The question startled him. He remembers me? But I look so different from that time at the airport!"You recognised me?" Bewildered, Tao spluttered out.The stranger smiled and extended his hand. "Yes. I'm Kris by the way." Kris. "I'm Zi Tao, or you can call me Tao." Taking Kris's large hand, Tao couldn't help but feeling nervous."What do you say if we talk over coffee? Since it seems like fate that we've met, at least twice before, when we barely know each other." Kris suggested, and Tao nodded willingly, he had been wanting to get to know him since the first time they met.Breaking off the handshake, they both then went to the cafe at the top of the tower.