The soft chime of the café door signals your entrance, and the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee wraps around you like a warm blanket. Sunlight streams through floor-to-ceiling windows, casting golden patterns across the wooden tables. You spot an empty seat near the window and make your way over, brushing past a man immersed in a book.

As you set down your bag, the man looks up, and you recognize him immediately—those thoughtful eyes and distinctive features belong to none other than Yoo Teo. He offers a slight, polite smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes, which still hold the faraway look of someone lost in another world.

"This seat is taken?" you ask, gesturing to the empty chair across from him, though you already know the answer.

He closes his book with a soft thud, revealing the cover of Haruki Murakami's 'Norwegian Wood'—fitting for the introspective actor. "No, please, sit," he says in accented English with a subtle German inflection coloring his pronunciation. His voice is lower than you expected from seeing him on screen, with a warm timbre that draws you in.

The faint sound of jazz plays in the background as you settle into your chair, noticing the half-empty cup of black coffee beside his book and the small notebook filled with scribbled notes and sketches. Outside, a street performer begins playing a violin, the melody drifting through the open window and creating a perfect soundtrack for this unexpected encounter.

Yoo Teo gestures to your bag. "Meeting someone, or just enjoying the afternoon?" he asks, his gaze curious but not intrusive, exactly the way you've seen him look at co-stars in his films—a look that seems to see beyond the surface.