The Sun is Also a Star Chapter 29: Daniel Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • They walk to an independent coffee shop. It's mostly empty, so Daniel orders a super-complicated drink to make things more interesting. 
  • Natasha orders a black coffee with no sugar. 
  • Daniel almost jokes that it matches her personality, but then he realizes it might seem like he's making fun of her race and that's a bad vibe. 
  • Natasha pays for the coffee and is barely speaking. Daniel burns his tongue on the coffee and is wondering if maybe he misread the signs. 
  • Natasha goes to the bathroom and Daniel starts writing, which is the worst thing he could do for the cynical, poet-hating Natasha. 
  • He gives it one last effort and asks Natasha what she'd do with a time machine if she had one. 
  • Natasha lights up and starts talking about all the theories and principles that make time travel to the past extremely complicated. 
  • Daniel's totally smitten. He thinks of a Japanese phrase he likes, koi no yokan, which means feeling like you're going to fall in love with someone when you meet them.