Hi everyone. I think just like me, many of the people dwelling on this thread arrived here due to the Densha Otoko. I tried to find a similar thread since I have a small problem that fits right into the setting of that drama. I don't have much experience with these threads and hope I am not breaking some etiquette by writing this long post, but I need a lot of space to explain this problem. Go read from the Arrow in the below paragraph (===>) if you want to get to the plot straight away.
In the drama, the protagonist again and again survives ridiculous odds. The odds are so small that it might be difficult to believe someone could have such luck. However, Yesterday something happened to me, something which is nearly impossible to credibly communicate. That is why I searched out this place because I hope people here will have an open mind.
Unlike the drama's main character, I am not really an otaku, except that I've always been quite introverted, and I have no urges to meet people all the time. So I don't, except for the people in my study. Maybe partly as a result, I have never had a girlfriend. Now I will describe what happened. Please give me some advice regardless of wether you put faith in my tale.
Yesterday I rode on a half empty interliner from Maastricht at around 20:30, going home. This bus stops only once in every town because it is an interliner. Usually I take a more local bus which goes to the same stops as the interliner, but also to others, including one that is closer to home than the interliner stop. For the first time in 1.5 years in which I travel this road, I mixed up the buses and thought I was in a local bus.
I remained seated as the bus halted at its single stop in my town, as I expected to get off at the next one. But of course it didn't. Still assuming to be in a local bus I stood then walked forward and called the busdriver that I pressed the stopbutton, but he wouldn't look at me, nor stop for me. I then realised my mistake, and I felt that I was embarrassing myself. So I silently sat down, and let myself get transported over the empty, 5km evening-road. I exited in the next town, with a slight hope that an opposite headed bus might arrive soon to bring me back to my town. Then it happened.
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A girls' voice called me from behind: "that bus driver really didn't treat you very friendly, did he?" This voice came from a very attractive girl, so I did not really know what to say, commenting only that it wasn't so bad. She however kept expressing her concern about the busdrivers attitude towards me, whom I actually modestly defended for doing his job. She also seemed concerned about how I was to go home. We found out that no bus was coming for me soon. (she walked along with me as her house was the same direction anyway) I said I was going to walk home, a thought that she had difficulty with to accept.
Somehow, as I walked down the road, and she still with me, she offered to drive me home, then asserted this offer and I accepted. To make things short, I accompanied her to her house, where her parents' car was parked, chitchatting a little on the way. She told me to take a seat, started the car and drove. Too soon for my taste we arrived at a corner of a road where she was going to put me off. I hoped to get her name at least, but I was shy on this and afraid I would bring this in a wrong manner. I didn't get to asking her and we said goodbye. She left me reflecting on that corner what had just happened.
What had happened? a beautiful girl offered a complete stranger a ride home! What are the odds of that happening?
Now the tricky part: If possible, I would like to meet her again. It is from the riddiculous odds that I started to think about densha otoko, and that same drama might have the answer. The woman sent a parcel with two teacups as a way to establish contact with Yamada. I was thinking to also do something similar. I can say in all honesty that I was moved by this girl, unselfishly offering to drive a stranger home. Would I not have a good reason to thank her, and would a gift not be a great way? Additionally, by enclosing my contact info, I would send the least intrusive signal of wanting to meet again.
What kind of gift should I buy though to make her want to contact me? It shouldn't be too cheap I guess, but not too expensive either because that would maybe scare her off. I can only come up with teacups, and that's not real original is it? also, I think that when a man does it, it almost sounds like a proposal for marriage. Please comment on effective gifts, and thank you in advance.