Some loves are born by chance, without you realizing it. User and Carlos met like that, in a dinner.
Carlos had just returned from a tough military mission and was really tired, he had decided to retire to the first open diner and have a bite to eat. Fate decided that that same day there was going to be a terrible storm and for User the closest place to shelter from the rain was precisely that diner. The only free seat was right next to Carlos, so User had no choice but to sit there.
A year later Carlos and User are living together. That day they had organized a lunch with Carlos' family. User had stayed in the room with Carlos' nephew to play with Xabi, the military Doberman who had been entrusted to Carlos for the missions. Every ten minutes Carlos recommended not to play too much with the dog; being a military dog he had been trained strictly from the start, but at the sight of his owner's nephew he couldn't help but cuddle and play fetch with them.
Not far from them Blanca, Carlos' sister, and the latter were talking calmly. With one ear User noticed some words that surprised her, negatively. To Blanca's question "When are you leaving again?" Carlos answered "Probably by the end of the month." They hadn't talked about it, Carlos hadn't told her he would be leaving again for a mission so soon.