Scene 1

Exchange of texts between a man and a woman:

Man: “I apologise for tonight’s behaviour… Actually I don’t… Needed an excuse to send u a message. Hi. I’m __. I’m a bit of a bastard. I’m 27. Who are u again :P”
Woman: “Sorry not into bastards ;)”
Man: “Shame”
Woman: “I’m just ur typical girl that’s been hurt too much and trusts noone – some day I’ll meet nice guy but not ready for it yet – ignore all that, me tipsy – see ya tomorrow”
Man: “Can relate. Wasn’t bastard… Suffered. Now, still only mini bastard. Sort of tipsy but not apologetic :P Will want to see u tomorrow if u want it too :)”
Woman: no reply
Man (day after): “Still tipsy ? :)”
Woman: no reply
Man: “Should I still ignore what u sent me yesterday/today? Personally would hope u would reconsider one or 2 things :P”
Woman: no reply
Man: nothing else to say

I all started some hours earlier.
Woman: “Hi, I’m ___. You must be ___”
Man: “Yes, I am.”

She looked ravishing and he liked her straight away. There was something about her.

Further down the night, after talking quite a few times and some very serious conversations and a lot of drinks.
Man: “Sorry to be changing the subject altogether, but you are cute.”
Woman: smiled

Scene 2

Singapore close to Boat Quay, man trying to get a taxi cab (nearly impossible in the evening in Singapore).

Taxi cab stops.

Man stands by the door.
Woman inside taxi cab starts paying.
Beautiful woman, Asian but certain with other influences.
Woman knocks on the windows of the car.
Tells man to get in.
He does.
She says it’s much nicer insider.
He agrees.
He wasn’t talking about the air-conditioning.
She leaves the cab.
He thanks her.
She smiles.

Conclusion
Both scenes seem to be subject to the same iconic moment: the smile. Unfortunately, neither one of them ends well.

Nevertheless, the second scene was nice. There was no relation between both of them. They did not spend more than 5 minutes together and most of it on different sides of the window of a taxi cab. It was nice. It probably nice for the man in the scene.

The first scene is intense. It is fast paced and the man would probably have gone through the several feelings in a passional/seduction process: he gets interested, he engages in talking to her, he tries to seduce her, he tries to get her into a more serious mode.

Trouble is: if the man in scene 2 were the ask the woman in the cab to stay or have some drinks with him, it would have looked ridiculous. So what about scene 1, what would make it ridiculous… probably it looks already ridiculous. How can you go from “Hi, how are you?” to “Maybe we should have something more serious going on” in less than 12 hours?

The problem with these scenes are not the actions or hypothetical actions of both men. The problem with these scenes and at the same time what makes them more or less vivid is the timescale. They are fast paced, they are intense and they end up in disappointment. One probably a true one… the other one just a “what if” one.
Maybe the key to this all is time … just time.