Gossip and meet

Along my google mapped route on my first night in a new city I was starting my postgraduate studies at I saw a young man who looked increasingly familiar, so I did what any uncertain person does, and called out "David" as I walked past. To which he responds and preceded a short reunion between secondary school friends (in another country), who hadn't seen each other since the last day of A-Levels (4 years ago). Months had past and whilst working away at a morning experiment in labs, I was struck with the decision to message David and try and catch up properly over dinner. I did this as soon as and David was free and we arranged to meet later. That evening he had recounted how he was sitting in the Business school that morning among peers, when he overheard someone mention my very unique name and continued to talk about me (which turned out to be my flatmate). Simultaneously, as my flatmates gossip had reminded him of me, he received my message asking to meet up. It was a coincidence that at the same moment we had thought of each other. Whilst he was prompted to, I did out of the blue.