There really was only one place one could go for a good muffin. Sure, the Helurion Nebula's bread melted on your tongue, and Ulraxixixia was famous for their specialty cupcakes, but the only other place to get muffins was Earth 36 Side A, and they were only so-so.
Was it his fault that the only good muffins in the entire universe were on Earth in the early 2000s? No, of course not. And it was mere coincidence that she lived in the early 2000s, and that there was a fantastic bakery that made the best muffins in the universe right down the street from her house.
When she asked him for a few days back home to spend with her mother, he could have gone and had some pastries from the 78th moon of Ubutus, or gone to Proserpus for a torte made from real tortes…
But, as he watched the girl in front of him smile and laugh, he couldn't think of anything that he wanted more than a 21st century Earth muffin.