The Date

Fireflies: The Man From Nowhere Sequel

 

The Date

 

Surprisingly, she enjoyed herself.

With Lee. At the Lunar ball.

It was not a big party.

Only the staff from the Station – and their spouses, girlfriends or partners.

She was enchanting, but quiet as usual.

Shy or reserved maybe, Lee thought.

But knowing her past, he could understand it.

But, he showed her off to his superiors and colleagues, none the less.

And they all , behind her back, that what a good catch she was.

She was in pale peach that day. Still in her preferred knee length style, with a slim leather belt to match.

Her hair was simply tied back, exposing her slim neck with a pair of dainty droop ear rings from her ears.

A far cry from the capped and jacket adorned young lady he met a year ago.

A true vision of loveliness.

“Kwenchana?”

“Emm,” she nodded.

“We are a boring bunch, aren’t we?”.

“No,” she gave a small laugh.

“So, tell me, I hear from Amber that you are not taking pictures anymore.”

“I am, just not the ones we saw at the exhibition.”

“He didn’t approve? That chaperone you brought with you.”

He tried to not show his jealousy for a man who was possibly 10 years older than him, but he could not help it.

Lucky for him, So-Mi did not notice.

“Ahjussi?” she asked and laughed a little. “No, he was quite upset. He felt it was dangerous.”

She spoke of him with such affection. Even in those few words, he thought.

I told you it was dangerous too, he pouted internally.

Yeah, but you encouraged her by introducing her to the Senator, another voice said.

“Well, he’s right,” Lee agreed. “But you’re not giving up totally on photography, right?”

“No, I really like it. And printing them out gives me a sense of achievement.”

“You must take me on your next shoot, then, ok? Maybe I’ll get a camera of my own too.”

“Neh, that’ll be cool. I’ll be your teacher, if that’s ok,” she said shyly.

“You walked in straight into my trap, young lady. That was exactly the offer that I wanted from you,” he grinned.

She gave a soft laughed, basking in his attention.

He’s really a sweet guy, she thought.

Still, the feeling of guilt crept in.

“Come on,” Lee said noticing her slight change of mood. “Let’s go get us some munchies.”

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eliephemeral
#1
Chapter 81: Wow. I decided to watch The Man From Nowhere after years of hearing about it. After I finished that, I decided to look for fanfics on it and I'm elated that I found yours. You perfectly captured the chemistry between SoMi and her Ahjussi and wrote it in such a beautiful way. I was at first surprised by the short chapters, but then noticed how they were like scenes within a movie. Thank you so much for finishing this story. It was an incredible read!
Momo5527 #2
Chapter 81: Wow this story is just wow!! Read it again and I was wondering if you could do a part 2? Have them getting married and So-Mi pregnant and having a child. ??
Momo5527 #3
Chapter 81: Wow! I don’t think I have any words to tell you how awesome this story was. I also fell in love with the movie when it first came out and I thought they should have put a scene of them together in the future. This story just healed my heart! Thank you for this.
I have read so many fanfics from many different fandoms but this one is the best. Why, because you are an exceptional writer! The way you incorporated Korean words into the story made it feel real. Your words were so smoothly written, each word flowing into the next without any hesitation. It felt like I was watching a movie...an exceptionally well made movie. With great actors, director, script writers. This felt like a full fledged big budget movie to be honest. I don’t know how you did it but I am in awe.

Thank you for sharing this story with us. Ps I’m forever your fan now. :)
datularia1412 #4
Chapter 78: It's amazingly beautiful story....! My heart doki2 so fast reading this.. Thank u
prahesa #5
Chapter 81: Huhuhu, what a beautiful story! Thank you so much for writing this :)
prahesa #6
Chapter 32: I read this far, and it's so beautiful
foxiscully
#7
Chapter 60:
Watched 'The Man From Nowhere' last night on cable TV and fell in love with the movie (& the theme song) all over again .... sigh....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYm6PGGo7M
nana4ever #8
Chapter 81: Just finish re-reading and still am in awe of your writing skills..

The ending is perfect..nor am I hinting for an update ...
Somtimes i wonder if they had a child... I hope so ahjussi would make a cool dad and would at last replace what was taken away from him.

Much love and God bless ...
sararara #9
Chapter 80: This was beautiful! I loved it! So different but so worth reading!
minsul22 #10
Chapter 81: this story is so different to other ones i've read!! certainly one of the best!!!! thank you!