Then You Came (DaraGon Fanfic)

Chapter 38

"Mind if I join you?" A guy asked while Dara was taking a break from painting.

She went to a cafe at the ground floor of the hotel where she was staying and ordered a tall glass of lemonade plus a slice of cake.

"Excuse me?" Dara furrowed her eyebrows.

There are a lot of vacant seats inside the cafe so it was weird for her to be asked to share a table.

"Oh, sorry... I just thought it would be nice to talk to a fellow artist." He replied.

"You're also an artist?" Dara showed interest.

The guy nodded with a smile. "I'm one of the participants in the International Art Fair... I saw you during the briefing 2 weeks ago. Your sample works are great."

"Well, thank you." She courteously responded. "I'm sorry... Have a seat." She offered.

"Thanks... By the way, my name's Jaejoong... Jaejoong Kim." He extended his arm for a handshake.

Dara took his hand and smiled. "You can call me Dara."

"Nice to meet you Dara... Is that your real name?"

She chuckled. "It's Sandara Park."

"Aahh." He was nodding. "Painting?" He pointed at her arm that's still stained with some paint and took a sip of his iced coffee.

She chuckled. "I wasn't able to notice the time. It's already past lunch time."

Glancing at his watch, he spoke. "It's already 2PM... is that considered your lunch?"

She answered with a nod. "I'm not into taking heavy meal specially when I'm working... It makes me feel sleepy."

"That's weird." He snickered.

"I know... I'm just weird in general."

Her statement made him laugh.

"How about you?... How's your painting going?"

"Halfway through... Getting there."

"We'll have it set at the venue two weeks from now, right?"

"Yes... Can't wait to see other works."

"Wait, I remember your name... Jaejoong Kim..." She tried to recall. "Oh, yes! I remember. I knew it sounded familiar."

"What?" He shrugged.

"You were featured in a show. Speed painting... and you had your canvass upside down... Then I've seen you in some other shows after that."

"That was four years ago... How can you still remember?" He chuckled.

"Let's just say my memory's sharp." She grinned. "But you look different back that... Your hair was long and you had that dangling cross-shaped earring."

He laughed. "I was feeling that style before... But people change."

"I can see that." She replied and smiled.

"Next week's gonna be Valentine's Day. Are you going out on a date?"

"I don't think so."

"Boyfriend's not here?"

"I don't know anyone in here so I think I will be celebrating alone... I probably would still be painting by then." She chuckled.

"Celebrating alone won't be nice... If you want, we can go out together."

"I don't think that's a good idea."

"Someone's going to get mad, I suppose?"

"Aahh... you can say that."