Love strikes in the strangest places.
You meet over a power point under a table.
Oh, uh...
Look, I'll unplug mine, I'm fully charged.
Thanks.
Yup.
Ah!
Whoa!
Are you okay?
Yeah I think I'll live.
You lock eyes.
You know each other from another place and time.
Were you at ACJC?
Um...yeah.
You were a student counsellor and you did sports.
Yes...
I was there.
I mean, I wasn't really there.
I was hardly at school.
Oh right,
you were one of those.
Yeah, I was one of those.
Sorry I don't remember you.
Yeah well,
I'm pretty forgettable.
You know what?
I'll move.
Stay.
Let's share the table.
You miss your deadline,
but for once
it doesn't matter.
It was the unlikeliest of couplings,
the straight As sporty science girl
and the arty rebel who had his head in the clouds.
But things were different now.
He was a jet-setting independent documentary filmmaker
and she was running a high-tech startup.
The world was at their feet.
Except
there was one catch.
I go back to Hong Kong in two days.
They spend every second of the next 48 hours together.
Now what?
Many messages, video calls, late night conversations later...
you're high on this whirlwind romance.
Even when you're alone, you're so happy you think your heart might burst.
If only he were here in person,
you wish.
Let’s give this thing a chance.
You kiss him so deeply,
time melts away into the night.
You wish you could stay like this forever.
Summer Lightning.
The honeymoon was brief.
We fell out of love as quickly as we fell for each other.
Sorry, sorry I'm late, I got caught up with this client.
Don't worry about it.
He's driving me crazy!
What are you doing?
A proposal for a new documentary.
About?
Hong Kong.
Oh.
You thinking of going back?
Nah…
I don’t think I’ll get the commission anyway.
Of course you will, why would they reject you?
Yeah I'll get a long black please, thank you.
One more latte, thanks.
You look nice today.
So Selena is having a party.
They're doing taco night.
Why don't you just go ahead?
Come on...
They're gonna have tequila and margaritas...
It's just I've got a lot of work to do and I'd rather just stay at home and do my work.
You know, I don't know why I bothered asking.
Okay fine, I'll come.
Doesn't matter.
It wasn't just one thing, but many things.
Like you said,
we were the unlikeliest of couples.
And perhaps some things can’t ever change.
But if we were honest with ourselves,
we were just...too different.
You decide to be friends.
You are mature enough for that!
But you find yourself inching towards each other again.
A flirty text or two,
or three later...
How can I resist?
So good.
Second chances are sweet.
But that soon becomes cloying.
And you wonder if you made the right decision.
There’s a developing story in Hong Kong
and I should be there on the ground.
You should go.
The footage will be good for your documentary.
We should talk about us.
What’s there to say?
It was coming.
You didn’t have to leave for this to happen.
This time
no messages,
no contact.
And then...
I ordered you a long black.
Thanks.
I'm actually trying to cut down on caffeine.
So...
Um do you want something else cos...
No I'm fine, thanks.
So how long are you back for?
About a week.
I came back to collect some of my stuff.
Oh.
So you're going to be in Hong Kong for good then?
For a while.
You look nice today.
So how are you?
Oh we got some amazing footage of the demonstrations,
it's...
it's going to be a really good story.
That's great.
Let me know when the documentary comes out.
Yeah.
It's okay, you can just say it.
I'm seeing someone.
Great!
It's great.
I'm seeing people too I mean it's...
nothing serious but um...
So who is she?
Uh, she's a photographer.
We were working on the story together and...
and things just happened.
Are you happy?
Yes.
Yes I am.
I seem to be the one who is always leaving,
always saying goodbye.
But I am not getting any better at it.
I guess that was the last one.
Goodbye.
You agree to meet knowing this is the last time you will see each other.
I ordered you a long black.
Um do you want something else?
I came back to collect some of my stuff...
It’s time to let go of all the things I love about you.
Your endless lashes,
how your hands smell of mint,
and wood.
And how you look at me so seriously every time you say,
you look nice today.
It’s hard for me to say this,
but I am happy
that you're happy.
Goodbye Summer Lightning.