"And where on earth have you been?"
Startled, He accidentally dropped the tote bag that he was just trying to place on the chair, having just walked into his room. He hadn't noticed Scarlet sprawled above the covers of his previously made bed. The room was mostly tidy, save for two T-shirts clearly out of place and the slightly messy desk.
"Why are you here Scar?" He groaned after he'd recovered from the initial shock, packing up the items that had spilled from his tote bag.
"You're avoiding my question" she quipped, lazily dragged herself off the bed and snatched a few papers from the pile that he was packing up.
"Who's this?" Scarlet asked, flipping through different unfinished sketches. Some were the usual landscapes, artsy buildings and just random objects that he would typically do but a good number of them were of some girl. "I thought I was your model Teds, there's like a bajillion drawings of her in here, I'm a bit jealous" Scarlet fake pouted
He busied himself with packing up the rest of his things and clearing up his desk very slowly.
"Does she go to our school?" Scarlet pressed on
"She kinda looks familiar" she mused, still scanning through the drawings
"Can I have my work back now?"
Scarlet could tell that he was trying to avoid her questions but that only made her more curious. "Not until you answer my question"
"I went to get some coffee and she's not anyone you know"
Scarlet's eyes narrowed as she examined her friend. He always took his coffee or milkshake to go except he was with someone else, and that someone else was almost always her. "You went with her to get coffee? How am I just finding out about this?"
"Because I didn't go with anyone" he rolled his eyes
"So you met her there?"
He knew she wasn't going to drop this until she felt like she had some answers to he just went with the most convenient thing to say "yeah, kinda"
"Yes or no Teddy"
"Yes, now can I have my sketches back?"
"And she let you sketch her? What's her name?" Scarlet finally handed his the sketches and took a seat at the edge of his bed.
"Not exactly and I don't know" his reply came in a low voice, almost reluctantly and he turned away to tuck the sketches away along with others on his desk.
"I'm not following Tee, did she let you sketch her or not, and how did you not at least get her name? I can't believe you replaced me with a girl whose name you don't even know, and why are there so many drawings of her? It's like-"
"I don't know her name, okay? All I know is she goes to our school and we have three classes together this semester. I was going to get my coffee to go but I saw her and I decided to stay for a bit. Then I did a few rough sketches because she was there for a while but she left before I could go up to her." He blurted out, he's had enough of Scarlet's interrogation. "Plus there aren't that many drawings of her, stop exaggerating."
There was a smug smirk with a knowing look on Scarlet's face. "You like her" she gasped, clearly excited
"She's cute, that's it" He crossed his arms over his chest "I think puppies are cute too, I don't see you getting excited over that"
"I don't see you sketching puppies discreetly from a distance like some stalker either"
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