detachment | amour

6.

"Painting? I'm excited! Serena said as Ash smiled widely. He had a plan in his mind, he was going to confess her today with a sketch. He didn't know how to tho but he just wanted to draw anything that reminded him of Serena.

He had so many things on mind. Ocean, sunlight, pink flowers, wings, but he didn't know how to put all that in one.

"I'm doing a cartoon of you!" She said taking brushes and it clicked to him. Both of them were in graphic designing major so they did have an idea.

Ash drew a cute fairy with golden hair, blue eyes. He wanted to add small details like bows and spectacles but it was too difficult on a canvas. Computer made everything easy so he left it at that. He added garden he added books at the side and then a heart at the bottom.

Sere♡

But then he heard a gasp and then saw paint all over her skirt. He chuckled at first and then handed her tissues to wipe. She became upset that it was her favourite skirt. Ash handed her his jacket to cover it up and immediately her mood changed. She was so easy to read, she was an open book.

She joked around few times and Ash chuckled while Painting. Serena finished her painting and then she looked at Ash for a second and back to her painting.

She stood up and came closer to Ash, he just stepped forward to prevent her from seeing his art. She asked Ash to bend down for bit and he did, looking confused. Her face was extremely close to his; she studied his face and it clicked to her as Ash was flustered by the close proximity.

"Wh-what was that?" He asked and she happily completed her canvas by adding that one detail.

"You have that small z mark on your cheeks, they are really cute." She said and ash just blushed even harder.

"I just love you." He said to himself and Serena stopped smiling. Ash noticed it and cursed under his breath. She looked at him who was very shocked.

"W-what did you say?" Serena asked gulping and Ash hesitated. He didn't want to end their friendship because of his feelings, but he saw the painting he made so he stood up.

"I said I like you Serena, I like you so much that I can't take it anymore. I yearn for your always. I just can't get enough of you." Ash said confidently and then gave a small smile. He saw corners of her mouth turn up and she just ran over to him, hugging him.

He felt relieved. Serena was way happier as she couldn't control her feelings as well but when she got to know it's mutual she didn't want to leave the opportunity. She wanted all of Ash. She heard his heartbeat thumping loudly and she giggled to herself.

"You made this?" She asked and then Ash nodded proudly. She showed her canvas too and it looked like an anime version of Ash.

Serena now couldn't believe her eyes. She had a project to explore all the gaming designs and she stumbled upon a familiar design.

A very familiar one.

A fairy with blonde hair, customisable. Short or long. She had blue eyes and there was even spectacle option to that character
The character name was 'rere' and she was a magical creature that guides the player throughout the levels. There were other accessories like books, cute bows etc.

She did more research on that and found that Ash designed that character.

She just stared at the fairy and looked lost. Ash came with few files and looked at Serena, from the corner he noticed her seeing the character he designed. He sighed knowing one day or other she would've been suspicious regarding this.

Slowly Serena looked at Ash who just focused on his screen.