Xephmadia One-Shots

Teencast Xephmadia: The Drawing

Lewis's POV:
Lewis sat across from his best friend Simon in their high school art class.
"Look at this!  I'm hopeless!"  Simon piped, holding up his picture of a horse...or was it a snake, Lewis couldn't tell.
"I'm no better."  He looked down at his sad attempt to draw his video game character Xephos.
The duo packed up their mediocre drawings as the bell rang.  Lewis couldn't help but notice the beautiful drawing of an owl in the even more beautiful blonde girl's hands, before he walked out the door.

-----The Next Day-----

"Lewis...Hey Lewis!"  Lewis shook himself out of his trace of watching the blonde girl work on her owl drawing.
"Hu- oh, sorry what's up friend?" 
"Someone has a crush!"  Simon said in a quiet sing-song voice.
"I'm just amazed by her drawings!"  He replied indignantly. 
That was partially true, but he also caught himself looking at the eyes a lot too,  they were a brilliant green.
"Sure."  His friend cast a glance at her drawing, "She is a good artist though."
"Thanks."  Neither of the boys had noticed, but as they spoke the girl had set down her pencils and was looking over at them. 
Lewis blushed, he wondered how much of the conversation she had heard. 
"Sorry!"  She piped, "I wasn't trying to eavesdrop."
"Don't worry about it!"  Lewis replied a little too quickly, causing Simon to smile cheekily at him.

Hannah's POV:
"Anyway, my name's Hannah, what's yours?"  She asked, looking between the two boys.
"I'm Simon and this is Lewis."  The ginger, who seemed a bit more comfortable answered.
The boys still looked awkward, especially Lewis, hadn't they ever talked to a girl before?  So she decided she would continue the conversation.  "Do you guys like any video games?"  She knew it was a stupid question, but it got them talking.
She understood everything they said as they babbled on about Minecraft and World of Warcraft, which was surprising to most guys because to all guys, girls only played with Barbies.  Ugh.
"Hopefully I'll be getting a new PC for my birthday, so I can run Tekkit mod pack with no lag."  Lewis said as Simon rambled about creepers.
"When's your birthday?"   Hannah asked.
"October 22nd."  He replied, rubbing the back of his neck.  "I'll be turning 16."
Hannah glanced at her phone, the date was September 3rd.  "When you get your new computer, you two should join my Tekkit server, but until then, you can join my vanilla server."
Both of them looked at her like a gamer girl was just a legend as she wrote the I.P. address down twice and handed them the slips of paper.
"You're a gamer?"  Simon asked in shock.
"Not every girl enjoys spending their weekends at the mall."  She turned her attention back to her drawing.
The days went by and Hannah tried to teach the boys some drawing techniques but they were a lost cause.
Simon never wanted to stick with a single drawing, he was always finding something he would rather draw.  Lewis on the other hand always wanted to draw the same thing, a male character.  It took her a while to figure it out but he was trying to draw the in-game character he'd made for himself.
Over time she picked up details by joining in on Lewis and Simon's conversations.  It seemed Lewis never said anything dull, when he spoke Hannah was entranced.
Over the span of a few weeks she found out his character's name was Xephos, he had glowing blue eyes, he looked a bit like William Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation, he wore a white and blue striped shirt with a red and gold over coat, he had messy black hair much like Lewis's, and he always carried a diamond sword.
Before they had time to really think, October was upon them, it was October 16th and everyone seemed to be ready for Halloween, but Lewis was more excited about his birthday.
"My parents said we can go pick out a gaming computer and a capture card for my birthday!"  He said one day when they were sitting in art.
"Nice!"  Simon piped.
Hannah smiled but continued working on her new project, thankfully, she drew so much that the boys never payed any attention to what she was working on.
She was working on a drawing of Xephos to give to Lewis for his 16th birthday, it wasn't much but she knew he would appreciate it.

-----October 22nd-----

"Soon we'll be starting our painting unit, but for now you have a week to finish the projects you're currently working on."  The teacher called from her desk.
Hannah sat away from the boys today so she could make sure she finished the drawing for Lewis.  She was working on the final details, the gold embroidery on the coat, the blue glow from the eyes.  The ruby in the hilt of the diamond sword.  She was extremely happy with how the drawing had turned out. 
She was going to give it to him at the end of class as they walked out because she knew if she gave Lewis the drawing in front of Simon, the ginger would tease him endlessly.  Hannah hadn't forgotten what the duo had been talking about when she had spoken to them for the first time.
Just before the bell rang she gently took the drawing out of her sketch book to ensure it didn't rip and placed the book in her bag and waited. 
Soon the class was herding out the door, and Hannah caught Lewis just before he could head for his next class.
"Happy Birthday Lewis."  Hannah placed the paper in his hand and realized she was blushing so she just walked for the door as fast as she could without running.

Lewis's POV:
"I wonder if Hannah's okay."  Lewis glanced over at the girl who was slaving over her drawing.  "She normally sits and talks with us."
"You heard the teacher we don't have long to finish the drawings, she probably doesn't want to get distracted."  Simon responded, the same lace of worry on his voice.
The bell rang and he headed for his favorite class, chemistry.
Just as he was turning to walk away from art, Hannah walked up and pressed a paper into his hand, "Happy Birthday Lewis."
She walked away before he could respond.
He glanced down at the paper she had given him and on it was what he had been trying to draw since the beginning of term, his in-game character; Xephos.
He had never told her about the character, and yet she had gotten every detail right, from the Star Trek pin, to the glowing blue eyes.
Lewis found himself smiling as he walked to chemistry, Hannah had payed close attention to his and Simon's conversations over the last few weeks to be able to get all those details.  She actually cared...she had tried to help him draw it but he was hopeless, so she'd gone and drawn if for him.

-----Years Later-----

"Do you want my help cleaning out the top of the closet?"  Lewis called down the hall to his girlfriend
"I'll be alright, it's probably all Yogscast merch and Christmas jumpers."  Hannah laughed from the spare bedroom.
"Alright well I'm going to start on the hall closet then, let me know if you need my help."  Lewis strode over to the closet door, and was mildly afraid of opening it.  His fears rang true when he did, he was knocked over as he was assaulted by an avalanche of unfolded blankets and jumpers.  "Bleedin' eck'!"

Hannah's POV:
Hannah giggled as she heard Lewis open the hall closet, "Bleedin' eck'!" 
The exclamation was followed by the rustle of fabric and the sound of Lewis hitting the floor.
Hannah clambered off her step ladder and walked into the corridor.  She couldn't help but laugh at the sight of the raven haired boy laying on the floor, covered in a mound of blankets.
"Hush you!"  Lewis laughed, trying to kick off the blankets, only managing to get himself more tangled, making Hannah laugh that much more.  Eventually he looked over at her in defeat, "Help me."
"Alright."  Hannah smiled and helped untangle him from the fuzzy cocoon.
"Thanks."  Lewis hugged her before she went back into the spare bedroom to continue her own job.
Hannah had been right, most of what was in the top of the closet was merch and jumpers, they had way too many jumpers, but there were some other things up there too.  She had found some old pictures from when she was still known as Lomadia, Lewis's tassel from his high school graduation, then she found a picture frame that looked like it had been placed up there when they had moved into the flat. 
Hannah pulled it down and looked at it, and she couldn't believe what she was looking at.  It was the drawing of Xephos she had given Lewis for his 16th birthday.
"Darling, could you come here for a moment."  Hannah called.
"Sure-just a sec."  Lewis sounded like he was struggling against the army of blankets.  "Balls to it!"  Hannah heard the sound of fabric hitting the floor before his footfall approached the room.
"What's up?"  Lewis asked, peering around the doorway.
"I didn't know you kept this, much less had it framed."  Hannah held the picture so Lewis could see it.
Hannah smiled as she saw a blush spread across his face.

Lewis's POV:
"What's up?"  Lewis looked around the corner to see his girlfriend smiling at an all too familiar picture frame.
"I didn't know you kept this, much less had it framed."  Hannah turned the frame so he could see the drawing it held.
"Well...uh...I really liked it...uh...and it was the first gift you ever gave me...and uh..."  Lewis stammered as he felt himself blush.
Hannah stepped down off the step ladder and placed a kiss on his cheek.  "I love you."
Lewis's eyes glittered almost as bright as Xephos's, "I love you too."
Hannah smiled as he pulled her into a kiss, completely forgetting about the spring cleaning.