The Unlikely Pair

Two

This is just fluff. I thought it necessary. 

~~One Week Later~~

"Tegan! Are you almost ready?" Eric called in the apartment. 
"Yes! I just need to pack my paintings!" Tegan called back moving from his room to the Art Room. 
"Do you need a hand?" Eric asked. 
"Uh, no, I'm half packed already." Tegan said packing his paintings into the suitcase looking container that he has for them. The pair were getting ready to go to a campus art exhibit/sale that Tegan is debuting in. It's open to the public and Tegan is worried but Eric calmed his nerves a bit. 
"You said that Jamie is bringing some too?" Eric asked. Jamie is a guy that Tegan is friends with and in Tegan's class. 
"Yeah, he's bringing a couple that he had from something that I tried a couple of weeks ago. He thought that they needed to be shown to the world or some shit like that." Tegan said doing up the clips that close the case. Tegan almost packed the whole damn room. 
"I'm sure they are beautiful just like you." Eric said kissing the blonde's head. Tegan blushed and lightly shoved Eric out of the way. Eric didn't move but he smiled and cupped Tegan's face, kissed him and admired his features. Tegan blushed and looked away. 
"Thank you. I'm sure they aren't going to be good but we need to go." Tegan said and they left. 

They went into the room that was being used for the exhibit and went to where Tegan's name was on a sign. They set up the pictures they had on stands and on the wall and Jamie rushed in with the other ones. Jamie and Tegan set them up as Eric went to go get coffee. 

Tegan has this gift where if he sees something, he can almost perfectly replicate it on a canvas. One of the pictures is a recent photo that Jamie took of Eric and Tegan at the Butterfly Conservatory. Eric had his chin on Tegan's head and Tegan had a blue butterfly on his nose. It took him three days to finish and he was proud of it. Eric came back, handed the boys their coffee and looked around Tegan's area and he stopped and almost teared up when he saw the picture of the pair. 
"Did you do this?" Eric asked going over to it. 
"Yeah, it's not as good as I hoped it would be but I like it." Tegan said taking a sip of his coffee. Some of the other artists came over and looked at Tegan's paintings. 
"Swann! Your fans are hyped about today! They said that you need to do shows more often!" Jamie said checking his phone. 
"My fans?" Tegan asked going to look at what Jamie was doing. 
"Yeah! I made an account to post your art because not enough people were seeing the paintings and it like, exploded. I also posted some videos of you while you were painting." Jamie said looked at Tegan. 
"People actually like my paintings?" Tegan asked. 
"Of course they do! They are..." Jamie trailed off while he was trying to set up another stand. 
"Beautiful." Eric put in. 

They waited until people started coming in and Tegan was a hot topic. People were buying his paintings left and right and there was only one that he wouldn't sell and that's he was proud of the way that it turned out. Eric was a little jealous that other people got to spend so much time with his Tegan. Some people had also come to talk to Eric about some of the paintings, what it's like when Tegan is painting and some of the reason behind some of the paintings. Tegan had taken many pictures with people and Jamie took many pictures for the Instagram account that he made for Tegan. That account went up from ninety-four followers to about one thousand during the day. Eric got fidgety watching all the other people hugging and taking pictures with him. Eric walked up behind Tegan when he wasn't busy and hugged him. Tegan's face heated up and he looked shyly at his paintings. 
"All these people think that you are wickedly talented. I've had a few people tell me so." Eric said kissing the top of his head. 
"Really? What do you think of them?" Tegan asked putting his hands on Erics. 
"I love them. They are beautiful just like you." Eric said resting his head on Tegan's head. Tegan blushed and looked at the floor quickly then back up at the paintings. 
"Thank you and you're not too bad yourself." Tegan said. 
"Have you seen me paint? I can't even paint a paint by number without messing up!" Eric said smiling. Tegan laughed.
"I meant you're handsome and good looking not good at painting." Tegan said smiling. 
"Thank you. How much longer do we have here?" 
"Awe, are you tired?" Tegan teased. 
"No, I just want to cuddle on the couch with you." Eric said kissing the side of Tegan's head. The blush on Tegan's cheeks came back and the stood there looking at the paintings. 

"If you two are done being all gross over there. I'd be happy if you two could come and I don't know, socialize." Jamie said coming to stand beside the pair. 
"Ah yes, I kinda forgot that we were still at the show." Tegan said. Eric took a step back, letting go of Tegan, turning Tegan around to face him and Tegan had this adorable, confused look but his wide green eyes looking up at Eric made Tegan seem like a child. Eric smiled and kissed Tegan. Tegan relaxed into the kiss and Eric's arms went around Tegan and held him close. The boys were reminded of the other people when some camera's clicked and there was an "Awwwe." that sounded in the room from the crowd and Tegan broke the kiss, covered his face with his hands and buried his face in Eric's chest. Eric dug Teagan's red face out of his chest, grabbed his chin lightly, pointed his chin up, kissed him lightly again with a whisper of "My beautiful Tegan." and Tegan's confidence came back and he broke the kiss and went back to socializing. 

After everyone left, the artists packed all their things, Tegan only had two pictures left and that's because he didn't want to sell them. Tegan and Eric took the containers, Tegan's stands, the money box and the last two pictures out to the car and they said goodbye to Jamie and got in the car. 
"My professor wants me to do more shows and I don't know if I want to." Tegan said flopping on the passenger seat. 
"I think you should. You are amazing at painting." Eric said taking Tegan's hand into his. Tegan looked at Eric and smiled. Eric thought to himself Damn, I am going to marry this man one day. and little did Eric know, but Tegan had the same thought.