Author's POV
The sunny day was now a lukewarm summer evening, the first stars and especially the bright planets Venus and Jupiter were already shining in the evening sky. Small sparkles were visible in Diona's blue eyes as she looked up where you could see the brightest stars like Sirius.
Besides Greek and Roman mythology, she was just as interested in astrology. Every time, she found something that fascinated her all over again. No wonder that in many of the paintings she had drawn so far you could mostly see planets or the universe.
With her arms crossed, she stood in her little garden when suddenly a cold breeze touched her body. She stroked her forearms a few times before going back into her atelie.
"Pretty cold, huh?"
She looked behind her when her father glanced at her with a huge smile. He put the tray on her table and took a glass of water to hand it to her. Diona smiled back as she took it, as well as the medicine which he gave next. She took her medicine, but hated that feeling.
"Dad, I don't want this anymore" ,she said with pinched brows after breaking the tablet in her mouth and swallowing it. She couldn't take them any other way.
"I know, my princess, I know." He stroked her head, kissing her forehead after which he pointed to the plate with noodles on the table.
"You're the best, thanks, Dad."
He tried to wink at her, which just didn't work. They both started laughing when there was silence again after he had left. She hungrily licked over her lips and immediately grabbed the fork on the table.
"Hmm" ,she nodded and stuffed more of the food into her mouth.
The Gorgone Medusa and Diona stared at each other as she stood in front of the painting with her brush in her hand and examined everything. Never before had her own work scared her as much as this one. She took a few steps backwards and looked more closely at the canvas so that she could see better whether the proportions were right. She was very picky about her art commissions for the university. Everything had to be perfect, if it wasn't, she started it all over again, which Jongsuk could never understand, because he found it too bad after so much effort.
Beep.
The message made her music quieter for a brief moment. She ran towards the speakers and checked her display.
from kookie-monster95
Diona let out a loud sigh. There was something weird about this customer. She thought she was just getting screwed. That's why she hadn't read the first message completely yet. Unplugging the cable and her phone, she sat down at her desk to eat all the food. As she filled her empty stomach, she tapped on the received mail.
All right, I'll buy it for $2000. But I won't go any higher. Are you okay with that? Otherwise I'm looking for other artists.
The noodles got stuck in her throat, causing her to cough. Trying to breathe again, she immediately grabbed the sprite can and took three sips.
"TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS?!" ,was the first thing that came to her mind at that moment and that was exactly what she wrote back.
from diona7
Two thousand dollars???
This is a joke right?!
Sending it, she pulled down the tab each second to update the page. She noticed that this was the first time she had written so informally with somebody, although he or she only wanted to get a painting, like everyone else before.
