Oreo

Chapter 40: Shit Talk

Romeo's POV~

"Aaawwww~ they're so cuuuuute~." Abel coo'd at the photos on my phone, zooming and switching between the two.  "So you got two cats?"

"Yeah." I replied, teetering the balance of my chair  back and forth on it's hind legs.  It was the first five minutes of art class so we were just catching up on each other's weekends.  Mr. Roberts had also been kind enough to play some music for us so that our creative spirits had a bit of feul to feed off of.  "Their names are Ninja and Mochi."

"So cuuute~.  You should invite me over simetime so I can meet them."

I shrugged, crinkling my nose slightly before taking out my folder for the class.  "Perhaps.  So, I got a few things made, but I'm honestly not feeling either of them..."

Abel placed my phone face down on the table between us before taking my folder to look over the sketches.  He hummed, going over each one before laying them out on the table and taking out his own.  "To be honest, I didn't get much done either.   I got to the forth and kinda ran dry, so that one is a bit incomplete."

"Bruh, I could barely finish the third one myself." I groaned, tilting my head back in annoyance.

He just chuckled, analyzing all the works together.  "Hmm... I think we should combine a few of these into one.  I like the aspects of some but then there are others either too busy or not busy enough, you know?  If we blend two or three together, it could turn out really cool."

I lifted my head to examine them all as well, pondering on his idea.  He was right, some could definitely use the support of another concept.  My mind began puzzle-piecing a few together for what could make the most interspective piece. 

In particular, his third one seemed very intriguing as to what it could portray.  A loner standing with his back turned to the viewer, and open space before him with erase-marks and ghost lines indicating what could be displayed there.  He also stood upon a stage.  The forth still had someone standing "alone" facing the left half of the paper and standing a piece of floating land that had broken from a larger chunk on which more people stood, facing the right half. 

My lips pressed into a line as I thought, then took two fingers and tapped on them.  "I think we should combine these two.  Keep the concept of the third one with his back turned to the viewer and cut the others, but maybe have him standing on the floating land?"

Abel thought then nodded, looking them over.  "Okay.  And maybe we could fill in this void-" he motioned to the open space.  "With what your first one kinda depicts.  The whole planet thing, maybe raised so it's partially cut off and he could be gazing at it with the hopes of reaching it but he's stuck."

"But his posture and silhoette could assume his confidence that his dream to get there will come true."

He grinned at me and held up his hand.  "Yesss!"

I smiled back and we exchanged a a high-five.

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Orion's POV~

I was aproaching the crossing point where my hall and Romeo's merged so that we could meet and walk to 4th together when I saw him chatting with some guy.  He seemed completely relaxed and even his eyes were lit up with excitement about whatever topic it was.  My surprise by the unexpected interaction stuttered my aplroach only for a second before I proceeded my path towards them.

"-To incorperate all the extra details that will express both our sides of it, yeah?"

Romeo nodded, eyes flickering to me for a moment before continueing the conversation.  "Yeah.  Of course.  We should find some time after school or whatever so we can get it done faster."