Sorry, no M-rating-worthy stuff in this chapter either, but it will come!
Elle blushed "You, um, you take your clothes off. That's what life-drawing is, nude drawing." She smiled weakly. "You didn't know that?"
"Oh, uh, no, we didn't actually." Albus had become very warm, he couldn't believe that was what life drawing had turned out to be.
"Oh. Are you going to back out then?" Ella asked sadly.
"No, no we'll do it" Scorpius said firmly, turning to Albus and nodding out the door. They both got up and headed to the washroom.
As soon as they were inside Scorpius cast silencing charms around the door and faced Albus.
"Al! Now we know why we're getting paid so much!" he cried, pulling his tie off.
Albus couldn't read his expression. Scorpius seemed excited and not phased at all by the thought that he and Albus were going to be posing naked together in a few short minutes.
"Scor, why aren't you mad at me?"
"Why would I be mad? I'm assuming you really didn't know." Scorpius smiled "You're face when Ella told us was priceless! But really Al, it'll be okay. We've seen each other's pricks before, we live in a dorm for heaven's sake!"
Albus nodded slowly.
With that, Scorpius turned around again and started to take his clothes off. Albus followed suite. Scorpius was right; he had seen his prick before. But that was in the showers, and Albus would save the image in his head and fap to it later. It was such an embarrassing thought. What if he got hard while Ella was trying to draw them? What kind of pose would she put them in? This was too much. He turned to say something to Scorpius but was met with the sight of his bare arse, and whatever he had planned to say was forgotten.
"Oh. Um, Scor?" he choked out.
"Yeah?" Scorpius pulled his sock off and turned to face Albus. Al fought hard to keep his eyes trained on his friend's face. "Wait, Al, why do you still have your pants on? Come on!"
Scorpius grabbed one of the robes Ella had left them and wiggled into the sleeves. Albus quickly took his remaining clothes off and snagged the other robe as quickly as he could.
"Come on then, don't be shy Al!" Scor teased as he opened the door and led them back into the room.
Ella seemed to exhale when she saw them both, relief flooding her face. They dumped their clothes in a pile near a wall and waited for instruction.
"I thought you boys might chicken out, you took so long in there!" She blushed light pink when she realized what she had implied. "I mean…"
"Oh, Al needed a little help getting his clothes off, that's all" Scorpius interrupted, winking at Ella
This time both she and Al blushed crimson.
"Shut up Scor. Ella, where would you like us?" Albus asked, trying to regain his composure.
"Well, first leave your robes in the corner" They obeyed, Al noticed that Scorpius did seem a little embarrassed standing stark naked in front of his best mate and a girl they both didn't know very well. But he, as well as an almost trembling Al, went to stand in the middle of the room.
"Okay, so Scorpius, could you sit on that block there? Yes, that one" Scorpius sat, facing Ella, but at a slight angle, so from where Ella was sitting she could still see his bits. Albus had been wondering if she did that for the sake of the picture, or for her own pleasure when she called out some directions for him "And you Albus I was thinking, could you lie down on those few blocks, and have your head on Scorpius' lap? Closer to his knees than his hips though" she pointed, waiting for Al to follow her instructions.
He gulped, getting into position. Even Scorpius seemed a tad uncomfortable having his prick so close to Al's face. Albus tried not to notice the smooth penis nestled in a bed of soft-looking white-blond hair. Once again, Ella interrupted his thoughts.
"Right, now could you both look at each other, eye contact please? Yes, like that. And Scorpius, place your hand on Albus' chest please. Hmm, Albus could you put your hand on Scorpius'? The one that's on your chest? Yes, perfect! Wait! Albus, put your other arm under your head, like a pillow, and raise your knee. Is that more comfortable? Yes!"
"Oh how intimate!" Scorpius said dramatically, wetting his lips and grinning at Albus.
Ella smiled at Scorpius who had tilted his head to look at her "Very funny Scorpius, now please, look back at Albus. Okay, hold that please!" Ella began drawing. Albus noted that she had remained very professional while posing them even with Scorpius' interruption. He knew a sizable group of girls that would faint before they could sit to draw Scorpius naked.
His eyes met Scorpius' and he smiled a little. It wasn't so bad if he didn't think of the fact that he was naked, with his crush's perfect penis inches away from his face. Scorpius smiled back and risked making a face at Albus. It went unnoticed by Ella who was busy scratching away at her easel. Albus tried to communicate with Scorpius, ask what he thought of the whole thing, but all he could manage was raised eyebrows and that made Scorpius wink, and with his prick exposed, he couldn't risk inducing any flirtatious gestures from his friend.
They sat there for a while longer; Albus felt like he was going to drift asleep, but just as he closed his eyes, he had a terrible thought. What if he got hard because he had a dream? He decided to keep his eyes trained of Scorpius' as Ella has instructed. He saw the corner of Scorpius' mouth twitch into a smile when they made eye contact again, and as much as he wanted to stay still for Ella, he smiled back. He loved having the opportunity to stare into the vast silver moons that were Scor's eyes.
They lost track of time, they forgot their nakedness, and the only sound was of soft breathing and the scratching of whatever that stub was the Ella was using on the paper she had at her easel.
"Okay boys, I think I've got it" she smiled as both boys started and looked her way.
Albus sat up and Scorpius stood up smiling, heading over to where they had dropped the robes.
"Could we see maybe?" Albus said, deftly catching the robe Scorpius tossed his way and walking over to Ella once he had it on properly.
"Of course, I still need to do a little shading here and there, but I didn't realize it would take me so long. And here I thought we could do a few more poses…muggle art is really something! Oh, and you two need to get back to Hogwarts soon. Maybe next time, if you decide you can come back, we could make the visit a little longer?"
Scorpius had come over, both boys still unable to see what was on the other side of the easel. "We'll definitely try Ella" he said
Ella smiled at his words and moved the easel so the boys could see what she had drawn.
Scorpius gaped openly at the picture, and Albus had to suppress a gasp. Ella had not only captured the toned physique of the two friends, but it looked like there was a kind of magic in the air between them. The way they were looking into each other's eyes, the way their hands were resting together on Al's chest, the pose just seemed like something natural.
"It's beautiful Ella, you're a fantastic artist." Scorpius breathed, not taking his eyes off the picture.
"Thank you, you two were great models, there's some really good chemistry between the two of you" Ella was grinning, happy that her models liked her work.
Albus tried not to choke at her words. He really did like the picture. The fact that he and Scorpius were naked just added to the honesty of it. He wanted to keep it, but thought better of asking for a copy in front of Scorpius.
Ella cast a tempus charm and jumped "You two only have half an hour to get back! You had better run!"
The exclamation snapped both Albus and Scorpius out of their respective reveries and they rushed into the washroom to get dressed. Neither of them spoke, though the few times they made eye-contact they exchanged brief smiles. They thanked Ella, who thanked them, gave them 200 galleons, and promised to owl them again.
They took off for Hogsmeade, and made it just in time to catch the tail end of the line (if you could call it that) of Hogwarts students heading back to the school. Once they slowed down, Albus finally broke the amiable silence.
"What'd you think of all that?"
Scorpius looked at him and winked "I think that that was a fantastic way to make some money! 100 galleons each? For sitting there naked?"
Albus raised an eyebrow; he had not expected Scorpius to take it so lightly. He himself had felt like the whole experiance was mocking him, giving him what he wanted, but only in a make-believe setting.
"Well, I suppose it was awkward at first, but you're a good-looking bloke Al, and my best mate, so I really didn't mind." Scorpius looked genuinely happy, and shoved Albus who immediately shoved him back.
"Hey, look, it's Rose and Zenneth, shall we go say hi?" Albus pointed to their friends up ahead, Scorpius' happiness had proved to be contagious.
"Sure, are we going to tell them that the modeling was done naked?" Scorpius teased
Albus felt himself go red. "Um, if you'd like?"
Scorpius started to jog to catch up with their friends, but he called back over his shoulder "Shall I also tell them how lovely your eyes are? And how delicious your prick looks?" he looked at Albus whose eyes had gone wide with shock.
"You wouldn't! Scor wait!" Albus ran after his laughing friend, feeling weirdly elated at the sarcastic-seeming compliments.