A/N: A bit of a short chapter, but this chapter will give you just a small taste of what is yet to come from the wonderful relationship of our two characters ;)
Hours passed as I accustomed myself to the sound of flipped pages and the vision of black and white pictures.
Sigh
My hand was growing sore from constant drawing as well, I was getting tenser and tenser as the hours eased closer to 8; it was currently 6:58 p.m.
"Putting me up for professional work after only 8 hours on the job, jeez, what is he thinking!", I mumbled to myself, dusting off more eraser shavings. "Honestly, what am I even doing here".
Suddenly, a hand reached over me and picked up a stack of my attempted drawings; Shocked, I flinched and quickly swiveled my chair to face the attacker. I was met by an unamused stare with a raised eyebrow.
My face drained of colour and I gave my usual nervous laugh as I rubbed the back of my head. "O-oh, haha-hey there, Levi..."
He ignored me and flipped through my drawings. Guess I ought to prepare myself for a critique of how there's no way I'll be ready for tomorrow, and how I should just give up now.
"You're still putting too much stress into your lines.", Levi explained. I sighed; Now I just await my dismissal from my position.
"But, other than that, you've done well to understand the curves of the lines", he flipped through more pages, "and you've began to understand angles and point of views."
My eyes shot up. Was the master sadist before me actually complimenting me?
Levi flipped to the last page. He sighed. "You're still not understanding the kiss scene."
I flushed.
"The chin needs to be more tilted and pointed in this situation. The lip position is also off. You really need to master this, kissing is a main aspect of our publishing, especially in your story-line department."
I just stared down at my feet; It's not my fault I was never interested enough in someone to exchange saliva or something like that.
After a while of silence, Levi sighed. Next thing I knew, Levi lifted my chin and brought his face extremely close to mine.
"Pay attention Jaeger, I'll show you only once.", he said, warm breath tingling on my face and lips; His breath smelt of strong spearmint, which I adored.
"As for the angle," he continued, "remember that the chin is pointing upwards.", he affixed my chin to his liking by his index finger. "When people kiss, you can't just simply kiss as so, you'll smash noses and that'll be pathetic.", he softly placed his thumb on the side of my jaw line and tilted my head.
I wanted to tell him to stop, but for some reason no words would come out. Help me!
"When you draw this, the face will either be one-half, or three-quarters view, depending on the POV.", I nodded my head to show him I was listening; I mean, I was listening, I just couldn't process anything in this situation.
"Lastly", he whispered. Levi tilted his head as he did to mine earlier. Next thing I knew, I felt something soft pinch my lips; Yes, pinch. Do kisses pinch? I'm confused...
I heard Levi chuckle, "Honestly, you're as red as a beet, Jaeger!".
Wait, how could Levi talk while there was still something on my lips, did he not just kiss me?
I calmed my mind down and began actually processing what I was seeing. Levi was close to my face, yet farther than when he was leaning in. He was smirking at me. I looked down at my lips and saw Levi's hand...his thumb and forefinger were what pinched my lips. I quickly slapped his hand away and my body spazzed.
"Wh-what did you! Wh-why did you?!", I exclaimed, frowning. I tried to appear menacing, yet my flushed schoolgirl face probably counteracted my intentions. Levi just kept his stupid smirk on his face.
"I'm showing you how to kiss, you lip virgin. Plus, I knew you weren't paying attention, so that tease was your punishment.", he laughed. He purposely articulated 'tease' and 'punishment' in a sultry tone.
I scowled, "Jeez, some boss you are, harassing his employee on his first day of work. I can sue you for sexual harassment!"
"Ha", Levi was grinning now. He leaned in close to my ear, "It's not sexual harassment if you like it, Jaeger", he rolled the 'r' of my last name, and laughed, sadistically.
I squealed and shoved him away, "D-don't you have better things to do?!"
Grinning, that sadist looked at the clock, "Oh yeah, eight o' clock, my shift of harassing my ignorant, teenage male employees has ended, so sorry.", Levi walked to the exit of the room and turned off the light switch. "H-hey!", I shouted. I was surrounded by darkness, illuminated solely by my desk lamp.
"Remember to turn your desk lamp off before you leave, and don't trip over anything; If it breaks, it's coming out of your paycheck!", Levi shouted from the hallway.
Great, just great. My new year will consist of drawing lovey-dovey shoujo crap and being harassed by my sadistic boss; Just great.
