Cosima took a deep breath, and steadied her hand. She carefully slicked the liquid black eyeliner out past the corner of her eye, and repeated for the other side. She gave herself a once over in the mirror, running her fingers through her long let down dreads. She smiled. Today was the day. The day she was going to really get to know Delphine. Now, if only she could think straight, that'd be nice. She sighed. Why was this gorgeous girl having such an effect on her?
The whole way to work, Cosima's mind raced. Possibilities of what could happen shot through her. Share makeup tips most definitely. A little close bonding, maybe a share a few laughs. She smiled. She was nervous, but ready.
As she made her way through those Disneyland gates and flashed her employee ID (feeling a bit superior, as she always did when she got to waltz right in as though she belonged), she headed straight for the character dressing rooms. She walked along the long corridor that flashed character names in that signature Disney font, till she reached the one that said "Belle". She stopped in front of it, and took a deep breath in. As oxygen filled her lungs with a beautiful mix of nervousness and absolute excitement, she knocked on the door in front of her. She waited… but no answer.
She knocked again. Again, no answer.
Do it, she thought to herself. Just walk right in. She took another deep breath, and opened the door to an empty room. Not entirely empty, of course. Costume pieces, makeup, a mirror. But no Delphine.
Cosima looked around, and walked over the the mirror. She stared at the vast array of lipsticks and eyeshadows in front of her; she'd never seen this much makeup in her life. Well, outside of a department store, anyway. She looked around again to make sure no one was watching, and gingerly picked up one of the lipsticks. A dark demure red. Cosima wasn't usually a person for lipstick, but she was curious. Maybe she'd look… God forbid… "sexy" for once.
She lifted the cap and twirled up the bottom, and ran it softly over each lip. She moved her lips together, making sure it was an all-over application, and smiled to herself. She didn't look half bad. As she placed the cap back on and set it back down in front of the mirror, she heard a noise. She turned her head, and immediately her face flushed as red as her lips.
"Good morning, ma cherie. I'm so sorry I'm late; I see you're getting quite comfortable though." Delphine smiled her sly smile, and made her way to the blushing girl. "My, that is a beautiful color on you," she said, eyeing her lips.
Such a statement only flustered Cosima more. "I, well, um, see, I was just trying it because I normally don't wear lipstick and I just saw it and wanted to try it on and I'm really sorry because I really should've asked first and I just-"
"I like it." The beautiful blonde moved even closer to Cosima, and smiled down at her once more. "Try it on me?"
"Like, put it on you, you mean? For you?" Cosima's mind was reeling, as it always did whenever Delphine was around.
"Yes, please. I am truly so awful at putting on my own."
"Yeah, of course! Yeah. Yeah. I can do that." Cosima calmed her shaking hands, and removed the lipstick cap once again. She gently steadied Delphine's head by softly holding onto her chin with one hand, and starting to slide on the demure red with the other. Their faces were so close, Cosima could hear every soft breath Delphine took in. Once she had finished, Delphine smacked her lips twice, and grinned at Cosima again.
"Now I'm almost as gorgeous as you." Delphine took hold of one of Cosima's dreads and twirled it around a finger.
Cosima nervously laughed. "Oh please, you're like the most beautiful person on the face of the planet."
"Impossible."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because that person is standing in front of me."
Cosima's heart flew around in her chest, but she tried to remain grounded. "Seriously though, you're honestly really pretty, in like a really awesome way, like seriously I just-"
"Are you attracted to me, Cosima?"
"I mean, well, I mean, um, why?" she replied nervously and yet excitedly,
"Because I'm very attracted to you."
"I mean, I, well, yeah. Yes. Yes."
Delphine smiled her sly smile again. "So that means I can do this?" And with that, she leaned down and touched her red lips to Cosima's matching pair.