"This wasn't suppose to happen..."

Entry 8 - The gift

So I've been hanging with Renji and the guys a lot lately. I have been smoking occasionally but I made sure that I wasn't doing it a lot. I am pretty good at knowing my limits and such but over all things are pretty good. I was slowly getting over Ichigo and with the help of my friends, it made it that much more easier. Even though they had no idea what was going on, it was nice that they were helping me without even trying. Those kind of friends are the best. I found myself drawing a lot more. Like, a ridiculous amount since Ichigo has been gone. I bought a sketch book a week after Christmas and I've been going at it. Renji's always liked my drawings, he keeps asking and asking for me to draw him but I have little to no inspiration when it comes to him.

We were laying on the floor in his room, music playing in the background as I laid on my stomach in front of his fish tank, he was laying on his back with his head on the middle of mine. Both of us had our phones out and even though we were glued to them, it was peaceful. We had no problem with it because we both knew that each others presence was enough for the both of us. I took a selfie of both of us laying like that and upon looking it over, I was happy with my friendship with him and he was happy as it was as well so it was decided, after that Christmas eve night, that we would both JUST be friends and a month later, still the same, just friends.

He handed me his phone and I put mine down and took it. He told me to watch the video, it was of him back in the day when he use to dance at the cons. He didn't do it anymore but that was how I met him. I had no idea he would record himself dancing in various of other settings, let alone outside a convention. It was pretty badass, listening to the music over the footage of him just going at it. He looked so cool and that was my inspiration. I didn't tell him but I couldn't wait to get started on it.

When I left his place, before I went home, I stopped by my job and grabbed a poster board, the ones used for projects and such. I also grabbed a sharpie and colored pencils. I was so stoked to start on it when I got home. I walked out with my items and went home and cleared a spot on the dinning room table. It was bigger than my desk and just enough space to fit the poster board. I created his drawing just like a manga page, with three panels. I draw a line down the middle of the page and a tiny, rectangular box at the top of the page, right where the line started. It was perfect. The left panel was with his back turned forward. I had looked up one of his videos on YouTube and paused it at 3 different spots to where I thought would fit this page perfectly. The tiny box up at the top was a well drawn eye, the strands of his black wig fell in front of it so dramatically. The final panel, to the right of the poster board was the same pose as the one to the left of the page but was him facing forward. I drew two lines that curved around him so the people who looked at it would get the idea that he had turned around. I drew a chain linked fence behind him in the right panel with a ' NO TRESPASSING' sign behind him. I outlined his form with the black sharpie and colored in his shirt and hair with it as well. Skinny, white, lines all over his shirt made it look like wrinkles. with the color pencils I colored in his hands and skin and in the background behind the left panel i did music bars, some higher than others and colored them in. I followed the colors of the rainbow, going from red, all the way down to purple and left the rest of the background blank.

(This is a real piece of art, If you'd like to see how it came out let me know in a PM and I can link you a pic of it)

It took me a week to perfect it and finish it completely. The outcome was better than expected. I didn't totally fuck up on it and I got it right the first time without having to erase a bunch of times. The next time I went over I told him I had a surprise for him and when I got there, I let myself in, something I did a lot because I was over there so many times. I set it along the side by the door and took off my shoes before walking in. I didn't know he would have the guys over so I was a bit hesitant on showing right away. So I hid it by the door and walked into the kitchen area, where they were all hanging out at. The greeted me with hugs and such and Renji didn't waist any time.

"Where is it?" was his question as soon as we got the proper, 'hi's' and 'how are you' out the way. I blushed and looked away. I told him lets wait until they leave and of course, Shiba, didn't let that slide.

"Why do you have to wait? What is it?" He nagged at me. I didn't argue cause I knew I wasn't going to win so I gave up and went to go get the poster drawing and came back with it and set it on the table between the three guys.

"Whoa..." Hisagi mumbled.

"I want one!" Shiba called out. Renji loved it the most. He hugged me after complimenting it and kept looking at it. I was happy he liked it and appreciated it seeing as how hard I worked on it I was glad that it wasn't for nothing.

The rest of the night, I had to hear Shiba's mouth, 'When do I get one?'