Painting
The sun shines brightly in the sky, bathing everything under its rays.
The timid clouds that surround it, don't seem to dare to overshadow it, making the present day a perfect one to be outside enjoying the pleasant weather.
Maya smiles at the beauty of the colors in the sky, before she gazes down, her eyes travelling across the bright colors captured perfectly in Claudine's sketchbook.
Maya lets herself get lost into the warmth and calm that the painting conveys, and even though part of her envies the talent of her girlfriend, drawing as faithfully as possible the landscape before them, conveying perfectly the same feelings the nature and its beauty gives off, she can't help but be completely mesmerized by it, loving it.
Her smile widens as she gazes from the colorful painting to Claudine's hands, and she can't help but let a soft giggle escape her lips upon noticing the ink staining them.
Maya has always found this really cute.
She lets her gaze keep wandering up to her girlfriend's face, paying special attention to the way Claudine knits her brow in concentration, trying to capture the life in front of her with all detail.
Maya hears her mumbling something she can't quite catch before she observes Claudine's tongue timidly peaking out her lips, her teeth trapping it between them to then bite it slightly as her hand makes a sudden movement to trace an elegant line on her painting.
Maya's breath gets caught in her throat with the mere movement. She can't help but be completely in awe by the thoughtful woman in front of her, yet she can't help but knit her brow once again upon noticing the uncomfortable position in which Claudine is painting, hunched forward.
The brunette sighs and carefully moves away from her spot next to her girlfriend's side, trying not to break her concentration to stealthily position herself behind the focused ash-blonde, resting her back against the tree they're under.
Maya can't help but take a look at Claudine's painting, seeing how from that position, the painting looks even more realistic that it already looked, more breathtaking even...
Maya smiles and carefully wraps her arms around Claudine's waist, not wanting to scare her neither mess her painting, before she pulls Claudine towards her own body so the ash-blonde rests against her.
Claudine can't help but gasp startled by the sudden action.
- M-Maya?
- Shh, it's okay, just keep painting – Maya says softly, leaving a light kiss on the side of Claudine's neck, feeling the ash-blonde shivering at her gesture. Then, she rests her chin on her shoulder, enjoying the feeling of Claudine's body in her arms and against her own body.
- You say it like it's easy to paint with you hugging me – Claudine mumbles embarrassedly, a light blush tinting her cheeks while feigning to be bothered at her.
- Oh. I apologize ma Claudine, am I being a nuisance? – Maya asks her worried, slowly retreating her arms from around the half-French's waist.
Claudine sighs and shakes her head to then stop Maya from retreating her arms around her waist, placing one of her hands over Maya's forearm while her other hand keeps holding her sketchbook.
- No, don't worry.
Maya smiles widely and leaves a kiss on Claudine's shoulder, resting her head on it once again while she watches attentively how Claudine continues with her painting.
Claudine's soft humming and the light pleasant breeze running feels so relaxing and comfortable that Maya barely notices her eyes fluttering close, slowly falling asleep.
The sun is about to return to its hiding place when Claudine finally finishes her painting, admiring it with a proud smile on her face.
- What do you think of it? – she asks aloud only to meet silence.
Surprised upon the lack of any answer coming from her girlfriend, Claudine turns around to find Maya sleeping peacefully against her body, still hugging her tightly.
Claudine smiles tenderly at it, caressing her girlfriend's cheek softly before she notices the ink staining her hands.
She slowly moves her hands away to replace them with her lips, kissing Maya's cheeks fleetingly, to then kiss Maya sweetly on the lips.
She feels Maya smiling against her lips, her eyes slowly fluttering open to look at her with such an amount of tenderness in her them that Claudine feels overwhelmed for a second, having to look away to try to control her racing heart and the embarrassed blush creeping up to her cheeks.
Maya, upon seeing this, can't help but grin and cup her girlfriend's cheek to oblige her to look back at her before kissing her as sweetly as Claudine did seconds ago.
Claudine kisses her back before placing a hand on Maya's face to push her away.
- W-we should go back home! – she squeals a tone higher than she intended in embarrassment, while Maya just laughs carefree, loving to see her girlfriend like that.
Claudine takes her sketchbook and stands up, waiting for Maya to join her, intertwining their hands as soon as she feels Maya's hand in hers. Maya simply smiles, bringing their intertwining hands to her lips to kiss them.
- Je t'aime.
Claudine's blush grows even deeper before she murmurs a soft:
- Je t'aime aussi, stupide.
And between embarrassed blushes and carefree laughs, they go back home with the hiding sun witnessing their love, bathing them with the bright colors of the sky as if they were a beautiful painting itself.