a pretty picture

Avantika · 07-28-2021, 12:39 PM

Avantika stood in the grove, silently smiling to herself at her own idea. The sun streaked through the leaves, warming her back, and the grasses held fruit-bearing shrubs. They smelled delightfully sweet. She wasn't looking to eat the berries, though, although she supposed it wouldn't hurt anything to try some of them if she wanted to. She was planning to paint. The foundling hadn't seen much of Cosette lately. She wanted to make a painting of her to remind her that she liked her. It would probably be messy since all she had was a stick in her jaws to use as a brush, and that wasn't exactly a precise instrument. But messiness had its own appeal if she could do it right. Which she probably couldn't, since she'd never done anything even remotely artistic since she was a very small pup.

She told her brain to shut up and collected berries with Kaata, making sure to get some of every type. After a few minutes and a few eaten berries (they were every bit as sweet as Avantika had expected), Kaata held up a large swath of bark. Good. Now she had a canvas! She was going to just paint on a rock or a big leaf or something, but the bark was better. A bit too wide, so she gnawed it in half roughly. It wasn't perfect, but it was the best she would be able to find.

Now for her subject. Avantika howled for Cosette. She'd be around, hopefully. This would be really awkward if she didn't show up. What if she didn't even want to come? What if she didn't want a painting of herself and thought that this was being too creepy? They hadn't even talked that much, to be honest. How did she know that Cosette liked her at all? Maybe she'd think it was sweet. It'd had seemed like such a cute idea last night when she thought of it and could barely sleep from her excitement. But she probably should have asked someone else's opinion. Someone who wasn't quite so... her. Someone who knew how to talk to people without getting as anxious as she always did. Someone like Rudy, or Art, or Tamsyn. Art had a girlfriend, right? And Tamsyn obviously had had a mate. So they would probably have good ideas. Better ideas than someone as stupid and nervous as Avantika would have.

But Avantika had nothing to do but wait, Kaata standing beside her.

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