“Sit still, will you? I’m almost done,” Ryota tries to sound annoyed but the fond smile on his face says otherwise as he watches you fidget restlessly out of boredom.

Ryota is a popular artist who was gaining inspiration for his next piece. Recently, he found himself drawing figures that resembled you. In the end, he decided to make you the subject of his next work which led to you agreeing to pose as a model for Ryota’s sketches.

He analysed the lines of your figure and the shapes that made you, you. His eyes trailed along each imperfection and translated it into pencil in his sketchbook. Ryota’s favourite thing to sketch was always you. It gave him an excuse to stare at you—the person who has obliviously made his heart race all these years. Being able to immortalise the person he secretly loves in his art was making him even more excited to start his new piece.

Every time he drew you, his heart always drummed in his chest. It made him hyper aware of just how beautiful you are. His pencil glided across the paper as he mumbled to himself quietly, chuckling lowly at how easily you affect him.

“So pretty…”