You took every chance you could to admire Carmen's drawings, he'd never accept the praise but you still gave it anyway just to see his bashful smile.

You wondered how the colours would look on skin, specific yours. The quality of the illustrations would serve as inspiration for something you had in mind, a tattoo.

Carmen caught you one day, flipping through his drawings, admiring the colours and shapes that do effortlessly captured dishes he was inspired to create.

"Whatcha lookin' at them for?" he asked, making you jump.