“Actually I just thought of butterflies as your symbol..because they don’t realize what beautiful wings they have though others can see it,” she whispered in answer before moving to the paint and answering with much more confidence.
“But yes~ Two butterflies together to symbolize us?” Using the outside part of the canvas for a rought draft of what she wanted to paint, she began to make one that represented her in shades of brown and grey – the way she saw herself as plain and rather unattractive.
Though she tilted her head since her lack of painting skills made it look like some twisted fairy with antennas.
He bit his lip as she said those sweet words. True, it was part of the reason he’d wanted to get a butterfly tattoo in the first place, but hearing his beloved say it made it that much more special. He wanted to kiss her, but as messy as the two of them were, that might spoil things.
“Mm, not bad,” he said softly, watching her practice. “But I don’t think those are the right colors. Here.” He picked up a paper bowl, and squirted in some brown, yellow, and a hint of pink. With his finger, he blended the colors into a soft, warm light brown that was almost the exact color of Katelynn’s hair.
“This should be the base color.” He drew a few streaks on. “And this,” he added some peach, and a few lines of soft blue, “should add to it.”
She blushed as he managed to create something beautiful out of her mess but then again he had the magic fingers that guided a brush. “You’re really amazing love. My side is going to look silly compared to yours,” she giggled in embarrassment as she tried copying what he did.
“But at least I can take pictures of how you look right now all smeared up~” she finished, tone light and teasing again.
“I’d like that,” he said, beaming at the thought. “We can each put our talents to use. And it would be wonderful if we could get some photos of this saved for the future."
Jack picked up the bowl of paint, then paused. "What if, instead of painting our own butterfly, we paint each other’s? We can show how we see the other."
Jack Maple 