hey hey hey! i made a lil something....that I couldn't finish unfortunately.
Shinobu hated surprises.
She didn't like anything that wasn't planned or carefully thought out. She lived by a routine. Wake up, get ready, work, get ready, go home. It relaxes her. The steady and rhythmic routine she has developed ever since she finished med school and landed a job at the local hospital in their town made her function like a proper human being. So when Kanae had asked her to get into the car for a small run to the grocery store, she hadn't thought much about it. She should have remembered they just had done grocery the other week.
"You could at least try to be interested."
Shinobu have her sister a glare as people passed by, chatting and murmuring to themselves, in the busy exhibit. What was supposed to be a quick trip to the grocery store suddenly turned to a spontaneous trip to the art exhibit that she had not plan to go to.
"You could at least ask your sister on what she wants before diving into a random art exhibit on her day off," she snapped, no real bite into it. Kanae just chuckled and waved her hand, "Relax, Shinobu. Your veins are already showing and while it makes you look cute, I doubt that passes as art."
"Damn you."
"Tsk, tsk," Kanae wiggled a finger, "Language."
Seeing as they were already there they decided to explore for a bit and go home after. Kanae had squealed and ran over to a group of people huddling infront of a young boy who had an interesting scar on his forehead. He was accompanied to whom he introduced as his sister as they happily answered the viewers question. Shinobu wasn't that interested although she admits their art piece wasn't too bad. A sort of lily from what she could make out. Now that she looked around carefully, the exhibit's theme seemed to center around flowers.
There was another painter's artwork that looked to be inspired by forget me nots, another was a landscape featuring water lilies. There was even one that had a small white snake slithering on a branch.
She stopped to look closer at one piece of artwork that didn't seem to have much of a crowd.
Wisteria flowers.
It was a landscape of a garden with Wisteria trees and a figure was situated stranding next to it, her hand reaching out as if to catch one. The woman, after closer inspection, looked similar to...her? Her eyebrows furrowed. They had similarities for sure. Short, black hair with purple dyed tips except this woman was wearing a traditional kimono and had on a butterfly patterned cape around her.
A squeak from behind her snapped her from her thoughts.
"O-oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to disturb you!"
Pretty.
The woman's eyes widened as her blush intensified which made Shinobu's eyes widen. Did she say that outloud?
"The painting! Yes, uhm, the painting is p-pretty?" The woman spoke, her eyes looking at anywhere but Shinobu.
She felt her own self blush at the cuteness infront of her. She smiled, putting on her usual confidence she reserved for work, "Yes. The painting is pretty." And so are you, she added silently.
The woman beamed at her and Shinobu wondered if the sun had suddenly disappeared and came to her in the form of this woman. She held out her hand, "I'm Shinobu Kochou. And you are?"
"Mitsuri Kanroji!" The woman, Mitsuri, replied cheerfully as she shook her hand gently.
Mitsuri Kanroji. Even her name was pretty.
"So, you like this artwork too?" She glanced at the different crowds and didn't see her sister. She must've moved to a different piece.
"Oh," she gave a shy smile, "T-that's actually my piece."
yeah....I don't know where to go from there 🥹
Wait aaah this is such a cute concept 😭💖
Oh oh maybe they could continue talking a bit about the piece? Like Shinobu could ask Mitsuri what inspired her to paint it and that could lead to her asking who the woman in the painting is? Mitsuri would give her explanation and come to realise that the woman she painted and Shinobu look surprisingly similar or something!
Mitsuri could maybe even ask if Shinobu would be willing to pose for a painting/her next piece even and they could exchange numbers! (Inserting my HCs directly into this now lol)
I’m not much of a writer myself but just throwing some lil ideas out there 🫶
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