08-12-2014, 10:59 AM
Lucas put the finishing touches on Nika's tattoo. "Alright Nika, I'm finished."
She turned her head and tried to look at it. He saw that there were dried tears in her eyes. He didn't think it was just from the pain of the needle. He saw pleasure and pride in her eyes. He smiled at her as he rubbed on the tattoo the anti-bacterial ointment and then sprayed it with a synthetic dressing to protect. She would get her own bottle of both so that she could repeat the process at home over the next few days.
He stood up, stretching. He'd been in the same position for an hour. Nika tried to stand up to go to the mirror and was a bit weak so he took her arm and helped her up and then took her. The look on her face was why he did this. She had sewed a memory into her flesh, had let him be part of that memory, the lengths to which a father would go for his daughter. It was a beautiful thing and he was honored.
He was smiling when she turned around and hugged him tightly. He held her for as long as she needed, though his eyes did note the new girl in the store. She knew Sergei, which wasn't surprising. The man was a brilliant artist. He had brought customers when he came to work with Lucas. And of course, the girls liked him for other reasons too. He was a good guy. The girl seemed to know Aria too. Small world.
Nika let go and said a few more words of gratitude to him. She was proud and couldn't wait to get home to show her dad. Lucas was happy.
After she left he walked to Aria and the other girl. He touched her shoulder . "Hi Aria."
Aria could feel Lucas walking up behind her, she couldn't help but smile. It was probably a good thing she knew he was coming, his hand on her shoulder brightened her smile. Aria looked over her shoulder at him. "Hi."
She wanted to lean back into him but there were too many people around.
She looked at him and smiled. It made him glad to see it. He'd had to get to class early, so they hadn't really talked too much this morning though she had said she liked his design and would be in for him to start.
He looked at the girl she was talking to. She was pretty and there was an easy and relaxed manner to her. "Hi, I'm Lucas,"
he said, holding out his hand. "So Sergei pulled in another one of his old clients, huh?"
He winked at her. "Or is it girlfriends?
he said playfully, shooting his voice to Sergei. He lowered his voice to whisper loudly. "He's a notorious flirt."
He smiled at Aria so that she knew that this was normal shop banter.
Sergei put his head up from his art and shot back laughingly, "Hah! Lucas you are so one to talk."
He laughed again and said. "Ever notice how many girls who come in here for work get the nice long hugs?"
His voice dropped to a parody of saddened femininity. "Lucas, I need a tattoo of my kitty that just died."
His voice then deepened into a mockingly comforting manly voice. "Come here babe. It's all good."
All the while he was trying not to laugh. Unsuccessfully.
Lucas laughed. He loved his shop and the people he met. "HEY! You're giving away my secrets man! What about the bro-code!"
Sergei really was his brother, though. An older brother who helped him out and gave him advice when he needed it. Lucas was happy.
Edited by Lucas, Aug 12 2014, 11:01 AM.
She turned her head and tried to look at it. He saw that there were dried tears in her eyes. He didn't think it was just from the pain of the needle. He saw pleasure and pride in her eyes. He smiled at her as he rubbed on the tattoo the anti-bacterial ointment and then sprayed it with a synthetic dressing to protect. She would get her own bottle of both so that she could repeat the process at home over the next few days.
He stood up, stretching. He'd been in the same position for an hour. Nika tried to stand up to go to the mirror and was a bit weak so he took her arm and helped her up and then took her. The look on her face was why he did this. She had sewed a memory into her flesh, had let him be part of that memory, the lengths to which a father would go for his daughter. It was a beautiful thing and he was honored.
He was smiling when she turned around and hugged him tightly. He held her for as long as she needed, though his eyes did note the new girl in the store. She knew Sergei, which wasn't surprising. The man was a brilliant artist. He had brought customers when he came to work with Lucas. And of course, the girls liked him for other reasons too. He was a good guy. The girl seemed to know Aria too. Small world.
Nika let go and said a few more words of gratitude to him. She was proud and couldn't wait to get home to show her dad. Lucas was happy.
After she left he walked to Aria and the other girl. He touched her shoulder . "Hi Aria."
Aria could feel Lucas walking up behind her, she couldn't help but smile. It was probably a good thing she knew he was coming, his hand on her shoulder brightened her smile. Aria looked over her shoulder at him. "Hi."
She wanted to lean back into him but there were too many people around.
She looked at him and smiled. It made him glad to see it. He'd had to get to class early, so they hadn't really talked too much this morning though she had said she liked his design and would be in for him to start.
He looked at the girl she was talking to. She was pretty and there was an easy and relaxed manner to her. "Hi, I'm Lucas,"
he said, holding out his hand. "So Sergei pulled in another one of his old clients, huh?"
He winked at her. "Or is it girlfriends?
he said playfully, shooting his voice to Sergei. He lowered his voice to whisper loudly. "He's a notorious flirt."
He smiled at Aria so that she knew that this was normal shop banter.
Sergei put his head up from his art and shot back laughingly, "Hah! Lucas you are so one to talk."
He laughed again and said. "Ever notice how many girls who come in here for work get the nice long hugs?"
His voice dropped to a parody of saddened femininity. "Lucas, I need a tattoo of my kitty that just died."
His voice then deepened into a mockingly comforting manly voice. "Come here babe. It's all good."
All the while he was trying not to laugh. Unsuccessfully.
Lucas laughed. He loved his shop and the people he met. "HEY! You're giving away my secrets man! What about the bro-code!"
Sergei really was his brother, though. An older brother who helped him out and gave him advice when he needed it. Lucas was happy.
Edited by Lucas, Aug 12 2014, 11:01 AM.