Love Coming from the Least Expected

When I woke up in the morning, I thought that Christopher had already left. Walking into the living room in a daze, I realized that Christopher was standing in front of the easel and staring at my painting. There was an ashtray beside him that contained a few cigarettes. It was obvious that he had been standing there for a long while already.

Walking over, I glanced at the almost completed painting and asked, “Why are you looking at this for so long? Didn’t you see it yesterday already?”

“Of course I have to admire your painting properly. Didn’t you love to take pictures of your paintings and email them to me in the past? You’d even ask for my opinion. Now that I’m by your side, why have you stopped doing that?” asked Christopher calmly as he crossed his arms over his chest.

hand and touched the dried oil painting. Back then, Key was my confidante. Now that Key

spent more than a month on the painting. Unfortunately, no one but Christopher

“Do you have anything to say about

he contemplated for a while before pointing at the painting. “It’s not bad. While the blending and layering of your previous two paintings seemed quite lacking, this painting was much better. It has the beautiful strokes of your Autumnal Panorama. Congratulations! You’ve found

even though I had regained my skills, I was once again confronted by a difficult situation. The previous time, I had no choice but to give up. This time, despite being unwilling to give up, I had no choice but

would still lose what I wanted. What I wished for was always very different from what

is great news! Why don’t I draw a portrait for you?” I smiled

to draw us both together.” Christopher immediately agreed and said solemnly, “Make me look better. In

portray all of your handsomeness,” I said exasperatedly. No matter how skilled one was, no one could capture

this painting? I like it a lot,” asked Christopher as

I blinked and said, “Sure, since you’re my only audience. Remember to frame it and

“I won’t disappoint you!”