forum That's why, I love fall // OxO // OPEN

Started October 04, 2022 by @EtherealDreamer

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Leah nodded, while smiling.
"So, how's school for you?" She asked. "Wait, are you going to school?"

She slapped a hand to her forehead. "I don't even know, I'm sorry, I never even asked."

Violet laughed.
"No, your fine. I'm not going to school. I went for the career path." She said with little jazz hands. "I'm apprenticing at the tattoo shop just off main street."

Leah clapped.
"Can you get me a discount?" She asked, seriously. "I want a jellfish tatto on my arm and I think you'd be the perfect person to do it."

"A jellyfish?" Violet asked in disbelief. "I mean, yes I can, but why would you want a jellyfish?"

"They're beautiful." Leah stated and smiled. "I want one done in black with the slightest hint of gold."

"True." Violet said thinking. "I guess I could do it, or at least i could try. Where are you thinking you want it?"

"On my upper forearm." Leah told her, pointing. "WIth a small amount of the end tentacle things below the inside of my elbow."

"I guess i could do that." Violet said slowly. Then she pulled a pen out of her pocket and held it up. "May I?" she asked motioning to Leah's arm. "Just a rough sketch is all."

Leah smiled.
"Sure." She said and stuck her arm out towards Violet.

Violet smiled and rolled up her sleeve. She clicked the pen and began to draw, the ink gliding smoothly across Leah's skin.
"Do you want anything in the background?" she asked after a while of drawing. She blew on the picture to help the ink dry faster.

Leah shook her head.
"No," she said softly "just the jellyfish."

"KK." Violet said and made some final touch ups to it before putting her pen away. "How does it look?" she asked uncertaly.

Leah took almost a whole minute looking at it.
"I like it." She said, honestly "it's really good."

Violet blushed.
"Um, it's really only a sketch." She said uncertainty. "If you don't like it you don't have to lie to same my feelings."

"No," Leah said honestly. "I really do like it."

"Realy?" Violet asked looking at it. She wasn't sure that it was the best she could have done. "It's just a rough sketch. the final one will be much better."

Leah nodded and smiled and pulled her long sleeve of her beige sweater down.
"I think I'll get it soon."

"Does it work?" Violet asked slowly. "If you were to give me a day maybe I could make it better, add some depth." She traced a few of the jellyfish stings with her finger.

Leah nodded and smiled politely.
"Yeah," she said. "Take all the time you need, I trust your instinct.

Violet nodded. She was already planing how she would make it better. "Does your mom care that you're getting a tattoo?" she asked

Leah shook her head and smiled.
My mom has like the tattoo's herself." She explained. "So she's actually excited, since this is my first one."

"Realy?" Violet said with a smile.
"I didn't know that."

Leah nodded "mhm".

"She's more excited than I am, actually." She stated. "The whole needle part is the part that gets me, every time I think about it." She said, laughing nervously.

"It's not as bad as it sounds." Violet said looking at Leah. "It's really not a big needle and it only hurts near the joints."

Leah nodded and smiled.
"Good thing I'm getting it on my arm, huh?" She said and elbowed Violet playfully.