Konoe Ryoka was still concentrating on the oil painting in front of her, but when Higashinoji tapped her on the shoulder, her whole body trembled subconsciously.

The brush in his hand was originally set to a dark color, but he was so frightened that he directly painted Higashinoji's eyes in the oil painting. The originally delicate and handsome Higashinoji in the oil painting suddenly had eyes marked with a black code.

Criminals' gone.

Screwed up!

Konoe Ryoka let out a whine, and without having time to turn around and talk to Higashinoji, she began to scrape off the paint bit by bit.

Fortunately, this stroke is very shallow, and the overlap of the oil painting is very strong. After scraping off the top layer, the eyes below came out again.

Konoe Ryoka was completely relieved and began to touch up the color seriously.

Her coloring movements are much smoother than before.

And I am obviously brave enough to write, unlike before where I have to think about the next stroke for a while. Although there are still many shortcomings visible to the naked eye.

But this is the level of ordinary high school students, so it is normal.

Originally, Tonoji wanted to ask her if she needed help, but after seeing her actions, he didn't interfere too much.

After all, in addition to the teacher's instruction, a considerable part of the time for painting needs to be pondered by oneself.

After about ten minutes, she repainted the color.

Looking at the scene of regaining a new life, Konoe Ryoka let out a breath, then put down the brush and turned to look at Higashinoji.

Those exceptionally clean and clear big eyes seemed to be full of emotions, and the happy expression was basically visible.

But when she spoke, she turned into a dry "Higashino-san".

"Yes." Higashinoji nodded, looked at Konoe Ryoka's oil painting again, and then smiled and praised: "You have made a lot of progress, Konoe-san."

Yes, this oil painting shows that Konoe Ryoka's painting skills have improved a lot, both in terms of quality and technique.

"Uh..." After hearing this, Konoe Ryoka stood up awkwardly, her trembling appearance seemed to be covering something behind her.

This abnormal behavior was immediately noticed by Higashinoji. He looked at Konoe Ryoka strangely, and then showed an incomprehensible expression: "Konoe-san, I can see it."

Yes, Higashinoji took advantage of his height and immediately saw what was placed behind Konoe Ryoka.

That canvas layered one above another.

Higashino just glanced at it roughly... there were about seven or eight pictures.

And they were all painted by him.

"Okay, Konoe-san." Higashinoji laughed: "You think of me as a model? Do you want to set a pose?"

He teased Konoe Ryoka, who was stunned for a long time. After being stunned for a long time, Konoe Ryoka shook her head vigorously.

I didn't know what she was thinking, but her fair face turned red.

Naturally, Higashinoji was not idle either. He picked up the oil paintings that Konoe Ryoka placed in the corner and took a look at them. Then he turned his head teasingly: "Konoe-san, I haven't noticed yet, but you're pretty cool."

Someone with a talent for abstract painting.”

This is not to blame Higashinoji, the most important thing is that Konoe Ryoka's painting... the way she painted herself is a bit too skeletal.

The proportions of my body are wrong in the first few pictures, and the coloring in the last few pictures is weird, like an abstract painting.

"No, no. I just... that... practiced a little bit."

Konoe Ryoka looked at the horrible paintings in Higashinoji's hands and did not dare to look up at Higashinoji's expression.

"Ah? Let's practice a little bit?"

There must be more than ten of them, right?

Higashinoji just felt that as these days passed, Konoe Ryoka's speaking skills seemed to have improved a lot, and this "slightly" use was very interesting.

"Then I also want to draw two pictures of Konoe-san 'a little bit'. Is that okay?"

"Why?"

Hearing Higashinoji's words, Konoe Ryoka opened her mouth wide and stretched out her hand: "I, I can't do it! I really can't do it!"

"I said you can, then you can. Okay! Stand still! Hold your head up and chest out! Don't look around!" Higashino held the pencil, took out the sketchbook, and deliberately made a serious face: "What's the answer?"

"Yes..." Konoe Ryoka subconsciously stood still according to Higashinoji's request.

"The voice is too low! I can't hear you! Are you still standing at attention?"

"Yes!" Konoe Ryoka hurriedly stood up and put her hands down, her big eyes full of confusion.

Where am I? Who am I?

Looking at her pursed lips and raised chest, as if she was in danger, Higashinoji also laughed: "You should be so energetic."

Then he held the pencil in one hand and the sketchbook in the other, facing Konoe Ryoka in front of him, and started drawing.

Relax your arms, hold the pencil on your wrist, and don't throw your arms away, so that the lines you draw will have charm...

If anyone else were to look at it, they would definitely think that Higashinoji painted very quickly, basically just looking up occasionally, and then lowering his head to continue painting.

This can be regarded as Higashinoji's style.

He handles the general tone and composition very quickly, but when it comes to details that require time, such as the eyes, eyebrow corners, and lips, he does not waste time and spends a lot of time carving them.

He painted like this for more than half an hour. During this period, he had already asked Konoe Ryoka to sit down. After all, it was not good to keep her in the same position.

When the painting was almost done, Touyoshi smiled and waved to her, gesturing for her to come over here.

Konoe Ryoka walked over with some confusion, until she was almost close to Higashinoji, when she was pulled to his side.

She exclaimed in a low voice - this was the first time she had been so close to someone...except her parents.

But her exclamation was quickly suppressed by Higashinoji's voice: "Konoe-san, look at this sketch."

Forehead...

Konoe Ryoka subconsciously looked at Higashinoji's sketchbook.

The paper surface remains as clean as ever, with almost no erasers used.

Both the proportions and the human body are just right, coupled with Higashino Tsukasa's very personal style of creation... the image of Konoe Ryoka in the picture is different from her own image.

But these are not the most important, the most important thing is...

"I didn't draw the eyes..." Konoe Ryoka subconsciously opened her mouth.

Yes, Higashinoji didn’t draw eyes on himself in this sketch...

"The eyes are very important in the painting." Higashinoji smiled and said, "Stand next to me and look carefully, and I will teach you how to draw."

"Oh...oh..." Konoe Ryoka nodded and moved closer obediently.

She is like this, she likes painting very much, and as soon as she heard the topic of painting, the matter of Higashino holding her back was forgotten.

"Come closer, what can you see if you stand there?" Higashino smiled and gestured for her to come closer.

"oh..."

"Come closer...don't be afraid, can I still eat you?"

"I, I understand." Konoe Ryoka lowered her body and got closer.

This time almost everyone was close.

Her face was right next to Higashinoji's face, her eyes looking down, intently looking at the sketchbook in his hand.

Higashino didn't continue to be pretentious, picked up a pencil and began to draw the eyes.

As mentioned before, the eyes are the most important part in sketching a person. How to see a person's emotional expression mainly depends on the eyes, followed by the movements.

His hands moved.

The longer line is the eyebrow, the shorter line is the eye, and then the brow arch, the subtle details in the eye, which requires attention to human anatomy and structural bone points.

But in Konoe Ryoka's eyes, Higashinoji's actions were just a few simple strokes...really simple.

But just these few relaxed and freehand strokes made the whole painting seem to come to life, and the whole picture was full of tension.

In the sketch, Konoe Ryoka purses her lips and smiles, looking quite happy, but her eyebrows are lowered, and her eyes seem to be a little dodge-a happy but shy emotion is revealed from the characters in the painting.

out.

It's really vivid.

"Look, if you do this first...and then do this again, won't the eyes be formed? Aren't they pretty? The eyes in the oil painting you just painted were lifeless, and you can't see any vitality from them."

Hey...? The oil painting just now...?

Konoe Ryoka only reacted after hearing this.

Could it be that... Higashinoji suddenly wanted to draw his own sketch after looking at the eyes he drew? Did he just want to teach himself?

Konoe Ryoka was stunned, but soon she heard Higashinoji's strange voice: "What's wrong? Konoe-kun, do you think it's ugly? Why don't you speak?"

"No, no! Very beautiful! The eyes drawn by Higashino-kun... are really beautiful!"

Konoe Ryoka reacted and answered.

But after listening to her answer, Higashinoji just smiled and waved his hands. He turned his head and looked at Konoe Ryoka's eyes: "It's not that I draw well, it's that Konoe-san's eyes are inherently beautiful, so you are a little bit

Be more confident and hold your head high."

This was also the biggest reason why Tonoji asked her to stand at attention, raise her head and hold her chest out.

It is obvious that he is not hunchbacked but his head is always lowered. No matter how beautiful his face is, it cannot save him.

"...Besides...Konoe-kun, are you too close?"

Higashinoji could even feel the hot breath of Konoe Ryoka's breath, so he laughed and teased: "Konoe-san is really not afraid that I will eat you."

Why?

Konoe Ryoka was a little stunned when she heard it, but she was actually very happy when Higashinoji praised her eyes.

But when I heard Higashinoji say this, I fully realized - it was indeed so close!

As long as her face moves forward a little further, it will come into close contact with Higashinoji's face.

Konoe Ryoka's body quickly leaned back, and then she stopped.

Recalling that she was so close to Higashino just now...she felt her head was spinning.

Seeing her like this, Higashinoji also laughed twice: "I am a relatively harmless person. Konoe-san, you can get so close to me, but you can't do this to other boys. They might kidnap you."

Let’s go. After all, you are good-looking and have a good-looking figure...well...well, it’s pretty good.”

Higashinoji originally wanted to say, 'She has a good figure,' but after his eyes circled around her body, he changed his mind.

"Abducted?" Konoe Ryoka raised her head.

At first she didn't quite understand what 'abducted' meant.

But Japan's sex education has always been excellent, so she suddenly thought of something, her face turned red and she didn't dare to speak.

Kidnapped...?

She looked at Higashinoji, and for the first time she wanted to ask him if he also wanted to abduct her.

As soon as this idea came up, Konoe Ryoka was shocked and suppressed it.

What on earth am I thinking about?

My head started to feel dizzy again.

But before she could finish thinking about it, Higashinoji over there had already taken the initiative to say: "I'll give this sketch to Konoe-san..."

"Hey? Why is this so embarrassing?" Konoe Ryoka shied away embarrassedly, but Higashinoji quickly smiled: "If you're embarrassed, how about using Konoe-san's oil painting in exchange for it? How about that?"

Although you are the one who suffers."

"ah...?"

But that oil painting was originally painted and given to you...

Konoe Ryoka wanted to answer Higashinoji like this.

Yes, her painting was originally intended to be given to Higashinoji... so she practiced it many times.

But now Higashinoji is talking about exchange...

Seeing Higashinoji smiling, Konoe Ryoka suddenly understood something.

Higashinoji probably knew as soon as he came in that the oil painting he painted was going to be given to him...

That's why I started sketching suddenly... I taught myself how to draw eyes, and then suddenly offered to exchange...

Konoe Ryoka's heart trembled, and she was inexplicably moved.

To be honest, this is the first time she has received a gift from a friend of the opposite sex.

To be precise...this is the first time a boy is willing to go through such roundabout ways to do something for her.

Konoe Ryoka clenched her fists slightly, then nodded gently and bowed deeply: "Well... thank you, Higashino-kun, I, I will definitely cherish it.

"

"It's just a sketch." Higashinoji smiled: "Why is it so formal?"

"I want it." Konoe Ryoka said seriously, holding the oil painting in her hands (the paint was not yet dry).

Seeing her look like this, Higashino didn't say much and exchanged the sketchbook with her.

Looking at herself vividly above...Konoe Ryoka was very happy, but not too excited.

She just looked at the sketch quietly and smiled softly.

After taking the oil painting from Konoe Ryoka, Tonoji put it aside.

The paint on this is not dry yet, let it dry in the studio first before doing any preservation measures.

After doing this, Higashinoji sat down and chatted with Konoe Ryoka.

He is very talkative, so even if Konoe Ryoka cannot pick up the conversation sometimes, he can still humorously bring up some topics that Konoe Ryoka can easily pick up.

The two of them chatted like this until Madoka Fukushima and the others came to the studio and saw Higashinoji and Ryoka Konoe chatting enthusiastically, so they also joined the chat group.

It has to be said that Higashinoji does have the talent to lead others astray, and it is really fun to tease these girls, so they all responded with a smile.

Another twenty minutes passed, and the person Higashinoji was waiting for finally arrived in the studio.

"Teacher Okano." As soon as he saw Ryoko Okano coming over, Tonoji's eyes lit up and he stood up.
Chapter completed!