when rue smeared the paint on his cheek, his face SCRUNCHED her way. “y’know— from afar this kinda looks like a lawsuit.” the boy joked, leaning his head back down onto the grass. he didn’t bother making any effort to rub it off though, both because he’s too lazy AND he knows it’ll just get all over his hands— then he’ll forget about it and before he knows it, it’d be all over his clothes. snapping himself out of his thoughts, zeke tilts his head to listen to rue more intently. “gotcha. i mean props to you for using your resources. finger painting also kinda gets you back to your roots, right? better than drawing on the walls.” cue another laugh from him, his eyes never leaving the open sky, a few hand gestures here and there. “ahh me in my natural form.. can’t wait to see it plastered in various museums. BUT FIRST, before i forget, i gotta do this.” he leaned his torso up, his thumb dippinng into one of the colors and bringing the coated finger up to her forehead to smear it a tad. “simbaaa..” he drawled out, mimicking the children’s movie. “ok sorry i’ve just always wanted to do that.. you may PROCEED.”
she feels the consistency on his fingers and freezes for a second, her mouth the shape of an ‘o’. grabbing the rag to left of her, she wipes it off her forehead with a roll of her eyes. rue can’t help but grin to herself, snickering quietly, amused by everything that is and has always been zeke. “i can’t believe you.” she says with the toss of the rag at him. her eyes dive down to his portrait, trying not to stray from the importance of at least trying this, trying to make it work. “i don’t know, it’s like... i’m not good at anything. i don’t love anything.” she can’t help but overly stretch the word. “not like...” she bites down on her lip in thought. she doesn’t know what she was gonna say. drugs, the euphoria, jules. she remembers the choir rattling her system, the feeling of the world turning on it’s own head. even now, she could hear the music calling to her. rue shuts her eyes for a moment, as if she can’t bring herself to make a definitive statement. opening them, remaking busy work with her hands, her fingers glide in one smooth arch across the canvas before she lifts it up to show him. “this is your unibrow, you know.”