Ok, so I’ve had this idea for the longest time in my head, please if someone likes it, just write it. On the meanwhile I’ll just make bulletpoints or something....
So with the whole Triplet! Mendes AU, I never knew if Shawn was the right guy for this, but our softie Raul is 100% perfect for this;
Of course we know he’s an artist, he grew up in a very creative home
Shawn has music, Peter had photography, he had paintings and drawings
He was always doodling on the sides of his notebooks and random papers he found at home
It wasn’t until his 15th birthday his dad bought him a set of drawing pencils
He started watching tutorials on YouTube, but he never liked them
So he just tried drawing everything that was around him
Now he’s 20, and even though it’s not the only thing he does, it’s still one of his favorite hobbies
Right now, he’s on a “drawing people’s faces” phase
He drew faces all the time, his family, people he knew, friends and even strangers
One day, as he worked on a café, he saw the prettiest girl ever
there was something about her that had Raul captivated
She ordered some weird beverage and he smiled at her, she was gentle and kind, and had a pretty smile
Like super pretty smile
Raul only had her first name, because he asked for it to write it on her cup of coffee. But he wasn’t brave enough to write his number on it, or even a cute little heart beside her name
Even though he was tempted to do it
He couldn’t get the image of her out of his mind all day
So when he arrived home, the first thing he did, was draw her
First it was just a quick drawing, not so much detail, a few shades. He was done with it after 10 minutes
But he needed to draw more, so he did
Eventually as the image of her was starting to fade out of his mind and finally was sticking to the paper, he tried adding colors
He was sure every color was right, her hair, her skin, her eyes, the little earrings she was wearing, but he couldn’t figure out the exact color of her lips
He tried multiple times with different shades of red and pink, but it was never THE color
He even went to Aaliyahs room, and checked a few lipsticks, just to see if he could find a closer shade
No color he chose looked as good on her face as the one she was actually wearing
He was getting frustrated, he was a perfectionist and he couldn’t stand the idea of painting her lips a different color, it just didn’t seem right
So now, all his drawings of her were missing her lips
He went to work the next day hoping she would come in and order coffee again
But she didn’t
A few days went by and he was still drawing her everywhere, of course without painting her lips
His brothers noticed, but decided not to ask too much about it since he said he didn’t know the girl, and Raul drew strangers all the time
She went to the café again, two weeks later
Nervous wasn’t enough to describe how he felt
Finally, he took her order, the same as last time
He gathered enough courage to ask her, it was driving him crazy
As he gave the girl her coffee (with her name written on it with a heart at the side) he said “I know this is weird, but do you happen to know the shade of your lipstick?”
She just answered with a simple no and a puzzled look, feeling a bit uncomfortable
When he noticed he might’ve make her uncomfortable, he quickly apologized and moved on with the next customer
This time, she stayed on the café and drank her coffee
She couldn’t stop looking at Raul tho (knew his name because she looked at his tag)
She thought it was really weird how he just asked that
Who asks the color of your lipstick?
Of course she didn’t know it, though. Just bought the first lipstick she liked and wore it ever since
It wasn’t until she saw the heart on the side of her name that she knew exactly what to do
She grabbed a napkin, folded it and gently planted her lips on it. It looked just like her lips, with the exact color of her lipstick on it.
Written on the side of the napkin a little note “sorry I don’t know the name of the color, I hope this helps” and her name
She gave it to a worker and asked if he could give it to Raul
She ran out of the café before she could see his reaction
Raul took the napkin confused, but a silly grin appeared on his face after he realized what it was
That night he couldn’t sleep, he was trying to color all the drawings he had of her
After that he just couldn’t stop thinking about her. About wanting to meet her
Maybe next time he’ll actually have the guts to give her his number
