Chapter 27: First Club Meeting
Leo had just finished explaining the full story of why Kellian is with Ein to Ryder.
"...K?" Ryder was still indifferent.
"You still don't believe her, do you?" Leo asked.
"Obviously not. Why didn't she tell Carly herself?" Ryder questioned.
"... I don't know." Leo didn't know the answer.
"You trust her too much," Ryder stated.
"But the Carly incident!" Leo recalled evidence that Kellian still cared.
"Could have been a setup." Ryder turned to leave.
"Where are you even going?" Leo asked.
"Away," Ryder replied, casually walking away.
"Ryder!" Leo yelled but Ryder ignored him and left.
Meanwhile.
Mint started sketching her and explained step by step what she was doing. After Mint finished her explanation people started arriving. Among the people who arrived Kellian noticed a familiar face. It was obviously him. It couldn't be anyone else...
Those eyes... Those cold, icy blue eyes... They only belong to one person... Those eyes unmistakably belong to Ryder Rhodes. It was Ryder.
She immediately hid behind her hair and tried her best to avoid his gaze.
"Hello everyone! We got a new member so we have to do our introduction ritual!!!" Mint said cheerfully.
"No." Ryder frowned in disgust.
"What?" Mint frowned.
"Are you serious? It's dumb." Ryder scoffed then turned his attention to Kellian. 'There's no way that's Blueberry. It looks like her but it can't be. No way.' He reassured himself that the girl in front of him was to Kellian.
'I can feel eyes on me... I wonder if he's the one looking at me... Does he know?' Kellian began to panic.
Ryder refused to take part in the introduction ritual and was just on his phone. Noticing he was only paying attention to his phone Kellian decided to pay attention to the introduction ritual.
The members sang a cute song where they all sang their names and some things about them on Rhythm.
The club had five people in total, six if you include Kellian. There were 4 girls Mint, Talia, Aisha and Sash.
Mint loves art with all her heart and enjoys making friends.
Talia had warm light brown skin similar to Kellian's and was around 5'4 (165cm) tall and was much curvier compared to everyone else in the room. She had purple hair and eyes. Her hair was straight, shoulder-length and a darker shade of purple. Her eyes seem to be glowing a shade of lavender. Her eyes were very interesting to look at and they almost seemed bewitching. She likes the colour purple and is very interesting in books and magic.
Aisha was slightly darker than Talia and was about 4'9 (149cm) tall. She was the shortest person in the group. She had short black hair and red eyes. She gave off a dangerous aura. She likes video games, anime, books, shipping, violence and art.
Finally, we have Sash. Sash had a beautiful dark skin tone and was 5'5 (168cm) tall. She was very confident and self-assured. She had short curly dark brown hair and eyes. She likes books, her body, shipping, gossip, drinking water and never going to the bathroom alone.
"Now it's your turn. Tell everyone your name and something about you!" Mint smiled cheerfully.
Kellian tried to answer quietly so Ryder couldn't hear.
"Come on speak loud and proud!!!" Mint yelled.
"My name is Kellian Heart and I really like drawing," Kellian said awkwardly.
Ryder stared at her in shock. Kellian nervously looked over in his direction and saw his expression. He then quickly looked away and ignored her. 'How the hell did she find me? Not even Dexter knows where this club is! Or maybe this is just a coincidence and she didn't know I'd be here? Either way, I need to calm down and keep my emotions in check.'
"Okay, now that we've done that let's do the fun part! Drawing!!! Who's modelling first? Since Kellian is new she goes last." Mint said excitedly.
"What?" Ryder seemed offended.
"You got a problem, Ry?" Mint asked.
"I go last," Ryder stated.
"You can go right before her." Mint smiled.
"What kind of logic is that!?" Ryder yelled.
"You wanted to be treated normally here, right? You even signed the contract. That means that I am the leader right now. So shut it you spoiled brat and do what I say." Mint smirked.
"Whatever." Ryder pouted.
Everyone has had a turn modelling except for Ryder and Kellian. She panicked and didn't get to drawing anything at the beginning. If she did draw anything it was just squiggles. She then slowly got used to the time limit and began to draw more and more. She was still unable to completely draw the full person to her standards.
"Kellian, since you're new I'll explain. Ryder is basically a pro model. We've seen him do it a bunch of times now but we still get shocked by his beauty." Sash explained.
"Sash... Sigh. Ryder's basically a pro model so he can hold his poses longer but it wouldn't be croquis if there wasn't a challenge so he does multiple poses. Today he planned three poses. He will hold each pose for five minutes and I want you to try and draw all three okay?" Mint corrected.
"Okay," Kellian replied.
Ryder took his chair and went up to the front where everyone modelled. He placed the chair facing him and sat facing us. He took off his leather jacket and draped it lazily over his shoulders. He then rested his arms on the back of the chair. His right hand was not visible as the chair's back blocked it. His left hand however rested on his right arm while holding a pencil with two fingers.
He looked forward at everyone while wearing a smug smirk. Everyone was staring at him. It was like he had transformed. His usual aloofness was gone and he was now fully engrossed in his character.
But it was at that moment Kellian remembered how truly beautiful Ryder was. The way his long silky black hair framed his face and rested on his shoulders. The way his icy blue eyes reflected the lights in the room.
In the next second, he returned to normal. He didn't move an inch but his aura had completely changed. "Are you going to draw?" He asked in his usually aloof tone.
'How does one complete switch their aura in a matter of seconds? He would probably be a good actor.' Kellian commented to herself.
"Right. Five minutes on the clock let's draw." Mint stated after setting the timer again.
Ryder's aura had switched back to the character he was modelling. Kellian decided to try her best and draw this pose, 'I have to do my best on these drawings. No. I need to. I'll do my best on these last few so I don't get kicked out!'
Ryder did two more poses. Kellian finished all three drawings although she didn't like them. And then it was her turn to pose.
Kellian didn't know how to pose and just did a random pose. She looked very stiff and awkward. Ryder seeing this decided he wanted to bully her a bit.
He started laughing.
"Ry... are you... laughing???" Mint asked shocked.
"I mean look at her! What pose is that supposed to be? A constipated blueberry?" Ryder asked.
Kellian was angry and was about to stomp over and hit him on the heat when Mint yelled. "Wait stop! Don't move!"
Kellian froze in place.
"This pose is perfect! It speaks to my soul!!!" She exclaimed in a French accent.
"How exactly?" Ryder asked confused.
"It's a look that says I'm ready to beat some jerk's ass. And this pose is all thanks to you!" Mint smiled.
"... I'm a jerk?" Ryder asked staring at her.
"A-anyway, let's move on. We can't let Kelly hold it for too long!" Mint said setting the timer.
After 3 minutes Mint told Kellian to come down.
"I don't want to put too much stress on you on your first day so one pose is enough." Mint smiled.
They all went and sat around a large table in the back of the room. On her way to her seat, Kellian saw Ryder shove a piece of paper down his shirt, 'Weirdo.'
"Hand me your books." Mint took everyone's sketchbooks and examined the drawings.
After she examined the drawings in a sketchbook and made her comments she placed the book in the middle of the table for everyone to see and comment. Everyone got complimented and told what was wrong with their drawings.
Then it was Kellian's turn.
"Guys look how good these are for her first try! She didn't draw some though but it's still very good! You can really see her progress as she got more comfortable! So beautiful! So amazing!!!!" Mint squealed.
"She got used to the time limit really quickly!" Talia said proudly.
"Yeah, I panicked and was only able to draw the eyes the first time." Sash stated.
"And drawing everything felt like it would take too long so I drew everything really small," Aisha added.
"Totally! My lines were all too dark." Talia agreed.
"Are blind!? She spent all her time on useless details and neglected finishing the rest of the drawing, her lines are weak and the page to drawing ratio is still too much. Also, it's so obvious she's not used to drawing without using an eraser." Ryder complained.
'What is wrong with this jerk!?' Kellian complained in her head.
"What crawled up your butt and died today?" Mint asked with a disgusted look.
"But she's right. You're being extra mean to our new member." Aisha frowned.
"... Is the rumour true?" Sash asked.
"What rumour?" Kellian asked.
"That you're his ex-girlfriend." Sash answered.
"No? I can't be his ex-girlfriend without first being his girlfriend." Kellian replied.
"Then what's with all that tension!?" Talia yelled.
"Yeah. People who look this cute together shouldn't have tension between them!" Aisha smiled.
"..." Ryder and Kellian stared at Aisha like she'd gone mad.
"Anyway, I really like her drawings especially the last few where she got used to it," Mint stated.
"Oh yeah there's Ryder's poses left," Aisha said turning the page.
"Ah! I'm so jealous look how good she drew you! I should have been last." Sash squealed.
"...They're not bad. You drew all three on one page to make up for how small you draw. The way you arranged them is also nice... I'm keeping it." Ryder ripped out the page.
"You can't just take it without her permission!" Mint scolded.
"Got a problem with it, Blueberry?" Ryder asked.
"No," Kellian replied.
"See she's fine with— wait... I don't need her approval to take something I want." Ryder stated.
"Sure. Also, you could have just said you loved the drawings." Mint added.
"I don't they're just average," Ryder replied.
"Why do you want to keep just average drawings?" Aisha asked.
"None of your business," Ryder replied.
"Anyway your turn."Mint changed the topic.
"I don't even have to look at these they're always perfect," Mint said placing the book in the centre.
Just as Mint said they were all perfect.
"Did you use coloured pencils?" Kellian asked.
"He did! He actually likes colouring because it makes the drawing prettier. You can even catch him smiling while doing it sometimes." Mint answered with a smile.
"Ryder? How come you didn't draw Kellian?" Sash asked.
"Huh?" Mint took the book.
"I can't. She's far too ugly to stare at. My eyes would have fallen out." Ryder replied.
"Excuse me." Kellian was dumbfounded.
"You heard me," Ryder replied, smirking at her.
"I think he did draw her," Mint stated.
"Huh?"
"Yeah look a page was removed." Mint showed them the evidence.
'So that's what he did earlier. Meh. It's none of my business.' Kellian thought.
"That was there from before," Ryder replied.
"You don't like removing pages from your croquis book. Don't lie to me." Mint smiled.
"I made a mistake," Ryder explained.
"All the more reason to leave it! I was starting to think you're a robot! I would love to see your mistakes!" Mint said excitedly.
"That's why I got rid of it." Ryder frowned in disgust.
"I don't believe that for a second," Mint said.
"Did you like, draw her extra pretty or something? Cause I just can't see you making a mistake." Sash asked.
"No comment," Ryder replied.
"Anyway. Can we go back a bit? Did you call Kellian ugly???" Aisha asked.
"I did. She's the ugliest blueberry I've ever seen." Ryder replied with a straight face.
Aisha tackled and somehow managed to pin him down. But that didn't last long. Ryder easily overpowered and swapped places with her.
Ryder looked extremely annoyed, "Did you just try to attack me?"
But from where Kellian was standing it looked quite different. 'Oh my! I feel like I shouldn't be watching this.' Kellian began giggling.
Ryder noticed Kellian's odd behaviour and let Aisha go. He then said, "I have to leave soon."
"Okay, fine. That's all the time we have for today." Mint announced. "Kellian practice poses for tomorrow so a certain someone won't be able to judge you." Mint bid farewell to everyone.
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