Love is a Sweet Poison

"I do like that idea. For the painting itself that is a concept that I will need to figure out. I did bring my supplies. I also saw something earlier that I fell in love with." Gabriel looks away blushing and lowers his voice to a whisper. "When I saw you with Tomomi I couldn't stop thinking about you with a child. I think that I might need to bathe in the cold water or else I will overheat you and I will not hear the end of it if I do that to you." 

Amelia happily touches Gabriel's cheek. "Look at me… please?" She stares into his eyes hoping that he would look into hers. "I want nothing more than to spend time with you. A child is something that will happen when the timing is right. Whether it happens today, tomorrow, or two years from now, it will happen when the timing is right for us. There is not a real reason to rush. Although I can understand what you are impatient, as I do feel the same. I worry about my health but with the help of the goddess, Inari and you, I feel better than I have in my entire lifetime. That in itself is more than I could ask for."

Staring into her eyes Gabriel smiles. "You are right. I am just being impatient. We will live each day to the fullest. Do you feel like going for a walk or do you want to stay here and relax?" Gabriel looks into her eyes and waits to hear what she wants to do. 

"I would like to relax. We just got back from walking around and besides, I need to rest when I can." Amelia yawned a little. She quickly covered her mouth.

Gabriel pulls her down into a laying position on the bedding. He holds her in his embrace snuggling his face into her hair. "If you are tired then you can rest. I will hold you and rest as well. I think that I pushed you too hard." He cuddled her and felt her body relaxing under his touch.

Yawning Amelia closed her eyes. "It is true that I am tired. If you are not tired you can paint. I will not stop you." She shifted and turned so that she was facing him. She kissed his cheek and blushed. 

Mari opened the door and saw that Amelia was resting. "Oh, if I had known that she was resting I wouldn't have bothered the two of you." She bowed and brought in the trays of food and tea. She looked down at the art work on the table. Mari froze. 

"I would not worry about it all that much. Amelia needs her rest as she is still not all that well. What do you think of this?" Gabriel pointed to his work and watched her facial expressions. 

Mari reached her hand out and touched the picture. "This is amazing. I know that Amelia said that she knew someone, but I did not expect that it would be you. This is more than I was expecting. You are almost a professional." 

"Thank you for your kind words, Mari. Amelia knew that if you wanted a good art work she could ask me. We are going to add some calligraphy on here as well." Gabriel picked up the pencil and started to add more details in the sketch. "Would you prefer colour or black and white?" 

Amelia had gotten up and slightly moved to the table. She looked at the sketch. "It is very beautiful in black and white. I think you should add some faint colours. Something to colour the background with but not a full colour." 

"I'm so sorry! Did I wake you up?" Mari scrambles and looks shocked at Amelia. 

Thinking Gabriel takes what Amelia had said into consideration and looked at the picture. "Hmmmmm." He picks up a pencil and looks at the water and adds a few lines in it and looks at it and thinks about shading the blue on. "You are on to something dear. I will do as you suggested." 

"Please do not panic Mari. I was awake when you knocked on the door. I just had my eyes closed." Amelia sat next to Gabriel and picked up the tea cup and poured some tea for both herself and Gabriel.

"Thank the goddess. I worry that I will interrupt one time when I stop by. I like your suggestion. Honestly it is already a work of art even though I know that Gabriel is nowhere near finished working on it." Mari blushes and stands straight up. "I will leave you love birds alone and please do not focus on this. You two should spend as much time together."

Gabriel laughs and drinks some tea that Amelia had poured for him. "Really do not worry about us. We do things at our own pace. While Amelia naps I will work on this unless I am tired. It is something that I find very relaxing. He moved the tapestry off of the table and started to set up the meal trays. 

"Just call me when you need something then." Mari went to the door and left the room smiling. She closed the door and walked away.

Amelia sat down next to Gabriel. "You made amazing progress." She picked up her chopsticks, "Itadakimasu." She took a small bite of rice.