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“Just one minute…” said Butter Pretzel Cookie, giving the finishing touches to her most recent artwork.
It was, like usual, a commission for her most precious patron: Cheesecake Cookie. Just another portrait of her in a charming, seductive pose, of which Butter Pretzel was sure she had made at least 10 already… but she didn’t mind at all. That was, to her, the most beautiful woman on Earthbread, and no second spent drawing her was a bother- all of her details, each of her qualities, the artist would portray them in the canvas filled with joy and love for her muse.
As the painter was ready to put away the finished canvas, she signaled to Cheesecake that she could stop posing. The woman quickly walked towards Butter Pretzel and the painting to see the result. “Oh gosh! Just look at that, I look gorgeous!” Her face was showing a huge smile and her eyes were wide open. She leaned onto Butter Pretzel, putting her hands on her shoulders while still staring at her masterpiece. “An amazing work as always, cutie pie.” She teased her, as was expected of Cheesecake Cookie. Before moving away, she stared directly at the other woman- “I’m reeeeally looking forward to our next time together, so you can make me another one of these.”
Her face immediately went red “U-uh. Yes! Okay! I will wait for you then, thanks for your continued support!”. As obvious as she made it, Butter Pretzel immediately disregarded any hint she picked up, as she was convinced there was no way in hell someone like Cheesecake would be feeling things for her.
“(Be professional, Pretzel! You know she teases everyone…)”
She had slowly been starting to love her art after the incident at Hors d'Oeuvre, but the same could not be said about her other self-esteem issues. With her brain about to burst, the blonde flopped on the couch she kept in the room.
Both of them needed to confess as soon as possible, they had refused for too long already, all for dumb reasons. Cheesecake had already commissioned 11 (and counting!) paintings, invited her to hang out, invited her to her biggest parties (“I can’t attend, I’m very bad with crowds.”), but directly talking to Butter Pretzel about her feelings had never crossed her mind. In the same way, the painter constantly complimented Cheesecake during the painting process, would sometimes send her surprise paintings or write her letters, and would move scheduled meetings just to hang out with her, but just thinking about confessing directly turned her into an embarrassed and anxious mess.
“Hmm…” Cheesecake Cookie decided to try one more time “You know, Butter Pretzel…” she sat right next to her cherished painter, observing and appreciating her entire being. This time, she had an idea of something that could work. “I’m gonna be holding another party this weekend, and I was wondering…”
“(Oh no!)”
“…if you could be there? Because I want to show off all of your magnificent paintings to everyone, and I’d hate to do it by myself...”
The blood rushed to Butter Pretzel’s cheeks one more time, as she looked directly into her crush’s sweet, sparkly eyes, almost begging for her to accept.
“Well. Er. Uh. W-would it be okay? I’ve told you I’m bad with crow-“
“It’ll be fine, Pretzy… I will be there.”
The artist’s heart started to pound insanely fast. She wanted to go… She really wanted to go!! But her self-doubts were too powerful! “B-but I won’t fit there, it’ll be awkward! I’m merely a painter, I don’t deserve this much attention!”
Silence. Cheesecake was just staring at the craftswoman with a notably upset expression. She got her face as close to Butter Pretzel’s as possible, and firmly grabbed her head.
“You won’t be there as a painter, big dummy! I want you there as my partner!” Without a second thought, she firmly planted her lips on her darling’s as she laid down on top of her.
Pretzel’s mind had gone completely blank. She could not believe anything of what was happening, as if it was just an accident. She wasn’t an idiot, though, so she was not going to object to this. She wrapped her arms around her patron and hugged her tighter than she had ever hugged anyone in her whole life, with the two of them getting absorbed into a deep, savory kiss.