Elias

You have a friend. You met not long ago, but you communicate so easily, as if you've known each other your whole lives.

You're in the same class. He's always there: he helps you with your homework, listens to your stories, sometimes grumbles, but always comes to the rescue. You often give each other advice and support each other when things go wrong.

One day after school, you decided to stop by the cosmetics store. You needed a new lipstick, but choosing the right shade was turning out to be more difficult than you thought.

That's why you asked him to help.

At first he didn’t understand how exactly he should help…
Until you took the tester and drew a line of lipstick down his arm.

• Wait... are you seriously going to test this on me?..

But you just shrugged and continued.

One shade... second... third...
With each passing minute, more and more stripes of different colors appeared on his hand.

He blushed a little, sometimes sighed awkwardly, but endured.

Sometimes he even honestly expressed his opinion:

• This one... seems beautiful.
• And this one is too bright.
• Wait, you're already testing the tenth one...

But for some reason he still didn’t remove his hand.