๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐.๐.๐.
They proceeded to the shoot quickly after the lunch break. Ashe is standing in front of a background set that depicts that of the entrance to an intimidating dark forest. He is wearing a white long sleeved dress shirt with brown coloured vest and black trousers. He is wearing a black knee high leather boots. His hair slightly dishevelled. He is standing there all confident and authoritative. Leandrea waltzes into the set wearing a burgundy and black long sleeve vintage dress with a corset, looking like a gothic princess lost in the woods. She is wearing an intimidatingly dark goth makeup that contrasts the simple and natural look she had in the past four sets. Her brown wavy hair is curled more firmly and is let down.
The rest of the staff turned their heads to look at her. Her assigned stylists trailing after her. "๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ซ๐๐ฟ๐๐ , ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐๐ณ๐ถ๐. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ..." the stylist said nervously to the slightly frowning photographer.
"๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐." the photographer, Xyryx, muttered something that surprised everyone in the studio. "๐๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐. ๐๐'๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐." the photographer stated, putting air quotes when he said freedom. "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐." the photographer said. "๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ." Leandrea uttered absentmindedly. "๐ฌ๐ฒ๐! ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ถ๐." Xyryx enthusiastically agreed. "๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐." he said that made everyone at ease and both Ashe and Leandrea started striking different poses that they thought would suit the new concept.
Everyone is surprised by the still enthusiastic photographer. It is so uncharacteristically for Xyryx to still be enthusiastic after the stylists messed up the wardrobe for his concepts. And even though a photoshoot like this usually takes the whole day, he gets cranky after the break of dusk. That is why seeing the photographer alive and far from being his cranky self is such a miracle to the whole crew and Leandrea knew this although Ashe is oblivious for he only got to work with the said photographer now.
It did not take too long after the impromptu concept to finish. Leandrea is now back in her waiting room preparing for the last of the concepts for the day's photoshoot. She was made to wear a chain embellished halter neck slim fit black cropped tank top paired with denim slim fit shorts over a diamond fishnet tights finished with a pair of black combat boots. Her makeup is almost the same as the previous one but with a more subtle colour of bronze that completely contrasts the thick bold winged eyeliner she is wearing. Her lipstick was also changed from matte black to a matte lavender grey one. Her hair is back to its loose waves but was still let down.
After checking herself in the mirror she went out to where the last shoot would be. She only saw the photographer and other staff but Ashe is yet to come out of his waiting room. She is already anticipating their talk after this shoot. She is both nervous and determined to know everything Ashe will tell her.
A few minutes went by and Ashe arrived wearing only slim fit leather pants and combat boots, dishevelled hair and a mesh tank top held in his right hand. He looks good to say the least and even Leandrea cannot ignore that fact. His body is muscled but not disgustingly so. Washboard abs that look well earned. He ran to where Leandrea is standing by the backdrop and stood by her looking down and nervously rubbing at his nape.
He leaned down to reach her ears. "๐๐ผ ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐?" he whispered. Shivers ran down the latter's spine which made her stumble back. She looked at him curious and clearly intrigued. "๐ข๐ธ๐ฎ๐?" she asked. Ashe turned his body fully towards her facing his back to the rest of the crew. "๐ฌ๐ฒ๐. ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐'๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ, ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐? ๐๐'๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ." he said, frustrated, shy, and nervous all at once. Leandrea looked behind him and observed the crew's reactions before turning her attention back to the nervous male in front of her.
"๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ, ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐'๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป'๐, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐." she said gently. Ashe took a deep breath before straightening his back. He looked around still conscious and definitely unconsciously rubbing his nape again. "๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐." she added with a gentle smile. She reached for his other hand and tugged him in front of the backdrop.
Xyryx clapped his hands. Seems like he finished checking the previous shoots. "๐๐๐ต๐ฒ, ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐." Xyryx instructed. The fan by the right side was turned on and the tank top that was spread on Ashe's body dances along the wind that the fan produces. Leandrea noticed the slight shiver Ashe felt because of the cold air and gave him an encouraging smile. "๐'๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ." Xyryx announced after a few changes.
Leif, who was mostly standing by the corner since the start of the shoot, is nodding. He noticed the chemistry between the two. He knew the two of them would reach far if they were together than they were alone. It was not just the way the two of them look good together in the photos, it was because of the aura of them together that made him think that way. They both look dangerous yet they are both really gentle. He mentally took a note of pairing the two again in the future projects.