Da Vinci in Love by Maysam Yabandeh

Author:Maysam Yabandeh
Language: eng
Format: epub

The Revelation

“Eww, Is that supposed to be me?” Silvia says while making a disgusted face.

“No. This is a portrait of Santa Maria.”

“Then why are you showing to me?”

“Well, I—”

“Why is her nose is so fat?” Silvia touches her own nose to ensure of the difference. The beach towel that was wrapped around her shoulder falls off. She has nothing on but a bikini.

“Look at the eyes—” Leonardo says furiously before he is cut off.

“Have you seen the paintings of Dennis Wojtkiewicz?” Silvia says while picking up the towel. “They are like the ultimate paintings. They look so real, it is like a real photograph, it actually looks exactly like a picture taken by a camera.”

“If a camera can do the same, why bother with the painting?”

“Exactly!”

“I know you want it. I know you want it,” The song is played abruptly from the Romeo’s car speaker. The car is a tasteless Lowrider, bouncing up and down with the song. Romeo is carrying an annoyingly-confident open mouth smile.

Silvia turns, excited to see Romeo but not thrilled about the song.

“Turn that off,” she shouts at Romeo. He, keeping the open mouth smile, slowly reaches over the speaker buttons, turns down the volume, and presses a button to turn off the hoping.

“Hop on f*** buddy.” The open mouth smile now seems too forced.

“I asked you not to call me that. That’s mean.” Silvia makes a dramatic, irritated face.

“Beach is waiting. Coming or what?”

“Aargh!” Silvia expresses a slight objection, but doesn’t hesitate to get in the car. Romeo doesn’t waste a second, and pushes on the gas pedal. The purple car moves ahead, and the large boat on the trailer that is being dragged behind it passes in front of Leonardo. The car suddenly stops. Leonardo sees Romeo on the car’s wing mirror, apparently asking him to approach. Leonardo ignores that, and takes his eyes off the car.

“Hey buddy, could you come over for a sec?”

“Me?!”

Romeo nodes his head.

Leonardo is hesitant. He wonders if he should just leave in peace with his dignity intact—well, almost intact. Finally, he makes up his mind, and the painting under his arm, cautiously approaches Romeo.

“We are going to have a lot of fun at the beach, and Silvia needs someone to constantly reapply sunscreen on her, because you know, we wanna take care of this soft, sexy skin.” Romeo points to Silvia. She is biting her lips; she seems to be smiling.

Leonardo swallows his spit. His heart is beating faster.

“Silvia is looking for a handsome boy like yourself to help her. Would you like to join us?”

“Really?!” Leonardo asks enthusiastically.

Romeo says nothing. He just sneers, and turns away. Silvia cannot hold it anymore, and bursts into laughter while covering her mouth. Romeo drives away.

“You are so mean,” Silvia says while playfully punches him on the arm. She is still laughing.

Leonardo is frozen, taking labored breaths. He doesn’t know if he should be upset or angry. He is mostly mad at himself, for putting himself in this situation, for letting himself believe again.

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