Yellow - Winrina

- thirteen -

Karina couldn't help but be relived that she didn't have any classes when she woke up. All of her other roommates did, though, so it was only her and Winter in the apartment. She realized that the younger girl loved sunrises when she was awoken by a soft voice.

"Yooji," Winter whispered, tapping Karina's arm softly. "Yooji, look."

Karina groaned, wiping her eyes and checking the time. Earlier than she was used to. She yawned, sitting up and looking over at Winter. The small girl was sitting on the edge of Karina's bed and gazing through the window only a few feet away. She turned around with a wide smile on her face when she heard Karina sit up.

"Look, Yooji, look at the sky," she chimed, pointing to the window. Karina couldn't help but smile at Winter's excitement this early in the morning. She crawled next to the girl and widened her eyes when she saw what Winter was looking at.

"It's pretty," Karina whispered. The sunrise was amazing that morning. It was bright orange, illuminating the sky and even leaving orange tinted streaks of light across the floor of Karina's bedroom. There were flecks of pink sprinkled throughout, too. If the sky was this gorgeous every morning, Karina wouldn't mind waking up so early.

Winter nodded softly. "Colorful," she added, turning to Karina with a genuine smile. Karina laughed quietly and ran a hand through her messy morning hair. Winter's comment suddenly gave her an idea and she stood up.

"I'm gonna go get something, okay? I'll be right back."

Winter turned to look at her, concerned. She held up her pinky finger and bit her lip. "Promise?" she asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Of course," Karina smiled and locked their fingers together. She pointed out the window. "See that black car right there?" she asked. Winter nodded. "I've gotta get something from inside it, but then I'm coming back up here."

"Okay," Winter smiled softly. She stood up and pressed her palms against the window. "I will wave to you."

Giggling, Karina nodded. "I'll wave back," she laughed. Winter watched her as Karina slipped out of the room, and the brown eyed girl was soon on her way down the stairs of their apartment building.

Normally, she wouldn't leave the apartment in her pajamas. But Winter made her do crazy things, and for some reason she didn't mind it. Once she was in the parking lot, she looked up, trying to see if she could find where their apartment window was. She noticed a flash of white and giggled, waving back to Winter from the ground.

She probably looked like an idiot in the moment, but Karina could care less. She finally got to her car and popped her trunk, gathering the easel and paints she'd borrowed from her professor. Locking her car, she jogged back into the building.

Before she could put her key in the door, it was flung open. Karina giggled when she saw Winter smiling widely on the other side.

"I saw you! You waved!" Winter chimed. Karina nodded and slipped inside the apartment. She made her way over to the wall of windows in the back of the room and began setting up her supplies. Winter followed close behind.

"What is this?" Winter asked. She bent down and picked up a paintbrush, waving it back and forth in front of Karina's face. The brown eyed girl quickly took it from her and laughed.

"My paintbrush," she set the brush on the sill of her easel. She began to open the tubes of paint and mixing small drops together to create the colors she needed. Winter watched in awe.

"You are painting?" she asked, tilting her head to the side. Karina nodded.

"I'm painting the sky," she pointed to the window and then down to the colors on her palette. "That way I don't forget it."