All Chapters of A Portrait of Colours: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The little cafe was surprisingly empty given it was located on a busy street in the heart of the shopping district on a late Saturday morning. Colin Lee sat at the table next to the glass frontage facing the main street, aimlessly staring at the throngs of pedestrians walking by.  

The room felt incredibly hot. Colin frowned, his head throbbing while his eyelids felt like they were glued shut. Was the air conditioning in his room not working? Why was his head hurting so much? Feeling irritated, Colin blindly kicked off the thick white covers while burying his face further into the pillow as he lay on his left side.  

The ringing of the bell marked the end of the lunch break, making everyone at the table heave sighs of relief as they scrapped back their chairs, saying their hurried farewells before heading off to the next class. As they walked down the hallway together, Jamie reached up to pat Colin on the shoulder. “Hey man, don’t take what Audrey said to heart. You know she gets a little bitchy when she doesn’t get her way.” 

When Colin had agreed to visit Nathan at his workplace, he’d forgotten to ask an important question. What exactly did Nate do? When he realised he didn’t know, a few days later, Colin decided to text him the question. The answer he received didn’t disappoint. Nate was training to be a tattoo artist. A smile crept over Colin’s usually solemn face. The answer did not surprise or seem out of place. 

“I take it you had a good time?” Colin was in Jamie’s car, on the way back home. By the constant smile on Colin’s face, Jamie surmised the date was a success. “For some reason, I’m beginning to regret helping you. I feel like a co-conspirator in one of those spy movies, and it never ends well for the co-conspirator.”