RyuukixShuurei: Bluffing Eyes

Here's something different. This is Shuurei and Ryuuki from "Saiunkoku Monogatari." I think they have a pretty unique relationship and I really love it

This picture started out as a doodle that I got carried away with and colored. Inspired by a line from their duet song on one of the drama CDs:

In the moonlight obscured by flowing clouds,
bluffing eyes met each other

It reminds me of the scene where Ryuuki proposes his bet to Shuurei...that if he can't get her to accept his proposal in a certain amount of time, then he'll marry another woman and never bother her about it again. I like the friendly-competitive air between them at that scene...very interesting and different from the usual clingy, head-over-heels-in-love behavior Ryuuki shows Shuurei and the usual nurturing-but-not-romantically-interested behavior she shows him.

Just trying to pimp this show a little because I really wish the fanbase were a little bigger... I want more fanworks!