"I was hurt! Your big soggy bottom landed on me! You'd be hurt too if I fell on you. Well, mostly because I'm bigger than you," he teased and stuck his tongue out childlike at her. He grinned and shook his head, abating the game and standing up, brushing himself off, and helping Ania to her feet as well.
He held her hands gingerly in his and turned them over so they were palm to palm. "You can paint me, if you want to," he offered. "I'd be honored."