and another week bites the dust... O.o
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lavandarlizard2Inspired by Merula's summer haircut. ^___^ Waft some cooler air her way; it's supposed to be 107 in her neck of the desert today. O.o Only 100 in mine... ^.~
As expected, they were drenched by the time they reached the residence tower. They separated to their own rooms first, to get out of their soaked clothing, and Duo was trying to unbraid his sodden hair when Heero called him into the bathroom.
“Here; I said I would help you,” he growled, taking the recalcitrant hair from the Banshee. “Start the water?”
Duo leaned into the shower and twisted the water on. “Mmmm… Hot shower,” he purred. “Heero, you get your hair cut regularly, don’t you?”
“Yes. A Wizard in town has a small shop. Why?”
“I think I need a trim…”
Heero paused with the mass of wet hair tangled in his hands. “Trim…? How much of a trim?”
Duo shrugged, not looking at him. “Above my knees…”
“Oh. How far above your knees?” he asked in trepidation.
“About to here.” Duo indicated a spot just below the small of his back.
Just about at that deliciously furry spot just above his tailbone… That was… very short, for the Banshee. Heero blinked. Almost half the length… He swallowed. It *was* quite impractical as long as it was…
“You…” He cleared his throat and finished untangling the hair. “You are tired of the length…?”
“I just thought it might be easier this summer. It gets kind of hot… I’d probably let it grow again in the fall.” He turned to slide his arms around Heero’s waist and kiss his mouth lightly. “And it wouldn’t take all night and half the next day to dry anymore. I wouldn’t ever cut it really short; I know how much you like it.”
The relief was ridiculous. “It’s your hair; if you are tired of it…”
“Nah… I just never knew before that I *could* cut it, so I practically melted during the summers.”
“Ah. In that case, we can stop at Stanislaw’s this weekend.” He maneuvered Duo into the shower and commenced the task of shampooing the Banshee’s mane. And he would make damn sure he collected the trimmings.
“Are we going to be able to help Ctik this weekend?”
Oh. Right. The vampire. Damn it.
“I don’t know yet. I think it’s fairly certain that he cannot go back to the house. I doubt if I can do anything about the sale. Legally, it’s Miles’ property to do with as he likes. That doesn’t mean he’s going to walk away gloating over the income. We can see to it that Ctik gets a good part of the money.” He grinned, showing his teeth. “I think Miles has forgotten about me.”
Duo snickered. “Well, we’ll just have to remind him. That fuckwit.” He ducked his head under the spray at Heero’s command. “How do we find a place for Ctik, though? Can he stay here?”
“No. Vampires are a problematic group; Ctik may be mostly harmless, but he could attract others who aren’t.”
“Oh.” The disappointment was obvious in his voice.
“Did you want a vampire in residence? I’m sure Raia would not agree and the School would probably be inundated with parental complaints. We really do have to think of something else. Or Ctik should.” He rumbled softly. “This is really his problem; he should have made bolt-holes for just such an occurrence.”
Duo slicked his hair back for the conditioner, working on the top of his hair while Heero worked on the long, soon-to-be-but-a-memory bottom.
“C’mon, Heero; can you really imagine Ctik expecting something like this? Turning his home into a theme park?”
“Not this, specifically, but it is supposed to be a survival instinct for vampires to not put all their earth in one box. I know,” he sighed as Duo opened his mouth to argue. “It isn’t fair. Nothing in this world is expected to be, my angel.”
Duo leaned in to rest his forehead against Heero’s shoulder. “I know… And I’m an idiot for wishing it was… It’s only… maybe life isn’t fair, but people should be. And it just… ticks me off when they aren’t.” Heero turned them to begin rinsing Duo’s hair.
“And that’s why you want to be so fair to everyone?”
“I dunno… maybe. Just seems like somebody should.”
Heero combed his fingers through the long strands thoughtfully. The Banshee had a point. He could argue, but it wouldn’t do anything to sway his Banshee’s opinion and it would most likely get him relegated to his own bed, alone, for the night. Fairness was not such a grand thing, in the long run, but maybe it wasn’t entirely useless. A lot of Humans never even noticed the fairness of others, but for the ones who did and were grateful and responded in kind… It was probably a net good.
“You know that I sometimes disagree with you over these social concepts…” he said slowly.
“Only because you have not yet been assimilated,” Duo grinned. “Are you arguing now?”
“Not at all,” Heero reassured him, squeezing the excess water out of his hair and coiling it carefully in a towel. “I would not dream of arguing with you when such a suave and urbane vampire is sleeping not that far away. I wouldn’t want to look uncouth in comparison.”
Duo snickered and poked his sternum lightly. “*You* just don’t want to sleep alone tonight.”
“That too. Seriously, fairness is not necessarily a dragonish concept, but I do understand your point. Tomorrow, you will have a haircut – I do get to collect the hair that is cut off, yes? – and we will try to find some fairness for Ctik the Clueless.”
“You can claim to be so terrible all you like, Heero Yuy, but I know all about that gooey cream center.” He hooked an arm around the Wyvern’s neck and kissed him deeply. “Meet you in bed when you’re done, okay?”
“Yours or mine?”
“Yours. I feel like being pampered.” He slipped out of the shower to dry off and begin taming his unruly hair.
Heero smirked to himself and reached for the shampoo. It seemed he was finally getting the hang of this whole Banshee thing. About damn time.
As expected, they were drenched by the time they reached the residence tower. They separated to their own rooms first, to get out of their soaked clothing, and Duo was trying to unbraid his sodden hair when Heero called him into the bathroom.
“Here; I said I would help you,” he growled, taking the recalcitrant hair from the Banshee. “Start the water?”
Duo leaned into the shower and twisted the water on. “Mmmm… Hot shower,” he purred. “Heero, you get your hair cut regularly, don’t you?”
“Yes. A Wizard in town has a small shop. Why?”
“I think I need a trim…”
Heero paused with the mass of wet hair tangled in his hands. “Trim…? How much of a trim?”
Duo shrugged, not looking at him. “Above my knees…”
“Oh. How far above your knees?” he asked in trepidation.
“About to here.” Duo indicated a spot just below the small of his back.
Just about at that deliciously furry spot just above his tailbone… That was… very short, for the Banshee. Heero blinked. Almost half the length… He swallowed. It *was* quite impractical as long as it was…
“You…” He cleared his throat and finished untangling the hair. “You are tired of the length…?”
“I just thought it might be easier this summer. It gets kind of hot… I’d probably let it grow again in the fall.” He turned to slide his arms around Heero’s waist and kiss his mouth lightly. “And it wouldn’t take all night and half the next day to dry anymore. I wouldn’t ever cut it really short; I know how much you like it.”
The relief was ridiculous. “It’s your hair; if you are tired of it…”
“Nah… I just never knew before that I *could* cut it, so I practically melted during the summers.”
“Ah. In that case, we can stop at Stanislaw’s this weekend.” He maneuvered Duo into the shower and commenced the task of shampooing the Banshee’s mane. And he would make damn sure he collected the trimmings.
“Are we going to be able to help Ctik this weekend?”
Oh. Right. The vampire. Damn it.
“I don’t know yet. I think it’s fairly certain that he cannot go back to the house. I doubt if I can do anything about the sale. Legally, it’s Miles’ property to do with as he likes. That doesn’t mean he’s going to walk away gloating over the income. We can see to it that Ctik gets a good part of the money.” He grinned, showing his teeth. “I think Miles has forgotten about me.”
Duo snickered. “Well, we’ll just have to remind him. That fuckwit.” He ducked his head under the spray at Heero’s command. “How do we find a place for Ctik, though? Can he stay here?”
“No. Vampires are a problematic group; Ctik may be mostly harmless, but he could attract others who aren’t.”
“Oh.” The disappointment was obvious in his voice.
“Did you want a vampire in residence? I’m sure Raia would not agree and the School would probably be inundated with parental complaints. We really do have to think of something else. Or Ctik should.” He rumbled softly. “This is really his problem; he should have made bolt-holes for just such an occurrence.”
Duo slicked his hair back for the conditioner, working on the top of his hair while Heero worked on the long, soon-to-be-but-a-memory bottom.
“C’mon, Heero; can you really imagine Ctik expecting something like this? Turning his home into a theme park?”
“Not this, specifically, but it is supposed to be a survival instinct for vampires to not put all their earth in one box. I know,” he sighed as Duo opened his mouth to argue. “It isn’t fair. Nothing in this world is expected to be, my angel.”
Duo leaned in to rest his forehead against Heero’s shoulder. “I know… And I’m an idiot for wishing it was… It’s only… maybe life isn’t fair, but people should be. And it just… ticks me off when they aren’t.” Heero turned them to begin rinsing Duo’s hair.
“And that’s why you want to be so fair to everyone?”
“I dunno… maybe. Just seems like somebody should.”
Heero combed his fingers through the long strands thoughtfully. The Banshee had a point. He could argue, but it wouldn’t do anything to sway his Banshee’s opinion and it would most likely get him relegated to his own bed, alone, for the night. Fairness was not such a grand thing, in the long run, but maybe it wasn’t entirely useless. A lot of Humans never even noticed the fairness of others, but for the ones who did and were grateful and responded in kind… It was probably a net good.
“You know that I sometimes disagree with you over these social concepts…” he said slowly.
“Only because you have not yet been assimilated,” Duo grinned. “Are you arguing now?”
“Not at all,” Heero reassured him, squeezing the excess water out of his hair and coiling it carefully in a towel. “I would not dream of arguing with you when such a suave and urbane vampire is sleeping not that far away. I wouldn’t want to look uncouth in comparison.”
Duo snickered and poked his sternum lightly. “*You* just don’t want to sleep alone tonight.”
“That too. Seriously, fairness is not necessarily a dragonish concept, but I do understand your point. Tomorrow, you will have a haircut – I do get to collect the hair that is cut off, yes? – and we will try to find some fairness for Ctik the Clueless.”
“You can claim to be so terrible all you like, Heero Yuy, but I know all about that gooey cream center.” He hooked an arm around the Wyvern’s neck and kissed him deeply. “Meet you in bed when you’re done, okay?”
“Yours or mine?”
“Yours. I feel like being pampered.” He slipped out of the shower to dry off and begin taming his unruly hair.
Heero smirked to himself and reached for the shampoo. It seemed he was finally getting the hang of this whole Banshee thing. About damn time.
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Date: 2008-06-21 03:23 am (UTC)Heero is such a good boy... he's learning. :D
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Date: 2008-06-21 05:48 pm (UTC)I'm with Duo- long hair is too hot!! *fans self*
I hope they get things straightened out for Ctik!
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Date: 2008-06-21 06:33 pm (UTC)My hair is barely onto my neck in the back, but already I'm eyeing the clippers.... O.o I cannot imagine having it genuinely long ever again.
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Date: 2008-06-21 10:20 pm (UTC)Ctik is (un)living proof that no one can carve out your heart and feed it to you quite the way 'family' can. O.O
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Date: 2008-06-22 02:35 pm (UTC)Perhaps Heero is thinking more along the lines of "insane! but... MINE!"
^____^
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