“Lily, how on Earthbread do you handle having long hair..? I know this is something I wanted, but it’s just so uncomfortable!”
Pure Vanilla grasped her long, flowy hair in her fists. The sight of it made White Lily giggle. “Here, Nilla.. Let me…”
She walked over to the nightstand by their shared bed, and grabbed a hair brush and a few hair ties. She paused for a moment, staring at the bed. It was still so strange to her that they were sharing a bed… Sure, they’ve been dating for a few months now, but they only just moved in with each other… It was a big adjustment, but a welcome one.
White Lily made her way over to Pure Vanilla, grabbed her by the shoulders, and sat her down on the ground. She then took her place on the floor behind Pure Vanilla.
“Lily? Haha.. What exactly are you doing?” Pure Vanilla questioned her actions. “You’ll see.” She responded in her usual soft spoken voice.
White Lily took Pure Vanilla’s hair into her hands, and began to brush through it. Honestly, at this point it was almost longer than her own. She was surprised when Pure Vanilla returned from her trip to the spire with much, much longer hair than before, but she also felt happy, knowing her girlfriend had been longing for this change.
Though, evidently, she still needs to get used to it.
After gently brushing her hair, White Lily began to separate her hair into three sections. She began to overlap the sections methodically, as she’s done to her own many times over the years. It didn’t take long for Pure Vanilla to realize what was happening.
“Seriously? You’re braiding it? Isn’t that your signature look?” She teased. White Lily paused her braiding, but never let go of the hair. “Would you.. like me to stop? I just thought that the hair touching your neck was the main issue here… and I know from experience that braiding it helps with that… I’m sorry…”
“No, Lily.. I was only teasing. I trust you. If you say this will help, then by all means, go ahead! You don’t have to apologize for anything..” Pure Vanilla was quick to reassure her girlfriend. With how close she was with Lily, she knew all too well how often Lily apologized for things that were no issue at all. They’d have to work on that..
As they fell back into pensive silence, Pure Vanilla decided to pay attention to the feeling of White Lily’s fingers in her hair. It was.. relaxing, to say the least. She took a deep breath, and let her body rest. She’d been quite tense after.. recent events… This was exactly the stress reliever she needed.
It took quite a while before White Lily was to the point of tying off the braid. She really did have a lot of hair…
“There! All done!” Pure Vanilla stood up, leaving White Lily to admire her own handiwork. She then quickly made her way towards their full length mirror on the other side of the room.
She took a moment to realize she was looking at herself in the mirror. She looked.. gorgeous.
“Lily.. This is…” Pure Vanilla was at a loss for words. “Oh no.. You don’t like it, do you..?” White Lily looked away in shame. Pure Vanilla whipped her body around to face White Lily, her braid slapping the mirror.
“No! That’s not what I meant! I.. Lily… Thank you.” White Lily quickly looked up at Pure Vanilla, and immediately saw the huge smile on her face. She hadn’t seen her this happy in.. Well, she doesn’t even know how long. A smile quickly formed on her face, and she began to giggle.
“Sorry, sorry… I don’t know why I’m so self conscious about this… You look gorgeous, darling…” She made her way over to Pure Vanilla and kissed her on the cheek.
Pure Vanilla immediately turned beet red at the kiss, prompting White Lily to giggle further. She adored how flustered her girlfriend could get.
“Oh! Look at the time! We should get started on dinner!” White Lily’s suggestion to start on dinner snapped Pure Vanilla out of her dazed state. “Right, of- of course…”
The rest of the night felt like a dream to the both of them. They had fun cooking together, eating together, washing up together..
Before long, they were getting ready for bed together. Pure Vanilla just stared at White Lily changing, amazed at her constant beauty.
“Pure Vanilla? Aren’t you going to get changed?” White Lily was in her pyjamas now, her hair unbraided. “Ah.. R-Right..” Pure Vanilla quickly tried her best to change in a way that kept her mostly covered.
White Lily frowned at how Pure Vanilla turned away from her to change. But, alas, if that’s what made her comfortable, who was she to tell her otherwise? She sighed, and climbed into bed.
It wasn’t long before Pure Vanilla joined her. She turned to kiss her goodnight, but realized her braid was still in.
“Uhm.. Nilla… You should take that out… You’ll end up with a headache in the morning if you don’t…” White Lily corrected her. “Ah… I don’t really want to… I don’t want to ruin all the time you spent on it…”
White Lily giggled. “Silly… I can always redo it in the morning! I do my own every morning, I wouldn’t mind doing yours!”
Pure Vanilla sighed, and began to take out her braid. Once she was finished, White Lily ran her fingers through her hair, smoothing it out. Once she was finished, she kissed Pure Vanilla on the lips. It was tender, but short lived. It left Pure Vanilla longing for more.
“Goodnight, Pure Vanilla.” With that, she turned off the bedside lamp, and got comfy in bed, leaving Pure Vanilla to do the same.