If you asked Tokimitsu what she wasn’t very confident in, she’d probably be able to name off a number of things. However, the most prominent one was her inability to do the things Aryu could. Aryu stuck to routine skin care, made herself look stylish, yet comfortable, but most importantly, she was able to keep her hair long, silky and smooth. For Tokimitsu to say that she was envious would be an understatement. She didn’t have smooth and good looking hair; instead it was short, ratty and never laid how it was supposed to.
Though, all her doubts in her hair soon changed after she saw Aryu cutting her hair in their bathroom. Tokimitsu observed her, the way she did it seamlessly without a mistake, the way she knew exactly where to cut and make it the perfect length for her own liking. For some reason, it sparked determination and confidence in her. She had never cut her own hair, nor had the thought ever, but it couldn’t be that hard, could it?
Tokimitsu didn’t realize she had been staring for a while, until Aryu looked over to her, and she quickly looked in the opposite direction. ‘Oh god! She caught me staring at her! What do I do??’
All worries left her body when she felt slender hands around her waist, and a kiss atop her head, “What’s wrong, my dear? You don’t have to be nervous, it’s just me after all.”
Tokimitsu looked up at her beautiful girlfriend, and smiled, “Ah, I’m sorry, Aryu…”
“Hm, don’t apologize. Just please remember that you don’t have to be so nervous around me” Aryu said, playing with Tokimitsu’s hair a bit, “Do you need to use the restroom? If so, I’m done so you’re free to do so.”
“Ah, yes… sorry…” Tokimitsu said, looking down at the floor, feeling nervous once more. Aryu slowly lifted up her head, until they were face to face, “Hey, what did I just say?”
Tokimitsu squealed, but nodded slightly, as she didn’t want to upset Aryu by apologizing again. Aryu smirked, and planted a kiss on her lips. They stood there for a few moments, before the kiss was broken, “I’ll be in the living room once you’re done in here. Don’t keep me waiting too long, ok?”
Tokimitsu nodded once more, as Aryu walked off. She sighed, and quickly shut the door, quickly remembering what she was here for. She stared down at the scissors Aryu had left near the sink, before hesitantly reaching for them, all prior confidence gone from her body. She stopped herself from grabbing them, and started freaking out. She was really about to do this; she was really about to cut her own hair with no experience. That mental question of, ‘how hard could it be’ quickly turned into, ‘how hard is this gonna be’. She had her doubts, but knew that she couldn’t back down now. Taking a deep breath, she quickly grabbed the scissors and looked in the mirror.
‘Come on! Pull it together! You’re gonna be fine! Don’t back down! That’s not something Aryu would ever do!!’
“I can do this!!” She yelled out, before taking one final deep breath and closing her eyes, making one swift movement with no thought behind it, and cutting her bangs.
‘Oh my god… I actually cut my hair…!!’
Too scared to open her eyes, she slowly lifted her hand up to her forehead, using her pointer and middle finger to trace up. The fear started setting in when she didn’t feel her bangs lay in the place they were supposed to. She quickly opened her eyes, and stared in horror at her hair, her bangs practically nonexistent at that point.
“O-oh my god!! What did I do?? My bangs!!”
She felt as though she was gonna scream, but couldn’t get any sort of coherent sounds out of her mouth. She quickly ran out of the bathroom, making her way to the living room before running into Aryu, who came running to check on her. Fuck, she must have yelled louder than she thought.
“Hey, what’s wrong? Did something ha–” Aryu couldn’t even get her full sentence out, as she laid eyes on Tokimitsu and her very horrible cut job. All she could do was slowly raise her hand up to her mouth in shock.
Tokimitsu frowned at Aryu’s reaction, “Is it bad??”
“It’s not… horrible”, Aryu said, in an attempt to make Tokimitsu feel better, but all it did was make Tokimitsu worry more.
“Oh god it is that bad!! I’m so sorry!! I just saw you cutting your hair and thought I could do it too, but now I just look stupid!! I should have just had you help me!! Ugh!! I’m so useless!!” Tokimitsu said, feeling tears run down her cheeks. Aryu walked closer to her, and slowly lifted her chin, looking into her eyes. Suddenly, Tokimitsu started to calm down, looking into her beautiful eyes.
“Look, it might not have been a complete success on your first time doing something, but all that matters is that you tried. Don’t cry, please. Just look at this as a lesson to learn from. No matter what you look like, you’ll always be stylish to me, ok?” Aryu said softly. Her soft and gentle tone put Tokimitsu at ease, and she nodded, which brought a smile to Aryu’s face, as she kissed Tokimitsu’s cheek.
“Now come on. I can fix your hair for you, and if you’d like, I can show you more about hairstyling and cutting.”
Tokimitsu thought about it for a moment, before shaking her head, “No, it’s fine. I’ll leave the haircutting and styling to you. Besides, you are very good at what you do, wouldn’t wanna take away from your glamorous moments!” She said, smiling slightly.
Aryu smiled once more, as she flicked her hair back, “Why thank you, my dear. Now let’s go style that hair of yours, and make you look even more stylish than you already are.”
She grabbed Tokimitsu’s hand, and they walked to the bathroom together. Before walking in, Tokimitsu stopped Aryu, and looked at her.
“Hm? Is something wrong, love?” Aryu said, tilting her head slightly.
“Oh uh… No! I just wanted to say that uh… uhm…”
“It’s ok, take your time.”
Tokimitsu fiddled with her fingers, before taking a deep breath, “I just wanted to say that I love you…! Thank you so much for making me feel loved a-and worthy!”
Aryu was a bit taken aback by this, as Tokimitsu wasn’t much of the verbal affection type of girl, but she smiled and kissed her, caressing her face. A few moments passed before the kiss was broken, and Aryu looked Tokimitsu in the eyes.
“I love you too, and you’re very welcome. Anything for my favorite girl in the entire world”, Aryu said, making Tokimitsu’s heart skip a beat. Aryu helped Tokimitsu with her hair, in which they were able to come to an agreement on styling. Tokimitsu smiled, as she looked at her hair, which now looked very cute and fitting, but the hair wasn’t the important thing anymore. All she was thinking about is Aryu, and how lucky she got to be with someone like her. She looked up at Aryu, smiling.
“You’re so amazing, Aryu.”
“You’re amazing as well, my dear.”
Yeah, it’s safe to say both Tokimitsu and Aryu were truly amazing, and very lucky to have very loving people to call their girlfriend.