neornitheslogs | Big changes!

A - BACKDATED BC I'M A MORON: Ankh had finally decided he was ready for a change. And true to her word, Hina was only too happy to help him with the hair dye. So they had drug a chair into the women's communal bathroom for him to sit in while Hina did the hair dyeing for him. He sat in front of her, in an undershirt with a towel wrapped snug around his neck and shoulders. He just hoped that this was going to be as much of a benefit as he thought it was. If he was a bit testy, that was only out of his own nerves about this kind of thing.

But when Hina presented him with several pages of fashion design sketches for him to look at it helped him relax some. Even if the hair dye reeked. Looking through the drawings that were so very Hina, brought up those long-forgotten memories of pride in his little sister. How excited she'd been to get into her design school. She seemed to be picking right up where she had left off after he'd given her the present. "Hina, these are great!" he told her, sounding a bit more like himself than like the professional thief he had been for so long.

B: Later, Ankh is looking like a completely different guy, his hair completely free and unstyled. He was mostly at a loss for what to do with it if he wasn't going to look like Ankh anymore. Further, he wanted to use the length to cover the shaved side until it grew back. So he looked a bit like a wild man.

So he was at work, putting his hours in in the Courtyard and at the Pool. In the courtyard, he looks a bit under-dressed for the snow he's clearing, but it doesn't appear to bother him too much. At the pool he's mostly ignoring his duties and relaxing with a couple popsicles. He's still dressing the same as ever, preferring red, studs, and flashy t-shirts. Baby steps.

[Yay character development! Using pics of Miura Ryosuke's character from Piece for the moment. I may still use some Ankh icons if I need them for the facial expressions but he pretty much looks like this for now. Bother away!

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Hina had helped a friend from school dye her hair once, so she had a general idea of how this worked. She stood behind Ankh, wearing long gloves over her hands and her prison-issue jumpsuit instead of any of the cute clothes she'd bought since being incarcerated.

She smiled. There were a few outfits she'd doodled based off of prison garb and the clothes she'd seen Ankh wearing, but it was all pretty outlandish. "Oh, you're just saying that because it's been so long," she said modestly.

Shingo was far from complaining about her handiwork. He knew he'd missed some places when he'd bleached it in the first place, so he figured she could easily do a better job than that.

He shrugged a little. "Maybe. But I can definitely see your touch on these." He appreciated that his own style, such as it was, had been an inspiration for her. And this prison hadn't robbed her of this part of her, either.

Her bright grin softened into a more subdued, fond smile. "I can't wait to have you try some of these on."

"Eh? Me? Model? No way, I don't think that's something I'd be any good at. There's got to be some people that would be better at it than me." Suddenly he was flicking pages a little more quickly.

"You'd look great! Besides, I don't know a lot of people here. I could put out an open call, but..."

"I guess it might make a good distraction for some people. And maybe someone else might want to make some things too."

"Good point." She nodded. "But you're not getting out of it that easily, you know."

"Eh?" He looked up at her kind of aghast. "You really want me to?"

"Of course! I think you'd look great."

Sometimes Eiji didn't have a certain reason to set off looking for Ankh, but it's what he ended up doing regardless. Rather it was out of worrisome obligation or because he actually wanted his company was, once in a while, hard to decide. Even though all the fighting and disagreements they were friends, though... Ankh had even said so himself.

So maybe it was the idea of companionship that he liked.

The pool seemed like a good place to check first. The last time Eiji had been there looking for Ankh he'd nearly drowned him, so maybe it would go better this time...

As soon as he spotted him, his eyes went huge.

"A-- Sh-- W-what?!" He pointed to him, his mouth wide open. He couldn't get any words to come out.

Of course Eiji would make a big deal out of this. So annoying. He sat up from where he'd been lounging. "What are you gawking at?!"

"N-nothing! I mean, uh, it's just that, you know... you have eyebrows now." Not that he didn't before. But you could, like. See them now? Weird.

"Tche." Honestly, this guy was insane. "Hina did that. I didn't even think of doing that." He leaned back down and took an irritable bite out of his popsicle.

Yeesh. He was in a bad mood again already...

"So, um, this was her idea?" He was still trying to register just what he was seeing. It was a huge difference. Not that it was bad or anything. Just... not expected.

"No, the dye was my idea. Hina did it for me." He scowled and avoided making eye contact with Eiji. Maybe this was a bad idea if it was just going to be a big deal all day. "I thought it would help."

"Ah, I get it!" He smiled then. "Well, um, I like it. Not that you care if I do or not."

He shot him a glare. "You're finally catching on."

But on to the next point. "Are you just here to bother me with pointless questions?"

"I just thought maybe you'd want some company. I'll leave if you don't." It was almost impossible to not blow it around Ankh. Things had gone so well the other day...

"Suit yourself," he answered. And suddenly glaring at the popsicle stick was more interesting than looking at Eiji.

Eiji decided to sit down beside him, but didn't say anything at first. He watched the water for a while until he felt like speaking up again.

"Sorry if I upset you. I didn't mean to."

He huffed, and glanced over at Eiji. "It doesn't make a difference..."

"What do you mean? Why doesn't it?"

"Because even if people reacting like you did makes sense it's still annoying as shit."

"They'll probably get used to it really fast." He pointed to himself for emphasis. "I already am! It'll be worth it, definitely."

Well, he wasn't entirely used to it, but... he was trying.

"At this point the only person in here that matters at all is Hina." A beat. "You too, I guess. Everyone else can screw off."

He thought about that for a moment, but finally smiled.

"You matter to me too."

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