Hair
Disclaimer: I do not own Galactik Football and I make no money from this fanfiction.
Even she had to admit that she had a crush. A little crush. Minute really. So small it barely existed.
A crush on her best friend's boyfriend. But just a little one. When she got down to thinking about it, it wasn't for any of the obvious reasons; it wasn't because he was the Captain, it wasn't because his shy yet strong persona. It wasn't even because he was a genuinely nice guy (between D'jok and Sinedd, she definitely went for boys with attitude).
No, it was for a purely shallow reason: his hair.
It was a hair crush, pure and simple.
There was something about the way those long dreads fell that was just so appealing. Maybe it was because most boys had boring short hair- D'jok's ginger spikes were hardly the height of cool, and whilst Sinedd's raven hair promised a little more intrigue, she'd gotten sick of seeing the same hair on every emo in the galaxy.
So Rocket's long locks were a breath of fresh air- literally too, since his hair-care products had a really nice fragrance (from what Mei could smell from afar, anyways).
She'd never told Tia about it, how could she? She'd only take it the wrong way. It was a totally innocent hair-crush after all. Nothing to feel guilty for.
Although she did wonder about herself sometimes, as much as the pain of Tia's abandonment was the most troubling thing about Rocket's secret life as King of the Sphere, part of her was feeling more distressed because Rocket had tied up his hair into an awful ponytail. It made her feel like a terrible person for being so shallow.
(Still, she was very relieved when he took it out and his hair returned to its former state of glory.)
She knew she was being wicked when she invited him to do a hair commercial with her, but she just couldn't help herself. He took some convincing too; Tia had even helped her to cajole him. He'd do anything for Tia and Mei would never mess that up for them.
But, she wasn't complaining when it turned out the commercial required her to run her fingers through Rocket's hair, in fact it was almost a dream come true. His hair was just as soft as in her fantasies; she could get completely lost in that hair…
The director just couldn't explain it, he'd worked with Mei many times before, and he'd never known her mess up so many takes. If he didn't know better, he would have thought that she'd wanted to prolong filming this commercial; but that was ridiculous, she was always so desperate to finish up.
He dismissed it as sheer incompetence and reminded himself (not for the first time) never to work with GF stars- it was far too much work.
For indecisive-ays' prompt: Rocket/Mei and hair. I hope you like it; even though it's just Mei having a bit of a crush rather than anything actually happening between them (I'm not sure whether that's cheating or not). Also, I'm not bashing gingers or emos, it's just something I think Mei (being so fashion conscious) might think. Please review!