Hello everybody! So here's the next little drabble piece… Thank you all who reviewed the first one! Your kind words all meant so much to me! I hope to have Catch Me, I'm Falling updated this week, so keep an eye out for that, dearies! In the meantime, enjoy this little fluffy thing!
Stay revolutionary!
~Rosey
*Insert Pun About Blond Hair Here*
"You're kidding me," Cosette's eyes grew wide and her jaw essentially dropped to the floor. "You're not naturally blond?!"
Across the table from her sat a very red-faced Enjolras, his head in his hands and his blond curls spilling over his fingers. "Don't say it so loudly. People will hear you."
Cosette bit down on her lip to keep from seemingly exploding before taking a deep breath and looking over at him again. "So… What's your natural color then?"
Redder than ever, Enjolras tilted his head towards her and pulled a little at his curls, showing very faint mousy-brown roots. Cosette let out a little squeak, stifling something between a laugh and a cry of dismay, before taking a deep breath and crossing her arms. "Alright. So why, pray tell, does the great Apollo bleach and dye his hair? And does anybody else know about this?"
"Only Combeferre," the blond-who-wasn't mumbled as he looked down at his shoes. "See… When I was a kid I accidentally washed my hair with my mom's hair color-dye rather than the regular shampoo… I thought 'Oh, cool, new shampoo yay.' Imagine my surprise when I dried my hair and I was a blond."
Cosette had to chuckle now, though she tried to hide it by taking a sip from her Starbucks cup and glancing out the coffee store window. "And you didn't let it grow out because…?"
"Because I was so embarrassed that people were going to think I was really dying my hair! So… I kind of just… Kept it up. So… To cover up a lie I… Kind of lied again. With hair dye. So." By now Enjolras was as red as the hoodie he had on and he looked down into his own coffee cup.
"Oh, sweetie, I am so sorry to hear that," she smiled softly, reaching over to press his hand. "I am also still in shock that you aren't naturally blond. So give me a few years to get over that."
"Yeah… Sorry about that," Enjolras peek up with a blush still on his nose. "Umm… But I do have a… A request? For you?"
"And what is that, dear?" she asked kindly as she sat back in her chair to take another sip of her drink.
"Well…I heard you talking to Eponine the other day about how you aren't naturally blond yourself. About how you're a natural brunette?"
"That's right. Why?"
"Well… Combeferre is usually the one who helps me touch up my roots. But he's currently out of town on business and I was wondering if… Umm…"
"Oh, Julien, I would love to!" Cosette instantly perked up and her eyes glowed. "You positively have the best hair of anyone I have ever met, naturally blond or not. And having the chance to touch it and work with it is one that anybody would practically sell their souls for!"
More red than ever now, Enjolras just offered her a tiny, embarrassed smile. "You mean you don't mind?"
"Why it would be my pleasure!" Cosette grinned, leaping to her feet and reaching for his hand to pull him to the door. "We can make a night out of it! We'll watch movies and discuss politics and drink so much tea we'll be up peeing all night and-"
"Yes, yes we can do all those things. But Cosette?"
"Yes dear?"
"Whatever you do… Don't tell Grantaire. I think he would go into some kind of epileptic shock if he knew."
"That his Apollo was spending a night with a girl?"
"That his Apollo actually has mousy brown hair, and not blond." Enjolras had to smile a little to himself as they got in the car. "He just might have to find another name for me."
And there you go! I have this head canon that Modern!Enjolras and Cosette would be best of friends, and would basically be brother and sister. Also, I got this idea from a piece of fan art I saw a while back of Cosette dying Enjolras's hair blond, so I figured I would turn it into a one shot! I don't know if I like the idea of Enjolras actually not being naturally blond out of this context, but for this drabble it was a cute and fun idea, anyway! I actually might expand this in another drabble later… What do you guys think?
As always, please review, and stay revolutionary!
~Rosey
