An unfortunate incident leads Chris to change her appearance.
An angry Chris is rather cute because it would often be from embarrassment and attempting to hide it. A pissed Chris would be endearing to watch, depending on who is the target of the silver-haired girl's ire.
But an angry downright pissed Chris is something no one wants to deal with, especially when it didn't come often to the point of never happening. The closest you will see her in this state would be by stealing her favorite snack, which was only performed by Tachibana Hibiki as a prank and she was grateful for stopping at only stealing and hiding it instead of going as far as eating it, her cheeks and ears hurt just by the memory still to this day.
But today was different, those around her never experienced such wrath coming from the small third-year student. Both idols; Kazanari Tsubasa and Maria Cadenzavna Eve could only watch stunned from afar as the Ichaival wielder displayed an unknown amount of fury, and they weren't even the target of it.
On the other hand, the two aforementioned 'targets' were petrified in both fear and guilt over the chain of events leading to their current situation. There was no doubt in Akatsuki Kirika and Tsukuyomi Shirabe's minds that their senpai desires nothing else but to beat them to death at this very moment.
Such goal was only hindered by the tight hold their other senpai; Hibiki has over Chris. The girl visibly struggling to hold Chris in place as the latter was trying desperately to wriggle her way out of the Gungnir wielder's arms.
Her mouth has been covered with a hand quickly after being seized, the few strings of expletives that managed to escape only hammering Chris' stand on how much anger she was holding toward her youngest kouhais.
It was clear to anyone that Yukine Chris was not going to calm down anytime soon, and Hibiki took it upon herself once more to steadily drag her senpai out of the training room, passing a glance to both idols, conveying the silent message she will take care of Chris, only receiving another stunned nod of acknowledgment from the blue-haired.
Hibiki shifts her gaze to the two kouhais, only giving them a concerned look at seeing them this crushed over the consequence of their actions. Consequences currently laying on the ground in the form of silver strands of hair with a shredded pink scrunchie.
Chris never ceases her struggle as she was being dragged out by her eldest kouhai, eyes boring into the soul of her other kouhais with a hatred she vaguely remembers feelings over anything. By the time she remembered having her Armed Gear in hands and attempting to fire at them that the automatic door shut closed.
With the source of her anger out of sight, she could only let it simmer, allowing Hibiki to take her further away from here, missing an opportunity when the Commander of the organization enters the training room moment later with a grim face as she was led to the bench in the sitting area.
Hibiki didn't think much after pulling Chris away from the others, she just knew that the first step would be to no longer have the upset girl in the same room as the ZABABA duet. It really was for their own sakes, because while she has seemed in control, the truth is that she has been slipping repeatedly, Chris had managed more than once to almost escape her clutch. Whether it was the daily training bearing fruit or the sheer anger fueling the small senpai, Hibiki was wondering how she still was the least physically 'fit' among them at that time.
Having succeeded in cutting her out of her source of rage, Hibiki was more than happy to only have to deal with a silently fuming Chris emitting faint 'Angry Chris Noises'. Still, a far better alternative than the barrage of curses directed to the two girls, albeit fairly deserved.
With the hand covering Chris' mouth unneeded, Hibiki circles her now free arm around Chris' stomach, hugging her from behind silently as she sits on the couch with the smaller girl on her laps, hoping to finally calm her down despite the rear gear of the Symphogear making things a tad bit difficult.
It took a while, but before long, Chris seems to calm down. Hibiki releases an internal sigh of relief as her grip slackened ever slightly around her senpai's waist, still vigilant in case it was an attempt from Chris to get away after lowering her guard.
"Can you let go of me, now?" Chris grumbles after an extended moment in silence.
"Do you plan to go inside?" Hibiki asks.
Chris releases a sigh. "While I would love nothing more to give them the worst lecture following from a good beating to those two dumbasses for doing exactly what we told them not to. I have more pressing matter at hand."
The sentence was followed by a bright light, signaling the disengagement of her Symphogear, prompting Hibiki to do the same before fully releasing her senpai.
Chris stood up from the improvised seat her kouhai offered in her fit of anger, straitening her school uniform before pulling out her phone to check her next urgent destination while unconsciously twirling a strand of hair around her finger.
"Are you alright, Chris-chan?"
She sighs once more, tearing her attention away from her device to look at her friend. "Still fairly pissed. But right now, I need a hairdresser, then I will think about how to get back at them for their reckless behavior, disregard for instructions, and especially almost killing me!"
Hibiki gulps, she didn't envy her kouhais one bit, but again what happened earlier was extremely dangerous. Chris was lucky to only have lost one tail of her coiffure instead of her whole head. So while nothing overly 'bad' happened, Hibiki was not going to defend them.
"Shishō and the others must already be giving them an earful by now," Hibiki informs.
"Humph! Wait for mine, I will make them beg for mercy and wish they actually killed me instead," she snarls before walking away.
Seeing the silver-haired girl walks away, Hibiki quickly leaps from the couch to follow her. "Wait, Chris-chan. I'm coming with you."
"You don't have to, you did more than enough already."
"I just want to make sure you are okay, and you could probably use the company while plotting your revenge," she grins.
Chris quirks an eyebrow at the statement. "Didn't expect you to support me in it, I would have genuinely expected you to try to stop me or something."
"Kirika-chan and Shirabe-chan were truly reckless, if it was not a training but a real assignment, things could have turned for the worse before getting better. Death or not."
"Thank for saving me by the way," Chris mumbles while blushing a bit.
"Y- You're welcome, Chris-chan," Hibiki replies, blushing in turn from Chris' unexpected acknowledgment.
"Oh my! What on earth could have happened to your hair, young miss?"
Chris scoffs. "Just two idiot kids thinking that playing with sharps blades despite several warnings was still a good idea."
The hairdresser's eyes widen at the information. "Kids these days… Thankfully, it was only your hair…"
"Tell me about it, it would have been my whole head if it was not for her," Chris follows, pointing her head in Hibiki's direction, the latter giving a sheepish smile while blushing, really not used at Chris being thankful toward her.
"How dangerous… Then what do you want me to do with your remaining hair?" the hairdresser shifts her attention from the shy girl back to her customer, already seeing several haircuts she could perform to enhance the beauty of her new customer.
"Just cut it, I will be short-haired for the foreseeable future," Chris replies decisively.
The woman deflates at the firm statement but keeps herself together. "Cutting and trimming, then. Alright." She responds. "But maybe I could entertain you with some coiffure that could suit once they grow back?" she inquires, hoping to get a regular customer out of this first encounter.
Chris looks at the mirror in front of her, contemplating the woman's words as well as if she really wanted to have short hair indefinitely.
"You will have to come every once in a while, Chris-chan, You can decide then if you want to cut them once more or just go for a specific hairstyle.
Chris nods at her friend's words, while her decision was imminent, she can take her time regarding the foreseeable ones. "Guess we will see at my next visit," Chris echoes, to the inner joy of the hairdresser.
"Is that really not weird," The older girl asks as she rubs the back of her naked neck, unable to stop mourning the now definite lack of hair in this area.
"Chris-chan, I told you already as well as the hairdresser that you look great!"
"She's kind of pay for that,' Chris retorts initially before releasing a reluctant sigh. "Fine, I will take you on to your words."
A chime echoes between them, Hibiki fetching her phone to see what the notification was about. "Tsubasa-san sent me a text," she comments.
"What does it say?" Chris inquires.
"She just wants to know if everything is alright on my end. I will tell her everything is fin- Hey, Chris-chan!" Hibiki calls out, astonished to have her phone snatched away by her senpai and looking at the smaller girl taps on the device before being handed it back.
"What did you send Tsubasa-san, Chris-chan? " She asks while checking the sent message.
She is still pissed, cursing both Kirika-chan and Shirabe-chan. I'm keeping her occupied and trying to divert her attention.
"I won't let them know that things calmed down for them to pester me later. I will let them simmer in their own guilt and fear all day long while enjoying myself. And you!" she points at Hibiki. "You are sticking with me until I'm done."
Hibiki wanted to retort but realized that her senpai would probably not leave any room for argument, instead, she silent the thought and sighs before asking. "Then what have you planned for us?"
Chris grins. "Let's go with something simple; comfort food." The words were more than enough to perk up her kouhai. "There is an 'all you can eat cake buffet' not far from here. It was supposed to be our hanging point after today's training, but guess you will be the only one to try on it with me, my treat, of course."
Hibiki's initial reluctance fully melts away upon hearing the destination. "Then I will make sure to fulfill my role as escort and company!" she exclaims with a mock salute.
"Good! Let's go, my favorite kouhai!" Chris announces while extending her hand toward Hibiki with a grin.
Hibiki took the offered hand without hesitation as they walked toward their destination, she would not be the one to complain about becoming Chris' favorite as the result of today's unfortunate event, especially if cakes were in the near future.