Chapter 3: Saki
"Braids"
I started braiding my hair because...I was different...
I do not know why, but...my hair was different from other people's...for as long as I can remember, I have had wavy hair (I suppose that I must have some non-Japanese ancestry...most probably on my mother's side, because of her hair colour is so light). Everyone else had straight hair...everyone. I was the lone wavy-haired girl in that crowd...
I got into trouble for my hair...it turned out that there was a school rule against wavy hair, for some reason. My parents protested, over and over, that my hair was naturally like that, but their pleas fell on deaf ears. I was promptly ordered to straighten it.
My hair...it reminds me of my power. It is something I have always had, that I did not choose...something that others consider strange...something that I had to learn to control, bit by bit. No one notices wavy hair if it is braided properly.
As I plait my hair each morning, I always look at the one person who has hair like mine. He cannot hide his...but they allow it, because his hair is so short. I know that there are troubles ahead of him, many troubles.
I smile and pick up my bag. "Megumi, it is time to go."
"Right."
Owari (the end)
A/N: Hana-chan's chapter was originally a little different, but I edited it a little...hum. It's too short, this chapter. Far too short. But Hana-chan is soft-spoken, so I suppose that's fine...isn't it?
OK! Pay attention! Barbershop is finished...for now. I'm considering writing more, but the trouble is, I don't know which characters I'd write about. So, I'm open to suggestions for future characters, just so long as they're not Zodiac members. I'm not going to write a chapter for any of the Zodiac (not even Akito), because...well, I don't really know why. I guess that I think their hairstyles are boring. I'm THINKING- just thinking, mind you- of writing about Kazuma, because he seems like an interesting character, and his 'superstition' about his ponytail is intriguing. Other possibilities are Mayuko-sensei, one of the Yuki fanclub girls, Mitsuru, or maybe even Momo. Tell me what you think!