Title: Before dawn...

Summary: Just a short musing regarding the hair/hairstyles of three characters-Rey, Heine n Yzak fromGSD.Ever wonder why Rey's beautiful blonde locks are always tangle-free and...beautiful?

Disclaimer: I do not own GundamSEED Destiny or any of its characters. I only own a measley John. And i derived John's name from a fictional chinese literatureoiece. No offence and dont sue me please!

Time: C.E 73 somewhere in August (?) 05:00 (5 am morning)

In the Academy

It was still very early, but Shinn was very excited. Today is the graduation ceremony for his batch of cadets, and he was one of those elites, along with his best friend cum roommate, Rey and another close friend, Lunamaria. Tossing n turning around in his bed, he suddenly noticed that his roommate was not in bed.

"Where can he be now?"

The sound of running water in the bathroom confirmed where Rey had 'vanished' to, but what was he doing in the bathroom at 5.00 in the morning?

"Rey" Shinn knocked on the door. "You alright?"

"I'm fine. Just taking a shower."

"But isn't that a lil' bit too early?" Shinn's eyes widened in surprise. "I thought the graduation assembly only started at 7:00 am. And it's only 5:00 am in the morning!"

There was no answer. Curiosity was creeping all over him. Suddenly, a gleeful smile appeared on Shinn's face.

"Rey, I NEED to use the bathroom NOW! My bladder's gonna explode if I don't use it NOW!"

Sure enough. There was no more water running on, plus a short reply: "A moment please."

When Rey finally came out of the bathroom, Shinn found himself staring at his roommate. Not that it was anything out of the world, but it was probably not on his mind either.

"Uh.., Rey, what's that with your hair?"

"Oh.., it's hot oil treatment…for my hair, so that it will look better for tomorrow's graduation...needs some time, u know…" A blushing Rey in a bath robe begin trailing off his unfinished sentence while adjusting the towel that wrapped his hair firmly.

Something you wouldn't expect from your male workaholic top-scorer roommate now, would you?