Chiyo ran her fingers through her hair.
It was starting to go past her shoulders. She would've had it cut before they went out to space, but considering everything that happened, that wasn't possible. She only truly realized how long it was when Sprx made a comment on it earlier that day.
"Hey, Kid, tryna grow it out now? I think long hair would suit ya!"
Since then, she'd been messing with it. It wasn't that she hated long hair, but she'd much prefer it if it was shorter. Long hair meant that it could get pulled, dragged around even if she struggled. It made her flinch just thinking about all those times that it got pulled and how she was thrown to the ground. Besides, she felt short hair suited her better.
Usually Glenny cut it for her, but since she couldn't reach him, she'd have to do this herself this time. Chiyo picked up a pair of scissors and looked in the mirror. She took a few deep breaths. It was her first time doing this, but she was somewhat confident she could do it.
Chiyo just had to do it similarly to how Glenny would do it.
She raised the scissors up to her hair. Her hand shook heavily. She took another deep breath. It was either cut it now or let it become a nuisance later. Her heart pounded as she took the first cut.
The doors whooshed open for Nova. She opened her mouth before realizing that Chiyo wasn't in sight. Nova knew she went to her room a while ago. She walked towards the bathroom, figuring she was in there. Her guess was proven correct when she heard the sounds of scissors. She looked inside and softly gasped.
Chiyo had tears running down her face. The way she cut her hair was choppy, and she didn't know how it got like this despite her best attempts. When she heard Nova, Chiyo looked at her for a second before wiping the tears off her face with her arm. She cleared her throat and looked away.
"N-Nova, I- I didn't hear you come in." Chiyo started.
Her expression softened. "Here, let me help."
Nova took the scissors from Chiyo's hand and started fixing it up. Within moments, it became a much neater haircut than it was before. It was like Nova read her mind, it ended up being exactly how she wanted it to be.
Once she was done, Nova gave back the scissors.
"If you needed some help, you could've come to one of us." She stated.
Chiyo chuckled nervously. "I didn't think any of you guys knew how to cut hair ."
"Doesn't hurt to double check." Nova winked.
Chiyo smiled before she pulled Nova into a hug.
"Thanks."
"We better show up to dinner, don't want Antauri to worry about why we're not coming down after all."
Nova walked ahead of Chiyo. Chiyo watched her walk away as she brushed the hair off herself. She followed her a minute afterwards.
She was glad to have the team in her life.
