I was able to put my hair back in a pony tail! I found an extra piece of string in one of the library study rooms and tried putting it back and it worked! It's a really short pony tail, at least compared to all the other girls in the 8th division. And my bangs don't go back, it seems like they refuse to be restrained. But I like it anyways.
Kyouraku taicho saw it when I passed him by headquarters today. He smiled and told me I looked cute with my hair like that. He didn't stop me, which was good because I was bringing lots of heavy books from the library. But he was singing "Kawaii, kawaii, Nanao-chan with her hair tied back," as he continued down the path. It made me smile.
When I got back to my room after all sorts of reading in one of the gardens in the 8th, I found a small envelope that someone slid under my door. It was from Taicho. "For my kawaii kawaii nanao-chan, so she doesn't have to use ordinary string in her pretty hair." And a deep purple ribbon fell out of the envelope. It's so pretty! It's not too wide so when I tie it that it looks silly because my hair is still really short. I'll have to go thank him tomorrow.