A/N: Prompt from Maki. Thank you!

OMG WTF is this crap I'm soooooo sorry.

13

Golden

It's probably strange of her to say - especially aloud - but one of her favorite physical qualities of Thomas is his hair.

Well, every part of him is gorgeous. His dark, maroon eye are easy to get lost in, they're intense, deep, and can be so, so soft. His height is nice as well; it's just to the point where she has to stand on her tiptoes to kiss him. His lips are warm and inviting against hers, taste good, are sweet and hesitant. The young man's smile is precious, adorable, sometimes cocky. His scar is rather attractive in it's own way; it seals their relationship, marks it right on his face just like the fading burn marks hidden beneath her clothing.

Rio loves everything about him, including every one of his imperfections - and that's what makes them so close. They can accept each other for who they are.

But if she had to choose, it'd only take a split moment for her to answer.

She absolutely adores his hair.

Thomas thinks that is weird.

"Look, I love your hair, too, it's fricken beautiful, but your obsession with mine is still bizarre," he'd often tell her.

It is a habit of hers to lean over the back of the couch and run her fingers through the thick strands on his head, feeling the smoothness and the equal wildness of them. She waits until he's sitting on the cushion reading or playing a game-boy or whatever it is he does when he's bored. That way he can't say he's busy and retort. It's genius.

"Okay, why...?" Thomas mutters more to himself when her hand ruffles his shock.

Rio cranes her neck to look at him, smiling from ear to ear with her eyes closed for extra emphasis. "Because your hair is so nice~"

"...What?" He can't exactly hide the amusement in his tone, and she's fairly positive she heard a small chuckle in there somewhere.

"It's so fluffy!" Rio declares, patting the top his skull affectionately. "Or at least, the blonde part is. Your red hair is more wiry. I suppose that's why it sticks out like that."

"Thanks," Thomas says flatly and extremely sarcastically, scowling.

Rio rolls her eyes and tugs a lock by his ear. "The blonde hair you have, though...it's so silky. I like the way it feels."

Her boyfriend laughs at loud, dipping his chin as his shoulders bounce. "That's my fanservice, neh?" He is still smirking at his own joke after she pokes his cheek roughly at the crudeness of it. "I'm just joking! ...Sort of-"

There's a subtle thump when Thomas's own book hits his upper arm, Rio holding it threateningly. "You're the complete opposite of modest, you know that, right?"

"It's a golden quality of mine."

"You mean like your hair?" the girl questions, unamused, bunching his long bangs into her fist gently. She doesn't mention it out loud, but she isn't trying to irritate him so much as she wants to touch the sleekness.

Thomas shrugs. "If that answer makes you satisfied, then sure."

Rio can see him smiling.

~Finish~