Prompt:
If you're still doing gmh (grim mini hearts) maybe do something with the prompt braid train with the groups bbies? If you want to i mean if you arent willing to do it its fine but bc it would be cute in your style im asking! Love ur writing btw :)
AN: Okay, I was gonna finish some other things first, but le-superstar-potato8802 is amazing and made me feel a bajillion times better after chapter 517 (which almost took away any desire I had to write for this fandom ever again), so here we go. I should warn you - I have no experience with braid trains, but I will do my best. I hope you enjoy.
"You want to ride a train?" Jellal asked, confused. Behind him, Simon snorted into his hot chocolate.
"It's a braid train, Jellal," he called. "You sit in a row and braid the hair of whoever's in front of you." Jellal frowned.
"But... only Erza and Ultear have long hair," he pointed out. Macbeth tugged on his coat. "Oh, and Macbeth. Sorry," he apologized to the younger boy cuddled against his side. Macbeth stopped pouting and nodded, his desire for attention temporarily sated.
"I also have long hair!" Richard called out. "Oh yeah!"
"So does Zancrow," Ultear said smugly.
"Hell the fuck no," Zancrow said immediately, standing up and backing away. "I ain't gettin' involved in this shit. Oy, Brain and Master Hades got long hair too; go bug them!"
"Absolutely not," Jellal cut in, frown deepening. "Master Hades is very busy, and Brain is..." he hesitated. "Well, he's probably not busy, but I heard a lot of laughing coming from the basement, so I vote for not finding out."
"Seconded," said Sorano quickly. The rest of the gang nodded, and Zancrow quickly made his escape.
"Coward!" Erik bellowed after him. He heard Zancrow flipping him off, and sniggered. "Okay, so who here knows how to braid?" Simon, Erza, Sorano, Richard, Jellal, and Ultear raised their hands.
"Wait, Jellal?" Erza turned to him.
"Ultear taught me," he explained. "I practice on Macbeth."
"I like braids," Macbeth said sleepily. He stuck his tongue out at Erza and Sorano, both of whom shot him dark looks. Jellal, as usual, didn't notice.
"Alright," Ultear declared, clapping her hands. "Everyone who's participating, get in a circle."
"I thought it was supposed to be a train," Sawyer said, glancing up from across the room. He had been playing tic-tac-toe with Zancrow until the latter had fled at the thought of someone trying to braid his hair (playing anything with Zancrow was usually a bad idea - you had to let him win lest he set the game, and any nearby opponents, on fire).
"Trains can go in a circle!" Ultear snapped back.
"Ultear," Jellal said gently. The Time Mage turned to look at him. "I don't think you want Millianna's fingers in your hair." Ultear blanched at the thought - for all of the cat lover's positive traits, clean fingers were rarely one of them. Millianna pouted.
"I'll braid your hair," Erza assured her. "As for me–"
"I'll braid yours!" Simon said eagerly. Erza smiled at him.
"Thanks, Simon."
"Wait, Simon, we can't braid your hair," Wally pointed out. "It's too short."
"We can have multiple braid trains," Sorano said, glancing at Jellal. "I'll braid Macbeth's hair, and Jellal can braid mine." Both Erza and Macbeth scowled at that. Macbeth tightened his grip on Jellal's waist.
"No," he said firmly. Ultear rolled her eyes.
"Sorano, you braid Macbeth's hair," she said, her tone brooking no argument. "I'll braid yours and Richard can braid mine. Jellal, you braid Richard's."
"Good thinking, Ultear," Jellal smiled at her. He turned to the rest of their little group. "What about you guys?"
"Pass," Erik said, scratching Cubellios under the chin. Sawyer and Wally both nodded in agreement, Sawyer protectively running a hand over his mohawk.
"Can I braid your hair, Jellal?" Shô asked innocently. Jellal grinned.
"Sure you can," he replied. His hair was too short for real braiding, but Shô didn't know how to braid anyway and Jellal didn't want to exclude him.
That day, the gang discovered three things: First, Erza's hair was the best for braiding. Second, Ultear was the best at braiding (followed by Jellal, who had taken her lessons to heart). Third, Millianna was not capable of sitting still for any length of time, and ended up getting bored and running off to play with Erik and Cubellios, leaving Simon - blushing madly - alone with Erza.
Most of the braids were taken out by the end of the day - Ultear first, as Richard's hands were honestly just too big for an effective braid (he apologized profusely, of course), then Jellal (whose hair hadn't really been braided anyway; just tugged a bit), then Richard (who thought Jellal had done an excellent job, but felt that braids weren't really his style), then Sorano (whose short hair made braids a tad uncomfortable), then Millianna (whose braid had only been halfway finished anyway), and finally Erza (who only took out the braid to shower, thanking Simon for his excellent work).
Macbeth forgot about his braid entirely, and didn't take it out until a few days later, when someone reminded him that it was there.
AN: I hope that was good! I'm surprised by how quickly this got done... Not much actual braiding, sadly, but I don't know very much about braids. XD I hope you enjoyed! :D Kitty out.