What the Hair?! (Wait, was that a Tangled reference?)
It was a normal day at the monastery, Lloyd was watching Arin and Sora train on the obstacle course.
Everything was going smoothly when suddenly Sora's hair tie snapped, causing Sora to get distracted, lose her footing, and fall face-first on the ground.
"Ow." Sora groaned. Arin jumped down and helped his friends up."You okay?"
"Other than falling face-first to the ground, I'm doing great." Sora laughed sarcastically."Super cheap hair ties I guess!"
"I think that's enough for today!" Lloyd walked over. "There should be some ice packs in the freezer and Nya may have some hidden scrunchies in her room."
"Anything's better than these cheap ones" Sora groaned walking away.
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In Nya's room
Sora was looking around Nya's room searching for the elusive scrunchies, but all she could find was a bunch of guilt for searching someone's room without their permission.
"There are some scrunchies in Nya's room he says!" Sora mimicked Lloyd." He COULD at least tell me where?!"
Finally, Sora looked inside one of Nya's drawers and found a yellow scrunchie. "Score!" Sora grabbed the scrunchie but couldn't help but notice a picture staring back at her.
(Nya wore a yellow scrunchie in season 9 when she was wearing the beggar outfits.)
Out of curiosity Sora took out the picture and couldn't help but laugh. It looked to be a really old picture of the ninja and a kid with a really ugly mushroom cut.
"Hey, Sora, did you find that scrunch-what are you doing?" Arin walked in curiously.
"Good news I found a scrunchie! In other news, I found this photo. Doesn't this kid with the dopey mushroom cut remind you of Lloyd?" Sora showed Arin the photo.
"I think so? Wait, what do you mean dopey mushroom cut? You have no right to talk about his hair like that!" Arin started stroking his hair to make his point.
"You're one to talk. What about the Zane haircut?" Sora said dramatically.
"That was one time!" Arin said defensively." Whatever you say." Sora rolled her eyes.
"Besides, I had a much better haircut as a kid.
"I'll admit your two buns did look adorable but you must have had a bad haircut at some point!"
"What can I say? Imperium had good hair salons," Sora explained. "Did you just compliment Imperium?" Arin began shaking her widely. "Who are you and what have you done with my Sora?"
"I'm kidding, my hair was my personal choice. The Empress could never." Arin, let's go of her. "Wait, wait, wait!" "No one's going anywhere?"
"I just remembered. I was going to ask if I could do your hair?"
"My hair? I was just going to put it into a ponytail like I always do." "Please :3," Arin asked again.
"Okay, then." Sora hands him the scrunchie. Arin takes it, considering it a relic of trust.
"I shall treat your hair with great delicacy, my lady!" "I thought we were ninja, not knights?"
"Come one!"
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In Arin and Sora's bedroom. The two of them are sitting on Sora's bed, chilling. With her headphones out of the way, Arin was keeping his promise to treat her hair with delicacy.
"Your hair is soft, Sora!" Arin said, gliding through it gently. "Thank you, but could you please put it in a ponytail?" she nudged him.
"Okay but are you sure you don't want a braid?"
"Arin!" Sora nudged him again. "Okay…"
Arin tied Sora's hair, having some experience tying Sora's hair in the past. When he finished, Sora turned to face him. "Thanks" "No problem."
"Hey Sora, did you find that hair tie- gah!" Lloyd walked in unannounced and walked back startled
dropping his staff.
"Are you okay, Lloyd?" Sora turned to face him.
"Um, yeah, I'm fine." He picked up his staff and just turned a crimson red.
"Hey Lloyd, we were wondering if this is you in this photo." Arin showed Lloyd the photo they found earlier.
"Oh wow, this was taken not long after we had discovered I was the green ninja," Lloyd explained.
"So it was you with the mushroom cut," Sora laughed.
"Yeah, I covered my hair with my hoodie most of the time."
"You look surprisingly younger than the other ninja in the photo," Arin asked.
"Yeah, you could say I had a growth spurt." Lloyd smiled knowingly. " I also had a much better hair-do!"
"Anything's better than the mushroom cut," Sora mumbled under her breath.
"In any case, you guys should be heading off to bed."
"Sure, Dad" Sora replied sarcastically
"Good night you two." Lloyd closed the door and left.
The two tired from the day's training exercises decided to just sleep together, as they use to, cuddling close to each other with Arin mumbling the words "Goodnight Sora," and Sora was dreaming about her ugly haircut caused by one of her inventions as a kid.
~The End~
Author's Notes:
Let's see did I get my mental checklist completed
Arin and Sora being friends with a slight hint of romance~
Lloyd having a more important role
The obligatory Nya reference
Ok, 2/3 is fine. (Sorry Lloyd I have been way too harsh on you and your mushroom cut). Oh, and Lloyd thought Sora and Arin kissing but quickly straightened that out.
I was struggling to decide on what to write and then my messy afro hair is just bothering me so I decided to write about hair.( My hair would not cooperate with me and my hijab!)
Always thank you so much for reading!
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When the heck are we getting that trailer from SDCC!!! I'm losing my mind people!
