Kaminari stared at Marino's head.
It had been several months since she'd seen their hair, now that they're all wearing helmets. Not even a glimpse of them anymore. Maybe it was silly of her to think about it, but it was something she liked feeling on her siblings' heads whenever she could. They were soft, sweet to touch. They were fun to play with as well, braiding her sisters' hair or even ruffling them up to a mess.
For all she knew, the helmets were a permanent part of them and the hair was long gone.
Marino saw how she was staring at him and he chuckled. She slightly tilted her head in response.
"What's on your mind, dear sister?" He asked.
She sighed. "I miss seeing everyone's hair…"
He looked at her in surprise. After a moment, Marino took his helmet off, revealing his hair was still underneath it. She looked at him with widened eyes. Her jaw dropped at the sight. He smiled at her.
"You can always ask." Marino said it like nothing happened.
"Wait what!?" Kaminari nearly exclaimed. She waved her hands. "Hold on, so you're telling me it's not really gone?"
He shook his head. "No, not at all. Nearly all of us thought it would be gone when we got the cybernetics, but we still have our hair. A couple of our siblings were quite upset, however, knowing that they cut their hair for nothing."
She chuckled thinking about it. Kami could certainly take a guess on who wasn't happy about it.
"But yes, simply ask and I will show my hair. I'm sure the others would too, Kaminari." Marino continued.
"Then I know what I'm doing today!" She exclaimed. "But first…"
Kaminari ruffled his hair. Throughout the whole thing, he had a big smile on his face. It was like he himself missed that. She then kissed his forehead before running off.
She had to make up for the lost time in that area.
Kaminari went to Peridot's seamstress room first.
The doors opened up without making too much noise. She peaked in to see both her and Emerald sitting down. Em messed with Peridot's hair. It barely reached her shoulders in length. Emerald had her fingers running through it. She looked sad as she stared at it. Meanwhile Peridot wagged the tip of her tail with a smile on her face.
"I wish your hair was long again…" Em almost whispered.
"I know, Emmie, but it'll be back soon enough. We just have to wait."
Her teal sister whined and her hair fell, covering her face. Peridot looked up to see Kaminari at the doorway. She looked surprised for a second before she warmly smiled and waved at her.
"Oh hey, Kami! Come in!" Peri welcomed with a gesture.
Emerald looked behind her to see Kaminari. Her eyes widened before she buried her face into Peridot's shoulder and held onto her tighter. Her tail wrapped around Peri's even more. All Peri did was giggle in response. Kami laughed with her for a moment before she skipped inside the room. She sat close to Peridot and played with her hair. Her tail tapped against the floor beneath them.
Peridot chuckled. She kissed her forehead.
"It seems like my hair's popular today, huh?" She joked.
Emerald hummed as an answer. She held onto her tighter. Kaminari chuckled as she kept playing with her hair.
"Sorry you can't play with it like you used to, Kami." Peridot apologized. "It'll be a while until it's long enough for a braid or any hairstyles like it."
"It's fine! I'm just happy to see it again!" Kaminari smiled widely.
Kami stayed with Peridot and Emerald for an hour, messing with both their hair. It made Emerald jump at first when Kaminari suddenly started playing with hers, but she eased up and let her play with it all she wanted. Peridot couldn't help but smile the whole time. Emerald had a little smile as well, but it only stayed for a minute whenever it showed up.
Kaminari had so much fun that hour where her tail wagged like crazy.
Kami decided to go to the others after Peridot and Emerald.
All her brothers' hair were the same as before. There wasn't much reason to cut them if it was necessary for the cybernetics implements and enhancements. Aerodynamic was the only guy who would need to cut his hair if at all, but he didn't feel like doing it himself. It was mainly the girls and Hermodactyloides who worried about it with how most of them had longer hair.
Dactyle was putting it off until they were told to though, which never happened. They didn't want to say goodbye to their hair at all.
Jasper's hair was slightly longer than Peridot's. She was really upset about cutting it, especially when she learned it was for nothing. When Kami visited her, Dactyle was in the middle of braiding her hair even if it wasn't really long enough for it. Kaminari sat next to the two for a few minutes before they let her finish up the braid. Jasper told jokes during it and made both of them laugh. After Kaminari finished up, Jasper ruffled her hair some and messed it up. Kami giggled as she ruffled her hair before they kissed her forehead.
"It's fun getting to do that again!" Kami said.
Dactyle chuckled. "Have you been going around to play with everyone's hair, ditt söta barn?"
Kaminari quickly nodded. Hermo chuckled at how enthusiastically she answered.
"Oh you're such a dear. I'm sorry there's not too many ways you can play with ours right now. Dia never cut her hair though, so you may have better luck." They responded.
Kami's eyes lit up and her tail wagged faster. She smiled so widely that all her teeth showed. She'd forgotten to go to Diamond, she hadn't seen her all day so visiting her to see her hair completely slipped her mind.
"Good luck with her, though. The uthually doethn't like anyone dithturbing her tho don't get upthet of the wanth you to leave, thweetie." Jasper added.
"I'm sure she won't mind!" Kami said.
She got up and ran out the room. Jasper got up to go after her.
"Wait!"
Dactyle put their hand on her shoulder and forced her back down. A light grunt came out of her.
"Just let her go. It'll be fine, Diamond wouldn't be cold towards her, no matter how much of a grumpalump she is."
"I gueth tho."
Jasper simply stared at the door.
Diamond flipped a page of her book as she wrote down some notes.
She heard the door open, but she didn't pay enough attention to the footsteps to know who it was. She groaned as she continued to write and read.
"I don't know who it is that just came in, but if it's Jasper or Magma, I blo-"
Kaminari grabbed her from behind and hugged her. It caught Diamond by surprise so badly that she nearly shrieked. She looked behind her to confirm her guess. Dia relaxed and hugged her back without falling off the chair.
"Hey, love. What brings you to my little area?" She softly asked, smiling at her.
Her tail slowed down, but a huge smile remained on her face. Kami giggled, excitement and joy being very noticeable in her voice.
"Can I play with your hair, Dia?" Kaminari asked.
Diamond chuckled and lightly moved her hand on her head back and forth.
"Not right now, Kaminari, I'm quite busy right now. When I'm done, however, we can do that as much as you want." Diamond responded.
Her tail stopped wagging completely. The end of Kami's lip slightly twitched, almost faltering, but the smile remained. Dia didn't like disappointing her like this, but she still had work to be done. She kissed her forehead.
"I'm sorry it can't be right now." She continued.
"It's fine, I mean you didn't say no." She responded. "Just let me know when you're done."
Kaminari pulled away and walked out the room. The way she moved was a little less enthusiastic compared to before. When the door closed, Diamond sighed and went back to work.
It only took a few minutes until an idea came to mind.
Kaminari watched the screen.
She'd seen every Sun Riders episode so she didn't need to pay attention to the show as much as she normally would. Playing with her siblings was all that she could think about. No matter what, it was something she had to wait another day for. It wasn't like she could be that upset though. It wouldn't be that long of a wait, but it certainly felt like it.
Kami jumped when she heard a knock on the door. She paused the show and looked at the door.
"You can come in!" She said.
The door whooshed open, revealing all ten of her siblings were standing there. Her eyes widened, the end of her tail quickly tapping against the bed.
"Hey, Kami." Soma started. "We hope we're not bothering you right now."
She quickly shook her head.
"Good, 'cause we're gonna stick around for a bit. Can't do anythin' if we ain't staying." Magma said.
Kami raised an eyebrow and tilted her head. She was admittedly curious, but she had a feeling someone was gonna give her the answer before she could ask. They went over to her bed and most of them sat on it while the rest sat on the floor. Diamond took her hair out of a bun, letting her hair fall down.
"You wanted to play with it, now you can, love." Diamond looked her way.
"And we can play with yours, if you want." Aero added.
Kaminari wagged her tail really fast and she smiled widely. She started playing with Diamond's hair without a second to waste.
"I'd love that!" She said.
Marino chuckled at her response. They started playing with her hair. A couple started doing braids while another began on an updo for her. Everyone talked while they did that. After a while, Kaminari had several braids with a little bun in the middle.
None of them knew, however, that Gibson stopped by. He didn't say anything, he smiled and left.
He didn't want to disturb his kids' fun.
