Teeter totter (2SHIN one-shots)

Early morning hair care

Yuna ran her fingers through her hair before gripping the handle of her brush hard enough her knuckles turned white. If there was one thing she hated more than her hair, it was combing it.

The mirror took in her disheveled appearance. She let out a loose sigh and proceeded to tame her mane. She started at the top and tried to make her way down before clumps of hair tangled in on one another.

"You're doing it wrong!" her eyes flickered upwards when she felt the brush being plucked out of her fingers. "Yah.. its such a shame having to watch you do this to your pretty hair." She felt a pair of hands pull her hair together and tuck it behind her ears smoothing over her back before dragging the brush through her hair in one easy stride.

"See not so bad, eh?" Ryujin murmured. Yuna gazed into the bathroom mirror, noting the way Ryujin had to stand on her toes just to reach her.

"Unnie, why're you up so early today?" Yuna questioned glancing at the clock as Ryujin continued to brush away the tangles in her hair.

"I don't know." Ryujin responded blandly, focusing on the brush moreso than the conversation at hand. Some might've found her response to be thorny and awkward, but Yuna liked it. She liked the comfortable silence.

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Ryujin wasn't going to deny that waking up at 5:30am was not getting any easier over the weeks and every morning she would ask herself the same 'Why am I doing this?' only to realize that 'brushing hair' was the one excuse she could come up with.

Ryujin always found her feet pressed against the cold flooring, but nonetheless moved across it anyways, her footsteps always stopped just short of the bathroom door, and she would watch Yuna busy herself with her hair for a moment before taking a step inside and Yuna wouldn't acknowledge her at first, but the creases in her brow would ease up and so would her vice-like grip on the brush. She'd walk up behind her, pull the brush away and run her fingers through her hair a few times making small talk before getting started, but today was different.

"I dont know if its too much to ask.. but do you know how to braid?" Yuna asked, her voice was so quiet Ryujin almost missed it.

Braids? She wanted braids?

"I dunno, I just thought they'd look kind of good." Yuna mumbled dozing off.

If she wanted braids. She'd give her braids.

"I can braid." Ryujin spoke confidently parting Yuna's hair before threading her fingers through it. She liked Yuna's hair it wasn't crazy thick, but it had volume to it.

"Why're you awake so early nowadays?" Ryujin's mouth felt like sandpaper and she'd rather bite off her own tongue than tell her that she woke up at such an ungodly hour just to spend time with her hair.

"I don't know. I just can't fall back asleep." Ryujin murmured catching a whiff of some strawberry scented shampoo as she neatly separated more hair.

"Anyway, thank you." Yuna cracked a half smile and Ryujin took a quick peek at their reflection through the mirror.

"No problem." Ryujin averted her eyes and responded quickly, her cheeks feeling alot warmer than they were a minute ago, she felt a smile stretching onto her lips and, worst of all she felt her heart beating loudly against her chest. Ryujin skillfully braided one side of Yuna's hair before smoothing it down.

"You know, your personality matches your hair." Yuna had to hold back a snort and feigned a look of horror.

"You think I'm annoying and unmanageable too?" Ryujin shook her head and chuckled.

"More like.. when given a little love, radiant and beautiful." Ryujin speedily tied the bottom of her maknae's last braid and proudly looked into the mirror to admire her work. Yuna felt her mouth go dry, but quietly thanked Ryujin, again for the braids. It was all she could do to stop the redness that was threatening to surface her cheeks.

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Ryujin hummed while dragging a few fingers through Yuna's hair before combing it.

"You know, if I had nice hair like you I'd probably think twice before chopping it off." Ryujin spoke from behind Yuna combing out knots.

Yuna looked into the mirror in front of them and noticed how Ryujin's reflection had dark circles under her eyes.

"Are you sleeping okay unnie?" Yuna blurted changing the flow of conversation.

"Yeah, I'm sleeping fine." Yuna frowned suspiciously, but Ryujin grinned sheepishly, yes, she was sleeping fine she was just waking up too early, but Yuna was concerned for her and that made her happy.

"You have pretty hair too."

"What?"

"You have pretty hair too, so consider letting it grow sometime." Ryujin felt heat rush to her cheeks and smiled at her maknae's comment, untrusting of her tongue to say anything back she simply continued to comb, comb and smile to herself, unaware that Yuna had been waiting for her reaction through the mirror.

Cute.

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Fun fact: "Hair care" is the final draft of the first one shot I've ever written! (even though it technically is in three parts, it'd be too short otherwise) 

Thank you again for taking the time to read. I appreciate you. <3 Have a great day.