So just pull the trigger.

7. Are you terribly mad?

It was time to take another step to get closer. It was easy to book an appointment, Jami was Eva's cousin's best friend and dated Joni's new boyfriend's older brother. Later Aki would pretend to be amazed by the coincidence that he had ended up in Jami's chair. It would be an easy conversation starter, perhaps he could improve the relationship between Eva and Sonja, perhaps someone would throw a party, and perhaps that way he could weasel his way into Joni's life. Aki smiled as he flipped through the pages of a random magazine. He liked projects, goals to meet, and the thrill that achieving them could bring.

"Kuusisto?" a male voice asked and Aki brought his gaze up, smiled, and lowered the magazine down.

"You have an appointment?" the younger man asked and Aki nodded with a smile before standing up.

"This way then," the barber said, smiling pleasantly at him. Aki followed him to his station. The salon was quite big, employing over ten people and every one of them seemed to have a customer at the moment. Aki observed the barber as they walked. The man was short, slim, cute, and had a nice ass.

"Please, take a seat," the shorter man said and Aki sat down. 

Jami placed the cape on him. "Would you like me to wash your hair first?" He asked and Aki thought about it for a short moment.

"Why not?" He replied. It was usually a pleasurable experience and he was curious how Jami's hands would feel. They moved to the washing area. Aki took a seat down and leaned backward settling his neck against the edge of the pool.

"Does the temperature feel right?" The barber asked as warm water poured softly through his hair reaching his skin.

"Mmh... Very nice," Aki said and closed his eyes. Jami massaged the shampoo on his scalp, his fingers felt strong yet gentle at the same time, the strength of his touch just perfect. The slow massage with the conditioner felt even better, and Aki had to struggle to hold back a moan that could freak the other man out.

 It was a shame that Eva didn't pose such talented fingers. The girl was okay enough. On Aki's scale from one to ten, he had given her five and a half. She could bring satisfaction, but couldn't offer anything particularly exciting, and he was quite certain that he'd grow bored with her soon. At times, he had already missed their special moments with Chris. He had scored Chris' oral skills at seven and a half, which was quite good, the prison environment had given its exciting point, not that he ever intended to go back to that place again.

Eva's score was higher because of this project. It gave its kick and he loved how clueless she was. She just couldn't give a decent blow job, which was a shame. But Eva didn't need to feel bad. Aki rarely gave anyone above eight. Only one experience had earned a solid nine plus. But he had yet to find his ten; it would have to be something extraordinary to achieve such a high mark, luckily he had in mind who could earn that score and how. 

"How would you like your haircut?" the barber asked as they returned to his station.

"Short, easy, I trust your vision," Aki grinned.

"Hm... Do you like to style your hair with anything?"

"I use wax, not always, but pretty often." Aki nodded looking at the younger man in the mirror. He couldn't help but wonder how he would look naked. Would he turn out pleasurable enough to reach above eight?

"Can I use the machine for the back and the sides, or would you rather that I use scissors?"

"I trust your vision, just make me look handsome," he grinned and the other man smiled, though Aki could sense a certain awkwardness behind the smile.