So just pull the trigger.

19. Too much to handle

"It was a great show that you had." Aki smiled as Jami set the cape over him to protect his clothes. The barber smiled and Aki sensed embarrassment behind it.

"Didn't perhaps go as planned, but..." Jami started.

"But it was entertaining," Aki grinned and the younger man chuckled.

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Would you like something different today or the same as usual?"

"Hmh... What is this pineapple haircut that I keep hearing about?" Aki asked. "Does it mean that your hair is dyed yellow and then you leave a green bobble on top?" he joked.

"Hah, if you like? But seriously, yes, you see that style often now. It means that the back and the sides are cut short and then on the top, it's left a lot longer. Many don't want the sections to merge, but some do. Some like to comb it to the side or some back..."

"Like a beaver kinda?" Aki grinned, looking at the hairdresser in the mirror. Jami chuckled.

"You want one?" he asked.

"Perhaps next time." Aki smirked.

"Then you need to grow it out a little longer from the top, so if I just trim it a bit, I will take it from the sides and the back, but..."

"From the sides and the back, that will do fine..." Aki said in a suggestive tone and winked at him, causing Jami to blush.

"I mean um, I'll trim from the top but I won't shorten it and I'll use the machine elsewhere like before..." Jami tried to continue with a serious tone.

"Do clients make naughty jokes often?" Aki interrupted.

"Sometimes..." Jami admitted. "It's more often thought, that one hears them repeat the same worn-out jokes as many clients before."

"Dumb jokes, right?"

"Well, when you hear them often enough, it's hard to find the humor in them."

"I promise to tidy my mouth then," Aki smiled.

"I didn't mean you." Jami chuckled and took the machine.

"So, I don't need to tidy my mouth?" Aki teased and a small blush rose to Jami's cheeks once more. Aki wondered if the barber found him attractive. He was starting to get interested in bedding him, but he wasn't sure if it would be a bad move concerning the Joni project.

"So did the plan sound good to you?" Jami asked to change the subject. He sensed Aki tried to flirt with him and wasn't sure how to take it. Answering the client's flirting usually wasn't a good idea. Ivo was an exception, of course, and now he was in a relationship with Ivo, which made another good reason it wasn't a good idea to respond to the flirting.

"Yes, go for it."

"You probably have the coupon with you?" Jami asked at the register.

"No, I'll pay full price." Aki smiled.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you lost it. I can give you the discount since I know you were at the show."

"Well, why don't you register the discount price? I want to leave the rest as a tip for you." Aki smiled. "I don't suppose that the tax collector can touch your tips as well?"

"I think the tax collector would want to take anything that they can get their hands on, but..."

"Well, they can't have tips," Aki said and Jami remembered Ivo had also often left him tips before they had started dating. Aki paid for the haircut with his debit card and gave him ten euros in cash as a tip.