#25 OBSTACLES

CHANGES

Rain spends Saturday morning at the hair supply store buying just the right scissors and a long black cape. He spends his afternoon, while Payu is still at his office, watching YouTube videos on how to cut long hair. P' Payu has about 10 inches to cut off for it to sit just above his shoulder line. He's confident that he'll be able to do it. It makes him think back to when Payu would hold himself over Rain, fucking into him and Rain would reach back and pull his hair tie free, allowing his long black hair to come loose and bounce down, swishing just above his shoulders, framing his gorgeous face. It was breathtaking to witness.

Rain sets up a chair between the kitchen counter and the dining table. He's suddenly nervous as Payu sits down in the chair facing the living room. He tells his hubby to set his hands in his lap and to sit up straight. He flings the cape around his body and velcros it around his neck. His hands start to sweat worrying about messing up. Everything that he had been watching all afternoon suddenly takes a vacation from his brain, his memory laughing at him while playing hide and seek with the recent information he had just learned only an hour before.) Steps, what were the steps? He gathers all of P' Payu's long hair brushing any knots out, then he pulls it all together and puts it into a ponytail. His confidence starts to return as things come back to him. Ok, so he's supposed to tie it up and then cut about an inch below the elastic band. Then, once it falls down around his chin he can clean up the lines making sure it's straight. It's gonna be fine. He's got this.

"Ok, P', are you ready?" He says nervously.

"Ready," Payu smiles.

Rain takes a shaky hand and begins cutting through the thick hair. A minute later, several inches of hair fall to the floor. A huge swatch of hair that Rain is certain is too much, way too much.

"Uh Oh," he says quietly.

Payu whips around in his chair, "What do you mean "uh oh"?"

"Oh No." Rain's hand covers his mouth when he realizes what he did wrong.

"RAIN, what did you do?" Payu runs his fingers through his hair expecting to feel it end near his shoulders but instead the back is only a few inches long. A FEW INCHES.

As Payu sits there carding his hands through his hair, self-preservation takes over and Rain bolts. He runs around the kitchen counter putting distance between him and his hubby, who is getting angrier by the second.

"What did you do? Rain?!" He yells. Payu watches Rain run away. He yanks the cape off before getting up to go to him, but his boy runs again to the other side of the counter.

"No, no I'm sorry P', I didn't mean to," he giggles. His hubby easing his way closer, closing in on him like a cougar stalking his prey. Rain turns and takes off for the stairs.....

Payu yells at the top of his lungs, "RAIN STOP!!"

Rain freezes, his right foot hovering over the first step. Oh no, his hubby is really angry. He squeezes his eyes shut, afraid to look back.

"Rain, put those down. You are literally RUNNING WITH SCISSORS!"

Looking down in his hand, sure enough he still has his finger looped through the end of the scissors. Without turning around, he slowly backs up, tip-toeing his way backwards toward the coffee table. He reaches behind him and carefully sets them down, then immediately darts off, running for the stairs again. He trips halfway up and throws his hands out to catch himself, then continues to run up the stairs on all fours quickly propelling himself towards the second level.

Payu laughs as he chases after his boy. He reaches out and catches Rain's ankle just as he clears the top step.

"No. no no no, I'm sorry P', I'm sorry!" He yells over and over. But his hubby has caught him. He flys forward, hitting his knee on the floor before falling forward, skidding along on his chest then coming to a stop.