The boutique had been extended to a hair salon to recently, apparently. Ena watched as Saki enthusiastically grabbed her supplies; scissors, hair spray, a brush, a curler.. glitter? All with a wide smile and rosy cheeks. She hummed and swayed across the space—
"Have you finished your task, Shinonome?" She turned back to face An. Standing tall and confident, her voice was always brimming with power. Ena almost squeaked, but in response gave her a tidy smile and nod. "Yes— what else do I need to do?"
An crossed her arms and swung her direction over to Saki— before she looked back to display a more feline-grin to the brunette, "You can help out Tenma-san with her next customer, they should be coming now"
Ena nodded once again. She lifted up from the bench and composedly went over to Saki's cute little vanity table. Animal stickers were stuck on, as well as little hearts and flowers. It looked rather roughed up, but held a childhood feel to it.
"Shiraishi-san said I should help you?"
Saki looked over to Ena with glimmering eyes, "Yes!! Ahh, it'll be so fun Shinonome-san! I'll show you how I style my customers usually..!" Ena could only grin back, backing up just a little bit from the energy.
As if it were right on time, the bell at the front chimed as a short girl with dusty-brown hair walked in. Like Ena expected, she saw the blonde quickly run up to her with a chatty spirit, supplies already in hand and apron already put on.
Was she always this happy to do her job?
———
Ena noticed the day had gone by pretty quickly. By the end of her shift, she'd managed to know everyone just a little bit— Mizuki still being rather mysterious to her. Even though she was the one who possessed the kindest eyes in her opinion, whatever that meant, they'd barely done anything but focus on the boutique at hand.
Which, is what is expected, obviously— but Ena had been looking forward to feeding her intrigue. The supposed person behind the curtains, the owner of it all— the only one who fit the shop like a glove.
Oh well, it was only day one.
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Knotted Bows | Mizuena fic
RomanceEna had never harnessed such a feeling in the pit of her stomach like this before- she'd never felt so irritated looking at someone in the eyes, yet wishing nothing more but a kind and understanding smile. ..She'd never wanted to please someone so...
