𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 ― e. moskowitz / hawk [ COMPLETED UNTIL SEASON SIX PART TWO ]

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𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬

chapter forty-four
you're better

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"NO, SAMANTHA, THIS is serious," Alyssa argued, walking into Miyagi-Do with her. "If we don't have a Cheetah Girls moment in Barcelona, I'm going to freak the fuck out."

"I absolutely agree, and I'm now going to be using that as my motivation," Sam responded. She then suddenly stopped, her eyes widening at something in the distance. "Um, Ally."

"What? I—" She suddenly saw what Sam was looking at, and her mouth fell open as she stopped in her tracks fully. "Oh. My. God."

Sitting on top of Eli's head was an absolute monstrosity. He had re-dyed his mohawk. Instead of it being just blue, sticking up in separate spikes, it was now red, white, and blue — an actual, honest to God American flag. How he had managed to do it was beyond her, and he hadn't even told her he was re-dying his hair. She thought he would just continue rocking the blue for a while.

Sam giggled at her. "You didn't know about this?"

Alyssa slowly turned to look at her. "I wouldn't have agreed to it if I knew!" She looked back at his hair. "How did — I don't—" Alyssa then sighed, putting a hand to her forehead. "I don't have the brain power for this."

Sam patted her shoulder. "Good luck with that."

She dropped her hand, glaring at Sam as she walked. Alyssa took a deep breath, urging herself forwards. Not that Eli wasn't handsome, because oh dear God he was, but this was . . . something else. She finally reached his side.

"Hey, baby," Alyssa said slowly, her eyes glued to his hair. "Feeling the American spirit, are we?"

"Oh, yeah," Eli replied, sounding extremely proud of it. "Isn't it sick? I did it to represent America for the Sekai Taikai. Cool, right?"

She nodded, putting a convincing smile on her face. "Uh-huh. So, um . . . when'd you do this?"

"Last night. Oh, it was a mess. There was red and blue everywhere . . ."

Alyssa let the rest of the words fade away, continuing to stare at his hair. Eli was probably the only person she knew who could actually pull off a mohawk, even one as ridiculous as this. His mohawk was his own way of expressing himself. So if he wanted to express his pride for Miyagi-Do representing America in the Sekai Taikai . . . so be it. Whatever made him happy. (She was saying this through the pain.)