Time passed and Hawks was finally though his first week of work, surprisingly he had a lot of fun despite his rough start.
And more surprising was the absence of a guy he'd only met monday, but was sick of him anyway already. Now for the weekend he was free to relax as he wanted due to Rumi and another employee working the shift on Saturday.
Fucking finally, was all he could think as he changed in the men's cabinets clothes sticking to him uncomfortably from the sweat.
At first he just wanted to go home, but then decided he should take a shower first. He definitely preferred to just shower at his own home but this time he did not have a choice. Being one of the stinky idiots on the bus wasn't in his interest currently.
Now only in shorts he snuck into the bathroom and just stripped them off with no hesitation. Ready for the cool and refreshing water he just turned it on, letting it wash over him.
Like usual he did his routine and with no suspicion whatsoever, he used the products that were already in the shower stall. First shampoo, then conditioner and lastly bodywash. And while he was letting the conditioner do it's thing, he cleaned his wings.
Not noticing the red lines of water drop from his neck into the drain.
Only when he washed the soap off his face and finally opened his eyes again, he noticed. Wait, what is this? Am I bleeding?
Immediately he checked his body, when he couldn't find any injuries or anything he shrugged it off and washed out the conditioner. Only then he finally realized.
The conditioner was red hair dye.
"Dabi you sick son of a bitch," he practically yelled and stumbled out of the shower, pulling a towel around him in a hurry and staring at his reflection. Like I'm horror movies, his own self stared right back at him totally terrified.
His hair now shined in a more vibrant strawberry blond color, most likely because his natural blonde didn't take in much of the extreme red dye.
But it was still apparent how the color had changed, leaving him hoping and praying it would wash out on its own. All he wanted to do was yell in anger and lash out on the next possible person, yet his body not reacting the way he wanted. He was frozen.
"You just fucking wait, I swear to god you're done for," he kept muttering.
When he finally came back to his senses, his hair was still strawberry blonde. Nothing would change it now. So with nothing but revenge in his mind, he gathered his thoughts and got dressed in clean shorts and a shirt. The first thing he wanted to do was look for Mirko and go off about how Dabi was going to pay for this.
"Rumi, still here? You better be-" he stopped mid sentence, in shock as she stepped out of the womens cabinets.
With pink hair.
He tried to keep it together, really, he tried. It was as if all anger had vanished the moment he saw her and the madness in her eyes. He hunched over in tears, "you're really not God's favorite are you?", "Keigo, I swear to your probably dead grandma. I will murder you and then this dude."
A wheeze was ripped out of his lungs, turning into a murderous cough.
"Ah, don't mind me. Although, at least my hair isn't pink." Hawks had to sit down on the next bench, wiping tears out of his eyes. Breathed in, then out just to finally calm down.
The bench sank slightly as the bunny lifeguard dropped herself next to him, not exactly pleased with his reaction. She muttered, "Why do you end up with beautiful strawberry blonde hair and I end up looking like Stephanie from lazy town!"
He burst out laughing one more time, lucky for him Rumi also joined him and together they sat there for a while.
"Alright, I think I can explain why the red turned out different on you. You know how unbleached natural hair doesn't fully take in color? Well..." he trailed off for a moment, contemplating how to word things in a smart way. "My hair was blonde, that's why I ended up with a more reddish blonde. Yours is- was white."
He hoped for the last part to be self explanatory.
"Plus you're not Stephanie from lazy town magenta pink, it's more of a cherry blossom pink." Rumi stared off into the distance, her ear twitching with every word Hawks said.
"Don't come at me with those artistic colors, you gay ass idiot." Huh.
How did she know, when did she found out? Why on earth did she say that? Hawks mind fall bursting with questions too confusing for someone who just finished an eight hour shift.
His panicked face probably exposed him even more. Rumi then yelled even louder, "Wait, you're actually gay?"
"Of course I am!" was all he could force out. Hawks' abrupt confession hung in the air like an awkward pause in a bad sitcom. He was actually about to turn to the imaginary camera and give us a look like Steve Carell in the office.
Rumi rubbed her ear akwardly, then snapping back to her usual self and giving Hawks a playful shove saying, "Don't worry about it, you just caught me off guard. You should keep it a secret from our boss though, I think he's not the woke kind of fat guy."
Woke kind of what? Is she serious?
"Oh, my bad. I meant unfortunately build guy." "Rumi, that's even worse."
The freshly hired lifeguard sighed in amazement, wondering if he was ever going to get a serious answer out of this bunny woman. He wanted to laugh at her, or hide from embarrassment. In the end he decided to just jump back on his feet and stretch his arms.
"Whatever, I really couldn't care less about your sexual orientation bird guy. Let's get back at the hair thing, do we just have to let it wash out on its own?"
Hawks walked around the side of the pool, his brain doing the exhausting thing called thinking.
He exhaled deeply, answering "We should, yeah. Bleaching out the color would probably murder my precious hair." Then he followed it up with, "Leave the revenge to me though, I have an idea. Oh I have a lot of ideas."
Was it childish to get back at Dabi for this stupid prank? Maybe, but he'd still do it.
His hands were burning with anticipation to finally have a reason to properly humiliate this bratty bastard.
"Stop looking like that, it makes me worried for his safety Hawks." She has no idea of the things I would do to avenge my poor blonde hair.
Just wait and see, Dabi.
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Published 10.08.24/ 1100 words
Inspired form the song strawberry blonde by Mitski 🍓
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FanfictionWho would've thought that in an alternate universe, Hawks would be a lifeguard and Dabi a bratty bastard trying to make his job as hard as possible? //Both of them have their quirks, but slightly different pasts//
