Comfort Zone (Soul Eater) *Kid/OC*

05. A Little Symmetry Never Hurt Anyone

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Brina asked nervously.

She was sat in one of the rooms of Gallows Manor and was now starting to regret her decision. It didn't help that she had a slightly crazy grim reaper stood in front of her, looking quite menacing whilst holding a pair of scissors.

"Of course I do," said Kid stiffly.

"So you've done this before?" Brina felt a little relieved.

"Well, no, not exactly. But I have a perfect sense of symmetry, so it'll be fine," replied Kid.

Oh, great. That wasn't exactly comforting. "If you give me a bowl cut, I'm gonna kill you," Brina muttered. She didn't find Kid particularly intimidating now that she knew his hostility just came from his own crazy obsession. She still couldn't believe she'd spent so much time worrying over something that had never been personal.

Kid chose to ignore her comment. He pulled the hair-tie out of her hair so that the longer side spilled down to her shoulder. His expression grew more annoyed as he looked at her, so he hastily cut a chunk out of the longer side.

"Hey, don't cut that much off at once!" protested Brina, seeing it fall to the floor. If he wasn't careful, then she was going to end up bald.

"Don't worry; I'll even it out," reassured Kid.

As he measured out another lock of Brina's hair, his fingers brushed against her neck. Brina shuddered. His fingers were cold.

"What?" Kid gave her a quizzical look, having noticed her reaction.

"Nothing," Brina mumbled, keeping her gaze resolutely on the floor.

She watched as more hair joined the first fallen curl on the stone floor, failing to notice as Kid's mood continued to darken. She jumped when he suddenly spoke.

"What is this?" he asked, annoyed, tapping her collarbone with the flat side of the scissors.

Brina winced. She had a spider web tattoo on one side of her collarbone that she'd gotten not long after she'd started at the DWMA. She'd completely forgotten about it. It was usually hidden by the longer side of her hair.

"Um, a tattoo..." she said hesitantly, deliberating avoiding Kid's gaze.

Kid closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. He looked like he was physically in pain. "Why do you only have it on one side?"

"Well, it'd look stupid if I had it on both sides," said Brina with a shrug.

"Of course it wouldn't. Then it would be symmetrical!" argued Kid in frustration.

"I think we have a different idea of what looks stupid..." Brina muttered to herself.

She couldn't help noticing that Kid was a bit of a hypocrite, seeing as he had three white stripes in one side of his raven hair, but not the other. Though somehow, she had a feeling that he wouldn't appreciate it if she pointed that out.

"Hmm..." Kid rubbed his thumb across Brina's tattoo, inspecting it closer. "I wonder if it'd be removable..."

"No way, I don't want it removed. I paid sixty bucks for it!" exclaimed Brina, pulling away from him. Even if she had been able to afford it – not to mention willing to risk laser surgery – she wouldn't have done it. She liked her tattoo. Kid was being totally unreasonable.

"But it's not symmetrical!" protested Kid angrily.

"I don't care! I'm letting you cut my hair, aren't I? You've gotta meet me in the middle here," Brina burst out. "You got used to Professor Stein, didn't you? Surely you can put up with this too."