Pick Up [Part 4]
Jun. 24th, 2014 11:24 pmFandom: Pick Up
Summary: Takeo could feel someone's gaze on him.
Rating: G
Notes: Vague spoilers for 327.
Genre: General/Family
Word count: 681
Total word count: 2,359
Status: Work in progress
Takeo could feel someone's gaze on him, the back of his neck prickling. He looked over his shoulder, expecting to meet Tao's wide grin, but he saw Muzaka's pensive stare instead.
Who wasn't staring at him so much as his hair.
"Muzaka…?" Takeo said softly. There were times when Muzaka seemed lost in his own thoughts, and the household were still figuring out the balance between drawing him away from them and letting him dwell. Letting him mourn.
Muzaka focused on him, his lips pursed, his shoulders hunching. "Do you normally keep your hair like that?"
'Like that'? Takeo ran a hand through his hair, making sure it was how he thought it was and Tao hadn't added something without him noticing again.
It seemed the same as usual, unbound and nothing else attached.
"Yes?" he said. "Inside the house – outside, I tie it up."
"How do you tie it up?" It was more a command than a question. Muzaka's attention was back on his hair.
"Usually like this." Takeo pulled his hair back, holding it where the hair tie normally lay.
"Hn." Muzaka continued to stare and Takeo waited to see if he would ask anything else.
"Ever tied it a different way?"
"Ah?" That wasn't what he'd been expecting, not sure why Muzaka was so interested. "Not really." He'd experimented a few times, but the ponytail was quick and simple so he kept falling back on that.
Muzaka's gaze didn't waver.
"Do…you want to…?" Takeo offered, gesturing to his own head. He didn't know Muzaka that well, but Muzaka also had long hair, so he probably knew other tricks on how to keep it away from his face. He also trusted Muzaka to not add anything to his hair like Tao would.
"…Yeah, I would." Muzaka nodded, his expression relaxing.
"All right." Takeo glanced around the living room, and then walked over to the table, seating himself at the head to give Muzaka easier access.
He heard Muzaka follow him, and after a pause, Muzaka's hands were going through his hair.
Muzaka's touch was gentle for his blunt attitude, and it wasn't hesitant either.
He knew what he was doing, and had done it before. (Maybe with-?)
A snort, and Takeo nearly turned his head. "Your hair's a mess." A tug at his hair, pulling at a knot.
Takeo smiled. "I haven't had the chance to look after it properly recently." He had been too distracted with everything else.
"Hmph."
Takeo wasn't sure how long Muzaka spent finger-combing his hair, but after a while, Muzaka seemed satisfied and started separating his hair into three parts.
Once he began putting them under and over each other, Takeo followed the pattern it was creating in his head.
A braid. It had to be a braid.
He'd tried doing that a few times, but it was just the time it took to go through all his hair that he didn't bother with it.
Takeo tensed when Muzaka started growling under his breath, not sure why he was pissed off, but it wasn't a snarl, Muzaka's hands were still steady. The growl was continuous, rising and falling like a song.
The werewolf language…?
The growling cut off when Muzaka reached the end of the braid, and, pretending not to notice, Takeo held out a hairtie he kept around his wrist. "Thank you."
Muzaka accepted it without a word, tying his hair up. Once he was done, Muzaka walked away.
Takeo turned around, unsure what else to say and saw him standing near the doorway.
"Raizel." It was clipped, and Muzaka nodded at him – he got a dip of the head in return.
Takeo pulled the braid over his shoulder for something to do as he listened to Muzaka leave the living room. It was a little uneven in places, but other than that, Takeo couldn't see anything wrong with it.
He looked up when the door closed, his face turned towards it. He looked back at him, his expression as unreadable as ever.
"Muzaka had been singing a lullaby."
Oh… That explained it.
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I KNOW THIS WON'T EVER BE CANON BUT I DON'T CARRRRREEE. THIS CHAPTER AUUUUUGH.
Someone requested hair-focused chapter? I think it was Melon Go? …Wow, in February, haha…
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Summary: Takeo could feel someone's gaze on him.
Rating: G
Notes: Vague spoilers for 327.
Genre: General/Family
Word count: 681
Total word count: 2,359
Status: Work in progress
Takeo could feel someone's gaze on him, the back of his neck prickling. He looked over his shoulder, expecting to meet Tao's wide grin, but he saw Muzaka's pensive stare instead.
Who wasn't staring at him so much as his hair.
"Muzaka…?" Takeo said softly. There were times when Muzaka seemed lost in his own thoughts, and the household were still figuring out the balance between drawing him away from them and letting him dwell. Letting him mourn.
Muzaka focused on him, his lips pursed, his shoulders hunching. "Do you normally keep your hair like that?"
'Like that'? Takeo ran a hand through his hair, making sure it was how he thought it was and Tao hadn't added something without him noticing again.
It seemed the same as usual, unbound and nothing else attached.
"Yes?" he said. "Inside the house – outside, I tie it up."
"How do you tie it up?" It was more a command than a question. Muzaka's attention was back on his hair.
"Usually like this." Takeo pulled his hair back, holding it where the hair tie normally lay.
"Hn." Muzaka continued to stare and Takeo waited to see if he would ask anything else.
"Ever tied it a different way?"
"Ah?" That wasn't what he'd been expecting, not sure why Muzaka was so interested. "Not really." He'd experimented a few times, but the ponytail was quick and simple so he kept falling back on that.
Muzaka's gaze didn't waver.
"Do…you want to…?" Takeo offered, gesturing to his own head. He didn't know Muzaka that well, but Muzaka also had long hair, so he probably knew other tricks on how to keep it away from his face. He also trusted Muzaka to not add anything to his hair like Tao would.
"…Yeah, I would." Muzaka nodded, his expression relaxing.
"All right." Takeo glanced around the living room, and then walked over to the table, seating himself at the head to give Muzaka easier access.
He heard Muzaka follow him, and after a pause, Muzaka's hands were going through his hair.
Muzaka's touch was gentle for his blunt attitude, and it wasn't hesitant either.
He knew what he was doing, and had done it before. (Maybe with-?)
A snort, and Takeo nearly turned his head. "Your hair's a mess." A tug at his hair, pulling at a knot.
Takeo smiled. "I haven't had the chance to look after it properly recently." He had been too distracted with everything else.
"Hmph."
Takeo wasn't sure how long Muzaka spent finger-combing his hair, but after a while, Muzaka seemed satisfied and started separating his hair into three parts.
Once he began putting them under and over each other, Takeo followed the pattern it was creating in his head.
A braid. It had to be a braid.
He'd tried doing that a few times, but it was just the time it took to go through all his hair that he didn't bother with it.
Takeo tensed when Muzaka started growling under his breath, not sure why he was pissed off, but it wasn't a snarl, Muzaka's hands were still steady. The growl was continuous, rising and falling like a song.
The werewolf language…?
The growling cut off when Muzaka reached the end of the braid, and, pretending not to notice, Takeo held out a hairtie he kept around his wrist. "Thank you."
Muzaka accepted it without a word, tying his hair up. Once he was done, Muzaka walked away.
Takeo turned around, unsure what else to say and saw him standing near the doorway.
"Raizel." It was clipped, and Muzaka nodded at him – he got a dip of the head in return.
Takeo pulled the braid over his shoulder for something to do as he listened to Muzaka leave the living room. It was a little uneven in places, but other than that, Takeo couldn't see anything wrong with it.
He looked up when the door closed, his face turned towards it. He looked back at him, his expression as unreadable as ever.
"Muzaka had been singing a lullaby."
Oh… That explained it.
I KNOW THIS WON'T EVER BE CANON BUT I DON'T CARRRRREEE. THIS CHAPTER AUUUUUGH.
Someone requested hair-focused chapter? I think it was Melon Go? …Wow, in February, haha…