Hair
Personal Drabble Challenge
2. Hair
Ryan had always kind of wondered how Chad got his hair to look so sexy. Sure, some people didn’t really think that Afros belonged in the twenty-first century…
‘CoughSharpaycough!’ Ryan thought with a grin to himself.
But Ryan adored how Chad looked. He once tried imagining the dark-skinned jock bald, and twenty minutes later, he wound up getting a thinking migraine. That, in turn, ruined his afternoon plans with Chad!
Ryan especially loved running his fingers through those soft, bouncy curls. It felt like the best goose down pillow that money could buy! One time, when Ryan had been invited to Chad’s house to watch a movie together, he’d fallen asleep with his head lying on top of Chad’s. How embarrassing! Chad thought it was funny, though, and teased poor Ryan about it whenever he could for the next week.
He wondered if Chad took hours getting his hair to look right, or if he just jumped out of the shower and his hair did its own thing with the help of some mousse.
One morning, after Chad had stayed the night, Ryan woke up to a hanging-upside-down Mr. Danforth. He blinked a few times, trying to decipher if this was a dream or not.
“Um, Chad? …What are you doing?” Ryan asked slowly, afraid that his boyfriend was going partially insane. Chad nearly fell off of his bed in surprise at hearing the blonde’s voice so unexpectedly, but grinned after the shock wore off.
“What does it look like I’m doing?” He threw back, shaking out his damp hair as he continued to hand over the side of his bed. Ryan smirked and balanced his chin in a cupped palm.
“Well, you look like you’re trying to be very tall, very cute bat.” Chad stuck out his tongue, and a moment later, after no response, Ryan asked, “But seriously, what are you up to? Trying to see if you have any brains shaking around in there?”
“Ha, ha. Very funny.” Chad stated blandly, rolling his eyes. “I’m doing my hair, duh.”
“That’s how you do your hair? You just hang upside-down?” Ryan asked incredulously. He had to, after shampooing and conditioning with mild hair products, make sure to dry his hair off and apply the slightest bit of baby oil to it, otherwise, it would be a frizzy, tangled mess!
“That’s not all I do. In the shower, I have to take a comb to all the knots, and then, when I’m finally out of the shower, I hang upside down.” He said with a grin.
Ryan shook his head, laughing. “Wow. I have an interesting boyfriend, don’t I?”
“You’re telling me!” Chad chuckled in return, shaking some stray droplets purposefully in Ryan’s direction.