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“What’re you even doing to me, Baxter..” The scientist simply ignored his question, of course, being too focused on his little activity. “Shush! No need to worry.. I’ll leave you very, very pretty..” He picked up another clip and continued.
Earlier that day, Baxter had stopped by at the drugstore for some medical supplies. He had a nasty burn from his current experimental project and attempted to clean it in his lab, only to find that he hadn’t restocked on medical supplies in months! What a fool. So, instead of acting like it was the end of the world, he headed to the drugstore down the street. “Cotton swabs, gauze, hydrogel..” While mumbling to himself, as he usually does, he took notice to something in the isle nearby. Once all his medical items were gathered, he hurried over to the next isle. “Aren’t these cute..” he entered the isle to find hair clips, cheap Hello Kitty hair clips. Such a silly, childish thing, but it intrigued him nonetheless.
“Cute.. but, they’ll make me look too girlish!” He exclaimed, slightly frustrated that his insecurities were stopping him from making a stupid but silly purchase. He was about to put them back on the rack when he suddenly remembered.. he had a boyfriend! And what good was a boyfriend for if not for annoying him with stupid ideas? “Ehehehe.. Nissy can’t say no to this once..” Baxter giggled maniacally, picking a few more small packets off the shelves. Arackniss’s hair wasn’t all that long, but definitely much longer than Baxter’s. It had the same thickness as his fur, but was also quite stranged, he really didn’t take care of his hair.
He tossed the clips into his basket, paid for all of his items, and hurried on back to his bunker. In all honesty, Baxter was quite excited to show Arackniss what he had purchased. “Nissy! Are you home yet?!” He wandered around the home area of his bunker for a minute or two, until he found Arackniss. The spider was lying on the pull-out couch, huddled in a spider web designed throw blanket. He was still in his custom suit, clearly just gotten back from his work in the mafia. “Are you tired, Nissy?” Baxter hurried over and placed his bag of items to the side, taking a seat next to the spider “Just a little bit, no need to worry.” He mumbled, rubbing his face against his throw blanket.
Arackniss was normally extremely stressed and exhausted after work, sometimes even quiet emotional. But thankfully, today he only seemed very sleepy. Baxter picked his bag back up and scooted closer “Look what I purchased at the store!” He reached into the bag and took out the Hello Kitty clips. “Wha’s that..” Arackniss yawned while speaking, still clearly tired but now a little curious. “Hair clips! For your hair!” Baxter wasted mo time ripping open the packaging, taking a clip out. “Huh? My hair-?” He was quickly cut off by Baxter clipping a Hello Kitty in his hair, and then another, and another.
“Seriously, Baxter?” His tired voice sounded annoyed, but Baxter knew he wasn’t, he almost never got annoyed with him. “You’re looking so cute already!” Baxter had always been a fan of styling his boyfriend’s hair. Arackniss almost never even touched his own hair due to his extreme sensitivity, being tender-headed and overall not being used to positive touch. Baxter knew this, of course. But regardless, Arackniss still allowed him to play with his hair. He has always been gentle with a very soft and caring touch. “You making me all cute now?” He moved the blanket slightly off of him and scooted over, lying in between Baxter’s legs with his back pressed up against bis lower half, head lying comfortably against on his stomach.
“Ehehe, yes..” Baxter held back a few giggles. Moments like these made Baxter feel so soft, and vulnerable. He was usually a cold, antisocial person who almost always acted as if physical touch would melt him. But days like this with his spider, he always felt like a completely different person. Arackniss was so tired he had no energy to complain, even too tired to just be playfully complaining.
Once the majority of clips filled Arackniss’s hair, Baxter placed a faint, gentle kiss on his head. “How adorable!” He hugged Arackniss tighter from behind and pulled him closer “Yeah, yeah.. lemme sleep now..” Was all Arackniss could say before slipping into a good, well-needed sleep. The scientist let out a small laugh “Goodnight, Nissy.” He began poking each hair clip on his head, mentally reminding himself to purchase many more for the future.