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“No, I’m telling you. That doesn’t look good either.”
Kai sighed, looking at his brown locks in the mirror. “Then what does?”
The fire elemental shrugged, removing his maroon sweater. Despite any of the ninja needing to be in uniform 24/7, they all gravitated towards their assigned colors even with their personal wardrobes.
“Jay, you can’t just tell me it’s bad and not give me any other solutions.”
The boy in red smiled at him, reaching up to poke the hair resting on his head. “The ponytail kind of sucks. Try a bun.”
Kai rolled his eyes, looking at the other in the mirror. “Just ‘cause your hair is short ‘n boring doesn’t mean you can pick on mine.”
“My hair isn’t boring!”
“Sure.” Kai replied, back to fiddling with his hair. Taking the rubber band out, he shook it back into the shape it usually rested on. Sometimes, he was worried that it had a mind of its own.
Jay inched closer than he already was– somehow– and placed his chin down on Kai’s shoulder. “You don’t like anything?”
He sighed, shaking his head slightly. “No. I can’t find nothin’.”
A pair of hands snaked across his waist as a pout painted itself onto Jay’s face. The lightning elemental sighed, a smile reaching his lips. “Jay, come on.”
“You’re pretty no matter how ya do your hair. I promise.”
Huffing, he went back to mindlessly touching and ‘fixing’ his hair. “You’re biased.”
“Anybody with working eyes would agree. You’ve been trying to find your ‘Signature hairstyle’ for over an hour now.”
Kai laughed, sending a little jolt to the boy resting on shoulder.
Jay yelped, jumping back like the shock had killed him and all of the members of his family. “Kai!”
The boy in question laughed again, this time much louder. “You’re so dramatic.” He giggled, watching as Jay regained his composure after momentarily checking his curls in the mirror.
“Shut up.” He grumbled, a smile painting itself across his lips. Stepping forward, hands found their way to tan cheeks, pulling Kai’s head to his own for a kiss.
Their lips met, moving with practiced ease. Jay hummed into it– vocal like he usually was– and swiped his tongue against Kai’s bottom lip. Already?
Kai certainly wasn’t complaining though. Parting his lips for entry, he smiled into the kiss as the other’s tongue snaked its way into his mouth. Doing his best not to let out any embarrassing noises, he failed as a whine escaped his lips.
One of Jay’s hands made it’s way to kai’s, gripping nervously like he always did when he was scared of fucking up. Kai liked the nervousness. It made everything feel more real.
He ran his thumb in circles against the boy’s hand, taking back control of the kiss.
“Kai, you’ve been in here for–” A voice began, cut off by a scream.
The lightning ninja jerked back, realizing that the scream belonged to Jay. Shit.
Kai wasn’t too fond of shocking his teammates– only on rarities– especially his boyfriend. He held his hand to his mouth, swiping his lip to make sure he hadn’t bit down as they had broken away.
Checking his fingers, he was grateful there wasn’t any.
“Cole! Dude.” Jay hacked, and Kai looked back at Cole, who was standing there with a smile that read regret, pride, and surprise.
He just smiled, waving off Jay’s small protests. “Kai, bro. Your hair looks sick.”
What?
Turning to the mirror, he stared at himself with a slight part in his lips.
His hair looked perfect. Why did the one style he actually found himself drawn to have to be because he electrocuted himself?
Kai reached a hand up to touch the brown locks, his hair perfectly messed up into a style that looked totally intentional.
Jay seemed to read his mind, as he whipped out his phone. “We’re ordering you hairgel.” He said, scrolling on his phone for what Kai assumed to be amazon.
With that, the brunette redirected his attention to the boy, and he couldn’t help but bark out a laugh. Cole realized what he was laughing at, and suddenly the two had begun to clutch their stomachs in a fit of giggles together.
Jay looked up, looking slightly annoyed. “What? What’s so funny.”
“You–” Cole wheezed, pointing weakly at him. “Your hair.” He got out, convincing Jay to look over at himself in the mirror.
His gaping expression only made the two older boys laugh harder, Kai’s unstoppable giggles forcing him to lean against the bathroom counter for support.
“How come you get a cool hairdo while I look stupid??” Jay whined, shaking his head in utter disbelief and slight anger.
His curls were currently in a battle of sticking out straight and curling in further, some strands of hair looking like they had been attacked with a straightener at the maximum heat setting possible. To say he looked like a failed science experiment was an understatement.
“You look great hon,” Kai offered, finally calming down from his laughter now that Cole had calmed down himself as well. It was always harder to refrain from laughing when somebody else was too.
“Yeah, yeah, whatever.” Jay grumbled, opening his phone again to buy the gel.
“I mean, at least you found your signature hairdo, right?” Cole offered, earning a nod from the lightning elemental.
“I look pretty damn good.”
“Damn right you do.” His boyfriend replied, smoothing down what he could. It hardly worked. Every strand bounced back up again, like it was supposed to be stuck like that forever.
“Damn…” He began, adding water to his palms in a further effort. “..right.”