Hey guys! I've been wanting to do a cute starshipping fic since forever! So here ya go!
This was based on the tumblr post, post/127188356686/imagine-yusei-working-as-a-hairdresser-and-judai and I couldn't help myself with writing the coffee AU I was practically squealing at the thought lmao. Hope you like it!
"Oh no." Judai muttered to himself.
He was absolutely, positively smitten with his hair stylist. That tall, blue eyed, raven haired man swam through his head constantly. Judai blushed at the thought, rubbing the back of his neck as he tried to clear his mind. Sitting up straight at his desk he tried to concentrate on his computer; even though he was on break, university work was slowly piling up.
How many times since he'd first visited the salon… 9? It had only been a month and a half, and in that month and a half, Judai had his hair coloured every shade under the sun, straightened and curled, gelled and hair sprayed. He attended the salon at least once a week, just so he could interact with the handsome man behind the scissors.
When Judai had first found the salon, it had been by chance. He had googled for hairdressers near his town, the 'Crimson Cuts' salon had been a 15 minute walk away from his home, no appointment needed. Judai had been meaning to get his hair trimmed, since Sho had moved out the apartment to go to stay nearer to his university, he hadn't had anyone to do it for him. His best bet now was to get it done professionally. Judai checked his watch, 9:18am, he might as well run down now and try his luck.
The outside of the salon was simple enough, a large black framed window positioned underneath the store sign, with a black door to the right. As Judai had walked inside, he'd noticed that the inside matched the black and red exterior, with crimson, painted walls and black diamond tiles on the floor. There were four, black, square vanity tables opposite each other in the middle of the room, each with mounted mirrors and large black swivel chairs. Hair products and tools littered shelving units and tables around the edges of the spacious work area. A small coffee machine with paper cups sat in the very corner, however, next to that machine, stood a tall and very attractive raven haired man helping himself to sugar and creamer for his hot drink. Judai couldn't take his eyes off him, and was only snapped back into reality when a red haired woman stood behind a black desk called out to him.
"Hi, welcome to Crimson Cuts. Can I help you?"
Judai hoped he hadn't looked too awkward as he snapped his head to face her instead of drooling over Mr handsome in the corner. He rubbed his right forearm with his left hand slightly as he answered.
"Yeah, I'd like a trim if possible?"
The red haired woman adjusted the silver clip rolled into her bangs.
"You're pretty early this morning, so Yusei is the only one available, if you can sit in the far left chair he'll be right with you"
Judai's heart skipped a beat, so the attractive figure in the corner was called Yusei? And he was going to be the one basically running his hands through Judai's two toned brown hair? Heat rose to his cheeks as he walked over to the far left vanity and sat in the swivel chair, he'd attempted to calm himself but it proved useless, because as soon as Yusei had let his sultry sounding voice loose, Judai had completely broke.
"Hey, names Yusei, I'll be working on your hair today, anything particular in mind?"
Yusei had shot Judai a smile as he looked at him through the mirror, equally as captivating as his ocean coloured eyes, and Judai had to stop himself from opening his mouth in awe.
Judai thought for a bit, he'd only come in for a trim. But if Yusei was the one cutting his hair, would it hurt to ask for a longer treatment? That way, he could spend as much time as possible with the handsome hair stylist, and gave him an excuse to get to know him in the process. He'd answered while rubbing his hands again.
"I was kinda thinking about having a cut and blow dry, a full head colour dye, I'm thinking blue, and if possible straightening and styling?"
Blue was the first colour Judai could think of, the same colour as Yusei's shining orbs, he'd blushed at the thought and forced himself to push it out of his mind in fear of going an even darker shade of crimson.
Yusei had agreed, and Judai spent 3 hours in the red and black salon, eventually coming out of the building with two toned dark blue, heavily layered hair. This was the beginning of what Yusei thought was Judai's hair abuse addiction, because Judai would continue coming in for the same treatment at least once a week.
The second time Judai had gone into the salon, Yusei asked for Judai's name, which he'd happily told him, which in turn had resulted in Judai getting soap in his mouth because Yusei had just begun conditioning his hair. He'd laughed quietly to himself as the originally brunette haired boy stuck his tongue out in disgust at the taste of the product.
By the time of his sixth visit, Judai had already had his hair blue, red, blonde and black. This time he was going silver, and as his appearances became regular, the staff and other, less regular than him customers became accustomed to his presence in the salon. Eventually, he'd started asking Akiza, the red haired assistant, for coffee during his waiting times, to which she happily obliged because it gave her an excuse to step away from the front desk and talk with Judai.
It was a Tuesday morning, sunny but still a little fresh as it had rained the previous evening. Judai was walking to the salon for his 10th visit in a month and a half. He was happy to be seeing Yusei again, Judai had started flirting with the raven haired man ever so slightly. Judai would place a hand on Yusei's while he laughed at a story he was telling, and wink at him while they were looking in the mirror. Judai had noticed Yusei doing things like him putting his finger under Judai's chin to hold it while he'd cut his bangs; was he flirting back? These were little things, but they still made Judai's heart flutter.
Judai walked into the salon, pushing the black door open with one hand and waving to Akiza with the other. He was a little later than he usually was, but only because he'd spent an extra 20 minutes deciding what to wear, and another 10 styling his hair to make sure he'd look good for being around Yusei. He'd eventually settled on a black T-shirt with black jeans and a red hoodie, styling his now silver hair with a little gel, making all the layers at the back of his head flick upwards.
"Hey Akiza, nice day right? Shame you're stuck in here all morning" Judai smirked a little, Akiza had folded her arms and pouted slightly. He knew that she'd want to be out at the park or shopping instead of in the shop.
"Nice to see you too Judai" she stuck her tongue out at him, "Yusei's with someone right now, mind waiting?"
Judai smiled at her, sticking his hands in his jacket pockets, he walked over to the seat at the far left and sat down next to the brown haired female that Yusei was working on.
"That's alright, I'll wait."
He looked over to Yusei and waved, grinning as he did, Yusei had smiled back, making Judai almost melt in his seat. He turned to face the red haired woman again before the raven haired man could catch him blushing.
"Hey Akiza, I'm thinking of going purple today, whatdya think?"
Akiza laughed as she looked over a Yusei, his expression was of mild horror, she knew how much he hated bleaching Judai's hair, he'd much prefer brunette Judai At least he hadn't gone multi-coloured, he'd managed to talk him out of that one.
"I think every colour looks great on you Judai, you know that" Akiza laughed slightly as Judai smirked back at her. Judai fidgeted in his seat slightly and looked back over to the laughing red head.
"Would you mind getting me a coffee? I think I'm developing a caffeine dependency" He ruffled the back of his hair again and laughed softly.
"Jeez" Yusei muttered, "I'd treat you to a coffee every day for the rest of your life if you stop abusing your damn hair like this."
Judai couldn't comprehend what he just heard, Yusei wanted to take him for coffee?!
"What?! Right now? Yes! Let's go oh my gosh!" Judai was practically jumping on Yusei, his brown eyes sparkling with excitement, Yusei couldn't help but blush, he didn't think he'd said it loud enough for him to hear.
"Um, I uh, gotta finish my shift first Judai" Yusei stuttered slightly, attempting to compose himself while Judai was holding his left arm. "I have another hour left."
"I can wait!"
Judai shot Yusei a toothy grin, Yusei had to smile back, how could he possibly resist the silver haired boy? Speaking of silver hair, Yusei smirked to himself.
"On one condition, you dye your hair back to brown"
Judai spoke before he could fully comprehend what Yusei had say, not that it mattered, he'd only dyed his hair so he could be around Yusei.
"Yes, anything! Just let's go!"
If you guys want chapter 2 then please let me know! It'll be a continuation of the story with the 'date' included, so please review and give me pointers and improvements!
Thanks to Celestos for proof reading and giving me bits to improve and take out 3 She writes herself, and the fics I have read so far are amazingggg so please check her out if you like!