I'm trying to update a few of my stories since it's been for evah! Short chapters first, then long ones! So, rest assured! The next one will be longer!

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Zero bit his bottom lip as he carefully placed the last pin in one of his customer's hair. She had told him she needed an extravagant hair style since she was to attend an "out of this world" themed wedding. Her friends, lovers of science fiction were getting married after knowing each other for almost five years.

She had been very proud of herself for setting them up. Thus, they had asked her to be the maid of honor and ring bearer. She had whole heartedly agreed.

"Alright, I did my best. What do you think?" The young woman turned around to look at the mirror and her mouth dropped. A huge smile spread across her face as she hugged Zero in gratitude. "It's perfect! Thank you so much!" After calming down, she paid and left the small shop.

Zero sighed and finished sweeping the floor. He sat down on one of the chairs and sighed. Work was really piling up since it was just him working. Ever since Ichiru left, he had tried to handle the shop on his own. He had hired an assistant, but she had to quite do being allergic to something in the shop. Zero truly needed help.

He got up and went over to look at his calendar. He had about six more appointments. Four women and two men. If he got through just this one day, he would be ok since the shop didn't open the following day.

Zero stood up and stretched. His next appointment was about to show up. Quickly, he dug through one of his cabinets and took out a Twinkie he had put away incase he needed a snack.

The front door bell rung as soon as he took the first bite. Zero coughed a few times until the small sweet piece of food went down. He cleared his throat and nodded to the people that had entered his shop.

"Hello. Do you have an appointment?" Two men looked around the small shop until their eyes landed on Zero. One of them, a young blonde arched his eyebrow as he looked Zero up and down. The other, a much taller red head, just stood there, but also looked at Zero.

"Uh…sirs?" Zero felt slightly uncomfortable under the two men's gazes. Finally, the blonde male stood forward and clicked his tongue. "You're the one that gave Kaname Kuran that haircut?" The question was sudden and curt. It took Zero a minute to process what they were talking about.

"Oh, him. Yes. His hair looked like something out of a horror movie, so I asked him if I could fix it."

The blonde male pursed his lips. "I'll have you know, Kaname is perfect! No matter what condition he's in! You had no right to touch his beautiful hair!" The blonde kept going, but Zero had sighed and point blank ignored him. His gaze turned to the red head. The red headed male also looked at Zero.

Zero smiled at him and motioned with his arms to take a seat in one of the chairs. The taller male gave a short nod and sat down in one of the chairs.

"-and I don't even know why he would let someone such as yourself do that to his beautiful-hey! Don't ignore me! Kain! What are you doing? This man is the enemy!"

Kain closed his eyes as Zero massaged his scalp with the small bit of oil. He could smell the natural aroma coming from it and it relaxed him.

Zero added some water to Kain's hair and began to trim the ends of his hair. He could see a clear picture of what type of hair suited the other male. He made quick work on the back and moved to his bangs. With a few snips here and there, Zero had finished the red head's new hairstyle. Gently lifted at the back and a few bangs left at the front.

Kain looked at his reflection and nodded in appreciation. "I like it. Thank you. Aido, you're next." The blonde male crossed his arms. "No way! I refuse to move from this spot! There is no way I will let a…common hair cutter touch my golden locks!" Before Aido knew it, he had been seated in one of the chairs.

Zero sighed and dabbed his hands with the same type of oil he used on the red head.

Carefully, he massaged the blonde's head until he calmed.

Aido sat in the chair. His senses calmed after his scalp was given a delicate massage. Without realizing it, his eyes had closed and he was fast asleep.

About fifteen minutes later, his eyes opened to look into lavender pools. A quick blush spread across his face. He turned his head and pretended to cough to cover it up. That damn barber was too close.

"Glad to see you were relaxed. You're all done now. Take a look." Zero moved so the blonde could see his new trim.

Aido swallowed as he looked at his hair. It was…..beautiful. He tried to come up with something bad to say about it, but nothing came to mind. He just kept looking at his reflection. Not only did his hair glow with radiance, it looked fuller and felt like silk to the touch.

"So how much for both of us?" Zero nodded and went over to the small register he had. Aido was expecting a high price. "Your total comes to 30 dollars combined. You also get this natural shampoo as a gift." Zero smiled when he handed the small bottle to Kain.

"Wait a minute! You mean to tell us, you charge that little for doing hair like this!" Zero shrugged. He pointed over to the walls. "I did those hairstyles too. No matter how elaborate, I always charge 15 dollars. Unless like, it's something really challenging and time consuming. If you keep count, It's as if I charge almost a dollar a minute."

Zero smiled at the two. Kain nodded and reached into his pocket and pulled out fifty dollars. Zero took it and gave him his change. "Thanks for coming. Hope to see you guys again." He waved as they left the store.

"What strange men. Oh well." Zero cleaned around some until his last few customers showed up. He didn't see the envelope left on his counter until much later.

Kaname sat in one of the cafes with Yuuki as he waited for Aido and Kain to show up. He had sent the two of them to deliver one little thing to his silver haired hair stylist. Yes, his.

Finally, after almost an hour, they showed up. Yuuki's mouth formed an o shape when she saw them. One of Kaname's eye brows also went up as he looked at both males before him.

"Wow. Nice hair you two! Did Kaname's friend do them?" Yuuki asked happily. Aido blushed and looked away. Kain just nodded. A smirk settled itself on Kaname's lips.

Zero had done an excellent job on Aido and Kain. "So, I'm guessing you two dropped off the envelope?" Both nodded, Aido still looked away.

"Well then, I hope he agrees to my little offer." Kaname sipped on his coffee as he thought of when would be a good day to visit his new stylist.

Zero yawned. It had been a long day. With strange customers and crazy hair wanting people, the silver haired male was drained. He had finally finished cleaning, but that was also when he remembered the envelope left on his counter he had put in his apron. He wondered if it was another letter from one of the teens that gets their hair done at his place.

After making sure everything was in order, Zero closed shop and went upstairs. He sat at his kitchen table and carefully opened the envelope. It looked like an a letter alright.

Zero unfolded it and began reading it.

"Zero, it's Kaname. I had two of my accomplices deliver this letter to you. I'm sorry I couldn't do it in person. I've been very busy. But I would really like to talk to you one day, one on one, about a certain issue. I was hoping you would agree to it. I wont tell what it is by letter, so I'm hoping we could meet up at the location at the bottom of this letter. I have also listed my number incase you need to contact me. Zero, it would mean a lot to me if you agreed to what I'm asking you.

-Kaname Kuran

Zero folded the letter back up. He nodded and looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost ten. He had been hoping for a relaxing day at home tomorrow. Oh well. Maybe he would become friends with Kaname. Too bad Zero didn't know how close, Kaname wanted to be with him.

Yeah…short…I know. But no worries! The one after this is way longer! I just needed to get this one first even if it's been so long since I updated it!

Ok, hope you guys liked!

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