She Gets a Haircut Every June

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If there was anything to say about Sherry, it was that once something got into her head, she certainly didn't let it go until it was finished. She'd found herself a new hiding spot (though not specifically hidden, as she'd made sure to say something to her parents about it) in the city at a small building that didn't seem to have one extraordinary purpose or another. It had walls and a dumbwaiter, doors and a floor, two stories. It was perfectly functional for holing herself up in and studying, or reading, or whatever little growing girls did alone when they didn't want to be bothered.

She'd spread out a bit of old paper, and sat herself in the middle of it, frowning at the pair of scissors she'd found in Possessions (what? It wasn't like she'd not seen other people rummaging through things that weren't theirs. At least she'd promised to return the scissors to Stacy when she was done). So, she was really going to do it, wasn't she?

Sherry brushed her hair out carefully, her nose twitching as the long bangs slipped past and tickled. A look in the hand mirror told her exactly what she already knew; her hair was growing quickly, just like the rest of her. It brushed her shoulders and fell just past her chin.

"Okay," she breathed and picked up her scissors. "It's just a little bit. Not as though I'm going to shave myself bald." Boy, but wouldn't that be more efficient?

Snip.

Snipsnipsnip.


Snipsnipsnipsnipsnip.

At least this wasn't too hard; Sherry already had a good idea of where her bangs were. But why wasn't this line straight like the other one?

Oh well.

Snipsnipsnipsnipsnipsnipsnip.

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[governmentninja]

[letmelive]

That's probably one of those things that as a parent you shouldn't laugh, but Claire laughed anyway, standing back up and bumping her shoulder into Leon's.

"Pretty sure she gets the sadism from you."

[governmentninja]

Leon was still facepalming, though if one looked closely, they could probably see the grin he was hiding.

"Don't remind me."

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"It isn't like anyone would be able to tell," Sherry mumbled under her breath. "Ahem. Anyway, I'm going to go and finish what I said I was going to." She gave her mother and father a one-armed hug and started to skitter away.

[letmelive]

Claire smiled, leaning forward a little to watch Sherry run off.

"Be good!" she called after the little girl, not fully expecting her to listen.

[governmentninja]

Leon just shook his head a bit. He had stopped facepalming, at least, and slipped an arm around Claire's waist.

"She's our kid," he stated. Which, yes, he knew she knew that, obviously. But more and more she was really taking after them.

...they may have to start rethinking their approach to this parenting thing.

[letmelive]

She sighed, shaking her head minutely, a smile on her face. After a second she slid her arm over his shoulders, leaning her head back.

"We are a horrible influence on that kid."

[governmentninja]

"Yeah, we are," he admitted, though he was still smiling as he looked at Claire.

"And I don't think I'd want it any other way."

[letmelive]

"Me either." Bad influence or not, there were definitely worse role models in the world for a girl like her. Claire looked over at Leon, tilting her head a little, her smile fading.

"So what are you up to?"

[governmentninja]

"Avoiding paperwork," he responded. For once, there wasn't some major imminent danger hanging everyone's head. It actually gave him more free time.

"What about you?"

[letmelive]

That made Claire smirk again, and she turned towards him, looping her other arm around his neck.

"Enabling your avoiding paperwork?"

[governmentninja]

He smirked back at her. Without really thinking about it, he reached up and brushed some of her hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ear.

"Really, now?" he stated, then leaned in and kissed her. "And how do you plan on doing that?" he muttered against her lips.

[letmelive]

Claire grinned into the kiss, tightening her hold on him while she considered that question.

"Well," she finally replied, kissing him again before finishing the thought. "I could drag you back to your bunk and tie you up."

HELLO PARENTS. COCKBLOCK IMMINENT.

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Sherry, realizing she'd forgotten her bag back at her hiding spot, had turned around run back, just in time to hear:

"...back to your bunk and tie you up." Curiosity leapt forward to ask questions, even as she vaguely wondered if she should also feel horrified by that idea.

"Why would you do that?"

DAMMIT, WHERE'S THE DODGE PROMPT? *PRESSES X*

[governmentninja]

Whatever Leon was about to say died in his throat as he heard Sherry's voice.

"Uh..."

Oh, man...

Leon's brain had been going down an entirely different track, and it took him a moment to recover from having his train of thought completely derailed like that.

"Well... um... you know how your mother doesn't want me to work so many hours?"

YOU'RE WITH CLAIRE MAN, TANK CONTROLS ONLY SHE DIDN'T GET ANY OF THAT DODGE SHIT

[letmelive]

Claire physically winced when she heard the little girl's voice, slowly pulling her face away from Leon's. She wasn't really sure how she was going to explain her way out of that comment. Fortunately Leon thought a little more quickly than she did, and after looking a little like a deer in the headlights for a second she nodded her head.

"Sometimes it's harder to get him to take a break than just nagging him, you know."

YOU CANNOT DODGE A CHILD.

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Her face settled into its usual, stoic lines. Something about that quick aboutface from her parents didn't exactly ring true. It was suspicious, to say the very least.

Sherry looked between them and wondered if she should get an outside opinion on this. Maybe Paco would know. He seemed to know a lot of things. "Oh, I see." But even if her dad had been working, he hadn't been as busy as before.

The final verdict? Disbelief.

NO QTEs? HOW WILL I GET OUT OF THIS? *MASHES BUTTONS*

[governmentninja]

"Yeah..."

Leon was feeling horribly awkward at the moment. Which, admittedly, is something he hadn't felt in a long time. He was either stoic as a statue, or a shameless dork. Was he even blushing a little right now? He might have been...

There was only one solution to this: Complete and abrupt subject change.

"So what brings you back here, sweetheart?"

YOU DIED.

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Sherry's eyebrows drew together, momentarily caught off-guard by what was assuredly their poorly timed attempt to change the subject. Further study was required and would be attained elsewhere.

"I forgot my bag," she explained and pointed to the blue leather pouch between her parents, sitting there idly. "I didn't think you two would still be here, either. Don't you have adult things to be doing?" Sherry raised her eyebrows and tilted her head, examining her parents carefully.

[letmelive]

Claire was a little red, and she glanced at the bag, before looking back at Leon and then Sherry again. It was fairly obvious to her the little girl wasn't buying their excuse, but if she wasn't going to press the question Claire wasn't going to volunteer in depth information on her love life.

"Right. Yes," she nodded her head, looking back at Leon, her arms sliding away from his shoulders, although she reached out to slide one of her hands through his. "We were just leaving, actually. To go do adult things." Claire knew what Sherry meant but, well.

[governmentninja]

Leon kept his mouth squarely shut, and managed not to facepalm, though it was probably evident on his face that there was some in-joke hovering there.

"Yeah..." Leon tugged slightly on Claire's hand. "Shall we?"

The sooner they got out of there, the sooner they could be properly mortified by this. Then get over it and get to those 'adult things'.

[letmelive]

She squeezed Leon's hand to let him know she was on the same wave length as he was but it was a really bad idea to make a crack in front of Sherry. She smiled at the little girl again before turning back towards the door.

"We'll see you later, sweetie. Have fun studying, okay?" Now to exit as quickly as possible without looking embarrassed.