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"Kats, my roots are showing and I don't know how to do my own hair! What do I do?"
Katsuki sighed from Eijirou's sheer cute stupidity. How did he not know how to dye his own hair when he'd been doing it for years now?
"Dumbass, who did it before?" Katsuki replied to his boyfriend over the phone.
"My mom did, she's a hair-stylist! Please Kats, you have to help me! Mina was going to do it for me but I honestly don't trust her with not burning me with bleach," Eijirou nervously laughed into his mic.
Katsuki checked the time; 8:30pm. He had enough time to help as it was a Saturday. However, he wouldn't be able to get up early to exercise tomorrow if he did.
Whatever.
He sighed. "Fine."
"Oh my God, thanks so much! I really owe you." Katsuki could hear the smile in Eijirou's voice as he spoke. Katsuki definitely didn't smile to himself.
"Whatever, Kiri. I'll be there in 5."
Katsuki walked into Mina's room to find Eijirou propped in a chair with a towel on his shoulders. The hair bleach was in Mina's hand as she gleefully waved him in.
"Bakugou! I'm so glad you're here, I honestly don't know how to use bleach. I really don't wanna fuck up Kiri's precious locks," she played with Eijirou's hair as he nervously smiled. "Please tell me you know how."
"Of course I do, why else would I be here? I used to help bleach my mom's hair." Katsuki took the bleach from Mina's hands after putting on some gloves. Eijirou shined his shark teeth at him in a bright smile.
"Kats, I didn't know your mom wasn't naturally blonde! Does that mean you aren't either?" Eijirou and Mina shared a look of realization and they unanimously exclaimed, "Are you a brunette?"
"You guys are so stupid - me and my mom both have blonde hair, I just help her to get it platinum. Haven't you ever noticed how light it is? That's not fucking real." Katsuki started running his fingers through Eijirou's hair as he hummed.
"Oh, guess that makes sense. Her hair is pretty light. I didn't know you were so talented though," Eijirou turned his head to look at Katsuki and ruffled his hair, making him quickly stifle a giggle.
"'Course I am. That's why I'll be number 1. Now quit talking, I gotta start putting in bleach and I don't want you moving your head around." Katsuki gently started putting bleach on Eijirou's roots, carefully massaging it into his hair but making sure not to get too much on his scalp. He didn't want to burn him. That's why he came to replace Mina, after all.
"Someone's snarky like usual," Ashido jumped onto her bed and started playing on her phone. The music that came from her phone, possibly from a game, distracted Katsuki a bit but he was too lost in his process that he didn't care.
Eijirou contently hummed as he relaxed into the touch of Katsuki's hands on his head. Everything was so calm and perfect and he loved it.
After about 3 hours of bleaching, washing, dyeing, and Mina constantly distracting Eijirou resulting in a scolding from Katsuki, Eijirou's hair was finally done. He couldn't be more happy about it, and made that fact especially obvious.
"Kats, holy shit, this is amazing! Like, even better than when my mom did it. You're like a god at dyeing hair!" He looked at himself in Ashido's handheld mirror as he couldn't keep the smile off his face. "Thank you so much. I don't think I'll get my hair done by anyone else but you. I love you." Eijirou put the mirror down to give Katsuki a kiss on the cheek. He blushed and hid it in his sleeve.
"Love you too. It's nothing though; at least you don't look as bummed out anymore. Really carried a storm around with you for the past month, I got tired of it."
Ashido got up from where she was lying on her bed and went to check out Eijirou's hair. Her eyes filled with glee as she looked at his head and turned to happily face Katsuki. "Bakugou, that's so good! Like seriously, I don't think you understand how good that is. Oh my God, I have to show the whole group your craftsmanship!" She quickly got on her phone to snap a picture of Eijirou's hair to send to Kaminari and Sero. Katsuki definitely did NOT blush from the compliments.
"Eiji, I'm just happy you look better. Now if we're done, I'm gonna go to bed. Come to my room if you want after you're done fangirling. Love you," Katsuki quickly kissed Eijirou's forehead before waving to Ashido and leaving to his room.
He doesn't think his life could get any better from where it was now. Everything was so perfect; Eijirou loved him, he had a group of friends who truly liekd him for who he was and not his quirk, he was building his relationship with Deku up again and he truly didn't feel angry all the time anymore. And that was okay.
If Eijirou joined Katsuki in his bed at 12am that night and snuggled up next to him, no one had to know. All they knew was that they were happy and nothing could get better.