A few minutes later, Hana was sitting on a short-legged wooden chair with Haruka sitting before her on the bare floor and her back turned to her as they got ready to apply the dye.
To the side, Ane stood and watched as Hana took away the wooden sizeable pin used to hold the young lady's hair in an updo.
Immediately, Haruka's long strands of black hair came falling behind her and cascaded down to her tailbone.
'I hope this works.' Both mother and daughter prayed in their hearts.
Without wasting time, Ane stepped forward as it was time for the familiar ritual to begin.
First, Haruka's frontal hairline was stripped of its artificial colour using lukewarm water, as this step revealed the several red strands of her hair which had never been seen by another set of eyes apart from the ones belonging to her immediate family.
Next, her entire hair was dried using a white cloth before Ane moved to her side with a local hand fan to make the work faster for them.
