Chapter 14 - 014: Makino Yoko

Makino had taken a bath, and now sat in front of her dressing table, combing through her wet long tresses. As she attempted to comb out the tangles, she accidentally pulled on a few tangled strands too harshly.

'Ouch!' She exclaimed upon the pull. She glanced at her comb, and saw the few pulled strands stuck onto the comb teeth. That brought thoughts to Makino's mind. If she had short hair, she could be relieved of having to comb out tangles whenever she washes her hair. Furthermore, short hair is the trend for girls these days. That put Makino's thoughts into motion.

She headed for her mum's room, and asked, 'Hey mum, can you drop me by the salon tomorrow morning?' Her mum thought good of her initiative to visit the salon so as to look more presentable, and welcomed her request.

Next morning, she was all buckled up and her mum drove her to the shrine which was the closest. Her mum said she would come get her in an hour or so, before Makino went into the salon.

Upon entrance, Katsumi Kejoro was just by the door, watering her plants as she saw Makino.

"To the Winds of flower, to the stream of the river, Katsumi Kejoro at your service"

"Nice to meet you, I would like a cut and was thinking of getting a pixie haircut.' She replied calmly.

Seeing that Makino is convinced she needs a pixie haircut, Miss Kejoro did not ask further, and guided her to a salon chair. She then brought out a hairdressing cape, and draped it around Makino, tightening it snuggly around her neck.

'Let's take the ponytail off, before we cut the rest of the length.' She told Makino .

She tied her hair firmly into a ponytail as close to her head as possible, and placed it between her shear's jaws.

She gave a steady nod, and the Kejoro cut as sounds can be heard as shears sliced through Makino's ponytail.

Before long, the entire ponytail had been cut off, and the woman placed it on the table. Makino's remaining hair now cascaded around her chin area.

Then the woman brought her to the back to wash her up, before sending her back to the chair. She combed out Makino's locks neatly, so that the cut will be even.

There was no delay as the Kejoro got down straight to work. She made an inverted V-section at the back of her head, and worked her way to the front. Each time she segmented out pieces of hair, and snipped it about an inch from the scalp. It gradually got longer as she worked her way to the front.

She then proceeded to connect the length on top with the sides, so that the hairstyle looks blended and clean on her. Makino's loose hairs had already littered the entire cape, as miss Kejoro continued with the cut.

Midway, She had commented that the fringe was quite long, and got into her eyes. With that said Makino came forward, sectioned out Makino's fringe, and snipped off half the length! She combed the cut fringe to the side, and only barely reached her forehead. The fringe can now barely touch even Makino's eyebrows.

To finish up the haircut, Kejoro brought out a hair trimmer, and shaved away the loose hairs that are visible since Makino's hair is now so short. As the trimmer shaved away the hairs, the vibration sent chills down Makino's spine as she was unfamiliar with the cold touch.

Bindu then completed the look with some hairspray, just to lock the shape in further. The cut already looked great on its own. She unfastened the cape, and Makino liked her look. It was then her mum had come in via the front entrance.

'Oh my gosh! You look great, honey!' her mum exclaimed upon sight of her. Makino reached up to caress her freshly cropped pixie, and loved the touch. She felt amazing sporting the pixie haircut.