Ruby would come to her balcony every morning and evening to comb her hair. Sometimes she would oil them. Sometimes she would braid them. And Thomas would watch her everyday from his window. They would occasionally share a smile. Tom had fallen in love. Not with Ruby. But with her hair.
One day as the sun was setting, Ruby was oiling her hair in the balcony and Tom was looking at her like usual. Their eyes met and they both shared a smile. "Will you always keep looking at me or will you ever say anything?" Ruby said finally breaking the silence between them. Tom felt shy and looked down. "I like your hair" he said trying to strike a conversation. "I love them too. They are my prized possession. But sometimes they are a pain in the ass." she replied. "Pain in the ass? How?" He asked in a puzzled tone. "You have to take care of them. Trim them regularly. Oil them. And when they get really long, maintaining them is really difficult. Washing and drying them takes hours." Ruby explained. "I can help you out." he said. "You?" Laughed Ruby. "What do you know about hair?" She continued. "Well, if you teach me I'll learn." He replied quickly. Ruby liked his confidence. "My family have gone out and will come only by tomorrow night. Why don't you come over and help me wash hair." Ruby said teasingly taking up Tom's offer to help and went inside before Tom could say anything.
Tom rang Ruby's bell early in the morning. Ruby hadn't even woken up. She opened the door rubbing her eyes and yawning. He heavily oiled thick hair were tied on top off her head in a tight bun. "You seem too eager to help me Tom. Come in." She teased him once more. She was still in her night dress and he walked in. "I hope you don't mind if we get straight to business." She said taking off her night dress. She stripped down to her bra and panties they stuck closely to her skin. Underneath that was a really curvy woman and Tom was unable to hide his excitement. She left him to the bathroom and started filling a bucket with hot water. "All you have to do is shampoo and condition my hair and give me a good head massage. I hope you can manage that much." As Tom entered the bathroom Ruby stopped him in his track. "Are you really going to enter with your clothes on? Go out and take off your clothes. I don't want you to get wet." He said pushing him out of the bathroom. Tom hurried out and took off his clothes until he was in his boxers. As he returned he saw Ruby sitting on the bathroom floor and a stool set behind her next to the bucket. Tom went and sat on the stool. He checked if the water wasn't too hot. Took some in the mug and poured it over Ruby's head. Ruby closed her eyes as he continued to wet Ruby's hair. He ran his fingers through her hair. He gently started wetting her hair by pouring water on her head and running his finger through her hair until her hair was dripping wet. He opened the bottle of shampoo and poured some on his hand started massaging Ruby scalp gently working his way through from root to the tips. His fingers on her scalp was putting Ruby in a state of trance. She closed her eyes and was just loving the way Tom was playing with her hair. Tom too was taking his time as he always dreamt of doing this and his dream was finally coming true. Satisfied that the shampoo had washed off the oil Tom poured more water on her hair washing the shampoo off. Now it was time for the conditioner. Just like the shampoo Tom took his time with the conditioner playing her Ruby's hair twisting them, running his fingers through her hair, giving an occasional playful tug. "That's enough Tom. Let's wash it off." said Ruby and Tom's dream came to an end. Tom washed the conditioner off her hair with a heavy heart feeling her gorgeous cascading locks for the last time.
Both came out of the bath. Ruby wrapped a towel around her and Tom put on he pants. While he was dressing up Ruby picked up a hair dryer and plugged it in. Switching on the hairdryer Ruby looked at Tom in the mirror and said, "Now they'll take hours to dry off. Some days I wish I had short hair." Tom was watching Ruby drying her hair enjoying it thoroughly. But he froze as Ruby asked, "Do you think I should cut them short?" Even Ruby stopped as she just realized what she she, "I mean like an inch or so. Not like super short." She laughed. "Yeah I mean. It's up to you. If you think you could maintain short hair better you should cut them a little. But long hair looks good on you too." Tom was trying to give diplomatic answers but be secretly wished that she cut her hair too. "Tom, will you trim my hair for me?" Ruby asked Tom out of the blue. "Wh...what? M...me?" Tom stuttered as he couldn't believe what he just heard. Before even he could gather himself Ruby said, "Yes Tom. You were good with the wash I guess you can manage this too?" Ruby's words felt divine to Tom's ears. "Just wait here." Ruby wasn't ready to take no for an answer. And Tom didn't want to give no for an answer too. Ruby quickly went to the kitchen of or tiny little place and brought a pair of small kitchen scissors. She set up the stool in front of the mirror and combed her hair out which was still pretty wet. "Come here Tom. All you have to do is hold my hair and cut a few inches. It's really easy." Tom went and picked up the scissors from Ruby's hands. "How much should I cut?" Tom asked. Ruby's hair reached her butt. She said, "Can you cut them till my waist?" Tom glared at her hair. That was much more than just an inch. "Are you sure?" He asked. "Yes Tom. Go ahead. Just cut them in a straight line. I'm trusting you with my life." She said holding her hair. Tom slowly started snipping her hair. Strands of wet hair started hitting the floor as he was talking small snips of scissors keeping the line as straight as possible. When he was done he took a few more snips to even it out to make sure that her hair was cut in a perfectly straight hair.
Ruby pulled her hair in front as she stood up to inspect the haircut. "Spectacular job Tom!" She chirped fully satisfied with what Tom did. "My trust in you paid off!" "Thank you for trusting me" said Tom as his heart was beating out of his chest. Ruby quickly turned around and gave Tom a tight hug and said, "I wish someone could take care of my hair every time!" Ruby then looked at Tom and said, "Do you want to go out for coffee Tom?" Shy Tom just nodded a yes already thinking how he would be able to live his dream more often now!
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