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❝ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 ❞

Everyone, as usual, was around the shop hanging out and doing their own things. People were getting their nails done, hair done, and even waxes. Business has been going pretty good recently, but today wasn't that busy, which you didn't mind at all.

You were helping Jean straighten up his mullet for his little double date with Mikasa, Sasha, and Niccolo. Of course they invited you to go but you were pooped from watching Marcus the night before and all you wanted was a little rest.

Jean kept on flinching each time you snipped at some of the strands of his hair and it was starting to annoy you. You slapped him softly on his shoulder. "Jean if you keep moving I'm going to cut your ear off."

"It's hard when you're moving those scissors like a crazy person. You're not Edward Scissorhands !" He snapped back.

You sucked your teeth and sarcastically cut his hair at an extremely slow pace. "Is this better ?"

"Well I want to get done by today (y/n)," Jean joked.

"Jean I'm about to create a bald spot back here." He goes dead silent so of course you follow it up with, "Just kiddingg," in the sweetest voice you could.

"Aight check me out. Check me out." You lift your head slightly to see Papi, Eren, and Connie, doing one of their freestyle battles. Actually they would always start off as friendly cyphers but somehow they escalate.

"𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐢
𝐢 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐞
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝
𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰
𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤
𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫
𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤"

Everyone in the shop was feeling the beat and making comments on the side hyping him up. Next was Eren's turn.

" 𝐢'𝐦 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫
𝐬𝐨 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐢 "

"Damnnnnnn." You, Jean, Sasha, and Mikasa shout at once. Now, it was Connie's turn.

"𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤
𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠-𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭
𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 "

The three dapped each other since they finally pulled off a mini-cypher without arguing or messing up. Connie walked up behind you and leaned on your work station. "So, did ya' like it ?"

Your focus went from Jean's hair to Connie for a few seconds. "Yeah it was cute. But um, who's that mixed chick you were referring to," you teased. 

He laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. "You know it was just for show." You hum a joking, 'mhm' before finishing up Jean's hair.

"Alright Jean. You're all done." You took his apron off and he handed you a ten. "Thank youuu, kind sir."

The bells to the shop chimed and Denise walked inside with Armin, who was holding Marcus. They had just come from picking him up from his little summer camp program at the church. The shop's chatter went silent, as it was the first time she had came in since her and Edna's little quarrel.

You snap to get Edna's attention so that you could remind her to apologize. She looks at you, sighs, and gets a gift baggy from her station before walking over to Denise, who was sitting down with Marcus in her lap.

"I know sometimes, I can go a little teeny weeny bit over board. So, to show I'm sorry, here's a little somethin' for you and Marcus." Denise, hesitantly took the the bag from Edna and looked through it. She pulled out a candle for her and lego set for Marcus.

Marcus pointed at the pictures on the box saying, "See ? See ?" His half-toothed smile stretched from ear to ear.

Denise stood up from her seat, Marcus still in hand. "I went a little hard too. So, I guess, we cool." Denise gave Edna a small smile before wrapping her arm over her neck, "You still old though." She laughs.

Edna chuckles."Don't let me do your hair or you gone end up bald," she jokes back.

The door chimes, rang again and you expected it to be Señorita Esperanza but instead it was her niece.

"Hey everyone." She looked so much like Esperanza to be her niece. When you first met her, you thought she was Esperanza's daughter. She had wavy, long, jet black hair and hazel almond eyes.

"What's up, Ramona ? I haven't seen you in a while," you smille at her as she walked closer to the stations. Your smile quickly faded though, when you noticed her finicky movements and worried face. "Everything okay ?"

"I need to talk to you, Sasha, and Mikasa for a minute." You, Mikasa, and Sasha exchanged confused looks with each other but followed her out the shop.

"What's going on," Mikasa leaned against the shop's window.

"It's my aunt. She fell down and it messed up her hip really bad. She's gonna have to go in for surgery."

All of your jaws dropped. Sasha put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Oh my god. Is there anything we can do to help ?"

"Well between my job at the dress shop and the smoothie bar, I don't think we'll be able to pay off her bill. On top of that, my aunt doesn't want anyone to worry about her so she won't call our relatives in DR."

"We can help you out here. How about we host a little fundraiser at the shop ?" you suggest.

"That's a great idea ! We can do discounts and kids get service for free. Oh ! and we can do some games and raffles and stuff." Sasha adds.

"Thank you guys. How can I pay you back ?"

"Oh no. You guys are family, we'd do anything to help you guys out." You all wrap your arms around her, giving her a group hug.

Romona then gets a phone call from the hospital. "Looks like it's time for my visit. Text me about the details ! Thanks again guys !"

You all wave her goodbye and head back into the shop.

"What was that all about ?" Edna asked.

"Uh- Esperanza is in the hospital. We're gonna host a fundraiser here to help cover the surgery bills," you say in a serious tone before walking back to your station.

"She told me her hip was killin' her but I didn't think it would be that bad. When are we doing this whole fundraiser thing ?" Edna continued to work on her client's hair but her mood obviously changed.

"Well for now, we should take care of what we need to in the shop. We can meet at our house at five to plan everything." Mikasa says as she waves over a client to come get their nails done.

Connie walks up next to you. "I promise I'll do anything I can to help, alright ? Trust me" He drapes his arm around your shoulder and gives you a kiss on the forehead, to calm you down.

"Yo Connie, Armin, and Eren. We have to dip. Apparently Trixie is in town and Hange wants us to be the welcome committee," Jean rolls his eyes as he drags himself out of the salon.

Connie curses quietly under his breath. "Hurry up and go. I'm sure it won't be that bad." You send him a small smile and he kisses you in return. Once again, you didn't want to pull away and you wouldn't have if they didn't have to leave.