The girls were still in the couple’s mansion, and they were slightly busy. The tigers tried to improve Sophia’s hair straightening iron to deal with their extraordinarily fluffy and unruly hair. At the sa ti, the other two were trying out new hairstyles for each other to pass the ti.
“Okay, show what you’re planning with the scrunchies.” Maya and Ari were back in the living room after having gotten so hair accessories, and the cat-girl once more stood in front of the mirror there.
“Just tie your hair into the twintails from earlier. The one with the hair on your chest, but with the scrunchies a little deeper than before, sowhere further below your collar bones.”
“Alright.” She did as instructed, but she wasn’t necessarily happy with the result. “I can’t say I’m a fan of having the scrunchies resting on my breasts…”
“I’m not done yet.” Saying so, Ari grabbed one of the tails. With one hand, she held the inner hairs that had been tied together while the jaguar used her other one to push up the scrunchie with the remaining hair. As a result of that, the cat-girl’s hair above the scrunchie around her neck got pushed to the side and gained so volu. Afterward, she did the sa with the other tail.
“Ahh!” Maya looked at the result in the mirror with a satisfied expression. “I see! With my hair spilling to the sides from being pushed by the scrunchie, it covers all of my neck, including the nape now. It’s cute. I like how fluffy it looks. Well, not as fluffy as those two, but you know what I an…” She glanced at their girls.
“Ahaha, that’s true.” The jaguar let out a small giggle. “I’m glad that we found sothing cute for you.”
“Yes, thank you! I might exchange the scrunchies for so ribbons the next ti, or once I found a few nice ones to buy, but I really like the style!” The cat-girl turned around in front of the mirror a few tis to make sure of it. “I think a little braid next to one of my eyes going below my bangs could go really well with it, too.”
“Oh! That would be adorable!”
“Let’s try it later, but for now…” Maya stared at the jaguar. “How about we play with your hair for a bit?”
“Really? Do you have an idea?” Judging by Ari’s expression, she actually seed to be looking forward to it. “My hair tends to look really weird if I tie it up, after all…”
“Leave it to ~!”
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While the two were making progress with their new hairstyles, the tigers, too, had gotten further with Sophia’s invention.
“Let’s see…” The blonde looked at her improved prototype. She had replaced the tongs with the new ones she bought and made the top parts where she added the heating ore mixture even smoother so that it glides better over their hair.
“It feels a bit less janky now.” Anna was also staring at it. “Not saying that that’s an achievent…”
“Haha, it couldn’t get any jankier, after all.” Sophia had to agree with it. “Okay, now we add your idea with the conductivity ore to power the heating elent while holding it.”
“Do you know how to use that stuff?” The princess picked up the shimry and blue material the blonde had put on the table. “Oh, it’s called ore, but it’s actually quite soft, huh? You can easily form it with your hands. It’s more like fresh clay.”
“Yes, it’s super easy. You simply form it into a thin line between the things you want to connect. Adding it to a string makes it easier to use and prevents it from losing connection. Still, we only have like 20 centiters to cover.”
“Oh, that really sounds easy.”
“Yep, I have tons of fun ideas for it already, but let’s focus on the really important things first. Getting our hair to behave, that is!” She sounded way too serious for what she said. “Give so of the ore, please.”
“Of course!”
“Okay, that should do it.” Sophia had put so of the connectivity ore on the back of each arm of the tong and connected the handle part with the tips.
“Looks jankier again.”
“Shut up…” She hadn’t asked for criticism. “For the finished product, it’ll be directly integrated into the arms! It’s a prototype! It’s supposed to be janky!”
“Does it work, though?”
“Only one way to find out.” Saying so, the blonde gripped the makeshift tongs and poured so of her magic into the handles. Using her free hand, she then brought it closer to the top part to feel if the temperature was incre- “Ouch!” She touched it. “It’s hot!”
“Stop touching hot things already!” Even though Maya was busy with Ari’s hair right now, she still had to retort after hearing her yelp.
“It was an accident!” Sophia lightly glared in her direction. "Also, that would an I can't touch you any longer, either!"
"..." The cat-girl went silent. "Y-You win this round..."
"Ehehe!"
“So… it works?” Anna tried to keep the topic on track.
“What makes you think so? My cry or my red fingers?”
“Ahaha… Sorry.”
“Don’t worry, as you’ve just heard from my cat, I burn myself pretty often.”
“Does that make it better, though?” The princess tilted her head in response.
“That’s not important! Results are!”
“Is that so?”
“Probably!” The blonde couldn’t stay serious with her claims.
“That sounds more like the Sophia we know.” Anna liked the goofy girl more. “Is it ti to test?”
“Oh? That sounds like soone’s volunteering as a test subject?” Her expression ford into a grin.
“That’s not necessarily what I… Why not? I want smooth hair!” The princess changed her mind mid-sentence.
“Ah, you need to wash your hair first, though. It has to be as clean as possible.”
“Oh, that’ll take a while…” Anna grabbed her massive ponytail to bring the point across.
“It’s just a test, though… Washing the forehead area or your bangs in general should be enough, I guess.”
“True. That won’t take that long, then.”
“Great! Could you use the shampoos and conditioners I bought earlier? They don’t work on their own, but it might help later.”
“Sure.”
“Okay, let’s go-“ Sophia energetically stood up from the sofa, but the voices of the other duo imdiately stopped her.
“What do you think you are doing?” Maya stared at her.
“Exactly!” Ari got especially loud.
“Showing the princess where the bath is…?” She tilted her head in return.
“A-Ah…”
“S-So you aren’t going to help her…?” The jaguar sounded relieved.
“Why would I? She’s a grown girl, isn’t she? Very grown.” The blonde had to say this part twice because it was important to her.
“I-I see…” Ari’s face turned red.
“I might help with drying her hair a bit once she’s back here to make sure it’s properly prepared, but that’s about it. Alright, let’s go, Anna.”
“Okay.” Saying so, the two tigers left the living room, and Sophia guided her upstairs to the smaller guest bathroom.
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“This looks so great!” After a few minutes, the blonde was back and started inspecting Maya’s new hairstyle as she was taking a break from her own project right now.
“Ehehe.” The cat-girl liked what she was hearing.
“Good job, Ari. You’ve managed to make her even cuter. I had no idea that’s actually possible.”
“You’re welco…?” The jaguar wasn’t sure how to reply.
“Yep, thanks!” Sophia really liked it. “Are you going for a new look, too?” She looked at Ari. “You’re not going to hide this glorious pattern, are you?”
“No, it looks really weird if I partially hide it… I do want sothing different, though…”
“So, what’s the plan?” The blonde changed her attention to Maya.
“I’ve got a lot of inspiration when playing with your hair, and I really have a thing for braids right now~.” The cat-girl’s eyes were sparkling. “I already have an idea or two that I wanted to try before you sent the princess to wash her hair.”
“Oho, braids are great!” She only changed her hairstyle a little while ago, having braided hair herself now, but Sophia was already fond of it. “A small one or two also wouldn’t destroy the pattern. I’m looking forward to it~.”
“, too.” Anna ca back at the right ti to voice her agreent on the topic.
“R-Really?” Ari reacted quite strongly to this statent.
“Of course!” She nodded.
“I-I see.” The jaguar looked really happy about it.
“Alright, princess, let’s properly prepare your hair before we get started.” The blonde wanted to continue her test.
“Yes!” Agreeing to it, Anna got closer to her fellow tiger, and the girls went back to their unusual duo groupings.
“Hmm…” Sophia lightly touched the other’s bangs to make sure they were properly dried. “Still a little wet… Do you mind if I use so air magic to get any remaining moisture out of it? I might have to increase my power a bit to get it completely dry, though~.”
“Blow !” She sounded a little too motivated about it.
“Okay…” Sothing about her reply urged Sophia to be as gentle as possible while trying her best not to make a comnt here, though. A minute or two later, Anna’s bangs were as dry as possible.
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