Styling the hair

Digging into the drawers of the vanities, out came a variety of fancy hair accessories and hairbrushes.

'Mae to onajiyōni, kore o shutoku suru made renshū shimasu. (Much like before, you will practice till you get this.)'

Both Chouko and Naomi nodded, taking one more look into the mirror at their faces. Mostly to take in their handiwork on top of how tired their hands already were at the moment.

'Wakatta. (Understood)'

The tutorial that follows is quite a step up from the makeup one. Considering how intricate that the hairstyle and accessories (kanzashi) truly were.

Yet, Asuka had made it look easy. Kind of as if she's showing off to her two pupils who are just showing off. Considering that she's taking time out of her day to

'U ̄ n... (Ugh...)'

The kanzashi fell out of Chouko's hair, so the maiko bent down and scooped the acessories up. Naomi turned to focus on her.

'Tasuke ga iru? (Need some help?)'

Chouko nodded, watching Naomi help her. If anything, she was thankful to have the maiko at her side. After the accident, she had been quite helpful. Though this whole mess was the result of an unplanned accident. If you can really call an accident 'planned' per say. Those things just happen.

'Arigatōgozaimashita. (Thank you.)'

Naomi cracked a smile. Maybe after this, she could ask her girlfriend about some things. Mostly the general date stuff. While Chouko was absolutely divine, having a better idea of her personality would help a whole lot. Though, why wait?

'Konomae ni, anata wa nani o shite imashita ka? (Before this, what were you doing?)'

The question pierced into Chouko's mind, her attention shifting back to Naomi. She hadn't been expecting her to ask it right in the middle of this training session. The maiko didn't mind, just surprised. Especially since it would mean having to split her attention

'Watashi wa gakuseideshita. (I was a student.)'

Naomi nodded, watching her girlfriend take the various kanzashi out her hair. She scrunched the locks up, going about redoing it one more time. Naomi copied her.

'Kimi wa? (You?)'

Naomi looked away. The message rang through crystal clear on Chouko's end. Which also got the attention of Asuka in the process.