kh_drabble | entry for [250]

Hey guys! First time posting here, but I've followed this community for a while and finally made an LJ account, so... yeah. Nice to (informally?) meet you all. :D

Challenge: [250] Sugar and Spice
Title: Regimens
Word count: 595
Other: Inspired by an observation my friend made about Terra's perfectly-shaped eyebrows. No spoilers, just BBS trio being silly. Enjoy! :)

"Isn't that painful?"

Aqua paused outside the bathroom door, about to head down the hall to her own room when she heard Ven's voice.

"Nah, not really. Your skin just goes numb eventually. Then you don't feel anything."

Wait a second, was that... Terra was in there?

Aqua put her ear to the partially-closed door, unable to stifle her curiosity. It wasn't locked or anything. Actually, it wasn't even shut all the way--not that she would put it past either one of them to forget to close it (Ven) or just fail to do so out of laziness (Terra)--but she found it a little strange that they would be in there together.

Something snapped, like the plastic cap of a shampoo bottle being opened.

"Sounds wonderful," Ven said, and she didn't miss the sarcasm that was becoming more and more common in his tone lately--well, whenever he was around the oldest apprentice, at least, "But I wouldn't put those things anywhere near my face."

A clink. Someone shuffling.

"Hey!" she heard Ven shout in protest, Terra laughing and then something like a hand being smacked away.

More shuffling.

"Oh come on, Ven, don't be such a baby."

The blonde huffed. "Didn't anyone ever teach you not to fool around with sharp objects? You almost poked my eye out!"

What?! They'd better not be rough-housing in there... and sharp objects? Her hand instinctively reached out to grab the doorknob, Ven's statement causing her to become concerned now for their safety. Whatever they were doing, pointy things didn't belong close to people's faces. And in the bathroom, no less, where the tiled floor was probably wet and slippery. That was just a hazard waiting to happen!

"Relax. I didn't even get that close to you."

"Did too! You practically stabbed me!"

Terra was still chuckling. Something slurped, and she shook her head.

Well, at least it seemed like disaster had been averted... momentarily. If they started acting up again, though, indecent or not she was going to-

"Wow, this stuff smells awesome. But it's really... gritty. I'm supposed to rub this all over my face?"

Huh? Now what were they doing?

Aqua's eyebrows furrowed, still in ready position to push open the door.

Terra's voice: "Is that what the instructions say?"

The sound of a bottle being rolled around on the counter. A couple of moments passed, in which she figured Ven was reading.

"Massage exfoliating scrub into clean skin. Let sit for a couple of minutes. Rinse off with cold water." A pause. "Heh, sounds easy enough."

Wait a second, exfoliating scrub? And why did those directions sound so... familiar?

She gasped, remembering something. But... they wouldn't!

"Seriously, this smells awesome. Wonder where Aqua got it."

...They would.

Oh ho, now they'd asked for it.

Without warning, Aqua flung the door open. Fortunately, both boys were fully dressed--Terra spun around so fast that he dropped the pair of tweezers he was holding, and Ven's eyes went wide at her in the mirror, the hands that had been smearing the gooey brown substance on his cheeks going still.

"A-Aqua," he stammered, "What are you doing in here?"

The audacity!

"What am I doing? What are you doing? I can't believe you two stole my Sugar and Spice scrub. Do you have any idea how much munny that cost me?!"

The rest of Terra's face was starting to match the red skin underneath his eyebrows, and Ven was just gaping her, at a loss for what to say.

She shook her head at them, clearly disappointed. If they'd wanted to borrow it, they could've just asked.

"Oh, and Ven? The label says you're supposed to use it on your body. Now wash that off before you break out."