A Villainess's Struggles

Today, mother took my brother and I outside to shop. Richard grew taller and he is able to walk now. We needed to buy new clothes for him. Mother decided to go to a very expensive clothing store to buy clothes for Richard. Mother...He's going to grow out of those clothes quick...

While shopping for Richard, mother also bought some hand bags. Wow, look at the price of that bag...! Sorry father, this is where your hard earned money goes towards...

Mother took Richard and I to a fancy Italian restaurant for lunch.

"Natalie, I think you should cut your hair. It's too long" said mother.

Cutting hair...Allen recently cut his hair and now I'm cutting it too?

"If you say so, mother" I responded.

My hair was a bit hard to take care of due to its length, I think it's about time.

Our chauffeur drove us to a hair salon nearby. A old lady greeted us when we entered the salon.

"Hello, my daughter's here to get a hair cut" said mother.

"Okay, please wait a moment, we're a bit busy currently" said the old lady.

After a while, a woman who seems to be in her 30s asked me to sit down on one of the salon chairs.

She started cutting my hair after doing the preparations. I only needed my hair to be trimmed a bit so it shouldn't take so long. The hair cut was going smoothly until a young child ran into the woman. The young child was playing with a paper airplane and bumped into the lady who was cutting my hair.

*SNIP*

Oh? Why do I feel like my head is a bit lighter now...? I looked at the ground and saw a batch of long brown hair on the ground.

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I swear the gods in this world hate me. Did I offend them in my previous life? I'm considering a nun as a profession now. It might change how unlucky I am.

"I'M SO SORRY!!!!" apologized the woman.

"It's okay....It's not your fault....So what now?" I replied.

I want to cry. I remember watching video clips of haircut fails back in my previous life. I was laughing at those people for being stupid. Now here I am, understanding how those people feel...

"Luckily, it was your front hair I was cutting so...I can cut you bangs..." said the woman.

Bangs? I don't know how I feel about this. I glanced at my mother who was sighing. She nodded her head and gave approval.

"Yes...That's fine I guess..." I said.

I ended up getting bangs today, they kind of look weird on me. Eventually, I'll get used to them. Hopefully.

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The next day, I went to school with my new hairstyle. No one was really looking at me when I walked into the classroom. This whole time, I had my hands on my forehead so that people couldn't see it.

"Natalie, what are you doing?" Allen suddenly asked.

"A-Allen...I'm not doing anything hahah..." I answered.

"Suspicious... Why are you covering your forehead? Did you get injured?" Allen said as he tried to move my hands away from covering my hair.

"N-No, I'm not injured don't worry" I stuttered.

"If you're not injured, what are you hiding from me?" Allen questioned.

"I-It's nothing serious" I replied.

"So our friendship is this shallow?" Allen frowned.

H-Hey! Using that trick is illegal! That's a serious offense! It's like forcing me to tell you why I'm doing this currently!

"Allen, that's not the case here I mean-"

The classroom door opened and two boys walked in.

Yes two boys, our boss Henry and his sidekick Blake! All the girls were surprised, 'why are they here?' is probably what they're thinking.

"Hey Allen, you forgot this at my house" said Henry as he handed over a black pencil case.

So you came all the way here to give Allen his pencil case? Wow, I wonder what the relationship between you two are. I see why the female lead was suspicious of you two.

"Oh thanks Henry" replied Allen.

Henry glanced my way and looked confused, "Why are your hands on your forehead?"

Now he's curious too, ugh!

"Please don't mind me" I smiled.

"Natalie, there's something on your face" said Blake.

S-Something on my face? Could it be from the bread I ate this morning?! Don't tell me I walked to school with a bread crumb on my face?!

One of my hands immediately started patting my face while the other hand looked for a mirror in my backpack. Before I knew it, my hands were off my forehead...

"Oh~ It seems like you got a new hairstyle. It suits you Natalie" smiled Blake.

H-He tricked me again! I could feel the blood rushing to my face. So he was lying about how there was something on my face?!

"Natalie, this whole time you were hiding your bangs?" asked Allen.

"Y-Yeah, so what" I said as I avoided eye contact.

"You look the same, don't worry" said Allen.

Is that supposed to make me feel better?

"I-I see, thanks?" I replied confused.

Henry and Blake left my classroom when the bell rang.

Today I realized that I need to buy some luck charms and bring at least 10 around with me.