"Nah," he says. "Sounds weird to call me a cute grumpy small animal but the kissability works okay."

"Well maybe not small per se, but just as adorable."

He laughs. "Okay."

Presently they arrive!

"Okay, time to dye your hair."

"Yaaay," he sighs. "Okay. Sure."

So with Norma's permission and Willow's curious supervision (she decided she wouldn't learn everything there is in that very thick book so she asked Norma to borrow it) they dye Theo's hair! Well, a part of it.

How much a part of it? Just the tips, half his head, a small patch…?

Small patch.

Then magic on another.

Theo doesn't like his new hairstyle.

Eugh.

"Cute grumpy kitten: exhibit A."

"What?"

"Apparently I am a cute grumpy kitten, especially when I make an 'ugh' sound."

"Why?"

"Ask him." Eyeroll.

"It's because he's really adorable when he doesn't like stuff, and he makes cute noises like 'ugh' and he sighs and he rolls his eyes. I mean, lookit him!"

"...I don't really see it."

"I mean, I wouldn't personally call 'ugh' a cute noise, just a regular noise, but okay."

"It's not regular! It's, like, occasional at best! Except when you're Theo, in which case it's regular."

"If you say so," he says, slightly dubiously.

He shrugs. "I don't say 'ugh' or sigh or roll my eyes or act grumpy nearly as much as you do."

"Maybe it's just a trademark thing of mine," he says, then starts– and stops rolling his eyes.

"Case in point."

"Trademark things aren't bad," he says, then pointedly does not sigh.

"I know they aren't, never said they were, I'm just insisting it's cute."

"Mmh," he agrees. "Okay. Yeah." Shrug.