steins_stories | Twins Again, PG

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Twins Again, PG

♥ FLUFF FRIDAY♥

Title: Twins Again
Author:

steinsgrrl
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I in no way intend to insinuate that any of the below actually happened. It is simply a piece of written entertainment based on the public personas of real people.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Language
Summary: Tom has a surprise for Bill
Author Notes: Gen!fic, though it could be Bill/Tom if you squint REAL hard. I'm not sure if it's fluffy enough, but it was written for Fluff Friday :)

As Tom reached the top step of the porch, Georg’s little black BMW roared away down the street behind him, and Tom winced. “Way to be subtle there, Hagen.”

Shaking his head, he unlocked the door and opened it as quietly as he could manage. He didn’t want Bill to see him just yet, and he wasn’t sure where Bill was right about now. Actually, he wasn’t sure he wanted Bill to see him at all, but he knew he couldn’t hide from his brother forever. He wanted to just get this over with.

Slipping off his coat and shoes, he listened for his brother. Bill wasn’t really the quiet type, at least not at home, and it didn’t take long for Tom to hear him. Smiling to himself, Tom climbed the stairs to the second floor, his baggy pants swishing around his feet. He held on to the fronts of his pant legs to hold them up, determined that when his brother saw his new look, it wouldn’t be as Tom lay crumpled at the bottom of the stairs, having been tripped up by his own clothing.

Tom stopped short at the doorway to Bill’s bedroom. Inside, he could hear the radio turned up loud and Bill singing along at the top of his lungs. An image popped into his head of a five-year-old Bill, swaying in front of the mirror in their bedroom, singing into his hairbrush. Tom would have grinned at the memory if he weren’t so nervous.

What had made him think he should do this, anyway? Bill was the one that changed his look and Tom was always the one that stayed the same. Now, not even a year after proclaiming to their entire fan base that he wouldn’t be changing his looks anytime soon, that he was too much of a grandpa about it, he had gone and done it. And he hadn’t even told Bill first.

Tom couldn’t imagine what Bill would say. He’d thought it was a really cool idea, but the longer he sat in that damned uncomfortable salon chair, the more time he’d had to think. Would Bill think Tom was just trying to get attention? Would he hate it? Tell him it looked like shit on him? That it wasn’t his color? Tom didn’t know what his brother would say, but he decided the very worst thing Bill could do was laugh.

He decided he couldn’t stand out there all day; he’d have to do this eventually, and there was no better time than now. Tom took a deep breath and, although he tried to steel himself against any reaction Bill might have, his nerves still made his stomach clench. He settled his fingers around the door handle and slowly opened the door.

The light was on in his brother’s closet, and over the guitar of the old Queen song on the radio and Bill’s singing, he could hear the scrape of hangers over wood. Tom stood inside the door for a moment, trying to decide how to interrupt his brother. He didn’t really want to just go barging into Bill’s closet with no warning, looking the way he did. He didn’t think Bill would recognize him right off, and he’d likely get thwapped over the head with whatever clothing Bill was holding at the time. Or, he thought, glancing over at the stereo in the corner, he could just turn the stereo down and tell Bill he had a surprise for him before Bill even had a chance to see him.

Tom rolled his eyes as he crossed to room to the stereo. He was acting like an idiot. He’d lived with Bill his entire life, and he should know better than anyone that Bill would never make fun of him because of a--

“Tom, I thought I heard you come in. Look, do you think this will still fit me with-” Bill glanced up as he came out of the closet, screeched and jumped behind the closet door.

“Bill.” Tom sighed, not sure whether he should be hurt that his brother had squealed like a little girl or whether he should laugh because his brother had squealed like a little girl.

“What the fuck, Tom?” Bill peeked out from behind the door. “What did you…do?” He came out and approached Tom, his eyes never leaving his brother’s hair. Tom ducked his head as Bill reached out slowly to run his fingers over the rows of black braids woven into Tom’s scalp.

“I went to the salon.” Tom looked at him through his lashes, trying to gauge his brother’s reaction, but the only thing he could read on Bill’s face, so far, was shock.

“Uh huh.“ Bill continued to fondle Tom’s new corn rows, his eyes wide, mouth hanging open.

“It was supposed to be a surprise.” Tom murmured, his stomach dropping. This wasn’t the reaction he feared, but it wasn’t the reaction he hoped for, either.

“Oh, it’s a surprise, alright.” Bill nodded, his brows raised. He walked around Tom; inspecting the back, Tom assumed.

“You don’t like it.” Tom muttered. “I should have known you wouldn’t-” Tom brushed past his brother, ignoring his twin’s stuttering. He made it as far as the door before slim fingers wrapped around his own and pulled him to a hard stop.

“Tom, what? Don’t be dumb.” Bill reached around him, grasping for Tom’s other hand until he’d grabbed it up and turned his brother around to face him. “I’m just surprised, that’s all.” He squeezed Tom’s hands and Tom ducked his head, his cheeks burning.

“Yeah?” Tom’s voice came out small and then he really did feel dumb. He was acting like such a girl about this, but he’d done it for Bill and, girly or not, it hurt to think that Bill thought his hair looked stupid.

“Yeah. Come over here.” Bill dragged him by the hand toward the bed, and when Bill flopped across the mattress, Tom crawled up, as well. “Bring me your head.” Bill wiggled his fingers, beckoning Tom closer.

Tom snorted and settled on his belly next to Bill, his arms under his head. His brother lay on his side next to him and propped himself up on his elbow. Bill’s fingers ran the length of one braid, then another. “It’s really soft.” Bill breathed. “How long did this take?”

Tom closed his eyes, relishing the feeling of Bill playing with his new locks. “All day. They had to treat the hell out of my dreads to un-mat them.”

Bill gasped next to him and he yanked the braid in his hand. Tom yelped and grabbed the root of the braid. “You said you were helping Georg shop for a new car! Was he in on this?”

“Shit, Bill, that hurt.” He rubbed his scalp and head butted Bill’s arm with his forehead.

“Sorry.” Bill mumbled. “Well, was he? You guys are ganging up against me now.” He flopped down on his back next to Tom and turned his head, sticking his bottom lip out in a pout.

“Bill,” Tom deepened his voice and flicked Bill’s lip with his thumb, and Bill tried to catch it with his teeth. “I couldn’t take you with me if I wanted to surprise you, could I?”

Bill hummed. “No, I guess not. Wait,” Bill rolled to face him again, “you did this for me?”

Tom rested his forehead on his arms, suddenly feeling the need to hide. “Yeah,” he breathed, “sorta. For both of us.” He smiled into the comforter and chanced a peek at Bill from beneath his braids.

Bill looked adorably confused, one eyebrow raised, “Why? I mean, what for?”

Tom pulled his bandana off and lay it on the bed next to them. “Well, you got that tattoo; we wanted to get back to our roots, right?”

“Yeah.”

“I was thinking about our roots. Our real roots.” Tom leaned up on an elbow and twirled one of Bill’s dreads around his finger.

“Yeah…?” Bill gestured impatiently for him to continue, obviously not understanding what Tom was getting at.

“Ugh, god, Bill. You’re gonna make me say it.” Tom yanked gently on the dread in his grasp, making Bill glare. “Fine. In the beginning, it was just you and me, right? We looked the same, but then we changed our hair and we haven’t looked like twins in years.”

Bill’s eyes flicked to Tom’s hair, and his eyes began to shine.

“So, you…” Bill voice sounded like he couldn’t get enough air, and Tom thought he better finish so his brother could breathe.

“Yeah. My dreads were breaking and had to come out anyway, so I thought that this would look closer to your hair and still let me be myself.” He pet a hand down his braids, then stroked it down Bill’s dreads. “I thought it was time we looked like twins again.”

Bill made a choked noise in the back of his throat and Tom started to sit up, frowning, “Are you okay?”

His brother covered his mouth with his hand and closed his eyes, nodding his head. “What’s wrong then?”

Bill blinked several times and opened moist eyes to smile at his brother. “Nothing. Absolutely nothing.” Bill threw himself on Tom’s back and hugged him tight while Tom grunted and growled.

“Gah! Get off, Bill!” Tom reared up and tossed Bill off to his side, where he bounced on the mattress before settling down with his head near Tom’s. Bill kissed his brother on the forehead before pulling back to look Tom in the eyes.

Bill was suddenly serious, and Tom knitted his brows in confusion. “What?”

“You know,” Bill raised an eyebrow and smiled at his brother, “looking like twins again is gonna be so cool, but are we gonna have to start dressing alike, too?”

“What? No.” Tom shook his head and chuckled.

“Good. “Cause this twin thing is great, but I draw the line at waddling like a penguin.” Bill stood up and waddled around the end of the bed.

Tom jumped off the bed with a grin and a growl and chased his squealing twin all the way downstairs, waddling the whole way.

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Had to laugh out loud at the closing line XD

Tom's reasoning is hear-warming *_*
Much, much love for the twin closeness ♥ ♥ ♥

Goodness, thank you! I was a little nervous as to whether the humor would work. I'm so happy you liked it! <3

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sorion.livejournal.com - 2009-04-24 09:03 (UTC) - Expand

Oh, oh, oh! I love Bill's reaction to Tom's new look, how he immediately has to touch it and inspect it. Very IC to me, very Bill. And poor Tom being all insecure. <3 Tom is such a sweetie!

"Bring me your head," made me gigglesnort. It was a very undignified sound. xD

There are so many wonderful images in my head after reading this fic. Five year old Bill singing into his hairbrush and Bill squealing like a little girl at Tom's new look and Tom chasing him downstairs and the waddling! Oh god, waddling twins. WADDLING PENGUIN TWINS! That is the most hilarious, most adorable image ever. ._.

I cannot believe you wrote this so quickly! It is amazing, if I haven't said that yet. Amazinngggg.

I think I read your comment at least four times before I could wipe the smile off my face! I've said before that I snort and snerk and make all sorts of undignified sounds while reading Jelly!fic, so this can be my revenge! :p

Sometimes they come quickly, sometimes they take three weeks. This one flowed, and I really kinda like it. It means tons to me that you do, too. Thank you! <333

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It means so much to me that you enjoyed this. Thank you! :)

If everything posted for Fluff Friday is anything like this, I may die of Fluff overload. Soooooo precious!

“Good. Cause this twin thing is great, but I draw the line at waddling like a penguin.” Bill stood up and waddled around the end of the bed. <33333333333

I've read a few so far, and wow, we're in for some serious fluff! XD

I'm really happy you enjoyed this! Thank you so much :D

OMG,bb. How can you write something this amazing in such a short time?

I loved Tom's reason for changing his hair. <333

Aw, thank you! I'm just grinning, I'm so happy you liked it <333

He held on to the fronts of his pant legs to hold them up, determined that when his brother saw his new look, it wouldn’t be as Tom lay crumpled at the bottom of the stairs, having been tripped up by his own clothing.

LMAO! I pretty much died at the mental image of that XD

I'm not really much of a comment/review person, so I'll keep this short. This was really adorable. Tom's such a softie underneath it all ♥ I absolutely love this.

I love that you say you're not a review person but you left me a review. That so makes me smile, and I thank you so much for that! You know, I'm really happy that I got a twitter acct, because it means I was able to get to know you better, and I've enjoyed that a lot. And that you enjoyed my story also means a lot to me. Thanks again! <333

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I... I am actually really speechless. I'm so glad it was you who tackled Tom's hair, because it was SO perfect. And mentioning the tattoo, and "real roots" and ... *massive hugs*

Exactly what I needed. :)

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Aw, thank you! I really love your comment so much. Thanks for making me grin. <333

Oh, sweet! I could see something like this being the reasoning behind the sudden style change. This was cute. A lovely Fluff Friday fic to wake up to :) Thank you!

Oh goodness, I'm so happy you liked it! Thank you so very much. :D

that was too cute! I can soo see the two of them playing chase around their house..lol

Haha! I can, too! What an image, huh? I love it! :D

Thank you, sweetie! I'm happy you enjoyed it. <333

I'm loving fluff friday and this is adorable.

Don't mind me I'll just be over here squinting.

LOL! Aw, you're just sweet, you know that? I'm really happy you liked this, honey. Thank you! <3

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waddling.. *snerk*

that was pure fluffy cuteness..

*grins* Thank you! <333

Oh my god, that was so cute! *squees* I've been sitting here wishing for fic about Tom's new hair ever since we saw the picture, and this is just perfect.

“Good. “Cause this twin thing is great, but I draw the line at waddling like a penguin.” Ahaha. Excellent choice, Bill, though I do love Tom's waddle. ♥

*grins* Ten minutes after I saw that pic (and put my eyes back in my head and reeled my tongue in), I thought of this. I love when inspiration just hits you. When it's in the form of Kaulitz pic, it's even better! :)

I'm really so happy you liked this. I've become a big fan of your stories; they are so well written and thought out, so you liking this is a real compliment. Thank you! :D

Awww! I laughed at the waddling in the end because I'm sure Bill does this! lol

This was just so touching and sweet, Mel. I absolutely loved it! *squishes*

I think there's a contract somewhere that brothers have to tease each other terribly. But it's also written in that it's obligatory to get back at your teasing brother. ^^

Thank you so much, Michelle! *hugs!*

Not fluffy enough? Dear, this was absolutely perfect.

So sweet, so loving, so gentle, so funny - I love these twins. I've been gagging for a hair fic, and finally got an amazing one.

Thank you ♥

Oh my! Thank you so, so much! I've just been loving all over your stories lately, so you know it makes me really happy that you like this. You really made me smile. <333

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AWWWWW!!! OH MY GOD, that was precious!

“Ugh, god, Bill. You’re gonna make me say it.” Tom yanked gently on the dread in his grasp, making Bill glare. “Fine. In the beginning, it was just you and me, right? We looked the same, but then we changed our hair and we haven’t looked like twins in years.”

My heart is melting here!!!

Laura, I'm so very happy that you enjoyed this and that it made you feel everything I wanted you to feel. When I get such a lovely review from you, I really feel like I've done well, you know? It means more than you know. Thank you. ♥

I'm so loving Fluff Friday :D This was too cute, and I completely bought in to your characerizations--I knew I'd be into it when you started off with Tom mentally snorting at Georg ;)

I loved the boy's reactions, and the running joke about Tom's pants and waddle-walk :)

Fluff Friday was an amazing idea, wasn't it? :D

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I really tried to see all of this in my head first, and I could so see them reacting the ways they did. And I'm really glad the humor worked!

Thank you for the kind words, I do appreciate them! :D

Awwww this was so sweet. And I could totally see this happening!

Aw, me too! I'm glad you liked it, thank you! <3

I loved this :) Tom's insecurity about his hair waiting for Bill's opinion was adorable. Sweet :)

All the changes are just begging to be written into fics ^^

Oh yes, you know Bill's opinion would mean the most, maybe even more than his own. :)

I believe you're right, and wow, isn't it good to have new facts to work with? I love it!

I'm really happy you enjoyed this. Thank you so much! :D

Awww Tomi. That is so sweet.

Thank you! :D

Okay, now you're really making me come out of my shell. I now have to decide which site I'm least likely to screw up a post in. I'm going to go with this one just to be different from my usual self.

I realize I missed this on Fluff Friday, but hey, I'm still working out the bugs here. As usual, I adored this story (I think I use that phrase too often, oh well). Tom's hesitance feels so true. He may seem to have that "I don't give a shit" attitude, but I really think when it comes to Bill's opinion, it's important.

In the past few days I've come across that pic of him in the car several times and each time I have to smile cause I really do imagine him changing his hair just so the whole twin thing is more obvious. And your scenario just proves that I'm not the only one thinking these things. And really, going dark couldn't go wrong cause it already looks awesome on Bill. It was a no brainer.

Okay, I'm babbling now. Well done!

Yay! I'm all about coming out of shells (though that makes me something of a hypocrite, because I spend a lot of time in mine).

I think you're right; I think the only opinions that really matter to Tom are Bill's and even to a lesser extent, Simone's. If Bill wasn't with him when he got it done, I can totally see Tom being nervous like this. And man, isn't he sweet?

Thank you, girl! I'm really glad you liked it. I was a little nervous about it, but I think it turned out okay. I appreciate your kind words, as always! <3

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This is absolutely adorable <33
I was nervously giggling the whole way through, so much to love in this, Tom's insecurity, wanting Bill to like it and too understand, Bill's amazement, I love that he had to touch it. I love this *huggles* Thankyou <33

Aw at the giggling! lol Bill just seems like a man who has to touch things and examine them, doesn't he?

Thank you! <333

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