the real life office

“is your hair red?”

a simple question.  i giggled.

“not naturally, but yes.”

“have you always dyed it red?”

“i did it last in february”

“oh…”

i awkwardly giggled more to fill the space of silence.

finally i asked why…

“i have an appreciation for red heads”

he bends down, lifts his pant leg up and displays a animated red headed fighting character tattooed on his skin, all muscle and punch.

how does one respond to that?  thankfully the phone rang and i didn’t have to.