It was just so new! And Annie had kind of figured he would eventually just decide to grow it out after hearing about it so much, and she certainly would have preferred that for Diego -- but this way meant that she got to see his new look abruptly, without the transition of watching it all grow in.

She slid her hand up into his hair, enjoying the newness of that, too, while her opposite hand moved to cover Diego's. 'Gentle' was apparently going to mean at least a little bit sappily romantic, probably.