Hi Sharon! Wow, this has to be the record for late answers to feedback - my excuse is that I only ran across your comment by chance now.

I'm very glad you liked the story - thank you so much for letting me know! "Intelligently insane" has got to be one of the nicest compliments I've ever been paid. :-)

Damn, and I thought Aya was born with that hair color.

Well, considering he's Japanese, I'd say... unlikely. To put it very mildly indeed. *g*