The name game

"You look like a peach," he said simply, ruffling up the front fringe of bangs I had recently gotten.

"I'm sorry, a what?" I asked, completely baffled.

"A peach!" he exclaimed, ruffling the bangs again.

"..." I didn't know what to say in response.

"Well c'mon, it was better than what I told everyone I thought you looked like before!" he said in defense of his previous statement. "I thought you looked like a horse!"

That was my cue to raise my eyebrows and give a nervous chuckle.

"What?! Horses are cool!" he shouted.