31_days | [26-Sep-2005] [You're Under Arrest!] Cold Shower Shoulder

Title: Cold Shower Shoulder
Challenge: 26-Sep-2005 / "loneliness and desire"
Based on: You're Under Arrest!
Characters: Miyuki / Natsumi (almost a pairing, but not quite)
Type: Humor; 200 words
Rating: PG-13, for gratuitous mild adult humor.

You're Under Arrest! © Kodansha / TBS / KSS Films / AnimEigo.

Miyuki was lounging in her apartment, reading a book. She looked up to see Natsumi leaving the bathroom, wearing only a towel.

"Did you take a shower?" Miyuki asked. "It's the middle of the afternoon. Have you been exercising?"

Natsumi sat down next to her. "No. It's kinda embarrassing..."

"Don't you feel well?" Miyuki asked, genuinely concerned for her room-mate and friend.

Natsumi hung her head. "No, I'm fine. It's just-- I haven't had a boyfriend or even a date for months, and I guess the loneliness got to me. And all of a sudden, I needed a cold shower."

"Too Much Information," Miyuki said.

Natsumi giggled, despite herself. "How long has it been since you've had a date?"

Miyuki blushed. "What does that have to do with anything!?"

"Well," Natsumi said, "if neither of us have boyfriends?... There's always 'forbidden desire'."

The two beautiful women stared at each other for a long silent awkward moment.

Miyuki suddenly held her face in her hands and whimpered. "Two things. Neither of us really wants to do that with the other. But now *I* need a cold shower too."

Natsumi smirked. "Wanna take a cold shower together?"

"NO!!" a flustered Miyuki yelled.