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"Kazuichi, you cannot be serious." Gundham sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "That is a horrible idea."
"What are you talking about! Is it wrong for a guy to worry about the environment?" Kazuichi rolled his eyes and crossed his arms with a pout.
"Caring about the environment is one thing, I know that better than most– but there are many ways to care about the environment that do not involve showering together."
"What! Not like it's weird or anything! Just two guys try'na keep the water bill cheap!" Kazuichi stomped his foot and whined at his roomate standing above him. "You're taking it the wrong way!"
"I am not taking it in any particular way, I simply believe that our hygienic habits do not need to be shared." Gundham sighed and placed a hand on top of Kazuichi's head. "You may shower on your own time, and I will shower with mine. There is absolutely no need to combine those parts in our schedules."
"You're no fun!" Kazuichi whined and slowly dragged his body away from Gundham, a mere few feet to sit on his roommate's bed. "I feel gross and I wanna shower."
"There is another bathroom. Use it." Gundham sighed and rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe that Kazuichi was being this much of an idiot.
"You're gonna use up all the warm water, though," Kazuichi frowned and looked at Gundham with pleading eyes, "and it would take so long to wait for it to come back."
"You truly are not going to let this go, are you."
"I'll help you clean the devas' cage for a week if you let me."
"Well… I suppose if that is true then I shall allow you to shower with me. However, this is only going to be a one time occurrence."
"Hell yeah!" Kazuichi smiled and stood up, immediately walking over to Gundham and pulling him into the bathroom.
"I simply do not understand why you are pressing for this, there is no point to it." Gundham sighed and removed his shirt before beginning to run the water, lowering his hand beneath the stream to monitor the temperature.
Kazuichi paused for a moment, even he himself wasn't really sure why he insisted so much on showering with his roomate; it wasn't like he thought it would be a particularly fun experience considering how they didn't get along a majority of the time. He supposed a part of it could be just a desire to lower the water bill or to shower sooner than he would be able to otherwise, but perhaps there was also a bit of curiosity linked in as to what the experience would be like.
"Just wanna save money and all, not like either of us have so much of that to spare anyway." Kazuichi leaned against the sink and combed through his hair with his fingers, trying to act as casual as possible. "Besides, your showers are long as Hell, I'll probably be out in half the time you are."
"That is correct, I do suppose… both of us are quite… financially underprivileged." Gundham turned back around to look up at Kazuichi, still crouched down to the floor. "The water is at an adequate temperature now, are you going to remove your clothing or are you stranger than I previously speculated."
"Oh yeah, that." Kazuichi stared awkwardly down at Gundham looking up at him. "Are you gonna like- turn around? I don't wanna just strip naked in front of ya'."
"Ah, that would be quite awkward, I will look away." Gundham turned around, allowing Kazuichi the privacy to remove his clothing, as well as taking the opportunity to take off the remainder of what he was wearing.
Once the both of them were adequately underdressed, Gundham turned on the shower and pulled back the curtain so that they could both step in.
Gundham immediately began washing himself, ignoring Kazuichi's existence entirely. On the other hand, Kazuichi was busy avoiding any of the water falling from the shower head.
"Jesus, man! Do you shower with fuckin' lava or something?" Kazuichi jumped backwards and shook his hand to cool it down. "The water is fuckin' boiling!"
"Hm?" Gundham turned to face Kazuichi with a confused expression. "I thought this temperature was average for cleansing."
"No! How are ya' not melting, dude!"
"I have grown rather used to it, I assume." Gundham chuckled and pulled Kazuichi closer by the wrist. "Come here, I will move the temperature down for you." He turned around and moved the knob to a cooler temperature.
As the water grew slightly cooler, Kazuichi became more comfortable standing in it, and allowed it to run down his body. He couldn't help but notice how diligent Gundham seemed to be when washing himself. Despite how he always took so long in the shower everything seemed to be getting done fairly quickly. Kazuichi picked up one of the products sitting on a ledge of the tub and looked at it, he couldn't understand what any of it meant but it looked fairly applicable to wash whatever he wanted, so he pumped a bit of it into his hands and was about to put it in his hair before Gundham intervened.
"Kazuichi what on earth are you doing?" Gundham grabbed onto one of his roommate's wrists and held his hands under the water. "That's body wash, not shampoo."
"Is it? I couldn't tell the difference. I only really use 3 in 1."
"You use what?"
"3 in 1? Ya' know the stuff that works for anything?"
"I know what 3 in 1 is, but I cannot believe that people truly use it. That is absolutely disgusting, you heathen."
"Eh? I don't think it's that ba-" Kazuichi was quickly cut off by Gundham's hands on his shoulders turning him around.
"Silence, fool. I will be washing your hair this time." He quickly squirted some shampoo into his hand and started rubbing it into Kazuichi's head. "I cannot believe that you are so unhygienic. I knew you were gross but not this gross."
"I don't get what's so gross about it, all guys use it!" Kazuichi paused, "well, except for you, I guess."
"It is simply not possible for a singular product to be adequate in cleansing everything all at once." Gundham sighed and continued to run his hands through Kazuichi's hair, thoroughly washing the greasy mess that it was. "Different products have different purposes and it is best to use them all distinctly."
"Whatever you say, man. I just don't get the importance of it, ya' know?" Kazuichi crossed his arms with a sigh. He did have to admit that the feeling of Gundham washing his hair was quite enjoyable, but he wasn't really wanting to spend a lot of time with his roomate digging around in his scalp. "You almost done, dude?"
"Not at all, you have quite the amount of buildup and I would like to remove it." He shook his head and tried to concentrate on finishing the wash.
"Ugh, why does it even matter?"
"It's unhealthy, Kazuichi, now stand still."
"Fine."
The two of them stood in silence, with Gundham continuing to wash Kazuichi's hair for the next several minutes. Although tense at first, things grew to be more and more comfortable as time went on. After they were done, Gundham immediately resumed washing himself, leaving Kazuichi to watch.
"Thanks, I guess. Never really considered doin' that before." Kazuichi sighed and stood back. "So what do you have left to do, it seems like you're all done."
"I still need to shave; although not the preference of everybody, I enjoy being smooth."
Kazuichi looked up at Gundham somewhat confused. Although in his mind it did make sense for Gundham, he didn't understand the need. Scanning Gundham's body, he noticed that the other man was in fact mostly hairless, although with more stubble than he usually would– hence the need to shave.
"Is there an issue? You seem to be staring at me." Gundham looked over at Kazuichi who was certainly zoning out in his direction.
"Eh-? Oh, sorry. Just kinda spaced out there." Kazuichi awkwardly chuckled and took a step back. "I'm probably gonna get out now, just kinda done and I don't wanna bother ya' anymore."
"Ah, alright, well thank you for allowing me to wash your hair. It has certainly been an interesting experience."
"Uh- yeah, definitely." Kazuichi gave an awkward chuckle with a small grin, before slightly moving the shower curtains to exit the tub.
As he dried himself off and left the bathroom, he reflected on the experience. While nothing phenomenal, his hair did feel much softer now, and maybe he did know just the slightest bit more about the man he shared a living space with. Who knows, maybe he'd ask to do it again sometime.