Title- Melon Does Maiko Month
Author- who do you think?
Characters/Pairings- Maiko
Rating- Varying from K+ to a tentative M
Summary- A collection of drabbles for Maiko month.
A/N- It's end of semester crunch time and work has been crazy, so I haven't had time to wrap up the latest chapter of K&tA or Fireflight, but I always have time for shipping months! Now, because I'm a busy Melon right now, I'm only doing short drabbles of 100-500 words or so for each prompt, rather than longer stories. But I hope they'll suit anyway.
Day 1 / Modern
Home Improvement
"I don't like it."
"Of course you don't. You hate anything you don't understand."
"I'm sorry, but it's just not natural!"
"Your little friend in the chair spent all those weeks installing the things all over the palace; the least you could do is use it once in awhile."
They had had this discussion at least ten times since Teo's "shower" had been installed in the royal couple's bathing room almost a month ago. Zuko, whose favorite method of de-stressing from the pressures of his position was a long soak in a hot bath (a habit he had no doubt picked up from his uncle), didn't see the need for any alternative style of bathing. Mai found his stubborn refusal to try the new invention entirely frustrating.
"What's wrong with the bath tub?" Zuko protested stubbornly.
Mai rolled her eyes. She had officially had enough of this argument and she knew one surefire way to shut him up. "Come on, Zuko," she said in a put-upon voice, grabbing him by the neck of his bathrobe and hauling him bodily into the shower stall.
"Mai, I don't-"
But he fell silent as she undid the clasp of her nightdress and allowed it to fall about her feet. She stepped into the shower with him and kissed him fiercely. While he was still blinking in mild stupefaction, she stripped him of his own robe and pulled the chain to turn the water on them both before pulling him back into another steamy kiss.
"Well," Zuko said much later as he pressed open-mouthed kisses to her wet skin, "I guess maybe there is something to be said for modern technology after all."