Disclaimer: I own nothing involved in this story unless I invented it myself. This is written for fun, not for profit.
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Title: Friendship Between Kings: 11-20: Miracles of the Modern Age
Characters: Pharaoh Abidos III, Juudai
Word Count: chapter: 300||story: 3,300
Genre: Friendship||Rated: PG-13
Challenge: drabble123: Pharaoh Abidos III & Juudai: #16, shower
Notes: These drabbles all take place in the revised world of Hell's Ice, wherein Marufuji Ryou is one of the Seven Stars and holds power over ice and snow.
Feedback: All forms eagerly accepted. Concrit is loved the most, but everything is welcome.
Summary: In a world where Ryou is one of the Seven Stars and Abidos III is not, he and Juudai build a unique friendship.

"The showers are here." Juudai waved his hand into the room, where half a dozen showerheads extended from the ceiling on each side of the room. "I don't know if you had showers back in Egypt..."

"Of course we did!" Abidos raised his head, glaring at the young duelist. "What kind of barbarians do you think we were?" He turned his attention back to the showers, a frown forming between his eyes. "You call these showers?"

Juudai blinked once or twice. "That's what I said they were. What were you expecting?"

"These aren't showers." Abidos shook his head. "Where are the servants? The water jugs?" He preferred baths to showers if he wished to get himself clean, but he knew what a shower should be like.

"Servants?" Juudai sounded the word as if he'd never heard it before. "They probably have some over in Obelisk Blue, but we don't here."

Abidos's lip curled. "No servants?" What poor people they were here. "However do you get anything done here?"

"We don't need them." Juudai reached over and turned one of the nozzles. Water spilled out and Abidos forced himself not to jump back at the chill of it. "We can do it ourselves."

For a few moments water ran chill and cold, until slow mists of steam began to rise up, and Abidos reached out again in unexpected pleasure. "Hot water? Without a fire?" He knew they'd done many unusual things in this age, but he'd paid little attention to them. But hot water? Like this?

"We can have hot water in our dorm, too," Juudai supplied. "It's not that hard. Hot water heaters, that kind of thing." He rubbed the back of his head. "Um, are you listening to me?"

Abidos wasn't. He was too busy enjoying the hot water.

To Be Continued