A/N: A drabble AU prompt just for practice purposes since it's been a while since I wrote something. This is dedicated to my new hellish pairing KamuSoyo.

Based on the prompt line: "Can I use your bathroom?"

Dedicated to Momo late-nightlove. You dragged me into this hellish hole. Cheers to you! This would be my first official entry into the fandom.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama. The gorilla owns it.

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"Can I use your bathroom?"

Soyo was speechless. Here she was standing in the middle of her apartment's doorway at an ungodly hour of 2 o'clock in the frigging morning, staring at the man who asked her one of the most astounding request she had ever encountered since she first moved in it a couple of months ago. She wouldn't really have bothered about the request that much and would immediately agree to it, if only her mental state wasn't in such a complete haze after three straight all-nighters she did just to finish the thesis report she had to submit at 8 o'clock in the morning.

And, maybe, if she wasn't staring at a semi-naked man who looked like he just came out from the bathroom with only a wrapped towel around his waist. Oh wait, she was staring at a semi-naked man wrapped only in a towel around his waist. His long hair, with the most unusual shade of orange, was dripping wet and a few shampoo suds were sticking out on some parts of it. The man's state of undress didn't really faze her that much.

Okay... maybe just a little. Or maybe a lot. But what really grabbed her attention was his deep set of blue sapphire eyes. It was striking at the most enticing way.

Or maybe it was just the lack of sleep that's making her currently inept brain to run wild with its imagination right now.

"Excuse me," he said which snapped Soyo back to the awkward situation at hand. "But can I use your bathroom or not?"

The man was staring intently at her which made her blush colorful shade of red. And Soyo could have sworn there was a hint of amusement in his eyes when she slowly nodded her head in assent.

"Uhm- S-sure...," she replied albeit a little unsurely.

'I wonder if they'll let let me use their bathroom or not?'

Kamui gritted his teeth as cold seeped throughout his semi-exposed body. He was standing outside the apartment's lobby while only wearing a towel around his waist. The reason behind his current predicament had something to do with the water pipe inside his apartment's bathroom suddenly deciding to do a twisted joke on him by clogging up while he was in the middle of a nice hot bath after a hard day's work in the freezing weather outside.

And since he didn't want to sleep with shampoo suds still stuck on his hair or soap clutching on his skin like dried glue, he had decided to find another alternative. Which means he had to find another bathroom soon so he can rinse himself clean. It took him a while to find another tenant in the apartment who was still awake during this ungodly hour since most of the tenants were old retired people or busy office workers; so finding a tenant's room which still had its light open was like a miracle for Kamui.

And when the door finally opened after ringing the doorbell for a few couple of times, his delight for finally finding a bathroom to use would be an understatement. He was beyond relieved.

He was greeted by a young woman, who was wearing a sweatshirt with the silliest design he had ever laid his eyes on, and who stared at him with wide eyes. Trying to act friendlier towards her, Kamui plastered a smile on his face.

"Hello," he greeted, smiling. "If it's okay, can I use your bathroom?"

He wondered if the girl was deaf or something when she only continued to gawk at him as if he had grown another head. His request wasn't that all strange, was it? After all, he was only going to use her bathroom for a very short while and nothing else. It wasn't like he was going to do something to her. And besides, she didn't even look very appealing with the kind of clothes she was wearing.

"My water pipe just broke down and I was wondering if I could use yours for a while," he tried to explain. But still got no response.

He wouldn't give up that easily. He was starting to freeze on that lower part of his body and he didn't want to sleep with soap still clinging on his body. So asking one more time and leaning more closely, he said, "Excuse me. But can I use your bathroom or not?"

That must have done the trick. A blushed crawled up to her cheeks and she slowly nodded her head in agreement.

"Uhm- s-sure," she answered, blushing. Kamui grinned happily and entered the room apartment without any hesitation. He then immediately made a beeline towards the bathroom's location. Thank god the room apartment's layout was the same for everyone.

She did not just allow a complete stranger, albeit a good-looking one and not to mention a semi-naked one at that, into her own apartment! What was she thinking?! Had the caffeine finally reached and clogged the arteries inside her head because she was definitely not thinking about this clearly. She probably had gone mental!

At 20, Soyo was already considered an adult in society and any sane adult would reprimand her that what she did was stupid. Her brother would have a fit if he found out about what she had done just now.

'Great job Soyo,' she praised herself sarcastically. 'You just randomly agreed to let a complete stranger into your apartment to use the bathroom at such a strange hour. What if he's some kind of lunatic waiting for a chance to rape you?! Or worse kill you?!'

Her mind reeled at the gruesome thought and visibly stiffened at the sound of water running inside her apartment's bathroom. An idea suddenly occurred to her. She wasn't going to become a helpless victim in a murder case. She'd fight no matter what.

"Now, where is that baseball bat Kagura-chan gave me to use for emergencies such as this?" Soyo asked aloud. She searched for the long metal sport equipment while listening to the sound of running water. Just when she was able to find it safely tucked underneath her bed, the door to the bathroom suddenly opened and came out a refreshed-looking Kamui.

Soyo noticed that he was still wearing the same white towel he had worn earlier around his waist. The only difference was his hair and body were much cleaner with all the shampoo and soap suds gone. And again she was left staring at his well-toned body.

Then her gaze roamed downwards and if her eyes could have pop out from their sockets it would have done just that. As the white towel that was previously secured around Kamui's waist suddenly plopped itself on the cold floor.

'Oh my god,' she thought, completely forgetting the baseball bat on her hands.

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A/n: Would love to hear your thoughts about this.. Hahaha..