You guys are so silly! Good timing though! Sorry for the late update, but I told you it would be later tonight.
Now it's time for H!P Girls Gone Wild.
Chapter 12“Are you sure you’re up to going out today?” Koharu asked one final time as we were getting ready for the beach. She’d been pushing me all morning, so her question made me realize it had all been an act to try and just look forward to it, though she’d been concerned the whole time that I probably really didn’t feel like going.
“Yeah,” I replied, and smiled at her. “This is a day to enjoy ourselves! Isn’t it?” The smile was a bit forced, but I truly was looking forward to some real fun after everything also. “And besides, we get to hang out with UFO!”
“Oh my god…” Koharu said, plopping down into the beanbag chair. “I hope I don’t make an idiot of myself…”
“Why do you think you’d do that?” I asked in a tentative voice. She just looked at me in response, until we both started giggling.
Putting on our swimsuits, I felt embarrassed that I just had this one-piece from when I was younger. Not really the kind of image I wanted to present to someone like Momoko. Maybe the tightness of it being old would still make me look a little sexy…
Koharu actually had a bikini, and knowing her and her family, I wondered how she came by it. At a bit closer glance though, I noticed it looked quite new, so decided she may have even bought it just for this occasion. Still, she didn’t even have anyone in particular to impress!
“Well, are you ready?” Koharu asked, tugging on some sweats to go with the t-shirt she had covering what was underneath for the moment. My back turned to her as I leaned over my old gym bag, I stealthily stowed my gun into it. Without many others from the neighborhood around there shouldn’t be anything to worry about, but it was still in a completely different part of the City. Ai-chan told me not to take any chances, so I’m not planning on it.
After tying up my bag I checked my tank top and tugged my red cap on before turning to Koharu and nodding. “Okay… Let’s go!”
At my word, Koharu’s eyes lit up and she suddenly leapt into a run, darting out the door. “He~ey!” I called after her, feeling her excitement building up in myself as well.
We had to take the subway most of the way to the beach, and the station was well outside our neighborhood. I couldn’t help but be anxious while walking there, but we kept to Sugi Dori, which is held as neutral and as forbidden as anywhere to commit violence on. Even though I hated the idea, Koharu paid my subway fare as well since when my mom disappeared this time she didn’t leave any money behind. I didn’t want to think of what would happen if she never did again, but I wasn’t going to let that or anything else get me down today. Soon enough, we disembarked the train, walked the final kilos, and arrived at the beach.
Almost the minute we stepped onto it I kicked off my shoes – it felt so good to have warm sand between my toes again. “Where do you think we’re s’pose to go?” Koharu asked, her hands full carrying her bag and shoes as well.
I didn’t really know what to say, but was saved having to respond by Maimi jogging up to us. “Hey guys!” she beamed. “You’re late! Almost everyone’s here already!” Then she led us across the sand to where a group of girls were gathered around some towels laid out. Wondering how the girl could jog so easily in the sand like that, I took in everything else nearby – a large umbrella set just behind the towels, likely If someone wanted to take a break from sunbathing, and a small boom box beneath it, from which some heavy hip-hop was already reverberating.
In front of the umbrella two older girls in fashionable bikinis seemed to be practicing some quick steps to the music. One of them wore sunglasses as well, but my eyes went directly to her legs, which were somehow fascinating to me.
Koharu let out a low whistle. “Thighs of thunder indeed…” she said under her breath, and I nodded unblinkingly.
“Hey guys!” Maimi shouted as we arrived at the group. “Those second-years we invited are here!”
Now able to see the faces of the whole group, I realized Saki and Momoko were sitting with their legs stretched out, and they smiled up at us at Maimi’s announcement. I blushed at meeting Momoko’s eyes, but then realized I still had my tank and sweats on. Quickly I started to undress to fit in with the rest, but felt a small smile come to my face as I did so… ‘cause I’d noticed she just wore a one-piece suit as well.
“Ya-ho~!” said the dancing girl without sunglasses in an almost whiny-sounding high voice, and she made a cute little welcoming salute in our direction.
“Aloha!” said the girl in sunglasses, smiling and giving a short wave.
“How many times have I told you now, Eririn?” the first scolded. “We aren’t
in Hawaii! You’ve never
been to Hawaii! You sound like an aho whenever you say that…”
“She sounds like an aho whatever she says…” a tall girl said in a lower, sarcastic-sounding yet almost sultry voice quite in contrast to the other’s. Two others seemed to be with her – another even taller one, and a shorter one that seemed to be trying to join in with the others’ dancing.
“Hey!” sunglasses girl said, and I realized that she was likely the oldest here. This must be a close-knit group for everyone to talk so frank as this. The girl stopped dancing, and seemed to stare off into space past me for a moment before apparently coming to and looking at me and Koharu, seeming to have completely forgotten the exchange that just happened.
“Nice to meet you,” she said, smiling. “I’m Eri Kamei, founder and leader of UFO. This is Sayu,” she continued, stabbing a thumb at the girl with her.
“She really is like this all the time,” the girl she called Sayu said resignedly.
“You know,” Koharu said, whispering over to me, her eyes wide. I’m sure mine were as well, having actually met the leader of UFO, even if she wasn’t… exactly what I’d expected. “I heard the leader of UFO was actually an alien. Of course, I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I’d ever heard…” As she glanced sideways at the girl in person now though, she didn’t seem so sure of it anymore.
“You should just ask her,” Saki said from Koharu’s other side, and we both jumped, not noticing the slight girl had risen to join us. Koharu stared at her.
“Nee, Kamei-san,” she called over, and the girl perked up. “Are you an alien?” Smiles broke out all around, but nobody actually laughed. I certainly felt like it at the moment though, and had a hard time keeping it in.
Kamei stared back at Saki with a serious face, her dancing apparently forgotten. “Yes, of course,” she said. My immediate thought was that she was being sarcastic, but her face didn’t give that impression at all. “I’ve got a hole in my head so I can talk with them,” she said, vaguely pointing at her hairline. “I haven’t heard from them in a long time…”
I leaned forward, peering closely to try and see this hole the girl was talking about, and I noticed many of the others were doing the same. Apparently we weren’t the only ones here somewhat new to the group. I didn’t see anything.
“My hair covers it pretty well, so it’s hard to see,” Kamei said once again, apparently noticing everyone staring at her forehead, and promptly went back to shuffling her feet to the pounding rhythm. Sayu just shook her head as if this was nothing at all new to her, and tried to match the other’s steps.
“She may be a bit weird…” Saki said, glancing over at her too, “But there’s hardly a better dancer around. I can’t even describe what it’s like really dancing with them on the solid street.” Her voice took on a tone of awe as she seemed to be recalling the experience.
“There’ll be time for more of this later!” Momoko said, popping up beside me and taking my arm. She nodded toward a blanket and I dropped my bag there after stuffing my clothes and cap into it. “Don’t you want to try the water? It’s so warm!” Then she pulled me off at a run, and I had no choice but to be pulled along, glancing back to see Koharu giving me a smile as if to say
“Have fun!” Maimi and Saki quickly pulled her in with the rest, and she seemed quite content with her own lot.
Somewhat amazed by Momoko taking me off to play together, I nevertheless began to enjoy myself right away, as we laughed while running into the waves, bodysurfing a bit until eventually she started splashing at me, and of course then I had to splash back! I’d forgotten how much fun it could be here, although I’m sure doing it with the girl I currently had a crush on definitely helped…
After playing in the water, we returned to the beach and fell onto the sand, resting and trying to dry off in the sun. “It was so nice of you to invite me…” I said, rolling my head to look at Momoko. “Thank you so much. Though I don’t know why you chose me…”
Momoko sat up, and crossing her legs, squinted over at me since the sun was in the same direction. “Ever since I and the others met you, I’ve thought you seemed like such a sincere girl,” she replied in her sweet-as-sugar sounding voice. “Also, you remind me a bit of myself! You have a unique voice… and you’re cute!”
I blushed. “I’m not cute…” I argued. Then I looked at her. “I’m cool and badass.”
Momoko stared into my face for a time, and I could soon tell she was holding her breath trying not to laugh, before it finally burst out in that cute twitter of hers.
“Mou~” I whined. “You’re mean…!”
“Aww your pout is so cute!” Momoko said, and poked at my cheek. I couldn’t help myself but giggle and grabbed her wrist. But then our laughter died out as we looked each other in the eyes in that position.
“Hey!” someone said as they approached, and I immediately let go, the both of us jumping back into the sand and letting our eyes wander aimlessly in innocence before fixing on the interrupter, who turned out to be Saki followed closely by Maimi. Cheerleader captain or not, I could have punched her.
Instead, I found myself jumping out and leaping at her, tackling her to the sand. There was a shriek from Maimi, but I heard Momoko’s giggling erupt again. Saki was caught completely off-guard at first, but as we rolled around she began fighting back, neither of us gaining ground in trying to get the other in a chokehold or something. Mostly it just wound up as a hand-slapping playful chick fight, until I finally rolled off her and we looked at each other, both bursting out into laughter at how we were now covered in sand.
“Saki-chan!” Maimi cried, running up to her girlfriend and kneeling down to her. “Are you all right?” Saki, continuing to giggle, reached up and pushed Maimi to where she yelped and fell back herself.
“Saki-chan, that’s not very nice you know,” Momoko said, her quivering smirk hiding more laughter almost bubbling to come out. “We’ve talked about this! Don’t cheat on Maimi-chan with the girl
I’m trying to seduce here!”
I didn’t stop laughing, but my it did suddenly turn a bit nervous as my eyes widened as I stared at the girl trying to break things up. She was trying to
seduce me?
“Oh, sorry,” Saki said, grinning, and gave me a knowing glance before turning to crawl over to Maimi, who was laying out on the sand as if she’d given up. “I’m sorry to you too,” she said, leaning over her. “I promise, I’ll never cheat on you again,” she said, making the sign of a cross over her heart.
Maimi still didn’t move. “You are so gonna pay for this…” she growled, but I didn’t get the chance to see what she might have done because Saki suddenly leaned down and kissed her hard.
My eyes quickly flew away in embarrassment, and I caught Momo’s. We shared a momentary look before she started giggling, and I couldn’t help but join.
“Fine you two,” Saki said, sitting up to straddle Maimi’s waist. “Laugh it up. It won’t be long before you’re doing the same thing. You just wait!” I felt myself blush furiously at that, but heard Momoko just continue giggling.
“Maimi-chan! Saki-chan!” called a voice from way off back where the rest of the girls were gathered.
“Oh yeah,” Saki said. “We were coming to get you two. Kamei-san is trying to get us together for some dancing.”
“They want us to dance with them?” I asked, my eyes still wide.
“Of course, silly!” Saki replied. “Did you think UFO would come out here and not dance?”
“But…” I began, but quickly forgot what else I was going to say as Momoko reached down to help me up, and after the other two rose as well, we ran back to the other girls.
When we arrived, I noticed Koharu sitting and talking with the two taller girls I noticed earlier but hadn’t gotten the chance to meet, but when she saw me she jumped up, almost slipping in the sand. I noticed they were wet as well, and so realized they must have been playing in the water for a while too. “Aika-chan!” she said. Her eyes fluttered toward Momoko for a second. “Having fun?”
“Oh yeah,” I said, showing her my biggest smile. “How about you? Make some new friends?”
The two girls she was with rose rather gracefully to their feet as well, both in bikinis that accentuated their many curves and model-esque bodies. I was immediately envious. “Oh!” Koharu said. “Yes! Aika-chan, this is Yurina Kumai,” she said, gesturing to the taller one, “And Erika Umeda.” She glanced at the other, who nodded, smiling. They both looked like they were about the same age as us.
“We were just telling Koharu-chan here that she needs to get a life,” Erika said. Koharu’s face flushed, but I couldn’t help smiling.
“Join the club,” I said. “I’ve been telling her that for ages.”
“Ai~ka!” Koharu pouted. We all giggled, but as I watched Koharu I realized despite the fun we were having at her expense, she only seemed half into it. Something was distracting her, though I couldn’t quite tell what.
“You’re all here!” Kamei said, coming out from under the umbrella with the girl I still only knew as Sayu. “They’re almost here, and then we can get started!”
“Who’s almost here?” Maimi asked, but Kamei just gave the confused faces around her a toothy smile. Sayu was the only other one who seemed to be in on it, not paying attention to the exchange as she leaned down to the boom box to turn up the volume.
“In the
meantime~!” she sang as she rose, “Let’s just play around and see what you’ve got!”
“Sayu…” Eri began, frowning. Apparently this wasn’t in her plan. “But that’s not the
plan.” Yep.
“Oh, Eririn,” she said, shoving the girl’s shoulder slightly. “Lighten up. There are some here who’ve never danced with us, after all~!”
“Like who?” Kamei asked, peering around in puzzlement.
“Well…” Sayu said, seeming used to the other’s odd behavior. “There’s those two over there…” She pointed at me and Koharu.
Kamei blinked, scrutinizing us. “And who are you?”
“You met them earlier, remember?” Sayu said. She seemed quite calm, but the others were beginning to show amused expressions. Then she glanced over at us again too. “Um… I don’t think we got your names though?”
“Oh, I’m sorry!” I said. “I’m Aika Mitsui.” I bowed. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“Awww~!” Sayu crooned, clapping her hands in front of her, and I blinked. “You’re so cute!” Then, to my utmost horror, the girl lunged at me, took my shoulders lightly, and
kissed me smartly on the lips. When she stepped back, I found myself frozen as I stared at her. Only the sound of apparently no longer concealed giggles from the surrounding girls finally brought me out of my state.
“Alright, cough up the five hundred!” I heard Saki murmur smugly to her girlfriend.
I turned in time to see Maimi groan. “Fine… later. How am I supposed to have that in my bathing suit? Anyway, I still say she likes kissing me best,” she finished resolutely.
“I think I can give you a few ideas what to do with it in there…” Saki said with a naughty grin, rubbing up against the other’s side and slipping a finger just beneath the waist of Maimi’s bikini bottom, only to let it snap back into place.
Maimi’s eyes widened in mortification, and she slapped at the shorter girl. “Not with all these
people around!” she scolded under her breath. “We
are basically having an
audition here, you know!” Saki just grinned, apparently unconcerned, and snuggled into her side again. I looked away, wondering if I was just going to be cursed with the humiliation of seeing things like this all the time.
The rest of the girls, not really noticing the exchange since it was probably only audible to Koharu and me, I now noticed were looking expectantly at Koharu. She just stood with her head lowered, as silent as if she was deaf.
“Koha?” I asked. “You gonna introduce yourself? Or do you want me to?”
Finally Koharu looked up, though giving me a dirty glance first for no reason I could fathom. “Koharu Kusumi,” she said, as if she was suddenly a shy girl. “Nice to meet you.” Immediately upon finishing she fell back, as if expecting Sayu to molest her as well, but she and Kamei just smiled and nodded this time, looking at her a little strangely.
“Oh yeah!” Kamei said, as if a light bulb suddenly lit up in her head. “I remember now! And you’re new too, aren’t you?” she asked, glancing toward Yurina. “Yurina, right? Nakki invited you.” The shorter girl who I’d originally seen with the two others and now was talking to Momoko nodded in confirmation.
I almost kicked myself for not thinking of Momoko after that girl kissed me until just now, and was afraid I’d see she was mad about it, but she just grinned back at me perhaps even wider than ever. Apparently I had a lot to learn about everyone here.
“We’re sorry to have kept you waiting!” two girls dressed in striped tanks and shorts said as they ran up to us, each carrying a small bag that looked like it might be for CDs. One of them also carried something bundled up in a bag. It looked like… netting? They both looked young, but I figured they must be the same age as Kamei and Sayu, if not a bit older.
“Tsuji-chan! Aibon!” Kamei said, giving the two a toothy smile. I’d thought the alien and her friend were two peas of a pod, but these two looked almost like they could actually be twins. Not by looks necessarily, but they both had almost exactly the same mannerisms. “Great!” she continued, clapping her hands. “Now we can get started!”
“So uh, Kamei-san, what exactly are we doing?” Saki asked, still nuzzling into Maimi’s side.
Kamei turned to all of us, and struck a posture as if preparing for a grand announcement. “You’re all here – at the beach! – at the invitation of UFO, right? Well, we’re going to combine the beach and UFO! Prepare yourselves for…
Beach… Gangsta… VOLLEYBALL!!”
I couldn’t help myself but join in the laughter of all the others at the absurdity of the girl’s proposition, as well as just the girl herself. Because despite that, and maybe even partly because of it, I felt like one of the greatest days I’ve ever had was just getting started.
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