"Hey Maki, how did you get these tickets again?"
"Papa gave them to me, okay? He said he wanted to reward us for our hard work."
"Right…"
The trio stood outside the wrought iron gates, painted gold and the metal emblazoned with a symbol none of them were quite sure they knew the meaning of, if it had one at all. Kotori, Eli and Maki had been gifted with day passes to a well-known, but exclusive spa. Maki wasn't quite sure how many strings her father had pulled for them, but none of them exactly intended to give up the opportunity and now here they were.
Eli nudged Maki towards an intercom system and she gave one final look towards the two before shifting over as gingerly bringing her hand up to push the button. They heard a buzz and a slight pause, before a male voice came through the speaker.
"Yes?"
"A-ahm… I'm N-Nishikino Maki, me and two of my friends were gifted day passes here?"
Maki gave one look over her shoulder towards Kotori and Eli, who gave her both a thumbs up and a supportive smile in turn. She brought her gaze back over towards the intercom as it crackled to life again.
"Nishikino? Ah, just feed your tickets through the slot and the gate will open right up. I'll be meeting you inside."
Maki nodded, as if he could see her, and then pushed the tickets in one by one and when she finished there was no delay before the gates swung open inwards and the three exchanged a quick look before they started to trek inside. Each one in turn stared up at the building ahead of them; it was nothing like a bathhouse and was much more modernised. Possibly one of the best spas in Japan, if not the world. Or at least, that was the reputation that preceded it.
Eli was the first to open the door, as Kotori and Maki had somehow managed to hang back as to not have the task given to them. She winced slightly at the light inside and were greeted by the light sounds of flowing water and a bright light from the chandelier reflecting over the light blue varnished walls. It gave off a calming aura and Eli noticed her shoulders had been tensed throughout for the whole time they had been on the spa's grounds.
A man stepped out from behind the fountain, old and wrinkled, yet well-built and only a little bit taller than Eli. He wore a black yukata and his grey hair was tied back in a bun. He outstretched his arms and greeted them.
"Ah, Nishikino! Welcome to the Lily Spa! And these are your friends, hm?"
He brought his arms back in and looked between them, smiling warmly.
"A-ah, this is Minami Kotori and this is Ayase Eli."
"Welcome, both of you! If you'll follow me through here I can get the boys or, if you wish, girls that will be taking care of you today. I am Suzuki Minoru, but please, address me as Minoru."
A silent affirmation between the three didn't take too long. They all would be going for the female option. They all followed Minoru through and into an empty waiting room and he waved for them to sit down on the white cushy sofa.
All three of them found it awfully otherworldly. They weren't used to such a treatment and no-one else being there apart from them made them feel separated. But the aura this very building exuded certainly felt like they shouldn't be there, in fact, it made them wonder who else had come here and of how high a profile they were.
"We have both males and females in today so please take your pick now."
"I think we have all agreed on the female option, Minoru." Eli replied with a smile. Neither Kotori nor Maki spoke up, so Minoru nodded.
"We have the Lily White girls in today, fortunately for you. I'll go and fetch them, I won't be too long." With a slight bow, he exited into a staff-only room.
"Well this'll be an experience…" Maki broke the silence Minoru left behind him as she leant back and twirled a lock of her hair.
"Should I be having second thoughts? It really doesn't feel like we belong here…" Eli scratched the back of her neck, crossing her legs.
"I think if Maki's father gave us the tickets as a gift, we should probably enjoy ourselves, right?" Kotori looked between the two to her left and right and they both conceded to her point.
As the conversation was about to continue, Minoru ambled back into the room, bringing behind him three girls, the Lily White girls, and all Kotori, Eli and Maki could bring themselves to do between them was try their best not to stare.
The first one to enter the room was the smallest of the three, she had short ginger hair and chartreuse eyes, complete with a cat-like grin and lithe figure, who seemed to have caught Maki's interest. The second girl to enter was the tallest, taller than Eli even, with long, flowing navy blue hair, brown eyes and a neutral expression. She had caught Kotori's eye, most likely attracted to her because of her handsome features and well-toned body. And finally, Eli's attention had been captured by the third girl. She was in the middle of the two height wise, with long purple hair tied up in twin tails, bright green eyes and was far more buxom in contrast to the other two in the group. All three wore an identical uniform, a black tunic, similar to the ones a hairdresser or salon employee would be seen wearing at more professional locations, and trousers; barefoot as well.
They all stood into a line, although the navy-haired one was the only girl to stand with her hands behind her back. Minoru had undoubtedly noticed how they'd all taken to one of the girls in turn and he stood in front of their neat line-up. "I don't think I need to let you take your pick, I have a pretty good idea of all of your preferences." He chuckled quietly before going into another explanation. "These girl's jobs are to do whatever asked of them by their clients. You can ask them anything and you can ask them to do anything. Quite simply, they are here for your needs, but the one thing I ask is that you do not lay a hand on them without their express permission." When the trio nodded, Minoru beamed and then went to introduce the girls.
"Ayase Eli, I will be leaving you in Toujou Nozomi's hands." He stood aside and Nozomi stepped forward, bowing to Eli.
"Please follow me Ayase and we can get started in the next room." She smiled brightly and Eli nodded dumbly and stood, following Nozomi through one of the doors. Maki stifled a giggle about how blushy Eli had suddenly become.
"Minami Kotori, I will be leaving you in Sonoda Umi's care." Umi stepped forward, bowed and offered her hand to Kotori, who took it with a slightly agape mouth.
"Follow me, please." She seemed to be a woman of few words, but Kotori was already in the palm of her hand and the two disappeared into the next room.
"And finally, Nishikino Maki, I will be leaving you with Hoshizora Rin." Rin jumped forward and bowed, but quickly straightened up with the same expression she'd come into the room with.
"Please follow me Nishikino, nya!" Maki blinked at the initial vocal tic, but she figured it was kind of 'her thing', so she nodded once and stood up as Rin dawdled towards another door, holding it open for Maki and grinned as she went past.
When the trio had been escorted to their subsequent rooms, Minoru sighed happily, "I do so hope they enjoy their stay here." And with that, he left back into the staff room, presumably to check off that Maki, Kotori and Eli had arrived.
Author's Note:
Yes, yes, I know that I have another story going (I'm midway through writing the chapter, I swear!), but I really wanted to write this one and get the first chapter out the way. *Nervously stands in front of a pile of unfinished AU/story ideas to obscure them from view with a fake laugh* But anyway, I'm willing to take audience's ideas for this one! Yes, there will be sexual content (someone really should stop me) and I was just wondering if there's anything anyone wanted to see? Only thing I'm not willing to do is futanari (sorry, not too confident about writing that or anything ^^; ) and also because they're in a spa there's baths and massage tables and all that… Also, I'm really wondering about which chapter to write first. RinMaki, NozoEli, or KotoUmi. It's a hard choice man.