A/N: Howdy again, just me with another chapter of this. I got 2 reviews, which wasn't bad, especially for a small fandom like this. So to the guest (ASA) who asked if I'll do Abyssals as well, I'm gonna give you a solid maybe.

I've been trying to start playing Kancolle, and I managed to make an account on DMM or whatever it is, but as I'm from Canada, and it's not available in my country, I'm at a stump. Any help would be appreciated.

Anyways, here's chapter 2

Stiff Shoulder

Admiral Andrew Dixon put the kickstand on his motorcycle down as he took off his helmet and flattened his hair, placing his peak cap on his head.

Going up to the wooden door, he knocked twice and heard the person inside call a greeting to allow him to enter.

It was another gloriously sunny day, not a cloud in the sky as he walked inside the humble abode of the First Carrier Division where they practiced during the day.

It had become somewhat of a habit to drop by once per week and chat with the two carriers over tea and snacks, which never failed to amuse him.

"Kaga, good to see you." he said, walking in, taking off his hat and closing the door behind him.

"Admiral. I trust your day is going well?" she replied, sitting on her knees facing him.

How she managed to do that for so long always befuddled him. He couldn't do it for more than a few minutes before his knees began to seize.

"Quite well. I've been looking forward to this all day." Andrew mused with a smile before looking around "Where's Akagi?"

"She wasn't feeling well so she went to lie down." Kaga replied, pouring green tea for the both of them as Andrew sat on the tatami mat and scooted to the coffee table.

"Looks like you're stuck with me then." he chuckled, taking a small sip of his tea.

They talked for an hour of the most mundane things, ranging from the paperwork he was doing in the office, to how her practice was going that day.

That wasn't to say that they didn't talk of interesting things, but it was all mostly just the same conversation, until Kaga grimaced.

"Something wrong?" Andrew asked, about to take a sip, before he noticed that her face was slightly contorted in discomfort.

"I think I may have strained a muscle while practicing today." she mumbled, rubbing her right shoulder.

Kaga wasn't lying now, but she had lied earlier. Akagi had gone to Mamiya's earlier to get something to eat, and to give Kaga some privacy.

"Oh, well is there anything I can do?" Andrew questioned, looking at her with concern.

"I wouldn't want to burden you." Kaga replied, taking a drink of her tea.

"No burden at all." he said warmly.

"Well…you could give me a massage?" she suggested, placing her cup down.

Her muneate had been taken off before he even arrived, which he never actually noticed.

"Ah. A good idea." he mused, getting up and going to sit behind Kaga.

It was a well-hidden secret, that only two people knew (the Admiral, and Nagato, after she forced it from him) which was that the Admiral had a huge crush on Kaga.

As he knelt down, he caught the subtle hint of her shampoo and shivered slightly.

She smelled of cherry blossoms, much like the trees he had seen while walking around the base.

Just putting his hands on her shoulders and feeling the small electrifying shock that went through him was enough.

Though when he felt that, it was difficult to suppress the shudder he felt coming on, but did anyways.

Gently rubbing her shoulders, he could feel her shifting slightly in front of him, pushing her back more towards him.

"Harder." Kaga mumbled, taking a sip of her tea as he continued,

Obliging her, Andrew began to apply more pressure on her shoulders in an attempt to relieve the discomfort that she had.

This continued for a few moments before Kaga sighed, getting up from her position and walking to the bunk beds.

"What?" he asked, looking on in confusion as she grabbed a pillow and tossed it on the floor.

"You weren't pressing hard enough to do an adequate job." she said, before laying down "That, I would assume is due to not having an advantageous position. Now you will."

She was laying on her stomach, face turned sideways to look at him as he sat there still.

Andrew continued to stare into her deep brown eyes as she looked at him impassively, before he got up and walked, kneeling down next to her.

Just before he was about to begin again, Kaga spoke up.

"No, you need to be right over it to put the most force into it." she informed him calmly.

"That would mean…" he muttered, blushing a deep red at the thoughts that were rushing through his mind.

"Yes, you'll need to straddle my back. Very astute." Kaga said, waving her hand nonchalantly.

Images flashed in his brain about what he was about to do, and his face became even more red as he shuffled over and swung a leg over her body, straddling her.

Pushing most of his weight into her shoulder, he heard a crack, to which Kaga sighed in pleasure as the painful pressure in her back subsided slightly.

"Right there Admiral. That's the spot." she murmured after a moment "That's the trouble spot."

In the beginning, it wasn't too bad.

He had quickly grown used to the position he was in, straddling her hips, and that she was freely allowing him to help her was a boon to him.

"This'll be easy. It'll be a snap." Andrew thought, a small grin on his face as he continued his ministrations.

Oh how wrong he was!

As the minutes wore on, Kaga began to act…differently than usual.

At first, he shrugged off the strange happenings.

It was a hum of approval every so often, indicating that he was finally doing a good enough job to help her relax and work the tension out.

But those hums turned into groans.

And then those groans evolved into moans!

It was as if she was actively trying to sexually charge the atmosphere around them, without even noticing.

Biting his lip hard, Andrew made a conscious effort to remain silent, but his mind was going wild as the blood roared in his ears.

Her vocalizations weren't the only thing going on though.

Slightly, almost imperceptibly, he could feel the movement of her hips, shifting minutely upwards towards him.

He wasn't exactly sure what was going on, but he was aware that he didn't hate the sensation that she was causing.

It was also fortunate that her movements were small, because if she moved her waist much more, he was certain that she'd feel something…surprising.

"Uh…Kaga?" Andrew asked, fighting to keep his voice level as he continued.

"Mmm…yes Admiral?" the young woman replied lazily, obviously completely relaxed and sounding like she was about to doze off at any moment.

"You're being awfully…vocal about this." he mused, heat beginning to flow onto his face.

"Well you've got magic hands. I'm certain that I'll be satisfied after this. There's probably nowhere that your fingers couldn't reach to release tension." the carrier said, before letting out a low moan, much like a growl.

He would've needed to be blind and deaf to have missed the double entendre in her statement, and it just made him blush a deeper shade of red.

Andrew jerked his hands back as Kaga rolled over, staring at him with a smirk on her face.

"Admiral," she purred "You've made me feel so much better. The freedom of movement I have now is just fantastic."

The compromising position that he had been in instantly got a hundred times worse.

"I-I'm glad I was able t-to assist Kaga." Andrew stuttered fighting off the waves of ecstasy roiling within his body.

The stoic carrier was never like this. What on earth was happening with her?

He began to get off, sitting up slightly and starting to shift his weight before a gentle hand on his chest stopped him.

"Please, don't do this. Don't tease me like this. My heart won't be able to handle it Kaga." Andrew thought, clenching his eyes shut and biting the inside of his cheek.

"I would like to thank you for helping me out Admiral." the carrier murmured, leaning up slightly and drawing her hand down the front of his uniform, her deep brown eyes sparkling.

"That isn't necessary, I was merely doing what anyone else would've done in this situation." he muttered, trying to keep his voice level.

"But Admiral, a little bird told me a secret about something rather, important." she drawled, leaning up even closer until her lips were next to his ear.

"I was told, that you, have a major crush."

"Nagato I'm gonna kill you." Andrew mumbled, barely audible to her, but Kaga heard, and she chuckled quietly.

"Your secretary did an admirable job keeping quiet, but a slip of the tongue in range of someone can make all the difference." Kaga mused, pulling back with a soft smile on her face.

"How long have you known?" he questioned, his heart grinding to a stop and the blood draining from his face in shame.

"A while now." she replied offhand "I've been thinking about it a lot you know. And how to inform you of the news."

"The news of what?" he asked, eyes downcast.

"That I like you too Admiral." Kaga replied, quietly after a moment of silence passed between the two.

"What?" Andrew asked, eyes sharply meeting hers, a stupid grin forming on his face "What did you say?"

"I said, that I like you too." she stated again, smiling slightly.

"Kaga I could kiss you right now, good lord that's a weight off." Andrew chuckled, taking her hand in his.

Kaga merely smiled, before closing the distance between there lips for a gentle kiss.

His other hand came up to caress the side of her face, as if this was all unreal and he had to make sure she was there and this was actually happening.

Both missed two sets of eyes glancing in through the window, before ducking back out of sight.

"Kaga seems pleased." Akagi whispered, smiling as she looked over at her compatriot for what happened.

"As does the Admiral. I'm happy for him." Nagato replied, crossing her arms as they wandered away, content to leave the new couple alone for a little while.

Fin