Warning: This chapter contains an M-rated scene, so skip this one if nsfw isn't something you want to read. (As far as I know) this will be the only chapter that contains something like this; anyway, enjoy!
"So..." Nozomi observed Umi with a subtle smirk. "Are you going to tell me what you need, or are ya gonna sit there looking on edge until I have to leave?" The blue-haired girl had been sitting across from Nozomi for roughly half an hour, and refused to utter a single word.
"Uh... h-how do you-" Umi's cheeks began to turn various shades of red as she tried to offer an explanation. "What do you.. um.."
"Relax, Umi-chan, I'm not going to judge you for whatever you have to say." Nozomi offered a small cookie from the plate that resided between them. "I think Nicocchi's got you covered on most embarrassing stories ever told to me." She chuckled as she brought one of the sweet treats to her mouth.
Umi gratefully accepted a cookie that was drizzled over with dark chocolate, but was too nervous to eat any of it as she once again attempted to voice her thoughts. "Well, Kotori and I.. um.."
"Yes?" Nozomi leaned forward, now even more curious as to what could have happened.
It was then that Umi decided she might as well get it over with as fast as possible. "How do you do it?!" She jabbered as fast as her lips could move. Despite the fact that Nozomi really hadn't understood any of what the girl in front of her had just said, Umi still became extremely embarrassed, covering her face with both hands. "I'm so shameless!"
"Um, Umi-chan, I really didn't catch any of that." Nozomi frowned slightly, and bit into another cookie to pass the time.
"How do you.. do it." Umi slowed down to an intelligible speed, now completely ashamed of herself.
"Oh, Umi-chan," Nozomi freely laughed aloud now; meanwhile Umi glared from between her fingers, thinking she was being made fun of. "Sorry, sorry. So you want to start having sex with-"
"Ahhhhh!" Umi shouted and covered her ears. "Too shameless, too shameless!"
"..Umi-chan, if you can't even hear the word sex without doing that, I don't think you're ready to start doing these things with Kotori-chan." Nozomi stated, which only made Umi whimper more.
"Oh, what are you guys talking about?" The two turned just in time to see Eri walking in, a large box filled with various books in hand.
"Hi Ericchi, Umi-chan here doesn't know what to do for her first time with Kotori-chan." Umi watched both girls from her spot on the desk, her head now set atop her folded arms.
"Hmm?" Eri raised her eyebrows; she hadn't realized that Umi was even thinking of such things. "What does she need help with? Planning, how to make it special?" Nozomi grinned and moved aside so Eri could take her place, knowing that "first times" were her girlfriend's forte.
"I just need to know how to.. actually do it, I guess." Umi slowly opened up to the blonde in front of her. "I want to make her feel good, but I don't know where to start." Umi ignored the parts of her that were screaming to think of how shameless she was being, opting to instead focus on whatever advice Eri had to give her.
"Well, Umi, there isn't exactly a "one size fits all" when it comes to sex. Have you asked what she likes in bed?" Eri propped her chin up against her palm, placing her elbow onto the table.
"B-but that's so shameless! She'd surely hate me!" Umi shook her head rapidly and waved her hands in front of her. "Even if she didn't think it was shameless, wouldn't she think I was useless for not being able to do it naturally?"
Nozomi giggled quietly off to the side, but Eri comfortingly took one of Umi's hands into her own. "Umi, she's not going to think like that. I had to ask Nozomi what she liked before we did anything."
Umi curiously glanced between the two. "Wasn't it embarrassing?" She didn't think she was going to be able to ask Kotori what she wanted her to do in that kind of situation.
"Of course it was," Eri grimaced at the memory of her stuttering through the whole thing. "I seriously thought she was going to laugh in my face when I brought it up to her. But, she did something different instead."
"Hmm?" Umi blinked a few times, an inquisitive gaze set upon her senior.
Eri went from cringing to sheepishly grinning to herself within moments. "She took me into her arms, kissed me, and then told me to do whatever came naturally to me." Eri glanced over to Nozomi, who playfully returned the wide smile.
"That's nice, but that's the thing.." Umi's brows knitted together to form a distressed look. "I don't have anything that comes naturally to me."
This surprised Eri, by the time she asked Nozomi if they could start going further, she already knew at least a few things regarding that topic. "Surely you know at least the basics. Do you touch yourself?"
Umi's cheeks turned bright crimson at the question. "N-no! What does that even have to do with this?!"
"Umi, if you don't even know what makes yourself feel good, you shouldn't be worrying about doing it with Kotori. You should focus on that first."
"But.." Umi solemnly faced the window, where the last rays of sunlight were pouring into the room. "What if she goes and finds satisfaction somewhere else?"
Eri and Nozomi suddenly realized why Umi was so intent on learning how to please her girlfriend. "Umi-chan, she's not going to leave you because you aren't ready for sex yet. Kotori-chan isn't that kind of person." Nozomi spoke up for the first time in awhile.
"She deserves somebody who can make her feel good; I'm not the right person if I can't give her that!" Umi earnestly asserted.
"Umi," Eri voiced in a serious tone. "She's going to love you no matter what. In the mean time, you can experiment and see what makes you feel good. Until then, you shouldn't be forcing yourself to do things you really don't want to."
Umi hummed, still dissatisfied with the answers she was receiving. "Alright.. I guess that makes sense. Sorry for wasting your time."
The young couple shook their heads in unison. "Not at all, come by and talk to me and Nozomi any time you need to."
Umi nodded with a mumbled agreement, and shuffled out through the still open door. "Wow, Ericchi, you sure took care of that." Nozomi threw an amused look in Eri's direction.
"I know how hard it was to work up the courage to take the next step with you, so.. I guess that's why I'm accustomed to giving advice on it." Eri shrugged, earning a kiss from her lover.
"Ericchi, did you know that I love you so much?" Nozomi rubbed her nose against Eri's, beaming at her so much that dimples formed in her cheeks.
Eri lovingly pressed her lips against her forehead, giving a smile of her own before passionately meeting their lips together. "I love you too, Nozomi."
"Umi-chan, I'm heading out for awhile, okay?" Kotori waved from the doorway to their bedroom, and set out to meet with Nico.
"Alright, have fun." Umi briefly returned the wave, and once sure she was alone, moved to lie down in their shared bed. A sigh of relief escaped her lips once she hit the soft covers, and she rolled over onto Kotori's side of the bed. Within moments the overpowering scent of her lover surrounded her, sending a strange feeling to her lower region. "I guess, now's a better time than any to try.. I have the house to myself, after all.." Umi whispered to herself, contemplating whether she should be doing such a thing in the first place.
Eventually, she came to the conclusion that if it meant she could take one step closer to pleasing Kotori, then it was worth it. And so after a deep inhaling breath, she reached beneath the band of her underwear. With a hint of hesitation, she used her middle and index fingers to touch her clit, and began to lightly brush against it.
As she'd never done something like this before, she was new to the sensations that pulsed through her body at every graze of her flesh. She rolled over so that she was facing away from the door that Kotori had left open, and buried her face into her lover's pillow. She breathed in the sweet smell that belonged to the girl she loved so deeply, imagining that it was her rubbing down there instead. "Nn, Kotori.." With a shallow gasp for breath, she entered one finger inside to test how it would feel. At first she didn't sense much of a difference, but when she entered a second finger and worked up a nice rhythm, Umi was practically in heaven.
Panting in time with each thrust of her fingers, Umi brought her palm up to caress her breasts. She reached up under her shirt, and let out a quiet moan at the added friction. With the once undiscovered feelings pounding inside her, and Kotori's essence present all around her, Umi felt her climax quickly approaching. Feeling her walls tighten and the pleasure increase, she allowed a few louder moans to fill the room.
Too lost in pleasure, she didn't notice the girl she'd been fantasizing about re-enter their room. "Silly me, I forgot my keys! And- ..Umi-chan?" Kotori curiously looked to Umi, who from her angle, looked much like she was simply taking a nap. But as she drew nearer, she noticed the way Umi's hand vigorously pumped beneath the waistline of her underwear, and how the other pinched and groped at her hardened nipples. Kotori froze in place, unable to bring herself to move any closer. She felt her heart begin to pound against her chest and her own panties soak through when Umi suddenly called out her name. Unused to the lewd sounds coming from Umi, Kotori felt her own hand reach down to roughly stroke her clit. It didn't take much before the entire length of her first three fingers were coated with her own juices.
"Kotoriiii!" Umi moaned her lover's name in ecstasy; her eyes shut tightly from the pure pleasure she was receiving.
The husky groan sent Kotori into a moaning fit of her own, her pace increasing before she hastily put two fingers inside.
"..Kotori?" Without removing her fingers from her shorts, Umi slowly looked from her position on the bed, and was greeted with the sight of her Kotori in a similar state to how she had been just moments ago.
The gray-haired girl glanced up, and took her hand away from herself in shock. "U-um.." Both girls blushed furiously, Umi at the fact that she'd been caught masturbating to the thought of Kotori, and Kotori at the fact that she'd been caught watching Umi touch herself (and play with herself as well).
Umi hurriedly tried to explain herself. "I-I was just! I was uh, I was-!" Umi ungracefully stammered. She was certain that Kotori must hate her now.
Kotori awkwardly shuffled over to the side of the bed that was usually Umi's, and sat down. "..I'm sorry for spying, that was just um.. really hot.." Kotori drummed her finger-tips on top of the wrinkled sheets. "I didn't know you could make noises like that.."
Umi indiscreetly removed her hand from her panties, hoping that Kotori wouldn't notice. "I didn't either, until now.."
Silence enveloped the room when neither made the move to speak. Kotori decided to take initiative, and lay down next to a rather sweaty Umi. "Umi-chan.."
The girl in question turned over to embrace Kotori. "Yes?"
Kotori shyly peeked up at Umi's amber eyes. "Can you, um.. finish me off?" Kotori gestured at her fingers, still slick from the "activities" from before. "I didn't get to come."
Umi gulped down her anxiousness, and gave a curt nod as she moved to kneel above Kotori. "Uh, do you want me to do anything specific?" Umi shamefully looked to the side. "I don't really know how this is supposed to work.."
Kotori's former shyness turned into amusement; she carefully wrapped her arms around Umi's shoulders, and pulled her to her. "Just touch me how you think I'd like to be touched."
Umi felt a sense of deja vu overcome her. "With.. my fingers?"
Kotori happily nodded against her. "Think of what made you feel good, and try that out on me, okay?" Kotori caught Umi's bottom lip between her own, and kissed her more fervently than they'd ever done before.
Umi could barely manage a muffled reply with the way her heart suddenly beat so rapidly. The last thing she heard was a contented sigh from Kotori, before she set to gently nibbling her collar bone and gingerly moving her hand down Kotori's thigh.
The rest of the night was filled with the passionate moans and cries of both lovers; it turned out that Eri was right after all about what to do during sex "coming naturally".