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Chapter Fourteen: Utter Embarrassment

A light knock on her door woke her the next morning. She'd fallen quickly to sleep but that hadn't meant that it was restful. Or rather, she didn't know how to explain it. Getting out of bed she took her clothes out of the duffel bag and started to get dressed. Snake Eyes had invited her to come to one of his training sessions and she's said she'd be there this morning. Meaning now.

He'd been the one to knock, he'd been the one that had kept her from a restful slumber last night. After training with him and seeing how well he was about to move, well erotic dreams as hers had been were well to be expected. But, God, the things he did to her- Never had she though any of her piercings would be able to give so much pleasure because they were no where near anywhere sensitive just all of the places that he saw yesterday were where all of hers were, including the tongue piercing. Then they way he was able to move his hips- "Shit!" She screamed and dashed into her bathroom holing only a shirt to cover her bare boobs and possibly wet panties.

Had he not had his mask on he would be as Scarlet as her. So lost in thought she'd been she didn't let him know she was awake so he had entered to wake her only to find her mostly nude. After his dreams last night he hadn't been sure he'd wanted to go to his class this morning and now he realized how exquisite her body was. He'd seen it yesterday but then he started to battle with her and hadn't thought about it again. Until now that he saw the majority of it. "You still out there?" Avery peeked her head out and saw him still there. "If you insist on being in here and waiting for me, can you toss me those pants?" She pointed to the bed where her pants were.

Already his shoes had been off, because he though he would need to go to the bedside to wake her, so he did as asked but didn't look towards her. He was embarrassed for entering without her permission. She exited the bathroom and murmured a good morning before pulling on ankle socks then grabbing her boots and dashing out of the room.

Avery ran to the canteen, thoroughly embarrassed that he had seen her like that. Even more so because of where her thoughts had been before he entered. "Good morning." Scarlet announced as she sat next to Avery. Avery mumbled a halfhearted reply. "What's wrong? Didn't you see Snake Eyes this morning?"

"She may not have seen him, but he sure saw her." Duke laughed as he sat on the other side of Avery. Her eyes widened and her lips parted, she gasped and at that moment she was the picture of pure aghast. "Yeah was walking by her room this morning and saw Snakes enter to wake her. Little did he know she was like naked." Scarlet and Anna looked at Duke in horror. Then Anna scowled and hit him.

"You looked!?" She asked in disgust. Duke suddenly paled and shook his head.

"I- I only saw her back as she ran into the bathroom! I swear, I'm not a peeping Tom or anything!" Avery hid her face in her hands and wished she'd not even tried for this position. They were a nice set of friends but her entire balance was upset.

"How can I even face him again after that?" Avery mumbled into her hands. "I'm supposed to go to that class of his in a bit and he- he saw me nearly naked!"

"Nearly?" Scarlet perked up at the word and Anna pushed Duke away ordering him to leave so the girls could talk. The word had caught her interest.

"Yeah, I'm standing there in," she glanced around and lover her voice, "my tiny yellow polka-dot thong and he walks in." She glanced around again before whispering nearly too low for the girls next to her to hear, "I wasn't thinking clean thoughts either." She once again hid her face in her hands and the two girls leaned back in shock and horror.

"He didn't see anything did he?" Avery knew that the girls were referring to any wet spots that may have seeped through and she shook her head. She told them exactly what happened. "And?" Anna asked leaning in closer.

"I'm just glad I didn't have my nipple piercing in." Avery grumbled, finally over her experience this morning. "I think they closed up though so it doesn't matter much."

"Nipple-" Anna began.

"Piercings?" Scarlet finished.

"Yeah, I like to experiment with piercings and if I don't like them I let them close up then do another one."

"What's it feel like?" Scarlet asked and Anna blushed.

"It's like a pinch when getting it done, then after it's not even there half the time unless. Um touched." Avery blushed then and she saw Scarlet contemplating it. "Though until it heals it kinda hurts to touch. So it's like a sex no no until it's healed."

"How long does it take to heal?"

"It depends on you, though mine took two weeks to be fully healed. It stopped hurting the day after but it was so weird and erotic that it hurt a bit so I took them out. Why?" Then she grinned at Scarlet, "Thinking of getting it done?" Anna shook her head.

But Scarlet, "Actually yeah. I've got a personal mission that will be two maybe three weeks so the no sex isn't the problem. Do you, um do you do it? Piercing?" Avery nodded. "When? I leave this afternoon."

"I could do it now if you want." Scarlet nodded and the two looked to Anna.

"No thank you, but do you mind if I come with you guys?"

.~:*:~.

The class was going to start in ten minutes and Snake Eyes saw the girls all leaving and heading somewhere. After two minutes passed he decided to follow them and ended up outside of Avery's room again. He knocked loudly and got no answer. But her heard shushed giggles. After another minute or two passed he heard whispering. Then "Ow! Son-of-a-bitch!" From Scarlet and Anna laughed loudly.

"I told you it'd hurt when getting it done, but only a pinch, doesn't hurt anymore, now does it? Just a slight throb like a stubbed toe. Now sit still and I'll do the other one."

"It's more like a pinch from Du- OW! God damn it! I hope you weren't exaggerating for you're own good Avery if this doesn't intensify-"

"Shh!" Someone hissed. "There's a shadow at the door, someone's out there!" Snake Eyes quickly retreated. Just what happened to Scarlet? Making it to the class room he started to stretch to relax his muscles and be ready when class started. Not long after in came the three girl with Scarlet looking slightly uncomfortable. Anna's laughter was barely concealed and Avery was beaming.

His heart fluttered watching Avery smile with pride as she was."Okay, it doesn't really hurt anymore but it's so weird and awkward, I feel like everyone can see it and knows." See what? Knows what? Snake Eyes wondered.

"You should train with your shirt on until they can be removed so no one knows." Avery suggested. Scarlet nodded and rolled her shoulders. "Stop doing that, you feel it more when you do that. Ignore it and soon you'll forget it's there. But trust me when you and Rip are together you'll love it."

Love what? Snake Eyes thought and perked. What was it!

Then the rest of his class started to file in. Halfway though Scarlet excused herself saying that she had to get ready to leave. Her face was flushed and she was cursing Avery under her breath. He caught Avery and Anna share a knowing look then continue with his class.

After the two hours passed he released everyone then caught Avery. He wanted to apologize for this morning but she seemed to have forgotten it and he didn't want to bring it up. So instead he asked her to spar with him. "Of course." She agreed more at ease today than yesterday.

Standing opposite of each other on the training mat he bowed to her and she repeated the action. It was basic training, just to have a refresher course. "So," Avery began as she rhythmically blocked a kick of his. "You sleep well?" He hesitated then nodded. "Yeah, thought so. Just realized how stupid it was of me to try and start a conversation while training and with you having no way to really reply."

They lapsed into silence again but it was more comfortable now. They were almost finished when Ripcord ran in and called to Avery. "Scarlet got her-" Avery faltered and missed a block. Snake Eyes booted foot connected to her side with a sickening 'Thunk' "Sorry!" Ripcord said once he was close enough to them.

"Let's have a little chat about why not to distract a person while they are training against a guy who's boots are at least five pounds a piece, shall we Rip?" Avery walked to the man while clutching her side. Ten feet from Snake Eyes, out of hearing distance and facing away from his so he couldn't read her lips, she said, "and I'm sure Scarlet wouldn't be too pleased if you announced to the entire base that she pierced her nipples. I'm sure she would be livid. Now be a good boy and fetch me some ice."

Rip nodded and ran off to do just that. Snake Eyes walked up to her with a bottle of water and an apology. Avery removed her shirt and hissed as eh put the bottle to the spot that was going to become a nasty bruise. After a few moments she had him hold the bottle as she poked and podded her now purplish side. "Nothing seems to be broken, just majorly irritated." She took the water back and held it to her side again. "Just kinda glad it wasn't any lower or I would be in serious pain. I've had my piercings kicked before and it hurt, then factoring the weight of your shoes and your strength it would be murder."

Rip came over again handing her a large ice bag from the infirmary. "Doc said to stay the fuck away, heal yourself and stop taking all of his- things." He waved at the ice pack. Avery just rolled her eyes and shooed him off before replacing the water with the ice pack.

"Doc thinks that I use too much of his supplies and should be more careful. "I'll have to stop in and apologize for not showing up for my weekly visits anymore." She grinned at Snakes and the joke went over his head. Weekly visits?

A/N Is this better? Longer? Harder? More Erect? Wait no that is a- How did you like this chapter?