Chapter 25
Joe reported to Dr. Nambu on his bracelet, but even as he was speaking with the Doctor, his eyes were on Jun. Her baby doll nightie was even shorter than her miniskirt (until now, Joe hadn't thought that was possible) and the sheer material didn't do much to hide Jun's top either. Even after his brief conversation with Nambu, Joe couldn't tear his eyes away.
Jun eventually noticed Joe's scrutiny and blushed, turning a deeper shade of pink than her nightie. She moved to hide herself with her arms.
"Don't..." whispered Joe, reaching out to Jun, but stopping a bare inch from touching her. "I... I want to..."
Jun didn't know what to make of Joe's words.
"What do you want, Joe?" she asked hesitantly. She realized that Joe was attired in nothing more than a pair of tight blue boxer briefs, and for a moment she found her mouth going dry at the sight of his muscled chest. Offhandedly, she wondered where he had stored those feather shuriken he had pulled out. She realized that just as she had a place for her yo-yo in her nightie, so inside his shorts he must have...
Her heart beat faster as she started thinking about what was in Joe's shorts.
"Jun..." Joe reached out again, this time grazing his knuckles along Jun's cheek, his blood racing as she moved slightly to rub her soft skin against his hand.
"Joe..." It was barely a whisper, but to Joe it was like a thunderclap.
He moved closer, leaning toward her. Jun's chest was rising and falling rapidly, and Joe could see her pulse fluttering in the hollow of her beck. She moved forward as well, slowly, until their mouths were less than an inch apart...
"What happened here?" Dr. Nambu's voice startled the pair, causing Jun to jump sky high and scramble back into her bed, clutching a blanket to her chest.
The Doctor surveyed the scene. The Condor was in his underwear, and the Swan was wearing some kind of negligee. Joe was bleeding profusely from his shoulder. The Eagle, The Swallow and the Owl appeared to be knocked out cold, and they were all wearing hospital gowns, as well as large lumps on their heads. The one on the Eagle's forehead had the suspicious signature of an electrical burn typical of a Yo-Yo Strike.
"I think you both have some explaining to do." Nambu said angrily.