Chapter 11: Daybreak in Nerima

The skies above Nerima were still twinkling with starlight when Nishizumi Miho awoke, with only the presence of a low westerly crescent moon bathing Makoto's house with its soft silvery glow. Miho's faint sigh of utter contentment became the only sound within the old home's master bedroom.

Enjoying the warmth of the handsome boy sleeping close by her side, she snuggled even more snugly against her Yusei beneath the single sheet that covered the two teenage lovers. The brown-haired girl reached to gently caress his cheek with her fingertips, smiling lovingly at the young man she adored, the boy who had intimately joined with her uncountable times that night to passionately share their love in their single bed near the window.

Eventually, she decided to freshen up before he awoke and slipped silently from the bed to pull on the pink robe she had bought. As quietly as she could, Miho opened the door and stepped into the dimly lit deserted hallway, walking towards the upstairs bathroom. After she entered it, Miho heard another door creak open and footsteps approach.

Takebe Saori soon appeared at the open door in her turquoise robe, startled for a moment by her commander's shadow.

"Oh! It's you, Miho!" the ginger-haired girl gasped. "You're already here! If you need a few minutes, I can wait in the hall. I just wanted to freshen up a little and fix my hair."

"That's why I'm up too" Miho whispered. "Come on in so we can close the door."

"Hai!"

The two girls stood in darkness for a few moments until Miho found and flipped on the light switch. They both blinked, allowing their eyes to adjust to the sudden bright glare illuminating the bathroom.

"Miporin, do you know what I see?" Saori giggled. "I see the face of a very happy girl!"

"I do too!" Miho smiled brightly, immediately spotting the unmistakable glow of complete contentment on her friend's cheeks. She murmured, "Minako definitely wasn't exaggerating when she described the pleasures of Phase Three to us, was she?"

"I'll say she wasn't! And to think the night isn't over yet!" The Anglerfish radio operator kept her voice low. "My Yosuke is still fast asleep, but when he wakes up, the sweet ecstacy he gave me so often will be happening again! I can't wait!"

"Hai. We're both thinking the exact same thing" Miho giggled. "And doing it! It's no wonder our guys are so tired!"

"It isn't just us. I'm sure the other girls will have completely exhausted their boyfriends too!" Saori mused, "Care to guess when Mako and Toshiro will be getting up? We probably won't see them until at least eleven!" she laughed, stepping over to the sink. She turned on the faucet and moistened a green facecloth with cool water. "By the way... remember how Makoto warned us that the walls between the bedrooms in her house are kinda thin and not very soundproof? I could hear Hana and Masaru before I fell asleep. They were really going at it!"

"Whatever you do, don't tell them you overheard anything" her school's Sensha-do commander grinned. "They'll be really embarrassed if they knew!" She pondered, "I wonder how long we'll have to wait before we can go downstairs in the morning? Yukari's signal broom is still in the hallway."

"Hai, I noticed it too. But I don't think it'll be too much longer, Miho. Yukari and Ryoto are so timid and shy, they'll probably be the first couple to get up when the sun rises-" Saori abruptly stopped in mid-sentence as a first faint sound reached the girls' ears, then another. "Do you hear that?" she softly hissed. "It's coming from downstairs!"

The curious ginger-haired girl found herself unable to resist easing the bathroom door open ever so slightly, and the two teens stared at each other wide-eyed as they heard repeated faint moans of passion from the living room below.

The moans quickly became more frequent, soon changing to gasps of pleasure and words spoken breathlessly in the heat of passion by none other than Akiyama Yukari and her boyfriend Uehara Ryoto.

"Ohh...! Ohh yes, my Ryoto! Ohhh... do it! That's it! Hai! Pump it hard! Ravish me again, my lover! Ohhh!"

"I love you, my princess!"

With her face crimson, Saori quickly pulled the door closed. "Well! We know our Panzer's loader and her lover boy are certainly having lots of fun tonight, Miporin!"

The Anglerfish commander hastily covered her mouth to muffle the giggle that escaped her lips. "Saori, we can't leave the bathroom for a while yet! We may interrupt them!"

"Isn't it always the shy ones?" the radio operator snickered back. "If they get much louder, everyone in the house will hear them. They may even wake Mako up!"

"Hai. And if we have to listen to much more of this" Miho replied, "I'm going to need that paper fan Makoto loaned me. Or better still, a cigarette!" she laughed.

"You and me both, Miporin!"

The two sixteen-year-olds stood grinning at each other, cupping their hands over their ears as the passion below them intensified.

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Fifteen minutes later, the two trapped teens made their stealthy escape from the upstairs bathroom after the living room had again become relatively silent. Miho and Saori tiptoed back to their rooms to rejoin their still-sleeping boyfriends just as the first golden rays of a rising sun began to brighten the pale-blue morning sky.

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At ten that morning, with the sun beaming down through a sky of cloudless blue, Miho told her boyfriend, "Let me check to see if the broom is still there, my Yusei" She opened her door and peered down the hall, finding the passageway unobstructed. "All clear, darling. Would you like a coffee?"

"I think I would" her young man smiled as he finished buttoning his shirt. "So... uh... did you enjoy your night with me? I hope I didn't disappoint you in any way."

"Disappoint me?" Miho walked over to her lover and slipped her arms around him, placing a tender kiss upon his lips. "Last night was incredible, my darling" his girl purred. "You were incredible. In every way imaginable."

Holding hands, they left their bedroom and strolled down the curved wooden staircase to find Yukari and Ryoto together on the sofa, the curly-haired girl sitting sideways on her boyfriend's lap with an arm around his shoulders, their smiling faces aglow with joy.

"Ohayo gosaimasu, Nishizumi-dono!" Yukari blurted. "Hi, Yusei-san!"

"Ohayou!" Miho answered, trying her hardest not to giggle as she remembered what she and Saori had overheard a few hours before. "Were you comfortable sleeping down here on the sofa?"

"Very comfortable! But we didn't sleep much!" her female friend grinned. "Something tells me you didn't either!"

"Not... too much" Miho admitted with a blush. "Is anyone else up?"

"Hai. Hana and Masaru are in the kitchen making coffee for everyone. No one else is up yet." The curly-haired girl chuckled, "I could fix that if I had my bugle!"

"Somehow I don't think your bugle would be very appreciated this week, Yukari!" Miho laughed. She sat on the other end of the sofa with Yusei, asking the other couple, "Any special plans for today?"

"I'd like to borrow Minako's car for a few hours and take my lover boy on a visit to the Yūshūkan Military Museum. Did you know that Ryoto has a model tank collection too?" she exclaimed. "With one of every tank Ooarai has. Even a Panzer IV he painted to look just like ours!"

"I don't have a model of every tank at your school, sweetheart" Ryoto confessed. "There's still no Tiger P in my collection."

"Maybe that's a good thing, my love." Yukari laughed, "I bet even a model of a Tiger P would somehow find a way to catch on fire!"

"There's still another reason why you two make the perfect couple" her commander smiled. "That museum is in Chiyoda, isn't it? Not exactly a short trip from here."

"It won't take too long to travel there and back, Nishizumi-dono. I love putting the pedal to the metal!" Yukari continued, "And after we return, we'll be getting dressed up and going out to dinner with you and Yusei."

"Oh! Thanks for reminding me about that. I still need to make reservations for us at Gensobanonaka. Usagi told me she and Mamoru have dined there several times, and the cuisine and atmosphere are excellent."

"Could you arrange a private booth for Ryoto and me? I really want to try something Minako told us about in one of her lectures."

"Hontou? Perhaps there's a little... footsie on the menu tonight, Yukari?" Miho coyly suggested.

"Hai!" her loader nodded happily. "But only if there's enough privacy." She giggled, "I hope that restaurant has those really long tablecloths!"

"Footsie? What's that, my sweet?' Ryoto puzzled.

Yukari playfully planted a quick kiss on his cheek. "You'll find out this evening, lover" she giggled again.

"Ok! Two of the restaurant's most private booths they have available, coming up!" Miho agreed. She greeted the other happy couple who then strolled into the living room, with Masaru carrying a full urn of steaming coffee and Hana a tray of cups. "Ohayou!"

"Good morning! Minna, enjoy some delicious hot coffee" Hana offered. "A fragrant and tasty little wake-me-up to start our new day!"

Saori's bubbly voice spoke from the stairway, "Save two cups for my boyfriend, please! He's still feeling real drowsy this morning."

Watching her ginger-haired friend carefully guide Yosuke downstairs, Hana innocently teased her classmate, "Saori, I wonder what could possibly be the reason why?"

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