'Bath Time'
Disclaimer: Ken Akamatsu wrote 'Love Hina' and he owns the rights. This tale written for fun, and I seek no re-dress from it.
-Writer's Note: This is another short story featuring my favorite couple.
Seated in the men's side of the onsen, Keitaro was washing away the grime from a hard day's work. He smiled as the woodsy smelling liquid soap developed a thick lather on his body. Between that and the shampoo, it is not long until he felt somewhat better. After rinsing off, he grabbed a fresh towel and headed toward the warm water to soothe his aching muscles.
Coming out of the women's side, Kitsune smiled at Keitaro while wrapped in a towel herself.
Keitaro just about panicked as everything he owned was on display before the Fox. Covering himself up quickly, he almost ran back into the washing area.
"Stop, Kei-kun!" cried Kitsune. She saw the fear in his face and wanted him to calm down. This woman came out here to use the onsen with him and nothing would deprive her of that.
"Sorry, Kitsune," responded Keitaro, "I thought that I was the only one here today." He then took a deep breath, turned his back to the woman who stood less than 4 meters away and calmly wrapped the towel around his waist.
"Not at all, you lucky boy," said Kitsune with a smile, "I get you all to myself and you definitely have nothing to be sorry for." She got a great look at the front of her Kanrinin, which is why she had a smile plastered on her face.
Now in the water, Keitaro and Kitsune sat side-by-side.
He could not think of a better way to enjoy this part of his evening. Smiling at this thought, Keitaro finally relaxed and looked up at the beautiful night sky.
Kitsune smiled as well, but the sky was not the object of her focus right now.
However, his contemplation became disturbed when Kitsune stood up and began to undo her towel. He almost panicked again until he understood that she had a strapless bikini on underneath it.
"Thought I was naked under here, huh? It was just getting a bit too warm for my taste. The bikini though, that can come off afterwards if you would like," said Kitsune without any hint of sarcasm in her voice. She did have a big leer plastered on her face though.
Turning red, and not only because he sat in hot water, Keitaro slowly slid down until his mouth went under the surface.
She sat back down and slid her hand on top of his.
He then straightened up and looked over at Kitsune to see that the leer was now a gentle smile.
Twenty minutes later, our couple stepped out of the onsen, dried off and headed inside.
"I am going to enjoy taking a bath with you from now on, Kei-kun," whispered Kitsune as they went upstairs hand-in-hand.
The rest, I leave to your imaginations.
-The end-