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The night seems to last for ever for the four teens sharing a single bed which they tried to experience much as they could in the dark room pressing up against one another with their bare skin soaked in sweat mixing together and at that same night a couple were very much regaining much time lost. After hours of love making, locking lips and smothering each other with their own bodies, all participants finally fell back on the mattresses breathing heavily from exhaustion, the girls laid wrapping their arms around their lovers fainting from overwhelming pleasure and the boys paid still from all the heavy lifting. But seeing their sleeping heads was all worth it as they gave them a soft kiss goodnight.
\George's Room/
Lying in bed George was directly in the middle between Kay, Naomi, and Alisa snuggling up against him as if gathering for warmth, their bare naked bodies mashed against one another shifting around as they slept through the night. George never felt so relaxed and tired at the same time, feeling their legs tangling with his, feeling their soft breasts press up against him, and the feeling of their fingers gently tracing against every inch of him. However one hand seem to stray more farther up than the rest of the others brushing the top of his scalp.
"You're starting to grow stubbles," Kay whispered closely into his ear so didn't disturb the others.
George would like to check if what Kay said was true, but both hands are busy holding the girls to which Kay quietly giggled.
"Trust me... your hair is growing back," she assured, "Are you gonna shave it?"
"... No... I don't think so... " George answered back.
"Good... you looked cute with a full set of hair in that photo."
George chuckled, Kay then returned to sleep, and George looked back up to the ceiling, it was no doubt that this was the most pleasurable time of his life, but sex wasn't something he was after, in fact it just left him feeling hollow.
\Ooarai Carrier/
At the crack of down the rays were just finding their way through the window, Daulton brought Yukari back to his apartment where they both now laid under the sheets naked with Yukari clinging on tightly onto Daulton as he gently petted the top of her head. With the light creeping up Yukari finally awoke from her sleep stirring from her sleep.
"Good morning," she greeted as she gave her boyfriend a small kiss.
"Have any nice dreams?" Daulton asked.
"Hehe, we should get ready," Yukari told him as pulls off the covers, "I'm gonna hop in the shower."
"I'll join ya."
"Didn't we have enough fun last night?"
"What? this is just to save water," Daulton put it as he joined Yukari in the bathroom, "By the way, what are gonna tell your parents though?" he followed up as they finished washing each other up.
"I'll just tell them I had a sleep over with Miho," Yukari planned out and on cue her cell phone rings.
"Speak of the devil," Daulton remarked and Yukari hushed him as she answered the call.
\Later On/
Down stairs everyone has gathered up in Miho's apartment for a small get together with Hana, Mako, and Saori joining as well gathering up around a small table located in the middle of the room.
"You two made quite the ruckus last night," Miho commented taking a sip of warm tea to wake herself.
"Sorry," Yukari apologized.
"Sorry... not really," Daulton remarked having no regret.
"Were the two busy making babies?" Saori asked with an innocent smile which caused the rest to choke.
"Gross," Mako commented.
"Saori, that's too personal," Hana told her embarrassingly.
"Oh c'mon those two are defiantly getting married," Saori persisted trying to predict Yukari and Daulton future together.
"I've always heard tankery tells girls that it'll improve your chances in a lot of stuff, but... marriage?" Daulton asked wondering of the girls took that advise seriously.
"Well... " Miho trailed.
"What?"
"We already have wedding dresses in storage," Mako plainly stated with a straight face.
"No freak'n way!" Daulton refused to believe.
"Yes way, look here's mine," Saori brought here phone to show him the photos of her trying out her dress, leaving Daulton surprise.
"I have one too," Hana joined showing hers.
"I've also have one waiting in storage," Miho embarrassingly admitted.
"Wow, How about you?" Daulton asked Yukari wanting to know what she'd looks like in her dress.
"No, it's bad luck," Yukari blushed.
"On the same note, what about you?" Saori redirected the attention onto Daulton, "Do you have nice tailored suit waiting for you to find miss perfect."
"Yeah guys don't go through dozens of suits same way a girl goes through dresses," Daulton noted.
\Ooarai Hanger/
Later leaving Miho's apartment they went on to join with the rest of their friends where they tried to talk about strategy, but instead it devolved into the girls showing Daulton their dresses they plan to marry in.
"We'll obviously I'm gonna say my girl's dress is the best," Daulton stated.
"But she didn't even show you hers," Aya detested.
"Just being loyal to my girl," he simply defended.
"Typical boys," Shinobu scoffed.
"Can we try and get back to the task at hand," Momo tried to bring back the attention to their next match.
"Yeah," Anzu agreed... but not for the same reason, "We're all out of sweet dried potatoes."
The girls were too unexpectly in agreement say that they too have ran out of their favorite snacks that they take to their games upsetting Momo.
"I do think the girls have a valid point," Miho stepped in, "We can't fight on an empty stomach."
"Ugh! fine we're heading to port anyway so you can all do your grocery shopping," Momo informed them and the girls cheered.
\On Land/
In a diner Kay, Naomi, and Alisa, enjoying their weekend with a nice breakfast and recalling their time last night as one of the most pleasurable and enjoyable times they had in so long.
"Man, I can't believe we just did it," Naomi noted.
"I'm glad no one noticed despite all that noise we made last night," Alisa said in relief.
"I can't believe you three just dragged me onto my bed and tore my clothes off," George stated in disbelief.
"Well what did you expect?" Kay started with a smirk taking a sip from her shake, "You're in a carrier mostly filled with teen girls, the only boys here are fathers, and much younger brothers."
"It's basically a taco feast, George," Naomi went on to simplify.
"I don't mean to offend, but I don't think we should do it again," George said, but feeling he might regret what might say.
"What'd mean, not again?" Naomi repeated.
"Do you think we were terrible?" Alisa added feeling a bit hurt.
"No! it was amazing. It's just... " George trailed off.
"Does this have something to do with that talk we had after that double date disaster?" Kay brought up.
"Huh?" Alisa confusingly uttered.
"What talk?" Naomi now wanting to know.
"Ugh... !" George groaned, "It's something too personal."
That was all he wanted to say, but Naomi and Alisa were not satisfied with that answer.
"We just shared the most intimate night of our lives together," Naomi reminded.
"Yeah, we're suppose to trust you," Alisa piled on.
At this point George was backed into a corner and Kay can't help him out of it, so for the sake of his friendship George gave in.
"Ok, fine I'll tell you," and with that the girls waited to hear his reasoning, "It all has to do with my mother."
"What's this has to do about her?" Kay asked curiously for all what George said so far about her, she seems very distant about her own son.
"She's a FREAK'N hypocrite!" Geroge exclaimed which spooked the girls with his sudden outburst of anger, slamming his fist onto their table, "Out all of my high-and-mighty, stuck-up family, I hate her the most. Each time I even mention the opposite gender she accuses me of having a dirty mind and chastises me."
"Sheesh, George," Naomi tried to calm him down.
"So that's why you didn't sneak a peek of me in the shower," Kay realize.
That statement made everyone choke and blush embarrassingly can't believing Kay has said that out loud in a public place.
"Alright that's enough," George stopped the conversation and scooted out from the booth, "I need some air, just talking about my mother gets my blood boiling."
After that George walks right out of the diner, the jingle of the bell ringing when the door swung as he walked off down the sidewalk.
"That boy has serious family issues," Naomi brought up the obvious.
\Elsewhere/
"It's such a nice day to go grocery shopping," Miho said in delight holding a plastic bag in her left hand.
"Any day where you go out shopping with your friends is a great day," Saori said with joy.
The Ooarai team where all out on solid dry land venturing out to find stores to restock their inventory before their next game, since it wasn't a school day the girls were dressed in their casual clothes. Miho, Saori, and Hana wearing dressing that made them quite feminine, with Hana adding her favorite sun hat; while Mako and Yukari dressed more boyish, Mako wearing a skirt with suspenders, and her hair tied in twin braids, Yukari looked very tomboy in her wears, a green hoodie, with a flannel shirt tied around her waist, jean shorts, and finished with a wearing a cap backwards.
"Yukari, where did Daulton go?" Hana asked noticing that the only boy they know is absent.
"Yeah, wasn't he just with us a second ago?" Mako said.
"He saw one of those coin operated kiddie rides in a shape of a triceratops, so he fighting a toddler for a bag of quarters," Yukari explained and the faint sound of a punch could be heard in the distance.
"I hope he wins," Saori pumped her fist in the air.
As they made their way down the street a gust of wind came brushing passed them, ruffling their hair, and blowing the tails of their skirts, Yukari held her cap down, but Hana's hat went flying off the top of her head. The beautiful hat road the wind like a leaf looping around in the air until it finally and gently landed down on top of a random boot, a boot that happened to belong to the only boy tanker.
George was just about to reach the corner a lovely sun hat stopped him dead in his tracks, its delicate look contrasting his hard and abrasive boots, he knelt down carefully taking it into his hands also taking notice of the flowers. They look so full of life despite being cut from their roots the peddles feeling fresh and still filled with liquid, soft and smooth. He looked over to where the hat came from finding a girl that took his breath away, there George spotted Hana who just stood there staring at him speechless.
The frills of her dress waved like a flag in the wind, her long black hair tied in a single tail it made George want to stroke it, and he was stuck staring directly into Hana's dark grey eyes. George swore he felt his heart skip a beat.
Miho, Yukari, Saori, and Mako were frozen in shock as the boy they learned to tread cautiously with was now standing in the flesh before them, they huddled close together wondering if they should introduce themselves or just remain silent as to avoid his brash behavior.
"It's him," Yukari whispered.
"We can see that," Mako said plainly.
"Oh what should we do?" Saori nervously spoke.
"Let's not lose our heads, right Hana... Hana?" Miho tried to calm her friends, but the ever calm Hana however was not in their huddle.
Looking over their shoulders the girls found their gunner standing a few steps away as George came over to return her hat.
"These flowers are very beautiful," He commented trying to start a conversation, "My name's George."
"T-thank you, I'm Hana Isuzu," she introduced herself taking her hat back leaving her friends on the edge, "And thank you about the flowers, I picked them out myself."
"So you're a florist," George tried to deduced, but Hana shook her head.
"No, not a florist exactly, I practice Ikebana which is Japanese art of flower arrangement," she explained not mentioning that she will be his competitor.
"I didn't know that was a thing, but I bet they must be lovely to see," George complimented.
"They are," Hana confirmed, "What do you do? If I don't mind me asking."
"M-me?" George stuttered, he mentally glanced at himself still dressed in his usual attire, believing that if he revealed his occupation will hurt his chances with Hana. In George's mind why would a sweet and kind flower girl love a violent and crude tank operator? "Well... " he thought and thought quick for a different answer, "I... play piano," he told her.
The girls felt a twitch seeing that he blatantly just lied to Hana's face, although it wasn't really a lie.
"A fellow artist," Hana said relaxing a hand to her cheek, "But by your clothes I assume you might be an amateur at best."
With that Hana's friends were in disbelief of how relax she was speaking if not flirting with the boy, George on the other hand felt a nerve was struck, but who was he kidding, even he would assume his skills would suck if he just went by looks alone, but he really wanted to impress Hana.
"No, I swear I'm pretty good, how about we go out for dinner tonight," George offered.
The girls who remained outside the conversation were taken back when George out of nowhere asked their friend out for a date, a girl he just met, the response was a flattered giggle.
"Oh this all so forward," Hana stated so innocently then felt a soft tug on her dress looking behind she finds her friends trying to get her attention, "Excuse me for a moment, my friends need to speak with me."
"Hana, you should take the date," Yukari was first to tell her which made the girls want to scream.
"What! are you kidding? he looks so... actually he looks kinda rugged, but a scruffy rugged," Saori commented on George's appearance, "And also, I'm the match-maker here."
"No hear me out," Yukari asked them to just listen, "This way we can learn how he thinks."
"I don't know, Yukari, disguising yourself as a student from a different school is one thing, but manipulating boy's heart?" Miho tried to object.
"Heart? you saw what he's like playing," Saori reminded her.
"I have to agree with Yukari, Miho," Mako chose her side.
"I don't understand, what are we talking about?" Hana asked feeling clueless.
"Huh?" all the girls uttered in confusion as they recap Hana of the situation.
All what George saw was a huddle of girls silently bickering with one another leaving awkwardly standing around until Hana spun back around to approach him.
"Well, George, my friends have taken a liking to you, saying it would be waste to past up the offer," Hana accepted which made George glow with excitement.
"Really!" he exclaimed trying to maintain face.
"Yes, perhaps you can so me how well you can play," Hana teased, "Let's meet back here, see you then."
Waving goodbye Hana turned to her friends as they proceeded to return to the carrier, while ran off in total joy back to his so he can get ready.
"That was good Hana," Saori complimented on her handling.
"Have been doing some spy work of your own?" Yukari added sounding impress.
"Oh, I just reenact some scenes in my favorite shows or movies for fun," Hana feeling flattered.
"Do you think we should Daulton about this?" Miho suggested seeing that anything doing with George was also his business.
"C'mon, Miho he doesn't need to know," Saori said.
"Yeah, this is now secret classified mission," Yukari agreed holding up a finger up to her lip.
"By the way, where is Daulton?" Hana asked only to hear the faint scream in the distance grow louder and louder as it approaches.
And right on cue Daulton comes bolting right towards them with a big mechanical triceratops in his arms with bits of wire hanging out from the bottom as he is seen screaming while being chased by an angry mob of children and parents.
"Daulton what did you do?!" the girls tried to ask in shock.
"No time RUN!" was all that Daulton said as he ran passed them and soon they too had to run away from the mob.
