That following day in school, Nanami and Momona meet up to play badminton.

"Listen, Amamiya," Momona said. "I want to apologize for yesterday."

"It's okay, Ichikawa, I forgive you," Nanami assured.

"Great, now let's play some badminton," Momona said as she twirls her racket.

The two play such until the bell rings.

"Great match, Amamiya!" Momona said while shaking hands with her. "Would it be possible for me to come over to your place today?"

"Huh? Yeah, I suppose so," Nanami answered. "After all, you did invite me to your Christmas party."

"There's also your mother," Momona said.

"What about her?"

"I want to talk with her about the illness she contracted back when she was a teenager that landed her in the hospital for two weeks. The same illness I had."

"That might be a problem, Ichikawa."

"What do you mean, Amamiya?"

"It was when I returned home on that past Friday after my visit to Kawashima's place . . ."

Nanami arrived back at her family apartment, making the customary announcement. She entered the living room where her parents were.

"Mom?" Nanami asked.

"What is it, Nanami?"

"You never told me that you took sick back in high school and was hospitalised for two weeks."

"How do you know about that?!" Her mother demanded with narrowed eyes.

"Through Kawashima's mother. She recognised me as your daughter because she knew you back in high school."

Her mother frowned at her slightly.

"I don't like talking about that, Nanami," she finally said while waving dismissively. "And it's best that you don't go blabbing about that either."

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Momona makes a despondent expression. It definitely sounds like Amamiya's mother has something to hide.

"Please, Amamiya." she pleaded. "I just want to share my experience with her so that my burden is lightened. I really do want to have a talk with her about this."

Nanami sighs. "Very well."

After school, Momona with Nanami alongside her are with Ayu and Hanako.

"I'm sorry but I'll be going to Amamiya's place," Momona said to them. "I did invite her to my Christmas party after all."

"Yeah, that makes sense," Hanako said.

"Have a good time," Ayu said.

With that situation smoothed, Momona and Nanami are on their way to Nanami's place.

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Ayu and Hanako are walking down the street, chatting.

"It's strange how Ichikawa and Amamiya have been gettin' close," Hanako said.

"Well Ichikawa did invite her to her Christmas party so it's only fitting that she ask Amamiya to hang out at her place for the day," Ayu said.

"Excuse me," a man called from behind them.

Ayu and Hanako turn and suddenly gape with awe upwards at that man.

That man is Dustin.

"Are you two Momona's friends?" he asked. "As you can hear, I can speak Japanese."

"Y-You . . . D-Dasutin U-iba?!" Ayu stated with that awed expression.

"Ah, I see Momona told you about me. And who are you two?"

"I . . I am Kawashima Ayu!" Her expression eager.

"M-Me . . . Kanzaki Hanako!" Her expression also eager.

"Ayu . . . Hanako," Dustin pointed to each of them.

"Kya, he called us by our given names! Just like a Westerner does!" Hanako squealed with close-eyed delight while raising her fists in excitement.

"I thought you hated your given name?" Ayu asked Hanako.

"Hey, someone lookin' like him can call me by my given name anytime!" Hanako stated with a smarmy expression at Dustin.

"I-If you're looking for Ichikawa-" Ayu began.

"Actually, I came for you two," Dustin crooned. "Do you both want to come to a love hotel and have sex with me?"

Ayu and Hanako are dumbstruck.

"Ah . . . Wha . . . S-Sure!" Ayu answered distantly with a joyful expression. "What about you, Kanzaki?"

"Er . . . Uh . . . Y-Yeah!" Hanako answered with matching expression.

"Then let us go," Dustin said with a whimsical expression.

Dustin leads them down various streets.

"So you can speak, Japanese, Dasutin-san?" Hanako asked.

"Yes," he answered.

"And you know Ichikawa?" Ayu asked.

"Yes, I do," he answered. "But if you are wondering if I am intimate with her, then no. I also know Nanami, Yamada, and that Saki girl."

"Saketoba," Ayu corrected. "We know those girls too."

"And all of you are friends with Momona," Dustin smirked.

"We also read about what happened to you back in America," Hanako said. "And let me just say that we are angry over what happened to you."

"Ah, thank you," Dustin said.

"I wish you could become our teacher," Ayu said with a lustful expression. "Then you would be able to teach us lots of stuff."

"I do not think that will be possible," Dustin said with a remorseful expression. "It is on record. Frankly, I am surprised that I managed to travel outside of the country."

"Do you know which love hotel you are taking us to, Dasutin-san?" Ayu asked.

"The Lucky Time. It is the one I took Nanami to. And where I also had sex with Saketoba and Yamada, or something pretty close to it."

"I wonder if Saketoba is on duty today?" Hanako pondered.

The trio arrive at the Lucky Time.

"Ah, so," Ayu began with a worried expression. "How is this going to happen, Dasutin-kun?"

"What do you mean by that, Ayu?" Dustin asked.

"Are you gonna . . . have us . . . ah?" Ayu asked suspiciously with repulsed expression.

"What?" Dustin inquired.

"Lez each other," Ayu grimaced.

For a moment Dustin processes what she asked, then it comes to him.

Of course, back in our world, girl-on-girl action interests us men. Maybe it's because we envy the sensuousness of women. But we would never do guy-on-guy action for their amusement. In this world, however, females are turned on by guy-on-guy and strongly disdainful of girl-on-girl.

"No," he assured them. "None of you will so much as touch each other. Instead, I will take turns. I will have sex with one of you while the other watches; then I will have sex with the other while the other rests and watches. Are you both okay with that?"

"I'm okay with it," Ayu answered.

"Me too," Hanako answered.

"Come on," Dustin said as he begins walking. "I wonder if Saketoba is working here."

Inside, they walk up to the counter. The side door opens and out comes a familiar girl.

"Saketoba!" Ayu stated with a delighted expression. "So you really are on duty!"

"Indeed I am," she answered. "Hello, Dasutin-kun."

"Hey there, Saketoba," he answered. "As you can see, I am here to have sex with these two." As he puts his arms around Ayu and Hanako.

"Of course," she answered. "I'll give you a ten percent discount with whatever room you pick out and the time allotted."

"Hey, thanks," Dustin smiled. "Okay girls," as he leers down at Ayu and Hanako as they leer back up at him, "let's get down to it."

Dustin picks out the room and gets the key. This time for a room numbered 130. He pays for that room and the trio are soon on their way in. Once inside, he first gives Hanako a French kiss, causing her to shudder.

"What's wrong?" Dustin asked.

"I . . . I just came!" She gasped.

"You came?" Ayu smirked curiously.

"She must be sensitive," Dustin explained.

"Yeah, I must," Hanako sighed. "Listen. You two are going to have to go ahead first. I should be alright by the time it's my turn."

"Yeah, and I think I know what to do for you after I finish with Ayu," Dustin said while taking ahold of Ayu.

Then gives her a French kiss . . .

Nanami arrives with Momona at her family apartment and enters, with the customary greetings being given.

"Mom, this is Ichikawa Momona," Nanami introduced to her mother.

"Pleased to meet you," Momona said respectfully while doing a bow.

"Ah yes, you're the girl who gave us fish and invited my daughter to your Christmas party," Nanami's mother noted respectfully, then does a bow. "Thank you for your hospitality."

"Ah, you're welcome," Momona replied, then bows. "And thank you very much for the cookies. They were delicious." She straightens. "Listen, ah . . . Mrs. Amamiya," as her expression becomes uncertain, "I have something to ask you."

"What is it?"

"It concerns what happened to me last year," Momona answered with a more confident expression. "I got sick and had to be hospitalised. And when I woke up, I was a completely different person. Just like what happened to you back when you were my age."

There! Momona noted with an intent expression at Nanami's mother. She knows what I'm talking about! She was quick to hide it though, something that must come from experience.

"I see," Nanami's mother answered with a flat expression. "So my daughter told you about that." As she glances at Nanami with a subtly displeased look in her eyes.

"I apologise, mother!" Nanami stated with a deep bow. "But Ichikawa-san was worried for herself! I was just trying to help her by letting her know that there was someone from a long time ago who went through the same thing and no harm befell them!" Then straightens. "There was also a boy in our class who got hospitalised for those same health problems right after Ichikawa-san was."

"Is that so?" Nanami's mother asked while staring at Momona.

Her eye narrowed for a moment. Momona noted inwardly. She is definitely curious.

"Well there's not much to tell, Ichikawa-san," Nanami's mother answered with a casual expression. "Other than what happened to me never stopped me from functioning properly. I managed to meet and marry a wonderful man and had Nanami. So you have nothing to worry about, Ichikawa-san."

"No, I guess not," Momona said with a disappointed expression.

"Come on, Ichikawa, I'll show you to my room," Nanami said.

Once in her room, Nanami rummages for something.

"Kawashima helped me buy these," she said as she takes out the porn books to show Momona. "She said that girls deepen their friendship when they share porn."

"Is that so?" Momona sneered at the cover of one of those books.

"You have a great friend," Nanami said. "And now like her, I have ascended to that place with the help of Dasutin-kun. Have you also ascended with-"

"No!" Momona interjected with a glare at Nanami.

"You haven't?" Nanami asked with a bemusement expression.

"Do I need to repeat myself?!" Momona stated with a glare.

"Anyway," Nanami said, "Dasutin-kun is gentle," as she smiles fondly with closed eyes and her hand pressed to her cheek, "and he tends to take the lead." Then lowering her hand while looking at Ichikawa curiously. "Are Western men really like that, Ichikawa? I know they're suppose to be easy, so you would think they would let a woman take the lead."

"Oh I don't know!" Momona scowled while raising her hands in exasperation.

"The way he kissed and caressed my body," Nanami continued as she looks ahead but with a smile with flushed cheeks. "H-He even licked my-"

"Enough! I don't wanna hear anymore!" Momona grimaced while crossing her forearms.

"What's wrong? I'd figure you'd be eager to hear all about my time with Dasutin-kun like any other girl? Since you were trying to pick him up too."

Momona drops the books as she scowls at Nanami with solid white eyes.

"I was not trying to pick him up!" Her expression turned to outrage. "He was only asking me for directions! How could you even think I would do such a thing?!"

"Maybe it was because you were trying to be popular with the boys again?" Nanami asked with a suspicious expression.

"Popular with the boys?!" Momona scowled. "How is picking up a man suppose to make me popular with the boys?!"

"Well if the boys see that a man is eager to be with a girl they like," Nanami explained, "that might end up making that girl more desirable to them."

For a moment, Momona just stares with a bewildered expression at Nanami.

Ah, I get it now. As Momona's expression turns to sarcastic realisation. Back in my original world, if a boy gets picked up by a girl he ends up becoming popular with the other girls. Just like in those romcoms.

Momona lets out a big sigh with closed eyes and clasps Nanami's shoulders.

"I don't know what you were thinking about me all this time, Amamiya, but I want you to understand this right now," Momona carefully explained. "I was never trying to become popular with boys. If they just so happen to think highly of me, then it was not on purpose."

Nanami silently stares back at Momona.

"So when you were challenging me to badminton, Ichikawa," she finally answered, "it was merely to play with me?"

"Yes, that's all it was ever about," Momona admitted after releasing Nanami's shoulders.

"B-But during your Christmas party, you told me to remain a virgin forever," Nanami said with a hurtful expression.

"I was only joking! Joking!" Momona stated with an uneasy smile while waving her hand dismissively, then with hands spread wide. "It was just good-natured ribbing! Wait!" As she turns serious and shocked with her hands now down. "Was that the reason why . . . ?!" Trailing off over not wanting to say it.

"Yes," Nanami verified. "I was still upset over that comment so I hurried off to Dasutin-san and talked him into having sex with me."

The door opens and there stands Nanami's mother.