Well, to be fair, what really happened was that Amilia had put a long and intense session into helping her father run the country, and justice or not, she was tired, and wanted a vacation. Somewhere alone and quiet, like the private family hotsprings in the north of Seirune, along the Zefielian border. But, being a princess, going alone without a guard was totally out of the question. But that's just what Amilia wanted. And she was pouting about it because her father had put his foot down.
Then Lina and Gourry announced they were back in town in their usual way, specifically, Lina blew up some inn or other because she felt like it. Or Gourry had insulted her, or they short changed her, or something equally perilous. At any rate, now they were hauled in before Prince Phill himself to answer the charges. Wanton destruction, disturbing the peace, attempting to leave without paying for the damages, and being unjust in general. The final decision, after some serious wrangling with Amilia trying to get Lina to see that being whipped through the streets wasn't actually the better alternative, was that if Lina would be Amilia's guard on her jaunt to the hot springs, and Gourry would help with the rebuilding of the inn, then Prince Phill would pick up the tab and declare the offenders had been punished and were cleared of the charges.
Lina thought seriously for a minute of going to the next level of make work project, Dragon Slaving Seirune, but then thought the better of it, and, with a sigh, she agreed. So, with a major grumble she and Amilia had walked the distance alone, as Amilia had wanted all along. Finally they ended up in the hot springs and as Lina sank into the waters and relaxed she decided that if this was punishment, maybe she could deserve a bit more...
"So, Amilia, how long are you off for?" Lina asked, a big smile on her face as she soaked in the heat.
"Six weeks." was the reply.
"And you are going to soak here the whole time?" was Lina's next question.
"I don't know, Lina, today the answer is yes, but maybe after a couple of days of this I could be open to suggestion." Amilia replied. "Oh but this water feels heavenly..." she went on.
"Yeah, that's for sure!" replied a now happy Lina. "So, heard from Zel lately?"
Amilia shook her head and looked a little sad. "No, he comes and goes as he likes. I don't know, I keep hoping he's going to tell me he has feelings for me, and sometimes I think I see in his eyes that he does, but we never talk about it. I don't know what to do." she said.
"Why not start the conversation yourself?" asked Lina, cocking a curious eye at her friend.
"Well, I don't know." replied Amilia. "I have thought about it, of course, but, well, er, I'm shy..." She gave a little blush.
Lina laughed. "Shy? You? Just turn it into a justice speech!"
"Oh that's not fair, Lina!" said Amilia with a burst of passion. "Anyway, what's with you and Gourry? Do you two think the rest of us don't see you making moon eyes at each other? Yet I don't see any action going on. What's the deal with you? Surely the brave Lina Inverse has talked to Gourry by now?"
Now it was Lina's turn to be nervous and giggle. "Eh, well, come on Amilia, you know that's different..."
"No I don't!" said Amilia, with an "AaHa!" note to her voice. "How is it different Lina? Explain it to me."
Lina broke a sweat, not that you could tell as she was already sweating from the heat of the pool. "He, he, he, well, um, it's like this, Amilia... hoo boy... it takes time to explain things to a jellyfish, he, he, and well, I, I'm working on it..." she tittered.
Amilia cocked an eye of her own at Lina, and with the speed of a striking snake scooped up a large wave of water which she sent fying into Lina's face. As her redhaired companion screamed at the sudden soaking she had just received, Amilia struck a justice pose and, waving her finger in Lina's face, began to exclaim in a loud and strident voice "Lina Inverse! How dare you tell me to do something that you haven't the ability to do yourself!" Of course it would have helped if she wasn't smirking as she said it. "I, a pure and feminine princess of the Royal House of Seirune...!"
That was as far as she got when Lina interupted and yelled "Oh don't you give me that! I'm as pure and feminine as any of you! And I'm gonna prove it on your hide right now!" With that she jumped up and splashed Amilia back, then, as Amilia staggered back in her turn, Lina grabbed her intending to take her down and get her completely soaked. The two girls wrestled and yelled, and screamed and laughed, and threatened to lower the water level in the pond by several inches with all the splashing. Eventualy the laughter prevailed, as did Lina, who was on top of Amilia, holding her hands and arms straight out from her body.
Naturally, Amilia didn't take that lying down, well, actually, she did, at any rate, she continued to wiggle and struggle under Lina, but she didn't seem in too big a hurry to get away either. "Do you Yield?" asked a triumphant Lina.
"N- no, not yet..." replied Amilia with a giggle.
"Oh, well, when are you going to yeild then?" asked Lina as she struggled to keep Amilia still.
"When it stops feeling good!" replied Amilia. She followed almost immediately with a blush and the word "Oops..."
Lina stopped struggling, and grinning... "When what stops feeling good?" she asked suspiciously.
It was Amilia's turn to sweat as she replied, as innocently as she could "Uh, the physical exercise? I've been chained to a desk for weeks..."
"Don't you play innocent with me, Amilia!" retorted Lina. "When what stops feeling good?"
Amilia attempted to look sweet and clueless, but she couldn't resist a quick glance down. Lina followed, but couldn't see what was the big deal, as they struggled they were just rubbing breasts together...
A minute later it clicked and Lina lept up with a scream, trying to hide her "important bits" from Amilia's view, without much luck. Especially when she toppled backwards and splashed into the water... She sat there and just stared at Amilia.
Amilia dropped her eyes to one side and said in a shy and quiet voice "I'm sorry Lina, I have a little secret."
"Bloody hell you do!" said Lina in a shocked voice. "You? I never, ever would have guessed. So, is that why you say nothing to Zel? But why do you want him at all then?"
Amilia blushed deeply and said "Well, I am sorry to upset you Lina, although I am not sorry for what I am. It isn't a big secret or anything, but at the same time we don't make a big deal about it either. The truth is, almost every woman of the Seirune royal family is either lesbian or bisexual. I happen to be bisexual. Um, if it's any consolation, I didn't set out to put you in a compromising position or anything, I- well, it's just been so long since I, well, made love, that when we started, you know, it just felt so good and I forgot myself for a mnute. Please don't be angry Lina, I won't do it again..."
She smiled shyly at her friend. "Yeah, that's one reason I have been shy with Zel, I will tell him before we get too serious, but I want him to be serious enough to overlook it. I mean, it's okay if he says I can't do it with anyone but him once we are married, but I want him to forgive my past if that's the case. And I suppose I have my fantasies he will understand and let me have the odd girl-girl indiscretion on the side..."
She sighed and hung her head. "PLease forgive me Lina." she said, quietly.
Lina turned away. "You are forgiven, Amilia." she said in a strangely troubled voice.
Amilia slid a bit closer to her friend. She tenderly, and nervously, put a hand on Lina's shoulder. "I forgot, they take a dim view of this sort of thing in Zefielia don't they?" She was encouraged by the fact that Lina didn't shake her hand off of her shoulder. Still, when Lina turned to face her she had a strange look on her face.
"Yes, a very dim view." Lina looked down as she said that. "Amilia, I haven't told you this before, but the real truth is, is," She took a deep, deep breath and let it out. "The truth is, a lot of my family toubles with my sister are due to, to... Oh shit this is hard to say. Amilia, I- I- Oh just say it Lina! I'm like you!"
Amilia gave a little gasp of joy and embraced Lina. "Why didn't you ever say so? Oh the opportunities we have missed..."
"Amilia!" snapped Lina. "I, I am trying to, to stay pure now, for Gourry. I haven't told him, I don't know if I ever could either, but, but I don't want him to leave. It's going slowly and yet it's going, and I really do love him and want to marry him, and, I just want my other side to go to sleep. That's why I jumped so much when I realised what was going on. You see, I hadn't been doing it consciously, but when I realised what we were doing, I realised I also was enjoying it.
"I think you still are." murmured Amilia with a smile. As she spoke, Lina had, unconsously perhaps, turned and embraced Amilia.
Lina let go and looked miserable. Amilia asked "When was the last time you made love Lina?"
Lina gave Amilia a puzzled look and said "Well, I was fifteen, so, I'm um, ninteen now, four years. Why?"
"Just curious. And amazed actually. I really don't think I could go that long. And to think, I was pouting about a few weeks. Oh Lina, look, can I make it up to you with a backrub or something? Nothing funny, I promise!"
"That would be nice, actually." said Lina.
Amilia smiled and led Lina to a low table that was mounted in the hotspring for that very purpose. That way Lina could lie there nude and still enjoy the heat as Amilia used the healing water itself as the lubricant. Soon the Princess revealed another hidden talent as her skilled fingers worked the tension out of her friend's back and neck. Lina groaned appreciatively. "Now, I do wish I'd know about THIS talent of your earlier, Amilia. I think being a princess is wasted on you."
Amilia laughed and started rubbing down Lina's legs, moving the blood out and loosening the muscles. Finally she got to the feet and asked Lina to turn over. Lina gave her a curious look, but Amilia was obviously serious, so she rolled over. Amilia then proceeded to work on Lina's feet and after an initial tickelish bit Lina relaxed into it and had to admit that Amilia had learned at least some of the non magical healing arts quite well. She was floating as Amilia finally worked her her way up to Lina's belly, and then she worked on her chest, but in a way that, although she did rub the breasts, Lina knew it was to relax, not excite. A final bit of work down her arms to her hands, a gentle facial rub, almost a caress really, and an unexpected light kiss on the lips and Amilia giggled that she was done.
She sat down in the water again and Lina lay on the table. She was floating, and she didn't even have to cast a Levitation spell to do it. A few minutes later she began to return to earth, and she woke up a bit more. "Your turn." she said with a content sigh.
Amilia smiled and said she didn't mind if she did and soon the places were changed. Lina actually did a good job, but not as expert as Amilia's, althought the Princess did give her a few tips. Lina joked that she would have to use the next six weeks to practice. Still, she did a good job, and Amilia was very relaxed indeed.
Finally, she noticed it was getting dark and the girls almost reluctantly got out of the pool to go to bed. The arrangement was simple enough, Amilia and Lina would sleep in the same bed so that Lina would be close to her if something went on. Amilia had a vague memory of the last time she and Lina shared a bed and hoped they wouldn't be as restless this time.
She got her wish, sort of. She awoke in the middle of the night to find herself in Lina's arms. The fact they had gone to bed naked because they were too hot from the springs hadn't helped anything either. They had gotten chilly perhaps and were now snuggled together, and she couldn't do anything about it. And frankly, whe wasn't entirely sure she wanted to anyway.
Then, in her dream, Lina started moaning as if in pleasure, and calling on someone named "Nah-ga"? Amilia was puzzled at first, then realised Lina was having an erotic dream with another girl. She couldn't resist, the idea of doing it with Lina was too tempting. Taking her cue from the redhead's movements she was soon kissing Lina and stroking her body gently. As Lina's passion built in her sleep Amilia edged ever closer to the one part of Lina's body she hadn't massaged earlier. Finally she reached it! Her expert fingers began to work. Lina awoke with a gasp!
Amilia dug in a little harder and said softly "You were making love in your dream weren't you? Well, you were acting it out on me, my dear Lina, so, I decided to join in. I hope you aren't mad at me." Lina only moaned in response. Amilia held her closer, then, acting on impulse, she kissed Lina. Lina responded and soon they were in a hot, passionale embrace, tongues intertwined, hugging each other, as Lina surrendered and rode Amilia's fingers to infinity, and beyond...
When Lina came to again she saw a smiling Amilia stroking her body and murmuring how beautiful Lina was. "You really needed that Lina, I lost count, you were bucking so hard. I think you twisted my finger a little bit. But oh, you are so beautiful when you are, um, "in pleasure"..."
Lina looked down and replied, a bit sadly "So much for staying pure for Gourry. I don't know if I'll ever be able to lock this part of me away again. And I don't know how eager he will be to let me have, how did you put it earlier? Oh yeah, "indiscretions". But yeah, now it's happened, I admit that I needed that. And more. The dam has broken now Amilia, you will just have to ride the flood."
Amilia snuggled closer and smiled. "Gosh, six weeks of riding a flood named Lina, sounds like a challenge! He, he, we'll see if I'm up to it!"
Lina finally smiled back. "Well, here's your first test. I like giving as well as getting. On your back!" Amilia giggled and hastened to comply. Lina started with a kiss, then worked her way down Amilia's body, and finally proved that, however ordinary her back rubbing abilities were, she was decidedly an artist with the tongue rubs. And that after four years off...