Fuyu: Chapter 2: Learning

When we were finished in the museum we started back home and got some hot dogs at a local vendor as we walked. We got on the train and Shinnihaku leaned her head on my shoulder. She shut her eyes and in that moment she looked particularly angelic.

"I'm so tired." She said quietly. "And my head hurts."

"Did you have fun?" I asked curiously. "Was this a fun experience?"

"Anything and everything I've done with you has been pleasant." She answered. "It is really fun being with you."

"I'm glad. I thought you might not like me for dragging you out here." I said relieved but Shinnihaku was already asleep.

When we got home, I had carried Shinnihaku mostly on my back; my parents greeted me at the door, and ignored Shinnihaku almost completely. I set her down on my bed and walked back down to my parents.

"So this is your 'friend'?" my mother asked. "You could have told us."

"Um… well I didn't know how you would react." I said carefully. "I didn't want to infringe on any of your boundaries."

"That's thoughtful of you. But when it comes to girls, just so long as none of our other rules are broken, you have free reign." My father said reassuringly.

"The thing is, she has been living here for about a month now." I said. "And I don't think we can just push her out, for various reasons."

"That's fine with us. I think you have good taste and even better luck. We support your decision as well the path you've chosen." He said with affirmation.

"Thank you very much." I said bowing.

"Thank us after you've scored." My mother said. "And not a minute sooner."

"I will." I declared. "And I'm certain I'll be able to score with her eventually."

"You had better be because I want to have a girl like her as a daughter in law." My father said. "Of all the women I've seen, she has impressed me more than any other."

"Father!" I moaned indignantly.

Whack mother had hit father so hard he collapsed on the spot. I stood there a little surprised for a moment. She smiled at me.

"Don't worry about him. Go check on your friend. She'll be waking up soon." Mother said cheerfully despite having just smacked father.

I smiled at her and nodded. Then I jumped over dad and walked up the stairs. I went into my room and sat by Shinnihaku's side, putting my hands in my lap. I waited patiently for her to wake up for many hours, before passing out beside her.

When I awoke, Shinnihaku was stroking my hair and I had my head in her lap. I relaxed there and smiled. Shinnihaku stopped after a moment and I sat up slowly.

"Good morning." Shinnihaku said.

"Good morning." I replied. "How long have you been up for?"

"Not long. You just looked really cute asleep like that," she answered smiling.

"Well, I could say the same about you when you were asleep." I said grinning. "I would have to push you down if you look like that when you're awake."

"Then I'll just have to be careful around you." She said. "Oh… how did your talk with your parents go?"

"Great. Just great. They said you could stay as long as I'm not disturbing them. Since we tend not to disturb people that won't be a problem." I answered simply.

"Can I be greedy just for once?" Shinnihaku asked me pleadingly.

"I guess so. Why?" I asked confused.

"I want you to reserve your kisses for me alone." She said.

"I can do that. Just one thing." I said.

"Yes?" she asked.

"You do the same." I declared.

"Deal." She said before leaning in and kissing me. Then I kissed her back and knocked her down onto the bed. We continued to kiss for a few minutes until my mother knock on the door. Then we sat bolt upright me in the chair and her on the bed.

"Come in." I said stiffly.

"Geishinni? Shinnihaku? Would you two like to go out and party today? Because we just got back from a trip and we still have a little money left over we could go party if you wanted." My mother said smiling before noticing our flushed faces. "Oh, did I just walk into the middle of something? I'm sorry."

"It is okay. We should go to this party." I said.

"Why?" Shinnihaku asked.

"Because it will be fun." I declared and we both got ready to shower and get cleaned up. We each took a shower one right after another and we got dressed and ready to go where ever this party was going to be.

"We are ready." I declared coming down the stairs with Shinnihaku.

"Good. Good. We were just wondering when you would be. Now let's go off to the ocean blue. There we will enjoy a day of water, sand and family." My father declared with gusto.

"Sounds good to me. But Shinnihaku, do you have a swim suit?" I asked her.

She blushed scarlet and shook her head. Then my mother took her aside and in a few minutes came back with Shinnihaku holding a bag. We all grinned and set out towards the warm beaches, because even in winter there are warm beaches. One just needs to know where to look.

We stopped at the first warm beach we found and there were no people on it, so we unloaded and set up on the beach. We changed behind some rocks and then proceeded to play on the beach. Shinnihaku had apparently received a swimsuit that fit her perfectly, but was not of a design that she could be comfortable in. To make her more comfortable I took her aside and pushed her down.

"You don't like having me able to see so much skin?" I asked seductively making her turn her head in embarrassment.

"No… it's not hat I don't like it… I just… well…" she was blushing a deep red as I pushed closer.

"I think you're beautiful in that swimsuit." I said huskily. "So beautiful that I want you right here. But we agreed we wouldn't do that until we were both ready."

"Please stop. You're embarrassing me. I don't want to be seen like this. It makes me feel, feel so dirty." She said blushing as even deeper red.

"But it is only three of us here. What would you do if there were more than three? Die? You might be embarrassed right now but you'll get used to it." I said reassuringly. "Now do you want my embarrassment remover?"

"Sure." She said a little more confidently. I leaned in and kissed her. She suddenly forgot everything else and kissed me back. Then, after moment we broke the kiss and went to join my parents on the beach.

"You're back. We were just wondering where you had gone." My mother said smiling. "Now let's go get in the water."

"Of course." We said and ran down the warm beach into the water. Shinnihaku and I swam out quite a ways before stopping on a sand bar. We smiled at each other and ran up and down the sand bar trying to catch each other.

"My, I haven't this much fun in- " Shinnihaku began.

"Forty-eight hours?" I suggested teasingly. "Or was it less than one?"

She took a swipe at me but I dodged it. "Sorry, sorry. I meant it all in good fun. Tell me, how long were you going to say?" I asked.

"Over ten years." She finished exasperated.

"That's a long time. Are you telling me that all your time with me hasn't been that fun?" I asked annoyed.

"No. It's just I didn't enjoy it like I enjoyed it ten years ago." She replied simply. "I love the time we spend together."

"That's good to hear. Now how about we crank up the fun notch?" I asked her grinning.

"Huh? How? What would you do?" she asked bewildered.

"This." I declared as I pushed her down for a kiss. She resisted for a moment but seemed to decide better of it and put herself into a deeper kiss. I took control of her mouth and then reached down the straps of her swimsuit to her rear and squeezed.

"Ah! Geishinni! What are you?" she asked as she broke my kiss, but within moments I had her mouth again. I continued and she relaxed and began to enjoy it. After a few minutes we stopped and Shinnihaku looked away embarrassed. "Pervert. Seducer. Why did you do that?"

"To go deeper in our relationship. Why else? I wanted to do something different that we hadn't done yet." I declared grinning through her rage. "Are you ready to continue or is it too much for you?"

"I could continue, but right now I feel hungry." She declared. "Come on let's go get some food."

"Sure." I said grinning as she returned to her cheerful self. We swam back to the shore and ran over to where my parents had a grill going. We sat down on some towels and grabbed a couple of burgers. We sat there and ate silently as we both were lost in thought about what we, no what I, had just done.

"You two should put some sun tan lotion on each other or else you'll burn and every one in school will get upset with you." My mother said. "But don't do it here. Behind the rocks is a much better place for you."

We both agreed on what she said, all until the behind the rocks part. Then while I was hesitant, Shinnihaku was all for it. Apparently she didn't want anyone to see her with me touching her. Why she cared was beyond me, either it turned her on when she didn't want to be, or she was to embarrassed to do anything like that in the open. I was more inclined to believe the latter, but I wasn't certain. Well anyway we went behind the rocks and Shinnihaku put lotion on me while I was pensive. When she was done she lay down on her back and unhooked her swimsuit.

"Geishinni. Geishinni!" she called. "It's your turn to help me. Put the sun tan lotion on me, okay?"

I grinned and sat on her back as I began to squirt some lotion on to her back. She grimaced as I massaged it into her skin. I could tell she didn't like the cold of the lotion, but she had asked for it. I leaned over her and whispered in her ear. "Do you like being trapped under your boyfriend?"

"Geishinni? Geishinni, please, don't toy with me. I am not liking your teasing." She gasped as I laughed a little. "What's so funny? Why are you laughing?"

"You were the one who wanted to be behind the rocks. You almost begged me to do this. You wanted me to put lotion on you. I'll bet you even liked my massaging even though you'd never admit it." I pressed as I kissed her shoulder. "You wanted this situation."

"I did." She moaned as I pushed further down her back. "Since you were being so bold earlier I wanted to show how bold I could be to. It seems my plan may have backfired. I was supposed to seduce you, but it seems I am yours."

"I have always been yours, but that is probably why you could seduce me. But you are wrong, your plan did succeed. I was totally seduced, but unfortunately for you, my being seduced means that you get pushed down or, in this case, held down." I explained as I left a trail of kissed down her back. "Would you be willing to turn over?"

"Not yet. I am not even comfortable with even the thought of any one, not just you, looking at my bare back or touching my butt." She said trembling, from more than just pleasure or passion. "But I am trying for you. And I promise, there will come a time when we will both be ready."

"I understand. Can I stay here for a while?" I asked calmly as I stopped kissing her and just relaxed on her back. "I want to be alone with you like this for a while." I said and she nodded, allowing me to relax and set my head down on her shoulders. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sounds and smells, from both Shinnihaku and the ocean.

After a while we got up, both fully covered in lotion, and we got something else to eat. We went and played in the water some more but we both understood that there was to be no more kissing today. For one thing I did not want to be so addicted to kissing that I had to kiss Shinnihaku during the school day. That would be bad for both of us. It would create a school wide scandal, so that meant until high school there would be no kissing during the school day. We would be just fine with that just so long as we didn't kiss too much during the rest of the day. At last the day ended and while my parents drove us back we fell asleep in the back of the car.