As horrible as I felt admitting it, I was so much happier now. How could I not be happy with this gorgeous, naked woman lying against my back in the warm water? This was quickly becoming a habit, bathing with my wonderful sister. It was like cuddling while you just happened to also be in heaven, and Hinata already had the most cuddle-worthy body on the planet. One hand gently caressed her breast while the other rested contently on her tummy. She just lay against my back, head on my shoulder and a truly happy smile on her face.

I was hard of course, but we couldn't have sex right now. This was actually a bath with purpose, I had somewhere to be soon. It had been Naruko's idea, one I didn't have a good reason to deny, for me to take Sakura out at least once a week. With her husband in jail, for fucking treason of all things, and her adamantly refusing to divorce him, life could get lonely I'm sure.

It was always a question in mind, would Naruko have proposed her brilliant idea if she knew what had happened between me and her childhood friend? I was the one who'd asked not to tell her, and who still didn't muster up the courage too even when the weekly rendezvous were proposed. It was my own fault.

In my defense, Naruko and I weren't together yet when it happened.

Sakura had been drafted because of her medical degree, I'd been drafted because of my cock, and we'd ended up deployed near each other. Near enough at least that when I needed to be checked for broken ribs she was the one who did it.

I was so scared then. We both were. It was still early on, nobody knew who was going to win, how far inland the invaders might get, whether an attack we couldn't weather was going to climb over the horizon. When we'd seen each other we both smiled, something so comforting about a friendly face.

We'd actually hugged, as if we were great friends and not acquaintances, only separating when I revealed she was hurting me.

She teased me about Naruko and laughed at my shock at being discovered.

She told me she was rooting for us.

She asked what things were like up at the front, but didn't press when I didn't want to answer.

She looked so damn desperate and heartbroken when I asked if her work was done and I could go.

I offered to stay the night in her bunk with her, just to sleep, nothing more. After an hour with her head on my shoulder, we were both still awake, so tired but still not asleep. Fear and stress kept us awake. We happened to lock eyes, I smiled, she kissed me. Just a short, innocent kiss, but it spurred me to pull her closer, cuddle her more firmly damn the pain in my side. She crawled up to my height and kissed me again, still chastely, but this time not stopping.

My mind was so warped back then my body seemed to move on autopilot. I stroked her body, in innocent enough places at first, her waist, her unwashed pink hair. When she started gently grinding against my thigh I got more daring, teasing her small mounds with my thumb, kissing her back a little harder every now in then, pushing my erection against her leg.

We didn't undress, just freed what we needed to.

She rode me slow and gentle, leaned over, face near mine. I don't even know if she came, so wrapped up in my own pleasure, finally feeling good for the first time in so long. Part of me felt like I deserved it, like I was entitled to it after what I'd been through. I'm still ashamed to admit that.

Whatever the case, she wore a warm smile the entire time, gently looking into my eyes until I released inside of her.

Finally, I fell asleep.

An alarm jerked me awake with a small spasm, I was in the bath and my phone was chirping.

"Hm, time to go?" my beautiful, naked bath buddy asked, looking up at me with a sad smile.

I kissed her gently.

"Time to go,"

Hey all, sorry for the short chapter, next one, A Drink with A Friend, should be extra long, featuring a threesome with the pinkette and Ino!

And if you want to read some non-fanfiction smut I wrote, or some non-smut novels by me, search Macko Bole Books on kindle store! I'd drop a link, but I don't think the site allows it.