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Hot Spring
Suigetsu stared at the hot spring resort in silence, Karin doing the same. "You're sure he wanted us to meet here?"
"This was where Ryuu showed me with his Sharingan," Karin said.
"And we're sure he didn't make a mistake?" Suigetsu asked.
Karin sighed. "Come on. We're about a day early anyway, so we've got no choice to wait."
"I guess," Suigetsu said, taking one last glance at the huge pink and red hearts over the front door.
They walked into it, both again grimacing as they saw the pink and red romance-themed decorations of the couples' retreat and hot spring resort. As soon as they stepped inside, the girl at the counter squealed excitedly, darting over and beginning to machinegun fire so many questions that Suigetsu and Karin were barely able to keep up. Before they knew it, they had been checked into a honeymoon suite for the price of a single room, apparently because the receptionist thought they were a cute couple, if Suigetsu had caught that part correctly.
"So when did you two become a couple?" the receptionist asked as she got their key and signaled for someone to come lead them to their room.
"What?" Karin asked, her face turning bright red. "No, no! We're not a couple, we're just friends!"
"Oh, I see," The receptionist beamed. "Don't worry, we get nervous hopefuls all the time too!"
"Nervous-"
"In that case, the room's perfect!" the receptionist said. "Plenty of room to make it official!"
"O-Official!?" Karin stammered, face absolutely glowing. "N-No! It's not like that!"
"Oohh," the receptionist nodded. "My bad."
Karin sighed in relief.
"So it's a benefits situation then," she winked at them, Karin's face even darker than before. "I get it now. Don't worry. This is the perfect place for that too. And if you decide to exercise some of you other benefits, you're not the only ones here looking to explore."
"N-N-No!" Karin stammered. "W-W-We're only here to m-meet someone!"
"Like a threesome!" the receptionist squealed. "I'm so excited! You're the first ones I've seen like that!"
"That's not what I meant!" Karin almost wailed, sounding panicked and embarrassed.
"Excuse me," another girl said, this one wearing a dark blue yukata, matching her ponytail and eyes. "I'm here to take you to your room."
Suigetsu steered Karin away from the receptionist and after this girl.
"Don't worry," this girl said. "The honeymoon suites are all insulated for sound, so you don't have to worry about being quiet."
"We're not going to have sex!" Karin snapped.
"You don't have to be embarrassed," the girl said. "We get shy first time lovers and nervous hopefuls all the time."
"We're not nervous hopefuls!" Karin practically shrieked.
The girl seemed unfazed, smiling sweetly as she stopped at a door, turning to face them and bowing. "Here we are. And let me know if you need someone to help move things along."
She winked, Suigetsu and Karin both staring at her, open-mouthed, as she stepped past them and walked away, casting a backward glance at them with a knowing smile before disappearing around the corner. After a moment, both stepped into the room and Suigetsu closed the door before Karin began to freak out about idiot sluts. Suigetsu sighed, setting his pack in the corner with his sword. Then, he walked over, resting his hands on her shoulders.
"Calm down," Suigetsu smiled. "It's alright. Just because they assume we're together doesn't mean we are. We're at a hot spring for a day for dirt-cheap. Let's just enjoy it."
Karin sighed heavily and nodded. "Fine. I'm going to go to the hot spring. I need a good soak in one to fight off the migraine those two gave me."
Suigetsu chuckled. "That's my girl."
He moved to walk back to his pack, only for her to slap in in the back of his head, liquifying it for a moment.
"What the hell do you mean 'your girl!?'" Karin demanded, face scarlet again.
"What?" Suigetsu asked, thoroughly confused. "Sorry. I didn't mean anything by it. I just meant that you're acting more like the Karin I know, is all. Sorry."
Karin groaned. "I'm sorry. Those two got my nerves all twisted. I really need that hot spring."
Suigetsu nodded and Karin grabbed a towel and left the room. After a few minutes, Suigetsu decided a hot spring sounded good and grabbed his own towel, heading for the men's side. He quickly stored his clothes in one of the slots, along with his towel since, for some reason, there was a sign on the door into the spring that said there were no towels allowed inside. However, as he looked around, he realized that there were no other clothes in the room. It was kind of late, he supposed. Maybe he'd actually be able to have it all to himself. Which meant that as long as he was careful, no one would know if he happened to slip under the wall as water. He stopped with his hand on the door. No one except Karin. He grimaced. He'd have to save harmless spying for after the one person that could find him was gone so that harmless spying would stay harmless. If she caught him, she'd kill him. He sighed, sliding the door open, then closed it behind himself and looked around. The steam was ridiculous. He could barely see five feet, and once he'd walked to the hot spring, he found he couldn't even see all the way across. Spying would be hard even for him with so much steam. He'd never seen one so steamy before. It was kind of fun.
He slipped into the water and sighed quietly, leaning back against the side, smiling and letting his eyes close. However, after a moment, he felt ripples hit him and raised his head, frowning slightly. It wasn't the kind of hot spring that would have bubble makers like a hot tub or anything, and he was certain there hadn't been anyone else's clothes in the room. Was there really a guy walking around naked? He smirked. It definitely seemed like that kind of a place, judging by the receptionist and the girl that had showed them to their room. Suigetsu grinned and opened his mouth to tell the guy off, and tell him to have some decency, lest he face Karin's wrath for indecency and get both of them kicked out for assault, when the steam cleared slightly in a gentle breeze just as Karin stepped out of it. Both of their eyes bugged out of their heads in surprise, both getting a multiple second eye-full of each other before Suigetsu shrieked in fear, falling away as water a split second ahead of Karin's hand.
"What the fuck Suigetsu!?" Karin shrieked. "What the fuck are you doing in the girls' hot spring!?"
"I'm sorry!" Suigetsu said, reforming his head with his eyes squeezed closed in the grass, streaking toward the door he'd entered through. "I swear I though this was the men's side!"
"How do you fuck that up!?" Karin demanded. "And where the hell are you going!?"
"I'm leaving!" Suigetsu said. "I'm sorry!"
"The door's over there you idiot!" Karin snapped, pointing to the other end of the wall, only for both to stop. "Oh don't tell me!"
Both quickly went back inside, wrapping their towels around themselves, Suigetsu being forced to keep a certain appendage transformed into water in order to keep it from getting him in even more trouble. As soon as he stepped out of the men's changing room, he saw Karin step out of the women's changing room.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Suigetsu said.
"Hey, lady!" Karin shrieked, storming over to the counter. "Why the hell isn't there a divider in the hot spring!?"
"It's mixed bathing here," she said.
"Then why the hell are there gender-specific changing rooms!?" Karin demanded.
"And why wouldn't you warn us about that?" Suigetsu asked.
"It's on our brochure," the girl said, holding one out. "We keep it really steamy in there so that couples can enjoy some private time together without having to go back to their rooms."
Karin shrieked in something close to disbelief and exasperation and stormed back into the changing room to get dressed. Suigetsu sighed, walking over to the door and knocking.
"Karin, you can go ahead and use the hot spring," Suigetsu said. "I'm heading back to the room."
She didn't answer, so Suigetsu went into the men's changing room and quickly solidified the rest of the way before getting dressed and heading back to the room. He dropped onto the bed, groaning and trying to push the mental image of Karin out of his head. In her normal outfit of a whit button up shirt, detached black cuffs, and tight black short-shorts, it was difficult to tell, but Karin had an absolutely perfect figure. Her butt was one thing. He had always known she had a perfectly formed ass, thanks to her only wearing tight shorts that hugged it like a second-skin, but if he hadn't lived with her as long as he had, he'd have never known that she had perfectly formed, perky, C-cup breasts to go with it. At least until now. But, of course, he'd only known that from one time when he'd accidentally walked in on her in her underwear getting changed, and a couple of times of them going to the beach. This was totally different. Just as accidental as him walking in on her changing, but completely different. This time he had been able to see everything. The way her breasts were firm and perky enough to not need the water to float, the way her nipples were a hot pink that somehow fit her hair perfectly, the way the water was still enough for him to be able to see her smooth lower lips even through the steam perfectly, along with the distinct lack of hair there.
He groaned, rolling on his side to that he wouldn't be pressing into the bed. He couldn't help himself. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't get her out of his head. She was just so perfect. And he'd be lying if he said he hadn't thought about what it would be like to be more than friends with her before. How could he not? She had saved him time and again. She had given him reason to survive Orochimaru. And he had been with her for almost half his life. He didn't even want to imagine his life without her, let alone whether or not he could. Of course, being so close to her and feeling as he did had certain disadvantages as well. There'd been more than one time that she'd almost caught him staring when he hadn't meant to be staring at all. Not that it was his fault. Who wouldn't stare at someone so incredibly beautiful when they're sun tanning in a skimpy red bikini that bordered on too small?
He groaned as his problem throbbed annoyingly, demanding to be noticed. He needed to stop thinking altogether. That was about the only thing that would help. Of course, that wasn't very likely in any scenario, right now. He glanced at the door to their room's private bathroom, but then shook his head. The last thing he needed was to be caught doing that. He groaned miserably, curling into the fetal position and beginning to try to will his situation away, to no avail.
After a while, the door opened and he restrained a groan. He had hoped she'd stay gone until he had calmed himself. She didn't speak, simply dropping her towel beside the bed and climbing under the covers. After a few minutes of tense, excessively awkward silence, he finally broke.
"I'm so sorry," he finally said, sitting up, but being careful to position himself so she wouldn't see. "I didn't know it was mixed bathing or I never would have gone in."
"I know," Karin sighed, sitting up and turning to face him. "I'm not mad at you. The sluts that work here, yes, but not you."
Suigetsu nodded and sighed slightly. "Uh...I can sleep on the floor, if you want."
"No, it's alright," Karin said. "There's enough room for us to share the bed. Just make sure you stay on your side."
Suigetsu nodded and quickly slipped under the covers, lying facing away from her.
After a few moments, she spoke again. "Am I unattractive?"
"What!?" he asked, turning to her, eyes wide with surprise and confusion.
"Well..." she shook her head. "No, it's nothing. Sorry for being weird."
Suigetsu sighed, smiling. "Karin, I don't know how to say this, but...you're always weird."
"Hey!" Karin laughed.
"You're not ugly," Suigetsu said. "You're the most beautiful girl I know. Even if you do have a bit of a temper."
"Sorry," Karin said. "I guess I can be kind of a handful, huh?"
"Yes, but that's fine with me," Suigetsu smiled. "I like you just the way you are." He stopped, cheeks beginning to darken. "Uh...I mean...n-not that I...ya know...like you, or anything. I-I just mean-"
"Suigetsu," Karin smiled, setting a hand on his shoulder to stop him. "I know what you meant. And thank you. I really appreciate it."
Suigetsu smiled and nodded and Karin hugged him before laying down. Suigetsu sighed, laying down as well both drifting off to sleep quickly.
"WHAT THE FUCK! ? !"
Suigetsu jerked as he woke to Karin's scream and almost instantly realized the problems. First off, he was most definitely across the line onto her side. Secondly, he was laying big spoon to her, his arms wrapped around her to hold her against him, his right hand cupping one of her breasts. And lastly, his morning wood was pressing quite firmly into her equally firm behind. He hurled himself out of the bed instantly.
"That is the last straw!" Karin shrieked, chakra chains extending from her back, only for him to drop, pressing his forehead to the floor and shouting apologies.
"Please don't kill me!" Suigetsu pleaded. "I don't know what happened! I swear I didn't mean to! I can't help it!"
"You expect me to forgive you!?" Karin seethed.
"No but please do anyway!" Suigetsu pleaded.
Karin glared at him for a long moment, watching him tremble in fear, before retracting her chains. "You're lucky I know that wasn't on purpose. Otherwise you'd be dead right now."
"Thank you!" he whimpered, not moving from the floor.
"I'm going to take a shower," Karin said. "Do not be in this room when I get back."
Suigetsu swallowed hard, and as soon as the bathroom door was closed, he was out of the room. He headed to the hot spring first, but it was most definitely not empty this time, so he left the resort and walked to a stream about two hundred meters away, sitting on the edge of it, allowing his feet to merge with it. it was going to be a terrible mission. Les than twenty four hours and he'd already accidentally seen her naked, copped a feel in his sleep, and shoved his dick up against her butt. He fought desperately to wipe that memory from his mind. Yesterday had been bad, but now he was in an even worse predicament than before. He definitely wouldn't be calming down anytime soon. He was so bad off that if he closed his eyes, he could still feel her in his arms.
"No!" He snarled. "That's enough! I can't keep doing this! Dammit, somebody throw me a bone here! I can't keep the show up at this rate. There's just no way!"
"Suigetsu!" Karin called from behind him, walking toward him. "You didn't have to come all the way out here, you know."
"Sorry," Suigetsu said, turning away from her slightly as she stopped. "Uh...I'll be in in a few minutes."
"What, are you still..." she trailed off. "It hasn't gone away yet? Jesus, Suigetsu! It's been like thirty minutes!"
"I'm sorry!" Suigetsu groaned miserably. "I can't help it!"
"Why?" Karin asked.
Suigetsu froze. "Uh...Things just happen! I don't know!" Suigetsu felt his cheeks heating up. "You're the doctor here, not me! I just know I can't control it on command! It's not like I can just flip a switch!"
Karin sighed. "I suppose. Well, I'm going to order room service. I somehow feel like it'd be a bad idea to go to the restaurant here to get food."
"Yeah, they'd probably set it up as a date," Suigetsu sighed. "Can you order something with meat for me. I don't really care what."
"Sure," Karin nodded.
"Oh, and I'll pay," Suigetsu said. "As an apology for this morning."
Karin nodded and walked back inside. Suigetsu slid forward so he could raise his knees and crossed his arms, setting them against his legs and resting his forehead on his forearms.
"Seriously," he mumbled. "What the hell am I supposed to do? I'm about at the end of my rope. Any more and I'll probably slip up."
He sighed miserably, waiting there for almost another thirty minutes before his body had finally calmed. He sighed, separating his feet from the stream and walking back inside. He made it to his room without meeting anyone and shut the door behind him, finding a note on the bed, beside a bowl of chicken teriyaki and rice. He picked it up and scanned it. Karin had already eaten and had headed to the hot spring. She'd be back in a while. He sighed, eating his food in silence before setting the bowl aside and curling up on his side of the bed, head resting on his pillow.
"Dammit Sasuke, hurry up and get here," Suigetsu sighed.
After a few more minutes, Karin walked back in, sitting on the bed, watching him for a minute.
"I'm sorry for overreacting this morning," Karin said.
"You didn't overreact," Suigetsu said. "That was an entirely reasonable reaction."
"Even so," Karin said. "I shouldn't have acted that way. I'm sorry."
Suigetsu sighed, sitting up and smiling. "What do you want me to say? I have no right to bear a grudge against you, and I couldn't even if my life depended on it. You had my forgiveness even while you were threatening to kill me. I'm the one who owes you an apology."
Karin sighed, watching him for a moment before holding her arms out. Suigetsu smiled, accepting the hug, and Karin remained there for a few long seconds before pulling away.
"So, what do you want to do today?" Karin asked.
"I don't know," Suigetsu sighed. "I can't imagine there are many things to do here that aren't related to couples."
Karin nodded. "Go drinking?"
Suigetsu hesitated before shaking his head. "I think that might be a bad idea at the moment."
"Why?" Karin asked.
"Just...take my word for it, okay?"
Karin sighed, nodding. "We could go to the hot spring in bathing suits."
"Was there anyone there when you were there?" Suigetsu asked. "Because when I checked it this morning, it was most definitely occupied, and most definitely not something I wanted to interrupt."
"Good point," Karin said. "It was empty then, but it probably won't stay that way long. It seems like that's the only thing to do here."
"We could go back to sleep for the day," Suigetsu suggested.
"You promise not to grope me in your sleep again?" Karin asked.
"I promise to try not to," Suigetsu said.
"I suppose that's the best I'll get," Karin sighed. "Fine. Sleep it is. But just so you know, if I wake up with you spooning me or copping a feel again, I don't care if you're asleep or not. I'm killing you with my chains."
"Deal," Suigetsu nodded.
Karin sighed and they both climbed back into bed, both laying there for a while before drifting off to sleep. However Within an hour, Karin stirred slowly, feeling something warm against her back and pressing back into it, sighing comfortably. However, once she had, and her brain was just starting to shut off again, she felt something press into her chest, heat beginning to pool between her legs just before something pressed into the heat, stirring it into a flame just by resting there. Her legs squeezed tighter together, pinning the object as her hips subconsciously shifted into it, Karin letting out a heavy sigh before sucking in a deep breath, being pulled from her sleep the rest of the way by the thing on her breast squeezing slowly and lightly, the object between her legs shifting slightly and pressing tighter to her, pulling her tighter against the warmth behind her. Within seconds, her brain had caught up to reality just as the snore that had been echoing through the room constantly, without her registering it, breezed through her hair. Karin swallowed hard, turning her head slightly, seeing Suigetsu's face only a few inches from her hair, a peaceful expression on his face. For now.
"Suigetsu," Karin said.
Suigetsu's face crinkled before he yawned, stretching his body tiredly, his legs reaching back and his body arching forward, pressing his second morning wood of the day into her harder, Karin inhaling slowly as he did, his arms also straightened stretched, only for the hand between her legs to press more firmly into her. Suddenly, he froze, realizing what was happening. However, before he could flee, she caught the wrist between her legs, his other arm trapped under him.
"I swear, Suigetsu," Karin sighed heavily, rolling slightly toward him so she could turn her head toward him fully. "You're simply incorrigible."
"I'm sorry!" Suigetsu panicked. "I swear it's not on purpose!"
Karin sighed. "And to think, here I was, trying to be a good friend. But you just had to keep pushing things."
"I'm sorry!" Suigetsu squeaked.
"Well, I suppose there's nothing else for it," Karin sighed. "If you're going to force me to break, I expect you to take responsibility."
Suigetsu blinked. "Wait...wha-"
Karin's lips meeting his silenced him and his eyes practically popped out of his head for several long seconds before sliding shut as he melted into the kiss, which turned fierce almost instantly, his previously idle and trapped hands going to work immediately, making Karin forget all about the notion of trying to ignore her growing feelings for him.
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