Chapter 4

Rei was shocked when Sayuri caught up to him during lunch the next day and acted completely normal. She smiled and patted him lightly on the back. "So, handsome. I hear you managed a butterfly stroke after practice yesterday. Congratulations. Now we can get to the hardcore training, huh?"

"Yeah," Rei muttered, his face still red. He couldn't think about anything except for those magazines Sayuri had seen. Should he bring it up? Was it better to leave it? But he couldn't just ignore the elephant in the room, not to mention that he had to convince her those magazines weren't really his. But how? Sayuri would never believe that Nagisa had bought them, the kid looked about 10 years old. Rei forced himself to look Sayuri in the eye. "Sayuri-chan. About-about those magazines yesterday…" he began, and then realized he didn't know what to say next.

Sayuri's eyes widened a little but she shook her head quickly. "It's okay. Don't worry about it. To each their own."

"You weren't creeped out by them? They were pretty extreme," Rei muttered. "But I wasn't kidding when I said they weren't mine. I know it sounds hard to believe, but-"

"Look, Rei-chan, you don't have to explain yourself," Sayuri said firmly. "Everyone has their own fetishes. Look at me. I get weak in the knees at the sight of megane guys and if stuff like that is what gets you going, then…" she sighed and frowned. "To be honest, it's a little weird, but I know that you would never do something like that to a girl in real life. That's all that matters. I trust you, and I don't really care what you jerk off to."

Rei stared at her for a moment. "That's…"

"What? Stupid? I know, I should be running from you screaming, right?" Sayuri joked weakly, punching him in the arm. Rei gulped and shook his head.

"No, it's mature of you," he replied quietly. "Thank you for trusting me."

"It's nothing to thank me for, it's because you're trustworthy," Sayuri replied simply. Her green eyes looked up at him for a long moment before she sighed and blushed a little, reaching a hand out to him. "Give me your bag."

"I'm not carrying them today," Rei muttered.

"I know, just give it to me."

He handed her his bag and she unzipped it, before holding it close to hers. She transferred something from her bag to his; she did it so quickly that Rei barely noticed what it was, but it seemed like a book. She zipped the bag back up and handed it back to him. He took it, confused. "What did you put in there?"

"It's… what I use," Sayuri muttered, rubbing her neck uncomfortably.

"What you use to what?"

"You know," she looked embarrassed "To get off. I saw yours, so it's only fair that you get to see mine, right? Just give it back to me tomorrow, that's one of my favorite ones," she muttered, before grabbing her bag and quickly walking past him, hiding her face. "Bye, Rei-chan."

"Bye," Rei muttered, as he looked down at his bag in shock, his pants feeling a little tight. Did Sayuri just put whatever it was she used to masturbate in his bag? He wasn't sure he could handle it and he hurried to the bathroom to splash cold water on his red face before class.

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Rei couldn't gather the guts to open his bag and see what Sayuri had put inside until he was safely home and had locked the door behind him. He made sure no one could enter, and then slowly and surely unzipped the pocket of his bag where she'd put… whatever it was.

It was a novel. Small, pinkish in color. It had a title and a picture of a man and woman embracing in front of a sunset. Rei shivered as he slowly picked the book up and opened it, his heartbeat thumping. Why was he so nervous? It was just a book. A stupid romance novel, probably, with cheesy lines.

But it wasn't. It was a book that Sayuri used to… masturbate. When did she do it? At night, under the covers, when everyone else was asleep? Rei couldn't stop the images that popped up in his mind. Did she hold the book with one hand while she used the other to stimulate herself? Did she take all her clothes off or would she just slide her hand inside her panties? Blood rushed through Rei's head and he had to grasp his hair and pull to force himself to stop picturing it.

Once he'd calmed down a little, he picked up the book and opened it to a random page. He didn't have time to start from the beginning; and if this was anything like porn, the beginning would be pointless anyway. Rei braced himself and began to read.

"I never want to see another man's hands on you again," Jake whispered into her ear. Marianne's breath hitched. He had his arms on both sides of her head, pinning her securely to the wall. He wasn't touching her; and yet, his warmth and musky smell clouded her senses. "Do you hear me, Mary? You are mine. Nobody gets to lay their hands on you except for me."

"Do it then," Marianne challenged, her eyes staring up at him defiantly. Her back was pressed hard against the wall. "You can't stop other men from touching me if you're not going to do it yourself."

Jake growled in her ear, pressing his body against hers. "Don't tempt me, woman. Can't you feel how much I want you? You're treading dangerous waters."

"Just as I thought. You're a coward. You don't want other men near me, but you won't take me your-"

Jake cut her off by pressing his body to hers again, this time lowering his head to capture hers in a kiss. He tugged at her lips insistently, taking them between him, claiming them as his own. His hands wrapped themselves around her waist as he roughly pulled her to him. Marianna gasped, her eyes filled with lust as she looked up at him. "Do you still think I'm a coward?" he murmured against her lips.

"Take me, Jake," she whispered, her hands reaching up to grasp his collar as he roughly kissed her neck, hands moving lower down her body. She gasped as his fingers climbed towards the point between her legs and his lips caressed her neck. "If you don't want another man touching me, then make me yours. Make it so that no man would ever be able to satisfy me after you."

Jake chuckled, his lips coming back to cover hers as he gently pressed a finger against her panties. Marianne gasped into his mouth-

Rei slammed the book shut, quickly putting it back into his bag. That was enough for the day.

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