*Chapter 2: The Hot Springs*
After a couple weeks in Inaba, life had returned to the familiar cycle for Yu. He went to school, hung out with his friends, worked some jobs, went out with Chie, and did everything else except for going inside the television to save people.
Chie found herself feeling the same, happy that everybody was back together. She found herself hanging out with Rise, Yukiko, and Naoto at a coffee shop in Okina City, drinking their flavored coffees and gossiping. The conversation went their usual routes, from school to parents to clothes and finally to boys.
"You know Naoto, you really should go out with Kanji," Rise said, "Trust me, he's a good guy and he really likes you."
"Kanji's nice, but I have no time for dating," Naoto explained, "If you want to date him, I could see that as a possibility."
"I have no interest in Kanji, or any of the guys," Rise said, "Come on! You and Yukiko have been single this entire time I've been here! Please, just go out with him once."
"Sorry Rise, but I don't think that's going to happen," Yukiko said, "Guys are weird, especially the guys we hang around with, they keep trying to see us naked at every given opportunity..."
"Could you blame them," Naoto said, "They are guys after all, it's in their nature."
"To be honest, I'm a little curious to see them naked," Rise whispered, "Chie, what was Yu like naked?"
Chie blushed, "He's so…defined. He's got an amazing butt."
Yukiko giggled, "I'm jealous, we all really liked Yu and he picked you."
"Well based off what you were saying yesterday you sounded like you liked Yosuke," Naoto said, "You came to his defense pretty quick."
"Yosuke is a nice guy," Yukiko said as she slightly blushed, "I just felt bad for him… he lost Saki and he really had a thing for her and I guess I just know what it's like not to have ever been in a relationship, and I mean he can be funny occasionally and he tries really hard to impress us," she explained, her face getting more and more red.
"Do you have a crush on Yosuke?" Chie laughed as she began to blush even more, "That's too cute!"
"I don't have a crush on Yosuke!" Yukiko shot back.
"Based off the tone of your voice and how much you're blushing, I'd say you do in fact have a crush on Yosuke," Naoto said. Yukiko tried to defend herself, but only managed to stutter as Chie giggled uncontrollably.
"Shut up," Yukiko stammered out as she shuffled around in her chair.
"Yosuke and Yukiko sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G," Chie mocked Yukiko, "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage!"
"How old are you? Six?" Yukiko yelled at Chie.
"Why don't you ask Yosuke, I bet he knows how old I am," Chie laughed.
"Naoto, say something," Yukiko looked at Naoto desperately.
"Just admit it," Naoto groaned.
"Like how you have a crush on Kanji," Chie said.
"I don't have a crush," Naoto sternly said to Chie.
"Ah, you're blushing too now!" Chie pointed and laughed.
"You have a crush on Yu!" Yukiko interrupted.
"Duh, he is my boyfriend," Chie continued to laugh as Naoto and Yukiko continued to argue with Chie. Rise looked at the other three girls arguing, smiling softly to herself, realizing that they would never admit their feelings to the guys. She began to formulate a plan in her head, trying to figure everything out, and then it struck her like a bolt of lightning.
"Anyways!" Rise interrupted the three in the heat of the moment, "Getting to other topics… The Amagi Inn is closed during Golden Week, right?" Rise said.
"Yeah, we're undergoing some construction," Yukiko said.
"During Golden Week?" Chie said, "That must be terrible for business."
"We'll survive, but there's a lot of upgrades that need to be made to the inn otherwise we'll risk it deteriorating or someone getting hurt," Yukiko explained.
"Can you get all of us a room, the guys too," Rise asked, "We can have a fun night together like last year after the school festival."
"That sounds nice, I had a fun night!" Chie laughed.
"I might be able to swing something," Yukiko smiled. Rise smiled too, her master plan getting one step closer and closer to completion.
"Hey, bring your swimsuits; we can go swimming in the ocean later this week!" Rise said as she took another sip of her coffee, she knew by the end of Golden week she'll have been a personal cupid for both Naoto and Yukiko.
*Golden Week*
The group arrived on their scooters at their ocean, Kanji showing off his brand new hog since he turned sixteen and managed to get one. It was pure black with flames, and it was completely new and looked very expensive. Naoto also had a scooter now, a darkish purple. They all undressed, their swimsuits under their clothes.
"That never gets old," Yosuke said looking at all the girls, "You all look good."
"Ah, thanks Yosuke," Rise smiled, "Look at Yukiko though, she's got better legs than me in my opinion. Right Yosuke?" Rise grabbed Yukiko's leg, prying it up for Yosuke to look at.
"That's not true," Yukiko frowned.
"Don't be so hard on yourself," Rise said, "They're so smooth, right Yosuke?"
"You've got nice legs," Yu said as Yosuke was trying to say something, but failed to come up with words, "Both of you."
"Really?" said Chie angrily as she walked over.
"You've got good legs too," Yu said as Chie continued to stare him down, "Come on! You know I only have eyes for you, I love you," the group all looking at Yu over the choice of words. Yu was waiting for a response from Chie, who was flustered and blushing.
"I love you too," she softly smiled.
"Ahhhhhh," Rise said, "You guys are using the L-word already?"
"Yeah," Yu said, "I love Chie, there's no denying it; I love her more than anything, she's my best friend."
"I thought I was your best friend?" Yosuke groaned.
"In a non-sexual way, doesn't surprise me you think of me like that" Yu laughed.
"What, no dude! I don't think of you like that!" Yosuke yelled.
"I'm sure Chie feels the same way about me as I do about her," Yu looked at her.
"Yeah," Chie was blushing, "You're my best friend too." All the girls, and Teddie, cooing over their friends love while Yosuke and Kanji felt awkward just being around the two lovebirds.
"Let's go swim!" Rise grabbed Yukiko and Chie and ran into the ocean, the group following them into the ocean. "Let's play chicken fighting!" Rise yelled as she pushed Chie towards Yu.
"Chie, get on top of Yu!" Rise said.
"Making love in front of everyone in the ocean in broad daylight," Teddie gasped, "How perverted Rise!"
"No, I mean sit on his shoulders, you dumb bear," Rise laughed. Chie climbed up onto Yu's shoulders, Rise herself climbing onto Teddie's shoulders. The two guys walked towards each other, Rise and Chie trying to push the other ones off of the guys.
"Take this!" Teddie yelled as delivered a swift kick to Yu's groin through the water, Yu letting out a large yelp as he threw Chie off of his shoulders.
"You don't attack me Teddie!" Yu yelled as he hopped around in the ocean.
"Either way, we win!" Rise hi-fived Teddie, "Yosuke and Yukiko are next, so mount up!"
"Us?" Yosuke gasped, "I don't know if Yuki…" he was interrupted as Yukiko hopped onto his shoulders, Yosuke blushing as Yukiko was laughing. The two fought until Yukiko fell off, the group laughing as Yosuke was blushing during the whole ordeal.
"Finally, Naoto and Kanji, can they defeat the champions?" Yu said. Kanji blushing too as Naoto approached him from behind and put her hands on his shoulders and hopping up. He rested her chest on the back of Kanji's head, Kanji passing out immediately right there on the spot.
"Man Down!" Yosuke laughed as they saw Kanji floating unconscious on the water.The guys dragged Kanji out of the ocean, the girls all playing around in the ocean still. The guys shook Kanji around a little bit, his nose spewing out blood again.
"Where am I?" Kanji asked as he woke up. Yu handed him a towel to clean his face off.
"You passed out when Naoto touched you," Yu said.
"We really need to address you and Naoto," Yosuke said, "Seriously; we can't keep dealing with you acting like a girl around her, or any girl for that matter."
"And we gotta do something about those nosebleeds, it's just embarrassing now," Yu said.
"I can't help it, she's just so… amazing," Kanji cried out, "I don't know what to do."
"Just go for it," Yu said, "Man up and go over there and grab her and embrace her."
"I can't" Kanji sobbed.
"Be a man!" Yu yelled, "Come on! If we can collectively save the world then kissing a girl should be a walk in the park" Yu getting Kanji pumped up, "Do it! Do what comes naturally, let it all out! Go over to Naoto right now, you grab her as tight as you can and do it!" Kanji let out a big roar as he ran into the ocean towards the girls, he sped at light speed near towards Naoto, grabbing her and doing what came naturally, he lifted her above his head and threw her nearly 40 feet out into the ocean.
"Oh goddamn it!" Kanji yelled as he watched Naoto helpless flail around in the distance.
"He's hopeless," Yu laughed as Kanji ran back out of the water to go hide in the bathroom from embarrassment, the girls helping Naoto swim back and exited the water.
"What's Kanji's deal?" Naoto said as she got out of the water, followed by gasps and stares from the group, "What?" Naoto asked as she looked down, realizing her bikini bottoms were gone. She covered herself, yelling at the guys for staring and running off to the bathroom with the girls who had quickly grabbed her towel.
"Dude, did you see that?" Yosuke gasped, "That was! I mean, you could see everything!"
"Is that what they look like down there?" Teddie asked Yu.
"Uh, yeah," Yu told him.
"The dolls at Junes don't look like that, they're just smooth. It's just like Yosuke's magazines," Teddie said. Kanji came out of the bathroom, approaching the guys.
"Kanji, you missed it!" Yosuke realized, "Dude, we basically saw Naoto naked, at least the bottom half!"
"I know," Kanji smiled as he pulled up Naoto's bikini bottoms, "You don't think I'm that stupid," he said as few drops of blood began falling out of his nose.
"Kanji you animal!" Yosuke laughed.
"Well… I guess that's progress," Yu said, "But seriously though, maybe you should go to a doctor or something, the amount of nosebleeds you get is insane, it's not normal."
Inside the ladies room of the bathroom, Naoto had changed back into her clothes, still embarrassed and being comforted by the others.
"This is like a nightmare," Naoto sadly pouted.
"It's not that bad," Rise tried to explain, "Maybe they didn't see anything!"
"They saw," Naoto said as her sadness became anger, "All of them, they saw everything, perverts and I wish we could give them a taste of that medicine!" Rise got a spark of inspiration from Naoto's statement, a new plan forming in her head that could possibly solve everything, it was a big risk, but she knew that the payoff would be unbelievable and would change everything if it worked.
"Don't worry about it," Chie said, "Other than Yosuke, I highly doubt Yu cares, he's already seen me naked, so he knows what a naked girl looks like." The girls walked out after a little while, the guys all sitting around on the beach.
"Hey Naoto, I wanna apologize," Yosuke said much to everyone's surprise, "It was wrong to look at you like that, it was really mean and I apologize from the bottom of my heart."
Naoto was touched by Yosuke's sincerity, "Apology accepted."
"And if it makes you feel better, I'm willing to show you my bottoms," Yosuke slyly smiled.
"And there's the Yosuke we all know and love," Chie groaned.
"Okay," Rise bluntly said as the entire group looked at her, "Show us."
"What?" Yosuke said as the smile was completely wiped off his face.
"Do it, show us yours," Rise said.
Yosuke let out a nervous laugh as the girls all continued to look at him, "You wanna see me naked? No!"
"You're the one who put the offer on the table," Naoto smiled.
"I mean… yeah, but I was joking man, I'm not gonna expose myself in front of you guys!" Yosuke was shaking in his place.
"Now your nose is bleeding!" Yu said as he noticed a small stream of blood starting to come out of Yosuke's left nostril, "What is up with you guys? That is not normal behavior for human beings!"
"So this has never happened to you?" Kanji said.
"Never," Yu said, "I'm not going to participate in this collective nosebleeding contest."
"Are we all making our noses bleed?" Teddie squealed out as he made a small grunt followed by a huge gush of blood pouring out of his nose.
"Eww!" The girls yelled and ran off as the three guys all stood there with nosebleeds, Yu putting his hands over his face.
"Unbelievable," Yu walked away. The guys collected themselves and returned to the girls, having a fun day at the beach until the sun began to set.
"You guys wanna go to The Amagi Inn and hang out?" Rise said.
"Absolutely," Yu smiled, "I could use a dip in the hot springs later, get all this salt off of me." The group all got dressed, heading off to Inaba to go to The Amagi Inn.
*Amagi Inn*
"It's cool of Yukiko to let us all crash here for the night," Yosuke said as he took a swig of his soda, "I would've thought since this place is closed for the week for construction, we'd have to go home.
"Luckily they're just working on the front entrance area, so the rooms are fine," Yu said.
"It's been an amazing week with you guys! I'm so glad we've had this much fun for our Golden week!" Teddie proclaimed as he grabbed and downed the last of Yosuke's soda.
"Hey!" Yosuke said as he ripped the soda out of his hand, "You've already had like 20 of these today, let me have one!"
"I'm surprised you're here with us," Kanji remarked, "I would've thought you and Chie would have your own room for the night."
"I wouldn't trust you guys to leave us alone," Yu said, "You guys would probably be standing outside the door all night trying to listen in." He shot a look at Yosuke.
"Why are you looking at me, Teddie probably would try to barge in and catch you in the middle of the act!" Yosuke defended himself.
Just then the phone rang, and the group fell silent. Kanji got up and picked the phone up, "… yeah, how do you do that with these phones? You press the pound sign and then seven or something…oh wait there's a button here." Kanji pressed the button and the phone went to speaker.
"Hey guys!" Rise's voice came through the speaker of the phone "We're all going swimming in the hot spring later… care to join us?" Everyone's heads perked up, a huge smile appearing across Yosuke's face. "I mean, we'll all be in swimsuits obviously, but I figured we could all use a nice relaxing soak after all we've been through, figured it'd be fun having a nice big spring like that to ourselves."
"Yeah," Yu squeaked out as he watched Teddie and Yosuke jump around like excited little girls, "We can meet you down there in like 15 minutes."
"Okay, see you then!" Rise giggled as she hung up the phone.
"DUDE! DUDE! DUDE!" Yosuke said, "We get to take an actual bath with actual girls!"
"Calm down," Kanji said, "it's not a bath it's just a swim, we've been to the beach before."
"But this time it's private," Yosuke said, "It's the perfect opportunity for something to happen! Besides, I'm sure you can't wait to see Naoto in that bikini again… maybe she won't wear the bottoms!" Kanji blushed as he took a swig of soda.
"Well we better get ready," Yu said as he slipped his shirt off.
*Back in the girls room*
"Come on, he really likes you," Chie explained to Naoto, "Don't you like him?"
"He's a nice guy," Naoto said, "I just can't see myself with him, our lives are too different and I'm not looking for a relationship, even if he did interest me."
"So, you are interested in him?" Yukiko asked.
"What?" Naoto blushed, "I…I don't mean," Naoto stuttered nervously.
"You guys wanna go for a swim?" Rise asked the girls as she walked out of the bathroom in her swimsuit.
"Oh yes!" Chie said, "I'm all sweaty from running around earlier today and all the salt in my hair is gross, a dip in the springs would do me wonders."
"Uh, Rise, you don't need to wear a swimsuit for the hot springs." Yukiko pointed out.
"I do when I invited the boys to go for a swim with us, so put your suits on and let's go!" Rise said as she headed out the door.
"You invited the guys?" Yukiko asked, "Why?"
"Come on, they didn't get to go last time and I'm sure they really want to go," Rise said, "So unless you want to go in naked, get dressed!" The four girls all started getting undressed and into their swimsuits, "Hey Yukiko, can I talk to you in the hall really quick?" Yukiko nodded as the two heading into the hall in their swimsuits, towels in hands.
"What did you want to talk about?" Yukiko asked.
"You have a major crush on Yosuke right now, don't you?" Rise smiled.
"No," Yukiko said, "I just think he's a nice guy and…" Rise kept smirking as Yukiko blabbed on, "I mean, it's not like he could even get with a girl like me if he tried and it'd be weird and…"
"Yukiko…" Rise continued to smile at her.
"I," Yukiko sighed, "I guess I may have the… tiniest microscopic bit of a crush on him, but I would never ever act on that feeling, he's…"
"Shh," Rise said putting her finger on Yukiko's lips, "its okay, just accept it and embrace those feelings right now, everything is going to change soon, trust me," she let out a soft wink.
"What are you two conspiring about?" Naoto asked coming out of the room with Chie.
"Nothing," Rise said, "just friendly gossip. Come on, the guys are probably already down there waiting for us for all we care."
*Hot springs*
"Oh god I needed this," Naoto said as she came up for air from under the water, "I've been stressed out so much from work."
The door to the hot springs opened, and entered the four guys in their swim trunks.
"Hey there ladies," Yosuke tried to say as smooth as possible.
"Hey guys come on in and join us!" Rise exclaimed, "We're not going to hurt you guys like last time…unless you guys try to sneak a peek again!" her voice changed to a serious tone.
"You had to remind us of last time," Yu groaned, "It wasn't our fault, you guys we're there when you weren't supposed to be!" The four got into the water with the four girls. Everyone relaxed for the next few minutes, letting all their worries fade away, until, something happened. The heat from the spring started to disappear and the water cooled off.
"Did someone shut the heat off?" Kanji asked, "Its freaking cold in here."
"The springs are supposed to be continuous, unless someone turned the heater for the water off?" Yukiko pondered, "Rise you started it up, did you accidentally set it to the timed feature accidently?"
"I did," Rise claimed, "But don't worry, there's a good reason behind it." Rise swam over to a side of the pool near the ladies towels. "Ta-da!" she shouted as she pulled out 8 chopsticks, with one having a red dot at the end.
"Oh no, not again," Kanji said, "I am not playing this game again, I'm getting out."
"We're not playing The Kings' Game," Rise explained, "I thought it'd be fun to do something a little more… provocative. That is why I invited all of you down here; I wanted to end everyone's Golden Week with a…bang!" Rise made a fake gun motion towards the sky and made some gunshot sounds.
The entire group was silent as Rise gave them each a stick, leaving her with the stick with the red dot at the end. "So, let's say we all drew and I got the marked stick, well then I have to go start the springs back up for another 15 minutes."
"That's it?" Yosuke said, "That's not fun, that's just annoying! You have better ideas when you're drunk"
"Well, there's a slight twist," Rise said as she reached down below the water. "You gotta do it," she said as she threw her hands up in the air holding her bikini bottoms, "Naked!"
The entire group was in shock over Rise's actions. Rise began to undo her bikini top as all the guys continued to look in anticipation. Rise turned around, tossing her clothes out of the pool and slowly swam to the edge, rising up out of the water, bearing her entire naked body to the group.
"Holy… Shit," Kanji said entranced.
"Hey! Quit staring," Chie said as she splashed water at Yu, barely phasing him. Teddie was completely stunned, the look of pure joy on his face.
Rise slowly walked over to the panel, restarting it while humming a little tune.
"Oh my god…" Yosuke managed to whimper out as he slowly shook in his place. Rise turned around, exposing herself completely to the group before hoping back into the water.
"So, we'll draw now and in 15 minutes the next person will have to get undressed and restart the timer! Fun right?" Rise asked as all the guys continued to stare at her bare chest. The entire group was still in shock over what had just happened.
"I don't know," Chie said, "I don't think I can do this, it's too weird for me."
"Well it's not like I haven't seen you naked before," Yu said as he continued to ogle Rise's body through the water, "You've got nothing weird to be embarrassed about."
"Quit looking at Rise pervert," Chie said as she came over a smacked Yu right in the face. "I've seen you naked too you know."
"I don't have anything to hide either," Yu said.
"Can we just draw?" Yosuke blurted out with all his strength, his voice heavily cracking.
"I'm sorry," Yukiko began to blush, "I don't think this is right."
"Oh no, I just got up there and did it and you all are doing it, and that's final! By the end of the night, everyone is going to see each other naked." Rise collected all the sticks, tossing one of the blank ones aside as she mixed them up behind her back. "Okay guys, pick your stick!" she said in a singsongy voice. Nobody came forward, everyone was as nervous as they could be and the guys were all still focused on Rise's body.
"Let's just pick them together," Naoto said as she went up and put her hand on one of the sticks. Everyone came over and reached out and grabbed a stick then Rise counted down.
"Please be a girl, please be a girl, please be a girl," Yosuke whispered as the group all began to choose their sticks.
"Three…Two…One…Draw!" she said as everyone quickly drew their sticks.
"Oh thank god," Chie exclaimed as she held her blank stick up, "Whose next?"
"I am," Yu said as he held up his stick, the girls all smiling.
"Damn it," Yosuke said as he looked down, "I was hoping for a girl." The group sat in silence again, waiting for the water to inevitably grow cold and to see if Yu had the guts to go through with this game. The seconds felt like minutes and the minutes felt like hours, Yu's heart was beating faster and faster until finally the steam began to stop and the water grew cold once more.
"You don't have to do this," Yosuke said, "We can all just go back to the room; we'll never speak about this ever again."
"No way Yosuke, I showed you mine, now you all gotta show me yours!" Rise declared, "Yu, would you please go turn the heat back on?
Yu took a couple of deep breaths, taking his swimsuit off and throwing it over by Rise's swimsuit. "Sure, I'd love to." He hopped out of the water, feeling nothing but the staring eyes of everyone as he walked over to the control panel and turned the timer back on.
"Wow…Kanji and Yosuke really like what they see," Yukiko giggled along with the other girls while starring at Yu.
"What?! I do not! I was just looking to see if he had any tattoos or something!" Yosuke panicked, "Right Kanji?"
"Yeah, we're just, you know, curious!" he said as he tried his hardest to keep his eyes off of Yu as he walked back to the hot springs.
"A little bi-curious," Chie muttered under her breath.
"Well I don't," Yu said walking back to the pool, "see?" Yu quickly spun around showing off his body to the entire group.
"Dude, just get back into the pool, my curiosity is sated," Yosuke said looking down at the water.
"Oh, I'm sure your curiosity is still there," Rise said as all the girls who all continued to stare. Yu quickly hopped in again, feeling relieved that it was all over.
"Well, all I can say is well done Chie," Yukiko giggled, "Yu has quite the… qualifications for a boyfriend." Yu smiled as he looked around, Yosuke was looking downwards and trying to keep his mind off of the fact his best friend was naked inches away from him.
"Oh come on," Yu yelled out as he looked around at the entire group.
"What?" Chie said.
"All of your noses are bleeding… all of them!" Yu continued to yell, "What is wrong with you guys?"
"I swear to god this never has happened to me," Chie said as she wiped the blood away from her face.
"I'd be more worried about Kanji," Yukiko said, "His nose is going to bleed himself dry at this rate." The group gossiped for a little longer until the water grew cold again.
"Let's draw!" Rise yelled.
Yu collected all the sticks, throwing another blank one away and the group slowly came up to pick their sticks. "Draw," he said as they all drew their sticks.
"Teddie is The King!" Teddie laughed as he threw his stick into the air.
"Another dude?" Yosuke complained, "You guys are rigging this game, I know it! This is payback for the Naoto comment, isn't it?"
"In a way, but you seemed pretty happy at Yu being naked, so I'm sure it isn't all that bad?" Rise giggled.
"Just be happy that we're getting all the guy over with quickly," Yu said, "Teddie doesn't seem to mind at all."
Teddie was eager to please. "I'm ready to bear myself for all of you!" He ripped off his swimsuit and leaped out of the pool, running over to the control panel. "What button do I press?" he said.
"You press the red one silly," Yukiko giggled out, "God he's all pink, like a cute little pink hairless bear!" The girls all giggled.
"Of course!" Teddie said as he danced back to the pool, "Who doesn't want a piece of this sexy beardy?" Teddie screamed as he leaped right on top of Rise, "CANNONBALL!" Rise screamed as he came down on top of her, splashing everyone right in the face with warm water.
Rise came up, Teddie cling onto her for dear life, "You know I'm in my bearthday suit…"Teddy whispered into Rise's ear.
"Gee, how would I have ever guessed," Rise annoyingly said as Teddie continued to hug her, "Now can you please let go, I can barely breathe?"
"I will, if you give the king a kiss!" Teddy said.
"If I give you a kiss, will you stop?" Rise said as she tried to breath. She then quickly gave Teddie a kiss on the lips, to which Teddie responded by shoving his entire tongue in her mouth, much to Rise's surprise and delight. Everyone was blushing in the group now, uncomfortable by how much the two were into their kiss.
"Can you two go get a room or something?" Yosuke shouted enraged with jealously as the two ended their kiss.
"Maybe we will tonight…" Rise said as she looked at Yosuke seductively and now was grabbing Teddie just as tight as he was holding her, "He tastes like straw-bear-ies, and I have quite the appetite." Yosuke's eyes widened Teddie jumped out of the pool and started dancing.
"TEDDIE'S GONNA SCORE!" Teddie shouted as he did a huge cartwheel into the pool, and landed straight on top of Yosuke.
"GET OFF OF ME!" he said as he threw Teddie across the spring. As Teddie landed, the steam from the spa began to disappear again, "OH GOD I TOUCHED HIM!"
"Oh, there goes the heat, we gotta draw now!" Rise said as she gathered the sticks and handed them to Teddie. The remaining five went up to Teddie, and drew together again.
"Oh no!" Yosuke said as he saw he had drawn the marked sitck, "I can't do this! I chicken out, I'm not ready!"
"Yu did it and so did Teddie and Rise," Chie said, "Are you going to be that guy?"
"Maybe he has something to hide?" Yukiko suggested.
"I don't have anything to hide! I just…" Yosuke said as he began to take off his trunks and threw them outside the pool. He let out a huge sigh as he slowly got out of the water.
"Well somebody is excited!" Yukiko and the girls all started laughing.
"Really? How can you tell?" Rise laughed.
"Shut up," Yosuke said, almost unable to speak as he shuffled over towards the control panel.
"I'm surprised you aren't a little light headed," Chie said.
"Well to be fair, Yosuke never had much blood flow to his head to begin with," Naoto shrugged as the group all laughed, Yosuke hanging his head in shame.
"Don't be embarrassed," Yukiko said to Yosuke, "You have a really cute ass."
"Don't look at my ass," Yosuke said as he ran back to the pool red from embarrassment. "Thank god it's over," he sighed closing his eyes from embarrassment.
Yukiko took a deep breath remembering the words Rise hade said to her earlier that night "Screw it," she muttered under her breath with as much confidence as she could. "Hey, don't be sad," Yukiko said as she looked Yosuke straight in the eyes, licking her lips.
"Huh? I…uh, what?" Yosuke said as Yukiko slowly swam over to him and grabbed his arm. She dragged him back over to her spot,
"You have such smooth hair, and it smells like peaches," Yukiko said feeling up Yosuke's head.
"That's probably the shampoo I used," Yosuke squeaked out as she began to message Yosuke's back and slowly moved her hands under the water.
"Honk!" Yukiko shouted as Yosuke let out a huge gasp.
"Hey! Don't touch me there!" Yosuke said as Yukiko continued to squeeze his behind.
"Chie, come over here and feel how tight it is," Yukiko giggled. Chie swam over near the two and gave a small squeeze.
"Wow, that is really firm," Chie said as she took a quick squeeze.
"Hey!" Yu said, "I'm standing right here."
"Yeah Chie why don't you squeeze your own man's ass," Yukiko said as she slowly pushed her towards Yu with her foot. "And Naoto can go stand by Kanji," she said as she did the same to Naoto.
"What the hell Yukiko?" Chie screamed, "You asked me to feel it."
"Yeah what's gotten into you Yukiko?" Kanji asked.
"Let's be honest, we're all hot for each other and I'm just carving out my slice of the pie," Yukiko purred as she continued to hold Yosuke.
"Listen, I don't think this is right," Yosuke tried to say as he let out a soft moan as she licked his earlobe. Yukiko never felt so empowered acting this way; almost as if it was her true self deep down somehow, as cruel as that seemed.
"Come on Yosuke… I know you want me," Yukiko whispered in his ear, "All those offers to study together, the 'private lessons', I can take a hint. And to be honest, I want you too" Yukiko grabbed Yosuke's head, giving him a huge kiss as the group sat there awkwardly as the two of them began to make out.
"First Rise and Teddie and now you two," Chie said as the two began to stop, "This is getting really uncomfortable."
"Why don't you two kiss?" Rise asked Yu and Chie, "Just a quick little peck."
"What?" Chie suddenly burst out, "I really don't want to; I'm all sweaty still and I…" She was interrupted by Yu who gave her a big sloppy kiss. Chie let out a nervous giggle as it ended. The steam began to die down again, and everyone passed their sticks in once again towards Yosuke.
"Three girls, one guy," Yosuke happily declared, "The odds are on our side."
Everyone drew their sticks; all showed them to the group.
"Looks like Naoto is up next," Rise said, "I'm sure Kanji is thrilled."
"Uh, sure, a naked chick is a naked chick" Kanji said as he rubbed his neck.
"Oh now that's such an understatement," Yu said, "We all know you and Naoto like each other, you've been dancing around it for the past freaking year, just admit you two want to get together, unless you like dudes Kanji and you don't like the fact she's a girl."
"I'm not like that! I like girls!" Kanji shouted as the guys chuckled, "I like women! How many times do I have to say it to you guys?"
"Do you like me?" Naoto asked. The entire group grew silent in anticipation of Kanji's answer.
"Uh, I uh," Kanji stuttering to find the right words, "I like you very… a lot."
"I like you very a lot?" Yosuke laughed, "What the hell does that mean?"
"Hey, I'm trying to express myself dick!" Kanji yelled, "I wanna... I wanna be… your boyfriend... and stuff, you know… and I want you to be my… girlfriend?"
Kanji looked like he was going to vomit trying to express his feelings to her, Naoto began to remove her swimsuit and tossed it to the side and then slowly got out of the pool. Kanji's eyes completely locked on Naoto and everything else fading away in the world.
"Man, those are pretty perky for being so big," Yu muttered to Yosuke, the two exchanging a smile, followed by a series of slaps from Chie and Yukiko. Naoto jumped into the spa and went back up to Kanji.
"I like you very a lot too," Naoto said as she grabbed Kanji and gave him a kiss.
"YES! I DID IT!" Rise yelled as she jumped in place, "MY PLAN WORKED!"
"What plan?" Yosuke said as the group turned towards the cheering Rise.
"I knew that Yukiko liked you and that Naoto liked Kanji and I wanted you guys to end up together so I've been manipulating you guys all week to get you together, and here you are."
"And you and Teddie?" Yu asked.
"That… was unexpected, but I'm not complaining," Rise laughed, "Now that we're all finally open about all of this, don't you all feel better?"
"I feel beary great!" Teddy said as he came up from underwater.
Yu looked at Teddie and asked, "Have you been under the water this entire time?"
"I was just getting my bearings on what everyone looks like naked!" Teddie said as the entire group groaned.
"That's weird man," Yosuke said.
"Hey, wait a minute," Yu said as he looked at Kanji, "Kanji…your nose."
"What?" he said.
"It isn't bleeding!" Yukiko said, "You did it Kanji, you've gotten over your fear of women!"
"I…I did it!" Kanji messed around with his nose, no blood present at all. He smiled as he kissed Naoto again. The group all congratulated Kanji, taking one big step in his life.
The steam died down. "It's time to draw again!" Rise said as Naoto gather the last three stick and mixed them up, but Kanji had kept track of the red stick and quickly grabbed it from Naoto's hand.
"I'll go," he said as he took off his trunks.
"Come on dude!" Yosuke said as Kanji got out of the pool, "You couldn't just let Yukiko or Chie go?"
"Cool your jets," he said as he walked towards the control panel, "Now it's going to be a girl no matter what."
"Wow Kanji, that's a cute tattoo," Yukiko giggled, "A little pink bird on your butt." The girls all began laughing as Kanji's entire body turned bright red, "How did we miss that?"
"It was late and I drank a little too much, I made a bad decision." Kanji yelled.
"I finding it quite sexy," Naoto said as Kanji walked back towards the pool and hopped in.
"Thanks," Kanji blushed.
"Well, now we're down to the last two, Chie and Yukiko" Yosuke smiled as he looked at Yukiko who was now lying on her back along with Chie in the middle of the spring. "I suppose for Yu it really only matters if Yukiko draws the marked stick."
Yu smiled as Chie batted an eye at him, "I'm happy no matter what happens."
Time past slowly as the group continued to bond and the steam died down again. Kanji grabbed the last two sticks. Mixing them up behind his back and holding one in each hand. "Alright ladies, pick your poison," Kanji said.
"Ummmmm…That one," Chie said as she drew it, revealing the red dot on the end. "Crap," she said as she took her swimsuit off. "Well, here goes nothing!" she said as she hopped out of the water and walked over to the control panel.
"Quit eyeing my girlfriend Yosuke," Yu said in a serious tone.
"Shut up," Yosuke said and Yu cracked a smile, "Besides, who couldn't look at that cute behind, it's so toned."
"Yeah, what's your secret Chie?" Rise said, "You clearly didn't skip out on working out your glutes, or really any part of your body."
"Yeah, she's really muscular," Kanji said.
"I just do a lot of martial arts," Chie said, "It's not that hard, I also do wall sits for like 10 minutes and sit ups and squats, that's my glute work out." She hopped back in the springs, quickly grabbed by Yu who dunked her under the water. "Knock it off you idiot!"
"So, after Yukiko restarts the heat," what's the plan?" Yosuke asked.
"I'll turn the regular settings back on and we can just relax for the time being," Yukiko said, "In fact, I have a better idea…"
"What?" asked Yosuke in eager anticipation of what was to come.
"You'll just have to wait and see," Yukiko said as she bite the lower part of Yosuke's ear, followed by a little yelp.
Time continued to pass until the steam died down for the last time. Yukiko took off her clothes and got out of the spring.
"Do you like what you see?" Yukiko asked.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Yosuke cried as he continued to shake in his place.
"Holy crap Yosuke, calm down," Chie said, "Your acting like a little boy all excited for his first time at the summer fair." Then a big smile came across Chie's face. "Yosuke, I've know you for a while now, but I gotta ask you something…was that your first kiss back there?"
"Huh?" Yosuke said, "pffft, no! I've kissed plenty of girls, I'm a regular playboy," he declared proudly.
"Yeah, that was his first kiss," Yu said.
"No it wasn't," Yosuke challenged Yu.
"Dude, it's okay to admit," Yu said, "It's not weird or anything. It's the least weird thing that's probably happened today so far."
"If it makes you feel any better, that was my first kiss too Yosuke!" Yukiko said as she stood by the panel.
"Wait, I'm your first?" Yosuke said, "I…I didn't know, was it good for you?"
"Great," She said as she pressed a few buttons on the panel and then walked over to another little area behind the spa.
"What are you doing?" Chie asked as Yukiko returned with a huge box.
"I figured since we're all comfortable with our bodies now, we could all use a bath," she said as she dumped out the contents of the crate, revealing various soaps and rags for washing. She jumped in, grabbing a nearby rag and some soap and swam over to Yosuke. She rubbed the soap on the rag and began to rub his chest.
"Relax, let me make you all clean!" she said as suds began to fill the water around them, "You're going to get to do me afterwards!"
"Dude!" Yosuke said as he saw Yu going over for a rag and some soap and swim over to Chie. The eight all bathed under the stars in the hot springs.
*A couple hours later back in the guys room*
Nobody could sleep, they all had just had what could arguably be the best night of their entire lives and were still excited.
"I love this place… I love you guys," Yosuke said. "I cannot believe how far we've come. Last year they we're yelling us for trying to see them naked and now we got to take a bath with them!" Yosuke looked over at Yu. "So…dude, who was you're favorite to see naked?"
"Huh?" Yu asked, "Honestly?"
"Yeah, it's okay if it wasn't Chie, we won't tell," Yosuke said, "I bet it was Rise."
"I mean, she's just so hot," Yu said, "My god what a body, and Yukiko was pretty hot too and Naoto...what a set she has on her."
"Holy crap I know," Yosuke gasped making a squeezing motion with his hands, "What about you Teddie?"
"I liked them all beary much!" Teddie stated, "They are all beautiful, especially Rise and her bluebeary scented soap!"
"Kanji, I know it was Naoto for you," Yosuke said.
"I liked them all too," Kanji said, "I was surprised Chie was so…fit."
"Well generally when you're morning consists of waking up and working out for like three hours, you're gonna be fit," Yu said, "Girl has an insane workout routine and metabolism of a freaking hummingbird. Not to mention 'other' exercises." Yu chuckled, "If I had to make a guess as well, your favorite was Yukiko?"
"Dude I had no clue she was into me," said Yosuke, "Sure I always tried to do stuff with her, but I thought I was just always hitting a dead end." The group fell silent. "… God, what the hell do we do after this? "Yosuke pondered, "I guess this means we're dating."
"You go out on dates," Yu said, "You spend some time together in school and outside school and that's that."
"Man, I wonder what the girls think about all this," Yosuke wondered.
"They probably are over it and just sleeping," Kanji said, "Girls are weird like that."
*Girl's room*
"So, Chie, whose was your favorite?" asked Yukiko.
"Huh?" Chie asked a she lay on her pillow, "I mean, I think it'd be obvious which one was my favorite, I am dating him after all. Yu was so ripped and defined, but they all had such amazing butts!"
"I can't believe how pink Teddie was, he's just so tiny and pink, so energetic," said Rise, "and that tattoo on Kanji's behind, so cute!" The girls all giggled.
"And did you see the look on Yosuke's face during the whole ordeal," Yukiko laughed, "He looked like he was about to faint when I touched his butt at first. This was fun; we should do it again some time."
"So, are you planning on seeing Yosuke?" Rise asked, "I feel kinda bad for manipulating you guys like that, but you all seem happy about it, right?"
"Yeah," Yukiko smiled, "I really liked it… I think we're boyfriend and girlfriend now."
"I guess we all have boyfriends now," Chie laughed, "If the guys knew someday we'd be dating them, they'd think they were dreaming or something, I mean, we are out of their league."
"Totally," Rise said.
"What should we do tomorrow?" Naoto asked.
"We should make the guys breakfast tomorrow!" Rise declared, "I'm sure they'll be very grateful for it." They two groups gossiped for the rest of the night before drifting off into a long and deep sleep.