14.07.2023

It is I, the Absolute Madman and I'm back with your weekly dose of Stranded! But first, we have some very fuckin' angry people in the comments!:

Kamori I'm The Infinity - Finally someone who is in touch with their inner selves!

Guest - It would be really funny if the most horni out of the group was the last one to get her fill.

n1ght4ury20 - I'll see what I can do!

I See Your Secrets - That's certainly an interesting stance on the matter!

And now, for the first time in the history of my activities - a group response!:

DominicValentine, Guest and NiggerRaper1 - Man, what had to have happened in your lives to make y'all so miserable? Attacking people on the internet with the most generic threats ever? Trully pathetic behavior, though I'm partially at fault for expecting better from some random internet trolls.

Trully historic day. Leaving those whining babies aside - though I'm pretty fuckin' sure that's just one person - let's jump into the much more positive chapter!:


This was not a good place to be. Whilst that description fits basically anything and everything that's happened to them over the course over the past few months, the situation they found themselves in now was arguably the worst one yet. At least to Shiozaki.

Stuck in a cave with a hormonal teenager on a lecherous streak wasn't on Shiozaki's 'to-do' list, but there she was, in that exact position and not with some random teenager either. She just had to be stuck with a boy that she used to respect and even harbor feelings for. Well, is 'used to' really the whole truth?

Shiozaki thought hard on the subject ever since learning of Izuku's hidden lustful side and had yet to make a final decision on whether or not she should move on. Her mind was firmly telling her that Izuku was actually the picture perfect example of the sin of lust and as such she should stay away from him so as not to be corrupted herself. Believing Setsuna was not something that Shiozaki did too often as Lizardy had quite the obvious habit of teasing with a mix of facts and fiction. Keeping that in mind, Shiozaki decided to observe Izuku for a while and see the truth with her own two eyes. She wasn't brave enough to actually see the truth with her own eyes, but the sounds she heard were impossible to misinterpret - she caught Izuku with his pants off.

At first she thought he might've started a relationship with Yaoyorozu, whom she presumed to be Shuusa's mother figure of sorts, but she quickly realized that the one in bed with Izuku was not Yaoyorozu. Sex before marriage wasn't a good thing, but it's nowhere near as bad as whatever Izuku was doing.

There was no doubt in Shiozaki's mind that Izuku's despicable behavior was enough of a reason for her to move on and search for a more suitable partner in the future. It should've been simple. Unfortunately - it wasn't.

Whilst Shiozaki's mind was already made up, her heart put up hellish amounts of resistance. Every time she'd find the strength to try and declare that her feelings for Izuku are no more, her heart would barge in, cause her resolve to falter for a split second and then do a flip whilst reminiscing about one of the many times when Izuku proved himself to be the picture perfect example of heroism personified.

And thus her inner conflict perpetuated itself for quite a while now and it was definitely not helping in their current situation.

They'd decided to sit back to back with ample amounts of space between them - though it was more like Izuku refused to move from the spot he claimed at the very start and Shiozaki was too embarrassed to speak up. She was very aware of how her clothes hugged her figure at the moment and Izuku's back was also clearly visible through his shirt, not that she looked at it or anything of course!

"We- Um, we should take our clothes off." Izuku eventually spoke up, breaking the somewhat awkward silence.

"S-Such lecherous proposal!" Shiozaki exclaimed, misinterpreting Izuku's words due to her own prejudice.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Izuku whipped his head around to defend himself, but quickly turned back around after catching a glimpse of Shiozaki's drenched form. "Wearing moist clothes is not exactly a good idea. We can get sick if we stay like that." He explained himself, his cheeks burning up.

"R-Right, I'm sorry for misunderstanding your comment." Shiozaki apologized, mentally scolding herself for her judgemental response.

Whilst it was true that Izuku was in a loose relationship with several women, it never seemed as though he was constantly trying to rope even more girls into his schemes. He was still the same polite and kind gentleman that was always first to offer his help, that hadn't changed. He only allowed his sinful side to show in the privacy of his own home and was not acting like some kind of a casanova. It was still the same man that made her heart flutter with his heroic actions, only now she knew the more intimate side of him.

"Why did I assume that he'd want to take advantage of the fact that we're all alone and make a move on me? Stupid stupid stupid. He might not be the flawless man you thought him to be, but he's still far from being as scummy as that grape-headed pervert." Shiozaki thought to herself, hoping that Izuku wouldn't be too offended by her previous outburst. She even allowed herself to smile after reminiscing for a bit. "I think I was too harsh on him." She eventually realized. "Maybe I should explain everything to him and we could talk this over? It's not like we have anything else to do for now." It was decided and so Shiozaki turned around to start the debate. "I'm sure everything will be fine once- Why are you shirtless?!"

Izuku was, in fact, shirtless, his damp shirt thrown aside and his back glistening from the excessive amount of water that soaked through his clothes and gathered on his skin. The way light danced across the droplets was like an alluring lightshow, threatening to captivate your eyes for eternity. Thankfully Shiozaki averted her gaze as soon as she caught a glimpse of the bare muscles and managed to escape the fate. For now that is.

"My shirt is so wet that it's composed of more water than cloth at this point." Izuku explained, glad to have the heavy and cold thing off of him.

Shiozaki refused to look back in his direction, which proved to be the correct choice as she heard some more shuffling and ruffling coming from behind her, most likely due to Izuku disrobing himself further.

"It looks like I just went swimming in a bog, it'll be a miracle if they don't end up coming apart at the seams in an hour or two." Izuku commented as he laid his clothes out semi-neatly for them to dry easier. "I'm not going to convince you to do anything, but I'll keep worrying about you." He addressed her and she could almost hear him smiling.

Being alone in a 'room' with a boy was bad, but manageable. The boy was in just his underwear? Absolutely not. And now she was to join him in this indecent state of undress? Horrible. There are not enough prayers in the world to atone for that. But is catching a cold the better alternative? It surely sounds like the morally correct choice, but this doesn't necessarily make it the right one.

Shiozaki sat in her spot, conflicted as never before, contemplating what she should do. Her body urged her to make her decision sooner rather than later as a powerful shiver shook her form from head to toe. And then another and another. It was obvious at this point that Shiozaki had no choice but to get rid of her damp clothing.

She turned around first, making sure that Izuku wasn't trying to peek or anything. Yup, definitely that, no other reason whatsoever was involved in her decision-making. She wasn't accusing Izuku of being a pervert or anything, but it was common knowledge that teenage boys were quite curious when it came to the female body. Shiozaki felt even worse about suspecting Izuku of having impure thoughts when she saw him flinch at the sound of her shirt hitting the ground, the wet smack causing a flush to overcome Shiozaki's face in an instant. She hoped that simply removing her shirt would've solved the issue, yet her body yearned for an even bigger reprieve and so she was forced to take off her pants as well. That'd do it for sure.

Except it didn't. And now Shiozaki was facing yet another ultimatum, quite a few of those lately ey? Did she go even further and remove even more? There wasn't much left to remove, but would it make that feeling of discomfort go away or would it only make it worse?

Shiozaki decided to take a leap of faith and remove her bra since her nipples were starting to harden due to the cold material pressed tightly against them. She immediately regretted her choice as a stray breeze invaded their cave moments later and made both of them shiver violently.

"We should probably make a fire, but I doubt we could find enough dry wood for a small fire even if we searched for hours…" She heard Izuku mumble to himself, as always trying to figure out a solution.

That stray wind would be perfect for the drying of their clothes, but their wet bodies would quickly succumb to the cold if they were to sit still and wait. Unfortunately, drastic measures needed to be implemented.

"I think there should be a couple of blankets in my bag." Shiozaki said once she got over the fact that she was almost naked and in close proximity to a man she had feelings for. "They're not exactly thick but should do the trick."

"Good thinking!" Izuku praised, his smile once again audible in his words, though this time he made sure not to turn around instinctively.

Shiozaki grabbed her bag and started digging through its contents, quickly getting through the rations and right to the things she was looking for. The bag itself was also thoroughly soaked and the outermost blanket as well, but they couldn't all be just wet rugs, right? Right? And the universe was tempted by Shiozaki's faltering resolve.

"T-There's only one dry blanket." Shiozaki whispered out barely loud enough for Izuku to hear.

"Then I guess you'll have to wrap yourself up tightly." Izuku stated humorously, though Shiozaki was definitely not in the mood for jokes.

"But what about you?" She asked, though she could already guess his answer.

"I can take it. This breeze is actually quite refreshing in comparison to the suns that like to fry our little valley." Izuku responded, trying to sound cool and confident, but his condition was betrayed by a shivering that Shiozaki could clearly see from where she was.

"I can't agree to this." Shiozaki stated.

"We don't have a choice. It's not like we can share it or anything." Izuku said and silence befell the cave.

Izuku thought that Shiozaki had finally relented and would agree to take the blanket for herself, but that was very far from what was actually happening. The gears in Shiozaki's head were already spinning as she mulled the idea over. Sharing a blanket would inevitably lead to vast amounts of skin on skin contact, Shiozaki was well aware of that and she knew that Izuku was too, that must've been why he said that they can't share the blanket. Would he also assume that stance if he were to be stuck with anyone else, someone that wasn't her? Of course not, he was simply trying his best to cater to her comfort just like he always does.

"We- We can share it…" Shiozaki whispered out, her mind failing to conceive how those words managed to pass through her throat with minimal resistance.

"What's that?" Izuku asked, turning his head slightly sideways to listen to her with at least one ear.

"I said we can share the blanket." Shiozaki said with whatever confidence she could muster and hoped that the hesitation in her voice wasn't too obvious.

"Are you sure?" Izuku questioned, surprise evident in his response. "I don't want you to feel like you're obliged to do this or anything. I'd hate for you to feel discomfort just so I can get some warmth."

"Yes, I'm sure." After hearing Izuku double- and triple checking to make sure she really had nothing against the idea, Shiozaki couldn't help but be assured that this was the right choice.

It didn't matter whether or not Izuku was dating multiple girls or not. And it didn't matter whether or not she still had feelings for him or not. They were friends and so they should help each other however they could.

They came to an agreement on how they should go about actually putting this plan into motion and so Izuku moved to one of the walls, pressing his back against the stone and closing his eyes before giving Shiozaki the go ahead. Shiozaki then made her way to where Izuku was sitting. Now came the hard part, actually making this work.

Unfortunately that's when Shiozaki's embarrassment decided to come back out of the blue. To combat the flush rapidly covering her cheeks, Shiozaki decided to get this over with as quickly as possible. This led to her basically plopping herself down in Izuku's lap before throwing the blanket over them and tucking them in till only their heads were poking out.

"S-Shiozaki?!" Izuku exclaimed, clearly surprised by the sudden development.

She did not pay much attention to what she was doing, choosing to focus her mind on actually doing things rather than overthinking stuff which would no doubt lead to more embarrassment. Only when she was isolated from the cold breeze outside and surrounded by something quite warm did she allow her mind to finally kick into that overdrive. As she quickly realized, this was by far not the best way of doing things.

She should've taken it slow, freaking about things one after the other and pushing through issues as they arose. Now she had no choice but to face all of those things at once and it quickly proved to be quite a lot to take in.

The warmth that surrounded her was radiating off of Izuku whom she was currently sitting in the lap off and leaning against whilst being essentially topless. She could feel the rock-hard muscles of his torso pressing against her soft back and could even feel his heart rate spike up. And if that wasn't enough, her nipples refused to soften up as her body was evidently reacting to everything that was going on.

She wasn't a shallow woman however and refused to be turned on by something like this, focusing her mind and steeling herself for this challenge. Shiozaki found comfort in feeling Izuku's heart rate returning to normal after a minute or two and was able to use that to calm herself down too. Once she managed to overcome the temptations swarming her mind, it was quiet easy to remain in that state and so she was eventually able to focus on other things, like the constant downpour that still peppered everything outside of their cave.

"Thank you." Izuku whispered out of the blue, his breath tickling the skin of her neck lightly.

"What for?" Shiozaki asked, not understanding what Izuku could possibly be thankful for.

"For sharing the blanket with me." He responded as if it was obvious. "I know this couldn't have been easy for you."

"Don't mention it." She was quick to say. "I'm just glad that we're both able to get some protection from the cold." Shiozaki said as she relaxed a bit, unknowingly putting more pressure onto Izuku.

"Y-Yeah, me too." Izuku responded as he tried very hard not to focus on all the wrong things.

Like the way Shiozaki's meaty thighs felt in his lap or how warm her back was. Or the fact that she was currently wearing just panties and he was in a similar position. No matter how you looked at it, the amount of skin on skin contact was way too much for a normal person to ignore. Izuku wasn't a normal person however and so he kept resisting, stopping his son from even trying to rear his head out as that would no doubt bring back the awkwardness that they managed to get rid of earlier. And it could even get him kicked out of the blanket!

"I'm sorry." This time it was Shiozaki who felt the urge to speak up, only this time she was apologizing and not thanking.

"What for?" Izuku asked, confusion written all over his face, not that Shiozaki could see it.

"I suspected that you'd want to take advantage of the situation we're in and do… something…" Shiozaki laid out all of her thoughts, worried how Izuku may take the accusation.

"You were worried that I could try and force myself onto you?" Now the confusion was replaced with disbelief and a slight undertone of hurt seeped into his voice.

"I'm sorry." Shiozaki apologized once again, guilt welling up inside of her. "It's just that ever since Setsuna told us about your relationship with your classmates I was very conflicted about many things and ended up pushing my prejudice onto you even though you never did anything that would justify such treatment and for that I'm truly sorry."

Izuku had tuned her out as his mind was stuck on one particular thought.

"'Setsuna told us about your relationship with the girls'? And when did you learn about my… relationship with the girls?" Izuku decided to ask.

"A while back. Setsuna eavesdropped on you and Ashido if I'm not mistaken and then told us about everything." Shiozaki said, shining some much needed light onto the whole puzzle.

"Oh…" Izuku responded with an awkward giggle.

"Well, I guess I should also apologize for this breach of your privacy." Shiozaki added, sensing Izuku's sudden tenseness.

"Setsuna is the one to blame for this, so you don't have to feel sorry or anything. And you can rest assured that I'd never try to force myself onto anyone, even someone as beautiful as you." Izuku assured her with newfound confidence.

"Y-You think I'm beautiful?" Shiozaki asked, a small smile involuntarily forming on her lips.

"Of course!" Izuku declared. "I really like your hair and how unique it is. I also admire your calm and collected personality and your devotion to your religion." The compliments hit one after the other and Shiozaki couldn't stop her smile from growing bigger with each one.

"T-Thank you for the compliment." She said, her smile already wide and her mood positively elevated. If she had any doubt about her feelings for Izuku earlier, now she had none left - she was still infatuated with him and had absolutely nothing against it. "Are your eyes still closed?" Shiozaki asked, mustering up all the confidence she could summon on such a short notice.

"Yes, why do you ask?" Izuku responded, curious as to what Shiozaki was thinking.

He realized what was going on when he felt her lips press against his cheek in a chaste smooch. It lasted for only a second and neither of them had anything to say after that, but they both felt the cold air becoming just a tad bit easier to ignore with newfound warmth filling their bodies.


One long scene! That's a first, or at least hadn't happened in a while. And also - no cave sex. Just like I See Your Secrets pointed out in their comment - it'd be way too rushed, especially for someone like Shiozaki, so I decided to go with something... wholesome? Could this be considered wholesome? I sure hope so cause it's going in the tags!

Nothing left to say so have a great day and I'll catch y'all in the next update!