Chapter 9: It's Just Tickling Some Pussy

"How can they just ignore me like this?"

"They haven't called me or texted me. They don't even answer my messages on SNS anymore."

"Is it too much to ask for one devoted nudist friend?"


After touring the resort, Aimi and Komi decided to break away from their moms so they could learn a little more about each other. Meanwhile, the moms went to the pool to spend some time catching up.

While Komi wanted to know more about how Aimi managed to overcome her fear, Aimi had other ideas. She wanted to take Komi somewhere special.

"We're almost there, Komi," she said, excitedly.

Komi was curious as to where Aimi was taking her. She and Hiromi had practically taken her everywhere around the resort. She didn't know where else Aimi could take her.

Eventually, Aimi and Komi arrived at the main entrance building where Komi and her mom checked in. "Come on! This way!" Aimi said, leading Komi down a narrow dirt path.

They then happened upon what looked like a large house with wooden supports and glass walls. Komi could see plants growing inside and knew what this structure was.

"This is our personal greenhouse," explained Aimi, "my mom likes growing flowers, so she built this so she can have her own space for planting. Since no one else comes here, I use it whenever I want some alone time."

Komi had never seen a greenhouse in-person before. She was fascinated by its size and how many plants were inside. "Come on! I'll show you inside!"

As impressed as Komi was seeing everything from the outside, inside she was able to truly appreciate all of the colorful flowers and tall plants. A tapestry of roses, daisies, and tulips were neatly organized against the walls, with various different palm trees lined up in the middle encircled by stone tiles.

Komi was so enthralled that it made her forget all about how stuffy it was inside.

"You like it?" asked Aimi. "Me too. And I haven't even shown you the best part."

Komi thought of everything that could be in a greenhouse, but she couldn't figure out what else there was to see.

"Meeeow?"

!^0_0^!

Komi's cat ears popped out as a deep-sounding meow suddenly echoed through the greenhouse. She frantically searched all around the room for the source of the noise.

"Well, there goes that surprise," groaned Aimi.

Just then, a white cat with black and brown patches on its fur peeked its head out from behind a large flower pot. It wagged its little stubby tail as it looked up at the two girls. Komi locked eyes with it and let out a small shriek. She cupped her face as she became overwhelmed by the cat's cute face staring back at her.

But then, it got even better for Komi.

She then heard a chorus of smaller, higher-pitched meowing. As if the cat alone wasn't enough to make Komi swoon, a batch of five white, brown, and gray kittens appeared and sat down besides their mother. They were all very small, just barely a third the size of the mother cat.

As the kittens continued meowing and climbing over each other, Komi covered her red face as her heart fluttered at the sight of the small kittens.

[She's too overwhelmed by their cuddly appearance.]

"Perfect," Aimi thought, as she had a smug smile on her face.

[Aimi's Plan for Converting Komi to Nudism]

[Step 3: Bring out the Kitties!]

"Hello, Hada!" Aimi said to the mother cat. "How are you today?"

Hada the mother cat nimbly walked over to Aimi. Aimi reached down, petted her on the head and rubbed her neck, making Hada purr.

Meanwhile, all of her kittens rushed over to Komi. They were excited to meet this new person. Komi was surprised to see the kittens rush up to her and try to climb up her bare legs, the complete opposite of what happened when she visited the cat cafe with her friends. She didn't know which kitten to play with first.

"They're cute, aren't they?" joked Aimi. "Komi, I would like you to meet the Hadaka Beach pussies!"

Komi froze up at hearing that word come out of Aimi's mouth. "Uh, pussy cats, that is," finished Aimi.

[Yes, Aimi did that on purpose.]

Aimi held Hada in her arms and tickled her belly with her finger. "This one I named Hada. Stay "hi" to our new friend, Hada!"

Hada turned to face Komi and meowed at her. She then began licking her paw. "And those are her babies!"

Aimi then pointed to each kitten. "That one is Hiro, his sister Ai, that brown one is Coco, and those two gray ones are Mimi and Romi!"

Komi held all of the kittens in her arms and brought them close to her face. As the kittens were squished against her cheek, tears began forming in Komi's eyes.

[Komi is beyond elated.]


Aimi and Komi decided to take the cats outside so they could play and get some exercise. Hada sat right beside Aimi, watching her kittens like a hawk. Mimi and Romi tussled around and fought each other playfully while Ai chased after a ball of yarn.

Hiro and Coco, on the other hand, weren't interested in playing and instead decided to snooze in the sun. Hiro slept by his mother's side while Coco slept comfortably in Komi's lap.

Aimi and Komi sat on a nearby bench chair, keeping an eye on the kittens. Komi took a deep breath and leaned back as she gently stroked the small kitten's fur.

[One of Komi's fantasies has finally come true.]

"We found these kitties in the wild a few weeks ago during the big rainstorm," explained Aimi, "mom usually doesn't like having pets at the resort, but when she saw the kittens, she couldn't bear to leave them out in the rain. So we keep them in the greenhouse."

Aimi paused and waited for some kind of response from Komi. But Komi appeared to be lost in a trance with the kitten in her lap. She could tell Komi wasn't listening.

But she didn't mind. She was pleased to see Komi enjoying herself.

Komi began flapping her shirt, as the sun's rays were beating down on her. Sweat spots were beginning to form around Komi's neck and under her arms. "It's getting really hot, isn't it?" she asked, noticing her discomfort.

Komi nodded her head. Aimi then flapped her shirt. "I know what you mean. This weather sucks," she complained, "I think this is the longest I've ever worn clothes."

Confused, Komi cocked her head to the side, especially since it had only been a few hours since they met.

For a moment, things were quiet between them, with only the sounds of the birds and the kittens breaking the silence.

Eventually, Aimi spoke first. "So Komi," she said, "I know you came here to get better at making new friends. Does that mean you don't have any friends at all?"

Komi was taken aback by how blunt Aimi's question was. She quickly shook her head "no."

"So you do have friends?" Aimi replied, intrigued.

Komi reached into her bag, being careful not to disturb Coco. She took out her notebook, opened it to the page that had a list of her friends' names on it, and handed it to Aimi for her to read.

"Oh! What do we have here?" she pondered.

She quickly scanned the page with a look of curiosity on her face. "Tadano…Najimi…Agari…Yadano, oh! Is this your list of friends? Wow! You know a lot more people than I thought you did. Hey, maybe you should invite them here to the resort!"

Komi gasped at the idea. All of a sudden, she began thinking about the dream she had a few days ago of all of her friends naked at school. While it might have been a dream, she couldn't think of any of her female friends that she would invite to the resort.

Inaka? She'd probably be too embarrassed to consider it.

Agari? She'd be even worse.

Yadano? Her overly-competitive nature would clash with the easy-going guests.

Nakanaka? Her otaku tendencies might weird the other girls out.

Najimi? Would they even be allowed into the resort?

Onemine? …actually, she might be fine.

Otori? If Onemine went, maybe.

Yamai? …

Aimi grew concerned as Komi had a vacant look on her face as the horror of Yamai visiting a nudist resort with her played in her mind. "Uh, Komi?" she asked, worriedly.

Komi shook her head, snapping out of her thoughts. "Let me guess, they're decent people, just not decent nudists?" said Aimi.

Komi merely shrugged her shoulders, as if to say, "sure, let's go with that."

"You'd be surprised at who would adapt to the nudist lifestyle," replied Aimi, "We welcome women of all ages, body types, and backgrounds. Heck, just last year, we welcomed lawyers, firefighters, police officers, teachers, doctors, veterinarians, soldiers, idol singers, college students, chefs, pro wrestlers, bodybuilders, bounty hunters, demon slayers, Survey Corps, ninjas, time travelers, aliens, espers, duelists, soul reapers, super saiyans, princesses of far-off lands…"

Komi's eyes slowly widened as Aimi continued to rattle off a long list of different professions from the resort guests, ranging from mundane jobs (like officer workers and janitors) to more far-out occupations (such as alchemists and pirates).

Eventually, Aimi finished off her long list. "...fitness trainers, computer programmers, gym leaders, kart racers, superheroes, and even genies! Or half-genies, as they call themselves."

"What next?" Komi asked herself. "Dragon girls? Maid workers?"

Aimi took a deep breath. "Like I said, nudists can come from anywhere!"

Aimi glanced at Komi's list of friends again. "To be honest, I'm a little jealous of you, Komi," she confessed. "Even with your poor communication abilities, you still made quite a lot of friends. I wish I had as many friends as you do."

Komi's face perked up. Not just because someone had praised her, but because for a moment, Aimi sounded a bit…somber.

Komi turned to face Aimi and saw her looking down at her notebook with a dejected look on her face. Komi wondered why Aimi suddenly looked miserable.

Hada noticed it too. She placed her paw on Aimi's knee and nudged it with her nose. "Huh?!" Aimi asked, snapping out of her funk.

She then realized that everyone was staring at her, looking worried. "Oh! Uh, sorry!" she said, sheepishly. She then quickly gave Komi her notebook back.

Komi was still confused by Aimi's sudden mood change. It sounded as if Aimi didn't actually have any friends. But Komi remembered Aimi talking on the news about how nudism helped her to make a lot of friends.

Things were quiet between them again. They both kept their eyes forward, watching the kittens play. Komi shuddered as she felt things were now awkward between the two. The little kitten in her lap began rolling around, oblivious to the growing tension between the two.

At last, the silence was broken, this time by Komi.

"Aimi," she said, softly, "d…d…do you…not h…h…h…have…many friends?"

It was Aimi's turn to be surprised at someone being blunt with her. Now she was the one being interrogated about her friends, by Komi of all people. "No! I do!" Aimi answered, defensively. "I have friends! K-Kind of…"

Aimi began twirling a strand of hair around her finger. "I have a lot of friends. I'm friends with everyone here at the resort! And…and there's the girls in my online school! Y-Yeah…and…uh…uh…"

Aimi stammered on until she saw Komi looking back at her with a worried expression on her face. She sighed and realized she couldn't keep up appearances. She decided to be more truthful.

"Okay, to tell you the truth," she began, "I said on TV that I have a lot of friends, but I don't…really have that many actual friends, at least friends that are around my age. I used to when I was little, but ever since my second year in junior high, things just…changed."

Komi gently lifted Coco off her lap and placed her near Hada. Coco woke up and tried to go back into Komi's lap, but Hada quickly bit onto her tail and held her back.

Placing her hands on her knees, Komi sat upright and gave Aimi her undivided attention.

"When I was little, I was always picked on by the other kids at school. They would always laugh at me especially after they found out we were a nudist family. The teachers did nothing to help, which made my mom and dad unhappy. So they decided to sell our house and move out here to this secluded beach, where mom and I could be nudists without anyone mocking us."

Aimi smiled as she reminisced about her and her mom talking nude hikes through the woods, skinny-dipping in the ocean, and (her favorite nude activity) dancing in the rain.

"We had a pretty good life. But after a while, I started getting…lonely. Not that I didn't love being with my mom. I just wanted to have a friend my age who liked being naked too. And that's when my mom decided to turn out property into a nudist resort for women. It was a way for the both of us to make new friends who were nudists too."

Aimi then thought back to when the resort first opened. The resort consisted of only a handful of guest rooms and the clubhouse. Aimi was surprised to see so many nude women show up for the opening. She was so happy to meet other nudist women who were very kind, fun, and accepting of Aimi. For the first time, she and Hiromi felt as if they found a place where they belonged.

And yet, Aimi still wasn't satisfied.

"I'm sure you noticed," continued Aimi, "most of the people that come here to the resort are usually other moms and seniors. And I like hanging out with them, but I always saw the moms and seniors as more of my mom's friends."

Komi remembered seeing all of the nude women on their tour of the resort. And indeed, it was mostly middle-aged women or elderly women. She could count on one hand the number of nudist girls she saw that were around her age. And that included her and Aimi.

"When I was in elementary school, I was happy to meet other little girls who were nudists like me. I had a lot of fun with them…at least until they went home. Then I had to wait weeks, sometimes even months, to see them again."

Aimi's voice trembled as she continued sharing her story with Komi. "And then came junior high," she said, sadly. "The friends I made when I was little either moved far away or they became so invested in school activities that they stopped coming to the resort all together. It didn't help that the resort is pretty far away from most major towns, with no buses or trains that come here."

Aimi tucked her legs in and curled herself up into a ball. "Sure, we talk and chat over the phone and on SNS, but that's not the same. Singing karaoke over video chat is not the same. You can't dance around a summer bonfire over the phone. And how are you supposed to go on nude hikes together through SNS?"

Aimi sighed again. "I guess it's too much to ask for just one nudist friend that won't ignore or forget about me."

Tears began forming in the corner of Komi's eyes. Komi remembered her own experiences with having no friends and feeling isolated and alone. She would watch other children having fun while she stood off to the side, afraid to approach anyone and communicate with them.

All of Aimi's feelings of loneliness and isolation resonated with Komi, despite their different upbringings. Considering Komi's goal of making 100 friends, it was ironic that Aimi just wanted one nudist friend.

One nudist friend…

One…nudist…friend…

Komi wiped the tears from her eyes. The sadness she felt in her heart for Aimi faded away, instead replaced by a strong sense of bravery.

Komi jumped up from the bench, surprising Aimi and scaring Hada and her kittens. "Huh? Komi?" Aimi asked, confused.

Komi stood in front of Aimi, took her hand, and lifted her off the bench and onto her feet. The kittens quickly ran out of the way to avoid being stepped on. "Komi, what are you doing?"

Aimi looked up and was stunned by the sight of Komi smiling! It was the first time Aimi had ever seen Komi smile. Her heart skipped a beat as the bright sunlight made Komi look especially radiant. There was something about Komi that felt genuine and captivated Aimi, making her feel warm and fuzzy inside.

"K-K-Komi?" she stammered. "What's going on?"

Komi looked down at her hands, hiding her eyes behind her bangs. Komi took a deep breath. "I…I'm…I'm ready," she said, softly.

Aimi looked down and saw Komi twiddling with the bottom helm of her long shirt. Her mouth dropped and her eyes popped as she realized what Komi meant. "S-Seriously?!" she asked, excitedly.

"I…I want us…to…be…f-friends," explained Komi. "But…c-c-can we…do it…together?"

Aimi's answer was quick and wholehearted. "Yes, absolutely! Of course we'll do it together!"

Komi and Aimi took a step back to give each other some space. Hada and her kittens watched everything from underneath the bench. The two girls took a deep breath and they both grabbed onto the bottoms of their shirts. "Are you sure you're ready?" Aimi asked, supporting Komi.

Komi nodded her head. Aimi could see the determination in her eyes. She smiled at Komi's newfound bravery.

"Okay, on the count of three, we both take our shirts off," she declared. "Ready?"

The two slightly lifted their shirts up. "Alright!" began Aimi. "One…"

Komi gulped. Despite her best efforts, a sense of nervousness began settling back into Komi's heart. Taking several deep breaths, Komi was determined to go through with the unveiling.

"...two…"

This was it! The moment of truth! Komi was one second away from fully embracing nudism with another person. The anticipation filled the air, as Komi herself couldn't believe it was about to happen.

"...THREE!"

Aimi grasped onto her shirt and pulled it up towards her head!

But before Aimi could lift her shirt up past her thighs, Komi reached out and forced her hands back down, much to the confusion of Aimi and the cats.

Aimi stared dumbfounded at Komi, who stared back at her with wide eyes. "Oh! I'm…I'm sorry," Aimi said, kindly. "Did you change your mind?"

Komi shook her head. Aimi took another look into her eyes and saw that there was still a faint of courage, indicating that this time, Komi didn't stop because she didn't want to get nude.

Instead, Komi came up with a much better plan. "L…Let's find…our m-moms," she said with a spark of excitement in her voice.

Komi took Aimi's hand again and led her down the dirt path back to the resort. Hada and her kittens watched Komi and Aimi disappear from sight. Hada tilted her head, confused as to what was going on.


While Komi and Aimi had been at the greenhouse, Shuuko and Hiromi went to the pools to have their own alone time. Having not seen each other since fourth grade, they had a lot of catching up to do.

The two moms kicked back in their pool chairs, drinking and shooting the breeze. They talked about a wide variety of different topics, from their divergent middle and high school experiences to family life. In particular, they talked a great deal about their husbands.

Shuuko had spent the past hour singing nothing but high praises about her husband.

With the exception of one thing.

"I love Masayoshi," said Shuuko, "but I just wish he would give nudism a chance. He's even worse than Shouko."

Hiromi replied with a bittersweet smile, sympathizing with her to some extent. "At least your husband still comes home every night," Hiromi said.

Hiromi sighed as she thought about the last time her husband was home. "I know he's working hard to provide me and Aimi with the money to run the resort, but I miss being in that man's arms every night. You can't do that over the phone."

[Hiromi's husband is almost always overseas.]

Their conversation was interrupted by the squeaking of a nearby gate. Komi and Aimi waltzed right into the pool area and walked up to their moms.

Shuuko was especially happy to see her daughter again.

"Hey Shouko!" she said, sweetly. "Did you two enjoy your girl time?"

Komi didn't reply. She looked down at her mom with a serious expression on her face. Shuuko had never seen her look so fierce.

"Is everything alright, Shouko?" she asked, worriedly.

Komi closed her eyes and took another deep breath. Her heart began beating fast as her anxiety flared up again. Try as she might, Komi could feel herself getting cold feet, not helped by her stepping in cold, wet puddles.

Nevertheless, she shook her head and let out a defiant grunt.

She set her bag down on the floor.

And then…it finally happened.

Komi clutched onto her shirt collar. And with one forceful tug, Komi lifted her shirt up over her head. Everyone gasped as Komi's shirt flew high into the air before fluttering down at Shuuko's feet.

Shuuko and Hiromi gasped as Komi nervously stood in front of them completely naked. She instinctively hovered her hand over her groin and her arm across her chest.

The sunlight reflecting off the water in the pool casted a soft glow on her body, giving her the appearance of a goddess.

Hiromi and Shuuko were speechless. But soon, they had the biggest smiles on their faces. "Yes! You finally did it!" Hiromi said, clapping her hands for Komi.

A smile appeared on Komi's cherry red face. She still felt embarrassed, but she was also happy to have finally overcome her fear.

Shuuko began bouncing in her chair, unable to contain her excitement. "Finally! My daughter has embraced nudism!" she shrieked, happily. "We can be eternally 17 forever!"

Komi was caught off-guard when Shuuko leapt out of her chair and wrapped her arms around her nude daughter. "Oh, I'm so happy you decided to do this!" she said, tears of joy forming in her eyes. "I'm so proud of you!"

Despite being put off by her mom's hysterical behavior, Komi happily hugged her mother back. This time, she wasn't bothered by their bare skins touching each other. It felt more comforting than awkward.

Hiromi and Aimi gave each other an approving nod and a high-five.

[Aimi's Plan for Converting Komi to Nudism]

[Step 4: Get Komi Undressed]

[Step 5: Have Komi Hug Another Nude Person]

The two watched as Komi and her mom embraced each other. They were ecstatic to see everything work out. "I love this place," cooed Hiromi.

"So do I," agreed Aimi.

"So, what finally convinced her to join the lifestyle for good?"

Aimi looked down at Komi's bag, where she kept her notebook in.

"She wanted to be my friend."


CHAPTER 9 END

A/N: Got you with that title, didn't I?

In all seriousness, I hope this lived up to everyone's expectations. I know it was a little on the longer side, but as Aimi has been in three of my stories already, I felt it was time to finally develop her as a character a bit and give good reason for her and Komi to be friends.

And don't worry, the story is not done yet. After all, Komi and her mom have some serious bonding time they need to catch up on!