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The absolute first thing you've got to do while you're at the beach?
"Come on, let's go swimming~!" You say, grabbing ahold of Kaina's arm so you can start tugging her towards the waves.
Clean ocean water's a luxury this close to Terminus City. A whole army of filtration drones slaves away every single day to keep this beach as pristine as it is. So it'd be a waste if you didn't get to enjoy the waves at least once while you're here!
You shuck off your clothes, tossing them towards the little shaded area you've set up. Naturally, you're wearing a swimsuit underneath your skimpy clothing. Just a regular black bikini. It's actually more conservative than your Magical Girl outfit; it covers much more of your skin.
Sand's the devil after all. As nice as it is to play with and sculpt with? It's coarse and irritating, and it does not feel nice when it's been blown up in your private parts. You'd prefer not to have it get in places where the sand's not supposed to go? Sure you can clear up UTIs with your essence, but that's just a pain. And not fun!
Besides, Kaina seems to be having a good time staring at you in this regular bikini. From your peripheral vision, you can see that she's still sneaking looks at you. She's not even bothering to be subtle about how she stares at your ass, your exposed midriff, the jiggle of your breasts as you jog toward the water…
Hee~!
Your love's really into your body, huh? That seriously makes you happy. Kaina's free to stare all she likes~! Every part of you is on the table when it comes to your love, after all.
"Kaina, come on, take your clothes off~!" You say.
Kaina hesitates, then shrugs her blouse off, shucks off her shoes, and peels off her leggings. Your love's opted to wear a cute one-piece swimsuit. It's a conservative outfit that doesn't show off a lot of her skin. But it does cling to the contours of her figure nicely. Kaina's so tall and slender…
She really is like a faerie, huh? In the sunlight, against the endless blue backdrop of the sea, she looks like a nymph from the old Greek Myths. A cool, unearthly, ethereal beauty who looks like she was perfectly cast from sea foam…
"Alice, you're staring at me," Kaina squirms.
You giggle. Ah~! You've been caught!
"I couldn't help myself! You look too beautiful, Kaina!" You cheer out.
"… Oh…" Kaina whispers.
"Now come on. We've got to soak in the ocean. The ocean! Let's go swimming together, Kaina!"
"Ah. There is a problem with that, Alice." Kaina raises her hand unconsciously like she's a student waiting to be called on by her professor.
"What's that?" You ask.
"… I don't know how to swim," Kaina admits. There's a sheepish note to her stoic tone. She averts her gaze, looking down at the sand between her feet.
"You don't know how to swim?" You blink.
"There was…" Kaina stammers. "… Never a good opportunity for me to learn… I'm sorry."
"No, stop apologizing; this is actually great! I can totally teach you how to swim! Okay?"
"Mmh…" Kaina nods, her blonde tresses of hair fluttering behind her back. "… Okay. I place myself in your care, Alice."
"And I'll take good care of you!" Your feet splash as you finally wade into the warm water. Ah, so refreshing~! Definitely a nice change of pace; this water's the perfect temperature to go swimming in… You'll have to rinse off all the salt and other seawater goop that'll stick to your skin afterward, but still! This is super nice!
"Come on; we've got to wade deeper, deeper!" You laugh as you continue tugging Kaina further away from the shoreline. The waves continue to crash around you, white waves of foam cresting about your ankles, then your knees. Fluffy white clouds decorate the sky as the sun shines down on you.
This really is a perfectly idyllic day at a perfectly idyllic beach. It's made more perfect by the girl whose hand is clenched tightly within your own.
Finally, you've reached the deeper parts of the shoreline. The water's deep enough here for you to swim but still shallow enough that you and Kaina will have no difficulty keeping your head above the waterline. You bob, gently pushing yourself off of the sand as you begin to tread water. Kaina stands still, as firm as any pillar, planting her feet in the sand.
"Alright, so, first I'm going to teach you how to float, okay?" You grin. Ah~! It really is so nice to be able to swim again! "Here, get on your back, I'll support you!"
"… Okay," Kaina agrees without much hesitation. She tips backward into the water, and you catch her, gently supporting her with your arms. Gosh, you can feel how tense Kaina is. She's as stiff as a board!
"Hey, hey. Kaina, relax, okay? I've got you; you'll be fine," you say, affecting a more gentle tone.
"… Yes. I'll be fine. You're… You're supporting me," Kaina mumbles, whispering to herself. "… Promise you won't let me go?"
"Eh, where's that coming from? Of course, I won't let you go!" You exclaim.
As if you'd be so cruel as to let Kaina go right now! You're teaching her how to swim so that you can swim with her! You never want to let Kaina go! Ever! Gosh, just the feeling of having her in your arms like this, supporting her slender back with your hands…
… Isn't this really intimate? Isn't this really great?
"Okay…" Kaina says. "But…"
"But?" You prompt.
"… Can I move closer to you? I want to…" Kaina gropes for the right words; you can see the frustration on her face as she tries to vocalize her thoughts. "… Want to touch you more…"
Oh?
Oh!
"Sure, no problem!" You say as you scooch just a bit closer to Kaina. Just enough so that your breasts lightly touch against Kaina's soft, swimsuit-clad tummy. Close enough that you can support her waist with your arms!
"This close enough?" You ask, leaning down to stare Kaina right in the eye. Your love swallows, bobbing her head lightly.
"Yes…" Kaina whispers. This close you can practically feel her chest thumping, her little heart pumping away. Kaina closes her eyes now, and inhales deeply. "… Mmh. Smells like the ocean… And Alice… Warm…"
Hey, is this girl dozing off? Well. You suppose you can't blame her; you just… Seem to have that effect on Kaina. It's as if she feels totally safe in your presence, enough to the point where she's just willing to let herself relax for a change.
… Honestly, that kind of trust terrifies you a little. The blind trust Kaina's putting in you… It's a precious thing. A precious, fragile thing that needs to be treated carefully. It's something you don't really want to break. At all.
Because if you did, you'd break Kaina's heart.
And that would be a very sad thing. You don't ever want that to happen now…
"… Kaina, stop dozing off; I'm supposed to be teaching you how to float!" You shake your maudlin thoughts out of your sexy mind. Depressing, sad thoughts later. Fun activities with your love now!
"… Water's so warm and nice… Alice smells so good… Alice makes me feel safe..." Kaina hums, blinking her eyes open. She stares up at the sky, at the clouds overhead. Water drips, splashing as Kaina reaches up with her arms now. With one hand, she makes to shade her eyes. With the other, she reaches up, and points skyward.
"The sky's so perfectly blue…" Kaina whispers in the excited tones of a small child.
You squint as you look skyward yourself. And you smile.
"… Yeah. The sky really is nice and blue, isn't it?" You lean down in front of Kaina's face. Her breathing quickens as you shift your grip. Like this… It's like you're carrying Kaina in the water. One of your arms supports the small of her back, just above her pert buttocks. The other hand supports Kaina's delicate shoulders.
"… Alice looks nice too…" Kaina murmurs, still clearly a bit out of it. She shakes her head now, frowns. "I'm sorry, Alice. I lost track of my thoughts. You were…"
"I was teaching you how to float?" You prompt.
"… Yes."
"Well, the trick to floating is to let the water hold you up. It can do that, but your body needs surface area to float well. So you'll want to try to distribute your weight across the water, by stretching out your arms and legs…"
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"Kyah~!" You pant out as Kaina circles you in the water, practically treading laps around you. "No fair, no fair! How are you this good at swimming already?!"
"You're a good teacher, Alice," your love replies easily as she continues to tread water like she was born to swim.
It turns out you didn't have to put much work in at all. Swimming came as easily to Kaina as it might've for a duck or a fish. All you had to do was show her the basic muscle movements; she picked up most of the rest on her own.
So you ended up challenging her to an impromptu race back to the shore.
A race which you lost!
Kaina really is unfair! Unfair, unfair!
"I want a redo Kaina. A redo!" You pout.
"This would be the third redo…" Kaina points out.
"Can't you hold back for once?" You joke, only for Kaina to frown slightly.
"… I am holding back."
Oh, come on. You know Kaina's Magical Girl persona is ridiculously overpowered, but to think she'd be this high-specced in her civilian identity too?! She learns way too quickly. You only barely taught her how to swim, and here she is, swimming laps around you like a beautiful mermaid!
… Gosh, what'll she be like in bed…?
"Alice, you're drooling. Is everything okay?" Kaina asks, and you yelp because suddenly her face has filled your vision!
Kaina's beautiful face, so close to you~! Close enough that you can feel her warm breath ghosting across your face! So close you can see the swirl of her gorgeous eyes, her feathery eyelashes, her… Her…!
"Uwah~!" You yelp as you actually fall back into the water, limbs flailing from the surprise of seeing Kaina so close to you all of a sudden… Only to be caught by Kaina's strong arms. You feel her hands wrap around your waist, supporting your thighs. Soft fabric covering softer breasts grazes against your cheek as Kaina holds you to her in a… A…
A princess carry~!
"Alice, are you okay?" Kaina asks, concern filling her eyes.
"… I am now!" You giggle as you nestle yourself against Kaina's chest. Ah, this is the best. Hugging your love while she's got you in a carry like this, amid the pristine ocean…
Ah~!
Kaina's so cool~! She caught you like it was nothing! You didn't even have time to fall, not really! One second you tripped; the next she was just there~!
Ah, she's so cool, she's so cute…
"I don't understand," Kaina tilts her head, looking a bit confused. "… Should I let you go n-"
"No!" You snap, putting a finger to Kaina's lips. "No. Can we… Actually stay like this for just a little bit?"
"… Okay."
Hee~! You look up now to see that Kaina's smiling! She's happy! It's a small smile, sure, a minute turn in the corners of her mouth, but she's smiling! You can see it in the corners of her eyes, how she stares down at you fondly…
Should you tell her you love her now? It's the perfect moment, right?
… Nah. Best wait for your surprise towards the end of the evening.
But for now? For now you'll enjoy little moments like this~!
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You're still dripping water by the time you've set down to have your picnic. Fresh, filtered water of course. An impromptu rinse to get all the seawater off of you. The water here might be cleaner than you expected, but having salt water dry on your skin?
Not actually a fun experience.
So now, the both of you are wrapped in fluffy pink bathrobes, and you get to feed Kaina the delicious food you've cooked!
"Say ah~!" You coo as you present Kaina with another morsel on your fork. A delicate little chunk of apple pie with a golden brown crust, dusted with cinnamon and nutmeg.
Kaina leans forward and eats the pie right off of your fork. She makes a soft, happy noise as she chews. "It's good."
"You've said that about everything I've fed you, though!" You point out even as your heart soars. Ah, your cooking got praised by your love~!
All your hard work paid off!
You really went overboard with this feast laid out in front of the both of you. Two types of pie, apple and pumpkin. Savory sandwiches, fluffy homemade brioche bread stuffed with egg, ham, smoked fish, and cheese. And there's even the bento box you've got off to the side! With sushi! Actual salmon you got from a salmon farm on the outskirts of the city! You even did the thing where you cut these little slices of carrots into stars, and made little faces in the rice using sesame seeds...
"But everything Alice cooks tastes good…" Kaina murmurs.
"But I want to know your favorite so that I can cook you more of it!"
"…" Kaina blushes, turning her head aside. "… If it's anything that's been cooked by you, I think it'd taste good…"
Aw~! That's so sweet!
You take a sip from the carafe of tea you'd also prepared. Mmh, yummy iced tea, with honey and lemon! Ah, so refreshing! Kaina takes a sip of her own bottle of water.
The two of you switch bottles. You eagerly wrap your lips around the nozzle of Kaina's bottle and take a pull. Cucumber-infused mint water! So nice and cool. And it tastes a bit like Kaina too~!
"I like indirect kisses…" Kaina whispers with slight awe.
"So do I!" You cheer out. Ah, the slight taste of Kaina's lips against your own… It makes you want more of her!
"… Alice, can I feed you now?" Kaina asks.
"Eh, why's that?" You tilt your head, a bit confused.
"I want to see if you're as happy as I am when I feed you…"
Hee~!
"Okay! Ah~!" You say as you hold your mouth open like a baby bird, close your eyes as you wait for Kaina to fork you some food. A chunk enters your mouth, and you bite down on it. Mmh. Pumpkin pie~! So delish. You've outdone even yourself.
You make sure to let out some happy noises, to chew and swallow in an exaggerated motion. "This really is good! I've totally outdone myself, haven't I?"
"… Ah…" Kaina whispers after a bit. "… I made Alice happy… I wonder now. Should I cook food next time too…?"
Eh? Of course she should! The chance to eat Kaina's cooking's something you won't pass up at all! Even if it gives you food poisoning. Especially if it gives you food poisoning! That'll just be a chance to be doted upon by your love~!
And next time?
She already wants another date! Yay!
"Of course you should cook next time too!" You cheer out. "It'd make me super excited to eat something you prepared!"
"Mmh…" Kaina nods, a look of determination entering her eyes now. "… Next time then."
Hooray~!
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