The Rusty Jug - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Time passed, and Lia wasn’t surprised to discover that Mr. Hanover gave her a C on every assignment. She’d go into his office, and get him to change it, and was therefore getting straight A’s in his class. It got to the point where she’d just go into his office when she handed her assignments in, and blow him before he had a chance to grade it. This way, he’d actually give her constructive criticism when he graded her paper.

The last paper of the semester – and therefore of the class – was worth almost as many points as all of the other assignments combined. Lia didn’t want her grade to be based on her ability to suck him off, so she decided to change her tactics. Squaring her shoulders, she prepared herself for the small ordeal ahead of her.

“Jin, I’m going to talk to Mr. Hanover about our paper,” Lia informed him after class was dismissed. “Do you want to wait for me here, or back in our dorm?”

“I’ll wait here,” Jin replied.

“Okay, you wait here then, and I’ll try to hurry, but you know Mr. Hanover. He has a tendency to ramble on and on.”

Jin nodded, and Lia privately thought it was funny that while he did talk to her quite a bit in private, in public he was a man of few words. Most of what he did say in public was just the occasional comment to someone she was talking to. In fact it almost seemed like if they didn’t have her attention in some way, he didn’t care about a person in the slightest.

Lia mentally prepared herself once more. She took a deep breath, and calmed her suddenly nervous heartbeat. Ready, she knocked on the open office door.

“Come in, Miss Beaumont, and shut the door.” Lia complied, and Mr. Hanover added, “Lock it.”

Lia nodded, and turned the lock. Then, she turned to face him. “Mr. Hanover, can you do me a favor?”

“And what might that be?”

“For this paper, in exchange for -”

“For this paper, the price is sex,” Mr. Hanover interrupted.

“In exchange for sex,” Lia continued. She’d already figured he’d say that. “Will you please grade my paper honestly? I don’t want you to just give me an A if I didn’t earn it, and I don’t want you to just give me a C to provoke me to come bribe you to change it. I want to know what my actual grade would be, and why. Otherwise, why should I bother trying my best?”

Mr. Hanover beckoned Lia to come closer. “I can do that,” he whispered in her ear. His hands roamed her body, and he brushed her lips with his.

Lia busily unfastened his pants, and allowed him to push the top of her pink dress down to her waist. She was all for hurrying, and he was all for taking his time. Lia made herself be patient for him.

She stroked his shaft as he nursed on her breasts, and then ran her hands under his shirt to lightly scratch his back. Her nails were about a quarter inch long. Just sharp enough to excite him, but not enough to hurt him or leave marks.

Mr. Hanover moved the laptop from his desk, and carelessly swept the rest of the clutter aside. Neither registered the muffled thunk as a heavy book hit the floor, or the slightly louder thunk of the desk hitting the wall as he pushed Lia atop it. Lia chuckled in lusty excitement at his aggressive handling of her.

He spent some time orally pleasing her – for once – and then drove into her with a forceful, demanding, possessive thrust. Lia grunted and moaned in pleasure. No matter how rough he was with her, it was nothing compared to her gang, and this treatment she actually enjoyed.

The desk made more noise then they did. They were trying to be quiet, but in the heat of the moment, neither really cared about how much noise was created. Lia scratched his back again, and then squeezed his buttocks encouragingly.

Meanwhile, out in the classroom, Jin didn’t need his extra sensitive hearing to hear the thunks and squeaks. They were amplified by the walls, and sounded like they might be caused by a fight, but he could breathe, so Lia wasn’t in trouble. He decided to magically amplify his hearing, and heard several grunts, moans, and plenty of heavy breathing.

He thought back to Lia’s first visit to Mr. Hanover’s office, and realized that something similar must have happened during each visit. This realization completely explained Mr. Hanover’s willingness to change Lia’s grade. Jin stroked his chin in thought.

Upon further reflection, it also explained the teacher’s decision to give a bad grade in the first place. That thought made Jin angry, and he wondered how he should punish the teacher. Lia came here to get away from men using her like this!

He was honestly not upset with Lia, and actually admired her determination to do whatever it took to succeed. Especially since she never once complained about how unfair it was that the teacher was singling her out like this. She’s a little too accepting of those who treat her unfairly.

Ten minutes later, Jin was just about to send Mr. Hanover some severe abdominal cramps when he heard the man grunt in satisfaction. Lia sighed happily, and giggled softly. The teacher chuckled in response.

Lia brushed a stray hair out of Mr. Hanover’s face, and waited for him to pull out of her. He handed her a small towel, and she cleaned herself as best she could. She tossed the towel into a small basket he had in his office in case he soiled his clothes, and needed to change them.

“Now that I know you are going to be honest about my grad, I can’t wait to find out what it will be!” Lia grinned, and pulled the top of her dress back up.

“Just remember, if you want me to give an honest grade, I expect you to work hard to write a good paper.”

“I will, Mr. Hanover!” Lia promised enthusiastically as she smoothed the wrinkles out of her skirt. She unlocked and opened the door. “Thank you, and have a wonderful day.”

“I will, and I hope you do as well, Miss Beaumont.”

Jin was studying his nails as if bored, but really he was thinking about what he had just heard. Did Mr. Hanover’s promise to be honest mean that he shouldn’t be punished after all? Should I leave him alone?

Jin shook his head, and used his magic to send the teacher severe abdominal cramps starting in 10 minutes from now. No sense in Lia finding out about them; she’ll know I caused them! He decided to make the cramps last five minutes… better make it 10!

Lia suggested that they return to their dorm, take a bath in Jin’s bottle to relax, and start on their homework. Jin merely nodded in agreement. He had already completed most of his homework in the time Lia was in the office, but she didn’t need to know that right now either.

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After their bath, they each sat in front of a laptop, and did homework. Lia chose to start with history as it was her favorite subject. The farther back in human history the better!

Her assignment was to read several different translations of the same passage, and then compare and comment on them. This meant that she got to see how several different people translated the same original historical document, and see how different their interpretations were.  It’s hard to believe that some of these translations are from the same passage!

After a while, Lia stretched with a loud yawning moan, and blurted, “Man! I wish I could fluently read, write, speak, and understand every language ever!” She immediately gasped, and covered her mouth. She turned to Jin, who was looking at her in surprise.

“I… I didn’t mean it… I… swear I’ll never make another wish again!”

Slowly, Jin’s expression changed to a smile. “Does that mean you want me to stay with you for as long as possible?”

“Of course I do! How can you even ask me that?” Lia wondered incredulously.

“It’s just that you don’t tell me a lot of things. I was beginning to think I was just… a burden on you.”

“A burden!” Lia practically jumped out of her chair and into his lap. She held him tightly, and then kissed him. “I love you!”

Jin watched as she realized what she’d said. First, she was surprised, then astonished, then in awe, and finally she smiled confidently. He didn’t know how to respond.

“It’s true; I really do,” Lia confessed.

Jin kissed her softly, reverently. He had a tight feeling in his chest, and was inexplicably ecstatic. A thought occurred to him.

“Then why do you keep secrets?” He wondered.

Lia looked away, and didn’t answer. She made tiny side to side movements with her head, as if trying to deny it. What can I say?

“Do you think I will get mad at you? That I’ll beat you?” Jin asked.

A tear escaped Lia’s eye. “Yes,” she whispered, still looking at anything but him. “And… I’m afraid that I’ll lose you. That you won’t…”

Maybe 500 years alone had taught Jin patience, or maybe they had extinguished his need to control others, because right now, he knew he was completely in her control, and he didn’t mind in the slightest.

He brushed her cheek with his hand, and held her close. “I would never hurt you, and even if the impossible happened, and I did, you’d simply tell me to stop.”

Lia made a non-committal sound, and Jin realized, “You wouldn’t stop me, would you?”

“No,” Lia whispered very quietly.

Jin closed his eyes, and exhaled. “Why not?”

“… because… I’d do anything for you, even…”

“Let me hurt you,” Jin finished her sentence.

Jin decided to change the subject, and brought her into his bottle. He carried her into his study, and deposited her in the comfortable armchair. She looked at him in confusion as he turned his attention to his bookshelf.

He selected a book, and handed it to her. “I think you’ll enjoy this one.”

“Jin, I can’t read…” Lia stared at the book in shock. “This. Jin! I can read this book!” She opened it and was even more amazed that she could still read it.

Jin laughed. “You made a wish, remember?”

“Oh my god, I did!”

Lia promptly got lost in the book, which was in Greek and was about philosophy. Time passed, and Lia didn’t even notice when Jin returned them to their dorm so that he could finish working on his homework. He sat in front of his laptop typing quietly.

He glanced at the clock, and chuckled. “Usually we’re in bed by now.”

Lia’s eyes flew to the clock. “9:30!” She looked at Jin in mild alarm. “You should get in bed – we should get in bed.”

Jin rose to follow her suggestion, which was half an order, and compelled him to obey. He frowned. “Why?”

“It’s late,” Lia answered evasively. She sat on her side of the bed. “You should -”

Jin covered her mouth with his fingers. “You’re going to tell me to go to sleep, and I realize that you do so every night. What do you do when I am asleep?”

Lia looked away, and whispered, “Earn money.”

Jin still couldn’t ask her how she made money as his magic considered it to be the same as asking where she got her money, which she had ordered him not to ask.

“Doing what?” He phrased it differently.

“Can… Can you promise you won’t get mad?”

“I can try not to,” Jin reasoned.

“I strip at a club…” Lia muttered softly, and then braced herself for his reaction.

Jin saw that she fully expected him to hit her, and he wondered what he had ever done to make her think he’d do such a thing. As for her stripping, he was aware of what the term meant, but he couldn’t quite picture how she could earn money by simply taking her clothes off. He was curious about it now.

“Can I come with you tonight?” He asked.

Lia looked at him in near panic. “I uh, um,” she stuttered. He always did everything she asked of him, even when he had a choice. It was unfair of her not to do the same. She took a deep breath, and sighed.

“Look, first I do my routine, and then I give lapdances. I don’t think you want to see those, and if I let you come with me, you have to -” She stopped and corrected herself. “I mean please promise me you’ll leave if you get upset in the slightest. This is how I make our money, and I don’t want you causing accidents and driving business away.”

Jin thought this over. “That makes sense since you’d lose out on money if I did. Alright, I promise I won’t use my magic to cause any trouble, and I’ll leave if I start to get angry.”

Lia looked at the clock. “Thank you. Now, since I am going to be late otherwise, can you bring me there by magic?”

“I could, but I don’t know where it is,” Jin answered.

Lia picked a place he would know that was only five minutes away from the club. Jin used his magic to bring them there. They rushed to the club, and Lia hugged the bouncer at the door.

“Right on time, Lia. I was beginning to wonder if you’d be late.”

“Sorry, uh this is my guest, Jin,” Lia stated.

“Jin’s welcome to go inside free of charge, but I still encourage him to spend some money on the other girls,” the bouncer advised.

Lia nodded, and guided Jin inside and to a table. She gave him a hundred dollars in five dollar bills, and bade him, “Put some money on the stage if you like what you see, but not for me please.” She kissed him, and ran backstage to get ready.

“Lia, I’m switching you with Rachel. She’ll go next, and then you.”

Lia nodded, and pondered which outfit and routine to choose tonight. Her Jessica Rabbit routine was always popular, and she hadn’t done it in a while, but then again, so was her dominatrix routine. Ultimately, she went with Jessica Rabbit, and prepared herself to really wow the crowd.

At his table, Jin wasn’t sure how he felt about an entire place devoted to women getting naked for money, but he could certainly see why they made so much. He gave a five dollar bill to the woman who was performing when they arrived, and another to the one after her. He had been ordered to give money if he liked what he saw, but since he wasn’t sure what he was feeling, he just gave them each money.

He wondered what Lia was going to do, and his jaw dropped in astonishment when he recognized her walk on stage in a long, shimmering, red dress. I didn’t know she could sing! He watched her routine with something akin to pride that his woman was so incredible.

He was ready to carry her back to bed by the end of her routine, and clutched the table to stop himself from snatching her as she collected her money. She showed her body off to the cheering customers, and waved and flirted. She pretended not to notice Jin, but he knew she was vividly aware of his presence by the way she completely avoided looking at him. That there told him that she didn’t trust herself to keep her hands off him if she saw him, which would be bad for business.

A few minutes later, he saw her reappear in a different outfit, and watched as she gave someone a lapdance. He instantly realized that a lapdance was performed on a customer’s lap, and that he apparently couldn’t touch her. It was her job to make him practically shoot a load in his pants, and she could touch or tease the poor guy anyway she wanted.

Jin thought this was an ingenious way to make money! He wasn’t mad at Lia in the slightest. He was, however, frustrated sexually, and a bit upset that other men got to see her naked and have her body rubbed all over them on a nightly basis.

He remembered to give money to the other dancers on stage, and tried not to dwell on what Lia was doing. Or who she was doing it to. He was very tempted to use his magic on them, but he had promised not to, damn!

“You’re Lia’s guest, aren’t you?” A man asked Jin a few minutes before midnight.

Jin nodded.

“I own this club, and I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, but you’re gorgeous!”

Jin was baffled as to what was the right way to take that statement.

“I mean, you could make some serious money on Wednesday nights.”

“I could?” Jin asked curiously. “How?”

“Simple, that’s the night we reserve for male dancers to shake it before a mostly female audience.”

Jin looked over at Lia, who was just finishing her last dance of the night. “And that?”

“Lapdances? Yep, those too. That’s where the real money is.”

“I’ll have to think about it, and -”

Lia surprised Jin by coming up behind him, and hugging him. “What’re you two talking about?”

“I’m trying to talk your friend here into performing on Wednesday nights,” the owner informed her.

“Really?” Lia asked with interest. She sat on Jin’s lap, and gave him a kiss. “And what do you think?”

“I don’t know,” Jin admitted. “Mostly that it’s time I made some money.”

“Can you even dance?” Lia wondered.

“Not like that,” Jin answered. He nuzzled her neck, causing her to giggle.

“No problem! I can have some of the other guys show you how it’s done,” the owner stated.

“Hmm, we’ll see,” Lia replied. “I’m just going to go change, and then we can go home.” Lia nibbled on Jin’s ear, and whispered, “I am so ready for you right now!”

“Same here,” Jin responded with a grin.

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Diamond Elf - Chapter 37

Chapter 37

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Tsuki! - Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Hannah and Toshihiro joined Saki for an early breakfast the next morning, and Hannah smiled; certain that she had been right about Hikari.

“Good morning,” Saki greeted, and Toshihiro returned the greeting. “Hikari isn’t feeling very well this morning, so it’ll just be the three of us hiking today.”

Toshihiro nodded, and they ate breakfast. Soon, they were on their way to the hiking trail, and Saki chatted with Toshihiro about her previous hikes.

“This trail is actually not used very often, since not too many people who come here are interested in hiking. Most of the regular hikers come early in the morning or after dinner.”

The three of them hiked the trail until they came to a sun filled clearing, and ten-foot high cliff that turned out to be a flat mesa-like rock. Hannah immediately began to inspect the cliff wall. She discovered that it was pockmarked for easy climbing.

Hannah climbed up the cliff wall in about a minute flat, and stood looking around at the beautiful surroundings. She whooped happily, and basked in the warmth of the sun. This was a perfect place to sunbathe, and she looked to see if Toshihiro and Saki were following her.

Toshihiro was inspecting the wall, wondering how Hannah had climbed it so quickly and easily. He realized that there were plenty of hand and foot holes, but even so, it didn’t look very easy to climb. He decided to try it, and Saki followed him.

Hannah watched their progress, and chuckled that it took them longer to climb it than it had taken her. She leaned over, and gave Toshihiro a hand up. Toshihiro immediately turned, and helped Hannah help Saki up the last few feet.

Then Toshihiro and Saki took a look around.

“Wow! So beautiful!” Saki exclaimed.

“I agree,” Toshihiro said.

Neither noticed that Hannah stripped, and stretched out in the sun.

“Hana!” Toshihiro bust out laughing when he discovered what she had done.

Saki decided Hannah was right, this was the perfect place to bask in the sun, and stripped herself.

Toshihiro was momentarily caught off guard, but then he realized that Saki probably didn’t care if he saw her naked because they had already seen each other naked in the hotspring bath. He looked around once more, and shrugged.

Saki turned her face away from him, and grinned as Toshihiro undressed. She loved to look at his naked body. He didn’t have bulging muscles like someone who was athletically inclined, but neither was he too skinny. He looked like he had grown up somewhere where a little bit of strenuous daily activity was normal.

Toshihiro and Saki stretched out, and sighed in relaxation, then giggled that they had sighed at the same time.

Hannah stroked Toshihiro’s arm happily, her eyes closed so that she wasn’t staring at the sun.

“What would Hana-san do if I kissed you?” Saki asked suddenly.

Toshihiro nearly choked in response to the unexpected question. “I – uh – Why – uh – I don’t think she would do anything.”

Saki laughed. “Did I surprise you?”

Toshihiro nodded.

“It shouldn’t be such a surprise, it’s summer, the time for flings, and you’re gorgeous,” Saki informed him.

“Saki, I love my wife, and I’m not entirely sure I am comfortable with the idea of you kissing me –“

Saki cut him off by kissing him.

Toshihiro’s hand tightened on Hannah’s arm, and Hannah laughed softly. She stroked him arm some more to sooth him.

Saki extended the kiss as long as possible, and let her hands roam his body. Toshihiro didn’t do anything to encourage Saki, but neither did he do anything to stop her. Finally, Saki released his lips.

“Why is it that suddenly every girl I’m around wants to have sex with me?” Toshihiro asked himself.

“Because you are gorgeous, and your wife doesn’t mind,” Saki answered.

Toshihiro blushed at the compliment. “I don’t know if I would call myself gorgeous.”

Saki laughed, and kissed him again. She allowed one of her hands to brush against his groin, and discovered that he was hard. She groaned in delight.

Saki had previously had two boyfriends that she had been intimate with, and in addition to simply finding Toshihiro gorgeous, she wanted to have sex with one guy that she could not have a relationship with. A fling, or a one-night (day) stand to prove to herself that she was over her last boyfriend.

Plus, it had been so long since she last had sex!

Saki trailed kisses all up and down Toshihiro’s body, and stroked his chest with her hands. She noticed that Hannah was watching her with a grin, and thought, She really doesn’t mind if I have sex with her husband… In fact, I think she likes to watch!

A thought occurred to Toshihiro, and he stopped Saki just before she took his hardness into her mouth. “We can’t do this, we don’t have protection, and I don’t want to risk getting you pregnant.”

Saki looked very unhappy, Damn, he’s right!

Hannah sat up, and tilted her head in thought. Why did he stop her? She bit her lip in concentration, Oh! She rummaged through her pants pockets until she found what she was looking for, and tossed it to Toshihiro.

Toshihiro gave Hannah a confused look. This was the second time that she had given him a condom so that he could safely have sex with another woman. Why does Hannah carry condoms with her? Is she cheating on me somehow? Even that doesn’t make sense; she’s already pregnant. So, why does she carry condoms?

Hannah had a good idea of what he was thinking, but had no idea how to explain that she had bought some condoms when she realized that she was pregnant, and that she didn’t want to risk him impregnating anyone else. It had never occurred to her that there wouldn’t be an opportunity to use the condoms.

Saki smiled at the sight of the condom, and continued what she was doing prior to Toshihiro stopping her. She took his entire length into her mouth, and sucked on him eagerly.

Toshihiro sucked in his breath. “I wish you women would warn me when you’re about to do that!”

Saki tried to ask him why, but her mouth was full, and all that happened was humming, which caused Toshihiro to gasp. That, in turn, caused Saki to continue humming.

Saki sucked on him for several long minutes, until Hannah decided to slip a finger between her own labia, and Saki decided that she wanted to ride him.

Saki took the condom from his clenched hands, opened the package it came in, and put it on him. Next, she straddled him, and guided him inside her.

Toshihiro looked over at Hannah, wondering why she really didn’t mind that he was having sex with another woman. He smiled to see her watching them, and pleasuring herself. She smiled at him, and moaned.

Saki rode him for at least an hour, changing paces as often as she wanted, and thoroughly enjoying herself, despite the fact that she didn’t come close to orgasming since there was no direct stimulation to her clitoris.

Toshihiro watched her ride him, and while the sensations were very pleasant, they just weren’t intense enough to make him spill his cum. He didn’t mind at all, for her breasts bounced in a way that made him grin, and almost mesmerized him.

In fact, the only one who was getting frustrated was Hannah, who had given herself three orgasms, and was getting impatient with their leisurely pace. She sat up abruptly, and made Saki change positions.

Toshihiro smiled knowingly as Hannah made Saki turn around so that she straddled him, but faced away. This has got to be one of Hana’s favorite positions.

Saki had never had a threesome before, nor had she ever experimented with women, so she didn’t know what to expect from Hannah’s actions. Both of her ex boyfriends were the type to climax quickly, and while she had given herself orgasms, she had never had one during sex. This was why she was content to simply ride Toshihiro for as long as he lasted, and was surprised that it was so long.

Saki watched Hannah look at her with a mysterious smile that made Saki slightly nervous. To tell the truth, she hadn’t actually anticipated having sex today. She had hoped, of course, but she figured Hannah would object. She hadn’t thought for one second that Hannah would let her, and want to participate.

Hannah held Saki open as wide as she could without hurting her, and used a finger to locate Saki’s clitoris. Once she found it, Hannah stimulated it with her tongue, and as Saki froze in shock, Toshihiro gently thrust his hips.

Saki opened her mouth to gasp, and found that she couldn’t breathe. Oh my god! The sensations are incredible!

Hannah wouldn’t let Saki get close to climax too soon, and skillfully prolonged the event for close to an hour. By this time, Saki was breathing erratically, and damn near crying.

Saki began to shudder as what could only be described as an earthquake racked her body. She had been fairly quiet in her vocalizations up to this point, but now she screamed.

Hannah chuckled because the scream almost sounded as if Saki were being attacked, and she wondered if someone would come running to see what was wrong.

The strong rippling of Saki’s muscles on his shaft made Toshihiro’s cum flow. He had also been wondering just how long his stamina would last before he either orgasmed, or became too exhausted to continue.

As soon as Saki’s heart stopped pounding so very hard, she laid down next to Toshihiro, and Hannah lay next to her; stroking her breast.

A few minutes later, they heard Toya and Hattori calling her name from somewhere along the trail. Saki groaned, and blushed.

The two calling her name grew closer; close enough to hear Saki as she called out, “I’m busy Toya, please go away!”

“You’re not hurt?” Toya couldn’t figure out where his sister was, but knew that she could hear him.

“I’m fine… In fact, I’m better than fine,” Saki informed him.

“Where are you?” Toya sounded like he was very close now, possibly next to the mesa they rested on.

Saki sighed. “Toya, I’m fine, please go away.”

Hannah stuck her head over the edge of the cliff to peak at them, and Hattori noticed her. He tugged on Toya’s sleeve, and pointed at Hannah. Hannah waved.

Toya blushed as he figured out what must have happened. “Saki! Do you have any idea how afraid I was when I heard your scream echoing all the way back to the hotspring?!”

Saki poked her head over the edge of the cliff, still right next to Hannah. She blushed redder than ever before. “Sorry.”

Even knowing what likely made her scream, Toya had to ask, just to be sure Saki wasn’t hurt after all. “What made you scream like that?”

“I – ah – um – well… Ha – Hana-chan um, she… She did this thing with her tongue, and…” Saki moved her head out of Toya’s view in embarrassment.

Toshihiro chuckled softly, and decided to come to Saki’s rescue. “It’s not nice to make your sister give details she’s uncomfortable talking about.”

“So you are up there, Toshihiro-kun. I realize that Saki has been… enjoying herself up there, but I just had to be sure you didn’t force yourself on her. The way the scream sounded from the hotspring… Well, it didn’t sound like pleasure.”

Hannah’s hand absently doodled on Saki’s stomach and breasts, since Saki had rolled back onto her back, and Saki was finding her body’s reaction surprising.

“Uh… T-Toya? Please go away, I’m not done… enjoying myself up here,” Saki nearly whispered the last couple of words.

“Saki!” Toya exclaimed in shock. “What would mother say?”

“I don’t particularly care at the moment!” Saki hesitantly placed a hand on Hannah’s buttocks. Then she gave it a gentle squeeze, and glided her hand up Hannah’s back.

Toshihiro watched Saki, and wondered something. “Hannah had never had sex with a man before me, and she seems to be able to attract women who never even considered having sex with a woman before. I wonder why that is?” He asked quietly, not realizing that the openness of the mesa, and the light wind combined to carry his words to Saki’s brother.

Saki answered him, “Well, I don’t know about other women, but for me, the interest lies in what she was able to do to me. I have never been able to or-or… you know,” Saki blushed again, “like that before. I want to see if she can do it again.”

Toya made several stunned noises, and finally decided to leave them alone. “I really didn’t want to know that,” he muttered as Hattori followed him.

“Have fun Saki!” Hattori bade. “And don’t worry, if we hear you screaming again, I’ll make sure that Toya doesn’t come to investigate.”

“Thank you Hattori!” Saki called after them.

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The Rusty Jug - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Lia woke to find Jin staring at her. For some reason this made her blush. Then she grinned at him.

“Good morning,” he bade and then chuckled. “You sure sleep a lot. We go to bed around nine; you sleep later than me, and I swear you always seem tired.”

Lia smiled and shrugged. “They say a body builds up a sleep debt for every night it doesn’t sleep enough. I went for years with very little sleep, so my body must still be trying to catch up.”

Jin nodded. “Well, we don’t have any classes today, but you mentioned shopping.”

Lia grinned. “Mmm… Shopping!” Then she yawned, and snuggled up to her pillow, silently wishing that she could sleep a bit longer.

Jin put a hand on her back, and used his magic to make her less sleepy. He literally gave her some of his energy. He had plenty to spare anyway.

“Have you showered yet?” Lia asked as she sat up, suddenly feeling energetic.

“Yes,” Jin informed her, and then nibbled on her neck.

“Good. I’m too impatient to wait! So, let’s get dressed and get going!”

Jin pulled her close, knowing that it was his own fault she was too antsy to stay and make love. A moment later they were in his bottle rummaging through his closet. He chose black casual dress pants, and a short sleeved, tight fitting, dark blue muscle tee.

Lia found a knee length summer dress in a matching blue. It was low cut, and the top half was made to stretch as she put it on then cling to her. Lia found it mildly ironic that she still didn’t have any undergarments – other than what she had stashed at the strip club she worked at.

Jin ran a hand up inside the skirt of her dress, and caressed her soft bottom. He kissed her, and hoped that she might be in the mood for a quick one after all. She stepped closer to him.

“Now that you’ve had regular meals for a while, you look and feel better than ever!” Jin informed her.

Lia grinned and nodded. “I agree. I even think my breasts have gotten just a little bit bigger.”

Jin gently bit her nipples through her dress. “I think you’re right.

“Hey now! Any more of that, and we’re never going to get around to shopping!”

“I don’t mind!” Jin grinned hopefully.

“Jin!” Lia giggled.

The two of them exited Jin’s bottle, and kissed once more before leaving their dorm. They strolled along hand in hand, and watched other couples enjoying the day. If not for a mildly serious need to buy a computer, they may well have abandoned their errand for something more romantic.

They soon arrived at a store with a large selection of computers, and Jin frowned over their prices. Lia fiddled with each model, and asked a helpful male sales clerk about a hundred flirty questions –all about the computers but flavored with something more. Finally, she fell in love with a particular laptop.

“This is the one,” she announced, and then asked, “Hey, do you think we should each get one?”

Jin looked at her in confusion, wondering how they could afford one of them let alone two. The model was one of the more expensive laptops, and he didn’t think they had that kind of money. He noticed she was too busy playing with the computer to see his reaction.

Lia nodded in agreement with herself. “Yeah, I think we should.”

She turned to the sales clerk, and flirted a bit more. Then she told him to get them two of her chosen laptop. After he returned to ring them up, she added a full repair or replacement plan, and made sure that they were both up to date on their virus protection.

The salesclerk told her the total, and Jin’s jaw nearly dropped. Lia merely opened her purse, and withdrew enough cash to pay for it. The clerk was impressed that she had that much cash, but didn’t comment on it. He gave them all of the necessary paperwork, and wished them a great day.

Lia asked Jin to carry the two still-in-the-box laptops, and nearly skipped with glee as she exited the store. Her stomach reminded her that she hadn’t eaten anything yet, and she suggested, “Let’s go get something to eat!”

“Uh… Lia? Where did you get all that money?” Jin asked. “We didn’t have that much left, and I don’t remember you stealing any lately.”

Lia burst out laughing, and forgetting for a moment Jin’s affliction to obey her every command, answered as she would to her best friend. “Don’t ask!”

Jin stopped in his tracks. “What? Why?”

Lia abruptly stopped laughing, and looked at him with all seriousness. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have worded it like that… but… please don’t ask me that.’

“Why? What have you done?” Jin was relieved that his binding did not consider this asking where she got her money.

Lia looked down. “The only things I know how to do.”

“Other than stealing,” Jin added logically since she would have admitted to that. He took a purposeful breath, and slowly nodded. “I can’t ask now, but even if I could I wouldn’t since you asked me not to, but Lia… You can tell me, and I wish you would.”

Lia continued to study the ground. “Jin… I don’t want to hurt you… but I will tell you… later.”

“Later when?” Jin asked.

“When I’m ready,” Lia replied evasively.

Jin put a hand on her shoulder, magically holding the laptops steady with his other hand. “Is it bad?”

“Not to me, but yeah, you’ll probably think it’s bad… Very bad,” Lia put on her fake smile, and changed the subject. “I’m hungry. We should get something to eat.”

Jin looked at the laptops, and decided that they were too unwieldy to lug around. So, he used his magic to send them to their dorm room. What could she have done that was so bad?

He followed Lia to the nearest place to eat, and they ate in silence. He was occupied trying to figure out what she had done, and when, and she was busy trying to figure out what she could tell him that would be mostly the truth, but not hurt him. After eating, the two of them made a visit to the campus gym.

“They have kickboxing!” Lia nearly clapped in glee, and bounced excitedly.

“What’s that?”

“It says here that they’ll let us drop in on a class for free to try it out. Let’s do it and you can see what it is,” Lia suggested, taking him by the hand. She dragged him to the part of the massive building that was indicated on the map for the class.

Jin nodded in agreement, despite her determination not to let him choose otherwise. He knew that she was careful to word most things so that they weren’t orders, but even so, things often came out that way… like now. Lucky for him he usually wanted to do what she commanded.

Now was one of the times when he liked what she ordered him to do. So many things in this modern age fascinated him, and he loved it when Lia showed him something new. Though this building was huge, and he was afraid they might get lost, but they finally arrived.

Jin looked around the class, and was amazed at all the women there, but more importantly, “We get to spar!”

Lia laughed. “I thought you might like that.”

The instructor came over to them. “I’m Gina. Either of you kickbox before?”

“No,” Lia answered as Jin shook his head. “But I have fought before.”

“Same here,” Jin added gruffly.

“I see. Well, you’re not dressed for it, but you’re welcome to have us assess your skill level,” Gina invited.

“I’ll go first!” Lia volunteered. In order to fight anyone the gang leader told them to, all members were taught basic moves such as punches and blocks, and they were expected to be good enough at them to stay alive. Lia was still alive after all.

Gina pointed to her assistant, who invited Lia to attack him. Lia chuckled nervously, and asked, “Um… could you attack me please?’

“Go on, Marcus,” Gina permitted.

Marcus came at Lia with a mild attack, which she automatically blocked. Nodding, Marcus attacked slightly more aggressively, and Lia dodged or blocked everything he threw at her. He stepped up his attack a bit more, and Lia finally punched him back.

Of course, he blocked her as well, but Lia wasn’t trying to hurt him. As a result, her punch was indecisive and weak. Marcus noticed that she was holding back, and encouraged her to, “Step up already!”

The words were almost a trigger, and in her mind, she heard many an opponent intent to kill her yell, “If you want a piece of me, you’d better step up, Bitch!”

Lia lost control for a moment, and gave a war cry unique to her gang. She immediately began to attack Marcus like he was a rival gang member. She put him on the defensive, and backed him up against a wall.

Lastly, she surprised him with a sweeping kick that knocked him off his feet. She jumped on him as he fell, and he landed on his back with her atop him. One of her legs was on either side of his chest, and pinned down his arms just below his shoulders.

Jin saw the look on her face, and knew that she was about to beat the assistant senseless. He caught her hand as she was about to punch Marcus. “Lia…”

Lia shook her head free of the destructive memories, and flushed. “Sorry!”

“Well well… You took down Marcus, but you lack proper training. You fight like a thug,” Gina evaluated.

Lia nodded, tried to stand, and realized that parts of her skirt were trapped under Marcus’ arms. She tugged them free, and ended up giving him a free show. Though she did manage to keep everyone else from receiving a show too.

Marcus grinned. “I think I’m in love.”

Jin helped Lia to her feet, and kissed her. “My turn?”

Lia nodded.

Jin helped Marcus to his feet, and took a fighting stance. He looked at the assistant like a tiger looks at his prey, and wondered whether he should attack, or wait to defend himself. Attacking would be more fun…

Marcus chuckled nervously. “Uh… maybe Teo should assess this one.”

 Gina studied Jin thoughtfully. Teo was the instructor for the advanced class. For Marcus to suggest this before a single punch had been thrown was rare.

“Hey Teo!” Gina called out to a man who was watching them through a window to the instructors’ shared office.

Teo got to his feet, and poked his head out of the office door. “What’s the matter? Marcus get hurt?”

“Nah,” Marcus answered. “Just that this one is one of yours.”

“Really? It’s been a while since I had a new student.” Teo came over to them, and walked a circle around Jin. Jin tracked Teo’s movements with his senses, prepared to defend himself at a moment’s notice.

“I think you might be right,” Teo admitted to Marcus, and attacked Jin.

Jin’s awesome! Lia thought.

Jin and Teo sparred like equals, and Teo decided not to hold back. This prompted Jin not to hold back either. They each had some pretty impressive moves.

“I hope he doesn’t hurt Teo,” Lia uttered softly.

Gina chuckled. “Says the girl who wailed on Marcus and knocked him to the ground!”

Gina glanced around at the rest of her students. They were all busy practicing various different moves. One woman was trying her hardest – with the help of another assistant – to practice a defensive throw, but wasn’t able to so much as unbalance her fellow student. Gina nodded in encouragement, and returned her attention to Jin and Teo.

A minute later, Jin gasped, and rushed to shield Lia with his body as a different body flew at her. It was the partner of the woman practicing defensive throws, and he had made it a bit too easy for her to do what she needed to. Panic was written on his face as he completely forgot the recovery maneuver that would stop his unexpected flight.

He crashed into Jin just as Jin arrived in front of Lia. Jin’s stance absorbed most of the impact, and he even managed to prevent the man from landing painfully on the floor. He wasn’t able to stop him from falling though, just softened his landing.

Jin held Lia protectively, and watched the man at their feet in case anything else happened. Lia snuggled into her lover, and wondered what had happened. She decided to help the man up.

Gina looked at the student who threw this one, and saw that she was watching them in horror.

“I’m so sorry; I have no idea how that happened!”

Gina glanced at the clock, and saw that there was only five minutes left of class anyway. “I think that’s enough for today.”

Teo bowed to Jin, and said, “Good match. You could stand to learn more about kickboxing techniques, but your foundation is solid, and you fought well.”

Lia looked Jin in the eyes. “What do you think? Do you want to come again?”

Jin nodded, and then faked an aggravated sigh, “More classes!”

Lia laughed.

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Tsuki! - Chapter 14

Chapter 14

The next day, Hannah and Toshihiro explored the touristy area around the hotspring for most of the day, and Hannah decided that she loved this unique little town.

Hannah spotted a group of older people dancing the steps to actual slow dances to some instrumental music. Hannah pointed to them excitedly, and tugged Toshihiro closer to the group. Please?

Toshihiro suppressed a groan, and followed Hannah to them. “Hello,” he greeted the group.

Hannah swept her hand to indicate the entire group, pointed to Toshihiro, and motioned dancing.

“Hana wants to know if any of you could teach me how to dance,” Toshihiro explained.

“Sure thing!” A spry elderly lady volunteered. She took Toshihiro by the hand, and led him through the basic steps. The lady’s partner offered his hand to Hannah, and she nodded happily. The two of them merrily danced through the dance that was playing until another man tapped on his shoulder, and switched partners.

Hannah laughed as she danced a dance with every man in the group, and saw each one of the women take a turn teaching Toshihiro how to dance. Once Toshihiro had practiced the basic steps a few times, he found that it was actually easier than he thought it would be.

After a while, the women told Toshihiro that he could dance well enough for the occasional semi-formal party. They gave him permission to dance with his girl.

Toshihiro held his hand out for Hannah, who accepted it graciously, and the two of them began to dance to the cheers of the group. Toshihiro found it ridiculously easy to dance with Hannah; all he had to do was get lost in her eyes, and let his body go through the steps.

Hannah and Toshihiro danced and danced and danced; the group of older people kept one eye on them as they resumed their own dancing, sighing as they remembered what new love felt like. They danced so long that they ended up missing dinnertime at the hotspring inn.

They were still wrapped up in each other, dancing, when the sun started to set. The sound of clapping and good-natured ribbing finally caught their attention, and they turned to find the college students watching them.

“Oh, how sweet, he learned to dance for her!”

“And just look at how that gorgeous sunset frames them as if planned!”

Toshihiro looked towards the sun, and inhaled in awe. The sunset really is gorgeous!

Hannah looked where Toshihiro was looking, and was so happy she had remembered to bring her camera. She took a picture of the sunset, then tossed her camera to Saki. Next, Hannah led Toshihiro in another dance, and smiled as she heard Saki taking pictures of them dancing in front of the sunset.

Saki took several pictures, and decided to look at the camera. “Wow! This is a really expensive camera!” She looked through the pictures on the memory card, and gasped as she discovered the one of Darla sucking on Toshihiro. “Oh my!”

Toshihiro looked at Saki, and cleared his throat. “I think you should probably give that camera back now.”

Saki blushed, and nodded.

Toya chuckled. “You probably missed dinner at the inn as well, huh?”

Toshihiro looked at his watch. “I guess we did.”

“How about we show you this delicious little sushi place we found?” Toya offered.

Toshihiro mimed eating, and tilted his head to the side in a question. Are you hungry? Do you want to go get something to eat?

Hannah nodded enthusiastically, and turned to wave at the group of elders. They all wished her a wonderful evening, and waved cheerfully. The six of them made their way to the sushi place, and Toshihiro blushed as he heard the elderly ladies gossip about them.

“Oh, they sure were gorgeous! I can’t believe I got to dance with such a gorgeous young man!”

“Did you see the way they looked at each other?”

“Such love!”

Toshihiro pulled Hannah's hand through his arm, and she snuggled closer to him.

At the restaurant, they sat comfortably around a low Japanese table just perfect in size for the six of them, and a waiter came to ask them what they wanted to drink.

Toshihiro looked at Hannah thoughtfully, trying to figure out what she would most likely want to drink. He tapped Hannah, and pretended to drink something.

Hannah wondered what they would have – other than water – that she would like. She squeezed her hands alternately, as if milking a cow.

Toshihiro looked at the waiter. “Do you have milk?”

The waiter nodded, and the rest of them ordered from the selection of alcoholic beverages, except Toshihiro, who preferred water. As for food, Toshihiro decided to get a selection of things he thought Hannah might like, and then share them with her.

Soon, the waiter returned with their drinks, and handed them out to everyone. When it came to Hannah, he showed her the options when it came to milk. There were a couple of cartons of various percentages of reduced fat milk, and then there was a pitcher of milk that the waiter informed Hannah came from the owner of the restaurant’s very own cows.

Hannah couldn’t understand him, of course, but she immediately pointed at the pitcher, figuring that if nothing else, it was bound to be fresher than the milk in the cartons. Hannah looked around at all of the food that the rest of the patrons were eating, and wondered what kind of restaurant this was. Her first thought had been sushi, because there was a lot of sushi rolls in sight, but as she looked more closely, she discovered a wide variety of entrees, quite a few of which had some type of dairy in them, such as butter or cream, and she grinned.

The college students had all ordered sushi, and Hannah ate off of Toshihiro’s plate eagerly, as it all tasted so good, but she really wanted some of the soup she saw one patron eating that looked like it might be a clam chowder. She tugged on the waiter’s arm as he walked by, and pointed to the soup.

The waiter gave Hannah a curious look, and Toshihiro said. “She wants to know what kind of soup that is.”

The waiter smiled, and explained, “It’s a creamy fish soup. It is made using fish stock as a base, loaded with chunks of various fish from the local lake, seasoned to perfection, and garnished generously with cream from the owner’s cows.”

Toshihiro wondered how to explain this to Hannah, but Hannah held up her hand. I don’t care what it is; I want some! Hannah pointed to the soup, and then pointed to the table directly in front of her.

“She’ll have some, thank you.”

The waiter returned with a bowl of the soup in practically no time at all, and Hannah clapped happily. She scooped some up with a spoon, and blew on it to cool it; then she tasted it.

Mmm, delicious, but it’s missing one thing… She looked around, and noticed a dish of butter on another customer’s table. She pointed it out to the waiter, who nodded, and brought her a small dish of butter, “Made from the cream from our owners cows.”

Toshihiro chuckled. “She doesn’t speak Japanese, but I think she approves anyway.”

The waiter’s face lit up in comprehension, “Oh!”

Meanwhile, Hannah tasted the butter for salt content, noticed it to be salt free cultured butter, and grinned. She scooped quite a bit of it into her soup, and then tasted it. “Ah! Heaven!” She moaned in pleasure at the delicious taste.

The waiter smiled, and went to tell the owner about the unusual American beauty. The owner came out to meet Hannah, since she could speak English. She introduced herself to the rest of the table first, and then turned to Hannah.

“I am Atashi Motoko. But you may call me Motoko-chan if you like. I hear that you are pleased with the milk, cream, and butter from my cows.”

Hannah smiled brilliantly at the owner. “Hi, nice to meet you. I am Hannah, and you may call me Hannah. I didn’t really know these products came from your own cows, but yes, I am pleased with them. I can tell that they must have access to some quality pasture.”

“Oh yes, the pastures around here are very excellent indeed. Are you a farmer come to visit Japan?”

“No, I am just very enthusiastic about good quality food, and I really love dairy. I have been sitting here wondering how to ask if your restaurant made ice cream; I have been craving it terribly since I got pregnant,” Hannah explained.

“You’re pregnant! Well in that case, I’ll get you some of the ice cream I made just yesterday. What flavors do you like?” Motoko asked.

“I’m not picky, I’ll eat any flavor you’ve got, though, I’m not very fond of chocolate,” Hannah replied.

“You’re not! Such a shame; I love chocolate!” Motoko then went on to explain the different ice creams she had made, and Hannah secretly admired the owner’s wide face, and beautiful bone structure. She was slightly taller than most Japanese women.

Soon, Hannah and Motoko were chatting away like they had known each other forever, and Hannah discovered that Motoko also made various cheeses. Hannah ordered several of her favorite varieties of cheese.

After everyone had finished eating their meal, Motoko slipped away for a few moments to fetch ice cream for Hannah, and to tell the waiter to pack up Hannah’s order of cheese.

While Motoko was gone, Toshihiro handed Hannah the dual language guidebook, and pointed to the hiking up the mountainside entry. Hannah nodded her head enthusiastically, and smiled at her husband.

Toshihiro pointed to Saki and Hikari, and indicated that it would be the four of them. Hannah nodded at the two girls, and noticed that Hikari looked pale, like she was afraid. Hannah wondered if Hikari would come up with an excuse not to go tomorrow after all.

Motoko returned with Hannah’s ice cream, and Hannah squealed happily, throwing her arms around Motoko in a grateful hug. Hannah immediately began to eat the ice cream as if it planned to melt any second now.

“Hey, why does she get ice cream when it’s not on the menu?” Saki demanded.

Motoko looked at her in amusement. “Because, she’s pregnant.”

The waiter came with Hannah’s package of cheeses, and the bill for the dinner. The students had explained how they had each wanted their own bill, so the waiter had wrung up the table as one, as was the normal, and then the bill went on to be split up as they had requested.

Hannah automatically held her hand out for the bill, and didn’t even bother to look at it as she pulled out her visa card, and handed both back to the waiter. He shrugged, and went to run her card.

The other occupants of the table looked at each other in alarm. “Did Hana-san just pay for the entire table?”

Toshihiro shrugged.

Motoko chuckled, and turned to Hannah. “Your friends all seem a bit concerned about your casual payment of the bill.”

Hannah shrugged. “Well, why shouldn’t I? I can afford it.”

Motoko translated to the others, and they gave Hannah confused looks. They hadn’t realized that Hannah thought of them as such good friends yet that she was willing to pay for their dinner.

The waiter returned, and handed Hannah her card, and the receipt to sign. Hannah signed it, and put the card back in her purse. She then dug out a somewhat big coin purse full of yen that she had decided to carry on hand for times like this. She’d had Yume explain to her the rough conversion between yen and dollars, and she chose a yen amount that would roughly equal fifteen dollars.

Hannah figured that with six people to wait on, and how well the waiter had done his job, fifteen dollars was a reasonable amount to tip. She then handed the waiter the receipt, and the tip. The waiter put his hands together, and bowed slightly.

“Arigatou!”

Hannah smiled, and waved him away.

Motoko tilted her head to the side, and smiled at Hannah. “I’ll bet you don’t have a yukata for this weekend’s festival. How would you like me to help you shop for one tomorrow?”

“I have plans tomorrow, but the next day should work… What’s a yukata?” Hannah asked.

“A yukata is like a kimono, but it is lighter, and only one layer,” Motoko explained.

“Oh… sounds interesting,” Hannah replied honestly.

Toshihiro looked confused. “What about a yukata?”

Motoko explained that she was taking Hannah to shop for a yukata the day after tomorrow, and the thought of Hannah in a yukata made Toshihiro blush for some reason. There was nothing indecent about a yukata, but still, the image made him blush in anticipation.

The college students thanked the owner for the delicious food, and the six of them left.

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