Isako really wasn't kidding about the whole mixed baths deal. Because when has anything in Kouji's life ever gone his way? All he wanted, was some peace and quiet to himself, but maybe he shouldn't be that upset. After all, he does get to enjoy some scantily clad ladies in his group.
And so the boy joined the others once they got themselves proper for a hot spring. They're far from the only people there, and thus most of the girls are a little careful about revealing too much skin. Admittedly, so is Kouji, since there are a lot of strangers here. This place is quite a popular location during the holidays.
Of course, Isako being a little more older and a little less self-conscious about this ordeal, is much more comfortable than the rest of them. The woman leans back onto one of the rocks and soaks in the steamy heat. She simply does not see any issue with being nude along the rest of her students, which includes one teenage boy.
"So, are you all feeling relaxed yet?" Their headmistress asked. The obvious answer to that question is a resounding no. Kouji found himself sitting rather far away from the group, as the rest of the girl were unsure of how close they wanted to be to him. All except for one of them.
"I don't know what stick everyone's got up their butts, but I'm feeling pretty good." Waa replied, finding herself seated between Kouji and Isako. "If I do say so myself."
"Honestly, I shouldn't be surprised that someone like you has no shame." Himawari responded.
"What's there to be ashamed of?" Waa replied. "I know he's a boy, but just look at him." She pointed out how he was acting. Kouji's head was permanently turned away from everyone. It had been like that the moment he stepped into this spring room. For he didn't dare want to get a pair of certain girls upset at him. Who knew what they'd do to him if he caught a glimpse of their unmentionables.
On the other hand, the girl sitting next to him couldn't care any less about that.
"Well, you're gonna break your neck if you keep sitting like that." Waa grabbed him by the head, and turned it towards to her.
"Well, I just…" He tried to find the words to counter her. But now they were eyeing each other at such a close distance now. Kouji was at a bit of loss for words, now that he was confronted with her face. There wasn't anything else in his vision that he could look at to not be distracted.
"Heh, feeling flustered?" She said, which then earned her a slap on the head by some of the other girls.
"Don't just put your face up like that!" Teru scolded her, her hand balled up into a fist. Meanwhile, she and the other girls came closer to break this up.
"Tch, man you guys never let me have any fun." Waa complained, as she rubbed over the top of her head. Kouji was a little thankful for that intervention, but perhaps things weren't going to improve now that the rest of them decided that distance was no longer a problem.
Now he's surrounded by a lot of beautiful girls, and Waa. It's not like it's a bad thing, but Kouji doesn't want to get all hot and bothered by his own friends. Especially not in front of his headmistress. It just sounds like something that would get him into a lot of trouble, considering his position at the academy.
Then again, that woman never seemed to care all that much on what he decided to do with the girls. As long as their grades have shown improvement, then there really hasn't been any threat of expulsion. Kouji thought it was a little insane how relaxed she was with him.
Though, perhaps it wasn't as insane as the sights he had now of the girls. It's no secret that he thinks of all of them as attractive. He may be a bit reserved, but he's still got eyes and a brain. So while he couldn't see any of the types of nudity that people bother to cover up. There was still a few nice shots of their voluptuous breasts, floating on the water.
The only exception to that would be Waa and Teru, who had smaller boobs compared to their friends. But even they're fair, wet, skin was more than enough to grab anyone's attention.
"Please, I've told you all this before. Try and be a little confident in your bodies." Isako tried to get everyone to let their guards down just a tiny bit, and enjoy this hot spring.
"It is not our confidence that's a concern." That was easy for Himawari to say. Considering the talk of the school. She was seen as the most attractive girl, to boys and girls alike. Though unfortunately, it seems that's where her best genes went to. As her brain might as well be empty with her surprising lack of competence, at least without guidance. "But do you not think that we simply wouldn't want a boy with us at our most vulnerable?"
Now, he could see where she was coming from. But Kouji knew that her being worried with him seeing her like this wasn't a problem. Not for that girl, considering some of their more… Intimate moments.
It was probably that she was worried about him falling for the looks of one of the other girls. Of course, she's aware of their feelings for him as well. In fact, more than what he's aware of at this point. So there was a little bit of truth in Isako's words regarding their confidence.
Well, at least for one of the girl. Kouji started to no longer worry about eyeing in this precious situation. That would have to be Waa, since he was used to seeing her with less clothing than he'd like to admit. So even with everyone around him, at least he could stay calm with keeping his eyes on her.
Of course, that wasn't exactly something any of the girls wanted, Waa included.
"Uh, what are you doing?" She asked him, feeling more bashful the longer he pointed his gaze towards her. Normally, she wasn't the insecure, but there's something different when a boy you kind of like is paying close attention to your naked body. So now it was her turn to get a bit flustered in this situation.
"N-nothing." He tried to play it off like he wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary. Hot springs etiquette was never something that he ever had to learn about in his life. So he wasn't exactly very well versed on what to do in a mixed bath.
"Come on Kouji, I am sure you want more space, correct?" Anastasia decided to be the first one to break out of this awkwardness. What better way, she thought, than to take him all to her self? "You should come with me here." She took the boy by the arm, and pulled him away from the rest of the group. Very much so to everyone's dismay.
"Whoa, you should slow down a bit." Kouji warned her. Mostly because it's not easy to just move across water when you're being pulled by someone else. The other being her apparent carelessness when it comes to keeping herself covered. Anastasia still didn't want him to just see her all naked, but she was getting to excited about this to care that much about it.
Of course, because of said carelessness, Kouji was getting a good look at her body now. It's not hard to check her out, when she's giving him this much of a view. So much so, that he can see her breasts jiggling slightly to pushing the water out of her way. He just had to ask himself… Who blessed her this much?!
Soon, she took them just around a rock. This way, no one else could intrude on them. Being alone, that was what she wanted. It's just that now that she got it, the girl was unsure of how to continue her plan. At this point, she had yet to confess to him in any proper sense. While Kouji might've had his suspicion on the truth of her feelings, he didn't want to try and bring it up to her. If only for his selfish desire of wanting to avoid more drama with the girls that had let him know.
"You saw, did you not?" She tighten up her body, her arms ended up squeezing her breast together. Which caused them to rise slightly, giving him a nicer view.
"Um, well, maybe just a little." He nervously responded, trying his best to only look her in the eyes. "I'm sorry."
"You do not have to apologize." She told him. "But perhaps you could… let me see you?"
"Eh?" That wasn't something he thought she'd ask of him.
"Well, it is fair, no?" She countered, trying her best to sound serious about it. As if this wasn't just a dumb excuse to look at his body. After all, even girls like some eye candy. "If you see my chest, then I should be able to see yours."
"Well, okay…" He's not ugly in any sense of the word. While some people do view him as a delinquent because of his blonde hair, it's not like they think he doesn't take care of his body. So slowly, he got a little bit of himself out of the water. Just enough for her to see the upper half of his body, which was pretty toned. Sure, he didn't' have six-pack abs, but that's only because of his diet over the last half year. That said, he was a lot more fit than one would expect given his life's history.
"Ooh." She was quite pleased with what she was seeing.
"Are you drooling?"
"Oh, um, it is just the steam." She instantly covered her mouth, and pretended to laugh. Though, it was impossible to hide the growing blush on her face from this little faux pas. "Maybe I can touch?"
"Okay, how about no?" He shut that down and returned to the waters. "I didn't touch you or anything." For whatever reason, he honestly thought that she was just getting even with him.
While chatting with her, Kouji took note of what was beyond the rock they were sitting at. It looked like someone familiar had made their way to the cleaning area. The place where people wash their hair and things like that. Yeah, he could tell with that pink hair of hers, that it was Yuma who decided to wash up a bit. That sounded like the most normal thing he could ever think of.
When looking over at her, she turned to look at him. Their gazes met for a long time, and it was getting uncomfortable for him. That was because it was taking her a while to think of something to say, which she didn't even do. Instead, the girl beckoned him to come over.
"Uh, I think I'll go see what Yuma needs." He said to Anastasia, taking this chance to get away from the girl. Though she wasn't very happy to hear that. "So, what did you need?" He asked Yuma, when he made his arrival.
"…" She didn't say anything at first. The girl already had what she wanted to do in mind. It was just a little hard to want to ask it of him. While waiting her to speak up, it was hard for Kouji not to peek a little more down her body. The towel was covering her, but the girl's rather large chest stood out, as the cloth tightly wrapped around it. It was almost as if the whole thing was going to burst out any second. "Could you… Wash my back?"
"A-are you sure about that?" He would've thought that she'd ask one of the other girls for something like that. At this point, Yuma was the only girl that Kouji was truly dense in regards of her feelings towards him. Though in fairness to him, her emotions were an enigma to literally everyone that knew or saw her. That's just how expressionless she was.
"Is there something wrong?" She asked, as if this was a completely normal request any regular person would make. Of course, that part was just an act. In reality, she knew exactly what she was doing, and was hoping he'd see more of her.
"I guess I can help you out." He agreed to wash her back, and she softly smiled in response. Her plan was working out perfectly.
"Okay…" She said, and turned around to get seated at one of the washing chairs. Before she sat down, Yuma made sure to unwrap the towel covering her decency. While it wasn't like he could see her breasts, or those lady bits down there, since she was facing away. There was one very noticeable thing that he could see from her. That would be her very large, and well shaped, bottom.
She was banking that he might be fairly impressed at her as...sets. Something that wasn't known to anyone, is that she was quite proud of herself about that. It was the result of her hard work as a maid, allowing her to have a very fit body.
"…" She took her time in sitting down, and he couldn't resist the temptation. Kouji took a long glance down her body, and seeing her nice shapely butts, everything about it.
...Well, let's just say he reacted as any boy would in his position.
"Okay, can you get me here?" She pointed to her back, once she finally sat down.
"R-right." He said, sitting himself right behind her. Slowly, he scrubbed her back, which was a nice experience for her, for more reasons than one. To Kouji, he simply thought he was doing her a nice favor. After everything she's ever done for him, it was only fair to give her something to relax to.
While he was rubbing all over her back, he couldn't help but really take the time to feel her. That soft skin, it was absolute perfection. To think, that he was just mere inches… Nay, literally touching a girl that was in the nude. He was never going to forget this moment in his life.
"That should be everything" He said, as he made sure every part of that area was accounted for.
"Thank you." She was happy on the inside, seeing that things went so well. At least they were going well, until she went to reach for her towel. "Huh? It's soaked." Unfortunately, it fell from its hanger, so it was lying on the wet floor. There was no way she could wear this now. It would've done little to cover herself, as it was now transparent from its wetness.
"What are we going to do?" He asked, but she was already fine with what she was going to have to do.
"It's… Not a problem." She got up, causing him to jump up from his own seat. He wasn't sure what she was about to do, as the girl turned to face him. She made sure to use an arm to cover her chest, and a hand to take care of what she had down there. "I'll just go back to the changing room." She was more than content with what had happened here. So she planned on heading back to her room before Himwari came to take care of some 'needs'.
"Yeah, I might do the same…" He nervously laughed, as she walked away from him. Of course, she couldn't cover her booty, so he got a full look at that as she disappeared into the changing room. "…"
For a while, he just stood there. Because there was a little something down there for him that needed to be calmed down before he went anywhere. Otherwise, he might get in trouble for a certain type of exposure.
It was time for him to return to his room. In order to take care of his own 'needs'.