It was the second week of summer break and the sun warmed the sandy beaches of Teshima so well that even a few stray clouds blocking the sun couldn't make it feel any less than summer. I had spent the first week of vacation at home, my excuse to my parents was that I wanted to learn more about my new laptop and get it ready for school, but the reality was that I was nervous to go outside. My first night with my new cell phone and I found out that I had a stalker, someone who had been following me around and taking pictures of me when I thought I was alone. To be honest, some evenings when I was alone in bed, I found the nature of it exhilarating. A stranger seeing me when I am less than modest, it brought me back to a few weeks ago when I had bowed for a businessman at the shrine in a way so that he could see my bra. On the whole however I felt uncomfortable, wondering who it might be and how they managed to get a picture like that. The next day after texting that mysterious number I had Echiko send me Ami and Toin's numbers, Ami's I'd want regardless, but Toin was my first suspicion of who might be my stalker. It was Toin who had suggested swimming at the lake behind my family's shrine and it was obvious that Toin liked me, at least to some extent. When I got his number though, it didn't match the mystery number from the love letter. I was glad when I hadn't heard from the stalker since that first night but it definitely put a damper on my summer break.
It was almost a blessing this last weekend when my parents got a call from my aunt and uncle. They own a small resort on Teshima island that they invite my family to every summer. As it turns out this year they had to make a trip up to Sapporo for a funeral and my parents felt obligated to go. They didn't want me to waste a week out of my summer, and I had never even met the family member that had passed away, so my parents asked my aunt and uncle if I could stay at the resort while they all went up north. The plan worked out favorably for everyone and now two days later I am lying on the beach of a nice resort where not a soul around knows who I am.
I almost laughed right there on the beach as I thought back through everything from the last couple weeks. What was I even worrying about with a couple blurry cellphone pictures of me in a bikini when I was wearing that same bikini now for everyone to see? It was so strange how something as acceptable as wearing a skimpy bikini at a beach resort in summer could suddenly become embarrassing when caught wearing it at a secluded lake side with no one around. I still had the picture saved in my phone and looking at it again, there was really nothing to be ashamed of. Holding my phone up in the air I took a selfie, showing off my bikini to the camera. I wasn't about to send it to anyone, but it made me feel a lot better seeing a beach picture that was more provocative than the lake one, while at the same time being more acceptable. I sighed and closed my eyes, the whole point of coming here in my opinion was to free myself of my worries and self doubts.
A shadow passed over me for just a second, stirring me from my thoughts as I sat up to look around. Some kids were playing with a beach ball and throwing it up in the air. Out across the water, the sun was beginning its slow descent into the horizon. The beach was quieting down for the day and the only people still around were the kids playing and a parent sitting a little ways away from me, keeping an eye on them. I looked over at him, clearly a bored father who just wanted to call it a day but was sticking around the beach for his kids. Stretching out my back, I pushed my chest forward as I loosened my stiff muscles, trying to watch the man in my peripheral vision to see if he would look over. I tried to suppress a grin as I noticed his head turn slightly, curious how mad his wife would be if she caught him looking at a teenage girl. Being at the beach was great for my self confidence, I cared a lot less about being checked out by guys than I did even a month ago. I made a bit of a show as I got up and grabbed my towel, leaning over with my butt facing the man so he could see just how skimpy my bikini was.
With my towel in hand, I made my way back up the beach to the small resort my aunt and uncle owned. It only had a dozen rooms that were all disconnected from the main building, like little cabins off on their own. The main building had all the features of a resort, a nice dining hall, a bath house, even a little arcade so kids could play inside if bad weather came around.
I knew only half of the rooms were being used right now, the resort was almost never at full capacity, mainly because my family never advertised their resort online. It was almost like a special Teshima island secret, you just had to know it was here to be able to reserve a room. Since all the rooms were the same, and designed for small families, my room was quite spacious and nice. One of the beds was still neatly made, though the one I was using was messy as all get out. The last thing I wanted to do on vacation was clean or be organized. My small suitcase lay open at the foot of the bed, most of my clothes I brought were untouched since I haven't needed much more than my bikini and the clothes I wore for traveling.
I turned on the television on the wall, flipping through the channels until something with background laughter came on. I usually hated loud TV shows but that was mostly because of studying and homework. Being on vacation, I kinda missed the chaos of the world around me and wanted a little more noise. Untying my bikini I let it fall to the floor, deciding I should probably close the curtains before I just walked around my room naked. I took a quick peek out the window before drawing the curtains closed and flopping down on the bed.
I could see the light outside fade through the curtains, getting bored of the TV already and turning it off. Pulling the resort info card off of the nightstand I browsed through the amenities of the resort. Most things stayed open pretty late during the summer. The bath house didn't close until midnight, and it had a sauna connected to it. I contemplated it for a bit, there weren't very many other people around and they were all families staying here. I'd probably have the sauna all to myself and then could take a nice long bath afterwards.
Getting up off the bed, I threw on a shirt and skirt, not even bothering with undergarments for the short walk to the main building. I slipped my room key into my pocket and put on my sandals, skipping my way out the door as the warm summer night air greeted me.
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The main building was almost deserted. One of the assistant cooks was still in the dining hall, he'd be there until breakfast in case anyone needed food in the middle of the night. The rest of the staff had gone home for the night. The door to the sauna was inside the bath house. In the little locker area I undressed and wrapped up in a towel. The resort was pretty old despite all the renovations, and the bath house was still designed as a gender neutral bath. Little signs were set up showing times throughout the day that kids were not allowed in the bath house, and other times where kids were allowed but swimsuits were mandatory. After eight o'clock like it was, only adults were allowed to use the bath house and swimsuits weren't allowed.
I poked my head into the bath, seeing that it was empty before I trotted over to the sauna door. A wave of steam hit me as I opened the door, stepping into the small room. I kept the towel wrapped around me as I took a seat, leaning back and closing my eyes as I let the hot air pull the toxins out of my skin.
It was a good ten minutes of silence and bliss, I could feel sweat all over my body. I was just about ready to shower off and spend some time in the bath when I heard a lot of noise coming from out in the bath area. It sounded like those same kids that had been playing on the beach, poking my head into the window of the sauna door I could see three of them quickly shower off before all jumping into the bath. I grumbled, the bath wasn't supposed to be a swimming pool, and kids weren't allowed this late at night. I sat back down, turning the dial on the wall down ten degrees so I didn't cook too fast while I tried waiting out the kids.
A minute later the sauna door opened and the dad I had seen on the beach earlier walked in. He was still looking over his shoulder, telling the kids to not roughhouse in the bath, before closing the door behind him and removing his towel. It was only then that he realized that I was in there. I gripped my towel tightly around me as he stumbled over his words, "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought the bath was empty."
I resisted giving him sass, I didn't much care for him letting the kids into the bath house this late at night. "I… don't have a swimsuit on. It is one of the rules for it being this late. They don't have a staff member to clean the bath water if fabric starts floating around in it." I don't know why I was rambling on about the resort rules, it just seemed simpler than bringing up the fact that I could see his penis.
"Well, I could leave if you wanted." He didn't seem to be in a big hurry to leave though, putting me on the spot to make me the difficult one if I wanted him to leave.
I sighed, "No, it's fine. I was almost done anyways." I began to stand up, carefully since I didn't want to lose hold of my towel.
He held his hands up though, "You don't have to leave on account of me, I certainly don't mind a little company. Didn't I see you down on the beach earlier?"
I bit my lip, not sure if I regretted stretching out for him, but certainly not intending to wind up sharing a sauna with him. "Yeah, I came down after dinner and just laid out on the beach. Were you… watching me?"
I could tell he was caught off guard, he blushed slightly and I tried to keep my eyes from looking down as I thought I noticed something twitch. He wasn't bad to look at, definitely a younger dad who got married and had kids shortly after high school. He was in shape but showed the signs of a desk job and home cooked meals. "Well, you were kind of hard to miss. The best part of the beach this evening was having you around."
It made me blush, he was so forward, and the heat didn't help at all. Luckily I had turned the heat down or I might have ended up fainting with how hot I felt. I could still hear the kids playing in the bath outside the door, "They aren't supposed to be in here so late, it makes it really awkward for someone who is in the bath without any clothes." I made sure to put a strong inflection into the words so he'd understand I meant how uncomfortable I was with them around.
"They aren't about to leave the bath to come to the sauna, they think it is a thing for adults anyways. They won't see you or anything. And we can just leave once you are ready to get out of here. Besides, there is no one working here, who is really going to enforce the rules?" I narrowed my eyes slightly. I didn't really want to play the family card. Afterall, I was trying to stay lowkey on this trip. "And you know, it is disrespectful to bring your towel into the sauna."
This time I didn't hide the fact that I was narrowing my eyes. It was obvious that he wanted to see me naked, I could tell his penis was quite stiff, especially since he was sitting in a way that didn't hide it at all. True, it was customary not to use a towel while in the bath or enjoying a sauna, but those customs came after bath houses started being gender specific. "What would your wife think?"
"About what? Me being in the sauna with another adult who decided to come here this late at night? Or do you have some ulterior motive that I am not aware of yet?" His eyes were locked on mine, almost like a contest of wills. Was he waiting for me to break, to make the decision whether to leave or to remove my towel?
To say I was self conscious would be an understatement. Not only was it awkward for a girl my age to be naked around other adults, but even certain stigmas embarrassed me slightly. Women typically never shave down there, but I always have because of swimming. "Well, as you have said, there are no staff around and therefore we can be loose about the rules. So the towel stays on."
I'm not sure why but this made him laugh. "Fine fine, just enjoy your time in here. I won't be long and then I'll grab the kids and go." He leaned back in his seat, legs spread slightly, and closed his eyes. With him not looking at me, I couldn't help but steal a look at what was growing between his legs. It was well sized, at least compared to what I knew of them, and rose up out of his rough pubic hair like a tower through the forest. Body hair never really bothered me but it was certainly interesting to see the more coarse hair that grew there. I was still quite warm, the towel soaking in my sweat and making me hotter than I had intended. Unwrapping it, I let the towel fall around my waist so that I still concealed my most private part. It wasn't like it would be a big deal if he saw my breasts in a sauna like this. The sound of my towel must have disturbed him because his eyes parted slightly to look in my direction. I saw his penis move slightly, the involuntary twitch of the muscles as he became excited.
Somewhere inside of me, I wanted to tease him. I wanted him to get in trouble with his wife for leering at a younger woman that he didn't even know the name of. I could feel a wetness in my slit that was certainly not caused by sweat. "Do you… like my breasts?"
The man nodded slowly, probably not sure what to say at such a direct question. I slowly moved my hands across my body, starting with my stomach and working my way up to my breasts. The sweat beads that had been rolling down my body got smeared across my skin, glistening in the low light of the sauna room. I could hear the man's breathing, getting heavier as his excitement grew and his lungs struggled against the hot air. His hand began to move towards his erect penis, my body tensing up as I didn't really want him to get too carried away in front of me.
A loud splashing sound and a bunch of laughter broke the tension in the sauna, stirring the man from his trance on my body. He stood up to look out the little window in the door before he sighed. "The kids are getting too rowdy, I should get them back to the room". He grabbed his towel to cover up, fighting to conceal his erection in the folds of the towel. "If I drop them off and come back, will you still be here?" The look on his face told me everything that I needed to know about what he wanted to do when he got back.
I hesitated to say anything but the man was short on time, leaving the sauna to go gather the kids and get them back into the locker area. I panted heavily, surprised by my own willingness to let things get as far as they had. Once the coast was clear, I left the sauna as well and quickly showered off all of the sweat. Not even bothering with the bath, I went to the locker to retrieve my clothes and sprinted back to my room before anyone else could see me or stop me.
My heart was pounding incredibly fast and under my skirt I could feel a tiny stream of moisture that had slowly worked its way down my thigh. Pulling my clothes back off and laying down in bed, my fingers quickly found my dripping slit. My back arched and I moaned for nearly half an hour before the exhaustion finally made me fall asleep still naked in bed.
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It was late in the morning when I got up the next day. My room had a scent to it that gave away my bedtime activities so I opened the windows to let a warm breeze through. There was barely a cloud in the sky today, and despite being perfect beach weather it was a little less than ideal for my pale skin. Even with being on the beach for two days, between the sunblock and a beach umbrella I had barely gotten even a bit of a tan. I threw my bikini on anyways and put the same skirt and shirt on from the night before. They were definitely some of my favorite clothes and I didn't really need to worry about Echiko or anyone calling me out on wearing the same thing two days in a row.
Deciding to head to the beach first and maybe getting some lunch after I had woken up more, I took the small path that led from the little cabins on this side of the resort down to the beach. My sandals had just taken a couple steps into the hot sand when I could see the kids running around on the beach again. I quickly scanned the beach until I saw the man again. It seemed this time he was laying out on a large towel with an attractive woman next to him. She certainly had a look to her that said she would rather be somewhere else than a beach. In her hands was a sappy romance novel from America, sadly I recognized the cover. I knew it had a lot of spicy scenes in the story. I couldn't help but laugh, here was a married woman who wanted nothing more than to have been in my shoes last night, revealing herself to a man in a sauna so that he would take advantage of her. And she was married to a man who wanted to have his way with a woman in a public place with no consequences. If the two of them had just opened up to each other more, they probably would be having a much more enjoyable trip. I bit my lip, thinking or even hoping that the man took out his sexual needs on his wife last night and made both of them happier in the process.
Not wanting to be seen by the man at all, I headed back up to the resort and peeked into the dining hall. Breakfast was long over and one of the servers was starting to set things up for lunch time. A lot of the families staying liked to grab sandwiches and such that were wrapped up so they could go have a picnic on the beach. That meant that the cook was probably making the sandwiches now. Trying to stay out of the server's way, I opened the kitchen door to see if it was the same cook as yesterday, "Good morning, Hideyoki. I kinda missed breakfast, do you think I could grab a sandwich early?" My request was met with a beaming smile. Probably in his late sixties, Hideyoki was wise and kind hearted. Pictures of his little grandkids were taped to the fridge door. I think there were only two cooks that traded off, overlapping a bit during dinner, so the kitchen had signs of their own personal touches.
He grabbed the sandwiches out of the package he was in the middle of making, setting them on some paper to wrap up instead and handing them to me. "A couple of cucumber sandwiches, one has a little bit of shredded daikon on it. I know you liked them the other day, and it's supposed to be hot out there so try to stay cool." I thanked him, bowing down and accepting the little parcel.
With the beach not being a place I wanted to spend the day now, I started walking up a trail into the hills of Teshima. They weren't very big and it wouldn't take long before I'd start walking downhill on the other side. Unwrapping the sandwiches I slowly started to eat my way through them as I walked along the trail. Shade from the trees overhead kept it cool. Once I finished eating, I pulled out my phone and pushed the little camera symbol. The first section of the trail didn't have a whole lot to see since it was part of the resort, but it connected to a larger trail that was used by lots of visitors to the island. A little sign at the trail intersection pointed back down the way I came, "Okada Resort .5 km". Every so often on the main trail I would pass other people hiking about. Every half a kilometer or so there would be a little section off the path with a park bench and little signs that explained about a view or part of the local ecology. The ones about native birds and fish always interested me and I would stop at each one to read the facts. The views I cared less about reading, pulling out my phone instead to take several pictures at each one.
I took a break when I got to the top of the hill, a large lookout area with several benches and even a couple picnic tables. The spot had been cleared of trees around it and it now had a view of almost the entire island. Leaning over a guard railing I could see the resort below and the little specs that were people on the beach. A few families had stopped here as well, unpacking the lunches that they brought. There were a couple of tower viewers, binoculars on stands to be able to look at different things around the island, but they all had little coin slots to be able to use.
Finding a bench to sit on and rest my feet, I pulled out my phone to look at the pictures I had so far. As I woke up the screen I saw that I had a message. Opening it up I saw that it was from Echiko. "Hey Shizu, hope your trip is going well. Not sure if you are going to get this before you come back, but I was going to be in Okayama on Friday. I know you were planning to head back around then so let me know if you'd like to meet up for lunch or something. By the way, Shunji and I are taking a little break, nothing serious, just for the summer while he has to see family in Okinawa. Hope to hear from you, ciao <3"
I had to read it a few times. Despite Echiko's penchant for flirting with different guys, I knew she really loved Shunji. Hopefully it was as simple as just for the summer, especially if it was a way for Echiko to feel like she could do her own thing while Shunji was off somewhere else. The cell signal on the island was pretty bad, only the harbor where the ferry terminal was had a small cell tower, but it was on the far end of the island. I quickly typed a response, "Friday would be great, I get into Uno Port around 10am. If I don't see you at the terminal I'll just meet you at the cafe we like for lunch. Sorry to hear about Shunji being gone this summer."
I wanted to write more but I knew that it was harder to send texts the longer they were. I hit send and waited for five minutes until my phone finally said that it was sent properly. I stretched out and gave my feet one last massage before putting my sandals on and making the long walk back to the resort.