The small ferry from Teshima pulled in slowly to the terminal at Uno Port. The city of Okayama rose before me, the morning sunlight creating a glare that made it a little hard to watch. Even before the final thud of the ferry hitting the dock I could see Echiko waving at me from a railing up on the street above. I waved at her sheepishly, feeling a little awkward about someone waiting for me like a sailor returning home from a long voyage.
The last couple days on the island were pretty uneventful. After my hike I saw that the man and his family were checking out of the resort so I felt more comfortable going to the beach. Of course, I stopped trying to flaunt my body and instead tried to choose spots on the beach where I wouldn't be bothered. Most families had left midweek which made the resort extra quiet and even a little lonely.
The port was crowded with families and young couples all waiting for the ferry to take them to the island and other port cities around the area. Traveling on a Friday wasn't my first choice, but my aunt and uncle couldn't afford to let me stay for free over the weekend when they typically have every room rented out. Once the ramp was lowered to create a path from the ferry to the dock all of the pedestrians got to leave before the few vehicles on board. I worked my way through the crowd of waiting people until I was suddenly grabbed by Echiko for a big hug.
"How was your trip? Have lots of fun?" Echiko was already grabbing my arm and leading me off into the city. "Tell me every little detail."
"Well, it sure was relaxing to be out on my own and not have family around to watch my every action. I mostly just stuck to myself though, long afternoons on the beach and a couple hikes around the island." Echiko held up my arm to examine it, giving a loud tsk of disapproval. "I know, I wore too much sunscreen and stayed under an umbrella. I don't look good with a tan anyways so it's not a big deal."
"What about boys? Meet any cute guys over there?" Her tone was insufferable, slightly teasing but also eager to hear that her best friend might have finally had some scandalous encounter.
"There was one guy… he was older. We kinda… shared a sauna together, unintentionally." Echiko's eyebrows shot to the top of her forehead in surprise. "Yeah, we were naked. I covered up, down there. But he was exposed, everything. And…" I really didn't know how to say it without the whole thing being so lewd, "I watched him get hard as he looked at me."
Echiko actually stopped right there on the sidewalk to look at me, "Oh my god, Shizu. Please tell me you let him do all kinds of things to you."
I tried to make my face look more shocked than I actually was at what she had said, "Of course I didn't. He had a wife and kids, kids who in fact made it so he had to leave pretty quickly."
"Ooooo…" escaped her lips with excitement, "A married man. Even better. You really missed out on something fun Shizu, he was probably pent up and would have unloaded so much inside you."
"Jeez Echiko, keep it down. And don't assume that I would have let him do something like that. I'm still a virgin and I'm not even on birth control." It felt weird talking about this kind of stuff. Echiko and I were pretty open about things, but this was the first time it seemed… normal, to mention things like sex.
Echiko began leading us down the street again. "Well you should probably get on birth control if you are going to be doing things like take naked saunas with older men. Can't always rely on them having condoms."
We stopped in at the usual cafe we liked, getting a small lunch and planning out our afternoon. Echiko wanted to take me back to that store with underwear and lingerie. Thinking about that place brought back the memory of Shunji walking in on me changing. "So, did anything more happen between you and Shunji than you said in your message? I was kinda surprised you two would just take a break like that. Normally when you two are apart you still see other guys while technically being Shunji's girlfriend."
It was the first frown I saw from Echiko today, "It was Shunji's idea. I think because of just how long he was going to be gone this time, he didn't want me to worry about texting him or anything. We had one last really good fuck before he went to Okinawa." I nearly spit out my drink as she said that, and even a waiter walking by gave a weird double take. Echiko just responded to his stare with a wink and went back to talking to me. "He said we'll be together again when he gets back, but that I was free to do whatever I wanted while he was gone."
"That hasn't stopped you from doing what you wanted before," I mumbled under my breath so that only Echiko could hear my slight. I tried to give her a teasing look, but she just laughed at my bad imitation of her.
"So, part of why I wanted you to meet me here was that I have a new boyfriend. Just for the summer, and he's okay with that. You… kinda met him before, though I doubt you two said anything to each other. His name is Kisho, he was with me that night we went to the party." Visions from that night came whirling back to me, another teen boy making out with Echiko and playing with her ass while Shunji stood there grinning like a drunk idiot. Walking in on them later…
"Do I have to meet him? Can't you just date the guy and leave me out of it?"
"Of course not. I mean, I could, but his friend really wants to see you again. Masahiro. The two of them go to school together and I guess Masahiro was asking about you once Kisho told him about being with a girl from Kurashiki." Echiko held out her phone, showing a picture of the two boys in their school uniform. Masahiro looked a lot nicer in a school uniform than he did casually trying to make out with me at a party. Kisho looked about the same.
"Not tonight. We can do a little shopping, but I'm exhausted and just want to get home early. I have the house to myself until Sunday and really just want a little more 'me' time before dealing with family. Besides, I need to get up to the shrine and clean, no one has been around since Monday to check in on it."
"Fine fine, but later this summer you have to go with me to another one of those parties. And don't worry, no one is going to make you do anything."
"Let's just keep it to meeting Kisho for dinner or something… and I guess Masahiro can tag along." I didn't want to compromise on it, but there was no other way to get Echiko to drop the subject.
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After lunch we took the familiar route from the cafe to the shopping district. As we walked I let Echiko browse through the photos on my phone that I took of Teshima. "These are really nice, I could tell where you started getting better as the trip went on, the later pictures are just a little more… picturesque." I was keeping an eye out for the store since she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. "Oo la la… who was this picture for? And this one?" She had gotten back to the beginning of my camera folder, the selfie of me on the beach in a bikini and then the one before that of my underwear.
"Oh jeez, I forgot to delete those. Give me my phone back, Echiko." She stepped away from me quickly so that I couldn't swipe my phone back.
"Now hold on, these are really good. Did you send them to Toin?" I finally tore the phone from her hands and quickly deleted the pictures. I regretted asking Echiko for Toin's number, ever since then she thought that him and I might be a thing.
"No, I didn't send the bikini picture to anyone."
"Oh? And you sent the underwear picture to someone instead? Interesting. Who was it?"
"I already agreed to meet Masahiro again, that's enough out of me for one day. Please, just drop it." I threw the phone back into my bag, hoping the sour look on my face would get her to change the subject.
"Alright, fine. Just promise me that you'll let me know if anything gets serious. Besides, I want you in a good mood for shopping." Echiko looked around and spotted the store, leading me into the small building with the blocked out windows. Even in two weeks, the store seemed to have changed its displays for the summer break. Where there were a lot of swimsuits and summer wear before, now it seemed like a lot of fall colors and more lacy outfits were on display everywhere. "Looks like they have everything up for fall already. And look, in the back of the store they have Halloween costumes."
My eyes drifted to the back wall of the room where a dozen different outfits were on mannequins. I didn't know what shows or characters they were supposed to be, but I could easily tell that none of them would be appropriate out in public. Even the school uniform had big rips in the blouse that would clearly show the breasts underneath. "We still just celebrate Obon in my family, I doubt my parents want me to go out on Halloween." While more of a buddhist celebration, our shrine did get a lot of visitors for the couple of days of Obon every year, so my family was happy to partake in it. I knew Halloween was big in other countries, but here it was just an excuse for young adults to dress up and party.
"Oh yeah, isn't your family holding a festival up at the shrine this year?"
"More or less. My dad was talking to some people that travel around doing festivals and they agreed to come set up at our shrine. We won't be doing too much, but that just means all the donations that night will go to the festival people."
"Well, we should still get some cute yukatas to wear, I haven't been to a festival in a couple years and my old one will barely reach my knees." She started looking around to see if the store sold yukatas too.
"Hey, don't run off again." I followed after her, stopping every few feet as she looked at an outfit before moving on to the next one. It was interesting to see what things she picked up and liked, and what she would put back on the hanger with indifference. A couple of things that she didn't want to try on actually piqued my interest, more so than they would have a couple weeks ago. One in particular Echiko seemed to hate but I was immediately enamored with it. The design was definitely western inspired, a black corset with white embroidery. However the corset stopped just below the breasts, and the cups were instead soft black lace that was clearly see through and likely didn't have any support. It came with a matching thong, according to the tag it was at no additional cost when buying the corset. While Echiko wasn't looking, I quietly snuck it into the pile of outfits that she was having me carry for her.
After a lap around the entire room she had enough outfits to try on to last an hour. We found a pair of changing rooms and I started handing Echiko all the ones she wanted. The only two I had were the corset and a black jacket that she insisted I at least try on. I tried the jacket first, it was a crop top and barely fit over my shirt, bunching heavily on my sleeves. I called out to Echiko through the wall, "The jacket is too tight, you got me the wrong size."
I heard her muffled voice in reply, "It's not meant to be worn over a shirt." Even without her there I still rolled my eyes at her. I took my shirt off and tried putting on the jacket again. It definitely fit better and was surprisingly flexible for how tightly it clung to my arms. There was no zipper or other way to fasten it closed, making my bra clearly visible. I took it off and set it aside, turning to the corset still hanging on the wall. I don't know why I was hesitating, all I was doing was trying it on. Finally I unhooked my bra and grabbed the corset. At first it was easy to put on, but then I had to fasten up all the hooks on the back. Even with being flexible it took me ten minutes to get them all and take a final look in the mirror. The corset was extravagant, making me look like a movie star or something. I reached up to touch my breasts through the thin fabric, my nipples hard and poking into it. I shook slightly, watching them jiggle slightly in the mirror. There really wasn't much support to keep them in place, though the corset part did lift them slightly and gave me a lot of cleavage.
"How far along are you?" I called out to Echiko.
"I'm on like the third thing, be patient." I took a few more looks at myself from different angles before I took off my skirt and panties, trying on the thong with the corset. It felt a little weird and the fabric was going places I had never intended, but not all that surprising for my first time trying on a thong. Not too different from a too small swimsuit honestly. I looked again in the mirror, surprised by how clearly my slit was visible through the thong fabric. Still, I liked how it looked, I definitely had a style. Before calling it good, I tried on the jacket again and was surprised how well it went with the corset, almost looking like a normal outfit and not just lingerie. I had a little spending money leftover from my trip, souvenir money that I decided not to use.
I got changed back into my normal clothes and made my way up to the counter while Echiko was still changing. I handed the cashier the corset, thong, and jacket. "Just these for me, thanks." After paying her, I stuffed the lingerie deep into my bag before setting the jacket on top. That way if Echiko asked if I had gotten it, that would be the only thing she'd see me pull out of the bag.
I hung around the changing room for another half hour until Echiko was done, setting all but two of the outfits she had tried on into a return bin. The things she got were a bikini on clearance sale and a Halloween outfit depicting a yurei that even had little LED baubles in green and blue that wobbled a few inches off of the shoulders of the white kimono.
When we finally left the store it was already late enough into the afternoon that I wanted to get home. "Are you staying in the city to see your boyfriend?"
Echiko gave me a wink, "Yep, I knew your folks were going to be gone a couple more days so I told my parents I was staying with you tonight. They shouldn't call or anything, but if you are asked can you vouch for me? I'll come by tomorrow sometime and then I'll call them to come pick me up from your place." She gave me a big hug before I had time to argue about being her accomplice in this. Turning on the spot, she waved behind her as she headed off down the street.
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I felt exhausted by the time I unlocked the door to the house and went inside. The entryway was hot and muggy, the AC being left off for nearly a week. Dropping my bag at the foot of the stairs I went down the hall to the thermostat. I tried turning the temperature down to liveable conditions, but the silence in the house told me that the AC just wasn't going to click on.
Opening all the windows around the house I finally made my way upstairs to my room. I could feel the sweat building on me and almost thought I was back in the sauna. After opening the window in my room I decided "What the hell" and stripped down to nothing as I went about doing laundry and unpacking from my trip. It felt scandalous to be walking around the house naked, especially with the windows open, but we were far enough away from town that no one would be walking by. I plugged my phone into the laptop to start transferring pictures over, sitting down to email a couple of the nicer ones to Echiko. I added my aunt and uncle as well, in case they could use the pictures for an advertisement, of course that would involve them actually having a website for it. I had no interest in creating a Facebook account or anything like that, but I started to wonder if I should make a website for the family shrine. I certainly knew a few of the computer kids in school that would be happy to help me set it up.
After a quick dinner of some convenience store sandwiches that were far inferior to the ones Hideyoki made, I got dressed in some work clothes and made my way up to the shrine. It wasn't a big deal to wear normal clothes for such a short trip. Dad had left me with the key to the offering, he didn't want it to be left all the way until Sunday without being checked. A couple years ago we had someone come in overnight with a saw and cut the entire donation box off of the post it was on. By the time I got up there I only had a couple hours of daylight left. I had certainly seen it worse, but there were a couple candy wrappers thrown to the wayside and a fine layer of dust over everything.
Knowing that I wouldn't get everything taken care of tonight, I focused on the more important stuff. Picking up the trash, mopping the walkway into the shrine itself, and emptying the small garbage bin near a couple benches we had set out. With that done and the little bit of what was in the donation box collected, I made my way back down the hill before it got too dark to find my way.
The rest of my evening was uneventful. I took a nice long shower to get cleaned up before enjoying a bath for a good hour. By the time I got out the house had cooled off quite a bit and I felt like I might actually be able to sleep well. I didn't want to get dressed again or put on pajamas, so I just walked back to my room and sat on the bed. Pulling out the manga that Ami got me for my birthday, I flipped through the pages. I had read it last week before my trip, but there were a few parts I really liked. I had never really been one to masturbate before except on some rare occasions, but since my trip to Teshima I just felt like doing it more and more often. Almost every night alone in that cabin I had touched myself and loved every minute of it. Reaching the part in the story that I liked, I began to run my hands across my body until they naturally found their way to my wet spot. I read the words on the page, the heroine of the story being held down by her lover, begging him to go all the way with her. My eyes drifted over the pictures in the panels, the lust in both of their eyes as I wished I was being held down and ravaged by some large strong man. I could feel myself become wetter, looking down at my fingers to see them covered by a creamy white liquid that had slowly seeped out of me. My eyes rolled back in my head a bit as I plunged two fingers inside of myself, nearly screaming as I felt my orgasm take me.