Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ The Swim of Things ❯ Chapter 29 ( Chapter 29 )

The Swim of Things

By

Ret Nuh

 

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Kensuke, Hikari, and Shinji were sitting around a table pilled high with various books and papers. Touji was there too but he was done studying and was watching a ballgame on Rei's TV. While he didn't have to study as much as his friends he tended to be around as a show of support and a necessary distraction when things got too mind boggling and you needed to do something else not related to studying. Well that was when he wasn't at his job. Touji would surprise you with how much he actually worked. His current job was his future and he tended to put in some long hours so he could learn as much as he could about the masonry craft from his father and grandfather. Already age was taking its toll on his grandpa and the man had to cut back on the work he did. After high school was over though it was expected of Touji to pick up that slack. That is when Suzuhara and Son Masonry would go from meaning his grandfather and his dad to his dad and himself. It was time for the patriarch of the family to be allowed to rest his weary bones in the land of retirement.

 

As for Asuka and Rei, they were both working on assignments for their college courses. Rei was pretty relaxed, if not bored, with her assignment as she was simply reading a book for one of her classes. While she liked her classes in classic literature she did have one problem with them. She had basically already read every story assigned. Asuka on the other hand was grumbling in German about how screwed up of a writing system the Kanji was. She was getting better at using it but she didn't like how there were still so many things she didn't know. Her thoughts were than any writing system that even the native speakers struggled to completely learn was more than just fundamentally flawed. It was plain stupid.

 

“You know something Shin-kun” Asuka said across the room. “I'm about this close…” two of Asuka's fingers were only about a centimeter widths apart “…to saying screw this country and moving back to Germany with you.”

 

Shinji looked up from his textbook “Anytime you want to leave is good with me.” There was some light chuckling around the apartment after that. Apparently Shinji was as sick of studying as his girlfriend and it was no secret that he didn't want to take the tests he was studying for. Going to college was something expected of him by the powers of above, not himself.

 

He wasn't the only one who was sick of studying though as Kensuke slammed his book shut and declared “Break time.”

 

Even the studious and responcible Hikari agreed. “I don't think I can study anymore. All the words on this page look like one big jumbled mess to me.”

 

Rei remembered that feeling easily. There got a point were you just couldn't stand looking at a text or study book anymore. Your eyes grew heavy and you found your mind wandering to any place but your studies. “I could use a break as well.” While she was nowhere near that point with her studies she wasn't exactly enthralled with what she was doing either. There was a big difference between reading a book because you wanted to versus reading a book because you had to.

 

Of course that left one other person in the apartment to agree to a break, Touji. But considering he fell asleep while watching the game that must have meant it wasn't interesting him too much.

 

Hikari woke him up with a little peck on his forehead.

 

“What's up babe? You done studying?”

 

“Nope. Just taking a little break” she answered. “Got any ideas on what to do?”

 

Touji in fact did as he said “Food.”

 

“That sounds good to me” Kensuke was quick to add on. He was hungry too.

 

Asuka looked over at Shinji. “You want to get something to eat too?”

 

“Have to” Shinji told her. “Misato, Kaji, and Keiko are over at Maya and Makoto's place tonight.”

 

“So where do you guys want to go?” Hikari asked.

 

The first suggestion was from Rei. “Someplace close.” It was cold out right now and she didn't want to be walking out there any further than she had to.

 

“Well freeze baby just limited our choices” Asuka said poking fun at Rei.

 

“Call me whatever names you wish” Rei said back. “It's cold and I don't want to be walking in circles around the city because you are constantly changing your mind on what you want to eat.”

 

“Ah c'mon. I'm not that bad” Asuka argued.

 

Asuka got a bunch of “Ya right”s in reply to that. Including one from her boyfriend.

 

“But I thought you liked walking around with me?”

 

“I do” Shinji answered. “But you can never make up your mind on what you want.”

 

“That's only because I never make up my mind before we leave the apartment” Asuka said explaining herself. “And then we start talking while we walk around and I forget to think about what I want to eat.”

 

“Well then think about it now” Hikari told her. She was thinking much like Rei right now in that she didn't want to wander around in the cold because Asuka was content on sticking her head in the clouds.

 

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After a good half hour of discussing where they wanted to go eat they finally made their decision. It was just some small ramen shop a block away but it filled everyone's desire. To Touji, Kensuke, and Shinji it was food. To Rei and Hikari it was close by. And to Asuka it was something she felt like having. Well at least after being talked into it as she really didn't know what she wanted to eat. Actually she was sort of having a craving for some German food right now but she knew better that to say that. The closest place she could get a meal of that nature would involve a bus ride, a train ride, and some walking around outside. Rei and Hikari probably would've had a big problem with that.

 

When they finally returned from their dinner slash study break they saw a large package sitting outside Rei's door.

 

“You order something?” Asuka asked Rei.

 

Rei shook her head no. She was a little confused as to who sent her this package. And at first she was suspicious and walked up to it slowly. That was until she got close enough to see the name of the company on the mailing slip. “They're finally here!”

 

“What's here?” Asuka asked confused as Rei did a quick switch from cautious to joyous in about one second.

 

While Rei was happy about what she just got she wasn't about to answer that question out in the hallway. Technically this was private clothing. Once everyone was inside and the door was closed though she tore open the package. “It's about time. I was worried these wouldn't come till after the ski trip.”

 

“What are they?” Hikari asked inquisitively. If this was something that made Rei excited it had to be good.

 

The first answer to that question was a roll of the eyes and a “Is that all? I thought it was something cool” from Asuka.

 

The second answer was a confused “Are those stockings?” from Touji.

 

Rei was quick to correct Touji. “No. They are regulated thermal undergarments meant to keep people warm.”

 

Asuka translated what Rei said to Touji. “Basically long johns with a battery.”

 

“They are not!” Rei challenged back adamantly. These were so much better than any pair of long johns. These undergarments were high tech and one of the most perfect products in the whole wide world to Rei.

 

“Whatever Blue” Asuka laughed.

 

Rei completely ignored that comment and started going through the box. It had her three pairs of white ones and her two tan ones but it also had a couple more along with a note.

 

To Rei Ayanami:

 

We apologize for the delay but we are still working out some kinks in the mass production of these thermal undergarments. It is not as easy to create normal sizes to fit a range of people as we thought it was going to be. Luckily Misato was able to give us some measurements so we knew what to give everyone. Also we are sending you some experimental versions as well. We are trying to expand our line and make it more colorful. So far we were able to create the colors pink and baby blue. Please send out apologies to Miss Sohryu as we wanted to send her a red one but were unable to due to us currently having troubles replicating dark colors with the synthetic threads. Apparently only one person knew how to do that but unfortunately they didn't come back so we are left a little stuck until we figure out how to replicate his process. Hope you enjoy these and please let Misato know that her shipment will be arriving in about a week.

 

The letter was signed with a name sort of familiar to Rei. It was one of the technicians that used to be in charge of maintaining her plugsuit. “Misato is always thinking one step ahead of everyone else.”

 

There was a consensus “Huh?” to Rei's statement. The answer though came in the form of three pink stocking types of undergarments, two light blue long johns style of undergarments, and one normal looking white pair of long johns. All in sizes that would fit each of the teens in the room.

 

“Is she giving these to us?” Hikari asked. She knew what these things were because she had talked to Rei about them earlier. She also knew they cost a pretty penny.

 

Rei nodded yes. And knowing Hikari was going say something like “This is too much” she added on “You have to take it. And you're not allowed to refuse or offer to pay her back.”

 

“Tell me about it” Kensuke grumbled as this was not an unrecognizable position for him to be in. When Misato was generous you had to take what she was giving you. If you didn't she would just go even further in her efforts to teach you a lesson about saying no to her. That woman was just really stubborn that way.

 

Hikari understood what Rei was telling her so she was thankful and accepted the gift. “I'll at least have to give her a thank you card.”

 

“Just hope she doesn't send one back with money in it” Kensuke scoffed. He tried that trick once to get Misato to stop giving him such big tips only to have it backfire on him.

 

Hikari wasn't the only one that wanted to show their thanks. “Hey babe, throw my name on that card to. These are going to come in handy come January when I'm working outside.”

 

Hikari of course told her boyfriend she would. She was also planning on writing a note as well now as she realized Misato did her a much bigger favor than she thought. While everyone else was simply thinking about the upcoming ski trip she was worried about the time beyond that. Touji had a tough job and when he had to work outside it was hard for him to stay warm in cold weather. It didn't matter how much he bundled up, after so many hours of strenuous work your body runs out of heat and you get cold. This was a very concerning thing to Hikari. But the gift Misato had given them would help in keeping him warm and help with that problem. For this she was very thankful.

 

As Rei walked over and gave Asuka her pair she conveyed the message from the note. “They apologize for not being able to make you a red pair. But it seems the only person who knew how to make dark colors didn't come back.”

 

“Oh well, not much they can do about that” Asuka said taking it pretty well. Truthfully she didn't really care that it wasn't red. That color would have been nice but to tell you the truth she wouldn't have been able to wear it with anything other than a pair of jeans over it. Red may have been her favorite color for obvious reasons but it was an absolute bitch to color coordinate it with the rest of her winter clothes. Winter fashions this year were all about muted colors after all.

 

The last two garments in the box were a white one and a blue one. They were pretty much the same size as both Shinji and Kensuke had a similar body structure now that they had grown up. That led to some confusion on Rei's part as she was a little puzzled on which one to give to whom. Shinji might like the blue one but then again he might have a stigma about wearing that color with an item like this. But personally she wanted Kensuke to have the white one as on him it would look better to her than the blue. That was just her personal preference in this instance. Then again giving him that one might be the wrong thing to do if it meant giving Shinji something he wouldn't wear. This was not an easy decision.

 

It was also not a decision she was allowed to make as Asuka reached into the box and grabbed the white one. “Here you go Shin-kun.”

 

Shinji replied with a thanks and looked the outfit over. It was enough like a real pair of regular long johns where he would wear it. Those blue one were a little too much like tights and his old plugsuit for him to feel comfortable in.

 

Asuka didn't fail to miss the slight look of dejection in Rei's eyes but there was nothing she could do about it. She knew Shinji wouldn't wear the blue one and she couldn't apologize for taking the white as that would signal she knew something. This secret about secrets was really starting to get annoying as she really wanted to explain herself.

 

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Mrs. Amano's class was on a bus headed towards a ski lodge in the mountains. Generally people were buzzing about what they were going to do and whatnot or sleeping to pass away the time. Hikari and Rei were among the sleepers as Hikari was up late last night babysitting while Rei worked a wedding reception in the banquet hall of the restaurant the night before. As usual it went a little longer than it was supposed to and didn't end till about an hour after Zukav cut off the booze for the party. Asuka, Shinji, Kensuke, and Touji decided to pass the time away talking to each other while playing a game of hearts.

 

Asuka picked out the queen of spades, ace of hearts, and jack of hearts from her hand and passed them to Kensuke. “So you guys want to do something as group? Like some sort of trail hike?”

 

“Could be fun” Kensuke said and grimaced at the cards he was given. They were pretty bad, especially considering he gave most of his spades to Touji in an effort to get rid of them. His hand had a lot of clubs and other high cards to boot.

 

“If I get the hang of skiing?” Touji said sort of agreeing to it. It would be fun but only if it didn't involve him falling over every ten feet. He smiled a bit at his cards. He already had a couple of spades in his hand and with more he probably could force the queen out while using low cards. He in turn had given Shinji the king and queen of clubs and the ace of diamonds. Those were his worse cards plus this way since he didn't get any clubs he could lead out safely with his ace of spades on the first turn.

 

The cards Shinji got weren't too bad to him and he figured he might be able avoid any big hits this round. Well that was if he played his hand right as he did have some high cards. “Sure.”

 

He then got a little whap to the shoulder as Asuka said “When I said I wanted all your love, that's not what I meant.” The little stinker had given her three hearts. The king, queen, and ten of hearts to be exact. And worse yet they were the only hearts in her hand.

 

He gave her chuckled “Sorry” and led out with his two of clubs.

 

Asuka sassed back a “You better be” and laid down her eight of clubs.

 

Kensuke tried to grab control of the suits as it was his only hope right now and put down the ace of clubs. Then he groaned as he saw Touji lay down the ace of spades right on top. That was one of his few escape cards and he was really hoping to trap someone with that card so he could get rid of his queen of spades. In an effort to try and keep control of the suits Kensuke laid down jack of clubs next.

 

Touji responded by getting rid of his next highest card, the king of diamonds.

 

Shinji wanted to take control of the suits too as he didn't want any diamonds coming out due to his lack of low cards with them so he put out the king of clubs.

 

Shinji noticed Asuka approved of that move for some reason and she smiled while putting down her six of clubs. “Your lead Shin-kun.” By him sticking with clubs she was out of them now.

 

Shinji changed the suits and put down a jack of spades. Asuka quickly followed with an eight of spades. The more they avoided the hearts the happy she was going to be.

 

Kensuke did the only thing he could and put down his only other spade in his hand, the nine of spades. Touji followed that card with his next highest spade, the ten.

 

This meant Shinji was still in control and he chose to play his six of spades. The last spade in his hand. Since Asuka knew that Kensuke had the queen she played another one of her low spades, the five.

 

Kensuke was forced to play the queen. “Please tell me you have the king.”

 

“Nope” Touji smirked and put down the seven of spades.

 

“Shit. I knew I was going to eat the queen” Kensuke grumbled taking the major point card. And then in an effort not to take any more cards he put out the four of diamond.

 

Touji followed with the nine of diamonds right after and since the queen of spades had been played Shinji didn't mind taking the turn as he put down his ace of diamonds.

 

Asuka let out a little “Goodie” as Shinji's high diamond let her play her high diamond, the queen, without consequence.

 

In control again Shinji gamble and played one of his high cards, the jack of diamonds. He was hoping everyone was still holding diamonds and he could safely get rid of his next high one before switching suits on the next turn.

 

Asuka co-operated with him as she put down her seven of diamonds. Kensuke though didn't and got some pittance of revenge as he broke out the hearts with his ace. Both Shinji and Asuka grumbled silently at this move. Shinji because he took a heart and Asuka because she didn't want anyone playing those cards until after she got rid of hers.

 

Touji harmlessly laid down the eight of diamonds and it was again Shinji's lead. It was back to clubs as he played his seven of clubs.

 

This time Asuka said “Sorry” as she had no more clubs and had to get rid of her high hearts as quickly as possible with that suit in play now. It was the king of hearts.

 

Kensuke played one of his low clubs to avoid taking any more points and laid down the five of clubs. Since Touji didn't have any clubs he took this as a chance to get rid of his next highest card, the nine of hearts.

 

Now Shinji was going to do something he figured Asuka wouldn't like. He only had one low card left and he wanted to save it in case of getting trapped so he started in on his hearts too, laying down the five of hearts. “You're going to hit me again.”

 

With a frumpy face Asuka said “Meany.” She was pretty sure her ten of hearts was going to take the round. And she was right as Kensuke followed with a three and Touji with a six. In an effort to get away from taking any more hearts she played her lowest card, the three of diamonds.

 

A good card for Kensuke as he had no diamonds and he played his jack of hearts.

 

Touji was worried about taking this hand as he didn't know if Shinji had any more diamonds in his hand so he played it safe and put out his two of diamonds.

 

“Another point to me” Shinji groused as he still did in fact have a diamond, the ten. And that of course took the round. He was starting to run out of options and Shinji reluctantly put out his lowest card next.

 

Asuka topped Shinji's three of clubs with her last heart, the ten.

 

“Dammit Asuka! Why couldn't you have a club?” Kensuke complained as he knew Touji didn't and he was stuck with another point.

 

Asuka just smirked at him “Poor baby” as she watched him lay down the ten of clubs. Touji spared him from anymore points as instead of laying down his last heart he put down the six of diamonds. “Well at least I won't take this heart” and the two of hearts was Kensuke's start off card. He was right as Touji followed suit with the four of hearts and Shinji with the eight of hearts. And this time Shinji couldn't have Asuka help him out as she had no more hearts and dumped her king of spades onto the pile.

 

Shinji knew he was in trouble now as all he had left was the queen of clubs and the seven of hearts. “At least no one else has any hearts” Shinji said to himself out loud and played his seven. There was nothing he could do as he knew he was taking the final two hands. Asuka put down her five of diamonds, Kensuke his nine of clubs, and Touji his three of spades. The last hand was Shinji playing his queen of clubs followed by Asuka's four of spades and Kensuke's four of clubs. And it finished up with Touji's two of spades.

 

Asuka tallied up the points. “That's four for me, fourteen for Kensuke, eight for Shinji, and none for Touji.”

 

“It's about damn time I get a zero” Touji responded back as up till now he was taking a pounding.

 

“Don't worry” Asuka teased. “I'm sure you'll get a ton of points next round.”

 

“Why you always got to pick on me red?” Touji ragged back.

 

“Because I have the lead and you're the closest to a hundred” Asuka answered back being truthful. Right now he was the one wearing the big red target and the sooner he went out the better the chances she would win.

 

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Unfortunately for Asuka she didn't win that hand. While she got Touji to bust two hands later Shinji pulled out a last second victory by sticking her with the queen when she only had a twelve point lead over him. He of course got guilt tripped for that little stunt as she pouted “Hey! You can only pull off a last second victory against other people. Not me.” Shinji had to promise her extra time out on the slopes with only her to make it up. Which may have been why he did that in the first place but he wasn't going to say anything. Asuka learned how to `properly' dress for skiing from Misato and he was very much looking forward to skiing with her. Especially if she was playing the lead as following from behind would be an enticing sight.

 

But that hand was several games ago and now they were getting close to the finish of another one. Kensuke was at 97, Shinji was at 82, Touji was at 87, and Asuka was sitting pretty at 70. Kensuke could feel the grim reaper tightening his grip around his neck as he was dealt a miserable hand. It was damn near all face cards and aces. He was about to give away the highest three cards in his deck and hope for a miracle until the slender and pretty finger of a blue haired angel pointed at three other cards. He looked over and asked “You sure?”

 

Rei smiled sleepily as she had just woken up and nodded yes.

 

“Ok” Kensuke said trusting her and gave away his only low cards. The cards he got in return where Asuka's highest. After looking at them he smiled and said “Thanks.”

 

“Ah shit” Asuka cursed. “I should have known the second Rei pointed. You're going for the sweep?” Despite what you'd think, Rei was a card player that used very aggressive strategies and Asuka knew to be wary around her when playing hearts. At some point in almost every game she went for a sweep. Sure sometimes it cost her big but more often than you would think she was able to pull it off.

 

Kensuke only smirked at Asuka for that. Yes it was true but considering the cards he had there really wasn't anything anyone was going to be able to do about it.

 

The hand didn't take long at all and Kensuke easily pulled off the sweep, causing both Shinji and Touji to bust. “Thanks Rei.”

 

“Anytime” she smiled back while stretching out.

 

Asuka though interrupted “You know you didn't win. I was twenty seven points up on you not twenty six. So I still won by one.”

 

“But at least I didn't do the worst like I thought I was going to” Kensuke said looking on the bright side.

 

“Yeah, whatever” Asuka said rolling her eyes. She also had to bite her tongue as that was definitely a Rei type of thought he just spouted. While Rei wanted to win, if that looked unlikely she would play not to lose. Asuka had played against her in games enough times to know that. In many ways Asuka could see the influences of those two rubbing off on each other. Sadly she couldn't say anything about it though and that was really starting to get beyond difficult.

 

All this was interrupted by Mrs. Amano getting up from her seat and announcing. “Ok everybody, let's wake up and get ready to leave the bus. We're only ten minutes away from the lodge.”

 

It was those words that caused Rei to peak around her pillow and look out one of the windows. Everything was white. She shivered and reached down to indiscreetly turn up the heat on her electric underwear.

 

“You wuss.”

 

“Quiet you” Rei said back as she didn't need any lip from the redhead who had eyes that seemed to see everything you didn't want her to. She also ignored the chuckle from that girl for that afterwards as well. No sense encouraging Asuka to tease her even more. Especially since she knew the Nanook of the north comment was coming.

 

And you couldn't really blame Asuka as just to unload the bus Rei was putting on her thick and bulky blue snow pants. Followed by her big blue coat with the faux white fur trim, a pair of earmuffs, a stocking hat, a big scarf, a thick pair of boots, and her big blue mittens. Asuka was just about to open her mouth and comment about all that when she saw Rei take things even further. The girl put on a pair of ski goggles, wrapped the scarf around the rest of her face, and pulled the hood on her jacket over her head and cinched it up. Not one inch of her friend's skin was exposed. “Ok Rei, now you're just messing with me.”

 

Rei gave Asuka a look like she had no clue what the girl was talking about. Which was true as she didn't. It was cold out there and she was simply getting ready for it.

 

Asuka let out a snide chuckle and then looked over at Hikari to say something about Rei. She had to change what she was going to say though. “Et Tu, Brute?”

 

“What?” Hikari said back having to pull down her scarf so she could talk. “It's cold out there.”

 

“It's not even that cold” Asuka complained. “I mean it's like only a couple degrees below freezing.”

 

“Still it is below freezing” she was answered by Rei. “That justifies everything.”

 

“Whatever” Asuka replied and looked around the bus. Rei and Hikari weren't the only ones she felt were going to extremes. Quite a few girls were just like them and even some boys were completely bundled up. She looked over at Shinji. “Thank god you're not like the rest of these wimps.”

 

His response was “At least wear a pair of earmuffs or your ears will get cold.”

 

“We're only going to be outside for a couple minutes” Asuka replied. But the reply was on the quiet side and with what almost looked like a blush. She was trying to look tough in front of everyone so she wanted Shinji to play along, not go soft and be worried about her. Sure she liked when he doted over her, that whole craving attention from special others being the reason why, but there was a time and place for it.

 

“I don't want you to catch a cold” Shinji said back. “We won't be able to have much fun if you're sick.”

 

Asuka gave him a little glare for that as he was smashing her ego. She also took the earmuffs and put them on. A very sarcastic “Happy?” followed.

 

Shinji ignored the sarcasm from his girlfriend and nodded yes. He then whispered into her ear “They look really cute on you.” Shinji had no problems saying all that relationship type of stuff to her but he usually whispered it when in the company of others. He wasn't big on public displays of affection as all they really did was get him teased by the other boys.

 

This time Asuka really did blush as she said “Cheater.” Playing to her emotions and telling her something she wanted to hear wasn't playing fair in her opinion.

 

“Just once I would like to be able to deflate your ego like him.”

 

Asuka turned her head and looked at her teacher. “Fat chance. He's got an inside edge that no one else ever will have.”

 

Mrs. Amano just shook her head at that. That comment could mean so many things and some of them rather dirty in nature. It was best not to comment on it. “So everyone ready?” This was why she was by them in the first place as she was making sure of this with all her students.

 

They all nodded yes with Asuka adding “Some are way more than ready.”

 

Mrs. Amano looked at the group and couldn't tell what Asuka was talking about. “I don't see anything wrong.”

 

“Figures” Asuka sighed as simply by looking at her teacher she could tell she would be on the side of Hikari and Rei. The only bit of skin the teacher didn't have covered was her mouth. And that last bit was probably going to get covered by the scarf Asuka saw in her teacher's hand. “I got a question for you teach” Asuka started. “If you obviously don't like the cold why do you take your class on a ski trip? Why not down to Okinawa or one of the other southern islands?”

 

Mrs. Amano whispered the answer to Asuka. “My brother's in laws own the place and they really need the business. So it's sort of one of those things.”

 

“Isn't everything else in life” Asuka commented mocking the nature of the truth.

 

“So you are more than just book smarts” Mrs. Amano teased. There were a lot of people in the world who never figured out that aspect of life out. If you never scratch anyone else's back no one will ever scratch yours.

 

“It's easy to learn such things when you spend most of your life making mistakes” Asuka said back, more joking at herself than anyone else. Learning lessons the hard way turned out to be a greater teacher than anything else.

 

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Asuka was looking in at her room for what would be a week. “Umm… Are we all going to be sleeping in here?”

 

“Yes” Hikari answered deflating any grand ambitions of privacy any of the girls had. The boys were going to be staying in one big public room and the girls in another.

 

“So what are we going to sleep on?” Asuka asked.

 

“Futons of course” Hikari answered. Asuka really should have known that.

 

“Where are the beds?”

 

“In the rooms that the regular guests are using” Hikari remarked.

 

“Aren't we regular guests?”

 

“Nope” Hikari answered. “Because the class didn't raise that much money during culture fest we had to settle for the group rate. This is home for the week girls.”

 

There was a lot of whining and complaining about that but it didn't matter, the situation was exactly as it looked.

 

Hikari was having none of it though. “Don't come complaining to me. It's your fault for not doing a decent job. If you would have run a real café or did something else that made money we probably could have gotten rooms.”

 

At that moment Mrs. Amano couldn't have been prouder of Hikari. The guilt trip she was sending these girls on almost made up for the embarrassment she felt over what her class did at culture fest. “All right girls, go pick the spot where you want to sleep and bring your stuff in from the bus. The sooner everyone is situated the sooner we can go skiing.”

 

That caused all the girls to rush to grab a spot. Well almost all the girls as one was absent. Mrs. Amano was the first to notice and asked out “Where's Ayanami?”

 

The answer she heard was a desperate “Bitte gott, Nr!” and saw Asuka run from the room.

 

While Asuka was the most vocally disconcerting girl about the situation she wasn't the one who hated it the most. That honor went solely to Rei. There was no privacy at all in that room and she sort of freaked out about that realization and made a hasty call to Misato. She was hoping that maybe her guardian could help her out a little and get her a private room if she promised to pay her back for the expense. This was a mistake of monumental proportions.

 

When Asuka finally found where Rei had gone off to make her phone call all she saw was a blue haired girl looking down with a dejected expression. “Ante baka, Rei! You didn't do what I think you did?”

 

Rei nodded a regretful yes.

 

“What the hell is wrong with you?” Asuka asked stopping right in front of her. “You know better.”

 

“I… I panicked” Rei replied in a soft and sorry voice.

 

Asuka picked up on something as Rei said that. There was much more than just simple dejection here. Rei didn't only get told no but a whole lot more. “You didn't argue with her… did you?”

 

Rei nodded her head yes.

 

Asuka's response was “Oh Rei, whatever am I going to do with you?” while holding open her arms.

 

Rei stepped into the hug. She just got a big lecture from Misato. “In the future please stop me from doing stupid and irrational things like this.”

 

“I wish I could…” Asuka said trying to comfort Rei. “…I really wish I could. But I don't even know how to stop myself.” Asuka guessed right in her mind about what happened. Rei over reacted and saw her temporary living arrangement as an unacceptable invasion into her privacy. And when she went to Misato for help all she got was that this would be a lesson in dealing with others. Instead of agreeing with Misato and accepting the situation, Rei tried to show some boldness and fight it. While Misato probably was glad to see Rei standing up and even being a touch forceful with her wants, this wasn't the time or place for it and the guardian shot her down. What started as Rei trying to reason with Misato quickly turned into a lecture in which Rei was turned silent while Misato taught her a motherly lesson.

 

After the hug Asuka told her “If it helps any, she gave me a big lecture before we left about me toning down my brattyness and not making things difficult for others.”

 

“But she's always telling you that” Rei said back. “And you don't usually listen. In this case I have to.”

 

“Yeah, you're right” Asuka admitted. “Although if you swallow your freeze baby attitude and admit to knowing how to ski I might just know of some places you can escape to.”

 

“You do?” Rei asked interested. She didn't even care if part of what Asuka said was making fun of her, Asuka was offering something she was looking for. Privacy.

 

“Sure I do” Asuka answered as they walked back to the room. “I looked at this place's website before we left to see what kind of hills and trails they had here. I noticed they have warming houses spread out along some of the cross country trails. Most of those houses are on the tougher trails though and are a good hike from here. But if you do get out to one your probably not gonna see too many people throughout the day. Especially people from our class as I severely doubt most of them know even the first thing about skiing.”

 

“Now are these really warming houses or just shacks to get out of the wind?” Rei asked. Asuka had definitely piqued her curiosity and she wanted to make sure the reason why was valid..

 

“According to the website they all have wood burning stoves inside and are fully enclosed buildings” Asuka answered. “So if they aren't warm you can make them.”

 

Rei let out and interested little “Hmm?” as Asuka and she entered the big room. The problem with sitting in front of the lobby's fire and reading a book was that a lot of classmates, not to mention other lodge guests, would probably be there to. Not much for privacy and she could envision getting interrupted every five minutes by someone asking her what she was reading or if it was good. Finding someplace where that wouldn't happen might be worth a trip into the cold. Actually Rei had one more question about these warming houses but she kept it to herself. Asuka seemed to know an awful lot about them and sound a touch too excited when explaining them to her. There was something else going on here.

 

The teacher saw Rei and Asuka come in the room right away. “Where did you go Miss Ayanami?”

 

“I had to make a phone call” Rei answered with Asuka sort of covering for her by adding. “Misato's a big worrywart and just wanted her to call when we got up here to make sure everything was ok. That's all.”

 

“Oh, ok” the teacher said as that was no big deal. The girls were yammering away pretty loudly before so Rei must have went somewhere quieter so she could talk on the phone.

 

“Rei, Asuka, over here” Hikari then said. “I saved some spots for you.”

 

“Thanks” Asuka responded and looked at where Hikari was pointing. To her one spot was as good as another. This spot happened to be to one side of Hikari.

 

The spot on the other side of the class rep belonged to Rei. It was up against two interior walls so it was more private than any of the other spots in the room. Also it was not near any windows so it would be the warmest as well. Rei was very sincere with her “Thank you.” In this too close for comfort situation her friend was looking out for her.

 

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After everything was unpacked from the bus and everyone had their sleeping areas set up it was time to relax for a bit and get used to the lodge. In a couple hours the class was going to get lessons from some of the instructors at the lodge on how to ski and what trails and hills they should stick to until they got better but for now they could do what they wanted. For Rei that meant leaving that awful group sleeping quarters and trying to hide in front of the large fireplace in the lobby with a good book. Her method was to move one of the chairs close to the fire and turn it towards it. In order to talk to her face to face you would basically have to be standing in the fire. Of course Rei had more than just her usual antisocial reasons for doing this. She also was worried about what people would say if they saw what kind of books she was reading. She had forgot to consider that when she packed them and as a result she had some pretty steamy ones with her. Right now she was wondering if Asuka still had those old cut out books she used to use with her Nancy Drew novels and if Misato could fed-ex her one.

 

Both Hikari and Asuka could tell Rei wanted to be alone right now so they decided to go talk with some other people. But not before Asuka gave Rei a helping hand. She snuck up behind Rei, but made her steps heavy enough so she was sure Rei could hear her approaching, and pretended she was going to try and get her with a tickle to her sides. Rei of course stopped her and told her to go away. But not before Asuka stuck a sign up on the back of the chair with her other hand that told people to not bug her. After that she left with Hikari and started gossiping with the other girls.

 

Shinji, Touji, and Kensuke were around too but they avoided the girls. Rei obviously wanted to be left alone and they were afraid of joining the other girls' conversation. It looked like it was one of those pick on the boys type and walking in on that would make them sacrificial lambs.

 

“I wish I would have known we all had to sleep in the same room before we left” Kensuke complained. The living arrangement for them was the exact same as the girls. Except you could substitute Mrs. Amano for her husband as the chaperone in the room. Add to this was the fact Kensuke was much like his secret girlfriend in the privacy department. He wasn't living by himself for no reason after all. Early on things could have been easier if he moved in with someone else as a roommate instead of getting his own place, but he didn't. And mainly because he liked his privacy.

 

Shinji wasn't too thrilled about it either. “I probably would've tried to reserve a separate room.”

 

“It's not that bad” Touji countered. “So the quarters are tight. All we're doing is sleeping there.”

 

Both Kensuke and Shinji looked at Touji for that. They had noticed when setting up his spot on the floor he pulled an item or two out of his pack that would be useful in such a situation, like ear plugs. Both of them suspected he had some prior knowledge. “So, did Hikari tell you about the room situation?” Kensuke asked directly.

 

“Does it matter?” Touji said back not giving a clear answer.

 

“She did” Shinji said. The only reason Touji would be avoiding the question was if he was feeling guilty about it.

 

“Why the hell didn't you tell us then?” Kensuke followed up. It didn't matter if Touji answered his original question or not, he knew the real answer already. So that meant it was time to give his friend crap about it.

 

“She told me not to” Touji replied.

 

“So?” Kensuke kept up. “You could have at least told us. You know we would've kept our mouth's shut.”

 

“I wasn't allowed to.”

 

“And how would she have found out?” Kensuke wasn't really picking on his friend. More like teasing him. It's not like they had anything else to do right now.

 

“How the hell should I know?” Touji said back. “But she probably would've and then I'd be screwed.”

 

“Ah did your girlfriend death threat you to secrecy?” Kensuke teased while laughing.

 

Touji though gave back a straight answer. “Worse.”

 

“What's worse than a death threat?” Kensuke asked.

 

Shinji knew the answer to that. “She didn't?”

 

“She did” Touji said back. “That's how I knew she was serious.”

 

“What the fuck are you guys talking about?” Kensuke asked as he was suddenly feeling left out of the conversation.

 

“She said if I told anyone I wouldn't get any nookie for a week” Touji answered.

 

“Shit man, she was serious.” Kensuke now knew and completely understood Touji's actions. He was right to keep his mouth shut.

 

“Tell me about it” Touji smirked. The smirk was about the fact that he did keep his mouth shut and the threat was no longer valid. Not that he really thought it was a true one to start with, but with such things he wasn't going to risk it.

 

Kensuke next turned on Shinji. “I suppose you hear that threat everyday.”

 

“Actually…” Shinji answered totally shooting his attempt at teasing down “… Asuka's never said anything even remotely like it.”

 

“Not even once?” Touji questioned.

 

Shinji shook his head no.

 

“Probably too worried she'd have to follow through on the threat” Kensuke said taking a shot at Asuka since Shinji was being an unwilling participant.

 

Shinji only answered with shoulder shrug. He wasn't going to actually answer that verbally, even if what Kensuke said was true.

 

“Dude, how often do you and Asuka do it?” Kensuke then asked. If Shinji was going to be avoiding any real answers to regular questions Kensuke figured he might as well go outlandish.

 

Touji joined in too. “According to Hikari, Asuka brags about it being a lot.”

 

“I don't know if I would say a lot” Shinji argued back. He also blushed a little as he said that. He wasn't the best guy in the world when it came to conversations about sex as he didn't exactly know what to say to people. A lot of what he did with Asuka was clearly in the private area of his life. Sure they did some fun stuff that he could brag about if he wanted to but more often than not he didn't desire that. Being some sort of stud to the outside world would just got him confronted by that same world. But keeping it in the bedroom meant less problems. And the fewer problems you have means the more time you can spend in the bedroom.

 

“Put a number on it” Touji told him.

 

Shinji was about to answer that but then abruptly stopped. He was confused about something. “What exactly is a `time'?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Well I always hear guys brag about how many times they do it with a girl but I've never known what exactly is a time” Shinji said explaining himself. “Is it just like when you come, or when she comes? Because those can be two different answers. Or is it a time based thing? I mean some times last longer than others, so can you split up a long event into several times or is it still one since you never stopped?”

 

Since he was actually still a virgin Kensuke looked over at Touji for an answer.

 

Touji in return looked confused. “You know I've never really thought about it like that. I know most those guys that brag are only talking about themselves but you can't really do that in a real relationship, can you?”

 

“So the answer is you have no clue?” Kensuke presumed correctly of Shinji.

 

“I guess not” Shinji answered. “I mean on schooldays Asuka and I usually do it before and after school. And then again at bedtime. But on the weekends if we don't have to work sometimes Asuka likes to spend the whole day in bed. How do you put a number on something like that?” The funniest part about all that is you could tell Shinji was really serious. He wasn't bragging, he was trying to get them to help him out with an answer so he could give it to them.

 

“You don't” Touji laughed. “You just say a lot.” Now he knew exactly what Hikari was talking about. They certainly did it more than Hikari and him. Although he didn't know if he could say they did it `a lot' more then them. They had lazy days too they spent entirely together. And then there were those weekend getaways they took together once in a while. Specifically the ones were the Do Not Disturb sign hung outside the door of the hotel room the whole time they were there.

 

Oddly enough Kensuke didn't continue to rib Shinji on the matter even though he had plenty of ammo now. He just got a look on his face like he was thinking. By this time in his relationship with Rei he was spending every night over at her place. And the two spent an awful lot of time together being intimate. Maybe not to the level of intimacy as his friends but still it was intimacy nonetheless. If it wasn't for them working more than Asuka and Shinji he was thinking he would be on pace with them. Even though it was just oral sex and heavy petting he could see the label `a lot' applied to him and Rei as well. Not exactly a bad thing and he smiled lightly as the conversation continued on into other areas.

 

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Mrs. Amano was staring at Asuka in the changing room as all the girls were getting ready to leave and start their skiing lesson. “You got to be kidding me?”

 

“What?” Asuka replied.

 

“You're not seriously going to go outside dressed like that… are you?”

 

Asuka looked herself over quickly. “Well yeah. Is something wrong?”

 

“You don't have any pants on!” her teacher replied. From the top up Asuka looked like most of the other girls. Nice winter jacket, gloves, a pair of ski goggles, and a fuzzy winter hat which she let her long hair hang out of in the back. But below the waist was a completely different story. While all the other girls were wearing bulky snow pants Asuka had on a pair of lycra tights.

 

“What are you talking about?” Asuka said rolling her eyes at her teacher. “This is how you're supposed to dress when you go skiing.”

 

“But you're going to freeze to death out there wearing that.”

 

“Nah ah. Ski pants are surprisingly warm and as long as you keep moving and stay dry you don't even feel the cold.” Asuka wasn't done with her explanation quite yet. There was more than just sexiness at play here. “Plus have you ever tried skiing in something like this?”

 

The answer to that was of course “No.” Mrs. Amano was blushing just thinking about it. Those ski pants of Asuka's were much too form fitting for her to be seen in public with.

 

“You should. It makes it a lot easier. Bulky snow pants get in the way and you can't maneuver as well leading to more falls. Plus they slow you down.”

 

If she was a professional skier Mrs. Amano could accept that answer. But the only thing professional about skiing that applied to Asuka was how tight her snow pants were. “Asuka…” Mrs. Amano started dropping the whole teacher student lingo and sounding more like a parent “… does Misato know you're dressed like this?”

 

“Yes” Asuka replied in a very sassy fashion. “Who do you think helped me pick out this outfit?”

 

“What?...”

 

“Listen, just because you gals are all fashion backwards and go overboard with your dress in the winter doesn't mean I have to” Asuka said with an arrogant tone. “Misato learned to ski in Colorado where they know how to do it. And this is exactly how she says you're supposed to dress. Now if you will excuse me I'm going to hit the slopes.” And in an egotistical style she didn't let anyone answer her as she flipped her hair at them, grabbed her pair of skis, and walked out of the changing room.

 

And once she got outside she saw Shinji waiting for her. “Ready to go?”

 

“Yup” Shinji answered and the two tried to take off for the slopes for a little downhill fun.

 

Unfortunately they got stopped by a “Hold up there you two?”

 

“What now?” Asuka said turning around looking at her teacher.

 

“Aren't you forgetting something?” her teacher asked the two of them.

 

Asuka looked around quickly before saying “I don't think so?”

 

Apparently those two had forgotten something that was requested earlier when this trip was planned out. “Remember when we mentioned that we wanted those who did know how to ski to help those that didn't?”

 

“Oh that” Asuka replied. “Trust me teach when I tell you this. You don't want Shinji or me to help you out with that at all.”

 

At first the teacher thought Asuka was being bratty again and was about to scold her for it and make the two help out. But before she could even open her mouth she heard from behind her “Please listen to them. It really is for the best.”

 

“Huh?” What Rei had just told made no sense at all.

 

“The only way those two would know how to help would be to teach in the same way they were taught how to ski?” Rei replied to her confused teacher.

 

“And what's wrong with that?” Rei was being rather cryptic right now.

 

“Misato's way of teaching is very abrupt” Rei explained. “She's a very big believer in that you learn best by doing.”

 

“Well so do I” the teacher replied. That was how a lot of teachers taught.

 

“It's really a matter of scale” Asuka said trying to clear things up. “Teachers tend to teach in baby steps. Misato doesn't like to waste time doing that if it's something she thinks you are already capable of doing.” And to give an even better explanation she asked Shinji to tell Mrs. Amano the story of how he learned to ski.

 

“Misato took me to the top of a mountain run rated at expert and told me if I fell down I would probably hurt myself pretty bad. Then she pushed me.”

 

“But that's… that's….”

 

“Insane” Asuka finished for her stunned teacher. “If it wasn't Shinji and me we were talking about I would agree. But that's the way we learn.”

 

“You can't be serious?” Asuka had to be pulling her leg and this was all just a big joke they were playing on her was the only thing Mrs. Amano could think of to explain all of this.

 

Asuka though nodded her head yes. “I learned to ski by Misato pushing me down an intermediate level hill. But when you factor in that I was only ten when she did that it's roughly the same experience.”

 

Mrs. Amano looked directly at Rei. “Please tell me they're lying.”

 

Rei shook her head no. “Everything Asuka and Shinji have said is the truth.”

 

Mrs. Amano turned back towards the two children in question and told them “Get lost. I don't want you even near one of your fellow classmates. In fact I don't want to see you two again till dinner time. Do you understand me?”

 

Asuka understood that perfectly. If Shinji and her tried to teach any of the other students in the same way Misato had taught them someone would probably end up in the hospital. This is exactly why she wanted to take off right away with Shinji in the first place. She knew the teaching method was completely wrong and the previous conversation was simply a waste of time that could otherwise be spent on the slopes or trails. And with a laughed “Yes Ma'am” she took off with Shinji.

 

And as the two left the group you could overhear Asuka say “Misato says she has skied this area before. Run number seven's supposed to be wicked.” And what scared everyone the most was Shinji reply.

 

“Really? Let's go there first then.”

 

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Asuka had been skiing the slopes with Shinji for a couple hours now and was at the bottom of a hill waiting for him. He had to redo one of his bindings at the top after it came loose when he hit a mogul on the run before. He had told her it was going to be a bit and to go ahead, so she did. She figured while waiting she could peak over at the bunny hill and see how her classmates were doing.

 

Unfortunately the only peaking that got done was by three guys who were peaking at her ass. She looked like a very hot snow bunny standing all by herself. Of course that meant she must be looking for attention and they skied up to her. “Hey there sugar. Need someone to teach you how to ski?”

 

There was an outside chance that these boys were just trying to be nice and that they had not come up to her with the impure intentions she first pegged them to have so she answered back pleasantly at first. “No thanks. I already know how to ski. I'm just waiting for someone to come down.”

 

“But we're very good at teaching” one of the boys replied in a very creepy sexual manner. “We might be able to teach you something you don't know.”

 

Well there went that outside chance as Asuka was right about her gut feeling. The cheesy grins on all their faces. The completely fake attempt at sounding sincere. And worse of all one of them winked at her. Talking to these boys was a complete waste of her time in her opinion so she was extremely blunt with them. “Cut the crap, okay. I know the pathetic game you losers are trying to play and it isn't going to work. I already got a boyfriend and no you can't compete with him. So why don't you go try to pick up some other girl that's a little closer to your lame ass level.”

 

Not even the bluntness of that statement chased them off though as one of them said “How do you know he's better if you don't give us a try?”

 

“Listen you fucking baka! Any other guy would've gotten the hint by now.” Asuka said pissed off that they were still by her. “Fuck Off!”

 

“Man, what are you? Some sort of fucking bitch?” The boy said back in reply to the insult.

 

“Yes I am” Asuka said throwing his insult right back in his face. “Now go away before I decide to jam my ski pole so far up your ass that it will stick out your mouth.”

 

As usual Asuka pushed the situation much further than she had to due to her aggressive attitude. And this particular boy thought he was a tough guy to boot so he wasn't going to back down because it would look like a girl was pushing him around. “You better watch that mouth of yours…”

 

“Or what?” Asuka said cutting him off before he could even finish his threat. And she did a lot more than just interrupt him. She raised her ski pole up quickly and poked him with the sharp point of the end in the chest, forcing him to back away from her. “Listen, I don't give a shit who you think you are. You can't bully me. You can't force me to do anything I don't want to. And you would totally get you ass kicked by me in a fight.” She then poked the boy again forcing him back even further. The other two boys were backing away as well as she was holding her other ski pole like it was a club. They had really picked the wrong girl to pressure as she was clearly more dangerous than they thought. “Now you got two options. One you can leave with your tails between your legs right now. Or two…” Asuka then withdrew her poles and used them to push herself out of the way as she finished “…you can get run over by him.”

 

When the three boys looked at what the belligerent redhead was talking about they saw a skier streaking right at them at a very high speed. And he wasn't slowing down or changing direction. Whoever that kid was, he was dead set on running them over even at a cost to himself. The only thing they could do was quickly dive out of the way into a snow bank.

 

Asuka chuckled a bit at them as they looked pretty stupid doing that. She then skied her way over to the person who had caused them to jump out of the way in the first place. Oddly enough he decided to skid stop himself the second he got past the trio of boys instead of before he got to them. She gave him a little kiss on the cheek and said “There's too many losers on the slopes right now. Let's go do some cross country.”

 

“Okay” the kid answered and took off with her.

 

As for the three other boys. While two of them had every idea of getting up and getting in the face of the guy who had run them down they had to hold up because of the third. He apparently must have hurt himself getting out of the way as he was holding his shin and howling in pain.

 

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About an hour later Shinji and Asuka were standing outside a small little wood cabin no bigger than a bedroom. It was a single room with a table and a couple chairs in the middle of it and a wood stove off to one corner. Not much in terms of space or fanciness but enough to get you shelter from the cold and provide a place to sit down and rest for a spell. And that's exactly what Shinji and Asuka planned on doing as Shinji brought in some wood from a pile outside the cabin and Asuka lit a small fire using some little twigs and paper in a bucket beside the stove. The trail they picked to ski was a pretty intense one with lots of hills and winding paths so they needed a rest before continuing. Though while it was a hard one to ski, it was what they were looking for, quiet. In fact they had only seen two other skiers on the trail at all, both going in the opposite direction of them.

 

It wasn't long before they had a nice fire going in the wood stove and the little resting shack was warmed up to the point where they could take off their winter accoutrements. As Shinji sat down in one of the chairs Asuka joined him in rest as she sat down sideways on his lap. At first Shinji just figured she wanted some closeness so he wrapped his arms around her and simply held her.

 

Asuka had other intentions though and she showed them as she started to fondle the crotch area of his jeans with one of her hands. And with a dirty smirk she looked straight at him. “I saw what you did earlier.”

 

“Wha?... Umm.. Asuka.. This isn't…” Shinji's rambling got stopped by Asuka as she placed her other hand over his mouth.

 

“Nah ah ah. No talking Shin-kun. You were a naughty boy and I gotta punish you now.” And her actions were sort of punishing as she got Shinji fully erect, making that area in his pants quite tight. But she relieved that problem when she popped open the button on his jeans open while telling him “You smacked the kid who was bugging my in the shin with your ski pole when you went past him.”

 

Shinji really wanted to say something but he still couldn't as Asuka hadn't taken away her hand yet. Obviously she wanted to finish saying what she had to say before he answered her.

 

Asuka continued in her erotic actions as she unzipped his pants and then stuck her hand beneath his underwear and started to stroke him. Once she was sure he was nice and ready she stopped and squeezed that hardness with a touch of force. “That was very bad of you and sort of like you were trying to fight one of my own battles.”

 

After she said that Asuka took her other hand off of his mouth. A clear indication that she wanted him to say something about that. “I'm sorry… but he….”

 

Asuka put her hand back over his mouth cutting his explanation off. And then with her other hand she relaxed her grip and even started stroking him off again. “I know. You were worried about me and you were just trying to protect me. Which isn't really smart as you know I don't like it when you do things like that. I had the situation perfectly under control.” Asuka got up off his lap after she said that and removed her hands from him. She needed to use them to tug his pants down so she could get better access to his erection.

 

“Asuka are you sure…” Shinji started to say as he saw Asuka kneel down in front of him.

 

Again he was cut off. “Hush you. I'm not done yet.” And through the slit in his briefs she pulled out his penis and gave the head of it a little kiss. “But here's the real problem I have when you do stuff like that. As much as I don't like it…” with one of her hands she started to fondle Shinji's balls as the other held his erection in just the right position for her to give it a good lick. “…it makes me so fucking hot. So here's your punishment, specifically thought up by me, to both punish and reward you. I'm going to give you a blowjob, then you are going to lick my pussy, and finally were going to have sex. Is that alright with you?”

 

Whether it was or not was not what Shinji said. What he said was what he was trying to say from the start. “Asuka are you….s-s-sure…” Things got much harder for him to speak as Asuka didn't wait for a yes or no reply and started to circle her tongue around the head of his cock. “… we sho- should… be doing…. Th- thi- this here?.... Wha…t… if we get… c-caught?”

 

Asuka's reply was to wink at him and then start sucking on his dick. And since she didn't need one of her hands anymore, because her mouth was keeping Shinji's dick right were she wanted it to be, she used it to answer him. She pointed at the window they were in front of.

 

It was just a small little window and all you would be able to see through it if you were looking in was Shinji's face so it wasn't like you could tell what Asuka was doing. But the point behind it was that he could look out the window and see if anyone was coming down the trail. Which by now he severely prayed wouldn't happen as there was no way he could stop Asuka. His girlfriend had no problems giving him blowjobs and even seemed to look like she enjoyed it.

 

Which Asuka did as she so demonstrated with her head bouncing up and down on his manhood, sucking on it and dancing her tongue around the whole time, giving him a very good blowjob. Knowing how much Shinji loved what she did to him was what made her enjoy this task. There was no play on dominance or anything like that involved, only that she could give him pure pleasure. And the fact that she knew he was more than willing to return that favor didn't hurt either.

 

“A..As….Asuka….” Shinji groaned out as he watched Asuka suck him off, completely forgetting that he was supposed to be looking out the window. The sight of her head bobbing up and down in his lap was something he couldn't take his eyes off of. And Asuka didn't make it any easier on him and she routinely would look up at him with those sexy blue eyes, even going as far as to wink while sucking in as much of him as she could.

 

It was that kind of sexy treatment that made it so it didn't take Asuka very long to finish Shinji off. Usually she liked to take her time and play around a bit but in this instance the faster they did it the better. She was pretty sure that no one would show up but wasn't really going to push her luck by drawing this out. And after a couple gulps to swallow the evidence and some gentle licking to clean Shinji up she asked “So did you learn your lesson Shin-kun?”

 

“Uh…huh” Shinji said leaning back in the chair while trying to catch his breath. But in truth he had no idea what he was answering. What Asuka just did was out of this world and he was going to do whatever she wanted him to do now.

 

But that didn't really matter as Asuka wasn't really sure what she was asking. She only said it because it was really sexy thing to do. And that extra bit of sexiness paid off too as when she was done and stood up in front of Shinji he reached out and started to peel off the sexy pair of ski pants she was wearing.

 

This was something Shinji wanted to do from the very first second he saw Asuka wearing them. Her ass looked so hot in them it was beyond description. All day long he found himself having to fight off an erection while looking at her ass. But now his girlfriend's sweet ass was all his and he stripped that tight lycra off of Asuka in an instant. Then he surprised her by picking her up and setting her down on the table, spreading her legs wide open in front of him.

 

Asuka was expecting they would trade places and he would eat her out while she sat on the chair. Obviously she was wrong as she felt him pull to the side the crotch of her panties and she revealed that she was more than ready for him to return the favor.

 

Shinji saw that Asuka's pussy was already wet with excitement and he leaned in to take a taste. And just from that little playful action he elicited a moaned “Oh…yes…” from his lover. Asuka wanted what he was offering and he wasn't going to disappoint her.

 

Asuka moaned out that phrase again as she felt him open her up with a couple fingers and delve his tongue deeply inside her. Which was exactly what she wanted him to do as she didn't want him playing around down there. She was hot, horny, and wanted him to seriously eat her out. Which was good as that was exactly what he was doing. It felt like to her that he was trying to fuck her with his tongue as it darted in and out of her, lapping away at her pussy's juices. Asuka could only moan out her lovers name in reply “OHHhhhh……Sh-shin…Shin-kun.”

 

Shinji didn't stop with just tongue play either as soon afterwards Asuka felt him stick a finger deep into her and started thrusting it in and out. And like normal when he started to finger fuck her that tongue moved upwards and concentrated on her clit. The intensity of her boyfriend's tongue against the most sensitive part of her body combined with the driving sensation of a finger being pounded inside her caused her to start moaning out in German. She could swear she could feel every single taste bud on his tongue as he slowly brushed it over her clit. Her only thought before she came was that Shinji definitely had a gift when it came to manipulating her body. Because it took the boy less than ten minutes to get her body quivering and shaking in orgasm.

 

When Asuka started coming Shinji felt her tighten around his finger, and it was almost like she was trying to pull it further inside herself. But while he let Asuka's pussy convulse on his finger he kept licking at her clit, making it so she would come that much harder. There was nothing he liked better than to make Asuka as happy as he possibly could. It obviously made her feel good but it also made him feel good to know that he could make another person happy. This was a very important thing in their relationship.

 

Another important thing was not to stop. And as soon as he felt Asuka's orgasm ending he turned her over so that she was now bent over the table, with that beautiful ass of hers in exquisitely plain view. Then he got up from his chair, pulled down his briefs, and plunged himself right into Asuka's wet pussy. It was completely accepting of him.

 

This move was sort of aggressive and Asuka approved of it greatly as she called out “Fuck me hard Shin-kun!” Asuka knew exactly how dirty that sounded and that's why she said it. She really did get hot from what Shinji did back on the slopes. It was a slight return of the invincible Shinji and now she wanted that same invincibility to screw her and show her just how strong he was. It had nothing to do with him being controlling of her but everything to do with him showing her he had true strength. She didn't care if he never showed the world that he had it, all she wanted was for him to show her he had it.

 

And that's exactly what he did as he pounded himself in and out of Asuka at a rapid speed, trying to get inside of her as deeply as he could with every thrust. And it wasn't only him doing the action as he could feel Asuka gripping him with her insides and bouncing back in to him as she tried to fuck him back.

 

He could tell she wanted this as badly as him and he gave her everything he had. The grinding of bodies into one another and the sounds of flesh rapidly slapping against each other caused an intoxicating effect that made them forget where they were as they got lost in the sexual thrill of it all. Their minds addled by the fiery passionate sex.

 

Asuka's cries of pleasure filled the little cabin as she couldn't hold them in. The sex they were having was just so powerful that it forced her to scream out so many dirty things and beg for more. The fact that Shinji kept giving it to her simply made things better and better. It was the way he was pounding himself so deep into herself and filling her up that pushed her over the edge. Shinji had already warmed her up beautifully before with his finger and tongue so she knew it wasn't going to take her long for her to come again. But what made this orgasm especially good was while she came she felt him stop with himself completely in her and he let loose too.

 

The feeling of her lover ejaculating his seed deep inside her body while she came was indescribable and she let out one more loud cry of pleasure as her own orgasm rocked her body.

 

When it was over two sweaty bodies heaved against each other as they both tried to catch their breaths. “Mein Gott Shin-Kun…” Asuka purred “…das war wundervoll.”

 

A compliment Shinji had obviously heard before as he knew exactly what it meant. “I love you Asuka.”

 

“Trust me… the feeling's… mutual” Asuka panted still trying to catch her breath and also still firmly feeling the afterglow of her orgasm. She then felt something else, Shinji had never pulled out of her. And not only that but he was starting to get hard again. She turned her head around and with want in her eyes she asked “Mehr?”

 

Simply the way Asuka was looking at him alone was enough to get Shinji to agree. The sexy asking for more pushed it over the edge and soon Shinji found himself sitting back in the chair with Asuka's shirt pulled up, bra taken off, and that wonderful pussy of hers bouncing up and down on his dick as she rode him for everything he had. She wanted more of Shinji inside her, and Shinji wanted to be in her just as much. So much so that neither of them noticed their backs were completely to the window. The rest of the world didn't exist right now to either of them they were so wrapped up in each other.

 

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Asuka and Shinji skied back to the lodge in a hurry and with red faces. The hurry part was due to the realization that they spent too much time in that cabin and were going to be late for supper if they didn't get their fannies moving. Apparently what was supposed to be a quick little romp in a cabin turned into almost a two hour long session as they even ended up doing it again after Asuka rode Shinji. The last time was nice, slow, and a touch emotional. It was also too much as while satisfying it put them severely behind schedule.

 

As for the red faces, it wasn't due to the cold, it was to do with embarrassment. When they came out of the little cabin they noticed something. It had been snowing lightly all day so you could tell a fresh track from an old one. And the tracks in front of the cabin were fresh. Someone did come by. Yes they were doing it somewhere that could be considered public. Yes there was a chance this could happen. And maybe those two facts played into the sexiness of this whole rendezvous. But no did they actually want it to. And out of fear of running into whoever passed by while they were going at it they turned tail and took off in the opposite direction they were heading before, backtracking their way to the lodge.

 

The first part of the trail was actually longer than the later part and even though they were quick Asuka and Shinji still ended up being late for dinner. Not so late that they missed anything but late enough to be the last ones to show up.

 

“Glad you could make it” Their teacher said sarcastically towards the two.

 

“The trail we went on took longer than we thought it would” Asuka said back in an almost too well rehearsed way. She was still very much flustered from what happened earlier so she wasn't as calm cool and collected as she wanted to be. She and Shinji even still had rosy cheeks due to the incident. Luckily so did most of the other students due to being out in the cold so they had an out there.

 

“Next time choose which trails you take more wisely” Mrs. Amano lectured.

 

Both Shinji and Asuka bowed respectfully and apologized to her in response. Then they went and took their seats

 

The boys were all sitting at one table and the girls another. Shinji found a spot between Kensuke and Touji as they saved it for them. “Have fun out there?” Kensuke asked.

 

“I guess so” Shinji answered with a shoulder shrug. He didn't really want to give anything away. Unfortunately the mind set of the other boys at the table were already in their usual places, the gutter. He was out all alone with Asuka and they came back late. While none of the boys really thought they did anything they weren't going to give up this chance to give Shinji crap. It was just too good of teasing material.

 

“Ah c'mon Ikari…” one of the other boys started. “…fess up. You and Sohryu were doing it out there.”

 

“Huh???.... What???” Shinji stumbled out, turning bright red at that accusation in the process.

 

“He's blushing so that means it's true” another boy teased.

 

“W- we were just s-skiing…”Shinji stuttered out as he was very flustered now.

 

“Yeah right” Kensuke ribbed and added on with innuendo “I'm sure you were “Just Skiing”.”

 

“Honest… we were. That's all that really happened…” Inside Shinji was praying that they would stop at this white lie and just drop the whole thing.

 

They didn't though as one of his classmates asked “So what's it like to do it in a snow bank?” With another adding on “I must suck to get snow up your ass.” As you can guess much laughing followed that crude line.

 

That wasn't the end of it as one boy then scared the holy hell out of Shinji as he kidded. “Ikari would never nail Sohryu in the snow. I bet they did it in one of those trail shacks.”

 

That joke was the truth and Shinji reacted by looking down and trying to hide his face. He wasn't even going to try and answer that.

 

At this point Touji suspected something was up. Yeah Shinji was acting normally when the guys teased him about him and Asuka in not saying anything. But added to his quietness was the fact he saw Shinji was sweating a bit. There might have been something there that his classmates didn't know about. And since he knew Shinji wasn't going to say anything he put a stop to the teasing. With a touch of jest in his own voice “All right guys that's enough joking. Let the poor man eat his food in peace. Knowing Asuka she probably dragged him onto the hardest trail and made him keep up with her.”

 

There was some more chuckling at that as it was what they were all thinking in the first place but it ended there as the other guys let up on Shinji and they all started doing there own thing. Now Shinji was able to eat in peace and he quickly started. He wanted to be finished and out of there as quickly as possible.

 

But near the end of the meal when everyone else was involved in their own conversations Touji asked him something under his breath so that only Shinji could hear him. “They were right weren't they?”

 

With a hidden smirk Shinji nodded a yes at his friend.

 

“You fucking lucky bastard” Touji chuckled quietly.

 

Kensuke though was thinking something else. He suspected something had happened too as Shinji got a little too worried about the teasing. “Which trail were you on?”

 

“Why?” Shinji asked suspiciously. During the whole time the teasing was going on Shinji was wondering if one of his classmates knew the truth. Most of them he figured didn't know how to ski well enough to actually get out to that shack but he was wondering about Kensuke. Not so much him personally but Rei was doing pretty good on the slopes so he was wondering if she was the one to pass by them. He figured she might have got tired of being with the others and went off on her own. And figuring Rei she would have chosen a trail in which it would be hard to follow her. And if it was her it would be no surprise if she told Kensuke.

 

Shinji couldn't have been more wrong in his thoughts. Kensuke was asking which trail because he knew something that neither Shinji nor Asuka did. “After watching us for a while Teach went off with her husband towards the trails.”

 

Shinji froze in mid-motion upon hearing this. Not even a single grain of rice that was pinched between his chopsticks fell.

 

“Oh shit! Please tell me you guys didn't go on Sweat Heifer trail because that's the one our teacher took.”

 

Shinji's response to Kensuke was a dropping of his head onto the table. The real people who had skied past that rest cabin when he was having sex with Asuka was his teacher and her husband. It couldn't have gotten any worse than that.

 

Both Kensuke and Touji roared in laughter. They couldn't help it, this was just too funny.

 

On the other side of the dining room was the girls table. When Asuka sat down it ended up being next to her teacher as the only open spot was between her and Hikari. At first the conversation was all normal as none of the other girls really cared that Asuka was late. And the only ones that knew what Asuka had been up to were keeping their mouths shut about it.

 

Hikari had an inkling that Asuka and Shinji had escaped for some intimacy. Asuka's unsettledness was what clued her off. If it was just a case of Asuka being late she knew that would not bug her friend one bit. Obviously her friend had something to hide. But Hikari didn't really care if what she was thinking was true or not. If Asuka and Shinji wanted to go off and have some private time to themselves then good for them. It's not like she wasn't planning on trying to get some alone with her fiancé as well.

 

Rei knew that Asuka and Shinji went off to have sex somewhere too. But she knew it because she had seen what had happened on the slopes between Asuka and those guys. She had been around Asuka and Shinji enough to have figured out their psyches. The end result of what happened was going to lead to intimacy. The only thing Rei really cared about considering the situations was where exactly Asuka went off to as she would love to know a spot that would afford such privacy.

 

The other person was of course her teacher. But Mrs. Amano wasn't going to confront Asuka about this in public. Something like this had to be taken care of in private. Well maybe not totally privacy as a little joke might be funny.

 

Asuka had just finished her dinner when she saw Kensuke and Touji laughing out loud while it looked like Shinji was under great duress. A glare was starting to come over her eyes as she detected the scent of them giving him a hard time over something. And if that something was what she thought it was, those two were going to get it.

 

All that stopped though as her teacher distracted her. “Oh that's right, I have something for you Miss. Sohryu.” Mrs. Amano then gave her a little box.

 

Asuka was really confused by this. Teachers usually don't give their students presents. But Asuka was gracious and said thank you before opening the little box. Inside was a little bar of soap.

 

The teacher told a little cover story so Asuka wouldn't get too embarrassed by this. “If any of you other girls forgot anything like soap or toothpaste feel free to ask the lodge for a replacement.”

 

Asuka though got a different message as under the soap was written a note. It said- I don't know that much German but I am sure what I overhead was pretty dirty. You might need this to wash your mouth out with later on.- Added on to that she heard her teacher whisper to her. “I want to see you and Shinji in private after dinner. Don't worry, you guys aren't in trouble. I just want to talk to you two about being more discreet in your actions.”

 

Asuka replied with a thoroughly embarrassed “yes ma'am” and dropped her head onto the table much like Shinji.

 

At first Rei and Hikari were confused by Asuka's actions but they quickly learned the reason why as Kensuke sent Rei a text message from the other side of the room. Rei in turn shared that message with Hikari and both girls looked over at their teacher. The smirk on her face and Asuka's reaction proved the message was true. Asuka and Shinji got busted having sex by the teacher and her husband.

 

Hikari reached over and patted Asuka on the back telling her everything would be okay. But wasn't too convincing as it was said with an extreme case of the giggles.

 

Rei had them too and was trying her very best not to laugh out loud. But even with her hand covering her mouth the others girls could tell she was laughing about something. Not even Rei's usual demeanor could hide that something funny had happen. And since Asuka was now like Shinji that meant the newlyweds did something weird again. The other girls were of course curious.

 

Which was kind of sucky actually as neither girl in the know would say what they were laughing about. Rei was too afraid of laughing out loud to take her hand away from her mouth and Hikari would only laugh “nothing important.”

 

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The next day was the day of the class outing. Asuka and Shinji were feeling much better as it never got out what they did and the worse thing that happened was they got a little lecture on discreetness. Which wasn't really even a lecture as Mrs. Amano giggled for most of it and told them it was no big deal. They weren't the first students she had caught doing that kind of thing and they wouldn't be the last. Personally she was happy it was them she caught as she much preferred when established couples got together vs. short little field trip flings. The flings tended to turn messy after the trip was over and that caused tension in the classroom. Although she did embarrass them a touch more as she casually mentioned while not the first they were by far and away the quickest to get together. Most hookups didn't take place till day two or more of the trip when the students were granted more free time. Oddly enough only Shinji got really embarrassed by that. Asuka, if anything, actually looked proud. Sort of like they created some sort of record.

 

As for the rest of the class, they were snickering. There were seven trails you could ski on. Three expert runs with the names Sweat Heifer, Dry Sluice Gap, and Chimney Tops. Sweat Heifer was difficult because it was long, wound up and down the mountains, and had a bunch of turns. Dry Sluice Gap was difficult because it was a narrow trail with quick descents. And Chimney Tops was difficult because it was exactly what the name of the trail indicated. It took you up to the top of a steep mountain and then right back down the way you went up. Along with the difficult trails were two intermediate trails by the names of Sugarland Mountain and Cucumber Gap. And finally two beginner trails. These were the ones most of the students would be on. They went by the names Husky Gap and, this is why the students were snickering, Boogerman Trail.

 

The story behind the names was simply they were all trails miners and prospectors used to get to their claims in the past. And some of those guys apparently had a sense of humor, or were just plain strange, when they named the trails they made. Unfortunately for Mrs. Amano the easiest trail was Boogerman Trail. She really wished that one could get renamed one of these days as every year all she heard whenever she mentioned it was snickering as the students found the name hilarious. And worse yet most of them did their ecology reports based off of what they saw on that trail so she spent the whole week reading reports with the name Boogerman fitted in as much as each student possibly could.

 

“Ok class, quiet down” Mrs. Amano said as she clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. “Today we are going to go on Boogerman Trail…” yet more snickering “…This is the easiest of the trails around here but feel free to do your report on any of the trails, depending on your skill level of course.” In her mind she was pleading for them to do any other trails but this one. But she knew that pleading was for not. Not only was this trail named funny but it was the only one most of them were going to go on. Most people prefer downhill skiing to cross country and this class was no different. Along with Boogerman being the easiest trail it was also the shortest one. That meant you would have to spend less time skiing it and you would get your report done faster. Then you could get back to downhill skiing again and having fun with your friends.

 

After Mrs. Amano explained what she wanted to see in their reports they all took off on a group ski trip. She went over some rules again while they were out there. “If you go cross country you must go with a partner. And do not take a trail that is rated above your abilities. I do not want to hear any frantic phone calls from anyone because you were trying to impress someone and got stuck. And I am looking squarely at you boys.”

 

“Why us?” one of them yelled. It wasn't nice of her to single them out like that. Especially in front of the girls.

 

“Because in the last two years it has happened four times. Three of them were groups of just guys and the other one was four guys and two girls. And the girls were only with them because the boys prodded them to take the harder trail and promised them they knew what they were doing. It was also the girls that saved all their butts because they were the only ones who would admit to getting stuck.”

 

That answer was rather emasculating and also got a chuckle out of most of the girls. The guys mostly grumbled as they thought they were being made fun of. Which they were but that is what Mrs. Amano was trying to do. She did not like it when she had to get a hold of the lodge and have them drive out onto the trails with snowmobiles to haul back some of her students. It was a very humbling experience, especially considering the lodge was run by her extended family. But with that said she hoped they would listen as anyone getting stuck on a trail after getting told that would never be able to live it down. Peer pressure had its advantages if you knew how to manipulate it.

 

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After the group ski was over Mrs. Amano let the students break up into small groups if they wanted to. Hopefully they would all disperse into other directions from each other. Unfortunately half of them didn't and took off on Boogerman Trail again. She looked over at Asuka and Shinji and flat out bribed them. “If you take one of the hard trails I will give you both top scores.”

 

Asuka chuckled at that. “And I wanted to see if I could write a report with the name Boogerman in it a hundred times.”

 

Mrs. Amano let out a sigh at that. “It's been done.”

 

“You got to be kidding me?” Asuka laughed.

 

Her teacher shook her head no as she was serious.

 

“Well then Shin-kun and I will spare you some misery and take Chimney Tops Trail” Asuka answered still giggling a bit. Her teacher was so in for it considering how many people she had already seen take off for the trail.

 

While she was appreciative of them for taking a different trail she had to question that decision. “I'm not questioning your skill or anything but are you sure you want to do that trail? It's the hardest trail in the area.”

 

“Yeah, I know” Asuka answered. “But I was talking to Misato on the phone last night and she said the view from the rest house on top of the mountain is amazing.”

 

“That's true” Mrs. Amano said agreeing.

 

“So you have taken that trail?” Shinji asked. He was hoping for some more information on the trail. All Misato said about it was it was a tough hike but she was sure they could do it. And when he talked to Kaji he only told him the trip was worth it.

 

“Sort of” Mrs. Amano said felling a little self-conscious. “My husband and I have never skied up to the top but we've been up there.” That confused both Asuka and Shinji and Mrs. Amano admitted to cheating a little. “My brother and his wife took us up there with snowmobiles last year.”

 

“That's taking the easy way” Asuka smirked. She also wondered for a second why the teacher looked away when she said that.

 

“I know, but like I said that is a grueling trail. The incline on it is pretty steep and it wraps around the mountain in a circle twice.”

 

That was a bit of knowledge that Shinji was looking for and he looked over to Asuka. “Let's do it tomorrow then. I don't know if I want to go up there right now.”

 

“Okay” Asuka replied in agreement. A big task like that needed planning and currently the only thing in terms of supply they had with them was a water bottle.

 

While all this was happening two people took off for a trail unnoticed. Rei was going to do her report on one of the intermediate trails. And since no one else looked like they were headed towards Sugarland Mountain Trail she chose that one. But the rules said she couldn't take off by herself so she needed to go with someone. And it just so happened that Kensuke was also planning on doing his report on the exact same trail. She might as well go with him as that was the most efficient thing to do. Or that was the excuse she would give anyone that saw them take off. What she was really looking for was to investigate a site she had read about on that trail. And Kensuke was an integral part of this particular investigation.

 

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Rini and Kotono were skiing together when they got to a trail marker. One way pointed to Husky Gap and the other, Sugarland Mountain. “Which one's the easy one again?”

 

Kotono tried to think for a second. “I don't remember. I forgot to right down what Mrs. Amano said.”

 

“So did I” Rini answered. And then while simply looking at the names on the marker she came up with a solution. “Husky's are like really tough sled dogs, right. I bet that means that trail is hard.”

 

“Yeah and Sugarland sound cute” Kotono said going right along with the odd logic. “I bet that's the easy one.” And off they went on Sugarland Mountain trail being completely wrong in their figuring.

 

The reason they were doing this is they got sick of hanging around with who they were with before and decided to ditch them and take a different trail. “Can you believe Goto?” Rini said in disgust. “I mean it's bad enough he kept yelling Boogerman but did he have to try and hit on us.”

 

“Yeah I know” Kotono replied in a preppy tone. “He's like all skeezy and stuff. Plus that Boogerman thing was funny at first but it got really old.”

 

“And he had to yell it right in front of that totally hot ski instructor” Rini said back. “I was so embarrassed I thought I was going to die.”

 

“Tell me about it. We so need cooler boys in our class.”

 

“You think?” Rini kidded back but then had to stop. “Umm, did you bring your phone with you?”

 

“No, I left it back at the lodge” Kotono answered. “I didn't want to break it if I fell or something.”

 

“Shoot. I wanted to call Tia to see what she was doing on her trip.”

 

“She said she was going to put the moves on Sotaru Yasuda during it” Kotono added on in a gossipy way.

 

“Oh he's so cute. I would love to hook up with him” Rini said back in a dreamy way. “And you know what I heard?”

 

“What?” Kotono said back very interested.

 

“He's awesome in bed.”

 

“Who told you that?”

 

Since this was supposed to be a big secret Rini looked around for a second to make sure there was no one by them. “Aya did. She hooked up with him at that dance the first years threw.”

 

“You're Kidding?”

 

“No.. it's the honest truth” Rini said being totally serious. “She told me that herself.”

 

“I'm so jealous” Kotono raved. “I was even looking for him at that dance.” After she said that though she stopped. “Are you sure this is supposed to be the easy trail?” It was ok at first but as they went along the hills were getting steeper. Nothing too bad but also nothing like the first trail they went on.

 

“I think so” Rini said back. A touch unsure though as she was questioning their decision before too. “Maybe it's like the harder of the two easy trails and that's why there are so many hills and stuff.”

 

“Yeah... I bet you're right.” Kotono said going along with that explanation.

 

The two continued to gossip for another half hour as they went along the trail until they got to a big hill. “We have to go up that?” Kotono complained.

 

“That's like a really big hill” Rini said agreeing with her friend. “You want to turn around?”

 

They had already gone pretty far on the trail and Kotono didn't want to have to start over on a new one so she said “Let's just go up it. If it looks like there are more hills ahead then we can turn around.”

 

That sounded like a good plan to Rini so she said “Okay” and they attempted to climb the hill. It ended up taking them about fifteen minutes. Not because it was a giant hill but more because they weren't very good at going up it. They would get a little ways up before they would slide back down a bit. It was like trying to climb something by taking two steps forward and one step back the whole way.

 

But once they were at the top the got treated to an awesome sight. A little ways away was a lake that had a waterfall pouring into it. “Let's go down there” Kotono said as it was pretty.

 

She got stopped though by an outstretched arm. Apparently they weren't alone on this trail like they thought. Down by the lake were two other classmates. And it really didn't look like they wanted to be disturbed as they were kissing by the waterfall. “That's not who I think it is…… is it?”

 

Kotono's eyes almost bugged out of her sockets when she saw who it was. “OH…MY….GAWD!” There could be no one else. The boy was wearing a Shin Seiki's delivery jacket and the girl was wearing a thick blue winter jacket rimmed with faux fur. Immediately they backtracked down the hill so they wouldn't get caught spying on them. “I can't believe it…. Aida and Ayanami…..”

 

“Are a Couple” Rini finished excitedly. “We have to tell everyone.”

 

“For sure” Kotono said as the two girls rushed back to the lodge as fast as they could. They just saw like the biggest thing ever.

 

(A/N: And that is the end of chapter 29. By the way if any of you recognize those trail names… Yeah I stole them from where you think I did. I went there with my friends on spring break once and we hiked a bunch of them. Sweat Heifer was a royal bitch. As for the ending of this one, all I can say is Uh-Oh. Next chapter is the one where we find out about Rei and Kensuke, along with a whole lot more stuff. Some of it kinky. Oh and one minor change. Three naked girls in an outdoors hot spring is getting changed to three naked girls in an indoors hot spring. I don't know what I was thinking before trying to get Rei into an outdoors version in the middle of the winter. No way in hell would she do that. Till next month, Bye-bee. I Re-re-edited. Changed a few words around. Fixed some grammar. Broke up some of the bigger blocks of text. And expounded on some parts to make them clearer. Basically gave this a good once over to improve its quality.)