At a public swimming pool

By Emi Tsuruta, first posted August 27, 2003

Hi, it's me, Emi again.  I've been having kind of a weird summer this year, what with my job and my parents finding out about Ryosuke and everything.  Anyway, it looks like I'm going to get to go back to Japan for a little 
while this fall, so I'm pretty excited about that.  I still see Ryosuke on weekends, but we've both been kind of busy, so I haven't seen him as much as I did last summer.  I still have a whole bunch of stuff to tell you though, so I guess I should get started.

In Oceanview, the town where I'm staying, one really cool place that I found is this aquatic center they have on the north side of town.  Most of the time, when I go swimming I go to the pool at the fitness center on campus 
which is OK, but it's just kind of a normal rectangular pool.  The aquatic center though has these really cool water slides.  Do you know the ones I mean?  Flume slides I think they are called.  They are, like, so fun.  You 
climb up two flights of stairs, and you can look out over all the pools, and then you get in and slide all the way down on this stream of water.  The big one curves back and forth.  It really feels like you are on a roller coaster 
or something.

Anyway, I'd been there once before a long time ago, but I wanted to go back, so last summer I guess it was, I tried to convince Ryosuke to take me.  For some reason, at first, he was kind of dragging his feet and putting it off, but anyway, for a long time, he'd been pestering me to wear that swimsuit I told you about, the aquamarine one with almost no back.  Up until then, he'd only seen me in it the day he bought it for me, and I'd been too embarrassed to wear it to the beach.  It looks OK from the front I guess, I mean just like a regular one-piece (although the legs are maybe a bit high).  The problem is the back.  There are just these little strands of string, one that ties at the sides, and runs around my waist and down the crack of my bottomm, and the other that ties at the back of my neck.  Although I guess you can see the straps, I swear sometimes it feels like I'm not wearing anything at all at the back.  To tell you the truth, I didn't want to wear it - I was still pretty shy at that time - but anyway, he'd got me a cover-up, a fuzzy white terry-cloth windbreaker with a hood on it, to go with it, and so 
anyway, I promised him if he came with me, I'd wear it for him.  I also took along my other swimsuit just in case I changed my mind.

Anyway, finally the day came, and I took the bus up and met Ryosuke on the 
way.  We got to the aquatic center, and for some reason, it was free to get 
in that day, so we just went into the change rooms.  On the girl's side, 
there are about four or five small rooms each with benches and coin lockers 
on the walls.  As I said, I was still kind of shy (well, most of the time), 
so I tried to find a change room with no one in it.  They were all pretty 
busy, so I finally settled on the one near the entrance with only this older 
American lady in it.  I wondered if people were maybe shying away from this 
room because they were afraid someone might peak in at the entrance, but the 
two guys at the desk looked pretty trustworthy, so I guessed they would 
probably stop anyone who tried to peak in.  I found an empty locker, and 
took out my swimsuit, cover-up and towel from my bag and laid them all out 
on the bench.

It's hard to explain why, but for some reason, I felt a bit nervous getting 
undressed there.  The first time I came, it wasn't so bad because I was with 
one of my American friends, Debbie, the girl I told you about, but this time 
there was just Ryosuke, and he was on the other side.  Before I took off my 
blouse, I kind of glanced over at the other woman, but she was just minding 
her own business, so I finally got up the nerve to take it off (is it just 
me or is everyone like this?).  I quickly pulled off my skirt, and then my 
underwear, and put on my swimsuit.  The woman still had her back to me, but 
for some reason, I was still afraid that someone might see me.  I looked 
around at the back of my suit, and winced.  It was even worse than I 
remembered.  You could see my whole bum, and part of my breasts from the 
sides.  The string that ran down the back was buried deep between the cheeks 
of my bum, and even when I tried to pull it out, it made barely any 
difference.  Quickly I pulled on my windbreaker to try to cover up before 
someone noticed.  Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

I folded up my clothes, put them in my bag, and then got out a dime for the 
coin locker.  As I leaned forward to close the locker, I could feel the hem 
of my cover-up sliding up my bum, not quite covering it.  Why on earth 
didn't I buy something longer?

I walked out toward the showers, and realized that I would have to take one. 
  I could hear people's voices from the pool just around the corner, but 
there was an American woman there who had taken off her suit and was 
showering in the nude.  I wondered if I should do the same.  I took off my 
cover-up and hung it in from this bar in the doorway with my towel.  I 
started to shower with my suit on, but finally got up the nerve to take it 
off.  There were a lot of people passing through, mostly little girls and 
their mothers.  I felt so self-conscious standing there naked surrounded by 
a bunch of people I didn't know.  Suddenly, I realized I'd left my washcloth 
in the locker.  I decided it would be too much bother to put my suit back on 
and reopen the locker, so I just used my hands and the body shampoo that was 
there to lather up.  I could feel people looking at me, but I just pretended 
not to notice.  I finished up my shower, toweled off and then quickly put my 
suit and cover-up back on, and went out onto the pool deck.

The center is a really big place with a lot of different kinds of pools, and 
because it was a weekend, it was pretty crowded.  At first, I couldn't find 
Ryosuke, but eventually, he came running up from behind.  He was grinning 
from ear to ear, obviously glad to see me.  I felt a faint twinge of 
embarrassment, as his eyes wandered down to the hem of my windbreaker where 
a tiny triangle of aquamarine was peaking out from between my thighs.  I 
pulled the hem down and playfully hit him.

"What? I was just wondering how you look in your new suit," he shrugged 
still smiling.

I looked up at him with wide eyes, nervously straightening the hem.  I 
considered giving him a peek, but there were already quite a few people 
looking over at us, so instead I took his hand, and pulled him over towards 
the stairs that lead to the top of the slides.  I set my towel down on the 
window sill, and started to go up.  The stairs were kind of slippery, so I 
let go of Ryosuke and grabbed a hold of the handrail.  I walked up a few 
steps, and turned to find Ryosuke staring directly at my bum.  I reached 
down to try to pull my suit out to cover my bum, but soon remembered there 
was no material to grab onto.

"Are you sure you have your suit on?  It looks like you're wearing nothing 
at all," he said unable to stop smiling.  I could feel my face turning red, 
so I pulled down the windbreaker as far as it would go and continued on up 
the stairs.

On the first deck up, there was the place you get in the small slide and 
some tables and chairs next to this huge picture window looking out onto the 
beach behind the center.  There didn't seem to be many people outside.  It 
was pretty windy that day, and in any case, it is not a real beach, just a 
narrow stretch of sand that runs behind the center and other buildings on 
the street.

I went up the next set of stairs and got into line to ride down the big 
slide.  There were a couple of little boys in line in front of me, and the 
life guard who tells you when it is your turn to go.  Ryosuke came up behind 
me, and I was kind of expecting him to try something, but he just stood 
there.  I wondered why at first, but then I realized that he was staring at 
the lifeguard.  She was pretty, probably Korean American, and perhaps a 
little bit younger than us.  She was wearing a t-shirt over her suit, but it 
was much shorter than my cover-up, so Ryosuke was staring at her hips.  I'd 
wondered why he'd gone so quiet all of a sudden.

The lifeguard wasn't paying any attention at all to us; she was watching the 
people go down the slide.  Still I got more and more annoyed as Ryosuke's 
eyes followed her around.  I glared at her jealously.  I have at least as 
good a body as that.  I nervously ran my fingers along the hem of my 
cover-up.  Maybe I better leave this here, and come back for it.  I don't 
want it getting all wet.  I took a deep breath and slowly lifted the hem.  
Ryosuke snapped out of his daydream, and dropped his eyes down to look at my 
nearly bare backside.  I could feel the cool pool air all over my body.  I 
wanted to pull the cover-up back down, but I wasn't about to lose out to 
some snippy little lifeguard.  I shook out my hair, and then looked shyly 
back at Ryosuke.

"Well, what do you think?"  I felt like I was going to die of embarrassment. 
  Here I was standing two storeys up in full view of the whole pool with 
next to nothing on.  My heart started beating faster.  Most other times 
before that whenever I'd done crazy things, there was usually no one around. 
  That day, the pool was absolutely packed.

Giddy with excitement, I leaned forward to set my cover-up down on the deck. 
  Suddenly realizing this was not such a good idea, I straightened up and 
looked back at Ryosuke, but his face had gone white, as he continued to 
stare at my bum.  I blushed even more.  A mom and her daughter starting 
coming up the stairs behind us, so we both tried to settle down.  I got 
Ryosuke to stand close behind me to hide my naked back.

Finally, my turn came.  I didn't bother to hide my body from the lifeguard.  
I wanted her to know that she wasn't the only one who could turn heads.  
When she noticed my suit, how small it was, she seemed startled a bit, but 
didn't say anything.  She gave me the signal, and I pushed myself off into 
the stream of water lying down flat so I could go as fast as possible.

"Weeee!"  It was even better than I remember.  You race through the rafters 
of the building, and I could feel the cool water on my bum.  At the end, you 
fall right into the water, and have to get out of the way quickly so the 
next person doesn't fall on you.  I waded over to the far side of the pool, 
and turned around to wait for Ryosuke.  I could see some of the guys on the 
deck checking me out.  How could they have noticed already?  I came flying 
into the water pretty fast.  I guess they must have seen me take off my 
cover-up upstairs.  Whenever I looked over at one of them, they would always 
look away, but when I turned to watch Ryosuke, I could feel their eyes on me 
again.  I crouched down into the water to try to hide.  The water was pretty 
clear though so you could probably see my pink skin under the surface even 
from a distance.

Ryosuke came flying down even faster than I did.  He claims that he doesn't 
like water sliders, but I know better.  He was smiling a big smile when he 
came up.

"One more time?"

"Sure."

I walked over to the ladder to get out of the pool, and then remembered my 
swimsuit.  There was no way that I would be able to cover up as I pulled 
myself up the ladder.  I looked at Ryosuke, but he just motioned for me to 
go ahead.  I looked over at the guys on the far side of the deck, and sure 
enough they were looking over with this hungry look in their eyes.  I 
fiddled with my suit at the back, but that just made me more nervous.

"C'mon, let's go," Ryosuke urged, patting me on the bum under the water.  I 
felt even more embarrassed.  Finally, I turned and started to climb up the 
ladder.  It felt like almost everyone was watching me.  I scampered onto the 
deck and quickly turned around.  Sure enough even fathers with their 
children were looking at me.  As soon as Ryosuke was out, I went over and 
put my arm around his to emphasize that we were together, but everyone just 
kept right on watching me.

I tried to keep my back to the wall as we walked toward the stairs.  Ryosuke 
doesn't usually touch me in public, but this time he put his arm around my 
waist.  I could feel his soft fingers slipping around on my naked skin.  I 
pulled away not so much 'cause I was embarrassed as 'cause his hand was 
tickling me.  He reached out to grab me again, so I ran away, but one of the 
lifeguards blew his whistle at me.

"No running on the deck!"

I stopped and turned back to face the lifeguard bowing to him a little as I 
did.  I guess Americans don't bow, but in Japan, people do it all the time.  
As I straightened back up, I suddenly realized that I'd turned my back to 
the pool.  I put my hand on my bum feeling for my swimsuit, but all I could 
feel was my own soft skin.  For a second, I thought my swimsuit had fallen 
off, but then I finally found the strap buried deep between the cheeks of my 
bum.  I gave it a little tug to try to coax it out, but as I fiddled with 
it, I could feel the string working its way up inside my secret place.  I 
started to slide my middle finger down the crack of my bum, until I suddenly 
realized I had an audience.  I turned my back to the wall again, but Ryosuke 
took a hold of my arm and started escorting me back towards the slider 
stairs.

"Stop playing with yourself.  Everyone's watching."

"I wasn't ..."  I couldn't believe it, that he would even think such a 
thing.  I pulled away and started up the stairs, but when I glanced back at 
him, he made this silly face.  He didn't really believe it after all.  He'd 
just been teasing me.

As soon as I made it up to the highest deck, I bent over and scooped up my 
cover-up.  I was feeling more and more nervous about walking around like 
that, and I debated whether I should put it on.  The same lifeguard was 
still there, trying to look so innocent as if she didn't know her outfit was 
turning on Ryosuke and the other guys who came up here.  It seemed like she 
was deliberately lifting her arms up to give them a good look at her hips.  
Her hips were a lot more slender than mine.  She looked like a little kid I 
thought, but her bathing suit was pretty risque for a lifeguard anyway.  I 
decided to set my cover-up down and go for another slide.

When I came up again, I knew the guys were still watching me, but I decided 
to try not to worry about it.  I did feel pretty embarrassed as I climbed 
out of the pool, but I quickly went back up to the deck and got my cover-up. 
  I could kind of feel the tension as I got close to the Korean lifeguard, 
but I just turned my back to her, and pulled on my cover-up as I walked back 
down the stairs.  Ryosuke was waiting at the bottom.

"There's a heated pool down at the other end.  Do you want to try?"  I asked 
him cheerfully.  He didn't like that I'd put the cover-up back on, but 
anyway, we walked down to the other end.  You had to stand in line for the 
heated pool.  There was another lifeguard getting people to line up there, 
and sure enough soon Ryosuke was staring at her too.  She was kind of tall 
and dark, like someone from the Mediterranean, but she didn't pay much 
attention to Ryosuke.  He asked her how long we'd have to wait, but she just 
answered politely,

"Just a few more minutes."

When it was finally our turn, I took off my cover-up and waded in down this 
ramp.  They had like these jet streams that pour out through holes in the 
sides.  I got up right next to one, and felt the warm water drilling into my 
bare back.  Ryosuke held my hands and I started kicking my legs as if I was 
swimming.  Apparently, you are not supposed to swim, so Ryosuke eventually 
told me to stop.  I cuddled up next to him and was just kind of enjoying the 
warmth.

After a while, I noticed Ryosuke looking behind us at something, and so I 
turned around to see what it was.  There was some Chinese guy sitting in the 
pool next to us, and his girlfriend was standing at the side talking to him 
in Cantonese.  I looked up at her, and she had on this white bikini with 
blue polka dots.  I tried to see what Ryosuke was staring at when I realized 
that her suit was a bit see-through.  You could see her black pubic hair, 
and her red nipples pretty clearly.  Ryosuke just kept staring at her, and 
she didn't seem embarrassed at all.  In fact, she seemed to be liking the 
attention.  Her boyfriend didn't seem too happy though, so eventually 
Ryosuke turned back this way.

After our time was up, we went swimming for a while.  The Chinese couple 
started swimming right near us, and they were both pretty good swimmers.  I 
wondered why they kept following us, but I guess it's just that it's a small 
pool.

After we'd been swimming for a while, the lifeguards blew the whistle and 
said it was closing time.  I couldn't believe they closed so early, but I 
guess it was a Sunday, and all the lifeguards want to go home.  We stayed in 
the pool as long as we could until one of the lifeguards finally told us to 
leave.  I arranged to meet Ryosuke by the front desk, and went into the 
women's change room.

First, I had a shower.  There were still some people there, some older women 
and some little girls, and they were all showering in the nude, so I decided 
to take my swimsuit off too.  I wanted my washcloth and shampoo, so I walked 
over to the locker room to get them.  I don't normally walk around change 
rooms in the nude, or at least I didn't back then, so I felt kind of funny.  
I kept feeling like I should cover up or something, but I didn't, and just 
tried to enjoy the feeling of being nude, as if the change room was some 
kind of nudist camp or something.

While I was showering, the Chinese woman came in, and she was kind of 
looking at me with this strange grin on her face.  I thought maybe she was 
gloating because she'd got Ryosuke staring at her, and she thought he might 
be interested in her.  She took off her suit, and started basking in the 
shower, kind of flaunting her body.  I didn't think she was so good-looking. 
  She was definitely a lot older than me, maybe around thirty or so, and her 
tummy stuck out a bit.  I looked down at my own body.  I have a much thinner 
waist with a taut little tummy, and the nipples on my breasts are more 
pinkish than brown.  Ryosuke was just looking at you because of your obscene 
swimsuit.  Have you no shame?

I walked back to my locker, without putting my suit back on.  As I toweled 
off, I began to feel happier about my own body.  I have long slender legs 
with smooth skin and almost no body hair except well, you know where.  I was 
sure that Ryosuke likes the way I look.  He doesn't say it very much, but 
every time I show him my body, he always gets so excited.

I began to hear a voice coming from the entrance next to the room where I 
was changing.

"Emi!  Emi!"  It was Ryosuke.  My heart sped up.  I suddenly realized I was 
still sitting there in the nude.  I quickly pulled the cover-up over my 
head, and holding my towel in front of me cautiously tip-toed around the 
corner to the door.

"Emi, are you ready?"

"No, I'm still changing," I whispered back.

"Here, come here."  I could feel the air between my bare legs, and my heart 
was beating faster and faster, but I moved a bit closer to the door.  "You 
look fine to me.  Get your stuff, and let's go."  Behind him, I could see 
the two clean-cut American guys, off-duty lifeguards probably, manning the 
front desk.  I switched to Japanese.

"I'm not wearing anything underneath this."  Ryosuke straightened up, his 
face turning serious.  He glanced nervously back at the two guys perhaps 
wondering if they had understood my Japanese.  They seemed annoyed at him 
for standing at the door of the ladies' change room, but they didn't look at 
me.  One of them cleared his throat perhaps to tell Ryosuke to move back.

"OK, OK, hurry up then," Ryosuke urged.  For once, he seemed more nervous 
about my nudity than I was.  I was about to go back in when suddenly, I got 
this urge to just tease him a little bit.  I looked out into the hall, and 
there didn't seem to be anyone there except Ryosuke and the two guys at the 
desk.  Trying to get up my nerve, I edged forward and handed Ryosuke my 
towel.

"Here, hold this."

"What are you doing?"

"I'm just going to get a drink.  That's all."  I slowly brushed past him, 
but he looked really worried.  What?  It's OK for him to stare at the female 
lifeguards, but not for me to tease the male ones?

I stepped out tentatively into the main foyer, but the cold floor on my feet 
and the cool air between my legs was giving me goose bumps.  Ryosuke moved 
to grab my arm, but I slipped out of his grasp and kept on walking toward 
the fountain.  I couldn't tell how far down the hem of my windbreaker was 
hanging, but I didn't want to check for fear of giving myself away.  I felt 
so excited as I knew they must be watching.

I stopped in front of the fountain, but hesitated realizing that if I bent 
down, the hem would ride up exposing my bare bum.  I glanced back over my 
shoulder, but they seemed to be looking at some papers on the desk, so I 
quickly bent down and took a sip from the fountain.  I straightened up 
again, as quick as I could, but I was beginning to feel very, very naughty.  
I looked back at Ryosuke who was slowly coming this way, trying not to draw 
the attention of the two clerks.  I scurried off to the side, down the hall 
and out of view of the two handsome lifeguards.

"Emi!" Ryosuke whispered sharply.  I looked back at the doors leading 
outside just behind us, but couldn't see anyone.  I lifted my arms up, to 
give him a peek at my pussy, but he took the towel and wrapped it around my 
waist to cover me up.

"Spoilsport," I whispered, kissing him.  He finally smiled, and kissed me 
back.

"Well, my dear Miss Tsuruta, now what do we do?  It's not as if there are 
any love hotels nearby," he whispered back in Japanese.  In Japan, you can 
rent a room in a love hotel for a few hours if you want to be alone.  In 
Oceanview, we still hadn't found anywhere like that.

"I don't know," I said sadly.  Just behind us though there was a stairway, 
leading up to the stands above the pool where people would sit and watch 
when they had swim meets.  I nodded towards it, and Ryosuke tried the door.  
It made a little creak as it opened, but we went through and carefully 
closed it behind us.  I was pretty sure there would be no one up there, 
because we hadn't seen anyone there earlier and most people had gone home by 
now.  I undid the towel again, and carrying it in my hand, walked up the 
stairs in front of Ryosuke, lifting my arms up, so he'd be able to see my 
bum better.  He tried to catch me, but I ran up the rest of the way before 
he got a hold of me.  I waited for him to catch up before opening the door 
at the top of the stairs.  We both held our breath, as he opened the door to 
look out into the stands.  There were just a few rows of seats, and luckily 
there was no one there.  There didn't seem to be anyone on the pool deck 
either.  Ryosuke sat down on one of the seats right by the door, and 
motioned for me to sit on his lap.  I held the towel in front of me and got 
up on tip-toe to make sure no one was in the below.  As soon as I was sure, 
I pulled the towel away to give Ryosuke a peak at my pussy, and then 
squatted down next to him in the aisle.

"I don't know, Ryosuke.  This seems pretty risky.  If anyone comes out onto 
the deck, it'll be pretty obvious what we are doing."

"No, come on.  It'll be OK."  He undid his shorts, and let penis pop out.  
He must have been pretty excited by the situation because it was sticking 
straight up.  I gave it a gentle little squeeze, and Ryosuke's eyes hazed 
over.  It wouldn't take long for him to come at this rate.  I was pretty wet 
too, from having walked around in that swimsuit all afternoon, and flashing 
those two hunky lifeguards even if they hadn't really seen.  I turned my 
back to him and slipped around past his knees.  Grabbing onto the arm rests, 
I slowly lowered my hips down towards his... well, you know.  Suddenly, we 
heard this voice from below.

"Hey, up there.  The pool's closing.  Time to clear out."  It was one of the 
girl lifeguards getting ready to lock up.  I shifted and sat down in the 
seat next to Ryosuke trying to make it look like that's what I meant to do 
in the first place.  my pussy was aching to have Ryosuke inside me.  I bowed 
apologetically.  Ryosuke had covered his penis up with his t-shirt.  I 
looked down at the lifeguard trying to figure out if she'd seen him.  "Hurry 
it up."

Once the lifeguard moved out of view, Ryosuke pulled back up his shorts, I 
tied the towel back around my waist, and we reluctantly came back down the 
stairs.  I felt really frustrated, and I'm sure Ryosuke must have felt the 
same.  They were already locking up the change rooms when we came back out 
into the foyer on the first floor.

"Hey, our stuff is still in there."

The guard's eyes shot down to the towel around my waist and I immediately if 
he had seen me earlier.  He unlocked the girl's change room, while the other 
guy let Ryosuke in on the other side.  I decided to take another shower 
because... well, I was kind of sticky if you know what I mean.  I stripped 
back down, but when I went there, the Korean lifeguard was already there 
showering in the nude.  Her skin was so white, but she still had her whistle 
and a pair of goggles on around her neck which looked kind of funny with her 
standing there in the nude.  Her shoulders looked strong I guess from 
swimming all the time, but her breasts were smaller than mine.  I didn't 
feel nearly so jealous now that I'd got a good look at her.  She glanced at 
me sideways for a moment and then disappeared off in the direction of the 
lockers.  I waited for a couple of minutes, but when I didn't here her 
anymore, I ran back to my locked and got out my cell phone to call Ryosuke.

"Hello."

"It's me, Emi.  Hurry up and come on over here... from the poolside.  
There's no one here."

He hung up and by the time, I'd made it back to the showers he was standing 
there in the door wearing his swimming trunks.  I turned on one of the 
showers, and stood under it smiling at him coyly and posing.  He pulled off 
his shorts, rinsed off his face, and then started rubbing my breasts and 
hips and all over.  We were both so hot, before I knew he had slid a condom 
on and slid his weapon into me from the back.  It felt so good to finally 
have him inside of me.  I don't think I've ever been so aroused in my life.

Unfortunately, just when I was starting to feel really good, the Korean 
lifeguard appeared at the door still naked as jaybird.   I could feel 
Ryosuke's cock thrusting up deeper and deeper inside of me, while she just 
looked on in horror not even bothering to cover up.  His erection swelled 
bigger and bigger filling me up until I almost couldn't take it anymore.  I 
reached back to try to get him to stop, but it was too late.  She screamed, 
and he must have come because his thrusts reached a crescendo, and then died 
off.  He pulled out, and was gone in a flash back to the boy's side.

"Sonya, are you OK?"  It was one of the male lifeguards calling from the 
door.  Sonya backed away, but I lunged forward and grabbed her wrist 
silently begging her not to tell what she had just seen.  "Sonya!  Sonya!"

Our eyes locked, with hers showing deep shock, and mine pleading with her 
not to tell.  This was the first time we'd ever been caught red-handed like 
that by a complete stranger, so I was completely panicking, but whatever 
happened, I knew I didn't want her telling the other lifeguards or we'd end 
up getting arrested or worse.

"Sonya!  If you don't answer, I'm coming in!" the other lifeguard barked 
from the door.  I bowed my head repeatedly to Sonya clinging desperately to 
her arm, and finally she turned toward the door spoke.

"No, no, that's OK, Jim.  I'm OK."

"What was it?  What happened?" the still out of sight 'Jim' asked.  I 
motioned for her to make up something.  She looked at me angrily for a 
moment, but finally told him.

"It was just a creepy-crawly, but it's gone now."

'Jim' seemed to accept this and went away.  I fell to my knees and thanked 
her over and over.

"You saved my life."

"What the hell did you guys think you were doing anyway?"

"I'm sorry.  I guess we got a bit carried away.  We don't really have any 
other place we can go."

"Well, anyway, don't do it here.  I just about had a heart attack."

"Thank you, Sonya.  Thank you.  How can I repay you?"

She looked at me very coolly for a moment.

"You're that couple on the slides a bit earlier."

"Yes, my name's Emi, and that was my boyfriend."

"You're from Japan, aren't you?"

"Yes, that's right."

Sonya turned on the shower, and rinsed off her face.  For a minute there, 
it'd looked like she was going to say something about Ryosuke, but she ended 
up not.  I guess she'd noticed him staring at her earlier.  I couldn't quite 
figure out what she was thinking, but anyway, I showered off, and then bowed 
to her as I left.  She gave me this funny look, but didn't seem angry or 
anything.

I quickly got dressed, went out and finally found Ryosuke outside where he 
was sort of hiding around the corner.

"It's all right.  It looks like she's not going to tell anyone."  We talked 
about the whole thing on the way home, and kind of made a promise to be more 
careful in the future.  We've almost been caught a couple of times since, 
but in general we've been pretty lucky really.  Anyway, if you ever try 
anything like this, be careful.

Emi Tsuruta
<emi_tsuruta@hotmail.com>