he Love Letter Lovelies
by Glee-chan
26.
Deciding that she couldn't take another night of listening to her sister have loud sex, and also wanting to solving the mystery of Yui's relationship with Shiho, Maria asked if she could spend the night at Kaede's house. Kaede agreed, and as soon she did Makoto invited herself over as well. Inwardly Maria smirked at Makoto's jealous side though she wondered why she would even be threatened by her. When they arrived at the Ozawa Inn, Shiho had just came out of the bath and heading into her room. It was the first time she saw Shiho without her glasses and her school clothes and it made Maria take a second glance at her.
"What?" Shiho looked down at herself, self-conscious.
"Nothing, you just look…" She wanted to say different, but thought that would sound rude. So her brain blurted out something worse. "…hot."
"What?!" Shiho repeated, this time in exclamation.
"Uh, sorry… you're in a bath towel and…" Maria stammered trying to dig herself out of the hole she placed herself in. However after a second Maria thought she should just own it. It seemed less embarrassing that way. "Whatever, you look hot."
"Uh, thanks?" Shiho looked a bit confused, then teased. "You can watch me change if you want, you pervert."
"Ah, don't mind if I do." Maria smiled coyly then skipped into Shiho's open bedroom door before she could say something. Inwardly Maria was holding back laughter. She wondered how Shiho would respond to her prank.
Makoto was giggling loudly in the hallway. Shiho stood in front of her door looking from one to the other, her face red. Makoto kept laughing and Shiho entered her room and slid it shut and shouted. "Shut up Mako-chan!"
"Well?" Maria sat on Shiho's futon, resting her cheeks on her raised hands.
"R-Right." Shiho looked a bit flustered. She closed her eyes then took a deep breath. When she opened them again, she nerves seemed to disappear. "Here. Can you hang my towel for me."
She took it off, with no pretense of shame. Maria for a moment sat there in shock, looking at Shiho's body. She was more athletic than she should be. Her skin was beautiful, accept for the multiple bruises and scratch marks on her back. She stood there holding out her towel waiting for Maria do take it. Snapping back into reality she grabbed the towel from Shiho, who now casually walked to the other end of the room to grab her clothes.
"Noticed the claw marks huh?" Shiho's voice now was the one that had the coy sound to it. She stopped by her dresser, turning her back and pointing, allowing Maria to get a more glorious view. "Sora-chan is pretty rough on me. It's like she wants to defile me, to ravage this body…"
Maria swallowed. She couldn't let Shiho get the better of her. "I can't blame her. Being this close I'm tempted to violate you as well."
Shiho, with her back still turned to her, she hugged her own body. "Do you think you could? Or are you the gentle type." She turned her head and looked at Maria with an almost longing look. "I'm delicate you know…"
Not being able to take it anymore, Maria threw the towel at Shiho's face. "Okay, you win."
Shiho laughed pushing the towel off her head. "You should have seen the look on your face." She pointed and bent over laughing. "You really got turned on, didn't you?"
"Shut up!" Maria blushed.
"Sorry but once it looked like you were trying to get to me, I had to strike back." Shiho turned back around and was looking through her drawers again. "What was all that 'you're hot' business anyway?"
Maria watched her get dressed, not ashamed to do so anymore. She really was hot. "You caught me off guard. I never saw you like that before and I just blurted it out."
"Well, I hope you enjoyed the show."
"Oh, yes, I really did." Maria nodded enthusiastically and played her trump card. "So much so I think I'll spend the night. I hope you don't mind me as a sleeping buddy."
Shiho opened her mouth then shut it. "Uhhh…"
"C'mon, are you saying after all that you're afraid of little ole me?"
"It's not that." Shiho walked over to her night stand and found her glasses. "I have a girlfriend now… so."
"I'm not going to molest you!"
"Like you'd have the guts." Shiho snickered. "BUT I don't know if she'd like it if I was in bed with another girl."
"So that means you and Kaede-chan have to share a bed then?" Maria thought mainly to herself. "If it were Mako-chan, your girlfriend would hate it also."
Shiho quickly rounded on her. "And you think Kaede-chan will like having you sleep with Mako-chan… not after that phone sex business."
As if she knew they were talking about them, Makoto slid open Shiho's door without asking, and both of them walked in. "She really did change in front of her!" Makoto laughed, telling Kaede.
"She wasn't even the slightest bit embarrassed either." Maria quickly joined in on Makoto's conversation as it seemed less confrontational than the one she was having with Shiho.
"Why would I?" Shiho crossed her arms under her chest. "And thanks for knocking Mako-chan."
"Hmm?" Makoto blinked, then blushed. "Oh, I'm sorry!"
"No worries." Shiho smirked. "I just got an idea though… since everyone is here, why don't we have a proper sleep over? I can take my futon in Kaede-chan's room and we'll all be together."
"Oh!" Makoto squealed. "That sounds like fun!"
Kaede looked away slightly. "I wanted to have sex with Mako-chan though."
"Kaede-chan!" Makoto's face burned
Everyone in the room nearly fell over from that. Kaede could be so blunt when she wanted to be. Maria shook her head, trying to get that marvelous image out of mind. "Well, can you hold off for tonight, you horn-dog? I can't be alone with Shiho-chan because her girlfriend might get mad."
"Oh." Kaede looked as if she hadn't thought of that. "Yeah. She'll flip out. I guess there isn't any alternative then."
"Well with that awkwardness out of the way, how about I make us some dinner?" Shiho sighed.
Maria forgot about Kaede wanting to have sex for a moment when Shiho said that. "You cook?"
"Yep."
"She's a really good." Kaede nodded her head.
"I'll get to it." Shiho walked out of the room, waving at them as she left.
"She's really made herself at home, huh?" Maria thought to herself.
Kaede agreed. "I'm glad. It almost feels like I have a sister."
Maria looked around at Shiho's room, and saw Makoto still looking embarrassed about Kaede's comment. She thought she'd better lighten the mood. "Thank you for taking me in. I wasn't getting much sleep at home."
"You must of been worried sick about Yui-chan." Makoto snapped out of it.
"Yeah…" Maria said, not wanting to mention Anne's sexual escapades as another reason she was up.
"Well, let's do our best and help you relax." Makoto brought her fists to her face and did a curt nod. "Yui-chan is in the clear so we can let down our hair for a few hours."
"Alright." Maria smiled a bit sheepishly. In truth she was still worried about her.
"Perhaps…" Kaede spoke, then stopped. "I need to ask my Mom something." She stood up and left the room.
It was just them. It had been a while since the two of them had been together. Her heart still longed for Makoto in a way, even though she knew it was impossible. If she had her way, though, she would gladly give up Makoto as a girlfriend for Yui to have. Yui needed her more.
"When Yui-chan gets better, will you help me out with something?" Maria asked, suddenly remembering something.
"Anything." Makoto agreed before even heard Maria's question.
"I could ask you to do anything, silly. Don't just say yes without knowing what it is."
"You're my friend, I trust you." Makoto said with lowered eyebrows. "That time before… it was a time of weakness. I've forgotten about that, okay?"
Maria felt bad, but pushed on. "Actually I was going to ask you to help me out with Yui-chan. I promised her that I'd take her shopping when she got better. She feels…. well she thinks she's ugly. I wanted to give her a nice make-over to make her feel better."
"She's not ugly!" Makoto moaned. "Aw!"
"She's never really had self-confidence issues…" Maria said, then corrected herself "…she's never admitting to having them, I mean. She just accepted the things about herself and put on a happy face. But I guess getting sick made her drop her guard. It's really painful to hear her talk about herself like that. First she thinks she stupid, now this…"
"You want me to help shop for her, huh?" Makoto thought about it. "Why me?"
"Like I said before, she admires you. She thinks you're really cute and wants to be like you." Maria sighed heavily having to admit the next part. "Sadly she can't be like you. She's not built the same way… but we can make her cute in other ways. If she had your approval… maybe that will be enough?"
"I'll do my best." Makoto looked like she wanted to cry. "Poor Yui-chan."
Maria wanted to tell Makoto that Yui was in love with her still, but realized that was saying too much. It would accomplish nothing, and would be cruel to both Makoto and Kaede. Yui would just have to accept this one thing.
Kaede returned to a somber mood. If she noticed, Maria didn't know. She still couldn't read her like the others could. She always had that same stone face it seemed. She took a seat next to Makoto and wrapped her arms around her waist, resting her chin on her shoulder. The affection she was showing was actually shocking to Maria. She figured Makoto was the one in their relationship that did more of those things.
"I talked to Mom about my idea." Kaede said after a while. "She said it was okay."
"What idea?" Both Maria and Makoto asked at once.
"Oh. I neglected to mention it before, didn't I? I apologize." Kaede sat up, but didn't let Makoto go. "I asked her if we could use the Onsen once the customers were through with it."
"You mean we can use the hotspring?" Makoto squealed, the turned to Maria. "I've been dying to use it again."
"Awesome. I get to see everyone naked!" Maria joked. "I've always wondered what Kaede-chan looks like in the buff."
Kaede looked like she blushed, but it still was hard to tell if she was really embarrassed or not. Makoto laughed suddenly. "Oh, are you tired of Shiho-chan that quick?"
"You know that's not the case." Maria clutched her heart dramatically. "She's my one true love!"
"Really?" Makoto laughed. "Or is it you've fallen for her cute body."
"On that," Maria just remembered "have you seen her abs?"
"No." Makoto looked wide eyed.
"I have." Kaede said cooly. "I've taken a bath with her before."
"Just what the hell does she do to look like that? She lives with you, you must know-"
"What does her abs look like?" Makoto interrupted.
"She looks like an athlete, no lie." Maria bragged. "She isn't even the slightly timid about her body. She knows it's hot."
"Oh wow."
"She works out." Kaede continued the topic from before. "I noticed a while back, before she came to live here. That is one of the reasons why I wanted her to join the Kendo Club. Since then, I've watched her routine and decided to join in myself. My Kendo techniques have gotten slightly better."
"Kendo. It's always Kendo with you." Maria laughed.
"There is only one thing she likes more than Kendo." Makoto said seriously. Maria noticed that Makoto often spoke about Kaede like she wasn't there. Even though she did this, Kaede didn't seem to mind. "She really likes rosaries."
"Huh?"
"She likes collecting rosaries." Makoto looked at Kaede with an affectionate smile. "I guess you don't know, but her family is Catholic. For some reason, she likes collecting those beaded crucifix necklaces they have."
"Wait… Kaede-chan loves Kendo, lives in a traditional Onsen… but is Catholic?" Maria laughed.
"Is that odd?" Kaede looked taken back slightly. "Catholicism in Japan has been around since the 16th century."
"I know I know… it just that…" Maria tried to wrap her head around that.
"Wanna know something else?" Makoto gave Kaede a playful look. "She's told me more than once that she loves your name, Maria."
"What?"
"Maria is another the name for the mother of Our Lord." Kaede spoke softly. There was no hiding her embarrassment now.
"W-Well, I'm nothing like her." Maria felt slightly bashful now.
"I like something more than all of those things." Kaede looked away, trying to change the topic.
"What's that?" Maria was afraid to ask.
"Having sex with Mako-chan."
"KAEDE-CHAN!" Makoto shouted from embarrassment.
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