"I liked it." Ritsuko defended her song, meeting Misato's
eyes. She almost felt like she was falling as she looked into her
old friends eyes, and had to bodily pull herself away.
"So who's turn is it now?" Misato asked curiously.
Rei said deadpan, "Yours."
Misato finished off her can of beer, putting it down on the
table. "You're going to regret this," she warned the others
cheerfully as she got up and she walked to the front. "Brace
yourselves," she picked up the mic. with a smile, a bit of red to
her cheeks.
'Damn she's cute,' Ritsuko thought.
"Go, Misato!" Asuka laughed.
"Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars,
Let's see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars,
In other words, please by true,
In other words, I love you,"
Misato sang out cheerfully, vamping it up a bit up on the
stage. It might have been Ritsuko's imagination, but she almost
thought that Misato was singing to her...
"Not too bad," Ritsuko managed, a bit of a blush to her own
cheeks as Misato wobbled towards her seat.
"So what do we do now?" Asuka asked them curiously as Shinji
took another turn at kareoke, softly signing a sad song.
"Well, we haven't actually visited the hotsprings yet," Rei
offered.
"Good idea," Misato grinned.
Ritsuko hesitated before nodding slightly. Privately she
wasn't sure if it was a good idea to be naked around Misato,
especially with the direction her thoughts were going lately. Still,
she couldn't stop the others just because she was having problems
with her imagination.
"Then let's go," Shinji smiled as they left the kareoke box
and then headed back up the road towards the hotsprings inn. They
moved in two groups, Shinji, Rei and Asuka in one and Misato and
Ritsuko paired up in the other.
"Is it me," Ritsuko said to Misato softly as they walked,
feeling a bit of a blush on her cheeks as she studied her
intently, "or are those three getting along a bit better?"
"Yeah, maybe," Misato looked back covertly, "though it could
be all the beer they've drank." She smirked, "Let's see how they do
once they sober up."
"Point," Ritsuko admitted. She nearly froze as Misato
slipped her arm in hers, and she blinked in surprise as the shorter
woman leaned in to her. "What are you doing?" she squeaked.
"Getting comfortable," Misato said softly. She looked up at
Ritsuko, and the blonde felt a blush on her cheeks as Misato
continued, "I want to talk to you later."
"Ah, right," Ritsuko blinked as they reached the building.
Shinji headed for they men's side as the rest of them walked
into the changing room. Ritsuko quite deliberately kept her eyes
down as they stripped off their clothes, folding up and storing them
away in little cubicles. Still, she found herself sneaking glances
as Misato gracefully undressed.
Misato looked up to meet her watching eyes, and Ritsuko felt
her cheeks go bright red. "Oh," she looked down quickly in
embarrassment at being caught peeping.
Misato just smiled, "It's all right."
"What's taking you?" Asuka asked, a long towel wrapped
around her as she stood at the door to the springs themselves.
"Right," Misato gave her a cheerful wave. She quickly
finished, tossing her panties into the box as she wrapped a towel
around her before giving Ritsuko a nod, "Ready?"
"I think so," Ritsuko croaked out.
"Then come on," Misato grabbed the blushing Ritsuko's hand
and dragged her outside.
"Ah, this is nice," Rei sighed as she settled into the hot
water gracefully, her short blue hair damp in the steam.
"It's not bad at all," Asuka softly agreed from her own spot
beside her, both leaning up against the stone wall of the pool.
Misato laughed as she yelled, "Banzai!" With a little hop
she jumped right in, sending water splashing over the two young
women.
Ritsuko chuckled softly as she slipped into the water,
watching the two girls lecturing Misato who quite cheerfully ignored
them. Misato shook her head, the water flowing off her body, and
Ritsuko gulped as she took in the water soaked towel clinging to
every curve.
"You'll never grow up, will you?" Ritsuko managed to get out.
"Oh, I don't know," Misato shrugged as she settled down. She
waved to the spot on the stone seat beside her, "Why don't you take
a seat?"
Not trusting herself to answer, she wadded over and settled
in beside her. "That does feel good," Ritsuko admitted with a smile.
"Poor Shinji," Asuka smirked, "over on the far side all
alone."
"No, he's not," Rei explained to them calmly as she pointed
to one side, "he's peeking at us over the wall over there."
"What?!" Asuka, Misato and Ritsuko yelled as they jumped up,
seeing a familiar looking face poking up where Rei pointed.
"Shinji!" Asuka roared as she charged.
"Oh, hell," Shinji's head disappeared very quickly as he
tried to get away.
As Asuka yelled out dire threats at the rapidly fleeing
Shinji, Ritsuko leaned up against the wall and laughed softly. At
Rei and Misato's curious glances she explained, "Well, at least we
know he's a normal teenager in that way."
"Let's hope that Asuka doesn't get her hands on him," Misato
said as she settled in by Ritsuko, "or he'll be a normal dead
teenager."
"I'd better go help," Rei moved through the water, walking
up the steps and going back into the changing rooms again.
"Help Shinji or Asuka?" Ritsuko mused.
"Who knows?" Misato chuckled softly.
Ritsuko looked over at Misato, the dark haired woman longing
there so comfortably. A thought struck her, "Didn't you say you
wanted to talk to me later?"
"I guess this is private enough," Misato agreed.
'Private?' Ritsuko looked over at her in surprise, 'Why do
we need to be private?'
"For this," Misato leaned over, gently pressing her lips to
the startled Ritsuko's.
After a moment of stunned shock Ritsuko leaned into the
kiss, enjoying the feeling of her friend's gentle kiss. The tip of
Misato's tongue slid past Ritsuko's parted lips, and with a shudder
she let it in. A few seconds later they slid apart, breaths coming
faster.
"Are you.. I mean, why.." Ritsuko stammered.
Misato met her eyes. "I'm not drunk, and this isn't an
impulse," she said gravely. A slight smile, "If you don't want this,
just tell me and we'll both try to forget this ever happened."
Ritsuko reached out to gently cup Misato's face, hearing the
fear in that warm voice. "I don't think I could forget a kiss like
that," she said softly.
"Oh, really?" Misato slid a bit closer in the warm water,
her hands reaching out to gently stroke along Ritsuko's legs.
"Ah," Ritsuko gasped softly. She looked up at the blonde and
smiled weakly, "Do you think we should maybe go somewhere more
private?"
Misato tugged gently, pulling Ritsuko up to her feet. "Lets
go," she said quietly.
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