Chapter Seventeen: Beach Party:

The boys were all on the beach when we walked on the scene. They looked up and saw us. I giggled at their drooling faces. I nudged Sappoto-san on the arm.

�Look Sappoto-san,� I whispered. �They are staring at us.� I noticed her looking away, blushing.

�Aw, what?� I asked.

�It�s embarrassing!� she whispered.

�Oh.�

�It is! I�m a married woman.�

�Yeah, so?�

�This is so wrong!�

I patted her on the shoulder. She looked over at me. I gave her a little smile. �There, there. Just stay by me and you�ll be fine.�

Sappoto-san nodded. I rubbed on her shoulder.

�Come on,� I said. �Give me a smile.� My older friend tried to do so.

�Good enough,� I muttered. I�m still going to have to work on her.

�Ladies!� someone greeted us. The leader of the pack greeted us with open arms. �So good to see you out tonight!�

I gave a coy little smile. �It�s nice to see you too.� Sappoto-san looked away. The leader gave her a funny look.

�What�s with her?� he asked.

�Oh don�t mind her,� I said. �She�s just a little shy, that�s all.�

�I see,� he said. I nudged my friend in the arm again.

�Come on,� I whispered. �Loosen up some! You�re killing me here!� Sappoto-san nodded a little bit.

�Okay�� she mumbled. I smiled at her. I grabbed onto her hands.

�Now, let�s go,� I said. I dragged her further into the party before she could speak.

So far, everything went on in a mellow vibe. They had nice treats and drinks for us on the beach. I even got to play some beach volleyball. Sappoto-san some seemed to have cheered up some by that time. I watched her talk to a couple of the younger guys in the group. I smiled at work in progress.

�She�s pretty,� I heard someone say next to me. I let my eyes wander over to my right. A cute looking guy stood next to me in his swimming trucks and a beer in his hand. He reminded me of one of those guys from Arashi. I took another sip of my beer in pride.

�Yeah,� I said.

�So who is she to you?�

�Just a friend.�

�Is that so?�

�Uh-huh.�

�How much of a friend?�

�Why do you ask?�

He gave me a little shrug. �There is no way that two cute girls here with us would be single and straight. They either have to be one or the other. So which is it with you both?�

I smirked a little bit. �What�s your name?�

�Hajime. You?�

�Miho. And as for your question, I am bisexual with a girlfriend and a boyfriend back in Japan.�

�I knew it! And your friend?�

�Ah. Her name is Sappoto and she�s married with little ones.�

�So you say.�

�Yep.�

Hajime finished his beer and looked at me. �You doing anything later tonight?�

�Why is that?�

�I don�t know. Maybe we could hang out later on.�

�Are you� hitting on me?�

�Am I?�

I smiled as I finished my beer. �Depends.�

�On what?�

�What is your intent?�

Hajime scratched the back of his head. �Well� What do you want to do?�

�What do you want to do? You�re the one what purposed the offer.�

�Good point. Well� maybe a walk around the town. Hang on the beach. Catch a movie or two. Just� whatever.�

I smiled as I played with my bottle in my hand for a bit. �Well then, we might be able to work something out then.�

�I�ll be happy to do so.�

A scream interrupted our conversation. I looked up to see two guys pulling on Sappoto-san�s arms. She kept trying to get away from them.

�Let me go!� she cried.

�Come on, sweetie,� one of the younger men said. �It�s just a little bit of fun.�

�No!� she cried. Sappoto-san gave him a good smack in the face. The young man grew pissed off.

�Bitch!� he snapped. I threw down my bottle as I ran over to my friend before the guys could do anything to her.

�That�s enough!� I barked. I jumped in and broke them apart. The guys backed up in the sand. I put up a stance to fight them off. The older of the two guys sneered at us.

�We�re only joking around!� he barked.

�It didn�t look like joking around to me!� I snapped. He snorted at us.

�Dykes,� he muttered. I raised an eyebrow at him.

�Excuse me?� I asked. He shot the eyes of the devil at Sappoto-san and I.

�You heard me, bitch!� he barked. �You hoes are all the same! You tease us with your bodies and then you put up fight! Fuck you all!� I stepped forward with my fists clenched.

�You�ve got ten seconds to take that back!� I snapped.

�And what if I don�t?� he challenged. �What�cha gonna do, you fucking ugly dyke?�

�YES!!!� I shouted. I raced forward and gave him a powerful right hook. Boom! He fell backwards in the cooling sand below. His buddy�s anger shot up to eleven.

�You!� he roared. I prepared for round two as he came charging towards me. I held up my arm for the second punch when Sappoto-san grabbed onto my waist. I looked down at her, blinking.

�Sappoto?� I asked.

�No!� she pleaded with me. �Please stop fighting! It�s all my fault!� I gave her a sympathetic look.

�Oh come on now. Don�t say things like that,� I said as I patted her on the shoulder. She shook her head as hard she could.

�I don�t want you to get hard!� she cried.

�I�ll be fine!� I said. �I�ve won many fights before! This�ll be a snitch!�

�No!� Sappoto-san cried again. �Please don�t fight!� I sighed aloud as I looked up at the star-filled night sky.

�Oh my, my, my,� I muttered to no one in particular. �What exactly am I going to do with you, huh?� I turned my attention back to my older friend.

�You know what? I think we�ve overstayed our welcome,� I told her. �What say you?� She hesitated as she nodded at me with uncertainty in her eyes. I smirked at her like a fox. I stood up like stick stuck in concrete.

�Well then, I think we�ll be taking our leave now,� I said. �Good night gentlemen.� I grabbed onto Sappoto-san hand and led up her up the beach. Later on, we packed up our things, checked out of the hostel, and sailed away on our boat in the dead of night.