Extra Chapter 3: The Vacation Begins

After Grace left, Sayaka, Shion, and Chizuru sat at the table awhile in awkward silence. Sayaka was the first to get up, heart still tender, she could feel herself becoming jealous at the closeness that was apparent from the way Carrot Top and Shion interacted. A hand on a thigh, touching each other’s arms, Shion putting her hand on Chizuru’s shoulder as they spoke: it was all incredibly difficult for Sayaka to witness. She got up from the table ready to excuse herself, when she felt a tug on her arm.

Shion made eye contact with Sayaka, “Going already?”

Sayaka was surprised by Shion’s casual touch and let out a little gasp, “Oh, I need to figure out my lodgings. I had reservations at a hotel a few blocks from here, but once they saw my hair, they denied me a room, and denied me a refund.”

Abruptly, Shion rose from the table, “I’ll get them to give you your money back,” but Chizuru grabbed her other hand.

“Shion-Chan, wait a minute instead of causing a scene, why don’t we just let Sayaka use one of our rooms? I mean, we have plenty of extra ones… Why are you looking at me so weird, Sayaka?”

Sayaka was ready to answer with a smart ass remark, but she saw the disapproval in Shion’s eyes and stopped herself, “I mean, if that’s ok with you, I would be grateful. I didn’t realize people were such bigots all the way out here.”

The three headed back to the house where Shion and Chizuru changed into their bathing suits and Shion aggressively reapplied her sunscreen. To their surprise Sayaka also changed into her swimsuit. Chizuru and Shion wore matching dark blue, two piece swimsuits. Despite the scars, Shion looked stunning, her rippling muscles exposed more than she ever allowed in public. As always, Chizuru looked stylish and was almost as fit as Shion, minus the bulk. Sayaka on the other hand made a one piece bathing suit seem like a photo straight out of porno magazine. Small strips of black fabric barely covered her breasts enough to keep them from falling out, open middle with thin straps leading to what amounted to a thong.

The three walked to the beach and laid out on the white sand.

“Ahh, the sun feels so nice and warm. I’m glad we get to spend some time here Chizuru-chan! Wanna play in the water?” Shion sprung up and began running the water like an excited child. Chizuru followed and the playfully splashed water at each other while Sayaka dozed on a towel.

The newly weds quickly wound up back on the sand, arms wrapped around each other, hands searching greedily touching each other, then the two stopped as they remembered they were in a public place.

“Whoa!” Shion exclaimed as she could feel Chizuru's pounding heart in her wedding band.

Still flustered, the women woke up Sayaka, who informed them she would be out the rest of the evening for “work stuff”. Shion especially knew better than to ask for clarification because knowing Sayaka, she would do just that in exaggerated detail.

After a quick shower and an assortment of convenience store snacks, the couple headed towards the aquarium which was the couple’s evening date destination. Back in their beach clothes, the two entered the large, dome shaped building that was the aquarium.

Chizuru got an alarm about Shion having an extremely high heart rate. But her ring was still glowing green. Shion was basically bouncing out of her skin with excitement as they looked at a map and then started excitedly pointing out the different animals that she wanted to see.

“Chi-chan, the jellyfish! Can we please go see them first?”

Chizuru giggled whole heartedly, “Of course. Let’s go and see all of it in whatever order you want.”

Shion’s eyes sparkled, “Chi-chan! I love you, I love you, I love you! Let’s go!”

Shion proceeded to take Chizuru by the hand and lead her to all the exhibits. Her eyes sparkled like Chizuru had never seen before and she found herself falling in love all over again.

After hours of viewing all the animals, they came to the gift shop where she saw Shion looking excitedly at a stuffed jellyfish. Chizuru knew that Shion wouldn’t buy it herself or ask for it because she knew it was a childish thing to want, but when Shion went to the restroom, Chizuru brought it to the cashier who placed it in a gift bag.

When Shion emerged from the bathroom, Chizuru pulled out the stuffy and watched her wife’s face light up.

“Here you go my love, I could tell how badly you wanted this.”

Shion buried her face in Chizuru’s chest before muttering, “It’s not too childish? To want something like this?”

Chizuru smiled, “No it’s super cute. Shion-chan, do me a favor. Never stop being so cute.”

She grabbed her wife by the waist, and pressed their foreheads together then whispered, “I love you Shion.”

While leaning in for a kiss, blushing shyly, Shion responded, “I love you too Chizuru.”