Ch 3.4:  Time


    <span style="font-weight:400">ina could barely breathe by the end of it, going through the motions of panting but without any air moving, just the steadily slowing rain falling into her mouth as she came down from the high of her final orgasm and the other two finally pulled away from her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Gods,” Flora said as she flopped onto the rock next to ina, “even I’m tired after that.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">ina saw Tira stepping away out the corner of her eyes, just the curves of her back as she stepped back into the water. “You’re telling me. I can’t just decide I have more stamina either.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Are you still that shy?” Flora said as she sat up, tilting her head to the side as she looked at Tira. “After all that?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll get naked when it’s time to get down to business,” Tira said, lowering into the water until even her chin was submerged, “but I’m not gonna just show you everything for no reason. That’s your two’s thing.”


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">Two? </i><span style="font-weight:400">ina thought. <i><span style="font-weight:400">Oh right, I’m naked. By theke. At school.</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">Pulling in a deep breath, she sat up and crossed her legs, covering herself as she felt her body go warm. “And somehow she’s still embarrassed when she realizes that, despite everything,” Tira said with a smirk.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“We’ve lost our minds,” ina said, looking back towards the school. The rain was letting up now, but it was alsoter, so visibility was about the same as before, maybe even a little less chance of them being seen considering the lightning had seemed to calm as well, only a handful of strikes much further off. “We should get going.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Aww, but we haven’t even swam much!” Flora said, looking at ina with wide eyes that were very hard to say no to.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“She’s right,” Tira said, stepping up to the shallows of the water and covering herself with her arms. “We need to get back before dinner, and I still never said I would swim!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Done a lot of stuff you didn’t quite say you’d do,” Flora mumbled under her breath, but she did stand up, looking back to the school. “But alright, running is always the best part! Or it usually is, though I rather enjoyed some other things we did this time. Race you there!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Both ina and Tira were caught off guard as Flora took off. She wasn’t moving at the full speed she had before, but the abruptness was still enough to have them each stumbling, ina to her feet and Tira out of theke. Tira was still ahead of ina though, and while ina was just about to cover herself and start running Tira dropped her arms and broke into a full run. <i><span style="font-weight:400">Well, it’s a race…</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">It wasn’t really though. Flora was obviously slowing herself down, running zig zags and twirling in circles,ughing as she swerved through the fields. Tira was at a run, but not a sprint, and ina followed suit.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was different this time. Before it really had been a mad dash, trying to get to the safety of the water as soon as possible, panic set in her mind as ina tried to only technically fulfill the conditions of the agreement she made toe along. This time though, she was willing to take her time a bit, relish in the cool breeze that was flowing over her wet skin, the grass between her feet, the faint shes of light from the distant lightning strikes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She wasn’t sure if it was the fact that the lightning wasn’t surprising her as much any more, the tensions she’d released over thest hour or so with Tira and Flora on top of her, or maybe just the fact that it was the second time doing it, but it was calmer now, her head less panic-ridden. There was still that itch in the back of her mind, especially as they got closer to the school, the feeling someone might be there, somehow gotten through the locked door to the ssroom and the one out the workshop itself, or for some reason braved the storm to walk from the other side of the academy to go to it even though it was closed down…


    <span style="font-weight:400">Those thoughts were nice, a bit of thrill in her heart, an excitement between her legs at the thought, but there was unpleasant anxiousness before that was gone now. She could truly enjoy the moment this time, focus on her breasts as they bounced up and down, imagine the empty suits of armor as astounded passers by, picture them walking up on the three of them back on that rock…


    <span style="font-weight:400">They were back to the shop far too soon. Tira was covering herself again, this time with a towel she’d had stored with their clothes, and tossed a second to ina herself. Flora opted to air dry.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Was that not the best thing ever!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tira rolled her eyes, trying to hide her smile. “I’m sure ina over there would agree.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">ina covered herself with the towel and did her best to hide her own emotions by turning back, drying off while trying to protect her modesty. <i><span style="font-weight:400">As if I have any of that left. </i><span style="font-weight:400">“We should do this again some time. With Carly.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hey, I only agreed to do this once!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“But you didn’t say no,” Flora said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m saying I fulfilled my end of the bet. Not that <i><span style="font-weight:400">you</i><span style="font-weight:400"> put anything on the line.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And she still doesn’t say no!” ina heard Floraing from behind her just as she opened the towel, quickly folding it back over her body as the girl jumped right in front of her, hands sped together like she was praying. “Will you really help me convince her? I think she’d really like it too, but she’s just so nervous. And once she hears even Tira was willing to do it again—”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I didn’t say that!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">ina had to try her best not tough, and she did actually manage this time. Flora and Tira continued arguing, leaving ina to dry off in peace, but when it came time to get dressed she did turn around to see her friends. Flora was naturally nude as ever, and even Tira seemed to forget her nakedness as she threw the towel down and started pulling her clothes back on.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Those two only made a slight nce to up when the dinner bell rang, but a wave of panicked realization flowed through ina’s body like the lightning in the sky. “Shit, I can’t bete!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">She was eating dinner in Alonse’s office tonight, after all.