Our Bonds

It has been a few days since Rei came to the base. And since Zuihou started hating me. No matter how much I tried to apologize, she would always ignore me. For the first time in long while, I'm actually feeling a little depressed... I don't even feel like doing anything at all.

"Admiral, are you alright?" (Shigure)

"..."

"It's no use. He's out of it." (Suzuya)

"What about Zuihou?" (Shigure)

"She is holed up in her room poi." (Yuudachi)

"We tried calling her but Shouhou-san said she is not feeling well." (Agano)

Agano, Shigure, Yuudachi and Suzuya were in my office. And here I am with my face planted on the table... I know they are worried about me but still...

"Come on. I'm pretty sure she is just throwing a tantrum. If she doesn't want you, how about-" (Rei)

"Rei-san, please shut up." (Suzuya & Agano)

Oh right. The root of the problem is here too. It looks like she was serious back then.

Argh... I shouldn't have blurted that out. It feels like something is gouging my heart out.

"Should we bring Zuihou here?" (Agano)

"Ehh? You don't have to. I'm already here. Now, Admiral. Let's start our new-" (Rei)

"Go back to the infirmary!" (Agano, Suzuya, Shigure, Yuudachi)

Rei got kicked out of the office. At least now there is some peace and quiet.

"Admiral, I know you're upset that Zuihou is ignoring you, but mopping around all day isn't gonna help." (Suzuya)

"Suzuya's right. You should try talking to her again." (Agano)

"Morale around the base has been pretty bad recently." (Shigure)

It has? Oh...

"Maybe I should do some work after all."

If morale is this bad, they might risk themselves. And working should help keep things of my mind for a while.

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-Shouhou class room-

"They're gone. Are sure you're not going?" (Shouhou)

"Hmph! It's Admiral's fault."

I can't believe Admiral got seduced by that new girl. Just because she has a big chest. In the end, size is all that matters.

"I know Admiral is at wrong here but you can't really put all the blame on him. Rei-san was the one that pounced him. Beside, he has been apologizing since forever. Shouldn't you forgive him by now?" (Shouhou)

"How can you expect me to forgive him after he said that in front of me?! He was complementimg another girl's chest, you know? All because mine weren't big enough!"

Geez. I want to cry! Why did that woman come here? She just have to ruin the nice relationship we're having.

"Geez. Everyone's worried about the two of you. Morale has been down lately too." (Shouhou)

"I don't care!"

I pulled the blanket over me.

"Now you are just being selfish. If you keep this up, Admiral might really go after Rei'san, you know? Do you want that to happen." (Shouhou)

"Of course not!"

Of course I don't want Admiral to go after another woman. If he did, I wouldn't know what to do.

"Then make up with Admiral already." (Shouhou)

I can feel Shouhou patting me through the blanket. She is right. I should make up with Admiral. But how? After the way I acted...

I heard a knockon the door.

"Zuihou, are you in there?" (Admiral)

It's Admiral!!!

"Admiral is here. Should I let him in?" (Shouhou)

"No! Tell him I'm not here. I'm not ready.'

"Geez. You're so troublesome." (Shouhou)

I can hear Shouhou opening the door. They seem to be whispering something. Maybe Shouhou told him that I was asleep or something. I'm sorry, but my heart is not ready yet.

"He is gone. He looked very disappointed when I said you don't want to see him." (Shouhou)

Wait...

"You didn't have to say that! You could have just told him I wa sleeping or something!"

What a way to make the situation worse...

I heard another knock. Is Admiral back?

"Shouhou-san, are you in?" (Suzuya)

Suzuya?

"Yes? What is-?(Shouhou)

Suddenly, I couldn't hear anything. What are they whispering about?

"Really?! This sort of-" (Shouhou)

"Shh... Not so loud..." (Suzuya)

What's going on?

"Zuihou, I'm sorry. Big sister will be cheering you on." (Shouhou)

Eh? What?

I felt something pounced on me and before I know it, I was trapped in my blanket!

"What?! Eh?! Let me out!"

"The bird is in the bag!" (Suzuya)

Bird?

"It looks like a sack poi!" (Yuudachi)

"Don't be so rough. We don't want to hurt her. Sorry, Zuihou." (Shigure)

Yuudachi and Shigure too. What's going on? Where are they taking me?

"Let me go!"

I tried struggling my way out. It's no use. It's like they put me in a sack.

"Hey! Don't struggle! We are doing this for your own good." (Suzuya)

"Will it really work? We don't know to tie her like that." (Shigure)

"Don't worry. We don't need to follow that doujinshi. We just need to present her like that."

"Tie? Doujinshi? Wait! Don't tell me-"

"Hehe. Leave it us." (Suzuya)

Admiral bought a bunch of doujinshi when we went to Osaka a few weeks ago. And now I'm being made to copy one of them?! I didn't even know what kind Admiral bought. He always hides it from me.

"Anyway, that was one lewd book admiral bought. I'm still a little embarrassed." (Suzuya)

"I didn't know Admiral was into that stuff." (Shigure)

"Me too." (Yuudachi)

What is they going to do to me???

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-Admiral office-

Another night without Zuihou.

I have been getting pretty used to Zuihou spending almost everyday with me. Now, the bed seems too big. While, the bed has always been this big in the first place.

"Looks like I'll be alone again."

As I opened my room door while speaking to myself, I saw something rather shocking.

"Zuihou?!"

In front of me, on my bed, was Zuihou, wearing a red collar with her hands tied behind her back. Her legs were tied together and she was gagged with a handkerchief tied around her mouth. What the hell is going on? I noticed a note stuck on her clothes.

'Cheer up.'

-Fleet 1

It was from Agano and the rest? What? This is the first time I have seen such a spectacle. I mean, I have seen something similar to this in one of the doujinshi I bought recently. The girl was all tied up and gagged while on the waiting on the bed...

Huh? Isn't that happening right now? I mean, though not tied with ropes, Zuihou is technically restrained right now.

I noticed on of my doujinshi was left on the floor, when I clearly remember it being under mattress!

Oh. Now I get it. Those girls must have found it and Zuihou being like this was their way of trying to help. Still, I can't believe they thought I was into this! I mean, I am a little interested, but this is not how I wanted it.

"Mmmpphh!" (Zuihou)

Oops. While I was busy thinking, Zuihou was there trying to get my attention.

I untied the handkerchief around her mouth, before proceeding behind her to work on her arm restrains.

"Give a sec. I will get you ou-"

"Wait!" (Zuihou)

Hmm?

"Don't untie them. If you do, the first thing I'm going to do is run away." (Zuihou)

Ehh? What is going on? This is not what I expected at all. Zuihou then let herself fall behind onto me while hiding her face. This is my chance! I gently embraced her.

"I'm sorry, Zuihou."

"Geez. I didn't expect Admiral to be into that kind of stuff. That was shocking." (Zuihou)

She seems calm for the time being. Despite the situation she is in.

"To be honest, I am kinda interested in this. Though this isn't what I expected."

"Admiral is a pervert after all. So it has to follow the doujinshi after all?" (Zuihou)

"Of course."

"Haah~ Suzuya was right. And to think I forced her to leave my clothes on." (Zuihou)

I can see the tip of her ears becoming redder than before.

"But that's not the point now. I wanted to talk to you. Zuihou, you are the only one for me."

Zuihou, whose face is still flushed, tilted her head up to face me.

"I'm sorry about what I said. I should have known better."

"Me too. I'm sorry for getting angry and ignoring you all this while. When you complimented that womans' tankers, I got jealous. I was thinking that all you cared about was size, and that really angered me." (Zuihou)

I wasn't really complimenting her though. I was just saying how I felt at that time, but let's leave that part out.

Zuihou laid her head on my chest. I feel warm and fuzzy inside... I miss this feeling so much.

"I was feeling lonely all this time." (Zuihou)

"Me too."

"Admiral? I want a kiss. Please?" (Zuihou)

I gently pushed her shoulders away and planted my lips against hers. After a while, we broke away to catch our breaths.

"It's been a while, shall we do it?" (Zuihou)

"Nope. It's been a while.I just want to cuddle with you."

Wow. Saying it out loud is kinda embarrassing.

"That's surprising." (Zuihou)

She had this look of disbelief written all over her face.

"What? Even I want to do something simple once in a while."

"Ehehe. Then, let's do just that. For starters, untie me." (Zuihou)

That was one of the best nights I ever had in a while.