For the moment...

Alex waited a moment, just in case Mackenzie had a sudden change of heart. Then, he turned his flashlight back on, slowly swinging it around to illuminate the redhead.

Mackenzie shuddered slightly as the light swung over, landing entirely on her bare legs. It soon swung upwards, as if dramatically revealing her while she stood alone on a dark stage. Her blue panties and black crop top were the only garments on her body. While she'd just a moment ago felt "fully dressed" again, the beautiful young woman suddenly realized she was standing openly in front of her male neighbor in just a tiny top and some literal underwear. She wasn't exactly filled with confidence in her attire, given that she was sporting a healthy amount of underboob in the long-since-outgrown top. Not to mention that she could practically feel her newly donned underwear slipping each time she so much as moved her hips.

"Uh..." she blushed, self-consciously moving one of her hands in front of her panties, "there weren't any other clothes up there, I'm guessing?"

"No, not really," Alex said, aiming the flashlight away from her body and letting it illuminate the room somewhat. "Just an old towel..."

"Oh..." she replied, a bit dejected.

In truth, Mackenzie knew she shouldn't have expected much. She hadn't put any clothes under that bottom shelf in years. If anything, she'd been lucky that Alex had managed to find both a top and some bottoms for her to wear! There had been decent odds Alex could've returned with just a shirt. Or returned with just the panties! Or even... returned with nothing at all.

A chill ran through her body at the thought of Alex coming back down the stairs a few moments ago, hands empty and face apologetic. She couldn't suppress a shiver at the thought of having literally nothing in her entire house to put on her bare body. She gulped. Maybe being in her underwear wasn't so bad, in the grand scheme of things. Even if it was in front of Alex. Or maybe... because it was in front of Alex...?

"So, uh..." the shirtless man awkwardly ventured from the other side of the room, "what now?"

"I-I'm not sure," she stuttered.

With the power still out, there wasn't much the two of them could do together to pass the time. What could they do, sit awkwardly next to each other on the couch? Mackenzie's mind whirled, still somewhat distracted by the memory of Alex's body on her fair skin. The feeling of his bare torso pressing against her thighs. The sensation of his hot breath on her chest as his cheeks were pressed between her breasts. The feeling of his fingertips briefly pressing against her folds...

Mackenzie's face flushed anew. How had things gotten so out of hand?! She hadn't fully processed it in the commotion of it happening, but Mackenzie's mind now had plenty of time to realize just how humiliating the events that had transpired a few moments ago truly were. Not only had her crush seen her naked multiple times now, but he'd gotten to cop one hell of a feel in the process! And now they were still alone together, both of them half-undressed!

"W-we could... um..." she mumbled, trying and failing to think of anything to say that didn't embarrass herself further. "Ssit?"

Her words slurred slightly, a combination of the **** and her own nervousness. In her whirlwind of embarrassment, Mackenzie's **** mind had forgotten about her earlier goal of opening the stuck basement door. As if there wasn't any other option, Mackenzie gently sat down on the couch beside her.

"Uh sure," Alex replied, a bit confused.

He had been expecting to move right on to opening Mackenzie's door now that she was clothed again. After all, she claimed all her clothes were down in her now inaccessible basement. And he'd assumed that she'd want to go get them as soon as possible. He wondered if he had he misread her. So, Alex followed his crush's lead and sat down on the other side of the couch, leaving the third empty cushion between them.

An awkward silence ensued, and Alex felt unsure what to say. The earlier memories of seeing Mackenzie naked flitted through his mind again. Both in person after his arrival, and just now when he'd landed right on top of her. Not to mention seeing her naked in her bedroom window even earlier than that. Or seeing the redhead in all her nude glory on the video call! Despite how much he'd enjoyed the luckiest day of his life (as he was now thinking of it), he did feel bad for Mackenzie. She was clearly embarrassed by her repeated clothing problems. And the guilt was beginning to weigh on him somewhat.

"Mackenzie, I'm sorry," he said after a minute.

"L-like I said, it's not your fault," she said, finding her own voice. "I... I kind of pulled you down onto me..."

"Not just for that!" Alex said, turning to face her. "For... for everything. You're clearly having a shitty day. And all I've done since getting here is make things worse for you."

"That's not true!" Mackenzie said, with more conviction in her tone. Then, after a moment of further thought, she added, "Well, I mean it has been a pretty shitty day."

They both chuckled at that. She pulled her legs up on the couch and hugged her knees to her chest. She rested her head on her knees, turning to her right to look back into Alex's eyes in the dim light.

"But Alex, all you've done since you got here has been to try to help me. Running over to make sure I was okay when the bottle broke, trying to comfort me when my clothes kept falling off, and... going to get me some more clothes afterwards. It's not your fault I'm having the unluckiest day of my life today!"

They both laughed a little at that too. Then, Mackenzie continued in a softer and more heartfelt tone.

"Please don't think I don't appreciate your help," she said, almost in a whisper. "And please don't blame yourself for my being... such a klutz."

"Hey c'mon," he said, "you're not a-"

"Don't even try to say I'm not!" she interrupted, sounding a bit harsher than she'd intended. But the following moment of stunned silence on Alex's part led to Mackenzie letting out a giggle and continuing in a softer tone. "I-I just mean, after the day I've had... Well, I think it's pretty much a scientific fact at this point!"

She tried to keep her tone playful, but Mackenzie couldn't help but let just a bit of anger creep into her tone. It had been an immensely frustrating and embarrassing day for her, after all. The redhead rotated to her right, letting her legs swing up onto the couch. She was still hugging her knees to her chest for extra cover, but now directly facing Alex on the other side of the couch. She tried to smile a bit more at him, wanting to assuage any worries he might have had about making her angry.

"If you, uh, say so!" he replied with a laugh of his own, clearly trying to mimic her lighthearted tone.

Even in the dim lighting. Mackenzie noticed as the man's eyes flicked downwards ever so briefly towards her feet. She was perplexed for a moment, but then it clicked in her slightly **** mind. She wasn't wearing any pants still, and with the way she was sitting and her legs a couple inches apart, Alex would certainly be getting a close-up view of her panties. Specifically, a close-up view of just how tightly the panties clung to her pussy.

The blushing girl slammed her thighs together, without a single thought of subtlety even crossing her mind. She crossed her ankles for good measure too, trying to make her crotch as covered as possible under the circumstances. She internally groaned at herself, all while trying her best to keep a soft smile on her face. She'd thought she was being clever by covering her body with her legs. But, no, that had only served to embarrass her further. It felt like no matter what she did, Mackenzie was putting some part of her body on display for her neighbor!

"Um! So!" she said, trying to offer a distraction but entirely unsure what to even say. "Should we, uh, I don't know, play a game? To pass the time?"

"A game? Uhhh, sure," Alex replied. "But didn't you want to try to open that basement door of yours first?"

All of a sudden, it all came rushing back to Mackenzie.

"Of course! The basement! How could I forget?" she nearly shouted, feeling like an idiot.

She let her legs slide back down until they were lying flat on the couch again. Her feet were practically resting against Alex's left thigh, staying barely an inch away. But he didn't even notice the near-contact, as his gaze was inextricably drawn to another sight. Because, as Mackenzie had pressed her thighs up against her chest, she had inadvertently slid her top up just an inch or so. Unfortunately for her, that inch was more than enough to allow her nipples to somewhat slip back into view. Alex couldn't help but gawk at the pink areolae that were visible peeking out beneath the edge of the top. Mackenzie, once again, failed to notice.

"Ugh, I'm so stupid!" she muttered, slamming a fist down into the plush couch cushion.

That extra motion proved to be just enough to send her breasts slipping out from under her tiny crop top entirely. Alex tried (and failed) to suppress a literal gasp as Mackenzie's big boobs bounced into his view yet again that day. Her nipples already seemed to be stiff and pointy into the dim evening light. Her generous breasts came to rest against her sternum, rosy tips still perkily pointing up into the cool air of the room. Luckily (for him), the redhead didn't seem to have noticed!

"Yes," Mackenzie continued, starting to stand up from the couch. "It would be really great if we could get that damn door open! Then maybe I could put some actual clothes on..."

To Alex's utter surprise, she seemed to have no idea at all that her tits had slipped out of her top! As he wrestled with the rapid moral dilemma of whether or not to alert his crush to her newest exposure, the beauty began traipsing through the dark. The busty woman was clearly determined to get past that basement door at all costs.

"Uh, r-right! Yeah!" Alex said, also rising to his feet and following after her. "Lead the way!"

He grabbed his flashlight with one hand and awkwardly tried to keep the other in front of his crotch. Despite the relatively dark surroundings they found themselves in, Alex really didn't want Mackenzie to get a good look at his pants at that very moment. At least, not until he could try to calm his situation down a bit...