two mismatched couples in the woods

Abbie glanced over at Kei. The two women stayed bent over the lawn chair, their arms under them, supporting their body weight. Kei had a cryptic smile on her face, and Abbie was unsure how to read it. She looked around a bit, taking in the sights of the woods from this perspective, and thought about Jake. He stood basically next to her, but wasn't touching her.

She giggled to herself as she thought about the odd turns of events that brought them to this, to these four people at this moment. Her laugh evolved into a bit of a grunt of pleasure as she felt Aguri's body pressing against her. She closed her eyes, held her weight, and then gently pushed back her hips, giving Aguri a little resistance to push harder against.

The flattened lawn chair squeaked a bit as the two couples rocked their bodies back and forth. It was Abbie and Kei who were holding the edge of the chair, each of them leaned over the width of it, gripping the far side. Their knees were up on the cushion, their feet sticking out behind them. Abbie was to Kei's left, so her right arm was close to Kei's left. The two of them were about a foot apart from each other, and when they turned to face one another, they could easily have kissed (if they had wanted to).

Jake held Kei by the ankles. Aguri gripped Abbie's hips. both men rocked into the women, each of them moving calmly, evenly, breathing quietly. It was as if they all wanted to live in a moment of stasis -- sex that sustained at pleasurable, stimulating, but with no particular drive toward completion (whatever that might mean).

As each of them found their personal and individual balance in the moment, they allowed themselves to get lost in their own minds. It was somewhat meditative, in fact, though of the four of them, only Kei actually had any experience with proper meditation techniques.

Still, having finally arrived at some kind of collective calm -- after all, both couples were present, aware, involved, and no longer fighting -- they each drifted into their own version of a zen-like state as they shared this communal experience ...

NOTE: The links below begin five parallel threads, chronicling the same stretch of time and events, but from each of five different perspectives: the four characters who have appeared in the woods so far (Abbie, Jake, Kei, and Aguri) as well as two other women who happen to catch sight of the foursome from afar.