To the hot springs

Alex and Kira made it to the hot springs. It was tucked away behind some trees, in a private area. There were three public pools, as well as an indoor pool, a water slide, and several private indoor pools that could be booked. The latter was Kira's aim.

Kira directed Alex up to the counter, and then turned to the staff member who was waiting. "Hi. You don't by any chance have a free private pool we could use?"

The woman checked her clipboard. "As a matter of fact, we do! How long would you like it for."

"How long do you think you can handle, Alex?"

"Probably a couple of hours at most. Lets go with three, just to give us some leeway."

Kira nodded. That was the exact reply she would have given. She turned back to the staff woman. "Three hours please."

The attendant marked some things off her clipboard, and then shoved two bracelets into Alex's hands. "You'll need to wear those while you're here to let the staff know you have a booking."

Kira looked at the armbands that Alex was trying to work out the shape of. "Um, where am I supposed to put that?"

"On your ankle?" Alex suggested. She knelt down and found Kira's leg. After a short protest, she pulled it past her shoes and up round her ankle. She then pulled the second arm band over her wrist.

"Now, bear in mind that you don't have to stay in your booked hut for the whole three hours. You can come and go as you please, but if you leave the hot springs area you forfeit your booking. Understood?"

Alex and Kira both nodded.

"Good. Oh, and the slide is open today. So there's that for you to use."

"Might be a bit difficult in our current state," Alex laughed.

Kira gave Alex a playful shove. "That's quitter talk. Now come on. Let's get to our pool."

Kira asked the staff member for their room number, then gave Alex a small prod in the bum with her gloved hands to get her moving.

"Aren't you supposed to go in front?" Alex asked as her hands slid around the edge of the gate to find the latch.

"I'll tell you where to go. Don't worry. Now head to your right. Straight ahead will take you into the outdoor pool."

Alex followed Kira instructions through the hot springs complex.

"Hold up, someone's coming through. Ok, now go. There's steps here, so watch out. Yup, good work. Now take a left up onto a boardwalk. You should feel it beneath your shoes. Cool. The path bends to the right gradually. Very good. Now, we're in pool number 4. So keep going a bit. Keep going. Ok, stop. Hard left turn, and then there will be a door right in front of you."

Kira didn't need to give Alex any more instructions, as she had found the door handle on her own and opened the door. They entered a nice and warm wood paneled room with an alcove to deposit clothes, and steps down into a small pool.

"Ooh, it looks really nice!" Kira cooed. She described the interior of the room to Alex, and from the image she created in her imagination, she had to agree.

"I just realised that neither of us have towels."

"Eh, we don't need them. You're allowed to walk around this place with wet swimwear."

Alex waited for Kira to get past, then closed the door after them, and locked it.

Kira stood with one foot up on the bench. "Now, come on. Time to get undressed. Get my blouse off first."

Alex gulped. This was the part that was going to make her uncomfortable. With shaking legs, she walked over to Kira and grabbed the knot in the middle. She untied it, and then pulled the fabric free. She was grateful that she was blindfolded. She did not want to get turned on at seeing another woman's boobs. The blindfold was keeping her in a stable erotic state, enough so that she didn't completely freak out at the idea of going topless.

Kira slipped off her shoes, and then made her way down into the pool carefully, making sure not to slip. She breathed a sigh of comfort when she slipped into the water, and then drifted over to the seat and sat down. The water came up to just below her breasts. The armbinder was almost fully submerged, and Kira could already feel it begin to tighten as it shrunk. She didn't mind.

"Now, come on. Your turn."

"Do I have to?"

"Yes. You aren't allowed to wear normal T-shirts in the pools. It wrecks the air filter. And besides, no-one else is going to see you."

Alex realised that Kira wasn't going to let her keep her top on, and resigned herself to the fact that it was purely just nerves talking. She took comfort in the fact that she couldn't see Kira's reactions to her naked body, so would be able to pretend that it was whatever she wanted it to be.

Yes. Perhaps that was why she preferred blindfolds. Because she could picture herself as being viewed positively by everyone, with no evidence to the contrary.

Alex took a deep breath, and removed her top in one swift movement. Her breasts immediately dropped, and her nipples hardened in the chilly air.

"Mmm. Yes. You look perfect."

Alex imagined Kira's face filled with adoration. It made a smile creep onto her face.

She instinctively brought an arm up to cover her chest.

"Oi. No. No covering. Otherwise I'm going to get you an armbinder too."

Alex brought her hands down, and let herself adjust to the new feeling of the air streaming across every part of her upper body. It was a new but pleasant experience.

Alex slipped off her sandals too, then placed her top with Kira's on the bench. She then felt around the floor with her foot to find the stairs. Kira just watched. Seeing a blindfolded and topless young woman navigate by outstretching all her limbs was rather amusing for her to watch.