Wear the bikini without the top

"Take the top off for a sec," Kira suggested.

Alex's face instantly turned bright red. She covered her chest just at the mere thought. "Absolutely not!"

"Oh come on! Trust me, I just want to see something."

"Why?"

"Trust me. I know what I'm doing, remember?"

Alex was very **** to take off her top. She did not want to entertain the notion that someone out there would be lusting over her bare chest.

Kira sighed. "Look. I'm sorry I'm being forward. But that top is hideous. I want to see what the bottoms just look like on their own."

Alex nodded slowly. "I get that. It's just..."

"No-one's going to oggle your boobs. I won't let them. There's no-one else here anyway."

Alex nodded again. She then, very slowly, took off the bikini top. Instantly covering her chest with an arm, she kept a tight grip on the top itself, not wanting to lose it and then be stumbling about blindly and topless trying to find it.

"Hmm."

"Hmm what?" Alex asked.

"Yeah. It's a vast improvement without the top."

"Well then we can get a different top and-"

"No, you don't get it. The bottoms work best in isolation. They accentuate your body best when you're topless."

"Well I'm not walking out of here topless."

Kira smiled, and grabbed a nearby shirt off a rack, one that matched the neon colours of the bikini bottom. "Don't worry. You can wear this until we get to the hot springs." She handed Alex the shirt, which she immediately pulled on.

"You mean that this is going to be my swimsuit?"

Kira tapped Alex's bikini bottoms. "Yeah. That's your swimsuit."

"I'm not going to wear it topless again, you know that, don't you?"

"Oh come on. I'm sure we can convince you to give being topless in public a go. Once you've done it once it isn't nearly as bad. But nevermind that. For now, let's get that paid for."

Kira removed the bikini top from Alex's clutches and then lead her to the counter. Kira told the cashier to put it on her own tab.

Kira passed Alex's previous swimsuit off to a porter, who took it back to her hut.

Alex did have to thank Kira for offering to buy her bikini.

"No problem. And hey, I only had to pay half price! Now, you were under the impression I needed a proper armbinder?"

Alex blushed again. "Well only if you want."

"No, come on. Be more confident about it. No-one's going to judge you for wanting someone to wear a particular restraint here of all places. Now try again. Did you want to buy myself a proper armbinder?"

That little speech spurred Alex on, and gave her some extra confidence. Kira was right. This place was literally designed around consensual bondage. No-one was going to laugh at her because she wanted someone to wear an armbinder.

"Ok. I want you to wear an armbinder."

Kira's face lit up. "There we go! I knew you had some confidence in you. Now, the restraint shop is just across the courtyard. Let's go."

Kira did not give Alex assistance this time. Alex had to trust herself to go the right way. She made good heading until she feared for walking into the wall, at which point Kira chipped in to direct her to the door.

"Hey, very good. You didn't even need my help there. You're getting it!"

"I guess. But I might still need your help occasionally though."

"Well it might be a bit difficult to hold my hand while I'm wearing an armbinder. But don't worry. I believe in your ability."

Alex was pleasantly surprised at this new warm side of Kira. She had seemed distant and deliberately obtuse when they had met an hour ago, but now she was acting like a good friend. Alex was happy that she had found someone to help her adjust to life here.

"Well I have an armbinder picked out, but I'll need your help to put it on. You know how to put on an armbinder?"

"I've seen videos," Alex admitted.

"Well then we'll see if you have the nack," Kira smiled. "You'll need to blindfold me first though before you can remove the cuffs."

"I don't have a key."

"Oh, the dressing rooms here have keys for this purpose."

That was very handy, Alex thought.

The two of them made their way to the dressing rooms. Alex, who was holding both restraints, set the armbinder on a chair and applied the blindfold over Kira's eyes.

"Do I have to lock it?"

"Technically? Yes. Even if it's only on for a few seconds."

Alex fumbled around and found the locking device. She then felt over the box of keys that were in the dressing room. "How do I know which ones are for the wrist cuffs?"

"Oh well they're colour co-" Kira began, then snorted. "Oh yeah. Fat load of use that is. You'll just have to try all of them until you get the right one."

Alex sighed, and got to work. She eventually found the correct key on her twelfth attempt. The cuffs came away, and left a red ring around each of Kira's wrists. She nursed the strain while Alex grabbed the blindfold.

"Hold up there a bit."

Alex halted. She couldn't see what Kira was doing.

"Oh right. I'm just adjusting my blouse a bit. So that when we get to the springs, you can remove it without having to get rid of the armbinder."

"Oh, that's very clever."

"Ok, I'm good now." Kira waved her arms around a bit before she relinquished control of them again.

Alex brought the armbinder up to Kira, and eventually found her arms, then slipped them into the smooth material. About halfway up, Alex had to start pulling on the fabric.

Once Kira's arms were fully in, Alex found the shoulder straps and fed them under each of Kira's armpits, where she found a locking clasp for them to attach to on the underside of the binder.

"Ah, so that's how it locks."

"It's one of the ones with laces though, so get lacing."

Alex had seen how complicated laced armbinders could be, and did not think her chances for properly lacing it while blind were high. But she set out regardless, and started pulling each set of laces tight. Luckily the laces had already been threaded, otherwise, this would have all day.

It took Alex five entire minutes, but Kira never once moaned about the length. She waited patiently for Alex to finish, and then congratulated her on her hard work after.

"Hey, you did a good job on this. I can't move my palms at all!"

"It was my first time putting an armbinder on someone. Well, it was my first time putting a restraint on anyone that isn't me."

"You did perfect for a first-timer. Now, can you get this blindfold off me so that at least one of us can see where we're going?"

"Oh, of course." Alex began the arduous process of checking through each key again to find the correct one.

Two minutes later, Alex pulled the curtain of the dressing room aside, and the two of them found their way to the counter. Alex now had to be Kira's arms, and Kira Alex's eyes. Kira gave Alex verbal commands on where to go and what to do.

"There's a model there. Take two steps to your right and you'll miss colliding with her."

"Thanks."

They reached the counter, and the man at the counter complimented the two of them, saying that they both looked splendid. Alex was then told how expensive the armbinder was, and Alex almost had a heart attack.

"How much?"

Kira patted her with her mono glove. "Don't fret. I can afford to buy it. And to remove it several times as well."

"Oh, that's alright then." Alex let Kira pay for her own restraint, and then followed the sound of Kira's footsteps out of the door, holding her arms out mildly to not bump into a wall.