Chapter 103: Accidental Exposure
Mi Hongdou, sprawled on the bathroom floor, felt dizzy.
She had thought showering first wouldn’t be a big deal. But now, she had been seen naked!
After that eye contact with Ji Junxin, and the hard fall, Mi Hongdou clung to a shred of rationality. Despite the pain, she instinctively covered herself with the towel.
She remembered an online joke: If you were naked in a public bathhouse when a fire broke out, and you had to run outside with only a small towel, would you cover your chest or your lower body? The answer: You fool, cover your face!
Now, with only a towel, what should she cover?
She had fallen sideways, facing the glass door, facing Ji Junxin. Instinctively, she covered her chest, then, seeing Ji Junxin’s gaze on her abdomen, she quickly pulled the towel lower. Fortunately, it was much larger than the one in the joke. It barely covered her lower body, exposing most of her breasts, but at least the crucial parts were hidden. Mi Hongdou mentally praised her quick thinking.
So, if this were a brain teaser, where should she place the towel?
The correct answer: roll over, turn her back to Ji Junxin, and the towel would only need to cover one area.
Of course, Mi Hongdou’s mind wasn’t working, let alone capable of solving brain teasers.
From falling to covering herself, it had all happened in a flash. Only then did she realize, had she been too deliberate? If a friend saw you naked after a fall, the normal reaction… shouldn’t be to cover yourself, right? It should be… to ask for help? Or to get up quickly? In this situation, she didn’t want to interact with Ji Junxin at all! She just wanted the ground to swallow her whole!
Mi Hongdou cautiously looked up at Ji Junxin, then froze. Ji Junxin had just… left.
Although she also found the situation incredibly embarrassing, Ji Junxin just leaving without a word of concern hurt Mi Hongdou’s feelings.
But with Ji Junxin gone, the awkwardness also seemed to dissipate slightly.
However, this slight relief and hurt only lasted for a few seconds.
Because… as Mi Hongdou pushed herself up to her knees, the bathroom door opened.
She left, didn’t she! Mi Hongdou looked up at Ji Junxin, who also seemed to be blushing, and clutched the towel tighter, pulling it lower…
Inside the bathroom door was the vanity area, the shower stall was separate. The steam was usually contained within the stall and then vented out, not affecting the rest of the bathroom. That was why, when the curtain fell, Ji Junxin, standing outside, had a clear, unobstructed view of Mi Hongdou.
Ji Junxin, rushing towards the sound of the crash, her heart pounding from the running, and then seeing the naked girl inside, her heart leaped into her throat.
Her first impression was of smooth, white skin, like jade, flawless. Mi Hongdou’s wet hair was messily tied up, a few strands clinging to her shoulders. Ji Junxin could almost see water droplets sliding down her shoulders…
Downwards…
Her delicate collarbones, usually hidden by clothes, her unexpectedly ample breasts, the light pink nipples small and cute, making one wonder if they would become even more enticing when aroused. Ji Junxin’s gaze almost lingered there, unwilling to move.
Unfortunately… gravity dictated that the water droplets couldn’t reach those soft peaks.
But it didn’t matter. Lower regions had their own allure…
Mi Hongdou was standing on one leg, the other raised, her calf resting on her knee, her legs forming the shape of the number “4.” And because of this posture, the top of the “4” was slightly open… Although from Ji Junxin’s angle, she couldn’t see much beyond a glimpse of… thatch… she couldn’t help but imagine the hidden scenery.
The water droplet, sliding down Mi Hongdou’s shoulder, couldn’t reach those soft peaks, but… it would eventually reach that hidden valley. Ji Junxin, thinking this, suddenly felt a pang of jealousy towards the water droplet, freely traveling across Mi Hongdou’s body. If she were that droplet, she would definitely fall into that valley, but before that, she would explore the peaks.
Since seeing the naked Mi Hongdou through the glass door, Ji Junxin had been in a daze, her thoughts uncontrolled.
Instinct took over. Her heart pounded, a heavy, rapid beat she could barely endure.
Their eye contact was brief. Almost as soon as their gazes met, Mi Hongdou, startled, lost her balance and fell, landing awkwardly.
Awkward, that was Mi Hongdou’s feeling. To Ji Junxin, it wasn’t awkward at all.
Looking down at someone gave you a sense of power, a sense of control, like a predator eyeing its prey.
Mi Hongdou’s hair tie, already loose, came undone as she fell, her wet hair spilling around her.
Helpless, vulnerable, defenseless, unlike her earlier untouchable demeanor, she now looked… soft and submissive.
Ji Junxin almost opened the door and rushed in.
But… she was a step too late.
Mi Hongdou, sprawled on the floor, looked utterly vulnerable.
If earlier, Ji Junxin had just wanted to be a water droplet, tracing the contours of Mi Hongdou’s body, now, looking down at her, she wanted to… pounce, to claim her, to preserve this moment of vulnerability. She wanted to touch her, to trace the paths the water droplets had taken, to explore every hidden curve with her lips.
Ji Junxin shook her head, trying to dispel these sudden, almost frightening thoughts. Mi Hongdou had just fallen, and she wasn’t even checking if she was okay, what was she thinking!
Just as she managed to regain some control, Mi Hongdou moved.
She quickly unfolded the towel and covered her chest.
Ji Junxin’s first reaction was relief, seeing that Mi Hongdou was still conscious enough to cover herself. Her second reaction was, Don’t cover yourself!
With one area covered, Ji Junxin’s gaze instinctively shifted to another.
And then Mi Hongdou pulled the towel lower, covering that area as well.
To Ji Junxin, the vulnerable Mi Hongdou on the floor was like prey, and she was annoyed by the towel blocking her view.
But this annoyance quickly vanished.
The towel was too small. Covering one area meant exposing another. Trying to cover both was a struggle.
The light pink nipples were covered, but the towel, stretched taut, created a… tempting cleavage.
Her lower body was barely covered, the towel held in place by Mi Hongdou’s hand, the fabric stretched to its limit.
Mi Hongdou, in her panic, hadn’t noticed, or perhaps she hadn’t expected Ji Junxin’s thoughts to go to such a… place.
Ji Junxin saw… the slightly curled-up girl on the floor, her left hand pressing the towel against her chest, her right hand, palm up, fingers curled around the edge of the towel. And because the towel kept trying to spring back, she had to constantly tug at it.
… it was as if her fingers were… moving back and forth beneath the towel.
Of course, Ji Junxin knew it wasn’t… but the girl’s skin, no longer its earlier pristine white, was now flushed with a light pink, her expression a mixture of panic and anxiety, and that constant movement of her hand… Ji Junxin’s mind went blank, her heart pounding.
Ji Junxin, overwhelmed by the unintentionally suggestive sight, realized that her earlier fantasies of touching and exploring weren’t enough. She wanted to… do that to Mi Hongdou. She wanted to pull Mi Hongdou’s hand away and replace it with her own!
Her mind hazy, her breath hot, Ji Junxin felt like she was burning up, her vision blurring, her throat dry, she swallowed unconsciously.
Damn those suggestive chapters! She blamed the yuri novels she had been reading.
No, I can’t let this continue!
The sight before her was too tempting, too alluring, but the last vestiges of her reason forced her to leave, to leave quickly.
Reason prevailed.
Ji Junxin fled, and when she finally stopped, she was in the living room.
There was a half-empty glass of water on the coffee table, probably from last night.
She picked it up and gulped it down.
The icy water, carrying the chill of winter, flowed down her throat, chilling her from the inside. She felt like her organs were freezing, a painful coldness.
But the effect was immediate. Her body cooled down, then her mind, her blurry vision clearing.
She had to go back and help Mi Hongdou up!
What kind of friend would just leave after seeing their friend fall naked in the bathroom? It would be too suspicious!
Although she had just been fantasizing about Mi Hongdou, being a good friend was the priority.
She ran back to the bathroom, grabbing the first-aid kit from the living room on the way. She would say she had gone to get the kit, worried about Mi Hongdou’s injuries. It was a flimsy excuse, but better than nothing. She had just thought of this explanation when she saw Mi Hongdou kneeling on the floor.
Kneeling, submission, servitude…
Ji Junxin froze, watching…
The naked girl, her hair disheveled, knelt before her, her slightly flushed skin turning even pinker, then red.
During the birthing scene earlier, Mi Hongdou had also knelt like this, reaching between her legs… touching her… and then she had felt… that.
That forbidden, unbearable, overwhelming pleasure… was it… caused by Mi Hongdou, in this position?
Yes… she hadn’t seen this angle before. In this position, in this attire, or rather, lack thereof, even without being touched, just looking at her like this… she felt a strange stirring, a familiar feeling she hadn’t expected to experience again.
The fragile thread of reason in Ji Junxin’s mind snapped.
She wanted to touch every inch of Mi Hongdou’s skin, to replace the towel with her own hands, to be touched by the kneeling Mi Hongdou, to re-experience that unfinished pleasure…
Unable to resist, Ji Junxin opened the bathroom door.
The warmth of the bathroom and the chill of the living room mingled.
Mi Hongdou, still kneeling on the floor, shivered, either from the cold air or from Ji Junxin’s sudden appearance.
Ji Junxin, standing in the doorway, felt a surge of heat, either from the warmth of the bathroom or from the scent of Mi Hongdou’s shower gel and shampoo.
“I… brought the first-aid kit… are you hurt?” She stepped into the bathroom, then stopped, unsure of the look in her eyes. Was it the look of a predator eyeing its prey? Or a cat in heat? She tried to control her expression, but her voice was still hoarse.
Fortunately, Mi Hongdou didn’t seem to notice.
“I’m fine…” With Ji Junxin practically inside the bathroom, Mi Hongdou couldn’t worry about how to get up gracefully. If Ji Junxin helped her, she would probably combust! She quickly got to her feet, clutching the towel.
“Oh…” Ji Junxin replied absentmindedly, her gaze fixed on the glimpse of skin revealed by the shifting towel.
Ji Junxin was struggling. One part of her, conditioned by years of propriety, criticized her for taking advantage of Mi Hongdou’s vulnerability. The other part just wanted to… look a little longer…
Instinct won.
“Um…” Mi Hongdou thought that even between friends, in this situation, shouldn’t Ji Junxin give her some privacy, let her shower, or at least change? Reminding her would be a normal thing to do, right?
While Mi Hongdou was thinking about how a good friend should act, Ji Junxin, acting on instinct, took another step, closing the distance between them. They were now only a can of cola apart.
Mi Hongdou felt her throat tighten. Even in this tense situation, she could still think of using a can of cola for comparison.
Ji Junxin’s fingertip lightly touched Mi Hongdou’s left shoulder.
Mi Hongdou’s attention was on her shoulder, she didn’t even notice her own involuntary shiver.
Then, Ji Junxin, her eyes smiling, leaned closer to Mi Hongdou’s right shoulder and bit down.
Mi Hongdou’s mind went blank.
After a moment, Ji Junxin lifted her head and took a step back.
They were now three cans of cola apart.
“You…” Mi Hongdou’s lips moved, speechless.
Ji Junxin looked at the new mark on Mi Hongdou’s shoulder, then at the exposed nipple above the slipping towel, licked her lips, and said seriously, “Don’t you know, symmetry is beauty?”
Symmetry my ass!
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