Garden of Thanatos

"Umm.. Kohaku-san? Souka-san? What... What's going on?"

The two smiling faces at the foot of the bed didn't respond. On the right side stood the older of the maids, clad in her usual brown kimono. Next to her was the smaller of the new guests, wearing the same sailor uniform her two other schoolmates had appeared in.

"What is it? What are you two doing here? Did you tie me up?"

They still didn't reply. They had to hold in their snickering as they tried to keep their faces in that same wide grin.

The two girls glanced at each other and, as if having signaled each other through that quick exchange, crawled onto the bed together. Shiki could feel Kohaku's kimono on his right leg and Souka's thighs occasionally glancing his left leg as they straddled each of his legs.

"Souka-san? Kohaku-san!? Say something!"

Shiki's voice took on a more panicked tone. Finally, Souka ended up laughing loudly. Kohaku chuckled along, as if seeing her partner in crime give in made her unable to hold it in as well.

Still, the two didn't talk as they continued their symmetrical approach.

Shiki could feel a hand from each of them trace up the inside of his thighs, starting from his knees and stopping where his legs met.

"Wha!? Kohaku-san, you already know how tired I am tonight...! Plus, how about asking first!?"

They paid him no attention. One hand grabbed his testicles, massaged it, rolled it around. The other took hold of his limp member and began stroking it. The warmth of the girls' hands in contrast to the air of the room hit him hard.

Wordlessly, the girls switched the placement of their hands, alternating back and forth in a sort of pre-set rhythm. Much to their delight, his penis began to harden and rise, until both could wrap a hand around it at the same time.

"I'm serious, you two! At least untie me!"

Without a single hint that they had heard him, Kohaku and Souka brought their heads together to kiss the head of Shiki's penis.

Their heads moved up and down it on either side as they planted light pecks on the surface. Pre-come began to ooze out of the tip, at which point Kohaku added her tongue to the effort, licking it up before it could roll all the way down. Seeing this, Souka joined in, running the tip of her tongue lightly down her side.

"Are you girls going to say anything?"

Shiki began to relax a bit, letting the pleasure get to him. When neither acted as if she had heard anything from his mouth, he interpreted it as a confirmation.

"Well, I don't know why you are doing this or what kind of game you are playing, but I guess I don't really mind..."

The two girls smiled at each other for a moment at his last words before continuing. From each side, they put their lips around the shaft, meeting each other and completely covering one segment of his penis. They moved their heads up and down in concert, stroking the length with their wet and slippery lips.

"Ng... But, you know, Souka-san, I'm a little surprised. I didn't think you were this kind of girl... Did Kohaku-san talk you into this?"

Souka raised her head and opened her mouth to talk to him, seemingly offended by Shiki's comment. But when Kohaku quickly grabbed her arm and shook her head, she stopped immediately. Instead, she gave him a particularly malicious looking smile before resuming her work with the maid. Their hands went to work as well, massaging his testicles and stroking the root of the shaft while their mouths concentrated on the top.

"Argh... Sorry if that offended you, Souka-san... I was just surprised because Hanei-chan and Akira-chan were both... Mmm! So... Inexperienced."

He grimaced and pulled on his bindings a bit as the pleasure began to build up. The girls were moving their heads quite rapidly now, and their lips were squeezing with surprising strength.

"Nnn... Speaking of which, is it okay if I call you Souka-chan? It's...sssss... A bit odd to call just you -san and your friends and classmates -chan... Argh... I'm gonna..."

He could feel his orgasm approaching, so he provided a warning for the girls. But before he could get anywhere near the threshold, Souka lifted her head and nodded in his direction. Shiki was more focused on the sudden loss of stimulation, but he understood it as a statement of assent. And Kohaku was still there, after all. At least, she had been until she soon joined Souka in sitting up and staring at Shiki.

"Umm, girls...?"

Shiki asked a little nervously, curious at their sudden unexplained stoppage. Kohaku giggled before turning her attention to Souka. Or rather, to the top of Souka's sailor uniform. The maid provided some help as the schoolgirl pulled her shirt over her head, revealing her completely nude upper body.

Shiki was at first a little surprised to see that she was not wearing a bra, but... well, given his view of her assets or lack thereof, he could see that that would be useless for her. No wonder he confused her for a boy that day. In fact, her extreme thinness made her ribs visible down her sides below her chest.

He didn't get to look for long; Souka quickly wrapped her arms around her body. Her face was reddened, and her eyes clearly showed her embarrassment.

Seeing this, Kohaku moved her own body behind the girl's and took hold of her wrists. Still without speaking, she smiled into her nervous looking eyes, gently trying to guide her arms apart. When Souka turned her gaze back to Shiki and saw that same welcoming smile, she seemed to relax. Still with a sheepish look on her face, she let the maid pull her arms off her body, revealing herself once more.

"You're really pretty, Souka-chan."

Kohaku nodded to her in agreement with Shiki's comment. She let go of the girl's arms and placed them on her tiny breasts, cupping them. Souka couldn't help but voice a low moan when her nipples were lightly pinched and rolled around the maid's fingertips.

"Kohaku-san, if you untie me, I'd love to... As well..."

Kohaku shook her head playfully, denying him his request. Instead, she shifted her weight forwards, pushing Souka's body down ans closer to him. The girl's skinny face came close to Shiki's, close enough that he could kiss it. At first, aiming was a bit of a challenge due to his body still being tied down, and he ended up placing a peck on her forehead. But they found each other's lips soon enough, and were kissing passionately.

"Mmm!"

More moans came from the blue-haired girl when Kohaku lowered one of her hands under her skirt and between her legs to stroke her mound through her panties. At this point, Shiki broke off their kiss and struggled to lower his head somewhat to suckle on one of her nipples while Kohaku still played with the other.

As the maid's fingers dug deeper into her, rubbing the soft white cloth against the inside of her folds, Souka's moans began to rise in volume. Her juices flowed steadily, saturating her panties and leaving Kohaku's hand soaked.

"Mmm... Souka-chan, you're so tasty... Although... Kohaku-san, I'd like to taste her down there..."

Kohaku gingerly pulled on Shiki's hair, pulling him away from Souka's chest. Before he could respond with confusion, she was already lifting the girl's body and bringing her loins to his face. They both straddled his body now, Kohaku at his chest and Souka at his face.

Without hesitation, Shiki buried his face into the girl's crotch, rubbing his cheeks against her soaked panties and letting her fluids stain his lips. He took a deep whiff, letting her scent fill his nostrils while her taste tickled his tongue and her moans echoed in his ears.

Much to his delight, Kohaku's hand appeared in his vision and moved the cloth of Souka's panties off to one side, allowing him direct access to her private parts. Above and slightly blocked by the white cotton, he could see a thin tuft of dark blue hair.

The schoolgirl's hands grasped his head and pushed him closer, and Shiki happily nibbled on the bits of flesh that were forced between his lips. After some searching, he found her hardened nub and began to attack it with more and more fervor. He could feel the grip on his head tightening.

Meanwhile, he felt Kohaku's body move up and away from his chest. She disappeared from him for but a moment. She reappeared to him through her fingers and tongue that carefully massaged his throbbing penis that was standing completely stiff, almost painfully so due to the stopped orgasm last time. She touched him delicately, not letting him get off quite yet, but getting him more excited. And it worked, prompting him to work on Souka's mound at a feverish pace, making her groans reach higher volume and pitch.

"Mmmm!! Hmmmmm!!!"

In a moment, he felt her hands clamp onto his hair and her body tighten up at the same time, while she moaned more loudly than ever. In fact, she was practically screaming into her closed lips and ended up sending an extremely high pitched hum throughout the room. Shiki lapped up her juices that suddenly seemed to explode from within her throughout her orgasm, trying to see how long he could extend her moan of ecstasy.

After a long moment, Souka collapsed forwards, hugging the pillow that supported his head and dropping her flat belly onto Shiki's face before rolling over off of him. She smiled down at him and watched as he struggled to lick up all her lubricants that had practically covered his face. It wasn't easy due to the fact that his hands were still completely restricted.

Before he could even catch his breath, he felt Kohaku mount his penis, facing away from him. This time, it was Shiki who moaned, glad to feel his half neglected organ get some much desired attention. The maid undid the tie around her kimono even as she began to shift her body up and down, until the brown clothing was draped over Shiki's midriff.

"Nnn... Kohaku-san..."

Shiki groaned, feeling the stopped and diminished pleasure build up again. He wanted to reach out and touch Kohaku, to play with her, to tease her, but the bindings that the girls had put in place obviously prevented that. Listening to her moans, he closed his eyes and decided to be content with letting the highly experienced maid do all the work.

Before he could get too comfortable, though, he felt one of Souka's hands on his face. She wiped off some of the fluids that stained his cheeks, almost apologetically. And before she could take her hand away, Shiki lunged for and grabbed her fingers with his lips, sucking them clean. While she continued to wipe off his face, she found one of his nipples and gave it a playful bite.

"Mm... Aah, Kohaku-san..."

"Ng.. Nnnn...!"

He was almost back at the point he had been at the last stoppage when he felt Kohaku's hands on his balls. She tickled and squeezed, as if to hasten the release of their load. But...

"Nng... Kohaku-san!?"

Shiki almost shouted out, feeling Kohaku's fingers encircle the area where the pouch met his torso. It wasn't painful, but it was so tight that it was stopping bloodflow. And that wasn't the only thing it was stopping.

"Nnn, Kohaku-san, stop it, what are you doing!?"

The girls turned their faces towards him and just smiled, those same smiles they had shown him when he had been woken up. But neither stopped what she was doing.

Letting out a very familiar moan, Kohaku impaled herself deeply onto Shiki's penis as she came. The grip of her vagina increased while the grip of her hand didn't change even a little bit.

Shiki grunted and shook his body a bit in frustration, having been denied his orgasm a second time. Still, he was glad to see Kohaku in such pleasure and let her settle and calm down a bit before expressing his discontent.

It was only once she had gotten up and off of him that Kohaku finally let go her tight grip.

"Kohaku-san, why did you...?"

Shiki struggled to speak. He was out of breath from the pressure building up in his loins that weren't allowed any release.

Shiki's confused complaints only seemed to tickle the two girls. They giggled at each other. Without a word, Kohaku took out the hair tie in Souka's hair that was tied up in a ponytail. Looking into his confused eyes, the red headed maid secured the tie onto the base of Shiki's penis, overlapping it once, twice, thrice, four times, again and again until she could no more.

"Augh!!!"

Squeezing the base like a vice, the hair tie prevented the flow of anything through Shiki's penis. He couldn't help but shout out. It wasn't painful, but the pressure of his blood in his member, particularly at the head, was too intense.

"What are you doing, Kohaku-san!? That's gonna... Untie me right now! Stop this! I don't know what you're thinking, but..."

Shiki was flailing around now, trying desperately to get out of his holds. Neither girl seemed at all affected by his angry shouting. In fact, Kohaku became more giddy, her eyes twinkling in a way that made even her blue haired partner in crime shiver.

"I said, let me go! Souka-chan, help me! Kohaku-san's gone crazy! I need to..."

Having gotten a bit annoyed, Kohaku pulled off Souka's panties from her legs and plugged up the source of all that bothersome noise. Shiki was shocked for a moment, and when he tried to spit out the wad of cotton soaked with the schoolgirl's love juices, he found his way blocked by the blue ribbon that normally tied up Kohaku's hair. And before he knew it, it had been tied up behind his neck, holding his gag securely in place.

"Mmmmm!!! Mmmmmm!!!"

For the first time, his eyes widened and took on a look of fear. But no matter how he tried to scream, he was unable to produce much noise. Satisfied at having gotten some peace and quiet, Kohaku turned to the girl whose face was still on Shiki's chest and gave her a hard, wet kiss directly before his eyes. Both girls turned their heads towards his groin, noticing his penis twitch in reaction to their display.

Still without having muttered a single word, the girls disengaged and moved back to the area of Shiki's legs. Supported by the maid from behind, Souka straddled his waist and positioned herself directly above his painfully throbbing cock.

Shiki still struggled and thrashed about, but still in vain. Kohaku took hold of his shaft and held it securely in place, guiding it into Souka's hole while the girl slowly descended her body. It slid in easily, already quite well lubricated from Kohaku earlier. The blue haired girl smiled and let out a long, satisfied sigh before pumping her body up and down. The maid behind her held their bodies close, rolling around her nipples with her fingers and placing pecks and licks on the back of her neck.

Shiki's struggles only added to the pleasure of the girl riding him, as he made no headway in freeing himself and ended up just pumping in and out of Souka. The girls paid him little attention and concentrated on making things as pleasant for the girl as possible.

"Mmmf! Mmmm!"

"Nnn... Mmmm... Aaah!"

Shiki's moans of panic were soon drowned out by Souka's moans of pleasure. Her hands pushed down on his chest over Kohaku's shed kimono as she moved her sleek body faster and faster.

"Ohh! Aaaaah!!"

Her hands clawed the brown cloth tightly as she came once again. She continued to move up and down through her orgasm, and the immense tightness and friction drove Shiki crazy. All the build up felt good as usual, but without the release, the pain was starting to be palpable.

Souka fell limp onto his chest, her face holding beads of sweat as well as an ecstatic smile. She kissed him on the cheek before getting up to disengage their bodies. Shiki looked up at her with pleading eyes, but his request went unanswered. In fact, she seemed to find it amusing.

Once Souka moved aside, he could see Kohaku already at his waist, positioned above his cock just as the other girl had been minutes before. It throbbed and was still as enlarged as ever, painfully so. Already slick with Souka's juices, it became even more wet as some fluids dripped down from the maid's crotch.

With a cruel smile on her face, she sat down on it, letting it slide all the way inside her in one quick stroke.

"Mmm!!!"

"Nnnn..."

Both she and Shiki let out loud moans, him in both pain and pleasure, her in simple contentness. Souka lied next to Shiki, stroking his head while she watched Kohaku take her turn. Her face held a relaxed, almost restful smile. She knew, after all, that soon enough, along with Kohaku, her own turn would come again.

And like that, the two girls continued to take their turns on Shiki throughout the night. Each girl mounting him the moment the other one was finished, they did not give him even a moment's rest. Nor did they give him any release, as Kohaku had done an effective job with Souka's hair band. She had been effective with the rope that tied Shiki to the bed as well, and it was after only a few rounds that he stopped struggling, having realized the futility of it. And his eyes no longer begged for help or mercy. The only hope he had now was to be interrupted. But in the meanwhile, the only option left him was to just accept his situation, wondering what he had done to deserve this.

The girls took him dozens of times, in every angle and position imaginable given his restraints. Shiki's night was like a graph approaching its asymptote, each time getting ever closer to his orgasm without ever being able to reach it. By the end, it had become so painful that he was on the verge of tears.

It was past dawn by the time he heard the magnificent sound of footsteps outside his door. He couldn't tell how many hours had passed, but it had felt at least twice as long as it had been. The door clicked in an attempt to open, but it was stopped by the lock. The girls took notice at this point as well. Kohaku, who was riding him at the moment, regretfully pulled herself up, realizing that their fun had come to an end.

"Shiki-sama? May I come in?"

Hisui knocked before asking. Shiki tried his best to respond, to make as much noise as possible through his gag, but he could only manage a feeble moan.

In the meanwhile, the two girls had positioned themselves on either side of him and were stroking his member together ferociously. It brought him ever closer to the edge, building up the pressure in his loins to never before seen levels.

"Shiki-sama, are you sleeping? Please, why did you lock your room!?"

Hisui shouted as if to try to wake him. The girls paid her no attention and just continued their play.

"Shiki-sama, please open the door!!"

Hisui was slamming hard on the door now. Even as his mind was going white from the pain caused by the two girls before him, Shiki couldn't help but feel sorry for Hisui, who must be panicking and terribly worried about him.

"Shiki-sama, please forgive me, but I'm going to break your door in! Since you won't answer me and your door's locked, I'm going to have to do this to make sure you're okay!"

He could hear the apologetic tone in her voice. The only thought he could think was that she was doing absolutely the right thing and had no reason to be sorry. He only wished that he could give her a raise.

Now followed louder knocks on the door. But that was it, as fact was, Hisui was simply not strong enough to damage the door. After a few minutes of the sounds of various parts of her body knocking against the hard wooden door, he could hear another voice coming from the other side. But not well enough to make out who it was or what was being said.

The girls' hands continued to accelerate, moving at a feverish pace over his painfully sensitive organ.

"O-ryah!"

Came the voice from the other side of the door, followed by a bang louder than before. This noise was followed immediately by the door flying off its hinges and almost reaching the bed on which the three people lay.

Ecstatically, Shiki looked to the doorway to see Miyako, still in her pajamas, and, behind her, Hisui. His little cousin had a grumpy expression on her face, perhaps a little miffed at having been asked to wake up so early. But that was quickly replaced by a look of shock, a look that Hisui also had on her face as they walked through the doorway.

"Oh, good morning, Hisui-chan, Miyako-chan!"

Kohaku said without missing a beat. Shiki noticed that as she was saying this, she had produced a small fruit knife with her free hand and was going for his crotch.

"Mmmmf!! Mmmmm!!"

His panic reached an all time high, as he struggled against his bindings and shook his entire body in the hopes that Hisui would notice before her older sister could do whatever she was planning to.

"Shiki-sama!? Nee-san, what's going on!?"

Hisui ran over to his side in order to undo his gag. At the same time, Kohaku flicked the knife across the hair band at the root of his penis, finally letting him free.

By the time Hisui had pulled Souka's panties from Shiki's mouth, he had already reached a point of being unable to talk. Instead, he bellowed out a loud scream from deep within his throat as his weapon was finally allowed to release the pressure that had been building up for hours.

"Nnnn... Aaaaaah!!!"

Shiki's body almost flew off the bed as an unprecedented wave of pleasure shot up his spine and slammed against his brain. At the same time, the first, so much delayed, load came out of his penis.

Hisui held his head, trying to stabilize his convulsing body somewhat as the first jet shot up from his penis.

'I've never seen it hit the ceiling before.'

Shiki's body shook again. He could feel the pleasure traveling back down and then back up his spine, getting stronger and stronger, faster and faster like a perpetual motion machine. Each time it smashed against his brain, his loins released another load, increasing in volume at each iteration. Shiki thrust his hips a little more violently, almost knocking off the two girls at his waist who were now kissing each other over his sensitive tip. The bed creaked, put to its limits by the intense pulling of the four corners by Shiki's limbs through the ropes that still bound him.

It was a full minute by the time the amount began to wane, the shots of semen still reaching a height taller than anyone present in the room, but starting to grow weaker. A second minute passed before the last bits finally oozed out of the tip.

Whatever part of Shiki's front that wasn't covered by Kohaku's kimono was covered with his seed, as were the faces and hair of the two girls at his waist. Even their backs and arms were covered, and some had gotten onto Hisui's face as well as Shiki's convulsions had sent some at weird angles.

The girls immediately and eagerly began the difficult process of cleaning themselves up, wiping down much of Shiki's body with Kohaku's already stained kimono before scooping off the thick, sticky substance from his and each others' bodies with their tongues. Even Miyako, who had been watching wide-eyed and unbelieving from the doorway, joined in.

However, the creator of this mess was unable to help or to even see this, as he had passed out less than thirty seconds in, the circuit breaker of his brain having gone off due to the overload of the pleasure.

***

Shiki awoke to the usual sounds of birds chirping. The morning sun shone through his windows and provided an almost fairy tale-like haze to his room.

Yes, it would have been like every other morning if not for the other person in the room. That is, not her mere presence, but the state in which she was; instead of being by his bed in her usual attire, she was in it, sleeping next to him comfortably under the blanket. He could see her brown one piece and white hair piece both neatly folded up on a chair next to the bed.

Shiki went back under the covers and moved over next to her. He was content to see watch Hisui's peacefully sleeping face and feel the warmth of her body for now. But he did wonder why she was sleeping there with him. They must have... What exactly happened last night? He was wearing his boxers, which was a bit odd if they had done it last night. And when he shifted in the bed, even the tiny rubbing of his penis against the inside of his underwear had caused him a substantial amount of pain. This pain... It was familiar...

Suddenly, it all came flooding back to him. Of course. Kohaku and Souka. The ropes, the gag, the... hair band. And Hisui and Miyako. They had saved him. He couldn't help but smile a little more widely as he beheld Hisui's flawless face. She was always so dependable, he thought. Yes, she had saved him, and she would do it a million times again, without him ever having to ask.

Instinctively, he snuggled up even closer to her body and gave her a tight embrace under the covers. He could feel her calm breaths tickling his cheeks each time she exhaled. The blanket over her body rose and fell in a steady rhythm that he found oddly comforting. He leaned in to her face to take in her scent before kissing her lightly on the cheek.

When he pulled back, he saw her eyelids flutter open, revealing her hypnotic blue eyes.

"Good morning, Hisui."

Shiki spoke quietly, smiling. Hisui stared back at him for a few seconds, blinking blankly. All of a sudden, she sat up, causing his body to be thrown off to the side a bit.

"Oh my! I'm, I apologize, Shiki-sama! I should have awoken before you! And I didn't mean to..."

Shiki quieted her by placing a finger at her lips.

"Shhh, it's okay. It was nice, getting to see you sleeping like that. It doesn't happen often."

"..."

Hisui just stayed silent, blushing and looking away. Shiki also didn't speak and stroked her cheek and hair lightly. The silence held for a few minutes.

"So, what exactly happened after I... I guess I passed out."

He made a bit more of a serious face and sat up.

"Oh, well, it's been a day since that happened. You've been asleep for over 24 hours, Shiki-sama. As you can see, we cleaned you up and dressed you, and fixed the door... I'm still sorry about that, Shiki-sama."

"You have nothing to apologize for. You did the right thing. The ones who need to apologize are your sister and Souka-san."

Hisui nodded sternly.

"After breakfast, could you tell them to come to my room? And speaking of breakfast,"

Shiki sat up and stretched out his arms and legs, only to be greeted with a substantial amount of pain.

"I think I'll be having breakfast here. I would be very happy if you could bring my meal that Kohaku-san made back to my room."

Hisui nodded again before exiting the bed and walking over to the chair that held her clothes. For a short while, she was clad only in her plain white bra and plain white panties. As she passed by the windows, the morning light reflected off her pure skin, offering Shiki a view of someone who really might be a fairy in a fairy tale.

Hisui quickly dressed herself and went for the door.

"Then, it's time for me to wake everyone up. I'll be back with your breakfast, Shiki-sama."

"Wait, Hisui. Bring your breakfast as well."

Hisui paused for a moment, before giving him a warm smile in assent. She bowed as usual before leaving his room.

Shiki was alone for about a half hour before she returned with breakfast. During this time, he tried to get out of bed, only to find that his limbs would barely support his weight And again, just the normal rubbing against his clothes caused by normal movements were unbearably painful to his penis.

He decided that he should stay in bed for the rest of the day.

When Hisui came, she was followed closely behind by Miyako.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, honii-chan."

Miyako ran up eagerly to the bed next to him, smiling brightly. Seeing that couldn't help but make him smile as well.

"I'm so glad you're okay, onii-chan. When you didn't wake up all day..."

"Well, a lot of that was from just lack of sleep. Thank you for worrying about me, though, Miyako-chan."

He stroked her head as he enjoyed doing so often.

"Although... My body definitely isn't great right now. It's nothing major, but all of my limbs are rather sore."

'ALL of them,' he added silently to himself.

"Hisui, I'm probably going to have to take the rest of today's meals in bed."

"Yes, Shiki-sama."

"Well then, let's eat!"

And so they did, Miyako joining him for a breakfast in bed, while Hisui sat at a chair and ate from a bento box. After the meal, as Shiki had asked, Hisui brought both Souka and Kohaku to his room.

"Good morning, Shiki-san, Miyako-chan! I'm glad to see that you're
well!"

Kohaku said brightly as she entered.

"Hi... Shiki-san... Miyako..."

Souka muttered a little hesitantly as she followed behind. One of her hands was nervously scratching her head.

"Good morning, Kohaku-san, Souka...chan. Thank you for the delicious breakfast as always. Please, sit down."

Shiki tried to keep up a smile as he welcomed them to his room.

"So, I think I deserve at least an explanation for yesterday."

He stroked Miyako's head like that of a kitten as he spoke.

The schoolgirl and the elder maid looked at each other for a few seconds, considering a reply. Finally, Kohaku spoke.

"Well, to start at the beginning, I guess you'll remember that Hanepin told you that I was talking about you during our bath two nights ago."

Shiki nodded.

"And Hanepin was excited about it from the very beginning. That's why I invited her to the bath later that night. But Souka-san didn't seem quite as impressed. When I asked her about it, she told me that, while everything we did did sound exciting, she had her own ideas for how to spice things up."

"And that was to tie me up and rape me for hours while not letting me come?"

"Nnnn... Yes. Sort of. There was the whole no-speaking thing, too. Thought it would create a more surreal experience. But our plans hadn't been fully set. We were considering whether or not to tie up your penis like that, but when you complained about being tired earlier that night, I was worried that you might be done after only one of two loads. It was originally part of the idea that Souka-san had thought up-"

"Actually, I didn't think it up. I got it from my roommate. She tended to whisper things in her sleep."

"Hanei-chan!?"

Shiki looked at Souka unbelievingly. She shook her head.

"No, someone else."

"So anyway, it had been part of the plan, but we only decided to go through with it at the very last moment."

Kohaku jumped in before the conversation could go somewhere undesirable. For some reason, a chill ran up Shiki's spine.

"You mean you decided on it at the very last moment. I was worried for Shiki-san, so I told you to rethink it, but you just said it was okay, because you knew his body best."

"Is this true?"

Both Shiki and Souka were looking at Kohaku now, who looked back with a nervous smile.

"Yes... I guess it was my decision in the end... Sorry about that, Shiki-san. We're both sorry."

Souka nodded in agreement to the apology.

"But I didn't predict just what a strain it would have on your body to be tied up like that for hours. Oops."

Kohaku giggled.

"Well, this is just unacceptable. I'm very disappointed in you, Kohaku- san."

"Oh, come on!"

Kohaku was still smiling brightly, but her voice was taking on a more upset tone.

"We'll make it up to you! I know! If you want, you can tie us up like we did to you and do whatever you want!"

Souka's eyes widened at Kohaku's proposal, and she furiously shook her head at Shiki.

"No, Kohaku-san. I won't do that. In fact, I won't have sex with you. Ever again."

"What?"

Her smile was wiped cleanly off her face, replaced with a confused expression.

"The way you suggested your punishment tells me you don't really even consider it to be a punishment. So I figure this is a better choice."

"Wait, but- be reasona-"

A wave of his finger stopped her mouth in its tracks.

"In fact, none of the girls in this mansion is to have sex with you from now on. Hisui, make sure to get this information out to everyone. And remember, this rule applies doubly to you."

As Hisui nodded and expressed her assent, Kohaku could only stare dumbfoundedly, as if she had just been slapped in the face.

"And as for you, Souka-chan,"

Shiki turned his attention to the other wrongdoer.

"Since you are a guest and was led by Kohaku-san, I'm going to just give you a stern warning. I don't think I need to tell you that what you did was unacceptable and shouldn't be done again. But... If you're willing to try something in a situation that's more pleasant and consenting like your friend Hanei did, I'd be glad to oblige. I think a fresh start between us would be a good thing."

Shiki winked at her, smiling. Souka smiled back and just nodded. Looking at her partner in crime, she couldn't help but notice and grin at the incredulous look in the maid's face.

"Wait a minute, Shiki-san, Souka gets off scot-free!? This is totally unfair, Shiki-san! How come I have to... It was her idea! This is unfair! Don't you agree, Hisui-chan!?"

Her younger sister didn't respond, just deferring back to their master.

"Ah, but you're a servant of this household, Kohaku-san, and you've also lived here much longer than Souka-chan has, so you should have known better. She's a guest, she was on her first night here. Sure, it was her idea, but since you, the maid who's lived here for years, went along with it, she shouldn't be blamed for thinking it was okay."

"But- she- I-"

Kohaku was on the verge of tears, unable to create a coherent thought.

"That's enough. I need some rest. My body's still not back to full capacity thanks to you two. Hisui, why don't you let these two out? And make sure to deliver the message to everyone before coming back."

Hisui bowed and did as she had been instructed. She had to almost drag her older sister out of the room as she was still in a daze, unable to comprehend her sentence. Shiki couldn't suppress his smile as he watched.

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Well, I was planning a chapter where something like this happens for a while now. Glad I could get it done and over with. I always knew it would have Souka, but I wasn't sure whether or not to put Kohaku in on it. The ending of the last chapter kind of forced the issue, though. Unfortunately, she ends up being the one to pay for it. I'm planning on following up on that in the next chapter.

This one's only about 5000 words long, something I'm glad for. The sex scene, while long in time, isn't described fully beyond the first few acts, which accounts for the short length.

I wasn't sure how to write Souka as a character. Like Hanei, she's only ever appeared in one story. Well, she did appear in Kagetsu Tohya's main story for one scene. But she left a smaller impression than Hanei did to me. The main thing I thought was that she seems to be an unflappable, sarcastic sort of person. A character I'm not skilled enough to describe well. I arbitrarily decided that she wasn't a virgin - among the Asagami girls, she seems to be the least likely to be one, although, to be honest, in the main canon, she probably is one.

@Hell Kaizer: I've been considering doing something based on Fate/stay night, but a couple things have prevented me, which are that the complete visual novel still isn't translated, and that I didn't particularly enjoy the anime. I also haven't been able to come up with a scenario I really could be enthusiastic about. I dislike Archer, so he would have to be right out, which leaves just Shirou or maybe Issei as the main character. I'm not a fan of Rin either, and I don't know enough about Sakura's backstory to write about her. If you or anyone else has any ideas that you'd like to see written up, feel free to throw them out. I'll see if I like it.

As usual, any coments, complaints, questions, death threats can be directed to haruha.raharu(at)gmail.com.