Ito Ai: A New Dawn - Chapter 106

“With the rain, we can not do much. I plan to go back to the bunker to gather our stuff once the rain ends.” Ai, leaned over and whispered into Mai’s ear. “Just put up with the lack of bras for now. I was in such a rush when I heard the machina wave that I didn’t bring anything with me. Sorry, Mai…”

Mai blushed slightly. She was not mad that Ai could not bring anything back and even if she did it would have been contaminated. “It’s fine. So what do you wish to do now then? Just stay here and wait it out?”

“I plan to take apart the machina’s with the beam weapons and create new weapons for us. I also want to see if I can turn the bigger beam weapons into a weapon that can fire faster. But I need to figure out how they work first. But Mai, I do have something you need to begin doing.” Ai said before turning to Eiji. “Eiji clean out your room and bring your things to my room and then clean my room while you are at it.”

Mai’s eyes opened wide and wanted to say something against this but she knew it would be pointless. She just gave Eiji a look of death without saying anything. Eiji, on the other hand, felt like he was suddenly being used as a maid but since Ai asked him to do it then he would do it. “Alright, should I wash the dirty clothes I find on the floor.”

“Mmm! Please do!” Ai said happily. She hated cleaning and doing laundry the most. It was nice having a sla…a dog…someone who was willing to do these things for her.

After Eiji left the room leaving only Mai and Ai. Ai moved her seat and sat next to Mai. “Mai, I know you are worried about something irreversible happening between Eiji and me. But I promise it won’t happen. I will not say I am not interested but I will not do those things until I know for sure we can handle everything that is thrown at us.”

“I know Ai. You are responsible. I know but you do tease him quite a bit. But it is good to see that you are trusting people more than before. At first, it was all about using people as shields but now you are using yourself as a shield to protect us.” Mai was happy to see this change in Ai. Ai’s eyes had light in them now. Something she did not have when she saw Ai that day at school.

“Mmm… You are right. I have changed and it is a good thing. But I must ask you to not let Eiji know how I feel about him or he may get cocky. Plus right now I need to push my feelings back as much as I can. I know I like him but before anything you are more important to me. I already told him this as well.” Ai said this causing Mai to sigh since she realized that Ai did not know her actions said otherwise. If she wanted to keep her feelings in check then she wouldn’t be having Eiji move into her room.

Although there was a lot wrong with Ai’s words, Mai simply agreed without saying anything.” Was that it?”

“No… And before I say what I am about to say, you must promise to let me finish. Can you do that?” Ai asked.

Mai suddenly had a bad feeling. Knowing Ai, whatever she was about to ask her was more than likely going to be very embarrassing. She let out a sigh and nodded her head. “I promise.”

“Starting today you will need to spend an hour each day with Shogo in your underwear. You were fine with it when we bathed together at the bunker because it was just family. But things are different now. There is no telling how long we will keep this base. Although I am doing everything I can to keep it, that does not mean things will always go as well as they have. At some point, we will be needing to bathe in groups again. You will need to get used to the men around you seeing you either nude or at the minimum in your underwear unless you wish to stink all the time. But that will just end up causing sickness and everything else. I am not saying strip down all at once.

“Start off with a long shirt, bra, and a pair of panties while making Shogo strip down to his boxers. He’s a man so he can do it. Get used to having Shogo seeing you in such a state and then slowly work your way down from there. I worry about you benign too shy. I am not asking you to do anything else or form a relationship with him. Just use him as a tool for training. Out of everyone, Shogo is the most timid and would never lay his hands on you. Which is why I had him follow you in the first place.” Ai explained.

Mai blushed and knew what Ai was saying was true. “Fine… you are right. I remember the bunker was really hot and we had to almost walk around naked during that storm. If it turned out to be a problem like that, then I guess the training will help. I will inform Shogo later. I am sure he will stare like the dirty dog he is.”

“Just stab his eyes out then!” Ai said with a laugh. The two girls chatted away catching up on things and Ai went over all the things that happened to Eiji and her in great detail.

They didn’t stop until Yoshi knocked on the door with Mio standing behind him. “Ai, I hate to bother you when you girls are catching up but what are we doing with this girl here?”

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