Teenage virgins

Romance and sex questions

The Virgins

By Akiko Tanaka*

Sachiko and Kaneko, both sixteen, on vacation with Sachiko's parents, were sitting together on a pier watching clouds gather at sunset. The sun was at their backs. Darkness was settling on the eastern horizon. It was a muggy mid-August evening. The Sea of Japan was calm, rippling in small waves on the shoreline with its regular beat. The girls sat with their legs dangling over the sea. They both smelled of dried salt water and an inexpensive floral concoction mixed with tanning oil. A portable CD player they shared provided background music, churning out the Best of En Vogue. They turned to face each other, repeating yet again what had become their summer's assessment of the situation: "So freakin' boring here." Sachiko began laughing quietly. Kaneko, as if bound by duty, asked, "yeah, and what's so funny?" "Y'know Kane, it's that stupid Hiroshi: he never gets past petting me. Keeps coming up with excuses and I'm just left there in the end tugging away on him like a puppy on a stiff leash. Really sucks. And it's getting old. Being with Hiroshi is getting lame. Beginning to wish I had met a seventeen or eighteen year old guy..." Kaneko was at a loss.

This whole episode with her friend and Hiroshi hadn't turned out as planned. And Kaneko was in pretty much the same boat with her guy. Both girls had thought for sure this would be their summer to lose their virgin status- in order that they could compare notes and move on to their junior year in High School perhaps slightly ahead of the pack. Sachiko and Kaneko had been moved ahead one year in school because of academic achievement; but both had become disappointed with the prospect of returning to 11th grade without the information about males they were seeking.

They got up together and began walking back to the resort. The sand had cooled down, so they left the pathway. It was a bit faster getting back this way. Both stopped in unison to put on cotton wrap skirts before going inside. After reporting "back and safe" to Sachiko's parents in room 214A they went to their room, 214B, adjoining with a door never opened, and made ready to wash up for dinner. Their room had been done up by housecleaning. Fresh towels, soaps and shampoos awaited. Sachiko and Kaneko took for granted the daily re-birth of the room. They had gotten used to the luxury of leaving it trashed each morning. Clicking on the TV, Sachiko began to undress as Kaneko closed up the curtains and the room darkened. Sachiko flipped through channels with the remote, raised her arms high to flex and stretch, and examined her firm, sixteen-year-old's breasts using the dressing mirror. She was wondering what to wear after her shower. The wardrobe was full and everything inside was laundered. Kaneko was visible in the reflected image, standing behind Sachiko, slipping out of her brightly striped bikini. "Feeling yourself up again? …and no hogging the mirror. I'm as sexy as you... and my ass looks better too..." "Like hell you are…" and the two started wrestling. Sachiko's parents in the next room overheard the laughter and squeals. They assumed that their daughter and her best friend were having some kind of "kid's fun." But as things would have it Sachiko and Kaneko were actually experimenting with each other's tolerance for wrestling… both as a physical struggle of strength and a desire to know and be known. And it was for this reason that the laughter, squealing and wrestling came to an abrupt end. Looking into each other's eyes they were admitting the truth without speaking. A knock at the door accompanied by Sachiko's mother calling them to get ready soon brought the two girls back to where it had all begun. They entered the five-star bathroom and showered together in a luxurious space. Steam filled the air.

Dinner proceeded according to the established routine. Sachiko's Dad ordered for everyone. The meal came with a bottle of good Riesling. The girls were allowed a glass each, diluted with seltzer to make a spritzer. By now the waitresses had it all down pat, (having been given generous tips time and again). So as not to arouse undue curiosity from other guests, the girls' wine came in tall glasses with ice. It gave Sachiko and Kaneko just the perfect amount of stimulation to create a charming account of their days' activities, replete with colorful garnishing. Sachiko's father was disinterested enough to accept the accounts without much thought or commentary. Sachiko's Mom showed much more interest, and as she made mental notes of minor inconsistencies. Her suspicions acquired greater credibility each day. She had been sixteen at one time. And she suspected the two girls were disguising the complete truth. She was not overly concerned however. She left Sachiko and Kaneko under the impression that they had been given a separate room out of a respect for their privacy as maturing young adults. The actual reason was that each night, and as often as possible, Sachiko's parents were engaged in the business of creating another child.

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*About the author

Akiko Tanaka is a graduate of a university in New York state. She has earned two bachelor degrees; one in Social Anthropology, and a second in Russian Language and Literature. She was born in Honolulu, and grew up with her Japanese mother. She enjoys writing and digitally playing with images. She invites you to write to her at alicia6970@msn.com

Editor's note: Some passages have been edited for content to make it appropriate for all ages.