He then pulled the tattered remnants of my skirt over my nakedness. But there was no need. Modesty and shame had become only words to me. Achingly sma...l, and weak, and meaningless words. Laughter and guttural jests in the other rooms of my home were punctuated by the crash of breaking furniture and glass. But here it was quiet. My eyes still fixed on the wall, I waited. Moments passed and the quiet endured. When finally I turned, the soldier was still on his knees by my bed, his face buried in. Although I was eighteen, this was the first time (apart from my mother’s) that I had seen this most private of female places.“Be an angel and fetch me a glass of water, would you Nicholas? I’m parched. And then come and sit beside me.”I did as instructed and drew up a chair.“Would you like to stroke my pussy?” she whispered after draining the glass. “It’s quite safe; Ned won’t be home for hours.” I froze in my seat, unable to speak or move.“Here, let me help you.” She reached across and took my. Akihisa was puzzled but not troubled yet when he turned on theapartment television set.He began to eat a late breakfast as a TBS variety show was just comingto an end.During the commercial break, a news brief was given. Akihisa's eyesalmost popped out of his head when he heard the second local news item."An American woman was shot in Yokohama last night. More details at 5p.m."Momoko Uno had a computer in her apartment. Akihisa immediately turnedit on. As the machine warmed up, he scrambled to. “Umm, would we change formation? If not, I’m not certain.”“We would.”She nodded, saying, “We would switch back to our regular formation. Rhee would trade places with Beth, I would go in for Heather, and any starters not on the pitch would go back in.”“Correct. For however long our season lasts, that will be how we do full D. There may be the occasional replacement of Jess or Jules. However, after today, we’re essentially done after our first loss, so we’ll be using starters for all positions.