Lord Top was strolling on the pavement outside the hall with a strawberry ice cream in hand. The breeze brought the scent of the hot spring. She squinted and was about to walk there when a shadow flashed by. Then the ice cream disappeared.
Randy took her ice cream and walked in front of her, muttering, "Why do you like such a girlish flavor?"
He continued a few steps forward, looked back and found that Lord Top seem to be going back. He unfolded the fan, and waved it by his handsome face in displeasure, "Why are still standing there? Don't you want the ice cream back?"
Lord Top hesitated but took a step forward. "Captain, I thought you wanted it."
Randy snorted, "This? Take it back." He handed it over but withdrew his hand halfway. He pointed at the hot spring, "I'll give it to you there."
"Why?" Lord Top slightly frowned. "I was going there anyway. Give it to me. It's melting."
Randy achieved his goal so he returned it to Lord Top.
His fingers were sticky with the ice cream. He lowered his head and sniffed: a cloying scent of strawberry remained there.
He took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands as he turned around to say something. But he froze.
Lord Top looked at him, confused, and asked, "What's wrong, Captain?"
Randy stared at her tongue licking the ice cream with mixed feelings and asked, "Why are you eating it in this way?"
His mind was flooded with weird thoughts.
'Is that how people eat ice cream?'
'Does everyone keep licking it like that?'
'Why is he licking so sensually? Am I too filthy?'
Lord Top paused, then opened her mouth slightly and sucked the top of the ice cream.
Randy couldn't move.
He was seduced. "Damn!" he whispered. He couldn't hold the fan stably, and pointed at Lord Top, trembling like a PD patient.
'Fuck!'
'What the hell?'
'Is he so horny? Why am I fucking erect watching a mate eating the ice cream? Damn!'
'And something wrong with this way?' Lord Top pondered, opened her mouth gently and bit on the top again with her fine white teeth.
"..."
Randy flushed and ran away.
Lord Top stood there, puzzled. After thinking for a while, she licked the ice cream again.
'Well, it still tastes better in my way.'
Randy frantically ran through the hot spring area, but he couldn't find Ferne. He ran into Janessa halfway, who asked him if he was chased by a dog as he was in such a hurry. He turned around gloomily and saw Armando come back with an ice cream.
'Fuck!'
He had a filthy mind as long as he saw an ice cream now.
Armando unintentionally hand him a strawberry ice cream and asked, "Do you want it?"
Randy: “... I wanna kill myself."
Armando: "What?"
Randy didn't even changed his clothes before tumbling into the hot spring. But before doing that, he still remembered to leave his fan, mobile phone and wallet on the shore. He leaned against the shore, staring at the two people not far away.
Armando walked to Janessa with the ice cream in his hand carefully, and gave it to her, "Your period is almost coming so just eat one."
Janessa said nothing.
She took a big bite on the chocolate ice cream, grabbed the strawberry one and jutted her chin triumphantly.
Armando looked down at the chocolate one. There was a big gap in it, and he could even recognize the shape of her teeth. He bent down and licked the gap very gently.
Janessa was stunned.
So was Randy.
As he was disgusted by Armando, a strange idea struck him that his blood froze in an instant.
Why did he feel disgusted at seeing Armando licking the ice cream but have an embarrassing reaction to Lord Top doing so.
Could it be that he...? He was only a gay to Lord Top?
'Damn'
'Really?'
Randy covered his mouth in shock. 'Fuck! I’m a gay?'
Eating the ice cream, Janessa nudged Armando and looked at Randy, who was putting his face in hands in terror from time to time in the hot spring. "What's wrong with him? He's not going to kill himself, is he?"
"I don't know." Armando glanced at him and didn't care.
"He's your friend, don't you care?" Janessa looked at him.
Armando stared at her and enunciated each word, "I don't care. I just wanna care about you."
Janessa was lost for words.
She took a deep breath, "Armando, be yourself please?"
"I'm quite myself now." Armando looked at her, reached out to wipe the cream off her mouth and ate it.
"..."
Janessa was speechless.
Randy looked at the couple from the hot spring and didn't want to say anything. Fortunately, he didn't commit suicide. If he really did that, the fair-weather friend Armando probably would only watch as he drowned.
There were a total of five large pools and three small ones. The big ones were female-only, male-only or shared. Three small pools were for one or two people. At the end of the area, there was a shower pool made of flagstones. At the top of there was a rectangle one. The waterfall ran onto it, gathered into a stream and washed the people below.
There were few people standing below them. After taking a shower, they put on their bathrobes and left.
Janessa picked up her camera and threw the wraps of ice creams into the trashcan-a huge stone lion. "Come on, let's go for the meal. We can come here and play games after that."
"Games?" Randy stopped trying to stand up.
Janessa glanced at his body in the hot spring, "Fun games."
Randy kept silent.
He had a premonition.
They gathered in the dining hall. It was a well-balanced and nutritious buffet with the famous specialties of Forest Hot Spring: the steamed marine bass, and the steamed fish head with soy sauce.
Ferne and Noah had just returned, wet with sweat. They took the plates and picked up food as they walked around. Soon, the plates were filled with two chicken drumsticks, two poached eggs, four prawns, three crispy meat pancakes, a serve of duck, and a few ribs. After placing the plate on the table, Ferne returned for three bowls of rice and a glass of red wine.
Randy was shocked.
He looked at the two sushi, half piece of bread and one poached egg in his plate, plus a glass of milk.
Instantly, he felt that his food was not delicious anymore.
People could take their seat at will. There were tables for four, as well as long tables to sit face to face. Janessa and Armando sat at the long table. Randy’s teammates also went there one after another. He did not go because the seat opposite Lord Top was empty.
Not until Wink took that seat did Randy react. 'Damn! I can't let these damn gays influence Lord Top.'
He picked up his plate at once and walked towards Wink. "Get up. I'll take your seat. "
Seeing him, Wink immediately took his plate and left without hesitation.
Everyone sat down and chatted cheerfully while eating.
Lord Top preferred not to talk during the meal. She just ate with her head down and nodded perfunctorily when someone spoke to her. Perhaps she didn't hear what they said but she would smile from time to time, perfunctorily but gently.
Randy was sitting opposite her, staring at her as if it was the first time he had known her.
After a while, Lord Top seemed to have finally noticed his sight. She raised her eyes and asked, "Captain, what's wrong?"