"No please, I've never worn a bikini before." I pleaded while looking uncertainly at my reflection in the fitting room mirror.
"Dana, don't be such a baby. Get it, you look terrific in it, trust me!" Stephanie, or just Stephie, my best friend from way back said. "In any case, you need something to give zest to your life. And I shall have no more of that bullshit. I won't have you wearing a boring one-piece swimsuit next to me in Phuket, alright?"
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"Alright, Dana?"
"Well, I still prefer..." I stopped in mid-sentence, remembering Stephie said that she didn't want to hear another word.
We lay side by side on straw beach mats on this beautiful beach in Phuket. The sun was burning fiercely in the cloudless sky. The lip-biting moment had come and gone when I lifted the oversized T-shirt above my head to unveil my bikini-clad body for the first time. That was achieved after I checked and rechecked that two thirds of the girls were also wearing bikinis and a handful of them even went topless! Shocking, to me that was just shocking! Now, our scantily clad bodies were glistening silvery under thick coats of sunscreen.
"Hey loosen up Dana, you look fabulous in this bikini."
"Easy for you to say that Stephie, with your body."
I blushed as I peered across at her 34C, possibly D, then down at my barely 33B boobs. True, at home behind the locked door of my bedroom I had checked myself over and over in the mirror. The silky tropical-print bikini looked kind of all right on me, accentuating the curves of my modest-sized breasts and the high-cut briefs showed off my perfectly flat stomach and very shapely legs, if I might say so myself. Although mine was not as skimpy as the drawstring type Stephie wore, I would still prefer a little bit more cover. After all, it was my first time.
"Nonsense! You just don't know how attractive you are, Dana. Remember at school, how the boys kept buzzing around you and even made rude jokes about what they wanted to do with you..."
"They were disgusting and that was years ago."
"Come on, what man doesn't lust for a slim 5'6" pretty chick with perky tits and endless supply of legs like you?"
"You're so gross, Stephie. I'm just a little over 5'5", skinny and not attractive at all. Otherwise..."
"Hey, don't be too harsh on yourself. Breaking up with that bastard of a boyfriend of yours is probably the best thing. He doesn't deserve you. Cheer up, Dana. We're here to have fun, remember?"
Although it had almost been a year, I still felt like having a good cry over my ex that heartless cheating bastard! It was a good job that I had my Bollé wraparound sunglasses that hid my pent-up emotions. I just nodded and lay prone beside my best friend, letting my lithe body get some sun.
"Tell you what, you don't want to get ugly tan line on your back. Let me unhook it for you."
Without asking for my permission, Stephie reached over and unsnapped the bikini top at my back. My heart thumped as I felt my breasts shaken loose. Quickly, I pressed my upper torso onto the beach mat to make sure that no body would see anything rude. Stephie took the opportunity to slip the straps off my shoulders.
"Hey! What're you doing?" In panicked and almost squealed.
"Come on, don't be such a baby!"
Then she untied her bikini top and pulled it away under her. And she just stuffed it inside her beach bag, momentarily flashing her round breasts to the people around us.
"Give me yours." she said and extended her open palm over.
I shook my head, absolutely petrified.
"Come on. Why can't you just do as I say for once? LOOSEN UP!"
I tried to protest but Stephie already grabbed it and began to pull. As I tried desperately to hide my naked bosom, she slipped away my bikini top under me. I felt the garment scrap roughly over my nipples, making them sore and taut. Then I watched in horror as it disappeared into her bag.
"Now, that's better." she said.
I tried pleading with her to give my top back but she would have none of that. Nervously, I pressed my chest a bit harder onto the beach mat, worried sick that some mishap might take place. Stephie and I lay prone for the next 15 minutes or so to get that tan-line-free suntan on our backs. By then, I already felt the scorching heat on my back and wished that Stephie would soon put an end to this.
"Ready for more?" Stephie asked.
I didn't know what she was talking about. Then I exclaimed "OMG!" as Stephie turned over to sun her naked breasts! I had known Stephie for as long as I could remember, but I just couldn't imagine her doing something so outrageous.
"Come on, your turn Dana."
I was horrified and kept shaking my head, as I pressed my chest firmly onto the beach mat. I even grabbed the mat with both hands, fearing that Stephie might do something stupid, like trying to turn me over. But she didn't.
"Well, suit yourself. But watch out for sunburn on your back." she said.
"Stephie, men are staring at them." I said in a hush voice trying not to point too rudely at her naked though magnificent breasts.
"What? Oh, that! Dana, we're thousands of miles away from home. These people don't know you and you know no body here. Have you ever sunbathed topless?"
I shook my head.
"Me neither. So what better place to try than doing it here?" she said.
"No thanks and I don't know what's got into your crazy little head Stephie."
The sun was really hurting my back now.
"Mmm... this feels great. Ooo... almost as good as sex!" Stephie said after a long while then added, "You really need to try this."
I looked at her and saw her bullet-hard nipples. They were so taut, like she was about to have an orgasm. At the same time, I saw a fluttering at the side of her ribcage.
"Yes, I believe you, but not for me." I said, pointing at her erect titties and had the satisfaction of seeing Stephie blush.
The hot sun was getting really unbearable. I thought that if I stayed like this any longer, I would get blisters over my back. Stephie suddenly reached for her bag to retrieve her bikini top.
"Give me a hand with this, will you?" she said.
I was just too glad that this was over. So, carefully not to expose myself, I helped Stephie retie the strings at her back.
"I'm Sooo Thirsty! Tell you what, I'm going to get a drink. Care to join me?" She said but suddenly grabbed her bag and ran away from our beach mats.
"Hey, what about my top?" I asked.
"Yeah, what about it?" Stephie said as she took another step away from me.
"Stephie!"
She stopped some five paces out of my reach and just stared down at me.
"Stephie, please!"
She didn't come back but merely jerked her head motioning me to follow her.
"Stephie, give me back my top!" I tried not to make too much noise, as I didn't want to draw attention to us.
"Dana, you can come with me or you can stay. But I think I shall go back to the hotel after getting that drink. So, if you want to lie here and roast your back then suit yourself. I shall come back for you tomorrow."
With a mischievous grin, Stephie turned and started walking away.
"Stephie, this is not funny!"
But she gave no sign of stopping.
I panicked. What should I do? I looked around. Not many people were paying us attention yet. But I knew that the moment I got up, all eyes would be on me! I felt my cheeks heating up.
Stephie turned and again jerked her head motioning me to join her. What choice did I have? Stephie's bag held all our things, most importantly my Bikini Top! Perhaps I could grab that bag and quickly put it back on before too many people saw me.
With an arm shielding my breasts, I half turned myself on the beach mat and was ready to pounce. But Stephie knew me too well and quickly put another 10 paces or so between us.
"Dana, if you do that then people will start wondering what was going on. Why don't you just put down your hands and walk calmly with me, like you've been doing this all your life? Be adventurous, Babe!" Again, she grinned.
I looked around sheepishly. Stephie's got a point. If I cupped or tried to shield my breasts then I would surely draw undue attention to me. But I if didn't, then all these people, all these men to be precise, would be catching an eyeful of... What should I do?
Stephie took another look at me then turned as though she was leaving. The longer I waited, the longer it would take to get my top back. Decision, decision!
With a hard bite on my lip, I lowered the arm from my breasts and pushed myself up from the beach mat.
OMG! From the corner of my eyes, I saw heads were turning and eyes were staring at my ivory white breasts that had never seen the living daylight before. Although it had just been a few seconds since I put my arm down, I was already shaking like a leaf. Nervously, I slipped on my flip-flop and tried to steer my shivering body towards Stephie. But that wicked bitch just kept walking away from me!
"Stephie! Stop, Stephie!" My voice was quivery and my head was spinning as I saw more and more heads turned to ogle at my breasts. "Stephie, I swear that I'll kill you."
However, that dirty bitch kept walking briskly away. The quicker I walked and tried catching up with her, the more wildly my small breasts jiggled on my naked torso. How I wished that I had kept my hair just that little bit longer, like when I was at school. Then I could pull it to cover my boobs. But how the hell would I know that crafty bitch would pull a stunt like this on me?
"Look, she's not wearing anything on top!" A little girl shouted in Cantonese just a little behind to my left and I felt my cheeks burning. So there were Chinese around, probably from Hong Kong.
"Don't shout. That's very impolite." A guy said in a quiet voice.
Then the unthinkable happened.