Author's Note: Submitted for the 2020 Nude Day contest. Enjoy, and please consider voting (assuming you don't live in the future). It's for a good-ish cause!
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Jade woke up to someone booping her nose. That someone was her roommate, Naomi. Naomi was naked.
"You're 'it'," Naomi said gleefully as soon as Jade had fluttered her eyes open.
Jade groaned. "You kidding me? It's so early."
"Game's started. You know that. Not my fault you're still sleeping."
"Your fault you got tagged though."
Naomi shrugged and brushed back her platinum blonde hair. "Kinda, I guess. Forgot it was today. And that it was gonna start on our floor. But, you know, lots of easy targets right now."
"So you pick me?"
"You were the very easiest."
Jade rolled her eyes, but smiled at the lazy logic of it. She swung her feet out of bed. "Alright, I've only got my top and panties. What do you want?"
"Hm... give me the cami."
"Bottomless, huh?"
"I'll probably get tagged again anyway."
"Probably," Jade agreed. "It's early yet."
Jade slipped easily out of her two articles of clothing. She handed her camisole to Naomi and left her panties on the floor.
"Gotta hit the bathroom naked now," Jade grumbled. "Thanks for that."
"Just gotta tag someone."
"Uh huh. They might be more alert than I am, though."
Naomi snorted. "You know better than that. Half of 'em won't have remembered any better than I did, and half'll still be asleep. Anyone else won't be moving quick yet anyway."
"I think your math's suspect, but sure."
Jade padded out of her room and down the hall to the bathroom. It wasn't busy, and there were only girls on the floor anyway. Mostly ones she knew. There was a thrill to making the walk naked, and a small nervousness, but it really wasn't any big thing. Not yet.
Which was probably just as well. Jade wasn't properly awake yet. She needed to get her brain running before she could deal with the day to come.
There actually was someone already in the bathroom when Jade opened the door. Gwen, an eighteen year old freshman, was at the sinks brushing her teeth, appearing to be just out of the shower.
Jade grinned. She didn't know Gwen all that well, but she suspected it might be fun to see what the shy, red-haired girl would do with being tagged. There was a very good chance it'd be her first game of naked tag, and she so far seemed totally oblivious to Jade sneaking up on her.
"You're 'it'," Jade declared, poking Gwen in the shoulder.
Gwen frowned in confusion, spat toothpaste into the sink, then looked at Jade's prodding finger before running up and down Jade's whole naked body.
"Um... what?"
"Tag," Jade said, poking her again.
"I don't... what?"
Jade stepped back, folding her arms as she leaned against the edge of the sinks' counter. Gwen was a little taller than her, which felt a bit weird, but she also had a bit of a sweet innocence to her that left no doubt Jade was the older and more experienced girl here.
"Has no one told you about naked tag?"
"... naked tag?"
"That's a no then, I take it."
Gwen was blushing now, having correctly guessed she was in the dark about something fairly relevant. Her eyes kept flicking to Jade's nude body, which Jade didn't mind. It was bound to happen, her not wearing any clothes and all. Gwen would hardly be the only one looking as the day went on.
And, really, Gwen was so adorable about it that Jade couldn't possibly have taken offense even under other circumstances.
Naomi walked in before Jade could start explaining things, still wearing only the camisole she'd stolen. Gwen's eyes darted over to the new bottomless girl, and she only flushed pinker.
"What's up?" Naomi asked. "You tag Gwen?"
"Yep," Jade said. "But no one told her about today, seems like."
"Oh. Whoops."
"Yeah."
"Best get into now, then. It's still early."
"Loads of time yet," Jade said with a nod.
"What are you talking about?" Gwen asked.
"Well... naked tag, right?" Jade began. "You know tag, obviously. Everyone does."
"It's like that, but whoever's 'it' has to be naked," Naomi said.
"Right. So Naomi got me already," Jade said, gesturing down at herself.
"And then she got you," Naomi added, pointing at Gwen. "Now you gotta take off your clothes."
Gwen squeaked in embarrassment. "I do?"
"Yep. Rules are rules. Jade gets to keep them all except one thing. Her choice. Hence me not getting her panties."
"It's a surprisingly dangerous time, early in the morning," Jade said. "Lots of us are only wearing, like, two things anyway."
Gwen glanced down at herself and her cami and pyjama bottoms. "I only am," she said quietly.
"Right," Jade agreed. "And that's actually kinda smart usually. Lotta people somehow think wearing lots of clothes is clever somehow. But you always lose everything when you're tagged anyway, so all you're doing is making yourself more of a target for someone who wants to get dressed again."
"Two things is actually ideal, in some ways," Naomi said. "Makes it less likely someone'll go for you. Another thing people think is clever is only wearing a sundress or something."
"But if someone's feeling spiteful, they might tag you anyway and deal with getting nothing out of it," Jade said. "All that means is then there's two people 'it'."
"How... how do you know who's it?" Gwen asked.
Jade and Naomi grinned at each other. "Anyone who's naked is 'it'," Jade said.
"Oh. Right."
"Later in the day, there can be lots of people."
"Right now, it's just you," Naomi said. "Only you haven't taken anything off yet."
Gwen hugged her arms around herself. "Do I have to?"
"Well... no. Technically. You could simply refuse," Jade said.
"But you'd be a party pooper," Naomi said.
"A spoilsport."
"A stick in the mud."
"And etcetera."
"Oh." Gwen struggled internally with the decision. "Is it just this in the dorm?"
"Nope. Everywhere," Jade said. "Except not in class, 'cause teachers'll get pissy."
"Still gotta wear whatever you have on when you go in," Naomi said. "However little that may be. But no tagging."
"Right. And elevators and stairs and such are safe as well. Just for safety and whatever."
"Dining hall's usually safe territory too. Just gets messy otherwise."
"Shoes and stuff aren't counted. Don't want anyone hurting themselves stepping on things."
"Any girl wearing something is fair game. Students only, obviously."
"Boys play their own game. Last year they were lame, but I've been assured they're stepping it up this time."
"They couldn't handle us making fun of how few of them lost their clothes last time."
Gwen's eyes were still wide and disbelieving. "I can't go outside... naked!"
"Well you'd best tag someone then," Jade said. "Half the girls on the floor are still asleep. It's easy pickings right now. Plus no tagbacks when you do get someone. That might go without saying."
"Good to clarify," Naomi said. "There was that kerfuffle last year."
"Mmhm."
Gwen was still weighing her options. "So if I just get someone now, then don't get tagged again...."
"You'd be all set," Jade finished for her. "And we'd all know you're alright."
"It can be very helpful socially," Naomi agreed.
"You wanna hang with the cools kids, don't you?"
Naomi rolled her eyes. "The cool kids don't call themselves the cool kids, Jade."
Jade grinned. "Can if I want."
Gwen took a deep breath and started pulling off her top. "I can do this."
"For sure you can," Jade said.
She and Naomi both had their attention firmly on Gwen as she slowly, nervously stripped. Gwen only noticed how they were staring when she started to pull her bottoms down.
"Don't look."
"Dude, you're gonna be naked," Naomi said.
"Plus it's just us," Jade said. "I mean... I'm already naked."
"True. I guess."
Gwen still didn't seem totally happy about being watched, but she was a good sport about it and obeyed the rules. Jade took her pyjama pants and stepped into them. They were a little long, but manageable.
Naomi had already wisely backed up and appeared ready to flee if Gwen went for her, but she only had a cami on anyway, and Gwen didn't really seem interested in getting zero clothes back for her efforts.