Celebrations

Later, they heard a knock on the door. It was ajar and swung open, and Mona stuck her head in, saying, “Kari–“. She looked on surprised as the girls looked back, Kari blushing and Jessie beaming. She gathered her wits and said, “They have a great restaurant here and the concierge is giving us a complimentary brunch to congratulate you on your win. It starts in a couple hours.”

They got up and Jessie went to her room to dress. Mona motioned to the bar and said to Kari, “David was kind enough to leave you one more skirt on the bar and a set of kupe’e and a lei po’o in the mini-fridge.”

Kari tied the skirt around her and started putting on the kupe’e, thinking how nice it felt to be getting dressed again. Then she laughed at herself, looking down at her bare tits and very short skirt, that this now felt like getting fully dressed. But after spending the last 3 days naked, it did.

They all packed their bags, so they’d be ready for the ride to the airport after the Bronzée Solaire photo shoot.

A little later Kari heard a knock at the door and opened it. The concierge stepped in and looked in amazement at Kari in her traditional garb. “Kari, you’re gorgeous! You look like a princess!”

Kari blushed and thanked her. The concierge stepped out into the hall. Kari hesitated, forcing herself to step out. She knew she was going against social norms and baring a lot more of her body than most people expected. She was almost used to the physical feeling of being topless in public, but she knew people must be judging her. Her nipples got erect and she felt a little tingle between her thighs, which made her wonder how she could be horny again so soon.

She and her friends followed the concierge through the halls of the posh motel. They arrived at the restaurant, going through two ornate glass and metal doors. The concierge approached the maitre d’ and introduced them. “This is Kari Kaimana, who won the surf tournament yesterday, and her team. We are giving them a complimentary meal for brunch.”

He looked Kari up and down, and then quipped, “Well, I usually say ‘No shirt, no shoes, no service’, but this time I’m going to make an exception.”

The concierge turned to the women and rolled her eyes at his ‘dad joke’, and then brought the group into the restaurant to a central table. Kari was ready to sit when the concierge announced, “Everyone, this is Kari Kaimana, the winner of yesterday’s surf tournament. She is here wearing traditional Hawaiian dress to honor her ancestors. Please giver her a round of applause.”

Kari blushed and wanted to disappear as they applauded. She could see some of them looking pleasantly surprised at her partial nudity, and others frowning.

A waiter came by with a tray of drinks. “Mimosa?”

Kari asked, “What’s in a Mimosa?”

“Champagne and orange juice.”

She waved it away. “No alcohol for me, thanks. Don’t want a repeat of last night.”

The food was served buffet-style in the center of the room. Kari walked with the other two to get a plate, and noticed stares all the way. The food looked wonderful, with an emphasis on local seafood. She took crab cakes, mahi mahi, and a few pieces of sushi as they moved down the line. The man to her left apparently hadn’t noticed he was standing next to a topless woman, until as he was getting a spoonful of salad dressing, he glanced her way. He was so surprised he dropped the spoon, which bounced off the buffet and sent a blob of dressing right onto Kari’s left nipple.

He saw it land and said, “Oh, I’m so sorry,” as he reached toward her breast with a napkin.

Kari held up her hand and said, “That’s alright! I’ve got it.” She scooped up the blob with a finger and licked it.

The rest of the meal was tolerable for Kari, since she could spend it sitting and only felt disdainful stares and lustful leers from the surrounding tables and not the whole room. Soon after the concierge came for them, letting them know a limousine was waiting outside for them.

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Kari stepped out of the limo in front of the B.S. Internationale office, grateful to be at least partially dressed this time. Janine came down the stairs to meet her, and fawned over her outfit. She led the women into the building and everyone she passed had the same reaction. They took an elevator up two floors and stepped out. The wall on their left was all offices, but the right was a glass-walled room filled with photography equipment and lights.

Kari entered and was immediately surrounded by the studio staff, all complimenting her and saying how amazing she looked. Kari started to feel a little claustrophobic. Fortunately, Boulanger stepped up and they parted. He held both her hands and looked at her appreciatively. “You are a vision of beauty,” and then looked to his staff and said, “Won’t she look wonderful in all our ad media?” They all cheered and clapped.

He broke them up by saying, “Well, let’s all make that happen.”

Kari was whisked over to a corner where she was put in a chair for makeup and hair. A young woman gestured at her lei po’o and said, “Can you take off your, uh, crown thingy?”

Kari smiled and said sure as she did. Another woman was approaching as the other said, “Now I’m just going to put something in your hair to give a bit more body, and Gina here is going to do your makeup.”

Kari relaxed into the chair. When Gina was finished, she called for one of the photographers. She grabbed something from her kit and said, “This is lip gloss. I’d like to do an experiment, to see how this looks on-camera on your nipple. Is that okay?”

Kari raised an eyebrow but said okay. As she applied it her areola shrunk and nipple got erect.

Gina said, “Mike, how does it look?”

He looked through his camera and said, “It catches the light a little better. Try it on both.”

Gina did and Mike snapped the photo. He left to show others across the room, and then gave her a thumbs-up.

Gina said, “I’ll have to reapply this from time to time, but they like the effect.”

Another woman approached holding something that looked like a small vacuum cleaner. She showed it to Kari and said, “This is a steamer. It looks like your skirt got a little wrinkled on the car ride over. Do mind if I use this on them?”

She nodded, and the woman looked a bit sheepish. “Do you mind taking it off and holding it for me?”

Kari wasn’t eager to, but did so, as a blush spread out over her body. As she turned it around, the other woman looked down and said, “Oh, you’ve got a little bit of bush. The art director won’t like that.”

Kari quickly put her skirt back on as a short man walking briskly over to her and introduced himself as the art director. “We have a lot of markets we sell in, and they all have different limits as to nudity. We’re going to take some shots as you’re dressed, but with your arm or our products blocking your breasts. Then with a full view of them, and then a set of you nude, from the side and then front.

“Now you’ve been surfing nude so I assume you won’t have any problem with the nudity.”

Kari wanted to say ‘Yes!’ but shook her head no.

She spent the next hour posing with bottles and jars of sunblock, moisturizer, and other lotions, holding them all so her bare breasts were strategically blocked. Kari tried to pretend she was a presenter on “The Price Is Right” to stay in the right frame of mind. They repeated the process showing her bare breasts.

The photographer stopped and said, “I have an idea for a great shot.” He approached Kari and had her cross her arms under her breasts, which pushed them slightly together, and bend her wrists so her breasts were framed by the green and white kupe’e. He took a bottle of their best-selling sunblock and placed it between her breasts resting on her arms. He stepped back a bit and said, “Perfect. Let’s get a fan blowing her hair a bit. Hey Gina, can we get some lip gloss on her nipples again?”

Gina obliged and he looked through the camera. “Wonderful. Not only does it make them catch the light, but they get erect, so it looks like she’s sexually aroused.” Kari blushed as he continued, “It’s subliminal, but people respond to it.”

He took a lot of pictures and was very pleased with his work. One of his co-workers said, “Hey if the lip gloss works so well on her nipples, for the full nudes should we use some on her pussy.”

The photographer considered it, and Kari cocked her head and looked at the guy who suggested it, thinking ‘I don’t believe he just said that.‘ The photographer said, “No, that just seems too…over the top. The erect nipples are more subtle.”

The art director yelled from across the room, “Okay, time to lose the skirt.”

Kari took a deep breath and untied the knot. Someone took it from her, as she tried to act nonchalant, putting her hands on her hips and smiling slightly.

Nobody told her how to pose or gave her anything to hold. The photographer was taking a few pictures of her, and then shared them with the art director. He was frowning a bit and said, “Sorry, the pubic hair has to go. Gina, can you help with that?”

As Gina led her over to the makeup station, Kari was upset that no one asked her if she wanted that. Gina sat her down and dabbed a small spot of gel on the back of Kari’s hand and rubbed it into a foam.

Kari asked, “What’s that?”

“A depilatory. I need to make sure you’re not allergic before I use it.” She could see Kari was upset. “It’s not permanent, okay? It’ll grow back in about 5 days.”

She knelt down and placed her gloved hands on Kari’s knees. “Um, I hope you don’t mind, but I should probably check for any stray hairs. Those HD cameras pick up every detail.”

Kari gasped and blushed as Gina pushed her knees far apart and studied her pussy closely. She thought, ‘Every time I think this can’t get any worse, it does!‘ Gina felt her gaze and looked up, saying apologetically. “We usually do this in a much more private place, but the guys are impatient.”

Gina finished said, “Could you stand up and turn around?”

Kari looked at her quizzically, but complied. “And could you bend over the chair?”

Kari could not believe it was happening, but wanted to get it over with. She felt Gina’s gloved hands on her ass as Gina said, “Pardon my touch,” and spread her ass cheeks. After what seemed like too long a time, she released them and stood.

She had Kari sit and lay back in the chair. She spread Kari’s knees and knelt between them, squeezing out a bit of the gel into her hand. She wiped on Kari’s bush and started to work it into a lather. Once it was foaming, she stepped back and said, “Okay, now stay like that for the next 10 minutes, and I’ll be back to wipe it off.”

Kari sat, knees spread and incredulous that she had to sit that way for 10 minutes. She told herself these people were professionals and nobody was looking at her. Which was true. Most of them were gathered around a table with a laptop on it looking at the photos they already had, displayed on an HD monitor on the wall. Kari admired them & liked how they made her look a bit like a movie star.

Gina returned with a warm wet cloth, knelt between her knees again, and wiped off the foam and all of Kari’s pubes.

Gina said, “Ah, that’s what I thought,” and pointed at the desk beside Kari. “Could you hand me that tray?”

Gina continued as she mixed pigments, “The skin under your little bush is a bit lighter than the rest. The cameras will pick that up. I have to match your skin-tone.”

After she was finished, Kari glanced down, and muttered, “Yup, I knew it.” Without her small patch of pubes, it looked like she actually wanted everyone to see her pussy.

They called her back over for more photos. The photographer said, “With the greenery or without?”

The art director squinted a while, and said “First with and then without.”

The photographer looked through his camera. “Wow, the greenery actually emphasizes how naked she is. This is gonna look great.”

They had her pose with all the products and took side shots, and then repeated the process with frontal shots. Then she took off the kupe’e and the lei po’o, and they did the whole sequence all over again. Kari thought, ‘This is as grueling as a tournament, without all the excitement and fun.‘

Finally, Boulanger returned with Mona and Jessie in tow, saying it was time to wrap up because the women had a plane to catch. As Kari dressed, he told them, “My limousine will take you by your hotel to grab your bags, and then on to the airport.”

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Later, on the plane back home, Jessie and Kari were sitting together with Mona a seat behind them. The new couple were whispering and laughing. Kari kissed Jessie, which aroused them both. They started making out more seriously, until Jessie glanced at the guy across the aisle from them. He had been looking at his tablet, but saw them and was staring. Jessie cleared her throat and looked straight at him. Kari looked over as he glanced away.

Kari felt a little pang of guilt and confessed to Jessie, “Jess, I should probably tell you, Geoff and I made love in the shower that first night…

“I know. Did you think you were keeping it secret?”

“Um, yeah.”

“Seriously, you two walking away from the bathroom smiling while Geoff was tying his clothes back on? And you stealing away to give him a goodbye kiss? We already knew.”

“Really?”

Jessie laughed and said, “Hey, if you hadn’t snagged him then, Mona and I were gonna have to start fighting over him.”

Kari tentatively said, “It was just that one time, but…I think he’s serious…and I really like him, too…”

Jessie smiled, “Baby, if you want to explore a relationship with him, please do. Just don’t let it affect our relationship.”

“You’d be okay with that?”

“Yes. But you have to tell him about us.”

“I will.”

Jessie smiled sweetly and said, “You can have a boyfriend, just as long as I’m your only girlfriend.” She added, “You know how you can tell if he’s right for you?”

“How?”

Jessie winked at her and said, “If you tell him you’re bisexual and have a girlfriend and he doesn’t ask about a threesome…”

They kissed and then cuddled and drifted off to sleep.

An hour later, Kari stirred and woke up. Something was bothering her, constricting her breathing. She looked down and realized it was her bra. It felt odd earlier, putting it on and thinking that it was the first time in three days her breasts had been covered, or for that matter since she had worn panties either.

She decided it had to come off. She sleepily leaned forward and reached around and twisted the hook and felt instantly better. She reached in the right sleeve of her T-shirt, and pulled the strap out far enough to get it over her elbow, and then reached into her left sleeve and pulled the bra out. It was only then that she saw the guy across the aisle staring wide-eyed at her.

He blushed and whispered, “Miss, I’m sorry for staring. I was just mesmerized. It’s my favorite magic trick.”

That made Kari smile slightly, which encouraged him. He flashed her a goofy smile and said, “In fact, can you do it again?”

Kari chuckled and said, “No, but here’s a souvenir,” as she threw it over to him. She breathed deeply and snuggled back against her girlfriend to sleep.