[Summer Contest Entry 2012] How hot can summer get?

“Cheeeeeee… Cheeeeeee… Cheeeeeee…”Cricked the Cicadas.

The air was hot, not even the fan could cool me down. Every time the fan faced my direction, a gust of warm air blew at me. The temperature was unbearable. Things people usually do in summer are normally related to the beach, swimsuits, dates, festivals and most importantly romance. I stared at my dead fireplace in irritation.

“Why can’t you be useful in summer???” I complained to the fireplace.

Shaken by the sudden influx of free time during the summer, I looked at my laptop and sighed. “With all the work I had, the time spent on recreational activities were gone since last Christmas. Well, until now that is.” I thought to myself. Being a Hentai Doujinshi writer has its down sides; tight deadlines and busy schedules were normal. No time to even fap. Things have become quiet after Erica left. I can still vividly remember that winter night. The moment I met her, alone at the playground, still wearing her nightwear. The night we spent together, the wave of ecstasy that I felt for the first time. My very, first time. Then she left after three weeks. Erica told me that she wanted to set things straight with her parents and wants to change her life. She told me that she is slowly getting over the sex crave after she found a job in the anime industry. I could not believe my ears at first, but it turns out that she is cosplaying as various characters for photography sessions. “Hope she is doing well.” I thought in my head.

I grabbed my laptop and keyed in my password. I went to the bookmarks toolbar and clicked on Fakku.net. The site that I will usually see my stories get uploaded, complete with pictures and all.

“I hope they still remember me… 73 NOTIFICATIONS!?!?!” I exclaimed, “Wow! That is a lot of notifications.”

I looked at the clock; it read “11:34”. I stretched and started to tediously sift through them as some of them were just questions asking where I was. Time went by and it took me a whole hour to clear all my notifications. Suddenly, I heard a rumble.

“Looks like it’s about time for lunch.” I told myself.

After closing the laptop, I stood up and headed for the fridge to see if there is anything I could whip up. Nothing, not even leftovers. I scratched my head. “It is way too hot outside for my liking, but I might go hungry…” I thought. I stood up and grabbed my wallet from the sofa’s armrest. I opened the door and a heat wave struck me. The scorching sun was bearing down everywhere. It felt as if the heat radiating from the pavement could melt my shoes in any second. The air was hot and dry, just like a desert. I began to have second thoughts. Even in the shade of my porch, I could feel the immense heat approaching me, making me sweat. I pushed aside the comfort of my much cooler home and started my journey to the nearest supermarket nearby. “I should hurry up and get there and back. The heat is killing me!” I declared in my head. I quickened the pace.

I checked the time. It was †˜1:50p.m.’ “It was a good thing that the sweet potatoes were at half price, I can have then as a side for lunch!” I said, looking into plastic bag,

I turned round the bend and saw a female college student walking towards me. Even though she wore a simple white blouse with a pink skirt to match topped with an average sun hat, some how she just stood out. I guess it was her cute and innocent face, or maybe it was her slender body. I could not think straight as something was bothering me. “She resembles someone…” I thought in my head. At that time, she started to stagger a bit. She swayed to her sides, almost falling. Something was suspicious. As we were nearing each other, I could see that her eyes were being forced to open. “Tired I guess?” I questioned in my head. After a few steps, I heard a †˜PLOP’ behind me. When I turned around, the girl was lying on her side on the ground. She must have fainted.

I ran to her and asked, “Are you alright miss?”

There was no reply. She just lay perfectly still. I hurriedly carried her and my groceries to my house. It was difficult was she was very hard to handle with limbs sprawling everywhere like jelly. By the time I got back, I was drenched with sweat. I dropped her onto my sofa and laid her down gently. When I stood up, I took another look at her up close. “Must be my imagination.” I thought, “Oh well, time to clean and cook.” I got up and left her on the sofa to cool off. Her vulnerable position was tempting, but I could not get rid of the feeling that she looks like somebody. I closed my eyes and looked away. “ Oh right! I should conceal my stack of DVDs, don’t want to have a repeat of that Christmas episode…” I immediately thought.

After a nice cooling shower, I stood in front of the stove, thinking of what to cook. “Damn, I need to cater to 2 people now, it has been an hour since she fainted. Her body temperature is going down, so she might wake up any moment soon.” I processed in my head. I rolled up my sleeves and began to cook.

“Some eggs… rice…” I mumbled to myself.

“Excuse me?” I heard a voice all out behind me.

I turned around while I was still frying, “Oh! You’re finally awake. I bet you must be hungry since you missed lunch.”

“Thank you for your kind concern but I will be leaving now. Thanks for your care!” She said and bowed.

“Hold on a minute! You are still in the middle of recovering. You can’t just walk out into the sun again.” I replied.
“Well if that’s the case, I will ask my sister to pick me up from here then.” She answered back.

I continued to cook as she sat on the sofa, a little uneasy. “It must be because she is alone with a man in a house.” I thought to myself, “I must be careful not to scare her. She might panic and faint again.” Minutes went by and I was finished cooking. I transferred the fried rice onto two plates and carried them to the sofa.

“Here, eat up.” I told her and handed her the plate with cutlery.

I could tell she wanted to say no but her stomach beat her to it and growled. Embarrassed, she lowered her head and took the plate. Awkward silence started to fill the house. Just as I was about to break the ice, the doorbell rang.

“I’ll get it.” I said.

I went to open the door. To my surprise, it was Erica.

“What are you doing here?!?!” I shouted in surprise.

She smiled and said, “Thank you so much for taking care of my younger sister.”

“Sis!” The girl called out from behind me.

I stood there, in a daze. “No wonder she looked so familiar” I gasped in my head. I could not think straight. I was just in utter shock that the girl would be Erica’s younger sister.

“What is wrong, Mr. Hentai writer?” Erica teased, “Speechless?”

“Um… no I’m just amazed at how small the world is. Why was she here anyways?” I asked.

“Her friends live in one of the houses here. She normally takes another route though.” Erica replied.

I continued to ask questions about how she has been and told her about all the busy schedules I have. We talked over a cup of iced lemon tea at the sofa. I could tell her younger sister was eager to leave by the way she is shuffling around on the sofa and looking around the room.

“Oh! Look at the time. Its already half-past six! Wow we talked a lot.” Erica exclaimed.

“We finished two bottles of iced lemon tea too. It was nice seeing you again!” I replied.
“Same here. I might drop by to have a chat again if I have the time.” She told me, smiling, “Let’s go Vanessa.”

I smiled in return. I followed them to the door and was ready to say my farewells when Erica came near to me. She held me close and whispered into my ear, “One of these days I will be visiting you together with my younger sister. We are going to have so… much… fun…” She giggled. They left soon after.

The next day, the doorbell rang. “Who could it be?” I thought, as I opened the door. It was Erica, standing proud, and Vanessa, hiding behind.

“How hot can summer get?”