Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 14:20:00 +0000 From: Andrew Passey Subject: Things have really changed Part 3 (Young Friends) By the end of the first week Ryo was now better and came to my room Friday evening to explain things about the school. Our class group of 10 was also off into the outdoors on the Saturday to do some hiking which sounded fun. Although it was January so freezing cold and snowy. Still, the snow would give everything a picturesque feel and hopefully lift my spirits. Ryo explained some of the things I didn't understand about the school and it's culture and I started to get a grasp on things. Classes were more formal than I was used to and Ryo said that outside of class it was easy to relax and hang around with friends, but inside class it was expected we would focus on lessons, hence not really talking to any of my class mates. He was good fun and we got on well and we chatted for ages. He outlined the plan for Saturday and it sounded like we would be doing a walk through the woods to see the snow monkeys which sounded exciting and then bathe afterwards in an Onsen resort nearby where the monkeys sometimes came to play. This sounded fun and I soon perked up. "Well good job I brought my swimming shorts!" I said with a grin. "I doubt you'll be needing those, the teacher only lets us swim in trunks in the pool" Ryo told me seriously. "I don't have any trunks" "I can sort that out for you, they sell them at the shop, we can go and get you some after this. You'll only need them for swimming class on Sunday afternoon though, at the Onsen you'll be naked" "Er what?!" I said in surprise. Ryo explained the whole process, we'd all be naked in a hot bath after having cleaned and washed ourselves thoroughly before getting in the water. "What so we have to be naked together?!" I said in shock. "Yes but we are all boys there, no girls at this one. Surely you have been naked with boys at home?", Ryo asked. "Well yes but that's with friends when we're doing stuff together, sorry I mean yes at swimming and sometimes football yeah. But being in a big bath with lots of naked boys, no I haven't". Shit. Had I just outed that I did stuff with boys? Ryo seemed not to notice. "It's a big part of our culture. We Japanese are not a demonstrative people and we have quite a formal culture. The whole Onsen experience was to allow older and younger men to talk without the societal boundaries. We're naked together, you can't break down more barriers than that! Don't worry I will guide you through it, it's simple once you get the hang of it but you don't want to get things wrong" he told me with a smile. "Thanks but being naked in front of other boys, I have to say it sounds scary" We kept chatting for a while. Ryo was a really nice boy and although I felt really guilty about thinking this....he was cute. He had jet black hair, styled, with quite high cheekbones and a really handsome face. Although I knew it was unlikely much would happen, the Japanese were still very funny about gay stuff from what I understood. I guessed if I wanted to get any action I'd have to go more international but so soon after Marlowe it wasn't at the top of my mind. "Ok Sam, why don't we go and sort out swimming trunks for you for Sunday so it's not a rush when we get back". he suggested, I agreed and he led the way to a small shop. It was unmanned and he explained anything you bought was scanned automatically and added to your school charge account. "The teacher is pretty strict on how your trunks fit so I'll give you a hand" he said as he looked at the trunks wth me. "How big are you?" he asked. "Er, dunno exactly, 5 ft 6?" I guessed. He giggled, "Not height, how big are you in your pants. Your dick? The teacher goes crazy if he can see your dick head poking up, so need to be big enough trunks so you can have it all smoothed down" I blushed, blimey this was a little unexpected. "ah right. Well I don't know exactly, maybe 3 inches, maybe more?" "Hmm ok well I'll get a couple of sizes" he said picking up a few different pairs and sizes. He led the way into a cubicle, "Ok try these on" he said giving me a few to try on. "Er here? In front of you?" I squeaked in surprise. "Yes so I can help you, it's not like I won't see you naked at the onsen, this might help you be more relaxed tomorrow. Anyway I need to make sure they fit" He said. Feeling a bit embarrassed about it I unbuckled my trousers and dropped my pants. "Ok I'd say definitely a bit over 3 inches, try this pair on." He said, I pulled them up quickly and he checked them out. "They look fine, how do they feel" he asked as stuck his hand in to check how tight they were at the back. I could feel myself staring to harden slightly and I blushed and said they were ok. I quickly dropped them and put my pants and trousers back on, hoping Ryo hadn't noticed. We scanned the trunks using my pass and walked back to my room. "You don't need to be embarrassed about getting hard back there, it happens to all of us. We're teenage boys and our hormones are out of control!" Ryo told me when we got back to the room. I went a bit red still embarrassed but just nodded. "I'm sure you can imagine it's particularly tough here, no girls, just boys, all thrown together with their hormones. The sexual frustration used to drive boys insane!" Ryo said, then stood up and shut my door. "However, luckily the boys of Fujisan have a solution!" he said wmiling at me. I looked athim in surprise wondering what was going to happen next...