Chapter 16: Swimming bath

“Wipe out your drool” said Alejandro with a sly smile. “You’ve already seen me in my undies today Shannon, you won’t see me naked too…”

“Don’t be like that” said the MAJOR, engulfing a monstrous amount of quinoa and meat in one go. “Itch foou on goo.”

“Jesus! Don’t speak with your mouth full! What are you, a four year old? I’ve no idea what you just said!”

"I said…” replied Shannon after gulping down her food. “that it’s for your own good.”

“How the hell learning to swim would be good for me? I never go to the sea or the pool!”

“Well, there is a lot of water near the Crescent City you know? When… I mean if you join me there, we’re bound to go to the sea and the swimming pools. Heck, I want my future house to have a huge ass pool, even for me! But isn’t that unfair anyway that you can’t go to swim with friends and family? I mean, Minors are able to swim, obviously, but I don’t think that most of you guys actually know how, because most MAJORS bonded with you guys are afraid for you when they go to the pool and sea. If you’re able to learn how to swim, then it will be proof enough for others to teach it to their… I mean, the Minors they are bonded with, don’t you think?”

Alejandro looked at Shannon’s face, gawking for a second. She played me! he realized. I went for it, bait, hook and sinker, like a moron! I’ve given her the perfect approach to beat me at my own game. Well played lady! He had no real way to back out of it, except saying that he didn’t want to share a bath with her… which would have been a lie, and that he was afraid of swimming, which would have been the truth. Since his mind was so heavily closed to outside influences, he was quite sure he would be able to hide his true reasons; Shannon wouldn’t have been able to pick up his lies. But he hated the idea to hide his fear that way. He hated being afraid anyway, so now that he had been trapped, he had to accept it.

“Don’t tell me that you’re afraid?” asked Shannon, as if she was able to read his mind despite his certainties. “I swear you won’t be in danger, ever!”

“I’m not afraid”, snapped the Minor, before calming down. “Sorry, it’s just that… I don’t really like the idea of swimming, that’s all. And this morning’s shooting was supposed to be safe too, may I add.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be a lot more careful this time! I’ll make sure you won’t drown or anything, we can even put conditions on it if you want” proposed the MAJOR teenager.

“Fine… then I’ll come in after your bath. I’m not learning to swim in bath foam, or perfumed water, or whatever you do in a bath. And I won’t swim over your body. You’re out of the water and watching over me the whole time. Are we clear?” Shannon looked a little taken aback, but she managed to put back her smile rather quickly.

“Of course… don’t worry, I’ll try to not take too much time washing myself, even if I’ve a lot of ground to cover” she replied coyly, pointing at her curves with her free hand.

“No kidding…” mumbled the Minor under his breath.

Alejandro had to admit that to stand so close to her while she was eating was quite spectacular. Even seated far below the table’s top where he himself was sitting, her head was at least a meter and a half above his. She was probably near five meters tall already, from what he got, and he wondered if she had stopped growing. Directly to his left, the monstrous mass of her breasts was resting, a mighty mountain now only contained by her shirt. It was rather terrifying to realize that each of those monstrous globes weighted roughly three and a half more than his whole body. His measly 70kg (154lbs) sounded incredibly puny compared to it. If she wanted to do anything to him, he wouldn’t have been able to resist, in any way, shape or form. How they could be so heavy, he didn’t really know, but his Mom had explained to him that MAJORS had a higher density of everything in their bodies, from muscles to nerve and, obviously, fat.

The Minor returned to his food. It was good, if spicy. Alejandro’s mother being Mexican, the family was quite used to spicy food, but his Mom usually prepared his meals in a separate plate to avoid mixing the natural spices with the genetically modified to please MAJOR’s palates, except for important occasions, like Dia de los Muertos or the diner from a day ago. This time, he could feel his tongue tingling with the strength of one of those modified condiment. Still, the food was delicious. He sighed a little. Couldn’t she be bad at one thing? Seriously, that’s what so frustrating when dealing with MAJORS. You think they’ll have at least one thing they’ll be incredibly crappy at, and they keep proving you wrong.

“Is the food not to your liking?” asked Shannon, suddenly a little worried, and the Minor realized he had probably frowned at his plate. “I’m not used to cook quinoa… I’m more of a French fries, huge burgers and sauces girl” she said deridingly. “That’s one of the reason I’ve not the typical body for a MAJOR woman” she added, winking at him while shaking her breasts a little.

“Yeah… now that I know that you’ve genetic mutations to explain your size and all, I get it a little better, but I guess you do like junk food all right. Most MAJORS really need to get out of their way to get tights like yours…”

“What do you mean by that, exactly” inquired the gigantic woman, squinting her eyes suspiciously.

“Well, they are large, even for your size. And except if you pull out another mutation from it to explain its size, there is no way your butt got this big without some serious effort. Or lack, thereof. Usually, you guys eat whatever you want, run ten miles and get to eat shit again, without taking a pound. That’s so frustrating…”

“Hey! I do squats, a lot, that’s why my tights and butts are large and firm, but my tummy is flat… well, almost flat. Plus I’ve got some abs under this perfectly sized layer of fat!”

“Of course…” replied the Minor not committing himself further. Apparently, it was a sensitive matter.

“That’s true! And anyway, why did you say that it’s only us, MAJORS? Minors can do so too, after all.”

“Absolutely not!” yelled Alejandro. “If I don’t eat a balanced diet and exercice seriously, I’ll fatten up extremely quickly, and then I’ll have all kind of health problems, or I’ll have to do a lot of exercises and change the way I eat. Seriously, aren’t they supposed to teach you at least that in schools or something?”

“Uh... Honestly? The only courses about Minor’s biology are, well, they are shared with your kind and they are often… extremely boring. I’m sorry, but it’s true” she added hastily after Alejandro glared at her. “It’s basically all kind of hippy crap about the bonds, how you’re precious and all. The only thing remotely interesting is the carrying training. But even that, I can’t tell for sure, you need to be accompanying a Minor to get into those classes, so, well, I’ve never even been to one…”

Alejandro was truly shocked to hear it. He knew that Lindsey and Al’ had got that kind of stupid “courses” but he had assumed that things would be different, for the better, in a big city, with probably at least a hundred or more Minors, like New Orleans. Apparently, it wasn’t the case, which made him realize how hard it would be to change mentalities. Despite what he had read on some blogs, he highly doubted that MAJORS in great conurbations were really more open-minded than in small communities like Old Creek.

The two of them then proceeded to finish their plates. Alejandro took his time, thinking of what he would do in the gigantic bathtub he hadn’t seen in ten years. Shannon finished her plate extremely quickly and then went to the bathroom, offering him a view of her massive ass swaying tantalizingly all the way from the table to the living-room. The Minor sighed. It’ll be hard to hide your erection in just your underwear buddy, just hopes that she’ll manage to control herself better than in your room…

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Shannon dropped her shirt on the ground and picked up her phone. She had asked her mother to bring her a full panoply, because she wanted to be in clean clothes for the evening... and she needed to dress up anyway. The Matthewsons wanted to bring their hosts to Old Creek most famous restaurant, “The Wife’s Mariner”, by the harbor, and she needed to look good. With a sigh, she carefully straightened herself. The ceiling was so low here that her head brushed against it. She assumed that this rather intimate bathroom was a former Minor’s sized room, and that either the Ferrands or the previous owners had transformed it.

Why Alejandro’s parents had chosen a gigantic bathtub, which occupied at least two-third of the space, she wasn’t sure, but it served her well. The shower shoved into a corner would have been far too small for her, even without the fact that a great deal of her body would have been above the glass walls and she would have drowned the floor washing herself. With a hum, she dropped to her knees to open the faucet. She also pressed the button which would warm the body of the tub, a common feature for modern MAJOR’s baths, to prevent the water from cooling too soon.

Letting out sigh of relief, she dove slowly into the hot water, her skin crawling and tingling exquisitely. Shannon loved those extremely warm baths, where she could savor the sensation of water against her nude body. This time, she would have to hasten her usually very long and sensual sessions, because she really wanted to have Alejandro in there with her sooner rather than later. She had heard before coming to Old Creek that the new craze among the wealthiest family of New Orleans who had a member bonded to a Minor was to actually take a very cold bath, using the MAJOR’s resilience to endure it, and then to have the Minor, who had stayed in very warm clothes and near a radiator during his superior bondmate’s bath, used as a small personal heater.

Before this week, she had found the idea extremely attractive, but after her talks with Alejandro, she couldn’t help but notice how degrading it was for the Minor, to be used like a heater. While her friends laughed about putting their Minor under their arms or even between their breasts to get warm and fuzzy in the same time, the black titaness now understood that such a thing was only acceptable for the smaller breed of humanity because it didn’t know better. Alejandro would tear her apart if she even dared to try this with him, and it was quite right.

“Who would have thought that such a little thing could influence me so easily”, she mused to herself. “It’s all because of his cute looks, of course. How anyone could say “no” or “you’re wrong” to him?”

Taking the shampoo used by Auntie Ofelia, Shannon began her work on her mane of black curly hair. It would take hours for the tangled mess to dry, but she hadn’t much of a choice. If she wanted to avoid wetting it, she had to shower, and carefully at that. Hopefully, it would be back to normal before the evening. If not, well, she was a MAJOR; wet hair in early winter wouldn’t kill her, at worst she would get a small cold during a day or two.

She scrubbed her body clean and rinsed it in a hot stream of water. Just as she finished, she heard a timid knocking at the door. The towels here were far too small to cover her body and so she didn’t bother trying and instead bounced to open the door. Below her, a flustered Alejandro turned his gaze away from her titanic curves, his tanned skin blushing exquisitely. The MAJOR couldn’t suppress a little laugh, savoring for an instant her upper hand, before taking a knee before her still clothed friend.

“Couldn’t you have covered yourself?” mumbled the Minor, clearly embarrassed.

“Nope, your towels are too small for me and my babies, sorry” chirped the black behemoth with a big smile on her face. “And shouldn’t you be naked to learn how to swim?”

“I told you I don’t want to be naked” grumbled the minor. “I’ll stay in my underwear…”

“You don’t need to be embarrassed, that wouldn’t be the first dick I would see, you know?”

“Whoa. I’m impressed by your smoothness” replied Alejandro, his face becoming ever redder. “But I don’t believe you… You told me that you’ve never been with a Minor before...” 

“Oh baby…” said Shannon, more sympathetically, understanding his concernes. “You don’t need to be ashamed of your size. I won’t judge you on that. If I stopped to this kind of considerations, I wouldn’t want to become your girlfriend. And let’s be clear. I really, really, want to become your girlfriend” she added, a serious look on her face.

The Minor still seemed intimidated and embarassed, and for a moment, Shannon feared he would simply turn around and flee to the safety of his room. She refused to try to stop him if he did so, he had the right to change his mind, and she wouldn’t judge him for that. Instead, she simply offered him her left hand, a gesture which left him comically puzzled. He looked at it, as if he did not understand why she had extended her massive appendage to him.

“Take it, you idiot” she explained gently. “I’ll walk with you to the bathtub”.

Shannon had expected some cynical remark, perhaps even a jab at the fact that she was acting like an overbearing hen. Instead, she felt the Minor’s small fingers against the palm of her hand, and she delicately closed her owns over it. It was so strange; she almost had the impression to have to handle a small bird. If she pressed too much, it would die; not enough, it would fly away. She slowly turned, staying in her crouched position, so that she wouldn’t lift the young man off the ground and that he would be able to follow her move.

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Alejandro removed all his clothes, save his underwear. He felt really vulnerable under Shannon’s unblinking gaze. While her hand was soft and warm, he couldn’t help but be ashamed of his body under her eyes. While he had finally accepted it this very morning, there was no comparison possible between looking at himself in a mirror and being watched by someone who was, for all intent and purpose, a flawless MAJOR.

“There” said the living mountain of a woman. “The water’s perfect now”.

The two of them had waited for the bath to empty, and then Shannon had cleaned it and finally added a lot of water in it. Alejandro could hear the tub humming as its warming mode was working its magic. Little clouds of steams floated from the water, and Alejandro wondered for a moment if it wasn’t too hot. He chose to ignore it, because he had read in a book that a body immersed in water, no matter how warm it was, would still lose his own warmth, and since this article had been for MAJORS, he guessed that it was that much truer for a Minor like him.

“Are you sure you don’t want me in the water with you? I really think it would be safer for you. From above, I’ll have to be extra-careful with my babies, and I won’t be able to grasp you as quickly, if need be” asked for the twelfth time the giantess, a little worried.

“I’m sure it’ll be fine Shannon. I prefer to have actual water under me to swim” replied the Minor, with a slightly too high tone which betrayed his nervousness and fear. Damn it, couldn’t I control my voice better!?

“As you wish. Then, we’re good to go?”

“Yes.”

Alejandro could feel his guts contracting. It was stupid, but it was also a very primal fear. A body of water this large for someone who had never learnt how to swim was impressive. Roughly six meters (19,7f) long and two and a half (8,2f) large, with a depth of 1m60 (5,25f), it was really a small pond for the Minor. Shannon took him in her hand and deposited him carefully in the water, which was reaching his neck. Alejandro then stood there, rather awkwardly, awaiting instructions. The water was quite warm, almost too hot, but it helped to relax his muscles.

“Are you okay? Perfect. Then, we’ll begin with teaching you how to float. I’ll put you on your back and you’ll have to extend your limbs to float, okay beautiful?”

“Ok” managed to say Alejandro, his throat constricted by nervousness.

Above him, the breasts of Shannon occupied almost all his view, with just one of her eye and the top of her head managing to peer at him over them, like the sun above tall hills. He managed to remain calm when her fingers slowly pushed him from his vertical station to a horizontal one, his ears almost immerged. Alejandro could hear his heart rumbling at an insane speed and a sudden weakness in his body told him all he needed to know about his state of mind. Still, despite his fear, he refused to back down. He had said he wasn’t afraid, so he would learn how to swim… at least the very basics.

“I’ll let you go. If you don’t float, don’t panic, okay? I’m here, I’ll catch you and if you want to, we’ll stop then. You don’t need to push yourself too hard. Ready and... go!”

The Minor felt his body diving a little further into the water, but either by luck or talent, he managed to return to his previous position. He had to admit that it was relaxing to simply float like that. He had the impression that his tension simply flew away from him. After perhaps five minutes of the same, he wanted to try something else. He was rather surprised by Shannon’s silence and calm, but a look at the MAJOR gazing longingly at his body was enough to understand that she was savoring her own kind of relaxation.

“I’m ready to try something else”, he said, startling the MAJOR a little.

“Really? Perfect. Then, how about brass? I think it’ll be the easiest for you to learn.”

“Sounds good to me, I guess” replied the Minor, a little exited.

“Perfect. Then, this time, you’ll have to make a trial test with my hands around you, okay? I don’t want you to panic, because you could end drowning or something. You okay with that?”

“Yes!” said the Minor, a little worried still.

“Perfect, then her we go.”

Shannon’s finger took him and made him lay on his belly on one of her palms. His legs were fully in the water, with her second hand just below, but deep enough to not touch them. Shannon described the moves he needed to do and they seemed simple enough. After a minute or two, he was certain he knew how to swim alone, and asked the giantess for a trial run. His friend looked skeptical, but he managed to convince her.

“Fine. But if I even suspect a problem, I’ll intervene, okay?”

“Deal”.

At first, Alejandro had no problem, but just as he had swam for at least a two meters and a half, he suddenly gobbled a mouthful of water. It was nothing as he would learn later on, but at that time, it made him afraid, and his moves became erratic. He dropped like a stone to the bottom of the bath. A loud sound, a lot of bubbles and he felt long fingers catching him. Still, in his terror, he struggled against them and he felt his underwear falling out of him. Just as his head came out of the water, his dick reacted to the unintended caresses of Shannon and he let out a whimper of fear and desire. He felt the MAJOR freeze, and looking up, he met her eyes.

“Do you want me to stop?” asked Shannon in a whisper full of promises.