Honesty Is The Best Policy
by K. Wyse
"Hey Ami-chan! C'mere, have a seat. So, how was your day?" The question
came accompanied by a loud slurp from a milkshake.
"Quite good actually. I know I say this everyday, but I'm totally loving
the med course at Tokyo U. We've been practising clinical skills -- like
how to talk to patients and some other stuff -- for weeks now, and today
we got to practice on a real person. They hired some people to act as
patients. Get this, these actors get paid $85 an hour!"
"Oh wow, I wouldn't mind a job like that." Ami hesitated at Rei's comment.
"So today I was all jittery, because this is an actual person who I'm
going to interact with ... but it went fine. I learnt so much because I
could get feedback on my skills which is difficult to get when you're
practising on a dummy. Oh, and with this one 'patient', I got the chance
to give her a PapSmear. It was enlightening to say the least. The woman
gave a few pointers like the fact that, apparently, I was breathing
directly on her vagina and it was tickling her clitoris."
"Eewwwww! I so did not need to know that!" A tub of yoghurt was pushed
aside with a shudder.
"Oh come on, Makoto. You're going to need to get a PapSmear one day, and
it'll most likely be done by someone who studied at Tokyo U. Aren't you
glad that we're getting the right training?" Ami decidedly ignored Rei's
pale face.
"Yeah, but ..."
Usagi cut in, "No offense Ami-chan, but if I were to get a PapSmear, I
probably wouldn't come to you."
"Why not?"
"I don't think I could look you in the face once you've looked at me ...
well, there."
"I-, I guess I understand." Poor Ami, she looked so crestfallen.
Minako wanted to distract her, so she asked a typical Venus question:
"Were any of the male actors cute and single?"
Ami flushed bright red, "Um."
"Is something wrong Ami?"
"Well, I need some advice from you guys ..."
"We're here to help!" Proclaimed Usagi before eagerly leaning closer.
"Promise you won't tell anyone else? Especially you, Usagi and you,
Makoto. You can't tell Mamoru-san, nor Nephrite-san. No one, okay?!"
"What's up, Ami-chan? Don't tell me, you've fallen for one of the hunky
male actors! Oh no, what's Zoi-kun going to do?" As usual Minako was
dramatising the whole thing.
"It's not like that! ... but it is something similar."
"Oh?" Rei was intrigued, she never pegged Ami to be a cheater.
"Well, Zoisite and I have this Open Policy. No Minako, it does not mean
we can see other people while dating each other. It's more of a 'Honesty
is the Best Policy', kind of thing. I can tell him anything, and he can
tell me anything. No secrets."
"Is there a point here?"
"I'm getting to it Usagi!"
"Sorry!"
"It's all right. Anyway, something happened today, and I don't know if I
should tell Zoi-chan or not. I think I should because our relationship
is so open and honest, but I don't think I want to because it's such a
sordid thing that I did. You see, today in clinical practise, besides
giving PapSmears, I-"
"Wait! Is this going to get gross?"
"Um, just a little."
"Okay, now that I know, I can brace myself. Continue."
"Thanks Makoto, sorry I didn't warn you before."
"It's okay, just get the gross bit over with and then we can hand over
our advice."
"Yeah!" Usagi seconded before taking another huge slurp of her milkshake.
Ami took a deep breath. "I touched another man's balls."
The four other girls froze, utterly stunned.
"What?"
"Excuse me?"
"Huh? Come again?"
"I'm sorry, what did you say?"
Ami cringed, "I touched another man's balls ... and that's not the least
of it."
"There's more?"
"Well, we had to give rectal examinations too. And my patient for this
was a young man in his twenties. And of course, to give the examination
he had to be naked down there ... so I saw ... well, everything."
"Everything?!" chorused the four girls.
"Yeah. And he told me that I had excellent technique because I was firm
and gentle and that my fingers were so comfortably slender."
"Eewwww!!!"
"My instructor was there, and when he heard the compliment, he insisted
that I also try to locate the prostate gland. To do this, I had to ...
um, feel up the patient's balls. While I was at it I also had to hold
back the penis with the other hand so that my right hand could access
the spot beneath the gland."
"Eewww!!! Too much information!"
"Well, then you can see my dilemma! Do I tell Zoi-chan, or not?!?!"
The four girls looked at each other, "Ami-chan, you know we love you,
and would give you the best advice we know how ..."
~*~
Zoisite happily let Ami into his apartment, "Hi honey! How was your day?
Tell me all about it."
"Um."
~fin
A.N. This little drabble was written for Challenge #9 Dialogue, at the
LiveJournal community: ShitennouAi, which you can visit to see the
challenge details. Criticisms and comments are welcome.
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