This is my first-ever sequel, picking up a couple of months after the events in Lounge Access. I've been looking forward to writing this ever since I wrote the previous one. Hope you guys find it just as engaging. All suggestions/constructive criticism welcome - Astro
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The skybus arrived at my stop at 6 PM. I loaded up my luggage and we set off towards the airport. The journey was supposed to take a good hour-and-a-half, so it was late evening by the time we got there. The sky was a dull orange, signalling showers later in the night. I got my bags and went in. The international departures area was full of people taking late evening or red-eye flights to their respective destinations. I was heading back home myself, after spending a year abroad at uni.
I queued up in the long, winding line of travellers at the airline check-in counters. Then I heard someone behind me softly call out my name. I turned around to see Reggie smirking at me.
"Hey!" I blurted out, pleasantly surprised.
"Dude you are so into your own world! I rode with you in the skybus the whole way and you never even noticed me!" Reggie complained.
It was true. I'm used to putting on my headphones and firing up a podcast on long journeys or while carrying out mundane activities. I like to tell myself I'm always aware of my surroundings, but I'm usually not.
"Damn, sorry about that." Then, noticing the trolley suitcase she had in hand, "You're flying back home today as well, right? I forgot you told me."
"Yup. Graduated last week. I'm done with uni, at least for now."
"Weren't your parents supposed to be..." My voice trailed off as I located an older couple, standing a few feet away from us. They smiled politely when I looked at them. I awkwardly smiled back.
"Those are my folks, yes. They came for the graduation ceremony. We're all flying back together to SG tonight."
"Ah, cool cool cool." I suddenly felt at a loss for words. "I guess you're not flying on Thai with me then."
Reg laughed. I stood there smiling dumbly at her. She didn't say anything either, for a couple of moments. I reckon we were both thinking back at the cold, drunken night we'd spent in the international students' lounge. Downing a few too many shots at the campus bar. Taking shelter from the winter night in the warm lounge. Me massaging Reggie's feet. Her moans as I moved up her legs. Her pert ass peeking out from behind the fridge. Getting caught looking up her skirt. Being ordered to take her dress off. Rubbing, stroking and kneading her flesh to an orgasm. Kissing the sole of her foot as she lay spent, under me...
We were both brought out of our respective reveries by the check-in call of Singapore Airlines.
"That's me. Gotta go." Reg said.
"See you on the other side." I replied.
She winked at me and walked back to her parents. I tried not to stare at her legs in her denim cutoffs, which ended just half an inch below her ass.
It took me a quarter of an hour to reach the check-in counter, and twenty more minutes passing through outbound security checks. Now, lay before me, the labyrinthine commercial section of the airport. Stores selling duty-free alcohol and electronics, souvenir shops, bookstores, clothing lingerie and cosmetics stores, spas and massage outlets, and restaurants serving at least a dozen different cuisines. And obviously the route to the gates snaked through all these storefronts.
I made my way to my assigned gate. I had two more hours to go before boarding began, so I walked back into the shopping complex. I went into an electronics store and tried on a pair of headphones. I stood there bopping my head to a random hip-hop number with a catchy hook when I felt a light smack on my butt. I knew it was Reggie even before I turned around.
"You look weird with those huge headphones on." she teased.
"Yeah, it's hard to believe anything could be so big as to entirely cover my huge ears."
"Oh come on, your ears aren't big. At least, not as big as your nose."
"I got that from my granddad. Along with the shaved head."
Reg giggled. Then, "How much time till you board?"
"Slightly less than two hours. You?"
"About the same time. I was getting bored in the airline lounge, so I came out for a bit of a walk. But I've been through this airport so many times over the past 4 years that somehow being out here is even more boring than staying in."
"Can't say I feel the same way. I like watching people. But then again, I've never been inside an airport lounge. I don't know how lively things get up there."
Reg smiled wryly. "Well, I can show you how
lively
it gets inside." she said, making air quotes.
"Are you gonna live-stream it on Instagram or something?"
"No, smartass. I'm gonna actually take you there."
"You do realise I'm not flying business class, right?"
"You don't need to. Your airline is on the same alliance as mine. I and my parents are frequent flyers so we are allowed to bring a guest in, each. None of us have a plus one for tonight, yet." Reg foxily wiggled her brow at me.
I sighed and pretended to concede. "Can't say no to an offer like that."
She grinned and led the way. At the lounge reception, she presented our respective boarding passes and flashed a gold card. And that's how easily we got in.