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 No Pants Train Ride

   By Emi Tsuruta

   Note: this is one in a series of posts about my life.  If you'd like to
know more about my friends and me, drop by my home page at:
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   I went up to San Francisco to visit Crystal again.  She's the
Anglo-American girl, brown hair, went to UC Berkeley, who Graeme and I saw
strip naked at a dance party at Orientation.  She was still denying it, so
I didn't push, but we were getting along.  She told me about a guy friend
who runs a night club, and also this athletic club that used to be for
women-only.

   Before coming back to Oceanview, I picked up an alternative newspaper.
In it, there was an article about the 'no pants subway ride.' In Japanese,
'pantsu' is the word for panties, so at first, I thought it was about
riding the subway with no underwear on.  As I read further, it turned out
that the people who do it wear underwear, but just take off their trousers
or skirt or whatever.  Some guy in New York took off his pants in the
subway to see how people would react.  He got a friend to make a video of
it, and posted it to YouTube, and the video went viral.  Eventually, he
started organizing bigger events with a whole bunch of people taking their
pants off.  Now they do it in cities all over the world, and it's like a
regular thing.

   A couple of weeks later, my boyfriend Ryosuke took me to this party at
someone's house.  There were a whole bunch of artsy types there, and I got
talking to this one guy, Trevor.  Trevor had black hair, and wore glasses,
but he seemed pretty cool.  Maybe his background was Hispanic, but he acted
Anglo.  He told me that he worked in the film industry.

   Trevor said that in order to become known in Hollywood, he needed some
kind of gimmick, something that people would remember him for.  That
reminded me of the no pants subway ride guy, so I told him that story.  At
first, Trevor was like people in Oceanview would never ride around with no
pants on, but I said I'd do it, and thought that my friends Minori and Nao
might as well.  He seemed kind of stunned by that.

   "Wow!  Like really?  That would be amazing!" he cried out, all excited
now.  I said 'sure,' and before I knew it, he was hatching this plan to
publicize it, and get a whole bunch of people to come.  We exchanged phone
numbers, and he promised to keep me posted.

   "What were you talking about with that guy?" Ryosuke asked as we left
the party.

   "Um...  the no pants subway ride?" I told him truthfully.  Ryosuke
claimed he'd never heard of it, so I had to explain it all to him, but I'm
pretty sure he just wanted to hear me say it.

   I didn't hear from Trevor for a little while, but then one day, I
noticed a poster for the ride on a power pole on campus.  Trevor finally
called, and asked if my friends and I could come.  I hadn't talked with
Minori and Nao yet, but I told him I'd ask, and get back to him.

   When I did tell Minori about a 'no pants' train ride, she laughed,
imagining that you go without your underwear.  Nao thought I was crazy, but
I kept at her, and eventually, both of them agreed to come.  I thought it
would be fun, wandering around watching people's reactions.  I love events
like this, going out, meeting new people.  They weren't quite so keen, but
promised to tag along to humor me.

   I debated whether I should tell Ryosuke, but he noticed the poster too,
and asked me if I was going.  Fortunately, he had to work, but said he
might try to get off early, so he could come welcome me home, when we came
back.

   Anyway, the day of the event, Minori, Nao and I met downtown in
Oceanview's main train station at around 3 in the afternoon.  I think there
was like 16 of us or so total.  There were a couple of blonde girls,
another Asian girl, this weird bride of Frankenstein girl, a couple of cute
American guys, a cool black guy, and a couple of Asian guys.  I didn't
really know any of them, but Trevor pointed me out, explaining that the
whole thing was kind of my idea.  They were all pretty friendly.

   The guys took their pants off right away, but it wasn't as weird as
you'd think.  I mean everyone was pretty happy to be here doing this zany
stunt.  Minori and Nao were willing to try, but they'd cheated a bit by
wearing these longer coats.  I will admit it did feel strange taking off my
pants outside in the sun in the middle of this crowd.  The jeans I was
wearing that day were kind of tight, so I had to wiggle my fanny to get out
of them.  Once I had, it felt weird - breezy I guess - standing there in my
undies in the middle of this train station.  I did have on an aquamarine
hoodie and a black jacket, but they were both shorter than Minori's coat
which went down to her thighs, and Nao's which almost reached her knees. 
Nao was laughing though, so I was glad about that.

   Minori took a picture of me shedding my jeans, but didn't want me to
take a picture of her.  There were other guys with cameras around, so we
had to be careful.  We did end up taking one big group photo of most of us.

   Even without their jeans, Minori and Nao looked normal enough.  More
than anything, I think it was the naughtiness of knowing that you were
pantsless.  When guys walked by, and looked, I'd get goose bumps.

   Trevor called us together to explain the plan, and then we headed for
the platform to board the train.  We hung with the other no pantsers, this
blackish guy in a cowboy hat and his buxom blonde girlfriend and another
young Hispanic guy.  Everyone kept wanting to take a picture with us.  Nao
kind of hung back, but Minori and I stood with them for some shots.

   The train was a double-decker bound for San Diego.  It was kind of an
interesting design with an opening in the ceiling between the two levels,
and single balcony seats above looking down on the main floor.  Nao had to
go to the washroom, so we headed out to look for one.  All the way down at
the back of the train, we found these small compartments with toilets or a
sink.

   Nao and Minori went in, leaving me outside, alone in the empty hallway.
I kept mulling over the 'no pantsu' part of it.  Wouldn't that be cool if I
really did take off my underwear?  I peeked through the window back into
the car we'd just left.  There were people there, but no one really was
watching us.  I have to admit I was in a pretty giddy mood that day. 
Roaming around this sleek hyper-modern train in my undies was getting me
all turned on.

   Minori and Nao seemed to be taking their time, so I found one of the
sink compartments with a mirror, and tried to judge whether people would be
able to tell if I took off my panties.  I wasn't 100% sure - my hoodie was
awfully short - but I had to decide.  Just acting on impulse now, I yanked
down my panties, stepped out of them, and tucked them away in my bag.

   I'd felt nervous before, but now with my panties off, I couldn't settle
down for the life of me.  I have to be careful, or I'll give myself away. I
peered out through the curtain, dabbing at my hello kitty trying to get it
to behave.

   I must have been blushing horribly when I came out, but Minori and Nao
didn't twig at first.  Still, the air was tickling my pussy.  I was worried
that you could see my butt cheeks peeking out from under the hem of my
hoodie.  The two of them looked nervous too, but they were better covered
in their long coats.

   Minori and Nao looked to me wondering what to do next.  I wasn't sure if
it would be safe to go into the passenger car, but I was curious to find
out how people would react.  I finally turned, and led the way back towards
the other car.  As soon as I turned away though, Minori noticed.

   "Emi.  What the...?  Where are your panties?" she laughed.  Oh oh.  I'd
hoped that it wouldn't be that obvious.  I just ignored her at first, and
continued walking.  I reached down to feel my buttocks confirming that she
could see.  I pulled the hem down a bit, trying to act like it was no big
deal.

   "I told you this is supposed to be a no pantsu ride," I joked.  Nao
caught up, and peered over Minori's shoulder at my bare behind.

   "Emi!" Nao squealed in horror.

   "Shhh!  If we keep it quiet, I don't think anyone will notice," I told
them.  Unfortunately, my hello kitty was on fire by then.  I simply could
not calm down.

   "You should see yourself.  You can see your whole behind."

   I tried to look, but I couldn't really see.  The hem of my hoodie was
floating awfully high.  I walk around bottomless at home sometimes, but
this was different.  I felt so charged up to be out here dressed like this.

   "Come on.  Let's just see what happens."

   I gathered my nerve, and opened the door to the next car.  Luckily,
people didn't seem to clue in at first.  I found a booth with seats, and
sat down next to an older American lady.  Minori sat facing us, next to a
young Hispanic-looking guy.  Nao sat across the aisle in a booth with a
heavy set man.  The lady next to me seemed quite amused by our bare thighs.


   "It's a no pants train ride.  They're doing it all over the world now,"
I told her.

   Unfortunately, I didn't realize until it was too late, but there was a
photographer right there, taking pictures of the ride for the newspaper. 
While I was distracted talking to Minori and this lady, he got a picture of
me sitting there smiling with my pussy on display.  I guess I was vaguely
aware of him, but I had my bag on one arm, and my cell phone in the other
hand.  Just on instinct, I tried to unravel the hem of my hoodie, but he
got a few more pictures before I'd straightened it out.  I was completely
busted.  Even the Hispanic boy was peering over at my bush, wondering what
was going on.

   Minori was kind of talking to the lady, but I told her that we had to
go. When I stood up, I think even more people saw my pussy, but I
straightened the hem as quick as I could.  I couldn't get the hem to cover
my bare behind though, so I was kind of a sitting duck out here in the
open. The photographer looked like he was going to say something, but I
rushed right past him looking for a safer place to be.

   "What happened?" Minori asked, as she raced to catch up.  I pointed out
the photographer.  It looked like he might come after me, but he had
stopped to check out Nao as she got up, and came after us.

   "You'd better get back dressed before anyone else notices," Minori
warned.  I knew she was right, but we were going the wrong way.  The
photographer was between us and the washrooms, and I didn't want him taking
any pictures of me.

   "Here.  Let's go down to the next car," I suggested.  Everyone looked up
as I came barreling down the aisle.  I wasn't sure if they could see my
pussy, but I felt horribly exposed.

   I paused when we got to the door, letting Minori go through to check if
the coast was clear in the next car.  I looked back, and all these guys
were staring at my bare ass.  I smiled sweetly pretending like nothing was
wrong, but my pussy was tingling like crazy.  I didn't dare stay here long
though, so as soon as Minori gave the all clear signal, I headed into the
next car.

   There were even more people in this car, including the Asian no pants
woman and a tall guy in boxer shorts.  This one guy in a cap gave me a big
grin, and a middle-aged woman looked concerned.  I stopped thinking to
explain about the event, but the cap guy was killing himself laughing, so
we moved on.

   I couldn't tell if the photographer guy was following us.  Maybe I
should have gone back, and talked to him, asked him not to use those
pictures, but perhaps it was a bit late for that now.  This guy with a
beard asked what we were doing, but before I could explain, the
photographer came in.  We kept moving down the train, trying to get away
from him.  Once we were through the next set of doors, I found a stairwell,
and zipped up to the second level, wondering if we could circle back to the
washrooms somehow.

   Up here, there were fewer people, just a few balcony seats around the
edges, but there was this huge opening running down the centre of the
floor. I could see the people below, and worse they could see me.  The guy
with the beard peered up in shock at my pussy.  The red-haired student
sitting next to him was craning his neck trying to get a look at me too.

   Embarrassed, I turned away, but they kept on staring at my bare bottom.
Minori and Nao looked pretty shocked too, worried about me.  I was so
excited my pussy was absolutely on fire.  My breasts were swelling up
pulling the hem of my hoodie even higher.  Here I was flashing all these
people, and there didn't seem to be any way out.

   I needed to figure out where the photographer was, but I couldn't see
him, so I ended up turning around again.  Pretty well everyone could see my
pussy now.  I was seriously starting to lose it.

   I ignored the stares, but continued to look for the photographer.  To
get a better view of the floor below, I leaned forward until I finally
caught a glimpse of what appeared to be the photographer's feet.

   "He's down there," I whispered pointing him out to Minori.  Trying to
hide my pussy with my bag, I made a beeline straight down the car passing
directly above the photographer's head.  The people on the balcony looked
up when I passed.  I'm not sure if the photographer saw me or not.  Once we
got to the far end of the car, we came back down to the first floor.  He
seemed to be still in the next car probably looking for us over there.

   "Hurry!  Before he realizes," Minori squealed, pushing me to run.  My
pussy was so wet it wasn't even funny, but luckily we were safe for now in
the space between the two car doors.  Soon, the train pulled into a
station. We got off, away from the photographer and all those other people
who'd seen me.  It was a country stop, so not many people got off with us,
just Trevor, the African guy and blonde girl no pantsers.  I was actually a
little surprised that Trevor got off.  I thought that those other people
were his friends, but I guess he felt a connection to me, since I had been
the one to suggest all this.

   Unfortunately, out here on this open air platform, there weren't many
places to hide.  The blonde girl was wearing shocking pink scanties, but
both her boyfriend and Trevor kept peering over at me.  For modesty's sake,
I kept my pussy covered, but they seemed fascinated by my bare thighs and
behind.  Nao and Minori nodded for me to be careful, but I was way too
excited to think straight.  It felt good to be naked out here in the open
among all these people.  I turned away to muffle a cough, but the guys just
took the opportunity to look at my bare bottom.

   All embarrassed now, I was getting all wet.  I continued to stand there
with my back to them, letting them look.  Minori gave me a funny look, but
I think she was still nervous too.  I was kind of hoping that Trevor would
come over, and talk to us, but he kept hovering behind me, more interested
in my bottom than chat I guess.

   Eventually, the train came, and we got on.  I kind of wanted to go find
a seat, so I could hide, but Trevor noted that we were almost home, so it
would just be a few stops.  He was still getting his jollies ogling my
behind, so that was probably the real reason he wanted me to stand.  In any
case, it would have been dangerous for me to go into the main part of the
car, dressed like this.  At least here in the space between the doors,
Trevor and Cowboy were the only two checking me out.  They had no pants on
either, so at least they know how it feels.  None of the other passengers
came down this way, so I began to feel a little safer.

   I asked Minori if she'd ever been pantsless on a train before.  Minori
is quite the flirt, and a terribly cute girl, but I think the only reason
she came along today was just to humor me, to make sure I didn't do
anything foolish!  Good luck with that I thought.

   I began telling her about the time my boyfriend Ryosuke and I caught a
boat from Shimizu to Toi on the Izu Peninsula west of Tokyo.  We were the
only passengers on the boat, just us and the captain.  He was off on bridge
navigating, so we had the hull to ourselves.  There was tatami for a floor,
so Ryosuke started kissing me, and trying to take off my clothes.  I was so
worried that the captain would come, but he never did.  That was plenty
dangerous though.

   As I told Minori this story, I kept raising my hands, tracing our route
on an imaginary map, or trying to explain the layout of the boat.  She
looked like she wanted to say something, but I was getting so excited
telling her all this that I didn't really give her a chance.  Finally, just
as I was wrapping up, she pointed out that raising my arms like that pulled
up the hem of my hoodie.  When I looked back, Trevor, Cowboy and Girlfriend
were all staring down in wonder at my bare bottom, aware now that I was
naked.

   "Oh.  Oops!" I blushed.  Darn.  I hadn't really meant to flash them.  I
wanted to explain, to tell them this wasn't on purpose, but when I glanced
out the window, I suddenly realized we were pulling into Oceanview.  I'd
wanted to go to the washroom, and pull on my panties before we got off the
train, but there wasn't time for that now.  Even worse, Ryosuke was
probably off work by now, and might even be at the station looking for me.

   I probably should have pulled on my panties in front of Trevor and them,
but I was too much in shock over getting caught.  I peered out the window,
as the train rocketed along, bringing me ever closer to a very dangerous
situation.  Trevor and Cowboy seemed quite happy to confirm that I was
indeed naked, but Minori was urging me to do something.  This was getting
near rush hour, so there were all these people on the platform, commuters
heading up San Francisco way I guess.  If I had any sense, I would have
listened to her, but I just stood there looking on in horror as we pulled
in.  I did try to pull the hem down over my pussy, but my shoulders were
all tensed up, so it was hard to get the hem to stay.  I even looked back
to Trevor wondering if he had some idea on how to protect me.

   The train stopped, and we bundled out.  My main plan at this point was
to try to lose myself in the crowd, and hope that no one noticed.  Trevor
and Cowboy followed close behind Minori and me, trying to protect us I
guess.  Some guys did notice of course, and turned to watch as we scampered
away.  I was getting all excited, but with Minori's help, we made it
through the crowd, and finally found a washroom.  Trevor looked sad to see
me go, but it's not like I could stay out there forever.  Lord only knows
how many people got to see my delicate bare buns.

   Once we'd all pulled our pants back on, we went, and found the other no
pantsers.  Everyone was back dressed by then.  Trevor said he wanted to do
it again next year.  I was kind of keen, but Minori and Nao weren't even
sure if they'd be here, so we had to leave it up in the air.  It was a bit
nerve wracking, but I enjoyed it.  I hope more people will get up the nerve
to try something like this.

   Emi Tsuruta
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