Kal, Male, 37

	- Narrator, disaster survivor and castaway

	- 6'1, 190lbs, straight, shoulder-length dark-brown hair

Kate, Female, 37

	- pre-disaster wife of Kal

	- 5'8, 150lbs, pale skin, shoulder-length curly red hair

Nina, Female, 26

	- pre-disaster triad with Kate and Kal

	- 5'4, 120lbs, light-brown tanned skin, straight shoulder-length brown hair

Bailey, Female, 14

	- Disaster survivor and castaway

	- 5'5, 130lbs, golden-brown tanned skin, shoulder-length light yellow-brown sun-streaked hair

Keekah, Female, 15

	- daughter of Manu, sister of Hakee and Mie, cousin of Poln

	- 5'6, 135lbs, mocha-brown skin, waist-length mostly-straight black hair

Gale, Female, 43

	- Survivor on Island of the Phoenix

	- 5'5, 130lbs, dark tanned skin, waist-length dark reddish-brown hair

Manu, Female, 33

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, mother of Keekah, Hakee, and Mie, aunt of Poln

	- 5'5, 150lbs, mocha-brown skin, butt-length straight black hair

Hakee, Female, 18
 
	- Survivor from Hahonoko, daughter of Manu, sister of Keekah and Mie, cousin of Poln

	- 5'9, 145lbs, mocha-brown skin, butt-length straight black hair

Mie, Female, 12

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, daughter of Manu, sister of Keekah and Hakee, cousin of Poln

	- 4'9, 95lbs, mocha-brown skin, shoulder-length wavy black hair

Poln, Male, 10

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, nephew of Manu, cousin of Keekah, Hakee, and Mie

	- 4'9, 110lbs, mocha-brown skin, short, wavy dark-brown hair

Tok, Male, 35

	- Survivor from Hahonoko, friend of Manu

	- 6'3, 205lbs, brown skin, shoulder-length wavy dark-brown hair

Amy, Female, 16

	- Stowaway from California

	- 5'6, 125lbs, pale skin, shoulder-length straight black hair

Katie, Female, 7 weeks

	- Daughter of Kal and Bailey, first baby born on island

	- Infant, beige skin, sandy red hair

We spent a few moments chatting with Nina and Hakee outside the North cabin. They'd seen nothing of note, had several bags full of peppers and beans to take back to the South. The look in Nina's eyes when she told me they'd had a fun time to themselves made me wish I could have watched. I kissed them before they left, and Manu and I watched them head off through the fields towards the trail South.

I thought about the events surrounding Keekah and Amy, both likely pregnant with my child. I'd proposed marriage to each separately. It struck me how I hadn't thought to include Nina in those proposals. As I watched her walking, hand-in-hand with Hakee, I realized that Nina was in the midst of her own budding relationship, and though I loved her deeply, the same commitment likely didn't apply to Nina and me. I wished I had thought to talk to her about it, though, if nothing more than to see how things were going with the two of them, and to affirm how much she meant to me.

- - -

Manu and I sat smoking a joint as the sun hung low in the west. We rested on the ridge overlooking the beach. We'd worked the gardens a bit, ate a dinner of flatbread, berries, and smoked fish, and shared a small bottle of island wine. The clear sky showed millions of stars over our heads, and the relatively-light breeze which swept over the ridge was warm and comfortable.

“When was the last time it was just the two of us, Manu? I can't even recall...”

She shook her head, “been a long time, Kal. Nice to get to spend a few days with you.” She turned towards me, said, “I really want you to know how much you mean to all of us. You coming back... we all wished for it, but... we never really expected that you were even alive, let alone might return. We'd have gotten by, I know, there is much strength here. But you're vital to us in so many ways, and not just to be here for your child.”

“It's humbling to hear that, Manu. I feel much the same way about you. You've been a strong person, a good role model for the others, the way you give yourself so completely to our family.” I passed her the joint, put my arm around her shoulders, said, “how are you doing, anyway?”

She knew I was asking about the loss of Hona. “I miss her greatly. She was my friend from when I was very little. We grew up together, I was sort of her older sister. We leaned a lot about life together, and not just in the times we shared in bed. I so miss her...” She sounded distant and sad.

“Well... I know that the short time I knew her that she was a wonderful woman. She cared deeply about everyone, especially you and Hakee. I get the feeling that she would like to leave you with the happiest memories and, when you are able, have you put to rest the sadness.”

“I know, it's just hard some days.”

“Hasn't been that long, I know,” I said, stroking her arm. I changed the subject, “Keekah is very excited these days, yes? First she's pregnant and now we're going to hold the ceremony for us. Amy's doing the service for her, you know.”

Manu smiled, “I'm so proud of her. If we still had a village council, she'd be on it. She grew up so quickly, Kal. I can't believe she's going to give me a grandchild. It will be my first.”

“I can't wait. How... how sure are you that she's pregnant?”

“Pretty sure.”

“Other than her missed period, how?”

“I dunno. I was midwife and caregiver to most everyone in the village. There are just... I dunno... signs, that I pick up. Something different about them. I guess it's a change in the way they smell.”

“Smell?”

She smiled, said, “I'm sure you noticed that each person has a unique smell.” I certainly liked the way Keekah smelled, and could likely have detected her in a lineup while blindfolded. She just smelled like Keekah. I could probably do the same for Bailey, Amy, Gale, and the others. But I didn't notice any change in Keekah's odors, not that I'd been actively trying. “I guess I'm just very sensitive to it. I can tell when someone is menstruating or ovulating based on difference in their odors. Pregnancy is like that. It changes. Subtly, yes, but I can usually tell. And Keekah smells different the last few days.”

“Fascinating.”

“You smell different, too,” Manu said, sniffing my neck. “Hmm...”

“What is it?”

“I think that being a father has changed your smells. You smell...” she inhaled again, “sweeter. More like someone who had a young child to care for. Strange, I know, but I can tell... New fathers smell less aggressive, more comforting. I think it helps the baby bond with him.”

We were quiet a moment, Manu slowly leaning into me.

I said, “I really enjoyed that earlier.”

“I did, too... I've been spending some time with them that way now that both of them are ready to learn. Mie really enjoys herself, yes?”

“I'd agree with that. Can't believe how tight she was back there.”

“Mmm... yes. I have only put one finger in her butt, and only half-way. She is very tight, yes. She liked it, though. Wish you could have seen her face when you shot in her. It was lovely.”

My cock was rising at the memory.

“You know, Kal. I can't compete with my daughter, but I'm pretty tight back there, too. I don't think we've ever been together like that...”

I looked out at the dark, empty seas in front of us, smiled, said, “perhaps now might be a good time to change that.” I took her hand and helped her to her feet, brought her face to mine, and kissed Manu deeply. She let herself sink into me, her knee drawing up to rub against my crotch. I broke the kiss and led us back to the cabin, soon had Manu on her back as I kissed her and ran my hands over her heavy breasts.

She started breathing heavier as I sucked on her nipples, my fingers running down to her crotch, teasing her clit with the back of my hand, then slipping inside her vagina. Manu moaned, her hands running over my head and back, my lips moving down her stomach, soon settling over her genitals.

I was not the expert she was at detecting different meanings in smells, but I knew enough to inhale and recognize Manu's arousal as my tongue slid inside her vagina. Her sweaty, pungent slickness was slightly creamy, tart, a mature, robust, delicious flavor.

Manu's clit rose quickly, throbbed against my tongue as her stomach heaved, her moans becoming more urgent. I slid a finger into her pussy as I licked her nub, then two, a third teasing her sweaty anus. I drooled saliva over her asshole, began to probe her there.

She was definitely not the nearly-impossible-to-penetrate tightness of Mie, but it still took me a moment to open Manu's butthole enough to get a full finger inside. She squirmed, my tongue again circling her womanhood, fingers moving in and out of both her holes. Manu jerked twice, her back arched, and she climaxed loudly as I slurped her straining clit, my fingers driven deep inside her ass and pussy.

I slid over her body, my penis resting against her Mons. I kissed her as her hand guided my cock into her vagina. Hot, slick, velvety-wetness surrounded my length, made me groan in pleasure. I stroked myself firmly in and out of Manu's cunt, her hands resting on my shoulders, sometimes running down to caress my sides and ass.

I drove full strokes through her channel, churning our leaking juices into a light, whitish froth which formed a ridge around the base of my shaft, more smearing over Manu's fleshy labia. She came again after long moments of humping together, our genitals moving perfectly in unison. Her vagina spasmed, loosened, tightened again. I felt muscles pushing on my cock as her body shuddered through orgasm, trying to force me out.

Her last cry and jerk came with force, my penis slipping out and running along her slit, rubbing against her clit for a few strokes.

Manu wanted more. She brought her legs up off the mattress, pulled her knees closer to her chest. The woman spit on her fingers, rubbed the saliva around her anus, pushing some inside. She fingered her hole a moment, breathing heavily. Manu took hold of my cock again, and positioned it against her butthole.

I sank in slowly, Manu sucking in her breath as I penetrated her tightest hole. Her muscly-ring barely yielded, opening only enough to get half my cock inside her. I pulled out a bit, spit on my cock again, and pushed back in, another inch sinking into Manu's ass.

Her body started to move automatically, working her hips back and forth. I held still a moment, let the brown-skinned woman fuck me with her dark, tight asshole. I couldn't stop myself from moving moments later as the sensation became fantastic. Manu's ass stayed tight, milking me, had me soon burning and growing very tense.

The smell of anal sex hit my nose and my nostrils flared as I inhaled. I knew Manu could smell us too, her sensitive nose likely making the effect stronger. I wondered if it turned her on.

I started to fuck her deeply, sliding into her rectum until I could go no further, then backing out to just the head inside. I grew more insistent, Manu's grunts coming faster as I sodomized her more quickly. I looked between us, saw her clit standing out from her vulva. I ran a hand to it, two fingers circling it rapidly. Manu bucked, grunted loudly several times, and came as I fucked her asshole.

My cock was on fire, the tight, sloppy hole a perfect fit around my length. I pulsed, grunting, said, “cumming... Oh, Manu... cumming in your ass...” I spewed cum as my body shuddered over her, unloading my seed deep into her bowels. Her tight anus encircled the base of my cock, making each ejaculation more powerful, stronger. I humped into her body long after cum stopped running into her rectum, the pleasure of Manu's tight ass keeping me hard.

I eventually stilled, my cock feeling raw, and I knew her asshole was likely sore. I pulled out, a ribbon of cum roping from the end of my dick, falling away to drool over her dark, slick labia. Manu's butthole gaped a moment, spasming in small, tensing movements.

I slid down beside her, kissing her, running my hands over her motherly breasts. Her hand found my penis, my erection only slightly drooping. Manu stroked me a couple of times and looked down at my groin. She smiled and moved down, her face inches from my pubes. The woman held my dick, sniffed it deeply, then did it again before sliding my length between her lips.

Manu hummed as she sucked my soiled cock, working her tongue around my shaft and tickling the hole at the tip. I groaned as I tensed again, the power of the woman's suction matched perfectly by the rhythm of her lips and stroking fist. Her head moved along my length, slurping as she blew me. In moments, I cried out loudly and unloaded in her mouth.

Manu held still as my second orgasm rushed over me, semen spurting against her tongue. She let me finish before pulling off and swallowing my load. She was as out of breath as I was, settled her head onto my chest and slid a leg over mine. It was the first experience alone with Manu I could remember since the first time she sucked me, and I buzzed with arousal and love as we lay together long into the night.