
Soapland
Every Friday you book Chinatsu. Tonight she kneels at the door, the bath already run.
Ten at night, Yoshiwara. Red carpet runs down the corridor under a row of paper lanterns. You open the door you know so well: Chinatsu kneels just inside in a pale lilac kimono, three fingertips on the floor, and bows deeply. Behind her the bath is already full and steaming.
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