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In Japan, Valentine's Day is celebrated differently than Western countries do. Rather than being romantically involved couples exchanging gifts to express their feelings for each other, it's more about women giving chocolates to the men in their lives, whether or not they think of those men in a romantic sense.
I enjoy the tradition that is also practiced here in the village. It allows me to show all the men in my life that I appreciate them and that they all have special meaning to me. And because of its tradition and the way the chocolates are distributed equally, I am not ashamed to go up to one of the guys and give him a gift that on any other day could lead to unwanted gossip.
The only person I have dared to give more expensive and higher quality honmei-choco, or "possible winning chocolate" every Valentine's Day, at least until the year he defected was Albert. Yet even though he, like all the other men I had given chocolate to on Valentine's Day, had reciprocated
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"I guess it's just a lesson I never learned on my own," he admits, lying on his side, his head resting on his hand."What about that? I have to be the teacher this time" I say funny."You did it," she says, smiling at me."But I have the feeling that my work is not finished yet""No?""No. I have more work ahead of me""What?""Because you, Captain, have a lot to learn about happiness and I have every intention of teaching you everything I can about it through practical experience with me, of course." I smile maliciously at him.Travis laughs."God… I love you," he says."I know you do ... But lesson number one: don't tell me, show me"And with that, he puts his game face on and gets to work.The first place he decides to drizzle the chocolate is my lips. He lets two small drops fall on them, he smooths the chocolate over my lips with his thumb like lip gloss, first on my upper lip, then on my
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He nods, leans back on the bed, holds onto his hand to keep the condom in place, and waits for me.This is the first time we will have sex since I moved in with him as my body needed time to heal. We had found other ways to satisfy each other, mainly through foreplay, handheld games, and oral sex, but this is the first time that we will have real sex.I crouch over it, align the tip of it with the opening, and let it sink in little by little. Once I have him fully in, we both let out a moan of pleasure. It's been so long since we've done this that I'm tight for him. I stay still on top of him for a moment, letting my body adjust and get used to his penetration. Then I slowly get up from him so that only the tip of him remains inside of him, then I quickly get down. We both moan again at the pleasant sensation that friction brings.Wanting more of that wonderful feeling, I slowly pick myself up and go back down, over and over again, to the point where I can feel
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I go to bed with satisfaction, soaking up everything because there is nothing better than lying in your bed when there is nowhere you need to be and nothing you have to do for the rest of the day. It's Saturday, a day off, and I have no idea how Travis wants to spend it.Speaking of which ... where is he? I wonder, turning my head to look at her empty side of the bed.I'm about to take off the covers and look for him in the small apartment when the bedroom door opens and Travis's face peeks out of it."I'm glad you finally woke up, he waits there," he tells me and disappears again before he has a chance to open his mouth to ask why.About a minute later, the door slowly opens again, but this time Travis walks through, carrying in his hands a wooden tray with a plate full of food and a small white vase that holds a single red rosebud, which he carefully walks up to me on the bed."Happy white day!" He says cheerfully as he places the tray on my blan
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The island is just a small stone table that protrudes from the bottom of the water peak a few inches. Under the water and near the table are stone stools.The arched red wooden bridge only runs the width of the pool, and on the entrance bridge, there are a couple of stone lanterns.Lastly, the teahouse pavilion is a small pagoda-roofed gazebo in a corner of the garden with a bistro table and 2 matching chairs to sit and drink tea.Even though everything is condensed, it is still very beautiful and the fact that everything is done on a small scale makes the garden look picturesque and attractive rather than grand and intimidating.However, the only thing that drives me out is the steam that I see rising from the surface of the pool until I realize what I am looking at. The pool is fine, but the water is not regular chlorinated water, it is mineral water pumped from the local hot springs, so our cabin has its private hot spring!- I see you figured i
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"Travis, I wanted to tell you something, and now is probably the best time to tell you while you still have endorphins running throughout your body""What is it?""Well, so cute and considerate that it was your idea about hot springs, the truth is that hot springs do not help people like me with liver and kidney problems. It's mainly for people who want to detox their bodies" I say, wrinkling my face at having to tell him the bad news."So bringing you here isn't going to help you in any way?""I wouldn't say that. I needed the massage and the weekend getaway just to relax and feel like me again, and this" I say, deliberately squeezing the tight inner muscles around him. "He'll make anyone feel better" I say with a smile."I can't argue with that," he says, smiling with satisfaction, then wraps his hand around the back of my neck to give me a long and passionate kiss on the lips.I feel something twist deep inside me and when we part from ou
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According to my mother, inventing a nickname for me was not very difficult.Exactly 24 years ago, on March 28, my parents decided to throw a hanami party for their friends.Hanami parties, or cherry blossom viewing parties, are common in Japan. It is a centuries-old practice that prevailed in military countries.Today, hanami parties often consist of having a picnic under the Sakura trees with people eating, drinking, singing, and having fun. People often bring food, have barbecues, or buy food from vendors.So while my dad was working at the steakhouse, his friends took a sip of sake and my mom sat on a blanket under a cherry tree enjoying her dango I thought this was all a pretty sweet deal and wanted to join the party. fun ... And ultimately, it turned what was supposed to be a nice quiet night looking at pretty pink trees into one of massive chaos.The barbecue burned to a crisp, my parents' friends spilled or spat her sake into a spray, and my
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- It is also true, but deep down in all this, they are the same type of tree. Just think, sakura trees produce flowers year after year despite the short life of those flowers and they do not produce any fruit. The effort seems futile, but keep doing it anyway and it ends up benefiting us with its beauty. So if you look at it that way, we admire the two trees for their toughness and not just their outward appearance.I turn my head to look Travis directly in the eye and he meets my gaze with his.- You only know how to speak to escape a difficult situation, right?- Luis always said that I have a way with words. And I congratulate you for turning that tree into a test with a hidden personal agenda, ”he says with his eyes shining playfully at me.- I don't know what you're talking about, I was admiring the trees, but thank you. It's nice to know that you like hanamis for a better reason than most people.- Do you know that I could be full of th
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Applause from everyone.We both sit on the grass to watch the next dancer take the stage, a young woman who, like me, is dressed in a traditional kimono, but unlike me, this girl has strong and dramatic makeup. Her face and neck are so dusty that she appears white as a ghost and her lips are painted a bright shade of red. The stark contrast between the white, red, and jet black of her hair tied up in a bun makes her look not human at all, more like a porcelain doll placed on invisible strings by a puppeteer. Even her movements are limited, like those of a puppet whose joints can only move so far in any direction.This is Kyomai's dance.It's like a slow interpretive dance with various poses and hand gestures that tell a story. It is the opposite pole of the dance that preceded it, the dance of Odori.As the night darkens, everything begins to calm down and the sakura trees are lit up with paper lanterns, giving the hanami experience a different vibe, one
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