Chapter 38

It was usual for families or groups to stay in a single room. Everyone slept on futons on the central floor. Privacy was a psychic thing people gave each other by simply not paying attention to what was going on around them. Yuta and Azuki took advantage of the room to change into the yukata kimonos before the innkeeper returned with another robe for Shota, who, as a boy, sat on a cushion brewing tea beside the low table. Azuki noted his clothes were clean! That was proof! Azuki could clean her own clothes when she changed! Oh, she had so much to learn. She couldn't wait to try it.