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Crossing Three leaves in the wind / Chapter 7

Title: Three leaves in the wind
Author: haruka_lantis
Fandom: Original
Rating: NC-17
Notes: ambientanta in Japan 1687, or during the Tokugawa era, to Edo (now Tokyo). Clear references to homosexual acts with minors (but it was a common practice in many civilizations of the past and have sixteen years in the seventeenth century is not like them nowadays).
Written by: my table on 24h prompt 17:00 pm silence is a salvation
Disclaimer: my idea, my characters, my story, please remember, if it were looking for inspiration!



Year 1867, March
Edo, now the Palace Chiyoda
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Another day turned out to Chiyoda-jo and the inhabitants of the palace were preparing for a new long night of love, deception and plots. The murder of Asahi was still one of the most debated issues in the halls of the court, but other scandals already stood out to contend for the comments of the courtiers of Edo. Perhaps a poet would have one day dedicated to those deaths a haiku, or the two lovers would have become the subject for a drama of Kabuki (Kabuki theater was born in Kyoto in the early seventeenth century, as a combination of singing, dancing and acting. Initially recited only women, then for moral reasons the stage was reserved for men only, as in the Elizabethan theater in England almost during those years. Were shown news items, usually tragic, often with very little time between the event and representation, so that the event quickly became public knowledge. It was a form of theater that had a great following among the emerging class of merchants and craftsmen), however the record would soon become the story and then oblivion. Despite this, or perhaps precisely because of this, Ito Sojiro could not find the serenity of the past. Everything happened so fast, Asahi was dead, Aso was dead and the second page, which had participated in the affair, had fled, the only one left to hear the facts as they had done that night was him and the weight of that truth of the oppressed. He would have preferred to give his hand to the dog's death, but it was not possible without knowing the reason for outrage. Many things should have been done differently, but now there could fix it. He had been in bed with a fake cold, three days, then, could not bear to be treated as a sick man without being one, had resumed everyday life: training, studies, meetings with other samurai, but he had always 'impression that people knew everything and expecting a good time to expose to public ridicule, something totally impossible, but feel like walking on broken glass, and this does not help his mood. Then there were the nightmares and sleep deprivation influenced not just on its performance in the exercises, his face, always so cheerful, they fly in the ointment, assuming an unpleasant gray color and many are worried about his health. The more people asked him what was wrong, he felt more Sojiro with their backs to the wall and had motions of anger: he had run out of excuses to be invented.

So, that afternoon in late March, his fifteen years stored for a week without them even celebrated, Sojiro found himself faced with the problem again.
"I did not nothing wrong, Sato-sensei" he said angrily to his teacher, who had informed on his condition.
"Sojiro-kun, the fairy tales tell her your mother, I know what happened to you and I know that is not easy to go on ... "
" You know, master? "Sojiro interrupted him coldly," Let me doubt that statement: you know nothing "is
Masanori let out a sigh that made Sojiro quivering with indignation.
"Have you ever been to Hakone?" (Tourist destination near Tokyo, in Kanagawa Prefecture, famous for its hot springs and views of Mount Fuji)
"As a child,"
"We will go there for some time. The abbot of the temple at Lake Ashi is my countryman, we will host in the guesthouse of the monastery. There are some beautiful hot springs, mountains all around, snow-covered Mount Fuji: there must be still a lot of snow at this time. You'll see that there find peace "
" You can leave Edo so, without good reason, "he asked amazed Sojiro, uncertain whether to rejoice or not the idea of having to start again.
"We are in a period of relative peace and I have urgent assignments at the Palace. I can take weeks for my studies of Buddhism. "
"Since we are at your service, I never saw him open a book of theology and go to the temple only when absolutely necessary," said the boy was skeptical.
"Oh, there's always the first time!" Laughed Masanori "We will find peace and quiet up there. Silence is the thing you most need now, no one asks how you are, no lie, to hide dark circles or bad dreams. Up there, in that paradise, you know reconciled with the past and accept what has happened, and then you start again, more mature and more aware of when you arrived in Edo. "
"No need, it's all right, Master!"
"Denial is the first phase of pain" was about to retort but Sojiro Masanori stopped him with a wave of his hand, then drew her to him and gave him a resounding kiss on front.
Their relationship took a strange turn: father and son seemed to be more than lovers, despite Masanori Sojiro had promised to deal with, and these had sworn eternal fidelity, according to the ritual. Sojiro let you fondle and kiss with relative ease, his mother had spoiled him much, because the boy was accustomed to the effusions, and the night sharing the bed with Masanori, but his sleep was disturbed by nightmares and certainly did not dare push the Sato their intimacy beyond some caress each other. He knew that if he tried, Sojiro would not oppose, but would prefer the intimacy, so alive in him a sense of oppression suffered; Masanori instead wanted their first time was a positive experience for both of them: he looked and he bore . A bear for too long però si rischia d'impazzire, così Sato mirava a divagarsi un po' alle terme, dove sapeva esserci sempre qualche casa da tè, con donne o uomini compiacenti. Sarebbe certo potuto andare a sfogarsi a Yoshiwara (il quartiere del piacere di Edo), ma sarebbe stato indecoroso farsi trovare in compagnia di un kagema (uomo che vendeva il proprio corpo ad altri uomini) o di una prostituta quando la sua relazione con Sojiro era da poco sulla bocca di tutti: sarebbe passato per un uomo infedele e meschino, e qualche malalingua, più maligna di altre, avrebbe provveduto ad informare il suo wakashu del misfatto, intenta a scatenare un altro dramma della gelosia. Proprio per evitare l'invadenza della gente, Masanori aveva deciso di fare qual viaggio. Sojiro was no fool, he would forgive a fling there, out of sight and the chatter of people, but not in Chiyoda, where they had a reputation to maintain.

Notes:
Kabuki: Kabuki the early seventeenth century was born in Kyoto, as a combination of singing, dancing and acting. Initially recited only women, then for moral reasons the stage was reserved for men only, as in the Elizabethan theater in England almost the same time. Were shown news items, usually tragic, often with very little time between the event and representation, so that the event quickly became public knowledge. It was a form of theater that had a great following among the emerging class of merchants and craftsmen.
Hakone: tourist destination near Tokyo, in Kanagawa Prefecture, famous for its hot springs and views of Mount Fuji.
Yoshiwara: the pleasure district of Edo.
Kagema: man who sold her body to other men.