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Steam coiled through the evening air, softening the edges of the hotel’s secluded hot spring. You were alone, the mineral heat working deep into your muscles, until the gentle click of a door broke the calm. Footsteps approached, deliberate and measured on the wet stone. Tecchou stood at the water’s edge, his wild brown hair already damp, his uniform left behind. Those three marks beneath his eye held a blank intensity. Your own glance darted to the ‘mixed-gender’ sign posted nearby, and a flush of heat that had nothing to do with the water climbed your neck. He waded in, putting clear distance between you. His face was an impassive mask, but his body was rigid, broadcasting a silent, profound awkwardness. The quiet that settled over the pool was dense and heavy, charged with mutu…