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had said that he shouldn’t! But it didn’t matter; I was Samojirou’s property. I started shaking and couldn’t stop.
    Samojirou frowned, confused. “I am not….” He paused, seeing me panic. “A massage, nothing more, since I am in no hurry to taste the joys of your body.”
    “Thank you,” I whispered.
    My throat felt tight and my mouth dry. Even if he said he didn’t want to do that with me, he had scared me. It would be as easy for him to hold me down and hurt me as Heiseg had.
    “You do enjoy men in this manner, do you not?” he demanded.
    I bowed my head and didn’t say anything. It didn’t matter what I wanted. It never had after the night I was taken from my dorm room.
    “I see that those fools harmed you more than I believed.” Samojirou growled. “I did not believe that you would be willing, not 31

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    after the abuse. But if you are not a lover of men, I will not force you. I have a very good relationship with my lady, and we have never been intimate.”
    “I have been attracted to men more than women,” I said slowly, knowing I had to tell him something. And that was kind of true. “But it is not like I have talked to many people in the last few years.” Samojirou smiled. “That is a good answer! I will not punish you for being honest.”
    I didn’t believe him. He frowned again, and I scrambled to follow his orders. I was on his futon soon after with a towel underneath me. I didn’t relax as he started to work on my hands and arms, moving down my body. The oil warmed to my skin and smelled spicy. I didn’t calm down until he started on my feet, when I finally realized he was telling me the truth and wasn’t going to do anything with me. It felt good, and by then I was half asleep. Samojirou had hummed as he worked, which reassured me.
    “You can sleep now,” he murmured.
    I made some sort of noise, I thought. I was sleepy, and it wasn’t hard to follow that order. I didn’t mind missing lunch to get some rest when I felt this good.

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    I DIDN’T miss that Keno took a while to relax under my hands. As tempting as it was, I refrained from making his massage more intimate, even though I wanted him. One wrong touch and I knew that all my hard work would be wasted, since he would tense up again. I let him sleep as I went off to arrange for his tutors. I knew he would follow any order I gave him; he was that cowed. I just had to make those orders agreeable so that he would trust me and regain his spirit.

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    He was still asleep when I came back a few hours later. I smiled at the sight. Tan’yu had warned me that he would sleep a lot for the next few days as his body healed itself. He had also warned me that Keno seemed ignorant of his own body or pleasure, from some of the answers he had gotten to his questions. I wasn’t surprised to hear that.
    Yukiko, one of the maids, delivered the midday meal to us. She giggled at the sight of Keno asleep as she set down her tray. I was glad to see it was a cold lunch that would keep. I wasn’t going to wake him up unless I had to.
    “You should join him, master,” she whispered. “He looks lonely.” I frowned, and she scurried away with a smile. I shrugged, stripped myself of my kimono, and curled around Keno. He woke up, frightened, but calmed down when all I did was hold him. He smelled wonderful, and I slowly ran my hand though his hair. It was like silk, and I played with it as we lay there.
    “Samojirou-sama?” he asked huskily.
    “Just resting a bit,” I said. “This is enjoyable to me also. It is not always about sex.”
    “Oh.”
    He was naked, and I was tempted. However, I knew that he wouldn’t enjoy it, so I resisted the urge to play with him and coax him into pleasure. We just lay there until I heard his stomach growl. I laughed and kissed the top of his head. “Our midday meal is here. Do you want to eat? I have much to tell you, and you have been sleeping for several