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How Brave a September Fawn Must Be
The first time I saw her again, she was standing in the doorway, peering in with the timid wariness of a little deer. It was raining hard that day.
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Article #11212 min read
Remembering the Scent
It was the fourth month of the seventeenth year of Kaho. In the great spring garden of Heian-kyo, apricot and pear blossoms were opening late, and half the capital had drifted...
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Balsam Girl
There was another girl in the street selling herself. She looked no more than seventeen or eighteen, in the full flush of youth, yet she knelt straight-backed in the busiest street...
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The Mandarin Duck Dream at the Time Hotel
Perhaps there is retribution in matters of the heart. If you hurt someone, another person will come and hurt you in turn.
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Why Not Be Woven Together Like Mandarin Ducks
The whole palace was jubilant, but Xiaoling felt only more and more uncertain. She could still remember the helpless, almost abandoned look on the prince's face back in the ritual...
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The Girl Whose Sapphire Eyes Were Kissed by the Sun
Rinji Kamiya opened the door and found a girl he had never seen before. Her skin was pale enough to fade into the sunlight.
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Paper Lanterns Over Glass City
I have truly never met anyone more shameless than you. A beauty saves a hero, and not only are you not grateful, you trail after me in the sneakiest way for half the night.
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Ginger Lily on a Planet of Unrequited Love
Do you want to know what made me write such a ferocious title? Because other than that lost diamond ring, the hardest thing in this world is my heart.