Exhausted, we soon retired to our respective sleeping areas. Victoria wiped herself off but neither of us bothered to put any clothes back on. We just crawled under the sheets of her bed and were soon sound asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, the room was filled with natural light from a skylight above. I got up to use the bathroom and brush my teeth (I'd learned to always pack a toothbrush in Japan; you never knew where you'd end up) and then Victoria did the same. When she came back, still totally naked, she crawled back into bed. Then she told me to roll over onto my...