murakami, haruki - Norwegian wood

"There aren't any trees around here," I said. "And even if there were,
you're too wobbly to do any climbing."
"You're always so damn sensible, you ruin everything. I'm drunk
'cause I wanna be drunk. What's wrong with that? And even if I am
drunk, I can still climb a tree. Shit, I'm gonna climb all the way to the
top of a great, big, tall tree and I'm gonna pee all over everybody!"
"You wouldn't happen to need the toilet by any chance?"
"Yup.
I took Midori to a pay toilet in Shinjuku Station, put a coin in the slot
and bundled her inside, then bought an evening paper at a nearby
stand and read it while I waited for her to come out. But she didn't
come out. I started getting worried after 15 minutes and was ready to
go and check on her when she finally emerged looking pale.
"Sorry," she said. "I fell asleep."
"Are you OK?" I asked, putting my coat around her shoulders.
"Not really," she said.
"I'll take you home. You just have to get home, take a nice, long bath
and go to bed. You're exhausted."
"I am not going home. What's the point? Nobody's there. I don't want
to sleep all by myself in a place like that."
"Terrific," I said. "So what are you going to do?"
"Go to some love hotel around here and sleep with your arms around
me all night. Like a log. Tomorrow morning we'll have breakfast
somewhere and go to lectures together."
"You were planning this all along, weren't you? That's why you called
me."
"Of course.
"You should have called your boyfriend, not me. That's the only thing
that makes sense. That's what boyfriends are for."
"But I want to be with you."
"You can't be with me," I said. "First of all, I have to be back in the
dorm by midnight. Otherwise, I'll break curfew. The one time I did
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