Chapter 10 Summary

Toru avoids going out trolling for women with Nagasawa, instead writing to Naoko and spending some time with Midori. He writes to Naoko in December to ask to visit her, and Reiko writes back. Naoko cannot write, but they want him to visit. In the winter, the mountains are covered with snow. Toru spends three days and two nights with Naoko and Reiko, much as before. Naoko has retreated into quietness, speaking little. Toru tells Naoko that he hasn't slept with anyone else. She helps him come, with her mouth and hands, but she will not let him touch her vagina. Toru asks her to come live with him, to leave the sanatorium. Naoko cannot give him an answer. She is worried that she'll never be able to enjoy sex. Aside from the experience on her twentieth birthday, she has never before or...