That settled it for him.

The sauna still existing had to be fate giving him a sign. At first, he was unsure; anxiety pricked at the edges of his mind. It'd been too long. Would he even last as long as whoever he'd find in there? Then he remembered all the different kinds of men he had met during his evenings there as a youngin' and realised there was no need to feel any worries.

Still, he felt more and more anxious as the day drew closer. On his actual birthday, it was hard to concentrate on the tasks on hand. Usually, he'd crawl up ceilings along with his apprentices, but the day saw him milling about with his thoughts lost within the clouds.

Eren blew out another breath, his teeth chattering just a little from the cold, polluted air around him. Autumn was underway and the chill was urging him on to head into the tall skyscraper. And if it wasn't just for the chill, it's certainly from the smell of petrol fumes from cars stacked bumper-to-bumper behind him. He rarely came into the city nowadays for he lived and worked out in the suburbs. But, unfortunately, those areas didn't have places like this.

A place known as Freedom Baths. A sauna - or bathhouse - for gay, bi and pan men. From cis to trans, to questioning, to confident, and to dominating masters and obeying subs. The sauna had all walks of life.

Of course, it had a price to enter. With its boasting facilities of all kinds of saunas, to a swimming pool, spa pools, a few shower rooms, bathrooms with glory holes, cinema, lounge, bar, and over 40 private rooms with different themes. Those themes included plain and simple lounges, bedrooms to BDSM dungeons and prison cells. It catered to all kinks and was constantly growing to keep up with the times.

Or at least, it did back when Eren was a regular. He was more of a vanilla kind of guy, so he never ventured into the more kinky kind of areas. He liked the clean, safe, sane and consensual vibe it carried. And from the reviews he'd read a few weeks ago, it seemed like the place was very much the same except for being renovated.

It was laid out over two floors in a skyscraper apartment lot. The ground and the first. The ground, if he remembered correctly, had the pools and sauna rooms while the upper one had all the rooms, bar, and cinema.

Another breeze pushed Eren past the fancy glass doors after he'd buzzed himself in with the right coloured button and into a grey tiled lobby. Old memories reminded him that he had to take left towards the second receptionist desk inside the open space.

"Good evening, Sir. How can I help you?" a young, red-haired haired female asked. She grinned largely despite still typing away on her keyboard.

Eren smiled a touch, patting his back pocket for his wallet as he drew closer. "Hey," he greeted. "I'm here for Freedom Baths."

Recognition glowed within her eyes as she immediately stopped typing and properly looked up at Eren. "Welcome, Sir. Have you been with us before?"

"Yeah," Eren replied quietly, a little ashamed about what was to follow. "It's been a couple of years."

"Did you have a membership with us?"

"I think so."

"Can I have a name and phone number, please?"

Eren nodded, relaying the details and thanking the heavens that he's had the same cell phone number since he'd been a young teenager.

"Here you are," the receptionist beamed. "It certainly has been a while. Oh! Would you look at that, it's your birthday too."

Eren blushed, a hand coming up to tuck one long strand of hair behind his ear. "Yeah, I came here for a special treat."

"In that case, I'll give you a discount. A Happy Birthday and a welcome back from us."

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