I'm going back to my wife

Separated for months, they discuss reconciliation, planning to meet in Japan, live separately, and conceal any reunion from her family. He now questions leaving, citing his father’s death, disappointing casual sex, and loneliness; he says he would choose his wife. Passport, flight, and Airbnb are arranged; with his spouse visa expired, he plans tourist entry before deciding on renewal.

Freedom and sexual novelty reversed into loneliness, restoring marriage as his preferred source of companionship.