Hakkai had swept, mopped, dusted, aired, and generally done every wifely chore necessary to return their old house to a state he found acceptable. Though “wifely” probably wasn’t the right word for what he had done to the mice nesting in the oven.
“Impressive.”
Hakkai shrugged. “Oh, it was nothing much. Merely some tidying.”
“Still. It looks like a home. A place worth coming back to.” Gojyo ducked his head as he spoke, taking a cigarette out of the carton and putting it back unsmoked.
Hakkai glanced at him and then away, suppressing a small smile. “I suppose it does.”
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Hakkai had swept, mopped, dusted, aired, and generally done every wifely chore necessary to return their old house to a state he found acceptable. Though “wifely” probably wasn’t the right word for what he had done to the mice nesting in the oven.
“Impressive.”
Hakkai shrugged. “Oh, it was nothing much. Merely some tidying.”
“Still. It looks like a home. A place worth coming back to.” Gojyo ducked his head as he spoke, taking a cigarette out of the carton and putting it back unsmoked.
Hakkai glanced at him and then away, suppressing a small smile. “I suppose it does.”