Chapter 25: Upping His Game
Jiro POV
Serra, the housekeeper, had the evening off, so Jiro Cresta found himself scrubbing plates after dinner along with Kyon and Patch. He didn’t mind in the least.
Jiro found washing dishes relaxing for some reason. Lather, scrub, rinse, repeat. Very methodical. Simple. Except when he had to attack a stubborn caked-on piece of food. But even then, it felt like a problem to be solved and a tiny battle to be won.
Add that to the growing list of the ways he was different from most people he knew, even from the people he loved to pieces. But really, how could you not love getting things clean? The smell of the soap, for one thing. So pure. Over the last month, he and Lilia had bonded over washing dishes, and he knew she felt the same way as he did.
“Did I hear lute music in the house, Kyon?” Patch said, interrupting his thoughts. “Was that Dirge practicing, or have you taken up the lute again?”