[The paper towel gets tossed into the bin as soon as it's offered, listening to her and feeling a little bit better about everything. Even watching her feed Hanabi made this feel a little more normal and less like something strange and almost...predetermined, calculated, or even fated was happening to them. Ajax still can't shake off this feeling that Yoimiya is his destiny, that the trials and tribulations in front of them both were something they would need to face together, and if successful that they were meant for so much more.

He rubs his temples, all this thinking is making his brain hurt. At the end of the day, they're in the same boat. They both acted really strange after they both got drunk and started having sex together, and now they have to figure it out. It'll be fine, they'll work it all out together just as they have so far.]

I'll be back shortly- I think I'll take you up on your offer, and take a quick shower. Are you sure you don't want the opportunity to get refreshed yourself? I'd feel like an overbearing guest if I expected you to go out of your way to take care of me without taking care of yourself first.

[The look on his face is apologetic. This feels like it could've been avoided, and yet at the same time it also feels like there was no way out of it. Whatever happened to him yesterday, he felt so drawn to her, and some of that lingers even now in his heart and mind.]

Then I can make the pickled cucumbers while you prepare the miso. It's the least I can do.