That'd make for a good surprise, don't you think? I'll have to write that down for some other time...

[ one day, hijikata will come home and his house will be clean? the dishes will be washed? a very edible dinner will be there? and then tsuru will never do it again, because wow, that was way too much effort for a surprise.

while he's tempted to walk over to hijikata's desk right now and to rub his hands all over his paperwork, like does this upset you, his lips twist into a pout, because his laundry skills have just been insulted and that needs to be addressed first... which, in hindsight, is completely valid — when it comes to washing clothes that aren't white, well... let's say that they end up white anyway. or a nice, off-shade of brown. ]

I do. Do you know how often I have to wash white clothes? Have you seen what I wear?

[ huff.... huff. ] I'm working hard on learning, okay? I don't try this hard for just anyone, you know.