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Jon scouted the hallways, looking for something that looked like a utility closet. He started humming a song to himself to keep his mind occupied while he looked around.

"There must be something around here somewhere...oh, what have we here?" He stopped in front of a rather ragged-looking door, one that had many a dent and chip in the corner, like someone had unleashed the fury on it during multiple occasions.

Jon turned the knob and opened the door. Three mops, a broom, and a shovel fell on him, the shovel handle smacking him in the forehead. It sent him to the ground.

"Ow! s**t. I guess I found it." He got to his feet and carefully placed the items back in the closet, all except for a mop. Digging around, he managed to secure a pail and some bleach. This should be enough, he thought to himself.

Putting the bleach bottle in the pail, he grabbed it and the mop and made his way back through the hallways to the kitchen to start his cleaning.

He took her hand. " Ayumi, what's going through your mind?"

Ayumi's eyes shifted to Toshiro's hand on her own. She smiled a little .. her tail flickering on her lap gently.
" I was thinking .. maybe .. I shouldn't look for my sister .. I .. I know she's dead .. There's no sense trying to hide that ... I guess maybe I have known that all along .." She pauses for a moment, then looks back up at Toshiro, her eyes brimmed with tears.
"But I am happy .. because you found me .. if not for you I don't know where I would be ... So please .." A single tear rolled down the side of her face.
"Please don't go away from me .."

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Kavu looked down. She didn't answer him. She was confused .. and hurting, screaming on the inside, just waiting to explode.

Ayumi blushed slightly ..
" Promise? " She tilted her head slightly, her hair falling off her shoulder to hang beside her face.

Jon, upon reaching the kitchen, set down the mop and filled up the bucket about 3/4 of the way with water. He added a liberal amount of bleach, and the stench sent his sinuses reeling.

"s**t...too much bleach..." Holding his face away from the bucket, he grabbed the mop and stirred the mixture around, being careful not to slosh it on the floor. He stopped for a minute.

"This is going to be really boring if I don't find some tunes." He looked over to the counter, which featured a built-in stereo. Nice.

Jon grinned and closed the door out of consideration for those whose ears may not enjoy his music, and turned on the radio, rolling the needle up and down the band in an effort to find a station he was familiar with. He stopped when he recognized one of the songs, and fine-tuned it in an effort to get as much clarity as possible. He cranked it as high as it would go without damaging the speakers, and walked over to his water/bleach mixture.

He grabbed the mop and started on the floor, his spirits high with the sound of Eddie Money coming from the speakers. When the chorus rolled around, he found the words rolling off his tongue.

"I've got...
two tickets to paradise,
Won't you...
pack your bags, we'll leave tonight,
I've got...
two tickets to paradise,
I've got...
two tickets to paradiiiiiiiiise!

When Eddie Money ended and Gerry Rafferty picked up, his spirits rose higher and his work grew in speed and ferocity.

Sin knew it may be a risk but he took hold of her hand pulled her close.
"for better or worse i guess is what the humans say."
he held her and caressed her peting her ears gently

Once mopping the massive kitchen was done, Jon moved to shining the stainless steel counter tops and cooking islands. He grabbed a few rags from the utility closet and some surface cleaner and went crazy. The music kept his spirits soaring, and the cleaning seemed to go by three times as fast. Once that was done, there were only a few more things to do. He stood on the stepladder he brought with him and started dusting the ceiling fans. Massive amounts of dust were rolling off the top and sides of the fans, cold hard evidence of their lack of maintenance.