Back home, we parked inside the garage, we took all out of the car; the Pink Panther showed me that every kind of perishable food had its place in a different part of the fridge, in case I want something; he also showed me where in the shelfs are placed the other kinds of food that have longer shelf life, and where I could find everything, he told me I could grab whatever I wanted when I felt the need of a snack, I thanked him. We went to the bedroom, where he offered me some empty drawers to place my clothes, and as he didn’t have a lot of clothes, the space of the wardrobe was mostly empty, except for some costumes from his previous jobs, I placed the shirts, shorts, skits and trousers he bought for me in the drawers and the wardrobe, and also hanged the trench coat. We leaved the underwear out to be washed, he told me it was better to wash the underwear first, to clean it from any chemical the manufacturer had used to clean them or packing them, and also from dirty from any other type of contact it has had; I agree with his statement, that mean I’ll not be using underwear for some hours, but it was better than have a rash on the skin. I took the underwear and my previous rags, and we went to the basement, where was the washing machine; as practically we were only going to wash my clothes, and there were no white clothes, everything could be washed at the same time, he gave me an explanation of how to use the machine, its cycles, and when to add the soap and softening, and how much of both I had to use, then he asked me if I could keep a watch, and also add the soap and softening, and once the machine has stopped, place the clothes on the basket and go up to hang them outside so they can dry while he prepared our dinner, I said I will, and while I waited, I could read my new book, so he went upstairs while I stayed there, reading my house maiding book, and paying attention to the cycles of the machine.
Like an hour after, I was outside, hanging my clothes in the backyard, good it was a sunny day, surely in a couple of hours everything will be dry, I walked inside the house through the back door to the kitchen, and the moment I was inside, I heard a thunder, and turned quickly, just to see how a strong rain begun to fall, soaking all the clothes I just hanged, I looked out disheartening, the Pink Panther placed his paw on my shoulder, and told me this kind of things have happened to all of us at some point, but surely for tomorrow they will be dry, “Yeah, but still I’ll have to sleep without underwear”, I said without thinking, then I covered my mouth ashamed, the Pink Panther just giggled and told me I had nothing to worry, he then told me dinner was almost ready, I could go and take a seat.
Chicken, veggies, rice, and vanilla ice cream for dessert, everything was delicious, “You are really a true chef” I said to the Panther, he said he had to learn, even when he was living alone, he also liked tasty food, and making it himself was in many times cheaper and healthier than eating outside. “How do you think things will be now that we are living together?”, I asked him curious, he just shrug saying he doesn’t know, we’ll have to learn to adapt to each other, I thanked him once again for this change of life he was giving me, specially without asking me anything in change, he just said is he least he could do after ruining my chances, but maybe one day, both of us could go to Las Vegas one day; “Yeah, that would be fun” I replied. After cleaning the dishes (I helped), we watched some TV, and then went to bed again, he once more leaved me the bed, and he slept again on the sofa, at least this time I had a soft and warm pajama to wear, so I slept very comfy. The following day was nothing unusual, I woke up, after making the bed, I changed to one of my new set of clothes, a short sleeves shirt with a skirt, and my new sneaker. I went outside with the basket to check my underwear, it was dry, so I place it quickly in the basket, and run inside the house before any other unexpected storm appeared. At the moment I returned, the Pink Panther was preparing the breakfast, he told me the breakfast was going to be ready in some minutes, I thanked him, and I returned to the bedroom, where I placed my underwear and rags in one of the drawers, but I left out a brassiere and one panty, I went inside the bathroom with them, and I wore them. I went to the bedroom to see how they fitted me, I liked the contrast of the pink with my blue skin; the Pink Panther called me for breakfast, I put my clothes again and went to the kitchen. The rest of the day passed, what I hoped, were a normal day from now on; the Pink Panther put some records of Jazz and Henry Mancini as he told me yesterday, he even taught me some dance steps, this was the happiest day I have had in a long time.
During the night, I had to go to the bathroom, when I heard a “PUM”, coming from the meeting room; worried about the sound, I opened the door and took out the head to see if something was happening, I saw the Pink Panther standing up from the floor, I suppose he felt from it, he lied down on the sofa, he adjusted the pillow, and covered again with the bed sheet, trying to sleep, but I could see he was having problems to find a comfortable position. I felt bad for him, he was letting me use his bed and he was having problems to sleep comfortable on the sofa, I wondered if the same happened the two previous nights; I couldn’t allow my benefactor passed a bad night, so I approached to him, “Pink Panther”, I whispered, the Pink Panther opened his eyes, and lift his head to see me, asking me if something happened, I told him that it was not fair that he had problems to sleep because to be sleeping in the sofa, so I offered to change places, he refused, saying he won’t allow that I passed an uncomfortable night while he was sleeping soundly, then I proposed “Why don’t we share the bed?”, but he said the bed was not big enough for the two of us to sleep without risking one pushed out of it to the other, I told him that then, we’ll have to adapt, I took his paw, and pulled him to come with me to the bedroom. He wasn’t sure this would work, but I told him he had nothing to worry about, so we both lied on the bed, sleeping back to back, but in a moment, I turned, and hugged him from behind, and thanked him for everything, he just gently petted my hands, but before I felt asleep, I could hear him whispering that we’ll need to buy a second bed, and then I felt asleep.
