If you offer to help, Sojiro'll have you doing dishes, mostly. [ Based on Akira's own experience with the matter, though Sojiro did warm up to him relatively quickly, all things considered. It hadn't been long before Akira had been left with the keys, which was more than most people would have trusted a teenaged delinquent they didn't even know with. ]

I thought we could test how far we can go by having one of us head over to do laundry. [ A couple blocks away felt like a good beginning, given that Akira really should go back to school eventually. For a couple days. ]