Sponge now in hand, Kurumi plunged it into the bucket of water - shivering at the coldness for a moment - and then promptly removed it and squeezed it tightly over her bucket to remove the excess water. Once the sponge wasn't a total soggy mess, Kurumi began to wipe the handle of her broom, putting a bit of elbow grease into it as she did so, and attempted to find a rhythm by humming to herself. Only...

Her eyes glanced over at the Slytherin student (Jacques) who was spouting off fact after fact about flying and Quidditch and...flying. Wait...had Professor Vindictus asked a question and she was too distracted with the tasks at hand to have noticed? Was this some sort of test on multitasking and she was FAILING?! Thrown into a mild panic, Kurumi picked up speed on the wiping of her broom's handle and nearly sent the sponge flying in the boy's direction. Thankfully, she was able to catch it before it went too far, but she did end up almost whacking him in the face with her broom's handle.

"Oh...um...sorry...butterfingers..." she said with a nervous laugh, returning to her station. Grabbing a blue towel next, Kurumi set to patting the handle dry. Not awkward at all....