It's for the best that he doesn't ask because it's something she can't really answer even to herself. She can't come to a firm answer on her own, no completely solid reason sticking out in response to her own wondering. A combination of reasons makes the most sense but also leaves her questioning herself. It's not like she expects him to owe her after this, so she's not actually gaining anything from it.
His agreement to sleep is enough of an answer for her and she moves away from him and the couch, willing her thoughts elsewhere. And while he gets to resting, she starts in on cleaning - first leaving his clothes to soak to get some of the blood out before she can really clean them, then working on the trail of blood leading to her front door so no one down the hall walks out to find it when leaving for work. The floor and wall inside are the most daunting tasks and it's probably another hour and a half after she leaves him on the couch before she finishes and peers in his direction, sighing to herself at the sight of him sleeping.
By the time she gets into her bedroom - after scrubbing his clothes and hanging them to dry looking just as beat up, but far less bloody than before - she barely manages to change clothes before crawling into bed, only then realizing she has no idea how she's managed to stay up so long. She's asleep almost immediately.
And it isn't until noon that she wakes up, jolting upright in bed even without the sound of an alarm going off. It takes a few moments to process the time and the circumstances of the previous night again, but when she does, she relaxes and slowly gets out of bed to fish her phone from her purse and send Izaya a message stating what's already quite obvious: she's going to be late for work if she even comes in at all.
Then she leaves her phone charging and exits her bedroom, making her way to the end of the hall to see if Shizuo is still asleep on the couch.
( If you wanted to end it with the end of the night/morning, don't feel obligated to reply to this. I'm totally fine with ending it there or continuing! )
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His agreement to sleep is enough of an answer for her and she moves away from him and the couch, willing her thoughts elsewhere. And while he gets to resting, she starts in on cleaning - first leaving his clothes to soak to get some of the blood out before she can really clean them, then working on the trail of blood leading to her front door so no one down the hall walks out to find it when leaving for work. The floor and wall inside are the most daunting tasks and it's probably another hour and a half after she leaves him on the couch before she finishes and peers in his direction, sighing to herself at the sight of him sleeping.
By the time she gets into her bedroom - after scrubbing his clothes and hanging them to dry looking just as beat up, but far less bloody than before - she barely manages to change clothes before crawling into bed, only then realizing she has no idea how she's managed to stay up so long. She's asleep almost immediately.
And it isn't until noon that she wakes up, jolting upright in bed even without the sound of an alarm going off. It takes a few moments to process the time and the circumstances of the previous night again, but when she does, she relaxes and slowly gets out of bed to fish her phone from her purse and send Izaya a message stating what's already quite obvious: she's going to be late for work if she even comes in at all.
Then she leaves her phone charging and exits her bedroom, making her way to the end of the hall to see if Shizuo is still asleep on the couch.
( If you wanted to end it with the end of the night/morning, don't feel obligated to reply to this. I'm totally fine with ending it there or continuing! )