Shizuo was standing outside, waiting patiently- well, patiently was an overstatement. He was trying very hard not to blow up Makise's phone so he talked to Ayane.
Shizuo could faintly hear her cellphone chime from inside, so she had to be home, right? He heard footsteps approaching him, walking down the hallway to Makise’s apartment.
As soon as Shizuo looked up, he saw she was crying, and looked like a hot mess. She was sweaty and disheveled, holding her shirt and bra in a bundle against her chest. “Shizuo..”
Makise nodded, going into the bathroom and locking the door behind her, and she would be in there for a good fifteen minutes before she came out, wearing clean clothes; a t-shirt and pajama pants. Her hair was still dripping wet, but she didn’t seem to care as she moved over to the couch and sat down.
She wanted to say yes, but she didn’t have anything to say. She didn’t want to talk about what happened, and she certainly didn’t even want to think about Hibiki or the cult, then she had a thought. “Um... Back when you got me and Ayane out of that temple... You said something.” Her cheeks were flushed slightly when she remembered when he had called her his girlfriend.