Just waiting (locked to hand_of_sorrow)
Later that evening, when most of her household was turning in, Riza went outside to the gardens with a little book light and a small pot of hot tea, relaxing on a bench and reading.
She knew Roy wouldn't like be there for several more hours, but it was a nice night, quiet and still, and she knew she could safely relax there and not worry about letting her guard down. Black Hayate slept by her feet, waking now and then at random little noises, trotting off into the shrubbery to investigate before coming back and settling back down. He seemed a bit confused, but not terribly so.
Around one, she went back inside to refill her teapot and pick up the next volume in the series she was reading. One by one, lights in the buildings went off as apartments went dark, the various residents turning in. Lights were still on in some of them, particularly on the second floor of the second building where Roy lived. The family worked around his schedule, and this was their evening, rather than the early morning hours.