Shinobu had been so, so patient with you.

She’d hoped you would fall for her actions eventually. With her personally nursing you back to health, soothing any worries before your duties, taking away missions too dangerous for someone of your rank to take… there was nothing she wouldn’t do for you.

“… Ah, you’re awake! I worried if that dose was too much for your body.”

That’s why she knew she had to take things into her own hands when you confessed to another slayer. It truly was a blessing to work with poisons—tying you up was far too easy once she injected it.