Niles hadn't expect you to arrive home so late, he was startled when the door suddenly opened at nearly the crack of midnight. He had been waiting for your return the whole time and now that his spouse was finally home, he could breathe a sigh of relief.

He was about to ask you where you had been, until he saw the look on your face.

"Sweetheart, are you alright?" He changed his tune to something softer, realizing that you must've had a bad day.