She tilts her head and raises her brows in a little shrug sort of gesture. He's not wrong. "Pretty much, but someone has amped up the haterade."

"The situation is not perfect," she admits. She doesn't blame Steve though. He's doing the best that he can. She smiles when he says he's interested. "I thought you might be. I'm on it indefinitely." Until things calm down.

Yeah, Buffy hadn't gotten the shit kicked out of her, but she hadn't had an easy night either. She may end up taking a nap and waking up in the middle of the night to patrol. She nods a little. Yeah, she understands. Derek's offer makes her unsurprisingly teary but incredibly happy. "You know, I think maybe I'll drop by and have a nap. You haven't gotten a new room mate yet?"

She really, really hopes that they haven't.