[ Hei isn't sure why, but he hoped Korra wouldn't be at home. Which makes no sense, since he knows her daily patterns as well as Yin's or Pai's. His knocks ring hollow in the empty room on the other side. Then he feels her approach; he can hear her descending the staircase, her footsteps getting louder. Knobs rattle, wood creaks, and then she's in the doorway. ]
[ His first impression of her is slightly rumpled and bleary, but calm. Smelling a bit like cat-food, and very much like domesticated pets in general. He responds to her Hi with a terse nod, not unfriendly so much as automatic, and puts a hand up on the doorframe, as if feeling unobtrusively for bugs. But he's only doing that because he doesn't want to be invited in, yet. (Or maybe because he doesn't want to reach for her?) He's not sure which. There's a dangling, pendulous sensation in the pit of his stomach. ]
[ For a moment, there is a teetering silence. Then: ] I was in the neighbourhood. [ As in I decided to drop by. As in I wanted to check on you. He doesn't say that. Already this feels too much like an absurd social call. ]
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[ His first impression of her is slightly rumpled and bleary, but calm. Smelling a bit like cat-food, and very much like domesticated pets in general. He responds to her Hi with a terse nod, not unfriendly so much as automatic, and puts a hand up on the doorframe, as if feeling unobtrusively for bugs. But he's only doing that because he doesn't want to be invited in, yet. (Or maybe because he doesn't want to reach for her?) He's not sure which. There's a dangling, pendulous sensation in the pit of his stomach. ]
[ For a moment, there is a teetering silence. Then: ] I was in the neighbourhood. [ As in I decided to drop by. As in I wanted to check on you. He doesn't say that. Already this feels too much like an absurd social call. ]