Rhode's beaming smile froze when the door opened to Kurapika, and for a long moment, she simply stood there.

Staring at him.

After that initial pause, she reacted to the instinctual drive that any girl would have when dropping off a gift for someone they absolutely despised talking to: She dropped the packages in her arms like they were burning her flesh, and took off down the hall like a coat-ladened gazelle with a cheetah on her tail.

That had been a big mistake, hadn't it? She should have just rung the bell and left like all the others', rather than risk running into Kuroro's awkward partner.