Who: Kozu, Xiu Mei When: Early evening Where: Outside Xiu's rooms What: Ko finally works up some courage Ko had been distracted the last week, his concentration had just not been there. Yes he had still done his practices and his mediation and had performed technically perfectly, as his body was well trained to do, but he was well aware that his mind was not where it was supposed to be. It was not troubling so much as, well. Distracting, exciting, as wonderful as it was annoying. Prince Kozu was entirely unused to the butterflies and random spells of smiling, it all left him rather confused.
He at last worked up the courage to visit the Earth Princess, under the guise of asking if she had seen the performance at the Festival. He knew that was not the biggest reason for going to see Xiu Mei, but he was doing his best to ignore that at present. He had remembered to put on a shirt, a black one with gold embroidery, a little more flashy than he liked, but it worked. He had shoes, too. He was going the whole nine yards.
He stood before the door and drew in a quick breath to steady his nerves. Sadly the breath only made him want to back off more. He stepped back and cleared his throat, smoothing down his shirt in an attempt to collect himself once more. He cleared his throat, sucked in another small breath and lifted his hand to rap at the door, though the sudden sound and twitch of the knob left him standing, blinking, with one fist in the air as the door opened before him.