"Relax, you know you don't have to make yourself presentable for me," he told her. "I just wanted to stop by and see how you were, you know. Let you know I'm here." And all that good stuff. He cared for her. They were kind of dating. What passed for dating, for them. Not exclusive, they'd decided, probably not destined for marriage or anything like that, but still. She was pretty important to him, and he took that seriously.