[She's not the type to leave present shopping to the last minute, she's the kind that would get it done weeks, months in advance because it's a terribly difficult and important process. So barely more than a day of warning doesn't settle well with Tear. But she's determined to find something suitable.
The day before, used to painstakingly scout out and whittle down the possibilities, with only sporadic breaks to eat, patrol, or just step back and hope something came to mind. Today, it's down to the clothing store and media store, and anyone in either for a length of time will very possibly notice her repeated cycles of enter, browse with deep consideration and borderline disgruntlement, leave.
Some things are just really hard, okay]
[Closed to Hei]
[For a moment it's tempting to just leave the packages next to the door. But though the steps have been cleared up of the night's snowfall, they're still wet and more snow keeps coming, which would ruin the paper wrapping, and therefore kind of ruin her efforts. They're the first presents she's wrapped after all, though they don't look it-- given how neat and meticulous she can be.
So she tightens her hold them under her arm a bit more, and even with her now resigned to doing this, it still takes her a good half minute before knocking. Someone looking very dressed for the weather and very soundly unsure over being where she is currently is the sight that will greet him]