With her permission, Clark entered the room. At the sight of Lois organizing her army of shoes, Clark immediately arched a brow and shook his head. The woman was trapped in a Fortress filled to the brim with alien artifacts and technology, so naturally that meant that she had to occupy herself with shoes. "You wouldn't have to stack them along the wall if you didn't bring a million shoes with you every time you visited, Lois," Clark replied. "If you were more practical..." Whoops. Two seconds into the same room as her and he was already getting on her case. That probably wasn't the best way to start the conversation he had planned on trying for when he had originally decided to come and talk.
Even if he still thought she only needed one pair of shoes to get her through her stay at the Fortress. Who really cared if she wore the same shoes two days in a row? He didn't."You know what? Forget all that. I'm not here to debate shoe politics with you." He grinned a little. "Though someone should." Shoe Addicts Anonymous. Was that a thing? It definitely needed to be a thing. "Have you considered professional help?"
He kept going back to the shoes. Why the shoes? Clark ran a hand over the back of his neck and turned to look at the door, which he had left partially ajar. It didn't matter. Kon was on the polar opposite end of the Fortress. He wasn't about to walk in on their potential conversation anytime soon.
That was, if Clark could build up enough nerve to start the potential conversation. He cleared his throat and awkwardly jammed his hands into the front pockets of his jeans. "I was hoping we could talk about - Kon seems okay for right now and, ah, I told you before that I wanted to talk to you about...?" Smooth. Making public speeches and putting everything out there was a lot easier when it was just Superman doing what Superman did best. Personal relations, stuff like this... Clark didn't know why he got so fumbly. "I wanted to talk about us. We should...talk about us. If that's okay? I mean, it can wait. If you want. Or if you'd rather play with your shoes?" He tried for a playful smile at that, though it came off more as a mix of hopeful uncertainty than anything else.