[well if that's not the weirdest knock he's ever heard...! But it makes sense, given the circumstances. He settles the kettle down on the stove, making the short distance over to open the door]

Ah - please, do come in.

[he looks a little different to last time - fallow markings dappling his skin at the temples and the sides of his neck, that Gokudera can see. His eyes... are also dark, when on their first meeting Gokudera might have been close enough to see that they are usually bright blue.

He is certainly not as encumbered as his companion, though - he might have had it far worse. A delicate gesture to the small sitting area]

Please - usually I would prepare a tea set but I imagine that would be cumbersome with your... condition. But I have other crockery and china so I think we can make do.

[indeed, he's laid out a fair assortment of receptacles of various shapes and sizes. Lingering, once he has seen Gokudera inside and closed the door behind him-]

...have you any preference over tea or coffee?