Emiko crossed her arms, her posture straightening as she tilted her head at Milo - now that she could see him awake, and not hunched over on the desk, well⦠he certainly looked better now.
βYer waitinβ on me? Well Iβm sorry, I didnβt mean tβkeep ya. Though it looks like the both of us coulda used the rest.β She smirked, adjusting the strap of her bag.Β βHeyβ¦ are ya hungry? I was thinkinβ of grabbinβ a bite before headinβ home since I missed lunch and well, wouldnβt want anyone tβwalk home on an empty stomach yβknow?β She swayed her head a little, shifting the weight of her body from one foot to the other - cracking her signature smileΒ an ingrained reaction these days whenever she they wanted someone to do something. The manipulations that become hard to shrug off when youβve been a saleswoman your whole life.
βOh, and Iβm Emiko by the way.β Her smile changed, now softer. Warmer. As she offered a hand out to Milo.
Β Β Β TOΒ SAYΒ MILOβSΒ SURPRISEDΒ ISΒ ANΒ UNDERSTATEMENT ,Β Β Β Β and the borderline cavalier and dismissive statement on his tongue dies much like a goblin caught in a food fight between damien and pollyΒ ;Β tragic,Β unfulfilled,Β and,Β to be honest,Β not wholly eventful or contributory to begin with.
still !Β it must mean something,Β at least,Β when their eyes meet and he garners a response from her longer than approximately twoΒ ( 2 )Β quick lines of dialogueΒ ---Β and that his immediate response isnβt to want to fall into a coma mid - conversation.Β heβs almost caught,Β even,Β by the effortlessness of her gait and the ease of her smile,Β and,Β were he not a charmer by definition,Β heβd even say he was nearly charmedΒ himself.
as it was,Β however,Β personal experience taught him that charisma like that usually came with equal guile,Β andΒ ...Β well.Β no one ever said milo wasnβt the curiousΒ type.
βsβfine,βΒ he hums,Β guard carefully raised but still sleepily enticed all the same,Β shifting his sealskin over his shoulders like a shawlΒ as he gets up to stretch,Β βpeople fall asleep here all the timeΒ ---Β no big.Β libraryβs been through worse.Β and having a few more hours to napβs never been an issue for me,Β anyways.βΒ he pauses,Β perceptive and observant for just a moment before heβs back to yawning again,Β gathering his things in one fell swoop.Β Β β ...Β i wonβt say no to food,Β though,Β if youβre offering.Β and paying.β
thereβs a split second where milo hesitatesΒ ;Β fingers twitching as a nearly indiscernible tell,Β before he puts his hand in emikoβs,Β nodding to cover up the way he pulls out of their shared grip almost immediately after.Β βiβm milo,βΒ he smiles,Β a tiny thing,Β Β βwhere did you have in mind ?β
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