Her first instinct was to take a few steps back as he moved towards her but the fact that he seemed amused with her antics loosened her up a bit. She smiled wryly as he looked her up and down - no doubt trying to determine if she was armed or not, but he was cute and she wasn’t going to tell him to stop.
“Hmm… not sure I like that idea.” She remained where she stood, hands in front of her, fingers entwined. Aithusa was harmless, she just had to prove that to the security guard. A little grin started on one corner of her mouth and slowly began to spread. “How’s about you let me off the hook? C’mon, it’s just for fun. Besides, I don’t think you really want to call the cops on me, do you?” Eyes widened, playfully begging to not be punished for her innocent activity. There wasn’t any harm in remaining, really. Yes, it was breaking the rules and she knew she was asking for trouble the longer she lingered and didn’t do as he said, but she didn’t like the consequences the next day either.
“What if,” she said coyly. “You keep an eye on me, hmm? I won’t touch anything, I just need to stay here all night. They’re coming in the morning to see if I lasted and I really don’t want to be the butt of their jokes for a month.” Rocking from her heels to her toes, she looked like a disobedient little kid. “It’ll be our little secret… I promise?”
“Ah, I’m sure you don’t.” He mused, pressing his lips into a thin line and nodding at her words, perhaps already expecting her antics to be carried on throughout the conversation. As Aithusa stepped back, in what felt like some automated response, all he could do was arch a single brow towards her – unsure whether he wanted to address it or not. Despite doing his best (which still wasn’t ideal, to begin with) to keep a serious demeanor and stiff posture, Pietro had pretty much lowered his guard by then, knowing it was unlikely that the situation was anything other than expected – but also, no longer complaining about it. “Wait,” he began, drawing both brows together, the left corner of his lips twisting up in a side-smile, “you’re here because of a dare?” Emphasizing the last word, a huff of air soon soared past his lips, almost in disbelief.
“Dares in graveyards, in haunted mansions, or even in the woods I get, but museums?” Cocking his head to the side, he narrowed eyes back at the blonde, albeit the much lighter atmosphere. “Sounds like whoever gave you this dare doesn’t have the best of imaginations.” Voice leaking mockery, Pietro kept brown eyes almost fixated on the smaller figure, jokingly tantalizing whoever dared her in the first place – but also no longer bothered with her presence, even if he should be. “Or maybe you’re one of those kids who fear moving paintings? To be honest, and that’s between the two of us,” allowing both hands to drop to his sides, Pietro leaned slightly closed to the blonde, lowering his tone as if fearing someone could hear it before finishing his thoughts: “there are times I pass by a few paintings a couple corridors back and swear they blink at me.”
Letting the words linger for another moment, he waited in place, holding his breath – before dropping the act, an airy laugh ringing past his throat at the bullshit story. However, as his short laugh subsided, and his expression faded back to serious, Pietro ran his tongue through his lips, perhaps even considering her words – what harm could that even do? Besides, he could use some company, couldn’t he? Well, it wasn’t like the girl wasn’t trying her best to stick around – and calling cops was, indeed, a lot of paperwork that he wouldn’t want to even touch. Folding both arms in front of his torso, the security guard hummed in thought as she went on a tangent about not touching anything, and even if letting her around meant being as irresponsible as one could possibly be, Pietro was, at best, the embodiment of irresponsibility – wasn’t he?
“Hypothetically, if I pretend you’re not here-“ he tried, quite entertained by the blonde, “that could make me lose my job, you know?”
"That means no one can know about this."
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