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, wellโฆ he certainly looked better now.
โYer waitinโ on me? Well Iโm sorry, I didnโt mean tโkeep ya. Though it looks like the both of us coulda used the rest.โ She smirked, adjusting the strap of her bag.ย โHeyโฆ are ya hungry? I was thinkinโ of grabbinโ a bite before headinโ home since I missed lunch and well, wouldnโt want anyone tโwalk home on an empty stomach yโknow?โ She swayed her head a little, shifting the weight of her body from one foot to the other - cracking her signature smileย an ingrained reaction these days whenever she they wanted someone to do something. The manipulations that become hard to shrug off when youโve been a saleswoman your whole life.
โOh, and Iโm Emiko by the way.โ Her smile changed, now softer. Warmer. As she offered a hand out to Milo.
ย ย ย TOย SAYย MILOโSย SURPRISEDย ISย ANย UNDERSTATEMENT ,ย ย ย ย and the borderline cavalier and dismissive statement on his tongue dies much like a goblin caught in a food fight between damien and pollyย ;ย tragic,ย unfulfilled,ย and,ย to be honest,ย not wholly eventful or contributory to begin with.
still !ย it must mean something,ย at least,ย when their eyes meet and he garners a response from her longer than approximately twoย ( 2 )ย quick lines of dialogueย ---ย and that his immediate response isnโt to want to fall into a coma mid - conversation.ย heโs almost caught,ย even,ย by the effortlessness of her gait and the ease of her smile,ย and,ย were he not a charmer by definition,ย heโd even say he was nearly charmedย himself.
as it was,ย however,ย personal experience taught him that charisma like that usually came with equal guile,ย andย ...ย well.ย no one ever said milo wasnโt the curiousย type.
โsโfine,โย he hums,ย guard carefully raised but still sleepily enticed all the same,ย shifting his sealskin over his shoulders like a shawlย as he gets up to stretch,ย โpeople fall asleep here all the timeย ---ย no big.ย libraryโs been through worse.ย and having a few more hours to napโs never been an issue for me,ย anyways.โย he pauses,ย perceptive and observant for just a moment before heโs back to yawning again,ย gathering his things in one fell swoop.ย ย โ ...ย i wonโt say no to food,ย though,ย if youโre offering.ย and paying.โ
thereโs a split second where milo hesitatesย ;ย fingers twitching as a nearly indiscernible tell,ย before he puts his hand in emikoโs,ย nodding to cover up the way he pulls out of their shared grip almost immediately after.ย โiโm milo,โย he smiles,ย a tiny thing,ย ย โwhere did you have in mind ?โ
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