Tea for Two ~ for protectmemaria [complete]

[princess_arista]

Where: Frollo's office
When: The afternoon a few days after meeting him.
Who: Arista and Frollo (and whoever feels like crashing, just ask)
What: Arista attempts to butter Frollo up with tea and conversation so she can freely spend time with Quasimodo.
Warnings: None(?)

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[protectmemaria]

Frollo looked up from a particularly nasty lesson plan, narrowing his eyes at the door. If it was Clopin again, so help him...

"Come in," he bade whoever was outside, and dropped his gaze back to his work, fully intending to send whoever it was on their way mere minutes after entering his office.

[princess_arista]

Dang! How was she supposed to open the door?! She paused for a moment before getting a brilliant idea. She sat one of the mugs on the floor, reached up to open the door, then picked it back up. She felt rather proud of herself as she stepped inside, casually nudging the door shut behind her with her hip.

"Good afternoon!" She bowed while holding the cups steady. Coming closer to the desk she set one mug in front of him, smiling her best smile.

"I promised you tea. I hope you like it."

[protectmemaria]

"Wait--" Frollo sighed irritably as he was forced to shove his papers aside to keep her from placing the tea straight on top of them. He looked down at the tea with a critical eye, then back up at Arista with the same evaluating expression, clearly unimpressed.

"You might have made an appointment," he said, "I am in the middle of working."

[princess_arista]

"Oh, I did! Didn't you get it?" She pursed her lips thoughtfully and tilted her head. "The communicators are still kinda new for me, so I must've messed up the appointment. I'm so sorry!"

Yup, play dumb. It worked most of the time. Dang, he was still glaring! She thought for a moment as she brought her own tea to her lips, taking a sip as she cleared her head.

Leaning her hip against the desk, she glanced down at his papers. "Is there anything I could help with? Maybe I can help you take a relaxing ten minute tea break?"