Alianna set her hands on her hips, her feet apart. She looked around, but she saw no sign of her second-in-command in the Cistren. He must be away on business.
"Hmph! How disappointing."
There wasn't that many people in the Cistren at the moment. Alianna's smile became mischievous as she rubbed her hands together in glee. That meant she could do the second best thing other than confronting Brynjolf. And that was snooping through his things.
Making her way over to the bed that belonged to the redheaded thief, Alianna decided to paw through his chest first. Kneeling down, she opened the box. Nobody in the Guild locked any of their possessions. What would be the point when everyone else could easily pick the lock?
As she rummaged through Brynjolf's things, she was rather bummed that she didn't find anything juicy.
"What are you doing?"
She jumped. She'd been so preoccupied in her snooping that she hadn't even paid attention to the others who walked by. Looking over her shoulder, Alianna sent Sapphire a shining smile, "Hello, Sapphire."
The black-haired female fisted her hands on her hips and stared down at Alianna, "Why are you digging through Brynjolf's things?"
She thought about it for a moment and then said brightly, "I'm just curious, I guess."
Covering her face with a hand, Sapphire shook her head with a sigh. "You know nobody believes that innocent act except Rune, right?"
"Yep."
Lifting a brow at her leader, Sapphire scowled down at her, "As long as you know. But I just wanted to let you know your crazy."
Already bored with the conversation, Alianna turned back to the chest, "I'm not crazy. I'm just devious. Well, maybe a little bit of both. Actually, a crazy person doesn't admit that their crazy so I guess I'm actually not crazy. Are you even listening to me? Hey!" She'd turned around to find Sapphire already walking away. "You aren't listening to me! You should have more respect for your all-knowing leader!" Turning back to Brynjolf's things with a huff, she continued her search, "How rude."
After a while, Alianna sat back with a sigh. Apparently Brynjolf had no embarrassing secrets to hide after all. Now that just wasn't any fun at all, was it?
As a shadow fell over her, Alianna let out a chuckle, "Did you really think you were going to sneak up on me a second time?" Shuffling herself around while still on her knees, Alianna looked up, expecting to see Sapphire looking down at her again.
Her smile fell and her lips fell open in a soundless gap as her eyes widened.
It wasn't Sapphire.
Damn. She'd been caught.
Busted.
Brynjolf stood before her, his arms folded over his chest as his green eyes bore into hers. "Not that I mind you being in that position, Lass. But do you mind telling me what it is you're doing?"
Position? She looked down and her eyes widened a little bit more when she realized that her face was level with his groin.
Shooting to her feet in her embarrassment, Alianna intended to push past him, but he caught the back of her armor and jerked her back. Catching her waist in his hands, he brought her against him, "No, Lass. You aren't getting away that easily. Not when I catch you red-handed pummeling through my personal belongings."
Alianna pushed against his chest, just to gain a little distance between their bodies. "I was looking for you."
"And not finding me, you decided to look through my things? Well, that doesn't really surprise me much, Lass. But why were you looking for me?"
She glanced away, to break away from the force of that green gaze, "Vekel said something that intrigued me a bit ago. I wanted to perform a test."
Brynjolf's brows furrowed in puzzlement, "And that test would be?"
Now they were on ground she was comfortable with. "I'll let you know when I get my answer."
He frowned, "What-?"
"Shut up, Bryjolf. You talk too damn much," Alianna said as she grasped his face in her hands and brought his mouth down to hers.