[ it's a week after she writes her number on raleigh becket's hand that he finally calls her just as she's finished crying a round at her older sister, who brushes her hair back from her face and notices that something's up with her phone, holding it up to say: --oh look. see, i told you not to stress yourself out.
so naomi takes the call and locks herself in her room, and raleigh becket asks her out on a date.
he's goofy and cute and he lets her babble about the things she likes ( there's a television screen at the restaurant he's taken her to and she can't help but notice the segment on the news, which prompts her to comment and when he asks her to expound, she goes on talking about ten minutes straight until she realizes she's all but told him enough for the paper that's due next week sorry, i get caught up in it - no, it's okay. i've never really thought too much about stuff like that, it's interesting. keep talking. ) and doesn't think she's weird.
by the time he drives her home, walks her to the door and leans in to give her what is essentially her first kiss - she's already red in the face because what if he doesn't want to see her again?
but raleigh does, because he asks if he can see her again, and if she presses her mouth to his with a murmured yes, it's a mix of how he's so boyishly attractive and the way he's actually smarter than he gives himself credit for and while her crush on him might have been superficial at first, he's on his way to be a jaeger pilot and she's heard that making the cut is really rare.
they start dating - as much as two people can date when she has college to figure out and he's going through jaeger training with his really intimidating brother all the way in kodiak island. but they make it work and on some weekends she drops by, happy enough to get him for even just five minutes because while they talk on the phone and he texts her the silliest things, she misses him a lot because there's nothing quute like seeing him in person.
so her sister drives her up tonthe jaeger academy and waits in the car as naomi stands outside the facility gate. and when raleigh steps out with his brother trailing behind him, she walks up to where they cheesily link hands through the fence before he finally rushes out to lift her up in his arms.
she knows she's in trouble, because they're only really just kids, but it's like that sara bareilles song because naomi could definitely live by the light in raleigh's eyes.
it's not a hardship when she realizes that jaeger pilots, up close, don't act like regular people, because when she hangs out with raleigh and his brother and a j-tech officer named tendo from the ppdc, she sees how the girls go from interested to weirded out when the beckets finish each other's sentences, or how they know what each other needs without saying a word, or even how sometimes raleigh answers to someone calling out yancy's name. for a moment she's just quiet, just watching these things unfold, and when mr. choi asks her if it bothers her, that her boyfriend's practically an extension of his brother and vice-versa - and she shakes her head to say: of course not. look at them. the way they are? the kaiju have another thing coming if they think they can beat those boys.
she's so incredibly proud of raleigh when he calls her to crow that he and his brother have been assigned to a beautiful new mark 3 jaeger, she's in the hallway outside of her classroom and she's grinning like a loon because her boyfriend's big dream just came true. you get to name her, right? yeah, babe. i picked out the best name - gipsy danger. for the world war 2 engine, right? yeah, that one.
they're in a motel room that night celebrating when she lets him get to third base, and somewhere between kissing and touching they both somehow end up going all the way. she's never had anyone before him, but she knows what she likes and when they come together it's flirting and talking and egging each other on, laughter as their bodies slide together and sleepy kisses between the sheets.
she's hazy in the morning and there's too much sun, and when his lips press against her shoulder she blinks an eye to glare at the clock. ]
Do you have to go already? [ she whines, and she rolls over to bury her face in his chest. ]
asdlkhasdfklhsdf no but i am happy because this is so cute
so naomi takes the call and locks herself in her room, and raleigh becket asks her out on a date.
he's goofy and cute and he lets her babble about the things she likes ( there's a television screen at the restaurant he's taken her to and she can't help but notice the segment on the news, which prompts her to comment and when he asks her to expound, she goes on talking about ten minutes straight until she realizes she's all but told him enough for the paper that's due next week sorry, i get caught up in it - no, it's okay. i've never really thought too much about stuff like that, it's interesting. keep talking. ) and doesn't think she's weird.
by the time he drives her home, walks her to the door and leans in to give her what is essentially her first kiss - she's already red in the face because what if he doesn't want to see her again?
but raleigh does, because he asks if he can see her again, and if she presses her mouth to his with a murmured yes, it's a mix of how he's so boyishly attractive and the way he's actually smarter than he gives himself credit for and while her crush on him might have been superficial at first, he's on his way to be a jaeger pilot and she's heard that making the cut is really rare.
they start dating - as much as two people can date when she has college to figure out and he's going through jaeger training with his really intimidating brother all the way in kodiak island. but they make it work and on some weekends she drops by, happy enough to get him for even just five minutes because while they talk on the phone and he texts her the silliest things, she misses him a lot because there's nothing quute like seeing him in person.
so her sister drives her up tonthe jaeger academy and waits in the car as naomi stands outside the facility gate. and when raleigh steps out with his brother trailing behind him, she walks up to where they cheesily link hands through the fence before he finally rushes out to lift her up in his arms.
she knows she's in trouble, because they're only really just kids, but it's like that sara bareilles song because naomi could definitely live by the light in raleigh's eyes.
it's not a hardship when she realizes that jaeger pilots, up close, don't act like regular people, because when she hangs out with raleigh and his brother and a j-tech officer named tendo from the ppdc, she sees how the girls go from interested to weirded out when the beckets finish each other's sentences, or how they know what each other needs without saying a word, or even how sometimes raleigh answers to someone calling out yancy's name. for a moment she's just quiet, just watching these things unfold, and when mr. choi asks her if it bothers her, that her boyfriend's practically an extension of his brother and vice-versa - and she shakes her head to say: of course not. look at them. the way they are? the kaiju have another thing coming if they think they can beat those boys.
she's so incredibly proud of raleigh when he calls her to crow that he and his brother have been assigned to a beautiful new mark 3 jaeger, she's in the hallway outside of her classroom and she's grinning like a loon because her boyfriend's big dream just came true. you get to name her, right? yeah, babe. i picked out the best name - gipsy danger. for the world war 2 engine, right? yeah, that one.
they're in a motel room that night celebrating when she lets him get to third base, and somewhere between kissing and touching they both somehow end up going all the way. she's never had anyone before him, but she knows what she likes and when they come together it's flirting and talking and egging each other on, laughter as their bodies slide together and sleepy kisses between the sheets.
she's hazy in the morning and there's too much sun, and when his lips press against her shoulder she blinks an eye to glare at the clock. ]
Do you have to go already? [ she whines, and she rolls over to bury her face in his chest. ]