his tongue pushed past his lips to wet them before his teeth snagged onto his lower lip, watching her grow closer to him. as her hand made contact with his cheek, he couldn’t help but lean into her touch. though when he had realized what he was doing, he straightened his composure and cleared his throat. “i’m—i’m not, you know, i haven’t—” he laughed a little nervously before clearing his throat one again and shaking his head. “i haven’t been, you know, with anybody else.” he admitted, the truth. booker hadn’t slept with anybody since he’d admitted to himself that he actually did have feelings for naomi. “i don’t know how much comfort that gives you but nobody else is touching me.” and he hadn’t found himself wanting anybody else to, either.
she couldn’t conceal the hurt look that crossed her features when he moved away from her touch but that soon was wiped when she heard his words, giving him a small nod. “ well, that.. that does give me a lot of comfort actually. ” she told him, trying to conceal the smile that was playing on her lips. “ i, i haven’t been with anyone else either - nor do i plan to.” she sighed, crossing her arms against her chest to somewhat protect herself from how open she was being. “ i can live with that, with they way things have been - if you want to continue, but if you don’t then i.. i couldn’t blame you if you walked away. ” the thought of him leaving pained naomi, but she would never make him stay if it wasn’t what he wanted.