Unlikely

He Knows

The case was, difficult, for Rafael. He had to try and prove that a man falsely accused of rape in the past was actually guilty of rape this time. He was going on the possibly the man was insane from all the time he had spent in prison. Desperate times, desperate measures. After I shadowed during the trial, I had realized I had no more required shadowing hours due for school. Well now what's my excuse for following Rafael around?
"Hey Rafi?" I walk over to his desk from the couch I had claimed over the past few weeks. We were in his office and he was doing some paperwork.
"Mmhm?" He didn't look up and just scribbled down some writting.
I sat down and watched him write down a bunch of stuff I didn't understand, "I already have enough shadowing hours and I have final exams in two weeks."
He looks up at me and thinks for a minute, "We're gonna have to tell him Ana."
"Who?"
"Carisi." He leans back and rubs his forehead.
"Oh, yea." I slouch in my chair and look at my feet. "What if I just, don't?"
He laughs and sighs, "Sit up querido, I don't want you complaining about back pain later." I sit up and he clicks his pen a few times. "Would he be that mad?"
"Well yea but," I lean my head back and look up at the ceiling, "he adores you because like, you're one hell of a lawyer." He coughs and I look at him, "Heck. Heck of a lawyer. Anyways, you helped him pass the bar and-"
"and if he found out I had a thing with his primito, he'd be shocked." He finished for me.
"Yeah..." I got up and walked around his desk, "I can't even think of a good way to bring that up." I scoot a file over on his desk and sit on the edge.
"'Good work on that case Carisi, by the way, I'm in a both sexual and romantic relationship with your cousin', then just leave." Rafael sat up and smiled up at me.
Just then, Sonny and Fin enter his office, "Barba, oh hey Naomi. I thought you had enough shadowing hours?" I stand up and turn around as they both sit down. What is this? Beetlejuice?
"She just had some more questions, but none of your concern. What do you have for me?" Barba shot back before I could think of a decent excuse.
It's awkward for a moment and Fin takes the responsibility of breaking the silence, "So, Barba, we need you to sign off on a warent for-"
I excuse myself from the room and go to the nearest bathroom I can find. Rafael's secretary points me to one near the elevators.
When I walk out of the bathroom, I'm lucky enough to run into Sonny and Fin on their way out.
"Naomi, I need to talk to you. Fin, I'll meet you back at the precinct." Fin nods and gets on the elevator, Uh-oh.
We slowly walk back to Barba's office, "What's up?" I try to seem as calm as possible.
"Is something going on between you two? Like, he seems super comfortable around you and you have had more than enough shadowing hours." He looks at me but I don't dare look him in the eyes.
"Uh no? He's just really good at what he does." He gives me a weird look, "Not like that, jeez."
We stop at his office door and Sonny puts his hand on my shoulder, "Please don't lie to me."
I look up at him and smile before ducking back into Rafael's office and closing the door before Sonny could protest. "Rafii," I make sure to drag it out until he looks up at me. "I think we need to tell Sonny."
He looks up and waits until I'm sitting down to reply, "Maybe we should see if he could figure it out, he is a detective."

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We sat on the couch, I had my legs up on Rafael's lap and he was looking through a file. This guy is always has a file.
Knock knock knock.
"I got it." I hopped off the couch and walked over to the door. I had been staying at his apartment for so long I forgot that people expected him to open the door.
"Naomi?" Sonny looked shocked. I heard a pen drop from the living room and gingerly smiled up at him.
"Sonnyyyy hey." He looked at me confused. Before he gets a chance to speak, I interrupt. "I'll go get Rafa- Barba, I'll go get him." I shuffled over to Rafael and told him to see what Sonny wanted.
"Carisi, how can I help you?" Rafael walked over to the door and waited for Sonny to reply, but he just stood there and looked at Rafi. I watched anxiously from the couch, feeling like a scared little girl. Jig's up Naomi.
Sonny never connected well with boyfriends I had in the past. He's always been the protective type, like the big brother I never had. Now, though, it was different. Now it's with a guy he works with. I have no clue what he'll do.
"Counselor, I," Sonny looks in at me then back at Rafael. Fuck fuck fuck. Suddenly, he pulls Rafael into a hug and smiles, "Finally! She's involved with someone who isn't a complete jack-ass."
I laugh, "Well,"
They both look at me and I realize I should probably not.
Rafael smiles and welcomes Sonny in. We talk and laugh about the things that led up to us being together, leaving out what Sonny didn't need to hear. I was just so happy that Sonny didn't try to lash out on Rafael or anything. Happy.