4:22’ pm - rin itoshi
4:22: hi rinnie
4:22: can you pick me up please, i went on the wrong train..😓
you didn’t expect a fast reply, which made you slump onto one of the benches nearby the train station. you were at-least a few miles away from home.
maybe you should’ve paid attention more towards the trains instead of rushingly getting on a random one that was close to leaving.. but it wasn’t your fault, the train had the number you were supposed to go on!
surprisingly you got a reply not even five minutes later.
rin ml 4:26: oh lord.
rin ml 4:26: send me your location, right now.
you sighed in relief. but, apart of you felt a bit terrified. you knew once you would get home you would get a long lecture from your boyfriend.
honestly seeing rin being pissed off was a mix of three things, scary, hot, and sexy. it was undeniable, even if it would leave him slightly red, you could not deny it.
4:27: (location)
4:27: don’t be maddd..
rin ml 4:28: y/n.
rin ml 4:28: oh my god.
4:28: IM SORRY :((
4:28: i swear i was on the right train!
rin ml 4:29: apperantly not.. you’re stupid.
rin ml 4:29: stay where you are, i’m omw now.
4:30: thank you sooo much rin<33
4:30: i love you.
rin ml 4:32: i love you more
rin ml 4:32: i’m still upset, don’t think you’re off the hook baby.
4:33: :((
“c’mon, let’s go.” your boyfriends sweet voice comes into your senses, slightly startling you as you were busy scrolling on your phone.
before you could say anything, his arm goes around your waist and almost drags you away from the station, making his way to his car.
even if you knew he was frustrated with you, you still smiled and kissed his cheek. you were grateful to have him. very grateful.
“thanks rinnie,” you muttered, hoping he would look back at you. which he did.
though he didn’t reply, he just shook his head and kissed your forehead in return; opening your side of the car so you would get in before getting in his side of the car.
“so, lemme guess. you mixed up the numbers?” your boyfriend side eyes you, turning on the car along with the heater.
your lips formed a thin line, pressing them together. he was right. you nodded your head and avoided eye contact.
“‘m sorry..” you replied, your voice barely a whisper.
rin sighs, shaking his head. you think he would give you the silent treatment, oh how you were so wrong.
he cups your chin with two fingers, forcing you to look up at him without avoiding eye contact. your eyes linger, looking at his orbs.
teal.
the eyes that held all the cold, and seriousness in the word. especially when it was on the field. yet he would never show that side with you.
because he loves you, he adores you. you’re always there when he needs you. there is never a time where he doesn’t see you at his games, cheering him on with everything you’ve got in you.
it’s cute.
he owes you everything. he knows you deserves the world. something as little as this situation isn’t something worth to be stressed out over.
“love, it’s okay.” he murmurs, interlocking his lips with the tip of your nose. he hopes it helps lighten the mood with you.
“next time, just wait for me to pick you up. kay?” he continues, cupping your cheek with one hand. you look up at him in shock. no lecture??
“you’re not gonna lecture me for this? woah!” you gasp, e/c orbs getting brighter.
he chuckles and shakes his head, turning away softly to get the engine of his car starting, not before checking if your seat belt was on.
like always, it’s not on. and you don’t even notice it, even when he groans.
that’s before he moves over to your side to put your seat belt on for you, making sure the strap wasn’t too tight.
“ohhh.. whoops!” you nervously scratch the back of your neck, smiling up at him.
“tch, idiot. i really am the reason to why you’re safe all the time.” a playful smirk appears on his lips, as he drives away from the train station.
you huff and roll your eyes, denying it over and over “no, only sometimes!” you affirmed, noticing how he looks at you with a sarcastic expression.
rin rose his eyebrows, giving you the ‘are ya sure?’ look.you sighed, knowing he was mostly right.
“okay, maybe most times..” he grins, taking your hand into his whilst he drives.
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really love how throughout a lot of smith and jones martha is really skeptical and apprehensive towards ten (+ one of my favorite exchanges between them - "what, people call you 'the doctor'?" "yeah?" "well, i'm not. far as i'm concerned, you've got to earn that title."), not taking everything he says at face value, even doubting the fact he's an alien until over halfway through the episode.. And like. i really truly think the thing that wins her over isn't him kissing her or any of the other insane mixed messages he manages to send, it's this scene here, where he /earns that title/ in her eyes:
(+ david's bit in the commentary, where he says: "[the doctor] has actually sacrificed himself, and - i would say, that that final act of selflessness is what finally, eventually, welds martha to him. [...] and she now returns it. she returns that act of selflessness.")
this is what their relationship is built on. it isn't about martha being the second-best replacement to rose or a rebound or whatever. bc it isn't really about rose. it's about doctor-in-training martha meeting someone (quite literally, "the doctor") whose ideals she aspires to, and doing her best to be the same person to him as he is to everyone else. it's about ten in return admiring her intelligence and inquisitiveness and how she cares for human life, recovering his compassion, letting himself lean on her for support - and then remembering at the most inopportune moments that he's supposed to not need anyone and be on his own forever. And around in their little nightmare loop they go where they save each other over and over until one of them breaks
i've seen ppl look at martha and go "why she does she admire/why is she so in love with ten if he acts like that to her?" or something along those lines and like. it's not just the fact she's in love with him (in fact i'd argue she actively tries to push it aside post-gridlock). it's the fact that she knows he's the kind of person to put everyone else's lives/well-being over his own. she trusts him to save her when she's in trouble even though it's been like two days at most that they've known one another bc she recognizes that same "deep all-encompassing drive to help others" in him. and she also recognizes, much much earlier than him, that he needs someone to save him, especially when he's unwilling to save himself. and yeah for a bit she thinks he returns her feelings and is just playing hard-to-get, but she realizes pretty early on that this probably isn't the case, and i think that realization fully solidifies here:
(this is when she's listening to ten talk abt gallifrey). And idk it might just be me but i think this expression isn't just her empathizing with his loss. it's also guilt, for wanting something from him that he's clearly unable to give when he's wracked with so much grief. (and you see it in the next episode, where tallulah asks if they're together and martha says for certain that they're not, and that he doesn't know about her feelings for him. she keeps everything to herself bc she now knows that when he shut her flirting down at the end of 3x01 it was the genuine reaction of someone who a) isn't interested and b) is scared of getting close with someone else again)
freema described their dynamic as "she's keener than him" and i think about this all the time. martha doesn't really take what ten throws at her. what she does instead is constantly poke holes in his already-failing front of "i will show someone the wonders of the universe so i can ignore what is wrong with me". what she does is stand up and fight him when he tries to go off on his own. what she does is put aside her well-being in favor of helping someone - just like what she saw him do for the people in the hospital when they first met. tldr, that's the doctor and his doctor and rip martha you would've loved who's gonna save u now by rina sawayama
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