Sort of?

Naomi visibly relaxed the moment she touched Dave. Suddenly all of her anxiety about being separated from Sophie was morphed into joy at being able to help Dave. She let out a long, languid sigh and settled back into the couch. She thought about what might make a guy like Dave happy.

"So," she asked sweetly, "whatcha playing?"

He stared at her for so long she thought he might not have heard. "...just a video game," he mumbled under his breath.

Naomi playfully slapped his forearm. "I know that. Come on, man what's the game? It looks really cool." Her experience flirting with men was very limited, but she knew guys loved describing their video games. "What kind of graphics are those?"

"Uh... video game graphics?" Shoot, she was probably asking nonsensical questions. "It's an old Tomb Raider reboot that I never got around to playing."

Naomi pictured Angelina Jolie in that outfit from the old movie and felt a blush come to her cheeks. On the screen was some kind of folding fan with a small description of its value as an artifact. She wasn't much of a gamer, and what little she played was completely unlike this. Still, she was riveted since it was Dave's game.

"Oh, Lara Croft, right?" she said. "That's so cool. I always thought she was kinda hot. Can you show me how to play?"

"You wanna play it?" he asked incredulously.

"Well, I'll start by watching you play. You know, get a feel for it. I probably won't be as good as you." Naomi hoped she wasn't coming on too strong, but Dave reacted positively.

"Sure, uh, yeah. Ok. So it takes place on this weird island where you've been shipwrecked..."

She watched the TV and listened carefully as Dave walked her through the plot and gameplay mechanics. She would occasionally interject with a question or an encouragement to reassure him that she really was listening. She was committing everything he said to memory just in case at some point she could use it to make him feel better.

"...um, so that's where I'm at now. All these villagers are trying to kill me and, uh, I've got a gun and a bow and arrow..."

Dave glanced around nervously, noticing for the first time that his sister was nowhere in sight. "Hey, where'd Sophie go? Don't you need to get your stuff from the car?"

She teasingly twirled a strand of hair and giggled. Men liked when girls giggled. "Oh, we can worry about that later. I just wanna hang out with you, man."

He looked at her with suspicion and she froze. Had she overdone it?

"Naomi, seriously, what are you doing? We've known each other for decades and you've never wanted to 'hang out' with me, let alone ask me all these weird questions about sex slaves and video games. What's going on?"

She cursed her stupidity for showing too much interest too fast. If she told him the whole truth, he might not believe her or think she was playing a joke on him. On the other hand, if she was gonna come up with an alternative explanation she'd have to do it fast.