Prompt: Sulu, Gaila - Garland
Swordplay
″And why are you decorating the ship, again?″ Hikaru leaned against a railing in engineering as he watched Gaila, her lithe body balanced confidently on top of various pieces of equipment, hang garlands, stars, planets, and twinkling lights from every surface available.
″Not the whole ship.″ Gaila bit her lip and cocked her head to one side. ″Yet.″ She motioned for Hikaru to hand her another planet figure, this one with slowly rotating rings. ″Just Engineering deck today. I'll move on to the rest of the ship tomorrow, I think.″
″You still haven't answered my original question, you know.″
Gaila frowned at him in mock irritation. ″You don't know? What is it with human males and remembering important dates?″
″It's not just human males who suffer from this deplorable lack of memory, but all males.″ Hikaru grinned up at her and handed her another string of lights. ″Also? I resent your stereotype-based over generalization.″
″I'll bet you do.″ Gaila's smile was nearly as bright as the lights in her hand. ″It's to celebrate the one year anniversary of the start of our mission. I like the human tendency to celebrate everything possible with decorations and cheerfulness and speeches.″
″And drinking,″ Hikaru couldn't resist adding.
″And drinking,″ Gaila agreed. ″And sex, too. I especially like celebratory sex.″
Hikaru chuckled. ″I'm glad to hear that. Need any help with the rest of the decorations? I fully support celebration in all its forms.″
″I'll bet you do.″ Gaila motioned for the last of the garland. ″I am nearly done with this deck. But your services with your sword will definitely come in handy when it is time to take all the decorations down.″ Noticing Hikaru's laughter, Gaila was puzzled. ″What?″
Hikaru waved her concern away. ″Nothing, nothing. It's just that at the beginning of your last sentence I thought you were embarking on a particularly interesting euphemism.″
″Concerning servicing me with your sword?″ Gaila raised a brow. ″Well that goes without saying, doesn't it?″