A/N: For some reason I was thinking about Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas which inspired this one-shot...which then sort of expanded into a three-part short story. Hope you enjoy :) Disclaimer: I own nothing.
PS: There's no real time frame for this, it's just three random events basically :)
Grandma Sato:
The First Meeting
Hoshi Sato looked through the crowd of the friends and families of the Enterprise crew, searching for a familiar face. She smiled when she spotted who she was looking for.
"Soba," she said with a broad smile as she fell into the open arms of the older woman. "I've missed you," she confessed as she squeezed her tighter.
Her grandmother chuckled, "I have missed you too, my Hoshi," her grandmother responded before pulling away. "Now let me have a look at you," she said, holding loosely onto Hoshi's hands as she stepped back to look at her appraisingly.
She smiled.
"What?" Hoshi demanded.
"So beautiful," her grandmother replied. Hoshi blushed and then noticed her grandmother glance passed her at something.
"What is it?" Hoshi asked, looking behind her and seeing Trip making his way towards them.
"And who is this?" her grandmother asked.
"That's Tri-Commander Tucker, our Chief Engineer," Hoshi told her, turning back. "Obaasan, behave!" Hoshi admonished, catching sight of the expression on her grandmother's face as Trip came to join them.
"Hoshi, the Cap'n wants us all to move into the main reception room," Trip told her, before turning to her grandmother. "Excuse me, ma'am, I'm Commander Tucker," he said politely, offering his hand.
Hoshi's grandmother smiled and took his hand, "Kohana Sato," she said as she shook his hand. "He has a good soul," Kohana commented as she regarded Trip, "and he's handsome too," she said as an aside to Hoshi, who turned a fetching shade of pink.
"Obassan!" Hoshi exclaimed.
Trip just laughed, though he turned a little pink himself, "It's all right, Hoshi," he told her, eyes twinkling before he turned to Kohana. "It was a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Sato," he told her before excusing himself.
"Obassan-" Hoshi began in a low tone once Trip was out of earshot.
Kohana held her hands up in surrender, "I'm sorry, I just thought there was something between you."
"Well there's not," Hoshi said as they began to follow the others into the main reception room.
Kohana smiled as she linked arms with Hoshi, "Maybe not yet…"
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A/N: According to my Google search 'Soba' is an informal term for grandmother in Japanese, whilst 'Obassan' is the formal term. My apologies is this is incorrent :)