Take a Good Look
Author's Note: I'm going to give a clear warning that this is a slash story (male & male romance). If you don't like it, don't read it. I don't own Star Trek. I take no credit for its awesomeness.
Chekov began to notice how much Sulu looked at him. At first, Chekov couldn't have sworn he was just imagining the whole thing, but more and more often now, he caught Sulu looking at him. After a while, Chekov found himself staring back at Sulu wondering if he had lost his own sanity. Sulu would quickly look away whenever he was looking and go on about his business like nothing had happened. For some unknown reason, that began to irritate Chekov beyond belief. As he would find himself staring more and more, Sulu would look less and less.
Other times, Chekov would swear that Sulu was purposely avoiding him. He began to notice whenever he entered a room Sulu would create as much distance as possible between himself and Chekov without seeming strange. When they were on the bridge, Sulu would literally sit at the opposite end of his chair teetering on the edge. If that wasn't bad enough, Sulu would be cold and cruel to him whenever their duties forced them to talk to each other or keep in close contact.
Sometimes Chekov couldn't help but wonder if Sulu hated his guts. Yet, there was really no reason that Sulu should hate him as he had did nothing wrong and had even saved both him and Kirk from certain death by transporting them before they fell to the ground from and impossibly high distance without a parachute. So Sulu should at least like him or at least try to tolerate him. However, Sulu wouldn't which made Chekov extremely angry.
When they were in the turbolift together and Sulu moved to the opposite end, Chekov had had the last straw and had to confront Sulu.
"Why do you keep doing that?" Chekov asked.
"Doing what?" Sulu replied.
"Moving away whenever I enter a room. Are you trying to avoid me?"
"No, I'm not trying to avoid you."
"Then, what is it? What's your problem?"
"Nothing. Nothing's wrong."
"Do you not like me?"
"I do like you…"
"Then why are you avoiding me?"
"Because- because I can't control the way I feel for you."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I like you more than a friend."
Chekov stared at Sulu wide-eyed for a moment at his confession and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat in excitement. Sulu liked him. Sulu more than liked him. He couldn't help, but love the idea of it and the relief that Sulu didn't hate his guts. Sulu backed up towards the wall and looked away and Chekov could feel his heart pang with pain for Sulu.
"I think I like you too," Chekov blurted out causing Sulu to look back at him with surprise and joy in his expression.
Neither of them noticed, but they moved closer to one another. Both of them stared into each other's eyes for a long moment.
"You ready?" Sulu asked.
"For what?" Chekov asked, but as he saw the look on Sulu's face he already knew what the answer was.
"Yes, I'm ready." Chekov answered.
For a moment, Sulu stood there as if unsure whether or not this was a good idea and Chekov leaned in kissing him brief on the face. Sulu pulled away a little in surprise.
"That was- good." Sulu said his face upturning in a pleasant smile.
"Exhilarating." Chekov said his eyes portraying profound joy. Inside, he felt euphoric and somewhat sick to his stomach as "the butterflies" consisted to annoy him. Sulu quickly made up for pulling away first by kissing him back. The second kiss was full of passion and lingered on until the turbolift doors opened to Kirk. Chekov and Sulu quickly pulled away at the same moment and Kirk looked at them somewhat mortified at seeing that. They quickly distanced themselves from each other and left the turbo lift without another word.
As soon as the turbolift doors closed again, Sulu asked, "So, do you want to do something later?"
"Sure, absolutely," Chekov replied.
They walked together as if nothing special had happened between them, and Kirk stayed silent for several days in complete disbelief at what he had saw.
Author's Note: So is it good so far? Good enough for another chapter? Please tell me in a review and if you have any pairings you would like to request do PM me or tell me in a review. Just know that I specialize in slash. So I'd rather it be slash requests only, but I will write for one if suggested. 8D!