No reviews, that is so sad. I really do want your feedback, good or bad. This next story is a romance, Chekov/Sulu.

Disclaimer: No, I really don't own anything.

Theme 2-Love

Hikaru Sulu was always a romantic. When he was a child he would run around the house with his father's katana, fighting off imaginary villains and traveling dangerous paths in order to rescue the beautiful maiden. He even knew exactly what she would be like. His perfect love was a tall, slender brunette who was smart and delicate, someone who needed to be protected. They would meet in some dramatic way and fall instantly in love, as soon as they were together life would be perfect. It wasn't until he was older that Sulu looked back and laughed, realizing how wrong he was. Real love wasn't so perfect.

When Sulu first met Chekov he got the impression was that he was a know it all, snot nosed brat. He always sucked up to the teachers, bragged about what he could do, and was just overall an annoying dork. It didn't help that when Sulu started failing his physics class Chekov was his tutor.

What got them together wasn't a dramatic rescue, it was something a lot more mundane. Sulu was eating lunch with a bunch of his friends when he noticed that Chekov always ate alone. He watched Chekov for a few days but he never sat with anyone. After a week of this Sulu decided that Chekov looked lonely, he just hid it well with the false confidence. Sulu came in one day and waved to his friends but sat down with Chekov. He couldn't help but think that the look of delighted surprise on his face was adorable.

He sat with him for the rest of the school year, his friends coming over to join. Chekov would talk about just about anything, it was like he was starved for some attention. They started hanging out a lot more, going to the movies and doing homework together (well, Chekov looking over his shoulder and correcting his work). Sulu found that he could talk to Chekov about things that his other friends would tease them about. They both loved video games, Chinese food, and old music. They also introduced each other to new things. Sulu taught Chekov to fence and Chekov taught Sulu how to work math problems in his head. Sulu showed Chekov how to tend flowers, he could keep a flower for a week now before killing it, and Chekov taught Sulu Russian even though his accent was atrocious.

Sulu couldn't tell you when it started but at this point he care. He was madly in love with Pavel Andreievich Chekov. Now he just had to figure out how to tell him.