Somehow, Uhura and Kirk had a working relationship by their third year. She still hated his lewd pickup lines and his cocky demeanor, but she also believed he was a good person at heart.

That never stopped her from stripping him a new one, every now and again when he would pester her for her name. The bastard positively enjoyed the cussing.

The night Uhura came to her room to find a naked Kirk under her roommate's bed was no different. She knew her roommate and Kirk were sleeping around, but she would not tolerate them doing it in her room. So it was with plain irritation that she slammed him out of their room.

The next morning she was part of the Kobayashi Maru test that Kirk was taking for the third time, and why did she say yes to him again?

Oh, right! Because he had promised he would stop asking for her name for the whole year if she showed up. That little shit knew she would turn up just to shut him up.

She proceeded to watch his 'arrogant bastard show' that he put on for everyone to see and was very approving of McCoy for being the only other person unable to tolerate Kirk's bullshit.

oOo

So, he cheated to win. No surprises there.

What she was upset about was him finding an enemy in Spock, which she ought to know, was no ordinary feat. Vulcans found friendship and enmity illogical, after all. She knew it was all bullshit, but still.

Then, there had been the massive clusterfuck that was the distress signal from Vulcan and their rescue operation.

oOo

A/N: I mention Uhura being similar to McCoy in that they are unable to tolerate him outwardly. I think that in itself shows how similar they are in their relationship to Kirk.