No One's POV
"How did you get this com line?" Aria asks, the holo screen popping up on her desk, and Yon-Rogg's form in blue pixels hovering over the com unit.
"You stated that you did not associate with men who could not work their way around a holo code." Yon-Rogg states point blank, choosing the word associate instead of date simply because he did not enjoy the thought of his mate dating other men; she was his, not anyone else's, and he would make sure of that fact.
"Okay, technically I did say that, but-" Aria begins, but pauses as she notices Yon-Rogg's serious face. "Never mind…" Aria mutters. "Well… We're gonna have to cut this- whatever this is- short…" Aria sort of twirls her finger and points between them before standing up from her desk to walk over to her bed, still within the frame of the shot, and only then did Yon-Rogg notice that she looked as if she was getting ready to leave.
"I'm on my out… I have a date to get to." Aria tells Yon-Rogg, checking her bag which sits on her bed and packing a few things away.
"Hey, Aria, you ready to head out?" Zander walks into Aria's room, the door sliding open and then closed in a second, interrupting the conversation of the holo com.
"Hey! Yes! Totally ready! Just a sec." Aria perks up, turning to look at Zander; the same man Yon-Rogg had seen his mate with the first time she had rejected him, and even through the holo, the holo picking up only fragments of the background, it made Yon-Rogg want to murder him with his bare hands.
"Great, see you in a second." Zander throws a smile at Aria before walking back out of the room.
"Well, that's my cue. Don't want to be late." Aria throws a smile at the holo as she walks back over to the desk. "Next time, leave a message, Solider Boy."
Stardate 8-7-221997
"Aria, as requested, I am leaving a message… My mission near the Cygnus system was successful-"
Aria sighs a little as the holo continues in the background while she throws her bag and sweatshirt on her bed, taking her earrings off and placing them on the table, and walking around her room to place things away; she hadn't actually been serious about leaving a message, however, she couldn't blame him for misinterpreting her words. But, she was completely uninterested in simply hearing about Yon-Rogg's military exploits; a man had to be more than one dimensional for her to take interest in them.
Stardate 8-12-221997
"Aria, I have just completed another mission, this time near-"
Aria quickly trashes the message, deleting it from her voicemail; she really wasn't trying to be rude, but if military strategy and conquest was the only thing he was interested in, then she really didn't see a reason to talk to him or develop any sort of relationship with him.
Stardate 8-20-221997
"Aria, the Gamma Quadrant was not as empty as we had anticipated. However, the mission-"
That message was quickly trashed as well, Aria quickly disinterested in whatever kill mission or scouting report he had done in the Gamma Quadrant; contrary to belief, she wasn't only interested in engineering, although that was where she excelled. She took diplomatic courses as well as a few military strategy courses, it was all part of the Nova Corps Academy; after all, how was she supposed to serve as a future diplomat if she didn't have the knowledge in all areas?
Stardate 8-26-221997
"Aria-" The holo begins, Yon-Rogg's familiar form coming up on her holo com, only this time, Aria was sitting on her bed studying. "I have just returned from-"
Aria couldn't take it anymore; she could admit that having a guy spend this much effort it attempting to chase her was flattering, but if this was the only side she was going to ever see, she was uninterested… Very uninterested.
"Okay… Okay… Solider Boy, can I just stop you right there?" Aria picks up the holo com, sitting on her bed cross-legged as she picks up her com and cradles it in her palm.
"Aria?" Yon-Rogg cuts off.
"Who do you think it is?" Aria snorts a little ungracefully. "Of course it's me. Yeah. Okay. Anyways, so no offense, but I'd just like to stop you right now… I have to ask you… Why do you think I care about some random outpost of the Kree Empire?" Aria questions; just because she was studying primarily diplomatic and engineering studies, didn't mean she didn't know her other studies, she wasn't a complete moron.
"Look, Yon-Rogg, I know I'm in the Nova Corps Academy, so this may be confusing for you and your all-brawn, military sort of mind set…" She rolls her eyes a little as if to portray her sarcasm. "But I'm not actually studying to be a Nova Corps member… I mean, you saw that right? When you brilliantly hacked into the school records…" That is said a bit sarcastically; Aria could hack school records in her sleep. "I'm on the Diplomatic track. And Engineering track… I could care less about the military stuff…" Aria points out. "Why did you think I sent you all that engineering jargon? I literally sent you my science paper…"
"Were you not interested in me looking at it?" Yon-Rogg questions.
"You read it?"
"Yes." Yon-Rogg answers. "Was I not supposed to?"
"No. I mean-" Aria pauses; she didn't actually think he would understand it, and yeah, she didn't think he would read it or listen to it. She had to admit she was more impressed than she was when she originally picked up her com unit; she would admit she sent him all of those papers and equations simply to be petty, thinking that he would ignore them just as she had mostly ignored his voicemails. "Now, I'm a little more impressed…" She offers.
"So… Admits all that… Military brawn, Solider Boy." Aria tilts her head to look at Yon-Rogg and wiggles her finger in his direction. "Tell me… There has to be more to you. What is it?"
Yon-Rogg hesitates, the holo com fritzing a little, as if it was stalling from his movements in his room; it wasn't exactly considered manly or worthy of a warrior.
"There is something… Isn't there?" Aria presses. "Behind all that- that Kree brawn." Aria points and draws a circle as if to indicate all of him.
"I have been told I have a good voice… But-" Yon-Rogg finally answers his mate.
"You can sing?" Aria looks interested and her expression lighting up, like a dog who had just latched onto a particularly juicy bone.
"I have been told so." Yon-Rogg answers.
"Will you sing for me?" Aria asks.
Yon-Rogg looks distinctly uncomfortable at Aria's continued questioning at singing; there were many things he would do for his mate, of course, and eventually, he knew he would give into her request.
"One day." Aria backs off, noticing Yon-Rogg's clear discomfort, even across the holo. "One day I'll get you to sing for me… Now, see? That wasn't too hard to talk about something else besides military strategy and tactics… Now, was it, Solider Boy?" Aria grins across the screen.
Aria Rael is played by Claire Holt
