Chapter Six
A New Station
Karameki was looking after Eienno by the order of Hanna. She'd been instructed to make sure that he'd had everything he needed.
She just sat though and starred at him. He wasn't going to wake up much anymore, the last few time. But, as always, Eienno proved him wrong.
"Where's Hanna?" he said, with a strange sort of concern.
She cocked her eyebrow and then looked at him.
"She told me to look after you," she replied. "Do you mind? Or did you want her to look after you?"
"I don't really care," he attempted to pull the covers off to see the damage done to him. "I just want to heal soon."
"Oh," she looked over at his chest, which hid under the blankets. "Do you want her to come and help?"
"How'd you know?" he asked in reply to her question.
"I have a way with figuring things out."
"I see," he felt pressure in his chest, pressure that hurt against his stitching. "Is that how you found out that I liked her?"
"Yep," she headed to the door. "She'll be here in a minute. Oh and by the way," she paused. "This is all the proof you need to know that she at least likes you."
"No it's not," he remarked, "proof would be her saying it."
"Fine," she responded, "but she does like you."
With that being said, she opened the door and walked out of the room. She headed to Hanna's room, where she knew Hanna would be thinking of ways to help Eienno heal.
She knocked on the door, "Hanna, I think he needs you."
Hanna opened the door and looked at Karameki. "What does he need?"
".Just you," she said.
Hanna gave her a strange look and then turned into her room.
"Where are you going?" said Karameki.
Hanna barrelled around in her room, where she had taken the liberty of storing all her antibiotics. She found one called Adreline and put a small portion of it into a needle.
"Have you ever put a needle into someone?"
"No," replied Karameki looking into Hanna's practically filthy room. "Why?"
"Because that would mean that I have to go and help him," she walked out of the room and headed into Eienno's.
"Keep your mouth shut," she told him. He did as she asked.
Karameki slithered off somewhere so that Hanna wouldn't be able to leave, and closed the door behind her.
Hanna inserted the sterilized needle into the skin on Eienno's chest.
"What's this?" he teased, sarcastically.
"This is a drug that will help you heal really, really fast and keep you from feeling any pain," she informed quickly.
Eienno looked at Hanna with longing expression on his face. She leaned her head down to study the wrapping on his wound. He desperately wanted to kiss her as she loomed above him. Her face came closer to his, close enough for him to lift his head and be able to touch her lips with his. He thought for a second, then reached up and pecked her lips softly. She sat, shocked and looked down at him.
"What was that?" she said in a strange monotone voice.
"A weird way of saying thank you," he answered softly, looking into her raspberry eyes that started to tint into a pinkish colour. He reached up again and kissed her with a little more passion. She responded, closing her eyes and beginning to kiss him back.
Her eyes shot open and she pulled away. "What are you doing?"
"I don't know," he said, nervously fidgeting with the hem of the sheets.
"Then don't," she said.
He remained quite and kept fidgeting.
She looked at him and noticed that he looked as though he could slap himself if he could move more than his head.
She couldn't help but want to kiss him again. She walked out of the room, calling for Karameki, then hiding in her room and contemplating what had happened.
'Why did he do that?' she asked herself. 'Why did I do it back? What happened? God, he's a jerk. What possessed him to do that? I hate him.' Her heart ached when she thought those words. Her whole body wanted to go and kiss him again.
Karameki noticed Hanna walk out of him room and back into hers. She headed into Eienno's room to see what was going on.
"What just happened?" she asked, closing the door behind her.
"I really don't know how, or why, but." he paused and looked at her, ".I kissed her. Then, she kissed back."
"I told you she liked you," she added snidely. "If she didn't why would she kiss you?"
"She got pissed and left," he remarked.
"What's wrong with that?"
"I'm married, Karameki," he said shamefully.
"What?" she exasperated. "Married?"
"That's why I can't be with her," he informed again. "I have a wife."
"Don't tell me you have kids too," Karameki began to feel horrible for somehow managing to get him in the situation he was in.
"No," he said, "not that I know of."
"How could you not tell me that before I went to get Hanna in here?" she whimpered sadly.
"Because, I wasn't ready to tell you." He began to fidget with the blanket. "But you're right."
"About what?"
"About her being the right woman for me," he explained. "I just don't think I'm the right guy for her."
"How do you figure?" she responded. "When I kissed her, this might sound strange and really sappy, but she felt so.I don't know. My whole body felt like it was in perfect condition and that it was more powerful than any other."
"And what would make you think that you aren't the right guy for her?"
"Is she with me?" He looked at her with an expression of frustration on his face. "Let's just, leave that whole topic to rest. No more talking about it."
"Fine," she said sitting in her chair and waiting for him to say something else.
Hanna was still puzzling over Eienno when she decided to go into the control room to see what was going on. She opened the door to the cabin and looked out the window.
"Um.Hanna," said Tomodachi noticing that she'd finally come to see what was going on.
"Yeah?" she said, blankly.
"We don't have any communication devices functioning." Tomodachi looked at her screen. The satellites that were atop the shuttle were coloured red with 'out of commission' flashing on the bottom of the screen. "Our engine is running low on fuel and none of the others are working."
"Are our scanners working?" asked Hanna.
Cordelia looked at the radar screens, "Yeah. What do you want me to look for?"
"A colony or space station that might be able to help," she instructed, "I'm going to find a way to tell Meeko and whoever else about the ship."
Hanna headed through her room, closing the door behind her. She knew she should tell Eienno, but she didn't want to see him for a while. She sat down on her bed and waited for news from Cordelia.
Chikara knocked on the door that headed to the shuttle's corridors. She opened it and, upon seeing him, gave him a shameful expression.
"What's wrong?" he asked, automatically picking up on her self-disgust.
"Come in," she said, taking him by the hand and guiding him to her bed where she sat him down. She waited until he was comfortable beside her. Then she shut and locked the doors.
Chikara felt a little aroused sitting on her bed, in her room, with both doors shut and locked.
"I'm only telling you this so you know," she explained. "I kissed him."
"Who?" he responded.
"You know," she said, looking at him, feeling guiltier then she ever had before.
"No," he said with a smile.
"I went to give some pain killers and he kissed me," she excused.
"So?" he looked at her. "He kissed you."
"That's not what I'm trying to tell you," she said quietly.
"What do you want to say?" he asked caringly.
"I kissed him back and I'm so sorry, I'm extremely sorry." Tears began to well up in the corners of her eyes.
"Well," he looked up at her. "Shit happens."
"You mean you're not mad?"
"Why would I be?" He stood up and looked at her. She was a shorter than him, but she was still very tall. She leaned into his body and wrapped her arms around his neck.
He was a little taken by her actions, but wrapped his arms around her waist nonetheless. She rested her head on his shoulder and held him closer to him.
"Thank you," she said.
"No need," he remarked. He looked down at her and gently pressed his lips to hers.
She responded and kissed him, but it didn't feel near as wonderful as it had with Eienno. She pretended it was better, but she knew deep down that it wasn't.
Chikara pulled away and looked at her. He smiled and loosened the grip around her waist.
There was a knock on the door.
"Hanna," called Cordelia. "We found something."
Hanna's grasp on Chikara loosened as well and they let each other go. Chikara headed out the way he came and Hanna headed to the control room.
"What is it?" she said easefully.
"It's a station, but it doesn't have a name listed in the records provided," informed Cordelia.
"Is there a station number for it?" asked Hanna looking at the radar.
"No, but we can see it now," Tomodachi pointed out the chunk of mass. It had a garage door like feature that was open and appeared to be ready to board them.
"Why do they look ready?" asked Hanna, noticing this and pointing it out.
"Because we talked to them," said Tomodachi. "I found out that the satellite that sends e-mails was fine, so we e-mailed them and they're ready for us."
"Why didn't I think of that?" Hanna wondered. "I guess I'll send the General and Meeko an e-mail about our status."
"I already did," said Karameki from behind her.
"What'd you say?"
"I told them what happened to the ship and that we were docking with a station, then I told them about Eienno." Karameki smiled proudly.
"Smart," said Hanna. "Has anyone told our dearest major about what's happening yet?" Her voice was sarcastic, but she knew no one had talked to him for a while.
"No," said Cordelia, "but I know who can."
"Yeah," retorted Karameki, "you."
"No freaking way," replied Cordelia, "he hates me."
"I'll go," muttered Hanna miserably, "childish people."
She walked over to the door and knock on it gently before opening it. She poked her head in the door and frowned at Eienno.
"Wake up!" she yelled.
"What the fuck do you want?" said Eienno, "Let me freaking sleep."
"No," she said softly. "I just need to tell you about what's going on. We're docking with a satellite so that we have enough fuel and engine power to get to the colony. We found a way to communicate with people outside the ship and now that I've told you everything that's going on, shut up and sleep."
"Fine by me," he turned his head to the wall opposite her face and drifted back to sleep.
For some odd reason, being shooed by him made her feel hurt. She looked to the floor with a depression she'd never felt before and shut the door, leaving him to his rest. She could feel her heart sinking more and more as she thought about it. She didn't understand how she could feel so hurt in the first place. He was an asshole to her all the time.
Karameki saw the expression Hanna's face portrayed. She couldn't believe that someone could look so sad and depressed. She followed Hanna with her eyes as she headed back to her room.
"Hanna," said Cordelia, "we're about to dock with the station."
"So?" retorted Hanna. "I'm sure you know what to do."
"Sure," Cordelia's voice was sarcastic and crude.
"And I'm ordering that you do it," Hanna slammed the door shut and locked it behind her.
"Fine," muttered Cordelia bitterly, "talk about abusing authority."
"She's not 'abusing authority,' moron, she's doing her damn job," said Tomodachi in Hanna's defence. "Didn't you see how she looked?"
"Like she normally looks," remarked Cordelia.
"No," Karameki reminded, "she looked upset. Oh, but yeah, you're too conceited to notice."
Hanna looked at her watch. It was two in the afternoon and she hadn't eaten since breakfast. For some weird reason, she didn't feel hungry; just depressed and alone. Even if Chikara were in her room with her, she knew she'd still feel lonely and angry with herself.
She rolled over and fell asleep, unable to help herself. She didn't sleep all that well though. She tossed and turned, feeling the same discomforts that Eienno felt.cold and empty.
She couldn't wake up, though, and just kept tossing and turning.
Eienno woke shortly after Hanna had fallen asleep.
"Karameki," he called.
Karameki could hear Eienno calling her and hurried to help him.
"Yeah?" she said opening the door to his room and peeking in.
"I know she'll get pissed at you for it, but I need her," he instructed.
Karameki nodded. "I'm just going to need to go through your room. She locked the door on that side."
"I don't care."
Karameki hurried through his room and into the hallway. She turned to Hanna's door and knocked on it lightly. There was no answer, so Karameki opened the door and looked in.
Hanna was asleep on the bed. She looked pale and sweat sheered her face.
'Is she sick?' wondered Karameki, heading over to where Hanna lay. She gently nudged Hanna awake.
Hanna could feel her eyes sting and dry mouth open slightly upon waking up.
"Are you okay?" asked Karameki. "You suddenly look as though you're going to die." "I feel fine," mumbled Hanna, acting as if nothing was wrong. "Why are you waking me up?"
"Eienno needs you."
Hanna sat up and looked around. Her head spun in the opposite way her eyes did. She stood up, making her head throb angrily.
'What's wrong? Why do I feel so ill?' Hanna asked herself, trying desperately to figure it out.
She stumbled dizzily into Eienno's room.
"What in hell do you want?" she said, sounding a lot harsher then she thought.
"I was just wondering, when I'd be able to move," he said, feeling just as much pain and annoyance as she felt.
"Whenever you can, asshole." She walked back out of his room and into hers again. This time, she made sure she locked the door and she flopped down on her bed again. She shivered intensely, making her slide her slender figure into the covers. She still felt like she was freezing.
'What is wrong with my body?' she asked herself again. 'Is it the fact that I'm a little depressed or am I genuinely sick?'
She tried to perk up a bit, but found it to be difficult. She rolled over and tried as best she could to sleep, but ended up lying in bed for hours upon hours.
Hanna peeked at her watch. It was eleven pm and she still hadn't fallen asleep. She felt well enough to eat a little food now and headed to the kitchen.
She found a small package of juice and drank it pleasurably, heading back to her room as she did. She felt so much better, almost as though she had never been sick.
'What happened?' she asked herself. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard Eienno cry out. She opened the door to peer into his room. She noticed that even though his body didn't move, his head couldn't hold still. She walked over to him, closing the door behind her.
She put her juice on the bedside table and lowered herself to her knees, leaning on the bed for support. She put a hand gently on his cheek. He calmed down a little and seemed to be at peace. When she lifted her hand, his expression seemed to die on the spot.
Knowing that he must feel as lonely as she did, she climbed onto the bed and carefully climbed over him to the side of the bed closest to the wall.
She felt a burst of happiness throughout her body and smiled when he sleepily wrapped an arm around her. Her body felt warm and content.
She noticed that Eienno looked like he would heal twice as fast with her lying there beside him. She unconsciously snuggled into his body and fell asleep with her head perched on his shoulder.
Hanna felt eyes on her face when she woke up. She raised her head and looked around, noticing that she wasn't in her room.
Eienno starred at her. He felt happy with her there and wished that he had the courage to pull her closer to him.
"Sorry," she whispered, remembering that she'd joined him the night before. "I'll go."
"It's okay," he remarked, comfortingly.
She rested her head on his shoulder. "You just looked really lonely and miserable last night, so I thought I'd spend the night with you to keep you comfortable."
"You actually cared?" he was shocked at her explanation.
"If I didn't, wouldn't you be dead?" She talked slowly and drowsily and quickly fell back to sleep, enjoying the peaceful feeling that they shared for the first time they'd met.
He unconsciously pulled her into his embrace again. She looked so content with him that he couldn't help but look and fall for her right then and there.
He mumbled something incoherent to even himself. He rested his head on the pillow and closed his eyes, eager to fall asleep again. He found himself successful in only minutes.
Karameki was worried about her friend. She decided that she'd check on Hanna and see if she needed anything. When she wasn't in her room, she searched every room, but the bedrooms. Of course, her search was in vain.
She looked in Chikara's room, knowing for a fact that he was still asleep. She wasn't there, so she looked in Hanna's room again, and finally, she checked the most unlikely place, Cordelia's room, and found nothing.
'The only other place would be either my room or.' she paused and smiled to herself. 'Do I even need to check?'
She poked her head into Eienno's room and looked around. She couldn't see Hanna anywhere, but knew for a fact that she wasn't anywhere else. She walked in and peered over the bed.
She laughed inwardly so no one would hear her. There was Hanna, healthy as ever, snuggled right into the side of Eienno's body. In return he had an arm wrapped around her waist.
'What in the world is going on?' she asked herself. She rolled her eyes, more surprised then sarcastic. She left the room, closing the door behind her so no one would be able to see.
She closed Hanna's door as well so that people would think that she was still in her room sleeping. She headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, since her captain didn't seem to be interested in cooking. In her giddy mood, she decided that she'd go all out and make one of the biggest breakfasts she'd seen.
Cordelia sat in the kitchen, at the table and starred at Karameki with an evil eye.
"Why are you so excited this morning?" she asked, eying her companion suspiciously.
"I have my reasons." Karameki dug through the cupboards in a failing attempt to find a cookbook.
"You wouldn't happen to know what happened to Hanna, would you?" asked Cordelia, no longer suspicious of her friend.
"I think she got a little sick yesterday and slept," answered Karameki, knowing that Cordelia wouldn't have a clue about what had really happened.
"I feel bad," said Cordelia, opening up to the one person everyone. "I've been really inconsiderate towards Hanna. Haven't I?"
"No, you think?" replied Karameki, sarcastically, but with friendly tone.
"I don't even know why," explained Cordelia. "Maybe I'm jealous of her for some useless and pathetic reason."
"Maybe." Karameki was happy that Cordelia was finally seeing the big picture. She had treated Hanna with no respect. Even though everyone knew she deserved the respect any person should get.
Cordelia made a goal for herself, 'I should try and treat everyone nicely and equal to myself.' That was her final thought on the topic before she busied herself by helping Karameki.
Chikara had chosen to pilot the shuttle throughout most of the night. He was just in the process of docking the ship with the space station, when Tomodachi joined him.
"Morning," she said cheerily.
"Hi," he replied tiredly.
"How are you?" she asked. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yep," he answered, "You?"
"I always sleep well." She looked at him with kindness. "I know you like her a lot, Chikara," she started, "But you're going to end up putting yourself through a lot of pain if you fall in love with her."
"Why do you say that?" he responded, not at all offended at her words.
"Because, she's already in love with someone else."
"Who would that be?"
"I'm sure you can figure it out pretty fast," she noticed he was looking a little uncomfortable with the topic of conversation she'd picked. "Don't get me wrong. I know she likes you.but I don't think you're going to like the way the story ends. I'm not even saying you should end it, just make up your mind now and know the consequences of your decision."
"Thank you for the warning," he stated kindly and thankfully. He knew what his choice was. He would stay with Hanna, even if he did end up getting hurt in the end. He really liked Hanna, but knew that Tomodachi was right. His mind was made up though; he'd stay with her and enjoy what time he'd have with her, then face the truth.
Hanna woke again. She was too comfortable to want to move. So she just looked at Eienno's face.
'Why do I feel so.perfect?' she asked herself. 'Why does he feel so perfect?' She rested her head in the crevasses of his neck, finding that somehow, she fit like as though she were a puzzle piece that attached to that part of him.
His eyes fluttered open when he realized she had woken up.
"I know you've done lots for me," he looked around the room anxiously. "But I need you to change my clothes."
She rolled her eyes, knowing he asked her so he'd have his chance to bug her. She dug through the drawers for something he could wear. She found some sweat pants and a tank that seemed comfortable for him.
She walked over to the bed, hesitating slightly, and then pulled the covers off his body. She rolled her eyes at herself and sat on the side of the bed. She gently removed his shirt, revealing the muscles that she'd hidden from herself while performing surgery. She quickly, but gently slid the tank overtop so she wouldn't be caught drooling over his absolutely perfect body. She unbuckled his pants and swallowed hard, trying hard not to let her hormones take over her judgement. She pulled his pants down as if he were a little baby, making sure she didn't pull his boxers down with them. She hurriedly put the sweatpants on. She sighed and gave him his breakfast. She left the room, ready to restart her day, properly.
Karameki was looking after Eienno by the order of Hanna. She'd been instructed to make sure that he'd had everything he needed.
She just sat though and starred at him. He wasn't going to wake up much anymore, the last few time. But, as always, Eienno proved him wrong.
"Where's Hanna?" he said, with a strange sort of concern.
She cocked her eyebrow and then looked at him.
"She told me to look after you," she replied. "Do you mind? Or did you want her to look after you?"
"I don't really care," he attempted to pull the covers off to see the damage done to him. "I just want to heal soon."
"Oh," she looked over at his chest, which hid under the blankets. "Do you want her to come and help?"
"How'd you know?" he asked in reply to her question.
"I have a way with figuring things out."
"I see," he felt pressure in his chest, pressure that hurt against his stitching. "Is that how you found out that I liked her?"
"Yep," she headed to the door. "She'll be here in a minute. Oh and by the way," she paused. "This is all the proof you need to know that she at least likes you."
"No it's not," he remarked, "proof would be her saying it."
"Fine," she responded, "but she does like you."
With that being said, she opened the door and walked out of the room. She headed to Hanna's room, where she knew Hanna would be thinking of ways to help Eienno heal.
She knocked on the door, "Hanna, I think he needs you."
Hanna opened the door and looked at Karameki. "What does he need?"
".Just you," she said.
Hanna gave her a strange look and then turned into her room.
"Where are you going?" said Karameki.
Hanna barrelled around in her room, where she had taken the liberty of storing all her antibiotics. She found one called Adreline and put a small portion of it into a needle.
"Have you ever put a needle into someone?"
"No," replied Karameki looking into Hanna's practically filthy room. "Why?"
"Because that would mean that I have to go and help him," she walked out of the room and headed into Eienno's.
"Keep your mouth shut," she told him. He did as she asked.
Karameki slithered off somewhere so that Hanna wouldn't be able to leave, and closed the door behind her.
Hanna inserted the sterilized needle into the skin on Eienno's chest.
"What's this?" he teased, sarcastically.
"This is a drug that will help you heal really, really fast and keep you from feeling any pain," she informed quickly.
Eienno looked at Hanna with longing expression on his face. She leaned her head down to study the wrapping on his wound. He desperately wanted to kiss her as she loomed above him. Her face came closer to his, close enough for him to lift his head and be able to touch her lips with his. He thought for a second, then reached up and pecked her lips softly. She sat, shocked and looked down at him.
"What was that?" she said in a strange monotone voice.
"A weird way of saying thank you," he answered softly, looking into her raspberry eyes that started to tint into a pinkish colour. He reached up again and kissed her with a little more passion. She responded, closing her eyes and beginning to kiss him back.
Her eyes shot open and she pulled away. "What are you doing?"
"I don't know," he said, nervously fidgeting with the hem of the sheets.
"Then don't," she said.
He remained quite and kept fidgeting.
She looked at him and noticed that he looked as though he could slap himself if he could move more than his head.
She couldn't help but want to kiss him again. She walked out of the room, calling for Karameki, then hiding in her room and contemplating what had happened.
'Why did he do that?' she asked herself. 'Why did I do it back? What happened? God, he's a jerk. What possessed him to do that? I hate him.' Her heart ached when she thought those words. Her whole body wanted to go and kiss him again.
Karameki noticed Hanna walk out of him room and back into hers. She headed into Eienno's room to see what was going on.
"What just happened?" she asked, closing the door behind her.
"I really don't know how, or why, but." he paused and looked at her, ".I kissed her. Then, she kissed back."
"I told you she liked you," she added snidely. "If she didn't why would she kiss you?"
"She got pissed and left," he remarked.
"What's wrong with that?"
"I'm married, Karameki," he said shamefully.
"What?" she exasperated. "Married?"
"That's why I can't be with her," he informed again. "I have a wife."
"Don't tell me you have kids too," Karameki began to feel horrible for somehow managing to get him in the situation he was in.
"No," he said, "not that I know of."
"How could you not tell me that before I went to get Hanna in here?" she whimpered sadly.
"Because, I wasn't ready to tell you." He began to fidget with the blanket. "But you're right."
"About what?"
"About her being the right woman for me," he explained. "I just don't think I'm the right guy for her."
"How do you figure?" she responded. "When I kissed her, this might sound strange and really sappy, but she felt so.I don't know. My whole body felt like it was in perfect condition and that it was more powerful than any other."
"And what would make you think that you aren't the right guy for her?"
"Is she with me?" He looked at her with an expression of frustration on his face. "Let's just, leave that whole topic to rest. No more talking about it."
"Fine," she said sitting in her chair and waiting for him to say something else.
Hanna was still puzzling over Eienno when she decided to go into the control room to see what was going on. She opened the door to the cabin and looked out the window.
"Um.Hanna," said Tomodachi noticing that she'd finally come to see what was going on.
"Yeah?" she said, blankly.
"We don't have any communication devices functioning." Tomodachi looked at her screen. The satellites that were atop the shuttle were coloured red with 'out of commission' flashing on the bottom of the screen. "Our engine is running low on fuel and none of the others are working."
"Are our scanners working?" asked Hanna.
Cordelia looked at the radar screens, "Yeah. What do you want me to look for?"
"A colony or space station that might be able to help," she instructed, "I'm going to find a way to tell Meeko and whoever else about the ship."
Hanna headed through her room, closing the door behind her. She knew she should tell Eienno, but she didn't want to see him for a while. She sat down on her bed and waited for news from Cordelia.
Chikara knocked on the door that headed to the shuttle's corridors. She opened it and, upon seeing him, gave him a shameful expression.
"What's wrong?" he asked, automatically picking up on her self-disgust.
"Come in," she said, taking him by the hand and guiding him to her bed where she sat him down. She waited until he was comfortable beside her. Then she shut and locked the doors.
Chikara felt a little aroused sitting on her bed, in her room, with both doors shut and locked.
"I'm only telling you this so you know," she explained. "I kissed him."
"Who?" he responded.
"You know," she said, looking at him, feeling guiltier then she ever had before.
"No," he said with a smile.
"I went to give some pain killers and he kissed me," she excused.
"So?" he looked at her. "He kissed you."
"That's not what I'm trying to tell you," she said quietly.
"What do you want to say?" he asked caringly.
"I kissed him back and I'm so sorry, I'm extremely sorry." Tears began to well up in the corners of her eyes.
"Well," he looked up at her. "Shit happens."
"You mean you're not mad?"
"Why would I be?" He stood up and looked at her. She was a shorter than him, but she was still very tall. She leaned into his body and wrapped her arms around his neck.
He was a little taken by her actions, but wrapped his arms around her waist nonetheless. She rested her head on his shoulder and held him closer to him.
"Thank you," she said.
"No need," he remarked. He looked down at her and gently pressed his lips to hers.
She responded and kissed him, but it didn't feel near as wonderful as it had with Eienno. She pretended it was better, but she knew deep down that it wasn't.
Chikara pulled away and looked at her. He smiled and loosened the grip around her waist.
There was a knock on the door.
"Hanna," called Cordelia. "We found something."
Hanna's grasp on Chikara loosened as well and they let each other go. Chikara headed out the way he came and Hanna headed to the control room.
"What is it?" she said easefully.
"It's a station, but it doesn't have a name listed in the records provided," informed Cordelia.
"Is there a station number for it?" asked Hanna looking at the radar.
"No, but we can see it now," Tomodachi pointed out the chunk of mass. It had a garage door like feature that was open and appeared to be ready to board them.
"Why do they look ready?" asked Hanna, noticing this and pointing it out.
"Because we talked to them," said Tomodachi. "I found out that the satellite that sends e-mails was fine, so we e-mailed them and they're ready for us."
"Why didn't I think of that?" Hanna wondered. "I guess I'll send the General and Meeko an e-mail about our status."
"I already did," said Karameki from behind her.
"What'd you say?"
"I told them what happened to the ship and that we were docking with a station, then I told them about Eienno." Karameki smiled proudly.
"Smart," said Hanna. "Has anyone told our dearest major about what's happening yet?" Her voice was sarcastic, but she knew no one had talked to him for a while.
"No," said Cordelia, "but I know who can."
"Yeah," retorted Karameki, "you."
"No freaking way," replied Cordelia, "he hates me."
"I'll go," muttered Hanna miserably, "childish people."
She walked over to the door and knock on it gently before opening it. She poked her head in the door and frowned at Eienno.
"Wake up!" she yelled.
"What the fuck do you want?" said Eienno, "Let me freaking sleep."
"No," she said softly. "I just need to tell you about what's going on. We're docking with a satellite so that we have enough fuel and engine power to get to the colony. We found a way to communicate with people outside the ship and now that I've told you everything that's going on, shut up and sleep."
"Fine by me," he turned his head to the wall opposite her face and drifted back to sleep.
For some odd reason, being shooed by him made her feel hurt. She looked to the floor with a depression she'd never felt before and shut the door, leaving him to his rest. She could feel her heart sinking more and more as she thought about it. She didn't understand how she could feel so hurt in the first place. He was an asshole to her all the time.
Karameki saw the expression Hanna's face portrayed. She couldn't believe that someone could look so sad and depressed. She followed Hanna with her eyes as she headed back to her room.
"Hanna," said Cordelia, "we're about to dock with the station."
"So?" retorted Hanna. "I'm sure you know what to do."
"Sure," Cordelia's voice was sarcastic and crude.
"And I'm ordering that you do it," Hanna slammed the door shut and locked it behind her.
"Fine," muttered Cordelia bitterly, "talk about abusing authority."
"She's not 'abusing authority,' moron, she's doing her damn job," said Tomodachi in Hanna's defence. "Didn't you see how she looked?"
"Like she normally looks," remarked Cordelia.
"No," Karameki reminded, "she looked upset. Oh, but yeah, you're too conceited to notice."
Hanna looked at her watch. It was two in the afternoon and she hadn't eaten since breakfast. For some weird reason, she didn't feel hungry; just depressed and alone. Even if Chikara were in her room with her, she knew she'd still feel lonely and angry with herself.
She rolled over and fell asleep, unable to help herself. She didn't sleep all that well though. She tossed and turned, feeling the same discomforts that Eienno felt.cold and empty.
She couldn't wake up, though, and just kept tossing and turning.
Eienno woke shortly after Hanna had fallen asleep.
"Karameki," he called.
Karameki could hear Eienno calling her and hurried to help him.
"Yeah?" she said opening the door to his room and peeking in.
"I know she'll get pissed at you for it, but I need her," he instructed.
Karameki nodded. "I'm just going to need to go through your room. She locked the door on that side."
"I don't care."
Karameki hurried through his room and into the hallway. She turned to Hanna's door and knocked on it lightly. There was no answer, so Karameki opened the door and looked in.
Hanna was asleep on the bed. She looked pale and sweat sheered her face.
'Is she sick?' wondered Karameki, heading over to where Hanna lay. She gently nudged Hanna awake.
Hanna could feel her eyes sting and dry mouth open slightly upon waking up.
"Are you okay?" asked Karameki. "You suddenly look as though you're going to die." "I feel fine," mumbled Hanna, acting as if nothing was wrong. "Why are you waking me up?"
"Eienno needs you."
Hanna sat up and looked around. Her head spun in the opposite way her eyes did. She stood up, making her head throb angrily.
'What's wrong? Why do I feel so ill?' Hanna asked herself, trying desperately to figure it out.
She stumbled dizzily into Eienno's room.
"What in hell do you want?" she said, sounding a lot harsher then she thought.
"I was just wondering, when I'd be able to move," he said, feeling just as much pain and annoyance as she felt.
"Whenever you can, asshole." She walked back out of his room and into hers again. This time, she made sure she locked the door and she flopped down on her bed again. She shivered intensely, making her slide her slender figure into the covers. She still felt like she was freezing.
'What is wrong with my body?' she asked herself again. 'Is it the fact that I'm a little depressed or am I genuinely sick?'
She tried to perk up a bit, but found it to be difficult. She rolled over and tried as best she could to sleep, but ended up lying in bed for hours upon hours.
Hanna peeked at her watch. It was eleven pm and she still hadn't fallen asleep. She felt well enough to eat a little food now and headed to the kitchen.
She found a small package of juice and drank it pleasurably, heading back to her room as she did. She felt so much better, almost as though she had never been sick.
'What happened?' she asked herself. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard Eienno cry out. She opened the door to peer into his room. She noticed that even though his body didn't move, his head couldn't hold still. She walked over to him, closing the door behind her.
She put her juice on the bedside table and lowered herself to her knees, leaning on the bed for support. She put a hand gently on his cheek. He calmed down a little and seemed to be at peace. When she lifted her hand, his expression seemed to die on the spot.
Knowing that he must feel as lonely as she did, she climbed onto the bed and carefully climbed over him to the side of the bed closest to the wall.
She felt a burst of happiness throughout her body and smiled when he sleepily wrapped an arm around her. Her body felt warm and content.
She noticed that Eienno looked like he would heal twice as fast with her lying there beside him. She unconsciously snuggled into his body and fell asleep with her head perched on his shoulder.
Hanna felt eyes on her face when she woke up. She raised her head and looked around, noticing that she wasn't in her room.
Eienno starred at her. He felt happy with her there and wished that he had the courage to pull her closer to him.
"Sorry," she whispered, remembering that she'd joined him the night before. "I'll go."
"It's okay," he remarked, comfortingly.
She rested her head on his shoulder. "You just looked really lonely and miserable last night, so I thought I'd spend the night with you to keep you comfortable."
"You actually cared?" he was shocked at her explanation.
"If I didn't, wouldn't you be dead?" She talked slowly and drowsily and quickly fell back to sleep, enjoying the peaceful feeling that they shared for the first time they'd met.
He unconsciously pulled her into his embrace again. She looked so content with him that he couldn't help but look and fall for her right then and there.
He mumbled something incoherent to even himself. He rested his head on the pillow and closed his eyes, eager to fall asleep again. He found himself successful in only minutes.
Karameki was worried about her friend. She decided that she'd check on Hanna and see if she needed anything. When she wasn't in her room, she searched every room, but the bedrooms. Of course, her search was in vain.
She looked in Chikara's room, knowing for a fact that he was still asleep. She wasn't there, so she looked in Hanna's room again, and finally, she checked the most unlikely place, Cordelia's room, and found nothing.
'The only other place would be either my room or.' she paused and smiled to herself. 'Do I even need to check?'
She poked her head into Eienno's room and looked around. She couldn't see Hanna anywhere, but knew for a fact that she wasn't anywhere else. She walked in and peered over the bed.
She laughed inwardly so no one would hear her. There was Hanna, healthy as ever, snuggled right into the side of Eienno's body. In return he had an arm wrapped around her waist.
'What in the world is going on?' she asked herself. She rolled her eyes, more surprised then sarcastic. She left the room, closing the door behind her so no one would be able to see.
She closed Hanna's door as well so that people would think that she was still in her room sleeping. She headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, since her captain didn't seem to be interested in cooking. In her giddy mood, she decided that she'd go all out and make one of the biggest breakfasts she'd seen.
Cordelia sat in the kitchen, at the table and starred at Karameki with an evil eye.
"Why are you so excited this morning?" she asked, eying her companion suspiciously.
"I have my reasons." Karameki dug through the cupboards in a failing attempt to find a cookbook.
"You wouldn't happen to know what happened to Hanna, would you?" asked Cordelia, no longer suspicious of her friend.
"I think she got a little sick yesterday and slept," answered Karameki, knowing that Cordelia wouldn't have a clue about what had really happened.
"I feel bad," said Cordelia, opening up to the one person everyone. "I've been really inconsiderate towards Hanna. Haven't I?"
"No, you think?" replied Karameki, sarcastically, but with friendly tone.
"I don't even know why," explained Cordelia. "Maybe I'm jealous of her for some useless and pathetic reason."
"Maybe." Karameki was happy that Cordelia was finally seeing the big picture. She had treated Hanna with no respect. Even though everyone knew she deserved the respect any person should get.
Cordelia made a goal for herself, 'I should try and treat everyone nicely and equal to myself.' That was her final thought on the topic before she busied herself by helping Karameki.
Chikara had chosen to pilot the shuttle throughout most of the night. He was just in the process of docking the ship with the space station, when Tomodachi joined him.
"Morning," she said cheerily.
"Hi," he replied tiredly.
"How are you?" she asked. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yep," he answered, "You?"
"I always sleep well." She looked at him with kindness. "I know you like her a lot, Chikara," she started, "But you're going to end up putting yourself through a lot of pain if you fall in love with her."
"Why do you say that?" he responded, not at all offended at her words.
"Because, she's already in love with someone else."
"Who would that be?"
"I'm sure you can figure it out pretty fast," she noticed he was looking a little uncomfortable with the topic of conversation she'd picked. "Don't get me wrong. I know she likes you.but I don't think you're going to like the way the story ends. I'm not even saying you should end it, just make up your mind now and know the consequences of your decision."
"Thank you for the warning," he stated kindly and thankfully. He knew what his choice was. He would stay with Hanna, even if he did end up getting hurt in the end. He really liked Hanna, but knew that Tomodachi was right. His mind was made up though; he'd stay with her and enjoy what time he'd have with her, then face the truth.
Hanna woke again. She was too comfortable to want to move. So she just looked at Eienno's face.
'Why do I feel so.perfect?' she asked herself. 'Why does he feel so perfect?' She rested her head in the crevasses of his neck, finding that somehow, she fit like as though she were a puzzle piece that attached to that part of him.
His eyes fluttered open when he realized she had woken up.
"I know you've done lots for me," he looked around the room anxiously. "But I need you to change my clothes."
She rolled her eyes, knowing he asked her so he'd have his chance to bug her. She dug through the drawers for something he could wear. She found some sweat pants and a tank that seemed comfortable for him.
She walked over to the bed, hesitating slightly, and then pulled the covers off his body. She rolled her eyes at herself and sat on the side of the bed. She gently removed his shirt, revealing the muscles that she'd hidden from herself while performing surgery. She quickly, but gently slid the tank overtop so she wouldn't be caught drooling over his absolutely perfect body. She unbuckled his pants and swallowed hard, trying hard not to let her hormones take over her judgement. She pulled his pants down as if he were a little baby, making sure she didn't pull his boxers down with them. She hurriedly put the sweatpants on. She sighed and gave him his breakfast. She left the room, ready to restart her day, properly.
