"Go to Red alert" The Captain said sternly. "Hail them"
"There not responding, Captain" Chakotay said glancing towards her. Kathryn couldn't help but look over to him, they starred into each other's eyes, long enough for a couple of crew members to start exchanging glances. At some point, but neither were sure when, their hands had drifted together and they were now holding hands, starring at one-another. They were jolted back to the moment by another hit from the opposing ship. They shuffled away from each other awkwardly, hoping nobody had noticed, but everybody had.
"Tuvok, report." The first Commander spoke strongly, making the Captain's heart skip a beat, just at the sound of his voice.
"Shields at 72%, and holding. We have tried to hail them, with no response. We have 6 injuries in sickbay, none severe." Tuvok spoke harshly, but unsurprisingly.
"Tuvok, target their weapons array." The Captain spoke softly, embarrassed about the previous events.
"Direct hit Captain, they have entered warp, shall I track them on long-range censors?" Tuvok asked, tapping away at his console.
"No, let them go, remove red alert." The lights came back on immediately. Chakotay left his seat and walked forward slightly, congratulating the crew. Before Kathryn even knew what she was doing, she had jumped up and was straight into Chakotay's arms, giving him a long passionate kiss in front of the rest of the crew. They didn't break off until a crew member from the other side of the bridge 'cleared their throat'. Chakotay let go straight away, knowing that the Captain would most likely be embarrassed, but she didn't let go. She held onto him around his neck, looking into his eyes, telling him it's okay, and that she's ready to tell them. He put his arms back around her waist, hugging her close and whispering into her ear, until she was ready to talk. The crew on the Bridge waited patiently until they had turned around, holding hands.
"Me and Chakotay, are-" The Captain got as far as she could before stopping, too embarrassed about the circumstances in which they had found out. The Captain looked around at the 16 members of crew looking at her, and felt over-whelmed. She passed out in Chakotay's arms, luckily, he was still holding onto her, he scooped her up in his arms and carried her into her ready room letting Tuvok know he had the Bridge.
Kathryn's eyes began to open and she began to regain consciousness, Chakotay realised quickly, because she began to stir from where he'd laid her on his chest.
"Hey there Sleeping Beauty." Chakotay said, with a slight tone of sexiness in his voice.
"Hey, how long have I been out?" Kathryn said sleepily while Chakotay brushed hair off her face.
"A couple of hours, 4 or 5 maybe, our shifts are over anyway, so what do you want to do?"
"I don't know. But do you know something I've always wanted to do with you?" Kathryn said, more awake now.
"What's that?" Chakotay enquired, on his way over to the replicator.
"I've always wanted you to draw me one of those tattoos, would you do that for me?" Kathryn suddenly felt awkward, almost as if the air thickened. "I know they have a spiritual meaning to you, but anything that's important to you is important to me, and I'd really like to get to know you a little better in that sense"
Chakotay leaned back against the wall, sipping his tea and looking over at her. He walked across the room and sat down next to her, kissing her for a long time. When she looked up at him afterwards, he handed her a coffee and after she took a sip she spoke;
"What was that for?" she asked, drinking her coffee.
"Just for being you, and I'd love to draw you one of my tattoos." Chakotay replied. "I have some spare holo-deck time if you want to go for a fancy dinner, dancing, maybe a moonlight boat ride?" He said as he sat down, her moving onto his lap.
"Mhhhm." Kathryn nuzzled into his chest, considering his proposition. "How about…I make, or replicate, a nice dinner and we could go to the holo-deck, and we could go to the beach resort Neelix always throws his party's at, I have a new bikini I'd like to try out…"
Kathryn could feel Chakotay's response because she was sat on his lap, and she kissed him deeply.
"Sounds like a plan" Chakotay said, stroking up and down his lovers side. "You want to invite Tom and B'ellanna, or just me and you?" Chakotay offered, drinking the last of his tea.
"I think we should invite them, it'd be nice to catch up with them, plus, me and you have all night together afterwards." Once again, Kathryn felt her lover's response beneath her. "I'll start making dinner, you invite them." Kathryn stood up and began to walk over to the replicator when Chakotay grabbed her arm, pulling her back and kissing her before she went. "I love you." Chakotay spoke quietly. "I love you too" she leaned into him and kissed him, before continuing her mission to make him and amazing dinner.
"Chakotay to Torres, Torres are you there?" Chakotay spoke loudly into the Comm line, hoping he hadn't just 'interrupted' them again.
"Paris here, B'ellanna isn't available right no-ooo-ow" Tom said over the Comm link.
"Are you alright Tom, sorry to bother you, are you and B'ellanna busy…like…..before" Chakotay spoke while shuffling around, listening to Kathryn laughing in the background.
"No, no, we were just in the shower, and I stepped out answer your call but…I fell. Fell. Nothing to do with B'ellanna throwing a soap bar." Tom heard Chakotay laughing into the Comm line.
"Well me and Kathryn were just wondering if in about an hour and a half you would like to join us for some private holo-deck time at the beach resort." Chakotay spoke into the Comm, after going up behind Kathryn and nuzzling into her hair.
"I'll go ask B'ellanna, I'll get back to you, in case I 'fall' again." He heard the laughs of his Captain and Commanding officer across the Comm line as he ended the transmission.
"So who was it, Chakotay again? and I'm sorry I threw soap at you" B'ellanna said as Tom re-entered the bathroom.
"It's fine Be, and yeah, Chakotay wants to know if we want to go the beach resort with him and the Captain in about an hour. You wanna go?" Tom asked as he stepped back into the shower with B'ellanna waiting for him.
"Yeah, I think it'd be nice, do you wanna go?" She slipped her arms around his neck and slipped up against him. She heard him moan and looked at him as he went in to kiss her, just as she reached his lips she grabbed his face, jolted it sideways and bit him, she drew blood and heard him moan again at her bite. She had bitten him so many time that now he found it as pleasurable as she did, and no longer painful. She leapt out of the shower and ran into the rest of their new quarters. Because he had only been in these new quarters for a few days, whereas B'ellanna had been in here for a month, he knew none of her new hiding places. He got out of their shower, turning it off and dashed through into their dark bedroom. He crept around slowly and quietly, after about 10 minutes, he couldn't find her, and it was too quiet. B'ellanna was usually impatient and came out after 2 or 3 minutes. He was still searching when he walked past an air vent and realised how cold it was, he was shivering as he was still naked.
"Computer, what's the temperature in here?"
"3.2 degrees" the computer replied automatically.
"Turn it up to 4.7" Tom replied returning to his search, he was worried about how cold it was, because Klingons don't handle cold too well. He came across B'ellanna underneath the air vent, and nudged her. She didn't reply. He discovered that she had passed out after crouching under the vent and getting too cold, he wondered how long she had been unconscious. Tom picked her up and tucked her under the covers of their beds, along with himself. He grabbed his comm badge and cuddled close to B'ellanna, he felt her skin began to warm back up.
"Paris to Chakotay." He listened carefully for Chakotay to answer.
"Chakotay here, you guys decided?" He spoke, swallowing what he had been eating.
"Yeah, we'll meet you there, what program is it, just so we know what to wear?" Tom spoke after gently crawling out from underneath B'ellanna and replicating the two of them a nice dinner. He had been saving up all his replicator rations for the past two months to make himself and B'ellanna an amazing meal, and decided to do it tonight. He had also picked up a couple of 'accessories' from the planet where he had been staying, which he had sent back with the supplies before the shuttle explosion. He initialised a site-to-site transport of said items and watched as they appeared. He had a small, round fold up table, a table cloth and some candles, as well as some nice new cutlery. He laid them all out and lit the candles. He scrolled through the available meals and settled for a steak dinner, with Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, veggies, gravy and a bottle of champagne. He walked over to his wardrobe and chose a suitable pair of black swim shorts, which he knew were B'ellanna's favourite, and a bright blue, tropical top as a pull over. He chose a black bikini for his fiancé, and a white dress to go over the top. The meal finished replicating and Tom crawled back into bed with B'ellanna, brushing hair out of her face, causing her to wake up.
"Hey….what…happened?" she said groggily.
"You passed out after hiding under the vent, babe" He said, leaning in and kissing her. "I made us some dinner, I brought supplies back for the new quarters. Take a look." B'ellanna looked over at where a small table with candles and a beautiful dinner all laid out. She let a single tear trickle down her face.
"Oh, Tom, you did all this for me?" she asked leaning into him.
"Of course, you're worth so much more than just a steak dinner and some candles, but I thought it would be romantic." He replied. She cupped his face to kiss him and pulled her hand back, noticing blood on her hand. She took hold of his face and looked at where she had bit him.
"Oh god, Tom, I'm so sorry." B'ellanna said in horror looking at what she had done. She had bitten him before but never this deep.
"For what Be?" Tom said, laughing in a puzzled way.
"For this" she said, stroking around it.
"Why? You've bit me before?"
"Yeah, but never this deep, and it's never bled for this long before. She scanned the rest of his neck and noticed a large bruise where she had thrown the bar of soap at him. She looked mortified when she saw it. "Oh god, I took it too far, I've really hurt you this time, I'm so sorry" B'ellanna said, now in tears. "Take off your shirt, let me see what I've done."
"Be, I'm fine you didn't-" He got that far before she ripped the shirt off him and moved to sit behind him. She stroked along the lines she had made in his back, many also bleeding. She began quickly looking around for a medical tricorder. She scanned it over him while he insisted he was fine.
B'ellanna took a deep breath and read what the tricorder displayed; "Bruising to the arms, chests and neck, a cut to the face, seven cuts on the back and a sprained thumb". She spoke the last words quietly still crying.
"Oh Be, that's nothing, I've probably done worse to you, let's see. He scanned the device over her until it displayed all her injuries. "3 cuts along the back, 4 cuts on your hips, sprained wrist, and bruising along your back, arms, thighs, neck and … crotch." He laughed at the last one, and it raised a smile from her. "See, I've done much worse to you." She looked up at him and he leaned down into a strong kiss. "Now, I've made you dinner and laid out your clothes, but we only have 20 minutes before we meet the Captain and Chakotay, so let's get eating" Tom said, as B'ellanna pulled on her bikini and dress.
"You got everything, Babe?" Tom shouted through to the bathroom.
"Yeah, got the Sunscreen" B'ellanna said as she walked back through.
"What's in your little bag then?" Tom said, finishing his drink.
"Err…two towels, my wrap around, two pads, both our sunglasses, sunscreen and your sandwich."
"Perfect. You ready to go then?" Tom enquired.
"Yeah, just pulling on my sandals." B'ellanna said as the door went.
"Enter" They both said in unison, laughing as the other couple entered.
"You ready to go?" Chakotay said, as Kathryn unlinked his arm and went over to talk to B'ellanna.
"Yep." Tom replied quickly as they all left.