Kowalski and Rico gaped at the screen in Kowalski's lab. As soon as they had gone in, Kowalski had brought up the security cameras, interested in Skippers 'thing he had to say'. They had watched the display of affection,and now they were both staring at the screen with open mouths and wide eyes.
"We didn't see this." Kowalski said finally, shutting down the computer and looking at Rico. The weapons expert nodded rapidly in agreement.
Back in the main HQ, Skipper was still cradling the unconscious Private in his flippers. He realized some time had passed and placed the cadet back in his bunk.
Skipper got up and went to the lab door, turning the knob to meet Kowalski and Rico, who had rushed to any experiment in the room to pretend they were working on it.
"Okay, I had my talk with Private. Kowalski, when do you think he'll wake up?"
Skipper demanded from Kowalski, who put his ray down and started scribbling wildly on his options board.
Skippers P.O.V
Finally, he said "About a day and a half, and even then, he'll definitely be woozy."
"Okay." I said, walking back out the door. A day and a half. A LONG day and a half. I wanted Private up now. I wanted to make sure he actually meant the kiss, and that the best moment of my life so far wasn't just a joke.
I realized, most of all, I wanted to hold him again. I wanted to tell him I was sorry for not taking the shot and making him so through so much pain. I wanted to kiss him on the forehead and feel the warmth of his body against mine again.
I shook my head from the tempting thoughts. For right now, my team doesn't know what happened. And I was still the leader of the team, whether these feelings stood in or not. I had to keep my mind on that.
I was back in the main HQ, drinking my coffee slowly. I looked over at Private, who had turned to be on his side and had buried his head in his pillow. I smiled warmly at him, his little face looking so peaceful.
Suddenly, his peaceful face twisted in pain. He let out a whimper, which turned into a scream.
I raced over to him and felt his head, immediately pulling my flipper away. It was burning to the touch.
I went to the lab door to call Kowalski, but turns out I didn't need to. Kowalski had heard the scream and was already out there. He held a syringe in one hand, and carefully injected the liquid into Privates soldier.
The cadet flinched and moved around a little, but in the end, allowed Kowalski to finish.
The scientist quickly ran back into the lab. I waddled up to Private, who once again had a peaceful look on his face. I placed a gentle flipper on the boys side and kissed his forehead gently, smiling to myself.
"Night, love."
I apologize for the abnormally short chapter, I have a lot of things to do today in preparation for school so I don't have that much time to write! Hope you enjoyed it, review!