Filling in the Blanks - 4/6 - Star Trek XI - Chulu
Filling in the Blanks
Rating: PG (I think)
Warnings: Swearing. Impled slash. Drinking
AN: short chapter is short. >.>
A chime sounded and Chekov flailed an arm out to hit the snooze on his alarm.
A raspy voice near his ear grumbled, "You always set that thing too early."
He opened his eyes in shock before remembering that it was Hikaru in his bed and why. They'd fallen asleep next to each other but somehow during the night Pavel's left leg had ended up sandwiched between the other man's, while Hikaru's right arm had wrapped around Pavel's hip, and they'd somehow ended up sharing the same pillow.
Pavel felt sick. This was his friend, his best friend, and he was taking advantage of his hurt brain.
The chime went off again and he realized it was his wall comm and not his alarm. Grateful for the excuse to extract himself from the embrace, he quickly untangled their limbs, which illicited a groan from Hikaru who just burrowed under the pillow they were sharing and took up residence on Pavel's abandoned spot on the bed, trying to stay warm.
He cleared his throat before pressing the comm link. "Ensign Chekov."
"Ensign, this is Doctor M'Benga. I'd like to speak with Lieutenant Sulu, please."
Pavel blushed, though the doctor couldn't see him through the comm, wondering if he thought they'd been together last night, "Umm, right away, sir. Let me get him."
He released the comm button and went back to the bed, shaking Hilaru, who had fallen aback sleep.
"He-karu." he rasped in the dark, "It's the doctor. He wants to speak to you."
He grumbled, but slowly rose, rubbing his eyes before he stood and made his way to the wall unit.
He pressed the comm button, "Sulu."
"Lieutenant, you have yet to be officially released from Medical Bay. We need you to return immediately. Thank you." The comm beeped, signalling the end of the transmission.
Hikaru ran a hand through his hair, landing on the back of his neck to tug at the muscles there. He turned to find Pavel standing there with his arms crossed over his chest.
"You broke out of Sick Bay?"
"More like snuck." he countered, his tone defensive. "I needed to see you. It's been a weird few days."
'Tell me about it,' Pavel thought, angry at himself. 'Best friend gets hurt. Take advantage of sudden feelings best friend is displaying toward you. A weird few days.'
Hikaru's hands itched to touch Pavel, even just a hug, but he knew he'd pushed the other man far enough by practically guilting his way into his bed. He shoved his hands into his pockets and started walking toward the door.
"Last night was fun."
Hikaru stopped at the door, feeling the grin light up his face in a way only Pavel could cause. "Yeah, it was."
"See you later? After you're released, that is."
He nodded not trusting his voice.
The answering grin from Pavel replayed over and over in his head as he made his way back to Sick Bay and as he settled into the cold biobed.
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Chapter 5
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