Sulu (testmeandfail) wrote in saveatlantisic, @ 2018-07-30 21:21:00 |
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Entry tags: | *jeanna, hikaru sulu |
Narrative
Who: Sulu and Demora (NPC)
When: July 30
Where: Demora's room
What: Thinking
Rating: PG
Demora had drifted off to sleep and Hikaru smiled at her, leaning over to kiss her cheek. She rarely made it through a bedtime story even when she insisted she wasn't sleepy. Lately he'd been reading to her in Japanese, wanting to share his roots with her, to help her learn about her own roots as well. She was picking up rather quickly which really shouldn't have been a surprise. She was almost five now, her birthday would be coming up in September and Hikaru couldn't believe it. It seemed like only yesterday that he and Ben had brought the tiny bundle home from the hospial. The adoption had gone smoothly, Demora's birth mother had been in the States attending Starfleet Academy when she became pregnant and had to drop out. She wanted to return to Japan but her family made it clear that they wouldn't accept the child that would be coming with her. She had specifically asked that the child go to a Japanese couple and when she met Hikaru and Ben, she had not hesitated. When Demora had been born on September 15, they had been at her birth mother's side. She had held her daughter for a moment and then handed her to Hikaru. "The only thing I ask is that you give her my grandmother's name," she had said. "I always wanted to do that if I had a baby. Her name was Demora and she died when I was ten." It wasn't a hard deicsion as he and Ben both loved the name and so she became their daughter. While his marriage to Ben hadn't worked out, they both adored their little girl and Hikaru wondered what things were like at home. He knew that with the multiverse, there was another version of his family out there and that Ben had moved on and had met someone else. He remembered seeing Demora though and she was happy and liked the man okay but she still missed her daddy, she'd said. Here though it was the two of them and Katie. Katie. It had been a long time since Hikaru had felt about a woman the way he felt about Katie. She had captivated him from the moment they'dmet and even when he'd come to Atlantis and she hadn't remembered him, the chemistry that had been between them on the Enterprise was still there and they'd found their way back to each other. Demora loved Katie and vice versa and Hikaru was glad that they got along. He loved Katie although he'd never said the words for fear that she might not say them back but that was ridiculous. Maybe it was time for him to say it. Maybe it was time for him to get over his fear. With a sigh, he kissed Demora one more time and whispered. "Good night, Sakura." and with a little smile, left his daughter's room. OOC: "Sakura" is Japanese for "cherry blossom" |