A Night Apart

Posted on Sun Jan 9th, 2022 @ 1:31pm by Captain Maho Takahashi & Commander Keisuke Takahashi 'K.T.'

867 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Handling the Fallout
Timeline: End of Mission Day 2

Keisuke couldn't believe that they had to do this again; what with him and Maho spending the night before the vow renewal apart. However, he had agreed to it based on the superstition that it was bad luck for the bride to be seen before the ceremony. And considering that all the luck they had on their side last time and things still went they way they did, they would need even more luck than last time to pull off the vow renewal without a hitch.

Of course, being back in the Second Officer's quarters brought back many pleasant memories for Keisuke, and seeing the quarters in their current state was slightly heartbreaking.

The sitting area for instance, with dust now settling upon various surfaces, was the entry point to the quarters, and had been the place Maho had first seen when Keisuke had invited her inside one night for some coffee, only for Keisuke to surprise her and start making out with her; undoing her uniform as they made their way to the bedroom. Keisuke specifically remembered Maho's bra getting flung onto the desk which adorned the wall which housed the door to the bedroom. Because the next morning, Keisuke had to gather up the bits of Maho's clothes had had been ditched in the sitting area, but couldn't find Maho's bra. Then Maho herself found it sitting on the desk, which was slightly embarrassing.

Making his way into the bedroom, Keisuke found the bed stripped of bedding. He would need to put some on, and though he had relocated his main bedding as an extra set to the Commanding Officer's Quarters when he and Maho had moved into them, he had kept his spare set here for just such a scenario, and he made his way over to the wardrobe, where it was stored.

As Keisuke laid out the bottom sheet, he discovered that it had a stain on it that time had faded into a pink color, but in days when the stain was fresher, it was closer to a red color. That was another fun memory for Keisuke, and he stopped making the bed for a moment to smile and reflect on it:

It was Maho's first period after they had begun sleeping together: One night in the middle of the night, Keisuke had felt something warm on his leg in the middle of the night, and had woken Maho up to discover that she had had a bit of an accident. She was incredibly embarrassed on the matter, and while she went and cleaned herself off, Keisuke attempted to clean the sheet the best he could. When Maho came back from the bathroom, Keisuke had spouted off a sarcastic comment , which led to Maho rightfully smacking him. Then she grabbed him and Keisuke was fully expecting a sucker punch to the face. What he wasn't expecting was for Maho to just start making out with him, and from there, they spent what must have been hours rolling around in a mixture of cleaning chemicals and Maho's vaginal discharge. To this day, that had remained the messiest sex Keisuke and Maho had had.

After making the bed the rest of the way, Keisuke lay down to sleep. However, when his head hit the pillow, that was when the horrible thoughts hit him that Maho was back in the CO's quarters, probably miserable, and he wasn't there for her. To help alleviate these horrible thoughts and put his mind at ease so sleep would come easier, Keisuke imagined Maho being there with him, visualizing every inch of her beautiful body in crisp detail. And soon, Keisuke found himself quite at peace:

"Don't worry, babe..." Keisuke mumbled. "We're going to put things right tomorrow..."

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Over in the commanding officer's quarters, things weren't much better for Maho. With Keisuke gone, she had overindulged in making dinner, and had paid for it when it came back up an hour later. As she hugged the toilet while she threw up, and later lay in the bed previously used by Miyahara, Maho contemplated why the universe had to be so cruel to her, and what she could have possibly done to deserve what had happened and was continuing to happen.

Keisuke had been something of a rock to her during the rollercoaster her life had turned into, and had been perhaps the only constant during everything: She was hoping to only have to do this once: However, fate had other plans for her. But, Maho wasn't about to just let fate take her lying down. Doing the wedding over again was making a statement: A statement that not only did Maho and Keisuke not fear fate, but they were more than willing to drag the battle into a second round.

Maho placed a hand on the empty side of the bed that Keisuke normally filled and closed her eyes, also imagining Keisuke before her:

"I know this is going to work this time, Keisuke..." She muttered. "Because I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't..."

Posting by

Commander Maho Takahashi
Commanding Officer

Commander Keisuke Takahashi
Second Officer

 

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