Next Steps, Taken While Being Carried

Posted on Sat Sep 26th, 2026 @ 9:53pm by Lieutenant JG Vyse Ingelbard 'Buccaneer' & Lieutenant Fubuki Kuchikukan 'Snowflake'

1,275 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Kintsugi

Vyse had not been able to spend much time with Fubuki the last few days. She'd been hard at work preparing the flight deck for when the Tokyo reached Starbase.

She needed a break.

The door to her office opened for him, and he gave her a roguish half-smile. "You got a minute?"

Where Vyse would usually see Fubuki at her desk was replaced by a small mountain of PADD's. They were piled so tall that the small woman behind them couldn't be seen. However, there came the faint sound of someone lightly snoring behind them.

Vyse sighed walked around the desk, gingerly pulling the chair back far enough that he could take Fubuki under the arms and lift her to her feet. He got beside her so he could wrap one of her arms around his neck and take her weight, and shift her out from behind the desk.

Once free, he scooped up her legs and carefully quietly started walking her out of the office.

Fubuki's eyes fluttered and slowly her eyes opened. "Vyse?" She asked sleepily.

"Hey there sleepyhead," he said quietly as he kept walking. "You fell asleep at your desk." Fubuki's room was just a little farther.

"I guess I did..." she yawned. Suddenly a jolt of energy ran through her causing her to twitch. "I still have over a hundred letters to record." She explained. "Where you taking me?"

"Well, I thought about a swimming program on the holodeck and I could toss you in," he joked. "But then decided your room was probably better. I know you have a lot to do but you need a proper rest, Snowflake."

Fubuki reached up and placedca single finger on his lips. "Fu-bu-ki," she said. "I'm only Snowflake as a pilot." She told him. "I haven't been swimming in ages. Maybe I could get some in if my... Our shoreleave goes through."

"Our shoreleave. I like that." He kissed the finger on his lips as they reached the door to her quarters. "Want to walk through or are you enjoying the ride?" he asked with a cheeky grin.

She nuzzled into his chest. "I've never been carried like a princess. So, let me enjoy this."

"As you wish," he said, quoting that movie they watched a couple of weeks earlier. He carried her across the threshold and into her room. "I'd been thinking about shore leave, you know."

"Oh?" Fubuki asked as she indicated to be put down. "What you got in mind?"

“Well,” he said as he gently lowered her to her sofa. Once she was out of his arms, he sat next to her. “I was wondering if you wanted to visit Iadara. I’ve not been back in forever and, well…I was thinking my parents might like to meet you.”

“Iadara... that sounds nice." She said. She then stopped as she suddenly realised what he had just said. "Wait! Your parents?!" Her face began to turn a bright shade of red. "Are we like ready for that?! Thats like a huge step isn't it? Thats like something you do before you get married right?"

He couldn’t stop himself from chuckling. “Well I think there’s a few extra steps between those two things,” he said. “But it is something you do when you’re serious.” He took her hands in his. “I think we’re ready for the step. Besides, Aika’s practically my sister and you know her very well. Meeting my mom and dad won’t be too nuts.”

Fubuki lowered her gaze. "I suppose that is true..." her gaze returned to his, fire in her eyes. "But you have to meet mine too! And no telling them, or my younger sisters about our night time activities... or daytime... or afternoon... or after briefings... or... before missions..." she stopped herself there as it made her sound like she'd become hooked on nothing but... that.

“What about the after-mission activities?” he asked cheekily.

She punched him lightly on the arm in response and gave him a pout.

“Okay, okay,” he said, throwing his hands up in surrender. “I promise I won’t say a word. Besides, these aren’t the sort of things a guy talks about with his girlfriend’s parents or siblings.”

"It still sounds weird..." Fubuki said. "Girlfriend." She pondered on it for a brief moment. Their relationship had turned from just some casual fun, to something more serious in a relatively short amount of time. She looked up at Vyse and smiled, she knew that she had been attracted to him for a while, but there was more to it now. Even though he could never fill the hole that Silica left when she was killed in action, Vyse was a patch. Like a bandage, keeping her together and each day it grew tighter and more secure. Finally a smile spread across her face. "I like it."

“I do too.” He gave one of her hands a quick squeeze and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. “Tomorrow I’ll start making travel arrangements. Maybe they’ll let us requisition a shuttle or something. Iadara and Kantai aren’t that far from each other, but there isn’t a lot of transit between them.” He kissed her again. “But that’s tomorrow. What to do right now?” he asked, smirking.

Fubuki gave him an amused look. "Let me guess... You want to get it out of your system as we won't have much time when we're planet hopping?"

“I didn’t say that,” he said cheekily. “If anything, there’s plenty of time on the shuttle rides. Iadara is like twenty-eight hours from Starbase 43, and Kantai is another ten hours. Besides, I moved out before I could ever bring a girl home. And I doubt my parents will make us sleep in different rooms. Not sure about yours though, but if they do, I’m good at sneaking.”

Placing a hand on her hip. "Thirty eight hours huh. You do know that I like the ability to walk right..."

“Well, we’ll take breaks,” he said, sticking his tongue out at her. “And worst case scenario, I’ve just shown you I can carry you pretty easily.”

Fubuki slapped him lightly on the chest with the back of her hand. She then gave him a smile, placed both hands on the side of his head and pulled him gently towards her. As their foreheads touched she looked deep into his eyes. "I've never felt truly safe in my life with anyone. Until I met you. You make me feel more safe than I've ever felt."

"And you've made me feel more cared for than anyone ever has," Vyse replied. "And I'll do everything I can to continue keeping you safe." He took a deep breath. "I...I love you, Fubuki."

Fubuki gave him a smile. "Me too Vyse."

She broke away from him, but grabbed hold of his hand. She gestured to the bedroom door. "So... you... well... we've got a few minutes before I'm due back on duty. I can just say this was my lunch break." She gave him a smirk that could only mean one thing. She wanted to have a little bit of 'fun' on her 'lunch break' in the form of horizontal gymnastics.

“I guess I’ll need to make sure you’ll well satiated then,” he said, grinning. He scooped her back up and carried her off to the bedroom…

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Lieutenant Fubuki Kuchikukan 'Snowflake'
Commander Air Group
USS Tokyo

Lieutenant JG Vyse Ingelbard 'Buccaneer'
Starfighter Pilot
USS Tokyo

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