What She Owes Him [Bova/Suzee]

[Tate Icasa]

Space Cases
What She Owes Him
By. Tate Icasa

It took Suzee a while to realize that she didn’t like either Radu or Harlan. She enjoyed flirting with them, but she didn’t like them enough to want to do more than that. It took her three years to realize this fact.

Bova was sitting alone in the team room, again. Rather, he was moping in the Team Room, because no one was paying attention to what he said. As per usual. Rolling his eyes, he slouched down lower in the circular couch. At least now if he died it might not hurt as much. Unless the couch caught on fire.
That was Bova’s train of thought when Suzee came into the Team Room. She sat down on the couch and looked down at him skeptically.
“Are you alright?” She asked.
“I’m fine.” He said lazily. “Just thinking.”
“Oh. About what?”
“Burning alive.”
She winced. “Why?”
He rolled his eyes. “I’m Uranian.”
“That isn’t an answer.”
He shrugged.
She sighed. “Sit up. I want to give you something.”
“What is it?”
She smiled mysteriously. “Something I owe you.”
He rolled his eyes and sighed, sitting up and feeling sure he’d regret it later.
“Now close your eyes.” She instructed.
“Why?” He asked suspiciously.
She laughed. “Just do it!”
He sighed and closed his eyes.
“Good.” She said. She leaned over and kissed him.
His eyes shot open.
Pulling away, she grinned wider.
“That was from when I cheated you out of it with a pat on the head after we escaped that station with Pezu on it.” She explained.
He nodded.
She leaned over and kissed him again, for slightly longer.
“That was for making you wait three years.” She pronounced.
He nodded again, for some reason unable to make himself form words. The startled, almost shocked, in fact, expression on his face made Suzee giggle.
She leaned over and kissed him again.
When she pulled away he shook himself, and managed to recover a bit of common sense.
“What was that for?” He said flatly.
The obvious tremble she heard in his voice made her smirk.
“That? That was because I liked the first two.” She made a point of looking at her CompuPad. “Well, I’m scheduled on the Command Post now, see you!” She stood up and left the room, fully aware that he was staring at her the entire way to the jumptubes.
Once she had gone he returned to his thoughts of death, this time of being suffocated while Suzee kissed him