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Major Kira Nerys was in her quarters when the door chimed.
“Come in!”
Enter Lieutenant Jadzia Dax.
Kira’s heartbeat quickened. “Jadzia, I wasn’t expecting you.”
Jadzia smiled and peered down at her feet, the way she smiled when she was withholding a secret. She took a few steps forward and looked at the space next to Kira on her couch. Kira motioned for her to sit.
She exhaled loudly and looked up at Kira, Jadzia still smiling brightly. She paused, then said “Now I know you’re not a fan of the holosuites…”
Kira immediately jumped up from her seat and sighed loudly with her arms in the air. “Jadzia, I adore you, but how many of these inane holosuite programs must we try before you understand that I simply don’t like them?”
“But-” Jadzia held up a hand, “I truly believe this is the one for you.”
Kira rolled her eyes. “And what makes you think that?” she said, her tone teasing.
“Because,” Jadzia pushed herself up from her seat and moved closer to Kira. Whispering, she continued “I got it just for you.” She gave Kira a big smile, hoping to see a similarly positive reaction. Kira’s face remained unenthused. “You have told me so many stories of the mountains of Bajor and how beautiful they are. I know a holoprogram will not be nearly as beautiful, but you can’t exactly run off to Bajor every time you have a spare hour or two. I ordered a program to be made of Dinurian pass in the Gotesh mountains. I just tried it out for myself and it is marvelous. Really Kira, you need to try it. Preferably with me, there are so many lakes I didn’t get the chance to explore!”
Kira couldn’t stand the idea of another holosuite program. She despised every program she’d tried and she hated the looks Quark would give her when she would request one, especially when Jadzia was going with her. She could smack Quark for the eye wags but that would only fuel his teasing even more.
But when she looked at Jadzia’s face…
She was so enthused. Kira knew how much time and effort Jadzia had been putting into this, persuading Kira to have more fun on the station and looking for new and exciting ways to spend time with her. Kira didn’t do much for fun, but that didn’t stop Jadzia from trying. She even tried to teach her Tongo once, but Kira lasted no more than two minutes with that many Ferengi.
“Ok.” Kira’s arms slumped down in defeat and Jadzia jumped into the air, rejoicing at Kira’s decision. She grabbed Kira’s shoulders.
“How about tomorrow at 0900 hours? We can get breakfast and then go for a morning hike?”
“Why not?” Kira resigned. She didn’t exactly have anything else to do on her day off.
“You won’t regret this!” Jadzia patted Kira on the shoulders and then made a beeline for the door. As she made her exit she turned to smile at Kira.
“Oh Jadzia,” Kira mumbled, “I already do.”