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DISCLAIMER: in pt. 1

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Sugar In the Morning, pt. 2
by (-|-)* Judith (odogoddess@odospadd.com)



__I said I *loved* him.__

Kira suddenly realized it was the first time she'd ever
spoken the words, despite the many months they'd been
together.

__But surely...__

"I... I thought you knew," she whispered.

Odo spoke a bit hesitantly. "I... I didn't figure you
hated me. But I didn't know how much you cared."

She reached out and put her hand on his chest, beside the
tribble. "I love you, Odo. I should have said so sooner."

"Nerys..."

His gratified gaze met her own and he carefully put the
tribble down on his lap, before leaning over and kissing
her.

She responded with ardor and as their kiss grew deeper and
more fervent, the tribble filled the room with the sound of
very contented cooing.


...


Some hours later, Odo and Kira were contentedly wrapped up
in each other, smiling as they watched the tribble scuttle
back and forth between them, when the comm panel chime
disturbed the room's peace.

"Bashir to Odo."

"Odo here."

"Constable, one of my laboratory animals seems to be
missing.  I checked the tag signal and it appears the animal 
is in your quarters. Have you seen a tribble?"

"Yes, doctor. We found it."

"Oh. Well... could you bring it back to the Infirmary when
you have a moment?"

"Very well. Odo out."

Kira could not mistake the grumpy tone in her partner's
voice.

"What's the matter, sweetheart?"

He looked at the small animal and sighed. "Seems... unfair
somehow, to have to return it to the laboratory."

"Well, it does belong to Julian. But... maybe he'd let you
have one if you asked him?"

To her surprise, Odo seemed a bit taken aback by this
suggestion.

"Me? Keep a... a pet? No, I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"I was in a cage for most of my early years. I won't
imprison another creature simply for my own entertainment."

His tone was adamant and his expression fierce. Kira felt
bad for having brought up painful memories.

"I'm sorry, Odo."

Her quiet tone made him look to her and he sighed.

"I didn't mean to destroy the mood."

"You didn't. I just didn't know you felt so strongly
about not keeping pets."

"I won't stop someone else from having any, but... for me,
it's wrong." He sighed. "I was glad to find this little
fellow. And pleased for the time I was able to spend
with it. But I don't want to keep it so it's beholden to
me for its food and water and liberty. I just... I just
feel it's wrong."

"All right.

Nothing was said for a long moment, and they watched the
little creature trundle along the bedclothes, making
small chirruping sounds. Occasionally, Odo would reach
a long finger out and stroke its back. Kira sighed.

"Well, I suppose we'd better get this little guy back
to where he belongs."

"How can you tell it's a male?"

"I can't. Just an expression, Odo. I don't think it
matters."

"Oh."

They both got up and the Colonel began to dress.

Soon the trio was in the Infirmary, where the Doctor
smiled upon sight of the little creature.

"There you are, you little rascal. How did you get
free, eh?"

Kira watched as Odo reluctantly handed back the
small creature.

"Well, thank you both very much. I appreciate it,"
Julian said, turning to take the tribble back to the
lab.

"Julian!"

He turned at Kira's call. "Yes, Colonel?"

She smiled, looking over briefly at Odo. "Julian, do
you think it would be all right for Odo to... oh, I don't
know... *visit* with the tribbles from time to time?"

The doctor was non-plussed. "Er... well... I suppose.
I don't see why not. I'm not conducting any real
experiments with them so it wouldn't affect anything
adversely. I'm just studying their metabolism. It's
really quite fascinating."

"Then it's settled." Kira smiled at the constable.
"That is, if it's okay with you, Odo."

His eyes expressed what his facial features could not
as he nodded, and his expression was deeply gratified.
"I think I'd like that very much."

"Good," Bashir said. "If you'd like then, Constable,
to follow me - I'll show you where they're kept."

Odo looked from Bashir to Kira and she nodded. "Go
on, sweetheart. I'll see you after shift."

To her surprise and Julian's amusement, Odo gazed at her
for a moment, then leaned over and gave her a quick, but
heartfelt kiss.

"*Thank you*, Nerys."

Then he followed the doctor and the tribble into the other
room, leaving a smiling Colonel watching them go.


~ FINIS ~

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On RAFL (Rene's fan mailing list) Chris wrote:  
"Hmmm ... the image of Odo cuddling a tribble 
certainly makes *me* feel warm and fuzzy ..."

This was born as a result.  I hope you enjoyed it.  I send 
Happy Easter weekend wishes to all who celebrate and a very
happy spring weekend to all who don't.  


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10 April 2004. The characters are Viacom &
Paramount's. The situations they're in are the author's.
Not meant to infringe on any holders of Star Trek
copyright. No profit was made on this or any other
fanfic by this author. Please do not reproduce for
anything other than personal reading use (including
fanzines) without written consent of the author.

Comments, questions to: odogoddess@odospadd.com


This fic can be found in it's entirety at:
http://www.odospadd.com/goddess/ok_sugar.txt


 

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