What Happened to Us? (18+ Reader Discretion Advised)

Posted on Tue Apr 30th, 2024 @ 7:24am by Major Chiyo Shimada & Lieutenant Tatsuo Shimada

1,779 words; about a 9 minute read

Mission: Starship Graveyard
Location: Shimada Family Quarters

(WARNING: This post contains language of a sexual nature. Reader discretion is advised.)

Tatsuo still felt like it was all a dream:

Even almost two months later, it was hard for him to process what had happened and what was going on: Not only was his beloved Chiyo-kichi back in his life, but the time she had spent looking for him had transformed her into a badass warrior! That had only made Chiyo more attractive to Tatsuo; and all the amazing sex they had been having was some of the best in his life.

His daughter was also a delightful young lady: While she had initially been slow to accept him into her life, that all had changed when he had discovered that she was into the same kind of RPG he and the rest of the Redemption's senior staff used to play. (Granted, in the 14 years they had been stranded, a new edition of the game had been released, which was a bit tricky to learn the differences compared to the old one he was used to) Alice had seemed quite surprised that she and her father actually shared an interest, and had invited him to spin up a character to join in the next session of her long-running campaign.

Despite meshing into his new family quite naturally, Tatsuo admitted that he had still made some missteps. He regretted that his one night stand with Captain Beurling now had some longer-lasting consequences, and despite Liz pleading with him to take some responsibility, Tatsuo had made it clear that he wanted no part in her child's upbringing, not wanting Chiyo to have a living reminder that he'd betrayed her trust.

But the situation with Liz paled in comparison to his hesitation to sever his relationship with Reina: Reina had been a fairly new face on the Redemption when she was tasked with charting the Karlax Nebula. She was a cute Intelligence officer who was way outside Tatsuo's league. It hadn't initially mattered, as Tatsuo was still fairly confident in his ability to resist vices fresh off his bachelor party. However, as the weeks dragged into months, which turned into years, Tatsuo lost hope in his ever being able to see Chiyo again, and as a result, he let his guard down:

Shortly before they had first crossed Captain Lancaster and the Saviors, Reina had kissed him while they were working late one night, telling him that 'we are the ones who live.' And things had spiraled from there: He fell head over heels in love with Reina, and he quickly realized that she was far more than cute: She practically had the body of a supermodel hiding under that uniform!

Granted, the kind of sex that Reina liked was far rougher than what Chiyo would expect, and he had come out of the first few flings quite bruised from it all, but in time he grew used to it. In fact, when he had Chiyo had made love for the first time in ages, Tatsuo had to remind himself to hold back, because Chiyo wasn't Reina.

Further complications arose the first night they were packing up the Redemption: While Chiyo had slept soundly, Tatsuo, unused to his fiancée being a professional snorer, had been sleeping rather lightly when he heard crying and vomiting emanating from the other room. It had been Reina, and while he knew that she had been ill for a while, Reina revealed that when the doctors on the Tokyo had checked her up, they had discovered that she was pregnant, and Reina had asked him back then "what are we going to do?"

It was a question that Tatsuo was still struggling to answer all these months later. In that time, Tatsuo had gotten used to Chiyo's snoring, and it surprisingly helped him sleep better by treating it as white noise to help him get to sleep. Perhaps the greatest part was that Chiyo always wanted to fall asleep with him holding her tight, and she didn't care how he did it:

This usually meant that, on a morning like this morning, Tatsuo woke up with at least one of his hands cupping Chiyo's breasts. Though, if his hands were cupping both of them, that usually meant his lower arm was in a deeper sleep than the rest of him, and it was pins and needles until feeling slowly returned to his arm.

As Tatsuo woke up, he couldn't help but smile at the sight of his beautiful sleeping fiancée, and just as he normally would if he found his hands were cupping the right place, he gave Chiyo's breasts a light squeeze; something that usually invigorated him for the rest of the day. If Chiyo's lips hadn't curled into a smile by this point, Tatsuo leaning in and giving her a peck on the cheek usually did.

Tatsuo didn't know what came over him this particular morning; whether it was the fact that they were living large thanks to salvaged Borg power nodes, or something else, but Tatsuo decided then and there as he pushed himself upright that he was going to cook a hearty breakfast for his family:

Pulling on his uniform (He still preferred to wear his Redemption uniform so his crew could better spot him), Tatsuo made his way towards the doors of the master bedroom, entering the main living area only to trip over something lying in the doorway that hadn't been there last night.

A small grunt as he tripped indicated to Tatsuo that whatever he had tripped over was alive: Once he stumbled to a point where he knew he was in no danger of falling, he turned around to see what he had tripped over beginning to rise to a more upright position:

"Computer, lights; 30%" Tatsuo ordered.

As the lights came on in the living area, they revealed the figure to be none other than Reina:

"Mmm... Tatsuo, is that you?" She asked groggily.

"Reina?" Tatsuo asked. "What are you-?"

Tatsuo trailed off when he realized Reina was covered in vomit: His eyes went to the floor and he saw the puddle of vomit that Reina had likely been sleeping in: Despite now being in her second trimester, her morning sickness still wasn't letting up, and the doctors were afraid it might be something that would last her whole pregnancy.

Knowing that it would be unwise to send Reina back to her temporary quarters in her current condition, Tatsuo let out a sigh before offering her a hand up.

"Come on, let's get you cleaned up." He said.

"Okay..." Reina muttered.

Helping Reina to her feet, Tatsuo guided Reina towards the bathroom as cleaning bots descended upon the spot where she had been lying on the floor.

"Here, go ahead and hop in the sonic shower, and I'll go ahead and clean your clothes..." Tatsuo directed.

"First thing's first, love; a lady's got to do her morning business..." Reina mumbled, pulling her vomit-stained pants and panties down and squatting down onto the toilet.

When Reina went for the toilet, Tatsuo knew it was his cue to look away, and he spent what felt like a small eternity admiring the ceiling work as Reina peed. As long as she peed for, Tatsuo was surprised that she hadn't peed herself in the middle of the night. Eventually, the stream became a drip as Reina pinched off and stood up, removing the rest of her uniform before entering the sonic shower to remove the vomit from her hair.

As Reina crossed the bathroom, Tatsuo turned around to pick up her dropped clothes, looking back at Reina as she started up the sonic shower. As the soundwaves hit her, Reina also looked back at Tatsuo, specifically his crotch area, and noticed a lack of arousal by her naked presence:

"You know, you used to get hard over the sight of my hot, naked body." She said. "What happened to that? What happened to us? What happened to the ones who live?"

"What happened is I found my family..." Tatsuo responded, turning to leave.

"I was your family! this is your family!" Reina whined, rubbing her belly.

"No, it's not!" Tatsuo said, turning around. "We were never going to be a family! Look, I might have gotten you pregnant, but we are done! We are through! I made a promise to Chiyo, and I intend to keep it!"

"So, that's it?" Reina responded. "You were always going to leave me for the bar slut, weren't you? I thought we had something special..."

"And we did... But that time is over:" Tatsuo explained. "It's time to move on: We had some good times together, and I hope you'll remember them... I also hope you one day find a guy that will treat you right."

Tatsuo could all but hear Reina's heart breaking as she began to cry: He wanted so badly to hug her and tell her that everything was going to be okay, but then that would be giving in, and after the fiasco with Liz, Tatsuo desperately wanted to show that he was still fiercely loyal to Chiyo.

"Tatsuo..." Reina said once she had calmed down enough to find words. "If the crazy woman's crazy plan to get us out of her works... If we get back to Federation space... I'll be gone... And you child will come with me: Doesn't that upset you?"

"Don't you try and play the guilt game with me:" Tatsuo said. "Of course, it tears me apart! You think this is easy for me? After everything we've been through? Of course, it isn't! But I made a promise long before you and I were ever a thing, and if you think I'm going to selfishly break that promise, then you don't know me as well as you think you do!"

Without letting Reina have another word, Tatsuo turned and exited the bathroom. He was going to make sure Reina had a nice, clean uniform to get out of the sonic shower to, but then he wanted her gone. He just hoped all the commotion hadn't woken Chiyo up yet...

Posting by

Major Chiyo Shimada
Marine Commander
Second Officer
USS Tokyo

Lieutenant Tatsuo Shimada
Acting Captain
USS Redemption

Lieutenant Reina Akikawa
Acting First Officer
USS Redemption

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