As they sat in complete darkness Seven suddenly had a thought, what if I kissed the captain? It was dark. I could pretend that I was just leaning forward, couldn't I? She felt the beginning of flutters in her stomach with that thought. She swallowed hard as if to calm them. What if… the captain kissed me back? The butterflies multiplied and she was beginning to feel... nauseous. She shook her head trying to disperse her thoughts.
"Captain" Seven asked, startling from the sound of her own voice.
"Yes Seven?" Janeway answered her voice barely above a whisper.
Seven Panicked, she had hoped the captain would not have answered. Suddenly afraid of what she was going to ask, she quickly came up with a different question. "Captain… Why are we whispering?” She asked softly.
Janeway shrugged though Seven could hear the motion more then she could see it.
"I believe it's something people automatically do when they find themselves having conversations in the dark".
After a moment the captain asked a question of her own. "Is there something you wanted to ask Seven?"
Seven's heart raced. Do I have the courage? I could always lay it on innocent exploration if it is taken the wrong way. She decided. She knew it was wrong, but she knew it would keep her out of trouble. Feigning innocence she asked, “Are you attracted to women?"
Seven groaned inwardly hearing it come out completely wrong.
"What?" Janeway asked, sounding a bit overwhelmed…ok a lot overwhelmed.
"Why would you ask that Seven?"
Seven took a deep calming breath. Ï have sometimes seen Ensigns North and Coleman kiss at parties. I have heard they sleep together as well. She shifted, "Sleeping together means making love ." she continued hesitantly.
"But what does this have to do with me?" Janeway asked confused. Utterly confused by the fact that she was trapped in a dark Jeffries tube with a beautiful young woman who seemed to be talking to her about same sex relationships. Oh my… she thought.
"I was just curious if you had ever kissed a woman"
"I... I..." Janeway frowned as she collected herself, "No Seven I haven't "
"Why not?" Seven asked biting her lip afterwards She could have stopped the conversation there, but what was it that made her go on? You do know why you asked that question, she told herself.
"Well… I guess I’ve never really thought about it before."
Why haven't I? Janeway asked herself silently, God knows she had wanted to sometimes.
Seven decided to push her luck. "Would you want to kiss a woman?"
Janeway thought about it. "I suppose I wouldn’t completely mind it"
Seven smiled in the dark and decided to push her luck again. She leaned forward and pressed her lips to Janeway's. Janeway startled. But what startled her more where the flip-flops her stomach were making.
Kathryn Janeway opened her lips a bit granting Seven access to her mouth. But when Seven did nothing she remembered how inexperienced this young woman was. She slid her hand behind Seven's head and pressed her tongue to Seven's full lips. Letting out a small moan when Seven opened her lips, her tongue found Seven's. Their tongues explored each other's mouths until Seven pulled back for air. Janeway made a small barely audible sound of protest as Seven took three big breathes, then pressed her lips to Janeway's again. Only this time she was the aggressor, parting Janeway's lips with the same passion she did everything. She pulled back slowly after their ardent kiss. Countless butterflies flew about in each of their stomachs.
"I feel like I have insects flying around inside me,” Seven stated, as if she were extracting data on something and was summing up her findings.
Janeway smiled feeling a silliness long since forgotten, "I know." She then whispered, "I feel them too." She leaned up and pressed a soft kiss on Sevens lips when the door of the Jeffries tube they were trapped in was suddenly opened with a hiss and light streamed in blinding them both. They shielded their eyes to take in the ensign who had overridden the locked opening mechanism finding by a strange miracle one of the ensigns who had led to this very occasion. Ensign North grinned slyly and asked, "Shall I re-seal and come back in an hour or so?"
Janeway wanted to protest and started to get up when Seven pushed her back down.
"That will be acceptable Ensign." Seven replied swiftly. The door closed and resealed without another word being said. When Captain Kathryn Janeway started to protest Seven of Nine merely kissed her.