(This is a little short story for Animefreak1145, the babe deserves it for hauling out all those chapters!!!)
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Achy, soothingly achy.

That's what he did to her heart, he was like smoke in her lungs that she couldn't get out.

She didn't want it to go away no matter how much it hurt her, because she would always get that smoke back.

She lay now on her bed in the dark, a soft sigh falling from her lips as her eyes finally closed.

"Why?....why him and no one else? The only person that could disable me with a small touch of his hand...its ridiculous!!!"

She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest as her eyes remained shut, images of him flashing into her mind.
Pictures of his movements, the way his lips would give her that half smirk whenever he saw her.

"Patri..get ahold of yourself..."

She sighed and sat up, running a hand through her hair before directing her attention to the floor.

She couldn't get him out of her mind...what is this!?!

"I'm too awkward to go up and actually have a conversation with him, he's Smoker  for gods sake! Well I mean of course he's Smoker..that's his 'name' and all...dang It there I go see!?"

She falls back on the bed as a groan filled the room.

"Dang it dang it! How am I supposed to talk to him? Can I talk to him without looking or sounding like an idiot? Maybe, maybe not...most definitely not."

She frowned, her eyebrows furrowing as she stood and made her way to the bathroom.

She looked up into the mirror, rubbing her eyes before checking the clock.

"Eleven thirty...fantastic..."

Her shoulders dropped, a tired look crossing over her as her mouth widened into a yawn.

"Mm..I should probably shower...or I can shower when I wake up..but then I'd have to wake up earlier to shower.."

She glanced at the shower, sighing as she reached for the knob and turned it on.

"May as well.."

She undressed quickly, discarding her clothes to the side as she stepped into the lukewarm water.

"Mm..okay...I can talk to him tomorrow and that'll be the end of the awkwardness...maybe...I dunno...dang it...why do I have to get these kind of feelings now?! Why not earlier when we would actually talk and not have to do things!?"

She leaned against the wall as the water soaked her hair, her head hanging in utter defeat.

"You can do this...you can...do this...yes...you can..."

Her head rose, the streams of water now cascading down her cheeks as she hummed at the warmth.

"Yep. I can. I don't care if I look stupid I'm gonna do it!"

She ruffled through her hair as she emptied the now empty shampoo bottle onto her head.

"But what if I make it so awkward that he can't look at me anymore without thinking about it.."

She lathered her hair up and chewed on her lip.

"Oh god what if he has a girlfriend!? Why didn't I think of that before!? Obviously a guy like him would be more than likely to have a girlfriend....right..?"

She rinsed her hair, watching as the soap pooled down to the drain.

She sighed.

"I'm just trying to scare myself into not doing it now...but I have too..I got too...if I don't I'll feel even worse.."

She turned the water off, grabbing for a towel as she ruffled and dried her hair before wrapping it around her.

"Should I dress up? No! It'll be too obvious... Maybe makeup...mm..no..I'll just do my hair a little, subtle or something.."

She makes her way back to her bed, rummaging through her drawers before pulling out some pajamas.

"I didn't think I'd ever act like this for another human being...but then again I wouldn't call him human... More like a god.."

She hummed at the remembrance of his nicely toned body, the way his muscles would strain against the weight being pulled against them, his shirt that would stick to his sweat glazed body after a training session.

Her cheeks heated up, a familiar feeling running down her nose and over her lip.

"Shoot...not again.."

She got up, making her way to the bathroom for a tissue to stuff up her now bleeding nose.

"This is stupid...its either I'm too sensitive or he's too hot..."

-------~8:30 am~--------

She'd gotten up earlier than usual, looking around to see if she could spot or maybe catch his eye somewhere.

Now she was aimlessly wandering around the ship, searching for a small sign of where he could be.

"Patri? What're you doing all the way back here?"

She froze at the familiar voice, turning around to look up at his face.

"O-oh! Smoker! Sorry I just was uh..."

"You were....?"

She blinked, a small sweat coming to her face.

"I was uh...looking for you actually.."

Oh god don't mess it up now....

"Looking for me? Why? Did you break something...?"

"No! I-i uh! Was gonna ask you something but...I didn't know how to put it..so I was kind of wandering around to get my mind off of it..."

"Oh...well...what is it you wanted to tell me then?"

She felt her cheeks heat up tremendously, a look of confusion plastered on his face as she gulped.

"U-uh well...I...was.."

She breathed out softly, closing her eyes before sighing.

"I was going to tell you...how...how much I appreciate you...how much I appreciate our friendship and all...I know you're busy and stuff, so when you come and talk to me it means a lot..."

She watched him nod, a eyebrow still raised on his face.

"Okay..is that all..?"

She gulped, looking down and shuffling her feet before slowly connecting her eyes with his.

"And...I...I uh may...I may kind of...have feelings for you...."

She clenched her eyes shut, bracing for any kind of explanation she may have to tell him.

"You...have feelings for me...? As in...what kind of feelings...like...I like you feelings or...a...I like like  you feelings?"

She popped an eye open.

"Like like.."

He hummed, a blush crossing his cheeks.

"Oh...well in that case..."

She watched as he bent down slightly, flinching as he raised his hand.

She felt his palm rest against her cheek as his lips pecked the top of her head.

"I..have like like feelings for you as well.."

She blinked once, a new feeling coming from her chest.

"Oh my god..."

She felt herself get dizzy, a sudden urge to fall managing to pull her down to the floor.

But instead of hitting the deck, she felt his arms wrap around her.

"Your nose is bleeding...."

"Yeah...I know..."