"..." Sulu shook his head and finally looked up. Screw this meek little Asian girl bullshit. Who was he? He was Hikaru Sulu and he made a mistake. When he made mistakes he looked them in the eye and fixed them and remembered never to make the same mistake again.
Though it was harder to look Jim in the eye than a metaphorical problem.
"I haven't told the rest of the crew." Not that it mattered, they'd all find out eventually. Hell, he could already hear Scotty making fun of him. "All I know is that I've screwed up and made things awkward between us and," he squared his shoulders, "You're my friend, so I should have trusted that you wouldn't have reacted... however I expected you to react. I shouldn't have acted like this was some personal crisis when it - well, no, it is a personal crisis, I'm not going to deny that. It's something that's personally affecting me, but how I chose to handle it negatively affected other people."
His stomach twisted and he clasped his hands in front of him on instinct. "Look, Captain - mm. Jim. I really... I screwed up on this one." Why'd he have to make this so personal? Damn it.
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Date: 2009-11-25 08:54 am (UTC)Though it was harder to look Jim in the eye than a metaphorical problem.
"I haven't told the rest of the crew." Not that it mattered, they'd all find out eventually. Hell, he could already hear Scotty making fun of him. "All I know is that I've screwed up and made things awkward between us and," he squared his shoulders, "You're my friend, so I should have trusted that you wouldn't have reacted... however I expected you to react. I shouldn't have acted like this was some personal crisis when it - well, no, it is a personal crisis, I'm not going to deny that. It's something that's personally affecting me, but how I chose to handle it negatively affected other people."
His stomach twisted and he clasped his hands in front of him on instinct. "Look, Captain - mm. Jim. I really... I screwed up on this one." Why'd he have to make this so personal? Damn it.