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“Breathing each other’s air?….. strange…..hmmmmm so … you haven’t answered….. completely…… am I… able to court you?”

Carlos got a little nervous again. He… wasn’t
supposed to spend his life in space. Dating hadn’t been a thing he’d thought
about.

“Well… we still have some time before reaching
Earth,” he said. “I… I guess I don’t really see a problem with giving it a
shot.” He smiled slightly at Yondu. God, this was weird… dating. In space!

“Really?” His ears wiggle a bit and can’t help the smile on his sharp crooked teeth.

Yondu’s was not a conventional smile… but it
was kind of warm.

Carlos nodded to him. “Yeah… why not? It… it
could be fun.”

Fun. He never dated for ‘fun’, so much. But eh…
who knows what’ll happen?

“I…. well…great yeah!” Grins all happy like and his ears wiggle.

Carlos smiled at him and started to eat again. “So, uh… how do you want to start?” he asked.

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“Breathing each other’s air?….. strange…..hmmmmm so … you haven’t answered….. completely…… am I… able to court you?”

Carlos got a little nervous again. He… wasn’t
supposed to spend his life in space. Dating hadn’t been a thing he’d thought
about.

“Well… we still have some time before reaching
Earth,” he said. “I… I guess I don’t really see a problem with giving it a
shot.” He smiled slightly at Yondu. God, this was weird… dating. In space!

“Really?” His ears wiggle a bit and can’t help the smile on his sharp crooked teeth.

Yondu’s was not a conventional smile… but it
was kind of warm.

Carlos nodded to him. “Yeah… why not? It… it
could be fun.”

Fun. He never dated for ‘fun’, so much. But eh…
who knows what’ll happen?

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“Breathing each other’s air?….. strange…..hmmmmm so … you haven’t answered….. completely…… am I… able to court you?”

Carlos got a little nervous again. He… wasn’t
supposed to spend his life in space. Dating hadn’t been a thing he’d thought
about.

“Well… we still have some time before reaching
Earth,” he said. “I… I guess I don’t really see a problem with giving it a
shot.” He smiled slightly at Yondu. God, this was weird… dating. In space!

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Yondu shrugs ears giving a little twitch wiggle. “I don’t much care about that to be honest.”

“No?” Carlos asked. “Well… nice to know that…
I mean… Um, that’s nice. Thank you.” He laughed slightly. God, he was probably
sounding terrible. He cleared his throat. “Um, so… I dunno. What’s first, then?”

Yondu blinks at him. “Ummm… well…” pulls out the holo pad on human mating rituals. “Let me Check here…. uhhhhh something about… confectionary… in a heart box… and roses…. uhh…”

Carlos chuckled. “That’s… well, that’s not
necessary. The important part is spending time to get to know each other, and
doing fun things together. The gifts… well, they’re optional. Mostly those are
just to show that you’re like… I mean, it’s just a way to say ‘I’ve been
thinking about you’ or something, you know?”

“Oh….. well ummm.”throws the holo pad to the side snacking a crew member in the head. “Well one thing I know from my Umm species…. is ummm… can I show you?”

Carlos lifted an eyebrow curiously, but then
nodded. “Um, sure,” he said. He glanced over at the crewmember who was hit,
wondering if he was okay.

Yondu looks at him then leans in and rubs there heads together and if they both had fins they too would connect.

Carlos was surprised at first, but he didn’t
move. He just closed his eyes and let Yondu rub their foreheads together. This
was… it felt strangely intimate. Very intimate,
actually. Carlos felt a little like he was made privy to something he wasn’t
supposed to be… even though he and Yondu were the two doing it. He was a little
nervous, but… he supposed he could see how this would be nice. Yeah, it’d take
some getting used to, but… he didn’t mind it too much.

Yondu then pulls back after a bit and smiles. “Last time I did that was…. when I was just a cub….”

Carlos opened his eyes and smiled shyly at
Yondu. “Um, what… what was that? Like… like a kiss or something?”

“A intimate affection greeting. To a person you like…… I’d get them from my parent all the time…. before….”

Carlos just nodded, knowing not to push. “Yeah?
That’s… that’s kind of nice. I think we have something like that on Earth. You –
well, I guess you don’t know. But there’s some tropical islands and they have
that. Sort of, like… breathing each other’s air, I think.”

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Yondu shrugs ears giving a little twitch wiggle. “I don’t much care about that to be honest.”

“No?” Carlos asked. “Well… nice to know that…
I mean… Um, that’s nice. Thank you.” He laughed slightly. God, he was probably
sounding terrible. He cleared his throat. “Um, so… I dunno. What’s first, then?”

Yondu blinks at him. “Ummm… well…” pulls out the holo pad on human mating rituals. “Let me Check here…. uhhhhh something about… confectionary… in a heart box… and roses…. uhh…”

Carlos chuckled. “That’s… well, that’s not
necessary. The important part is spending time to get to know each other, and
doing fun things together. The gifts… well, they’re optional. Mostly those are
just to show that you’re like… I mean, it’s just a way to say ‘I’ve been
thinking about you’ or something, you know?”

“Oh….. well ummm.”throws the holo pad to the side snacking a crew member in the head. “Well one thing I know from my Umm species…. is ummm… can I show you?”

Carlos lifted an eyebrow curiously, but then
nodded. “Um, sure,” he said. He glanced over at the crewmember who was hit,
wondering if he was okay.

Yondu looks at him then leans in and rubs there heads together and if they both had fins they too would connect.

Carlos was surprised at first, but he didn’t
move. He just closed his eyes and let Yondu rub their foreheads together. This
was… it felt strangely intimate. Very intimate,
actually. Carlos felt a little like he was made privy to something he wasn’t
supposed to be… even though he and Yondu were the two doing it. He was a little
nervous, but… he supposed he could see how this would be nice. Yeah, it’d take
some getting used to, but… he didn’t mind it too much.

Yondu then pulls back after a bit and smiles. “Last time I did that was…. when I was just a cub….”

Carlos opened his eyes and smiled shyly at
Yondu. “Um, what… what was that? Like… like a kiss or something?”

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Yondu shrugs ears giving a little twitch wiggle. “I don’t much care about that to be honest.”

“No?” Carlos asked. “Well… nice to know that…
I mean… Um, that’s nice. Thank you.” He laughed slightly. God, he was probably
sounding terrible. He cleared his throat. “Um, so… I dunno. What’s first, then?”

Yondu blinks at him. “Ummm… well…” pulls out the holo pad on human mating rituals. “Let me Check here…. uhhhhh something about… confectionary… in a heart box… and roses…. uhh…”

Carlos chuckled. “That’s… well, that’s not
necessary. The important part is spending time to get to know each other, and
doing fun things together. The gifts… well, they’re optional. Mostly those are
just to show that you’re like… I mean, it’s just a way to say ‘I’ve been
thinking about you’ or something, you know?”

“Oh….. well ummm.”throws the holo pad to the side snacking a crew member in the head. “Well one thing I know from my Umm species…. is ummm… can I show you?”

Carlos lifted an eyebrow curiously, but then
nodded. “Um, sure,” he said. He glanced over at the crewmember who was hit,
wondering if he was okay.

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Yondu shrugs ears giving a little twitch wiggle. “I don’t much care about that to be honest.”

“No?” Carlos asked. “Well… nice to know that…
I mean… Um, that’s nice. Thank you.” He laughed slightly. God, he was probably
sounding terrible. He cleared his throat. “Um, so… I dunno. What’s first, then?”

Yondu blinks at him. “Ummm… well…” pulls out the holo pad on human mating rituals. “Let me Check here…. uhhhhh something about… confectionary… in a heart box… and roses…. uhh…”

Carlos chuckled. “That’s… well, that’s not
necessary. The important part is spending time to get to know each other, and
doing fun things together. The gifts… well, they’re optional. Mostly those are
just to show that you’re like… I mean, it’s just a way to say ‘I’ve been
thinking about you’ or something, you know?”

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Yondu shrugs ears giving a little twitch wiggle. “I don’t much care about that to be honest.”

“No?” Carlos asked. “Well… nice to know that…
I mean… Um, that’s nice. Thank you.” He laughed slightly. God, he was probably
sounding terrible. He cleared his throat. “Um, so… I dunno. What’s first, then?”

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Scratches the back of his head. “I… uhhh well…. I’d… like to…. uhhh as humans say… court you….”

Carlos blinked at him. “Court…?” he asked. He
tried to think – was he mis-hearing that? Or was the translator giving him the
wrong words? “I’m… I’m sorry if this all sounds like the same word for your
translator, but like… wooing? Pursuing romantically? Wanting to date?”

Yondu blinks a bit and thinks a bit then nods. “Yeah.. that sounds about right.”

Carlos just stared at him. He barely held himself back from saying ‘what the shit?’ out loud. “Wha… I’m… I’m flattered, I guess, but… I’m a little confused. Why… why me? I’m just… you know, I’m just a guy…”

He shrugs. “Because I’m… interested… so….. am I allowed or…. not?”

“You are – I mean, you are allowed to like me,”
Carlos said quickly. “I just… don’t understand, I guess. You… you’re a captain. I’m… kinda surprised you aren’t
already taken.” He then frowned. “Unless your species takes multiple partners…
then I’m afraid I’m going to have to turn you down. I… I don’t know about being
just one of… more than one.”

“I don’t know much about my species….. but … that’s a story for another time….. but as for me.. no I have no…. other or mate….”

Carlos nodded slightly, looking down at his
plate awkwardly. “Ah,” he said softly. He moved some of the beans on his plate
around. “You know… I didn’t think I’d find someone out in space who wouldn’t
mind going out with a human. I… I guess I thought my species would generally be
too stupid or… I mean, in the sense of not being advanced enough.”

“Look at peter…. the persons not stupid unless they refuse to learn….. you know only what your species does….it’s not your fault on that…”

“Well, he has the advantage of growing up in
space,” Carlos said. “But… I’m just saying… I guess I thought folks like you
would prefer someone who is more… familiar with their own culture. Space
culture, not just… planetary culture.” He glanced up at Yondu and gave him a slightly nervous smile.