-=-/-\-=- MaiKai & Rick Rodgers' Quarters -=-/-\-=-
-=-/-\-=- Starbase Unity -=-/-\-=-
MaiKai was sitting on the edge of her bed. She had just gotten home when she had found a note rested up against their door. She recognized the big white flower from her home back on Earth in Hawaii, then she recognized the handwriting, and then the signature Nanee. At first reading the letter, Mai had gotten chills up her spine. She hadn't talked to anyone in her family for years. Almost countless years, but she knew roughly how many. About five. five long years of silence among family. Considering Mai's traditional background, it was even more shocking to her that it had been five years. Hawaiians were known for being all about "Ohana" or the family. To them, family means no one gets left behind or ... forgotten.
Over the years Mai had let herself be forgotten or at least tried. She was mostly an outspoken person, but for the past few years, living to the shadows had done her well, or at least so she thought. MaiKai just didn't know what to do now. Nanee and Mai had always had a really good relationship for being cousins. It was just ruined when Mai's father had a falling out with his brother, Nanee's father. She never gotten to see or really talk to her cousin since. She wasn't even sure what she would say now. Mai was thinking what if Nanee wanted something from her. That was the last thing she needed was negligent family members asking her for hand-outs. It's true that Mai has been a bit harsh when it comes to her family, but from her point of view, she's had a right to be headstrong.
Mai ran her fingers over the edges of the letter first. She then lifted up the note up to her face to see if she could get a scent from the flower. She did. She wasn't sure what the scent would be called, but she knew it took her to place that would be hard to describe with words: home by the beach. The fresh breeze from the ocean, mixed with a woodsy smell probably from the palm trees and then a bitter-sweet smell of the house and civilization. Mai took the deep breath in so slowly she could of sworn her heart skipped a beat.
MaiKai heard a noise behind her which made her jump a bit. Rick must be home. And sure enough, "What do you got there, honey?" Rick asked upon seeing his wife with a somewhat relaxed look on her face and paper in hand and the look had now been replaced with a deer caught in headlights.
"Nothing," Mai stammered as she buried the note for now in a drawer in one of the bed side tables. She turned around quickly and flashed a smile that hopefully wouldn't show that she felt flushed.
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Lieutenant Commander MaiKai Rodgers
Pediatrics Doctor
Starbase Unity
