"I know," Chakotay responds, his lips twisting in amusement as he offers her a wink. "That's only part of why I love you so much."

The list of reasons on that is rather large by this point and there's no real reason to go into all of them. But he still likes to hint at it and mention his feelings for her as often as possible. It's been a long time since he really had anyone he could love like this.

Despite their difference in height, he reaches for her hand, having given up on trying to hide his smile, and only once they've managed to make one more round of the party-goers does he allow himself to gently pull her out of the mess hall with him. Time to see about that "practice" they'd been mentioning.