Cuyan~ (OC x Clone wars)

Gift

It's a few weeks after Ellor and Ahsoka joined the 212th and 501st battalions, after Welcome Part Two and before Prank Day. They just dealt with a small droid force on an outer rim planet, where they are now staying to ensure their safety and heal wounded troops.

"Where's Ahsoka?" Anakin asks, bursting into the room where I was lounging about with my friends.

"I dunno, she said something about hunting," I tell him. He grumbles and walks off. I turn back to Fives.

"I'm just saying, I don't know how they make this delicious heaven-drink," he says, slurping down some hot chocolate-like drink. I take a sip. Yup, cocoa.

"You've never had hot chocolate?" I ask incredulously. He snorts.

"It's not like the Kaminoans had a supply of it."

"True. I haven't had it all that often myself," I admit, taking another sip and letting its sweet warmth flood through me. I hadn't passed out this mission yet, which was nice. It hadn't been a very difficult battle, and the locals were very welcoming.

"Do we have any plans for pranks?" Hardcase asks after a beat of silence. He's always in motion, which was fun to try to keep up with.

"I was thinking tomorrow I'd plan a little 'scouting' excursion to try to find some... INTERESTING plants. Flora identification is a skill we learn at the temple, which ones can heal, which ones can hurt... And which ones cause fits of uncontrollable laughter. I think Rex and Cody could loosen up a bit." I give them an evil grin. "Sound good?"

Relay shakes his head. "How do you always have prank plans?"

I wink at him. "It's a gift." Just then the door to outside opens. I groan and pull a blanket tighter around me. "SHUT THAT DOOR! It's freezing out." I look up at who had entered the room. It was Ahsoka. She had a huge monster slung over her shoulders. I recognized it as a Wampa.

"Hey guys! I got you all a gift." She beamed at us. I grinned.

"You took that down yourself? Nice job." Wampas were notoriously fierce.

"Yep." She dumped it on the ground.

"I was getting kind of hungry. Thanks, 'Soka," I say gratefully. Anakin walked in again.

"Are you sure- Oh, hey Snips." He noticed the Wampa on the floor. "Uh. What is that doing there?"

"It's a gift for you guys. Togruta custom," she said.

"Uh. Thanks?" He says, unsure.

I rolled my eyes. "Humans and their odd customs. This just isn't a typical human gift. They tend to get each other knickknacks. Kinda stupid, food is necessary for living."

Ahsoka shrugs. "Their loss."

"You guys can roast it if you like," I tell the clones and Anakin sweetly before ripping off a piece of the meat and chomping on it raw. Ahsoka does the same. The humans seemed disturbed to see the two young padawans tear into the raw meat with our fangs, but I ignore it. It's been ages since I had fresh meat.

"If you eat around the hair, It's quite good. Very well-nourished," I comment.

Ahsoka grins at me. "I picked the best. I'm glad you like it." Soon one-fifth of the Wampa meat was gone.

"If you guys want any, I'm full," I say to the men, blood gleaming on my sharp canines.

"Um. No thanks," says Anakin, looking on in awe and a little disgust. Humans and their odd palates. 

Ares shrugs. "I'll try some. Cooked though." I grin and levitate a light-knife, cutting and cooking a slice of meat before dropping the lightsaber and levitating the meat itself to him.

"Aren't you not supposed to use the force for that?" Anakin asks. I shrug.

"I tend to conveniently forget that," I say with a wink. Ares takes a bite.

"Woah. That is SUPER GOOD," He says. I give him a smug smile.

"Yep." I make more slices of Wampa meat and distribute them among the clones. "You sure you don't want any, Master Skywalker?"

He looks at Ahsoka, who gives him puppy eyes. He sighs. "Fine." Ahsoka makes his slice. "Not bad," he admits. I smile at Ahsoka.

"Thanks for the gift. I don't get raw meat that often these days, mostly just the processed rations and the occasional dried meat and such I can get from coruscant and various planets."

She grins back. "It was as much for me as it was for you. The rations aren't awful, but they can't compare to fresh meat." I nod and fist-bump her before going back to my seat and hot chocolate.

A/N

I had this in my mind and I just HAD to write it. It's really short, but I thought it was funny. The picture at the top I drew myself, at the top of that there are the expressions of some of the clones and Anakin. Apologies for kind of butchering Ahsoka, this is my first time drawing her. 

As I write this, one of my hands is bandaged because I tripped and fell and my pencil tip broke off. In my pinky. So we had to go to urgent care, where they couldn't get it out, so I had to get an X-Ray, and they had to contact a hand surgeon, and now I'm back at home with a large piece of graphite stuck in my pinky beneath the skin until we can get an appointment with a hand surgeon. So ya, that was painful. Hope y'all are doing better than me right now. Stay safe, may all your pencil-related endeavors be successful.