Blaze Of Glory | Kylo Ren

A New Beginning

Ani's P.O.V.

"When will we begin my training?"

"Tomorrow. I have things to attend to when we get back today, unfortunately."

Nodding to Kylo's answer, I keep up with his pace out of the hotel. We just finished breakfast, packing up, and changing to leave Cantina. He's in his normal attire today and has his helmet on. 

I'm wearing a long black dress that comes off my shoulders; it has long sleeves and a handful of strings tied in the back, showing my skin from behind. My hairs in another low messy bun since I don't know how to turn into anything else. 

The dress flows nicely from the thighs down, but the top of it feels rather tight. I had asked Kylo to tie them for me since I couldn't and I feel he made them as tight as possible. A man is walking in front of us with our bags and guiding us toward our ship. 

I'm glancing around at the skyscrapers before reaching our ship; I want to enjoy the beauty as long as I can before we fly back. Because of last night's events, Kylo and I have discussed a little. We've only been having secret glances at each other and quick jokes about one another from events during this trip. 

I feel a sense of peace and freedom around me because of last night. This will be the first time I'm going somewhere as a free woman. There's something comforting about it even if it's going to Starkiller base. 

My powers with the force are free. I'm free to train with Kylo alone, and I feel a sense of growth within me because of it. Not only that, but I feel a sense of growth in the light side around Kylo because of me. 

It makes me feel as if I'm going on the right track in life, even with everything happening around me. I haven't felt this close to Ben in years and I hope this continues with my training. I'm not a fool, though. 

I know the training is to push me closer toward the darkside, but that's Kylo's goal. Not mine. With time, perhaps his goal with change because of my goal. We're walking on the pavement and we're almost on the ship when Kylo stops. 

It makes me glance behind me to see what's stopped him curiously. I watch him kneel and pluck a flower growing between the cracks in the concrete. It's a light blue flower with a long stem. 

I frown at him for a moment at his action. Standing up, staring at the flower, he steps toward me and lifts his hand with the flower near my head. I stare at him in utter confusion before finding him putting the flower stem on one of my ears. 

My expression falls into an astonishment one from seeing him in such a out of character. When his hand drops and he says nothing, I can't help up shake my head, smiling up at him. 

It's a small piece of affection and I've never seen it in him with his uniform on. I can't see his expression, but I can sense he's admiring me with the flower next to my eye. Wanting to return the affection, I step toward him and stretch out my hands to his helmet.

Taking his helmet off with ease, I find his soft expression and embarrassment in his eyes because he allowed himself to give me the single flower. Not wanting him to regret it, I step on his feet lightly to become taller and lean up to kiss him. I hear him chuckle from my own actions and wrap an arm around my waist to draw me against him. 

He takes his helmet from my hand and tilts his head to add pressure to my innocent kiss. I don't get off his toes and he doesn't seem to mind since he can tell I'm only doing so to be slightly taller for me to kiss him without him leaning over me. Resting my hands on his shoulders, I swipe my tongue along his bottom lip before parting from them and asking with no shame. 

"Why'd you do that?"

"It reminded me of you." 

He answers simply and my smile widens from how free he's being himself with me. Feeling butterflies in my stomach, I bite my bottom lip and can't help but consider him as Ben. It's as if the longer I'm with him, the more I see the good in him, and it only reminds me of what his grandfather told me months ago.