Not the Jedi Way

Caring

Luke was laying in his bed thinking about the other. He found himself doing that a lot after they shared their memories with each other. He still had to do it with Grogu but the whole Din getting attacked thing occupied his thoughts. Seeing him hurt made Luke want to throw up.

He smiled to himself picturing his face. Why did he have to be so handsome? Urgh. Stupid hot Mando dilf. Luke sat up and got ready for Jedi training. He went to his school and let the parents drop off their kids when a woman stopped him.

"Oh, hey Ydra!" Luke smiled at her. "Can I help you?"

"I was just wondering if everything is alright? You seem distracted lately. If you want to we can talk about it over a cup of coffee."

Luke thought for a moment. "That sounds really nice actually. Thank you."

"Of course, I'll get back here when Dev is ready with training." She smiled before leaving. "Later."

Luke went inside. The younglings were chatting with each other. A smile spread across the Jedi's mouth.

When they were done Luke met up with Ydra at a small cafe. "Your son is amazing, you know."

"Thank you, I know I cherish him a lot. He keeps talking about how excited he is to go to Jedi training."

"I would like to take him with me on missions, of course only non-dangerous ones. But he far exceeds the other younglings because of his age and because you trained him before. I feel like with a bit of hands-on training and experience I could train him with you and Leia."

"That sounds great. Just make sure Dev is safe and I would be okay with it."

"I will."

"So, you wanna talk about yourself now?"

Luke sighed and leaned back taking a sip of coffee. "I've just been so worried about Din."

"The Mand'alor?"

"Yeah, we're close friends. His son, Grogu is in Devs class. He was attacked recently. I know, he has bodyguards now but I still worry."

"You do sound close. He must mean a great deal to you."

"He does. I know everything about him and He about me." Luke stared at his cup. "I really like him and just want to know that he's okay."

"Sounds like you like him more than a friend." Ydra smiled knowingly. "Why are you fighting it?"

"I don't know. He's my friend and I don't want to ruin that. On top of that, he's the Mandalorian king he has enough to worry about." Luke paused. "I'm scared of people hurting him to get to me as they did with Leia and Han." He looked away not wanting to think about that.

"Well, that's a lot but at the same time so dumb. You won't know what will happen if you don't try and you'll be able to be closer to him and protect him better when you get your emotions sorted out. Just try it."

"But the senate will not approve-"

"Is it the senator's life or yours? Stop trying to appease everyone because you can't."

Meanwhile, Din was in a meeting having to explain himself. Everyone was talking over him until Boba hit the table loudly. "One at a time." He had been hanging around on Mandalore a lot these past few days mostly because he tried to avoid some things he had to get done at Jabba's palace.

"So, even after what happened you will still have the alliance with the Jetiise." A Mandalorian spoke up.

"Yes, I believe it's the right thing to do. We can help each other."

Bo Katan frowned but didn't say anything still liking Din. But another woman spoke up. "Aren't you biased? I mean you and that jetii seem close."

"My Personal relationship with Skywalker has nothing to do with my decision. We are friends."

Din had to keep defending his stance and he hated all this political stuff. He just wanted to go back to living on Dagobah in Luke's holiday home like the first few weeks. It had been so peaceful and nice. Just hanging out with Grogu and the Jedi master. After the meeting, he got a call from Luke asking if he could come down during the weekend.

"Sure, how's Grogu?"

"He's awesome, though he got into some trouble with the other kids. But it's fine, Ben helped him." Luke chuckled. "They've grown really close."

"Oh lord, I'm so sorry that he's getting into trouble, mesh'la-"

"It's fine. I think he just misses you." Luke paused for a second. "I miss you too."

"Oh- Well guess I should come visit him then." Din felt himself smile.

Luke beamed at him through the holo call. "How are you? Did anyone give you trouble?"

"No, I think you scared them shit less." Din chuckled.

"That's good to hear. I've been really worried. Din, I-"

"Patuu!" Grogu jumped up in Luke's arm to look at Din through the hologram.

"Hey, there kid." Din smiled at Grogu and waved. He watched him wave at him before seeing Ben start to climb up Luke too.

The Jedi tried to balance himself out. "Be careful." A laugh escaped his mouth as he felt Ben settle on his shoulder.

"Is that Din? Hey!" Ben held onto Luke's head.

"Hey, kid."

"Can I come with Grogu to Mandalore, next time?" Ben was getting excited.

"Sure thing. Talk with your dad about it first though. Not sure if he would be happy about it."

Luke smiled warmly loving seeing the other interact with his family. "I can convince him, don't you worry." He tried to recall the other's face, his kind demeanor, and his facial structure. "Can't wait to see you, this weekend."

"I'll be over as fast as I can, mesh'la."

The Jedi was totally smitten by him and stayed on call longer than he intended to. Leia picked up the kids in the middle of the call, her brother watching Din intently and giggling like a teenage girl with a crush. "Hey, Din. How are the bodyguards?"

"Nice, they don't bug me and respect my personal space. Thank you for sending them over."

Leia smiled and winked at him. "Gotta keep my brother's boyfriend safe." She left only hearing her brother yell after her.

Din just chuckled finding their relationship amusing. "So, boyfriend?"

"I don't know where she got that from!" Luke felt himself get red. "She is just trying to annoy me."

"I know, don't worry. Boba is doing the same thing to me."

"Man, I still feel bad about the Sarlacc Pit-"

"Hey, he put your friend in carbon and fought against you. It's fine. I think he just finds it a bit awkward."

"It is! You could have warned me that you sent him over to babysit Grogu." Luke frowned. "But I'll forgive you if you go partying with me this weekend."

"So, I can drag your drunk ass to bed again?"

"You could drink too? We could funnel a straw through your helmet!"

Din chuckled. "I don't think that will work but I can still come with you and enjoy myself." He just thought about watching Luke having fun and honestly, that was worth it.

The Jedi leaned back and stretched. "Okay, then it's a deal!"

"I would love to stay and talk longer but I gotta go."

"Okay, see you!" Luke beamed at him and when the Mandalorian hang up he dropped onto a chair. "I'm so screwed."