Don't Blame Me: Din Djarin

Chapter Eight: The Real Traitor

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Oh, I knew you were trouble when you walked in. So shame on me now. Flew me to places I'd never been. Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground. Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble.

- 𝘐 𝘒𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵
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Annoyance burned at Alaina every second of their journey. Despite their fast bikes and the sand in their faces, she knew Toro was staring at her. She could feel it burn more than the scorching sun that burned above them. She did her best to ignore it facing forward and matching Din's pace on the bike, but even then she could tell the tension. Every now in then, Alaina noticed the two were racing or attempting to get a head of the other. One minute, Din would be the leader causing Toro to thrust his bike faster being the lead and the same patterned repeated.

Men.

She thought to herself. The more they drove into the desert, the more she wanted to return to the child and back on the Razor Crest far from Tatooine. Need the less to say, she was crossing this planet off as one she would like to revisit. Din raised his arm quickly in a pause slowing down his bike the same time Alaina and Toro did.

" What's going on?" Alaina questioned.

Din pointed straight ahead," Look. Up ahead."

Squinting her eyes, Alaina could make out a bantha, maybe two of them out in the middle of nowhere. She was no hunter, but even she knew it was odd for one of the creatures to be there. Toro was the first to step off his bike taking out his binocs and looking closer to the Bantha with a huff.

" Tusken Raiders." He answered." I heard the locals talking about this filth."

Din nodded," Tuskens think they're the locals. Everyone else is just trespassing."

Toro scuffed at the comment," Whatever they call themselves, they best keep their distance." He spat.

Alaina noticed movement in the corner of her eye, and turned seeing two more Tusken raiders make their way up the small sand hill so far, unthreatening.

" Din." Alaina whispered causing Din to nod seeing the same thing.

" Yeah? Why don't you tell them yourself?" Din challenged watching Toro practically jump out of his skin when they started yelling." Relax."

Din was amused watching Toro's fear, even more amused when he heard Alaina laughed in a mocking manner. He stepped off his speeder walking over to the Tusken and speaking in their language using only his hands. It was enough to confuse Toro.

" What are you doing?"

" Negotiating." Din answered, but Toro wasn't done with his questions.

" What's going on?"

" We need passage across their land. Let me see the binocs."

" Why?"

" You ask too many questions." Alaina muttered snatching the binocs from Toro and throwing it over to the Tusken Raiders.

" Hey! What?" Toro shouted." Those were brand new."

" Yeah? They were." Din muttered walking back to the speeders with Alaina." You speak Tusken?"

She tilted her head side to side," Learned a little here and there." She answered getting on her own bike and taking off without Toro." You really don't like him!"

" I don't like what he did to you!"

Alaina couldn't help, but to smile at his comments liking how protective Din was being towards her. They moved through the desert, Toro taking some time before he matched their pace once again until Din raised his arm forcefully slowing down his speeder.