Royalty || Anakin Skywalker x Reader

8 - Cigars and a Deck of Cards

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(Y/n)'s POV
"I told you to turn her left," Piett sighed as he hopped off of the horse.

Ahsoka rolled her eyes and slapped away the hand he offered her, "I tried to go left, but Blue had other plans." She jumped off of the animal independently and nearly fell, but she held her arms out to keep herself balanced while Piett scowled at her for the slap.

So this is what happened about half an hour  after we began; Piett and Ahsoka were trying to get Blue to turn left, but she turned right instead and headed straight towards Anakin and I. Which then startled Bella into kicking her front legs up, resulting in Anakin and I being flung off of her.

We were both fine, although Anakin got a cut on his eye from my elbow hitting him. Which I apologized immensely for because it looked like it really hurt—just because I have my quarrels with him does not mean I want to see him injured—but I do not think he heard me, he was more focused on the smaller wound that I had, a busted lip.

He held a small cloth to my lip as his free hand cupped my cheek to hold my head in place, "Your mother is going to kill me." He dabbed the wound delicately, soaking up the small amount of blood in the white fabric.

"Anakin it was an accident, she is not going to kill you," I rolled my eyes at his dramatics, he can be worse than a common woman half the time. Yes I agree that women are much more dramatic than men, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Us women are deserving of the eyes it brings, we were not created to settle for less than being the center of attention, "Besides it is just a small cut, I have survived much worse," I gently grabbed his wrist and pulled his hand down.

I was not even aware of its existence until he started being overbearing, and I hardly felt it too. The only pain I got was from him applying pressure to it, and even then it was a small—tolerable—sting, "Yours on the other hand, looks like it needs tending to avoid infection, so we should go inside."

I tried to stand up, but he held his hand out to stop me as he stood up first. Then he offered the same hand to me and I accepted it so he could pull me to my feet.

"I am so sorry for this your highness-" Piett tried to apologize, but I placed my hand up to stop him.

"Please do not apologize Firmus, accidents happen, let us not dwell on it." I watched as he cringed at the name I knew he hated. But I also knew he would not correct me, and I did enjoy giving a small tease to lighten the mood.

He nodded with a relieved smile, "Thank you Princess."

I nodded back and turned to face the palace with Anakin standing close to my side, "Does it hurt?" I asked, pointing to the injury on his eye that was still bleeding, but he was containing it by using the same cloth he used on me.

"Princess, if you really think this is bothersome to me, I am truly offended." He side-glanced me with a small smile.

"I hope it gets infected, tough guy," You would think a comment like that would be from me. But I am pleased to say it actually came from Anakin's best friend and the only other person who likes to give him hell just as much as I.

Anakin turned to glare at Piett who was walking behind us with Padme and Ahsoka near him, although Ahsoka was stubbornly keeping a distance from him like he did something wrong. But in his defense, she was rude to him first and all he did was retaliate.

"Should you not be escorting the horses back in the stable before they run off, stable boy?" Ani nudged his head towards Blue and Bella who were casually walking around like they did not just have a fit.