Free Me - Dinluke AU

Taking the ship for a Spin and Parting Ways

"Ready to go?"

"Yes!" Luke sat down in his ship with him. He looked around excitedly. Getting to fly around in his ship with him not bound to anything made him unbelievably happy.

"Okay, Strap in." Din took a route close to the planet and under cover just to make sure they wouldn't run into any imperial ships. "Let's see how good your handy work is." He started the hyperdrive and it seemed to work. "Great."

Luke looked out the window at the sky. "Well, seems like I still got it."

"Thanks for helping."

"No problem." He smiled at him. "It's the least I can do after everything you've done for me."

"You don't need to do anything."

"I do. You saved me, Din." Luke leaned over to him.

"No, you don't. You do not owe me anything. It's alright." Din looked at him reassuring him. "Just enjoy your freedom and live your life that's all I want from you."

"I-" Luke didn't quite know what to say but he didn't need to as he got distracted seeing the ring he had given Din lying on the dashboard. He was glad the other had kept it and not sold it. To be fair it probably wouldn't have fetched him a good price anyways.

Din noticed him looking at it. "Oh, your ring. Why did you give it to me?"

"Well, it was the only thing I had left from my old life and it is important to me. So, I wanted to give it to you as a token of my gratitude and maybe a bit selfishly in hopes you wouldn't forget me."

"Forget you?"

"Yeah, I don't really know why. I just-" Luke shrugged. "It was stupid." He chuckled. "But I am glad you kept it. Thank you."

Din looked at it. He wasn't quite sure himself why he had kept it. It just felt right. "Well, maybe there's no need to know everything."

Luke smiled. "I guess your right. I like talking to you."

"Me too."

"I'm glad I got to get to know you, that you chose me and not some Twi'lek girl. I know it was mostly because I would have brought you more money. But I don't care how I met you I'm just happy I did."

Din felt touched. The other made him feel wanted and most importantly not alone. "Are you sure you want to stay with the rebellion? Because I could maybe do use some extra hands on my ship and you'd be safe."

"Yes, as much as I would like to leave with you, I can't. I feel like I need to do this. Knowing that I could make a difference and help people makes me want to help out even more." Despite knowing he couldn't go with him Luke was ecstatic that the Mandalorian suggested it.

"Alright, just stay safe okay?"

Luke smiled and leaned over to the other. "You care about me, don't you? The 'just business Mandalorian' cares about me, huh?" He teased him amused at the revelation.

"Stop." Din pulled back into the rebellion headquarters, landing his ship.

"I care about you too. So stay safe as well, please. I hope I'll get to see you again." The Jedi never moved his eyes away from him. He didn't want him to leave, he wanted to stay with him. But every time he thought about how, it always ended the same, with them splitting up. Din couldn't stay and he couldn't leave.

"Yeah." Din knew the same thing. He would have to leave eventually and to be honest, he could've already left but he didn't want to. "But I'll probably stay around until tomorrow. You know to make sure there aren't any imperial ships left out there."