COMPLETED, after elly was taken off of active duty, she grew used to her routine. training younglings and being the sole sentient carer of the meditation gardens had filled her time perfectly but as the clone wars raged on, she couldn't avoid her re...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR.
Coruscant felt so much noisier than the battlefield. That is the first thing that Elly noticed when she stepped off the ship. It was so noisy but a different kind of noise. It was comforting. The noise of Coruscant is what she had known her whole life but the battlefield was harsh and jarring and paralysing. This was good.
Elly felt at home in this noise and it didn't take her long to get back into routine. Once she had returned to the Temple, she went to her room and picked up right where she had left off when she had left a few days earlier. It was jarring how easy she found it to slip back into routine.
For three years, it had been excruciating. Any slight change to her schedule made her want to melt down but now, she felt content. She felt like herself again. So, she spent the afternoon on Coruscant studying. This time she was brushing up on her Huttesse and Binary. Droids were not something she spent a lot of her time with - unlike Anakin - but when she ran into them, she liked to know what they were saying.
By the time the evening rolled around, Elly had settled back into life on Coruscant and went to grab dinner. Ahsoka was pleased for the trio to be back at the Temple and the two talked a little about the battle before Ahsoka began to rave about her newest assignment in class and how she was doing well with it.
It was familiar and she could feel Obi-Wan's emotional turmoil at dinner. He had been off ever since the battle. She knew that. It seemed he was the one that was worried about her so once dinner was over and they went their separate ways, Elly found her way to Obi-Wan's room. She wanted to check up on him. He was the most important thing to her.
"Hey," Elly said as she entered the room. His head lifted from his desk and he nodded his head in acknowledgement before he went back to his studying, "What's wrong?" She asked after a moment. Obi-Wan turned away from his desk completely and stood up.
"Anakin nearly caught us," He said. Elly frowned. That wasn't the real reason. She knew there was something more, something deeper. It had been going on since before the battle and Anakin had done nothing to create that sort of tension beforehand.
"Sleeping in the same bed isn't a crime and he would not betray you," Elly retorted as she stepped closer to Obi-Wan. But he swerved around her and moved to sit on the edge of his bed. He felt so guilty about it and Elly hated it.
"It was sloppy," He muttered. She sighed and pushed her fingers through her hair. She had taken the braids out now after she had taken a proper shower. The leftover grime from the battlefield was gone and she felt fresh.
"I know that isn't really what's bothering you. Talk to me," She insisted as she moved over to him. She pushed herself between his legs, cupping his face with her hands and forcing him to look up. His beard covered that strong jawline and she ran her fingers through the hairs, gently scritching in an attempt to soothe him.
"I'm just tired." His eyes closed as he tilted into her touch. It relaxed him so much. He wished he hated it. He wished it didn't make him feel so peaceful.
