Captain Rex x Reader

14. Chapter

Y/N POV:

As soon as the medical droids left and we were left alone in the room a very thick and uncomfortable silence settled down on us, it's only broken by a very awkward and embarrassed chuckle that escaped me before it returns again. Rex glared at me for a few moments which made my throat dry out and my chest feel tighter immediately. He then sighed deeply and rubbed his temples with what seemed to be annoyance. He got settled down on his bed and I looked away from him, finding great interest in the ceiling all of a sudden. 

About 10 minutes of this later, I got a notification on my data pad. It's a message from Anakin. 

Hey there, seems your search for Rex was quite successful, eh? ;) 

You know there's this rumour going around that he carried you back to the med bay and he wasn't seen ever since so I hope for your sake he shows up soon, because otherwise, you'll never be able to live that down. There will be so much gossip about this, I can practically hear it already. Anyways... I think you really deserve that chocolate now so whatever you're doing or not doing with my captain I suggest you stop it at once cause I'm coming over right now so be prepared~~~

I put the data pad away and sighed in annoyance. I thought hardly for a few moments before reluctantly and shyly speaking up and breaking the silence once more. 

"Uhm... Anakin will come over soon, I just thought you should know that..."

I glanced over at Rex briefly and caught a curt nod of him. I sighed once more before speaking up again, my voice was still shy but now also a bit anxious.

"Are you... mad at me? I'm sorry okay? I am just worried about you and you should really give your shoulder some rest..."

I looked over at him, searching his face for any kind of hint as to what he might be thinking. But he's got the perfect poker face. After a few moments of silence he opened his mouth as if to speak. Just then the door got opened and Anakin comes rushing in. I roll my eyes at him and speak with exasperation.

"Not a good timing Ani"

He didn't  acknowledge my words at all and instead scanned the room, his eyes squinted a bit and he looked like a child trying to figure out where babies come from, which I'm sure is something he's still trying to figure out. 

"What is going on here? Rex are you okay? Why are you in the med bay?!"

He asked and I didn't think I had ever seen him be so worried. Anakin rushed towards Rex's bedside and sat down beside him, looking him over for any signs of severe wounds. I looked between the two of them a bit taken aback and try to speak up.

"He's here because-"

Anakin's head snapped in my direction.

"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to him." 

He turned back to Rex.

"Rex what happened?"

I couldn't believe my eyes nor my ears. How rude of him. I just put my hands up as if to surrender and lean back against my pillow, giving the old married couple their alone time. 

Rex broke the silence this time, his voice seemed neutral and polite enough but still carried a tinge of annoyance underneath it.

"Actually General... you should ask your Padawan why I'm here."

I suddenly felt like their stares were cutting into my skin, Anakin looked at me in shock and concern whilst Rex just looked intimidating and annoyed. I chuckled in embarrassment and felt my face heating up a bit, I fidget a bit with the blanket as well to calm myself down a bit.

"Yeah, so as I was saying... he's here because of me. He carried me back here despite clearly being in pain from the wound on his shoulder and I just gave the medical staff a slight indication that they should check up on him..."

Rex glared at me so I just sighed in defeat.

"Okay okay, maybe it was a bit more than just a slight indication... but he had it coming"

I shrugged slightly. Anakin seemed a bit more at ease after hearing that it's nothing too severe and after giving Rex a lecture about how important it is to take care of one's health he got into a lighter mood again and even handed me this chocolate thing. I took it and turned it around a bit before I opened the packaging and eyes this brown thing with curiousity. Anakin looked at me excitedly, seemingly hoping I would love it as much as he did. I took a bite and the still present tension in the room left my mind completely. My eyes closed automatically just so I could enjoy this feeling of pure bliss even more thoroughly. Before soon I had devoured the whole thing and left was only the packaging and a dazed smile on my face.

"Oh my... Ani this is fantastic! Can you please bring some more of it with you from the next mission? Please?"

I asked, looking at him with the most puppy-like gaze I could muster, even though I knew throughout our whole friendship that never helped me to convince him of something. 

"I'll see what I can do, but I'm really glad you love it so much. I knew you would as soon as I tasted it!"

He said proudly, seemingly thinking he's the best thing that could've ever happened to me. It seemed like he wanted to say something else and he already opened his mouth before he glanced back at Rex and closed it again. Anakin's data pad beeped and he glanced at it for a moment before he looked between us nervously and started walking towards the door.

"You know what? There's still soo much stuff to do, like uhm, filing out reports and uh, cleaning my room and surely Obi-Wan would love to give me another lecture soo, I'd better leave now. Bye! Get well soon you two!"

And with that he closed the door, having a mischievous smirk gracing his lips for only a split moment. Rex and I both turned our heads to look after him before we looked at each other, our confused expressions were so similar it was as if someone had put a mirror between us. 

"That was odd."

Rex said, there was no trace of the previously so evident annoyance.

"Yeah, it really was. Something tells me he's up to no good."

I said, nodding in agreement. Anakin's mind was probably the biggest mystery of the galaxy, and everyone should be afraid of what is going on inside it. We both spent the rest of that afternoon wondering about what had gotten into him and we talked about some theories about what he had planned and what could possibly be going on. We even joked around a bit and despite the bad mood from before it seemed like all of that never even happened and instead like a sleepover from two friends. I couldn't help but thank Anakin in my mind, he might be up to no good, but without him we would still be stuck under the covers of that heavy silence and finding interest in anything but each other. It wasn't long, only ten minutes or so, but it felt bad enough for me to know it would be insufferable to spend the next few days like that.

[A/N: Hello there. It's been a while again I know, sorry about that. But it warms my heart to see that there's still people reading this and seemingly not hating it so that gave me enough motivation to write another chapter! Thank you all! It's not a long chapter but I have some free time right now so I might just be able to write a few more these next few weeks.]