Two Halfs of One Warrior • Obikin/Vaderwan One-Shots

How To Get Married Without Falling in Love - A Failed Case Study Conducted on AS

❤️Full Title: How To Get Married Without Falling in Love - A Failed Case Study Conducted on Anakin Skywalker (sequel to Running Away, Running To You)

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• Summary: Obi-Wan crosses his legs and turns further on his side, which makes his hair fall partly onto his face. “You’re saying," he says, very slowly, as if he still has to wrap his mind around the concept, "that you learned your vows, all by yourself, yesterday?”

Anakin wants to squirm under the other man’s inquiring look. “What about it?”

“Oh, I don't know, Anakin. Maybe the fact that a mere two days ago you spent a good forty minutes arguing with Luminara about this very topic, any chance you remember? You were very adamant about not needing to memorise anything, because - please, correct me if I'm wrong - we could just hide a souffleur behind the flower arrangements instead. I remember it all very well, because I've had to sit through a meeting with her afterwards."

Aiming for nonchalance, Anakin answers “I’m still convinced that we could have pulled that off without anyone noticing. But... I know it would’ve given you a headache.”

Obi-Wan doesn’t answer, so Anakin lamely adds “You can consider it an early wedding gift.”

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“Obi-Wan,” Anakin groans, trying to make his point for the third time in a row, “we don’t have to go over the marriage vows.”

The King, who doesn’t look very royal at all in his evening robe, his hair still wet from his shower, gives another chuckle, and lets himself fall onto Anakin’s couch. “Nice try, dear one, but the wedding is two days away. No matter how little you want to do this, at some point you are going to have to memorize it, and time is running out. We'll do it today."

Anakin would be offended at Obi-Wan’s unwillingness to listen to him, if it wasn’t 100% his fault that Obi-Wan felt responsible for micromanaging Anakin.

He lets himself fall onto the couch next to his fiancé, and crosses his arms with a huff. Not because he’s annoyed at Obi-Wan (how could he be, when the pinkish hydration slates on his cheekbones make him look like a stuffed animal?), but because he knows that Obi-Wan will immediately try and get him out of his perceived defensiveness. “I’m not trying to get out of anything, I’m saying that I have already memorized them. There’s no need to do it again.”

With a doubtful expression on his face, Obi-Wan falls back further against the cushions and musters him. “You’ve learned your lines?”

“I’m telling you.”

“When?”

Anakin’s trying to hold back from rolling his eyes, but it’s a close call. He’s only human. “Why does it matter?"

He does roll his eyes when his question is met only with a hard stare. "Yesterday. While you were meeting with the officials.”

Obi-Wan crosses his legs and turns further on his side, which makes his hair fall partly onto his face. “You’re saying," he says, very slowly, as if he still has to wrap his mind around the concept, "that you learned your vows, all by yourself, yesterday?”

Anakin wants to squirm under the other man’s inquiring look. “What about it?”

“Oh, I don't know, Anakin. Maybe the fact that a mere two days ago you spent a good forty minutes arguing with Luminara about this very topic, any chance you remember? You were very adamant about not needing to memorise anything, because - please, correct me if I'm wrong - we could just hide a souffleur behind the flower arrangements instead. I remember it all very well, because I've had to sit through a meeting with her afterwards. So I'm sure you can forgive me for my confusion at your sudden change of mind."