forbidden~anakin skywalker

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we're back at the jedi temple and i'm training with the droids. as they fly at me one by one, i hit them with my lightsaber, immediately burning them in two pieces as they fall before fixing themselves.
i move onto practicing my abilities of the force. i put my lightsaber by the door and go stand by the window. as i approach it, before i can turn back around, i get distracted by the view.
there's a big circular window in the room, overlooking the city in the distance. beyond the city, the sun is setting, leaving the sky mixed shades of yellow, orange, pink, purple, and blue. in the blue there are stars beginning to become visible making the sky look beautiful.
it makes me think of anakin. he's beautiful just like this sunset. just image how beautiful it would look if he stood in front of it. it would create enough beauty to kill a girl.
i hear the doors open and whip my head around, using the force to make my lightsaber fly across the room, landing in my hand. but then i realise it's just anakin.
"you scared me to death."
he chuckles "who else would it be. and you scared me. nearly hit me in the face with your lightsaber."
i shrug "could be anyone. for all i know someone could of broke in."
he chuckles again "this is the jedi temple. i don't see anyone breaking in any time soon."
"who knows. we have r2 for security breeches. maybe they could have something similar."
he nods "you make a fair point."
as i swing my lightsaber, i ask "you here to train with me?"
"no i think i'll just watch." anakin smirks as he leans against the wall, crossing his arms.
i shrug "suit yourself."
anakin watches as i stand to the side, practicing my abilities of both the force and the use of my lightsaber.
"what made you want to be a jedi?" anakin asks.
i fight of the training droids as i answer "i guess it's just how i was raised. i mean i was raised among them and i apparently my mother was also a jedi.
"what happened to her?"
"from what i've been told, she's dead." i fight of the last droid and stand up straight. "what about your parents?"
"well..." he hesitates "i'm not sure about my father but my mother, as far as i'm aware is right where she was when i left tatooine. i haven't heard anything otherwise...can i ask you a question?"
i hesitate. i've never really been the type to answer questions "sure..."
"how come your parents had you? i mean the jedi are not allowed emotional connection to others so how come it was allowed with your parents?"
"i'm not sure." i shrug "i always just believed they were rule breakers and defied the jedi code to be in love. love is a big part of existence. everything feels love so it's a bit unfair to make us miss out on that."
"or maybe that rule was because of them."
i pause for a second, thinking over anakin a words, playing them back in my head before shaking them out "i think if the rule was made because of them then father would no longer be a jedi."
he steps forward, his chest now pressed up against my back as his hands glide down my arms sending shivers down my spine "well he wouldn't be a jedi if he broke the rules either. but i don't think i could ever see master obi-wan breaking the rules in his lifetime."
"can we stop talking about my parents?" i hold back tears as i remember the stories i have been told about my mother, disappointed that i never got the chance to meet her. i cannot cry in front of anakin. i can never show him how weak i truly am. he admires my strength so he cannot see me as weak. besides. i'm a jedi. another reason i cannot cry.
he steps away, letting go of me as his warmth leaves my body making me miss his contact "of course. i never meant to strike a nerve."
i hesitate before asking the question that has been swimming around my brain, taking up all the space for any other thought "what am i to you anakin?" he looks at me, not understanding what i mean by that question so i explain "do you just see me as another jedi? a trainer? obi-wan's daughter? a friend?"
he doesn't even give it a second to think before surely answering "you're my friend. you see us as friends right imani-danaria?"
my full first name tumbling from his lips gives me butterflies in my stomach. i always thought my name sounded kind of harsh and cacophonous. but he makes it just roll of the tongue as he says it so delicately. it makes me feel sick. but i'm a good way. i smile "imani is fine. you don't have to use the whole name."
"okay. imani...what about immi?" he chuckles, trying to tease me by giving me a nickname.
i giggle. imani is already a nickname and i would never let anyone call me immi in a million years. but anakin has me falling for him so hard he could call me anything in the world and i wouldn't mind "immi is good too."
"then that's your name." he smiles. his smile is so perfect, just like the rest of him.
the doors open and my father is stood there "anakin, imani, we are needed."
anakin's blue eyes stare deep into my dark brown ones "shall we go then immi."
a smile makes its way to my lips. i'm unable to hold it back "let's go."
my father gives me a glare as we make our way down the hall of the temple "you know this isn't allowed. i have told you plenty of times that you are not to fall for anakin. it's forbidden."
i roll my eyes to keep my cover "there's nothing going on. just friends joking around."
shit! he was suspicious before but he's definitely onto me now!