Away

Surprise

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*Rey's pov

I went to get him later that night. I'd worked out with Leia to have dinner in my room, were we're going to be playing the games.

I first quietly knock on his door, but get no answer. Slowly, I turn the knob and push the door open.

He's asleep.

He's laying on his back, limbs sprawled out and hair in his face, completely covering his eyes. He looks so peacefull, the worry and sad lines gone making him look years younger. Well, peacefull enough. It seemed that he was snoring loud enough to bring the house down!

"Ben?" I quietly say walking in and over to the side of his bed. He just continues snoring, loud as ever. I giggle and reach down to brush his black hair away from his face, and gently shake his shoulder "Ben, wake up!"

I think I was expecting something romantic to happen. Like him open his eyes and grin, then we kiss and say mushy things all the way down to meet with Poe and Finn. But it sadly didn't turn out that way.

He opened one eye and then squeezed them back closed. "Five more minutes."

"Wake up!" I laugh and shake his shoulder harder.

He grabs a pillow and shoves it in my face, complaining. "No."

"Don't you want to go to the game night?" I ask mockingly.

He looks at me and sighs. "Fine."

I laugh and grab his wheelchair.

*Ben's pov

Why did I do this? I wonder as she helps me into the chair. Why did I come back?

It's a rhetorical question.

I left because I was desperate. I came here because I was desperate. Not because I wanted to.

Rey must have sensed my turmoil. "You made the right choice. Coming home." She begins pushing me out the door and down the hall.

I snort. "You welcome me here just because I saved you. It's the others who want to lock me in a room without escape that are the smart ones. I'm just a ticking time bomb."

"No you're not, Ben." she attempts to sooth me.

"Ben is dead." the automatic response. "I am Kylo Ren. And how do you know?" I start to get worked up. "How do you know that the voices won't come back? Because they wi-"

"Stop." she says sternly. "I'm not saying that they won't. And I'm not saying that people are going to immediately accept you, but if you can just keep these voices at bay and not give us a reason to dislike you, they will try."

"The dark is just too powerful, Rey."

"Nonsense. There is no such thing as darkness, just the absence of light."

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Sorry about the short chapter. I did this so you could have another one sooner. However, this is important, if you guys would rather have longer chapters, but less updates, comment and tell me your preference.

By the way, won't be able to update for another couple days so just hang in there! Lol.

Thanks so much for reading!

Byeeeee

-S