Connected - Kylo Ren Love Story (Editing)

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Annika had been on bed rest for 3 days. Sleeping straight, no one could wake her. Kylo sighed frustrated, running his fingers through his hair. She looked dead. Her body covered with a flimsy bed sheet. She was white, the color gone from her lips and cheeks, but she wasn't dead. He thought back to their training where he was so increasingly hard on here.

Reminding her of her grandfather and how she still wasn't good enough to be his adviser despite her training. But she never lost focus never grew angry with him, she trained him and, he trained her.

"And now, I felt guilt consuming me. I wanted her to break, I wanted to know her true intentions. No one would die for me unless ordered and yet she had worked her whole life just to spend it protecting me? The thought of that was just too crazy. Impossible. She was a spy for the resistance. She had to be. And yet she jumped in front of me to save me" he thought running his fingers through his hair again.

Kylo Ren heard a slight murmuring from her direction. "Annika?" Kylo Ren asked. "I-Is Ky-Kylo okay?" she asked her eyes shut tightly. "I'm fine" Kylo Ren chuckle, he reached to move a strand of her hair out of her face, but he stopped himself. She slowly opened her eyes, "Lord Ren you're okay!" she shouted horsly embracing him tightly. "Ouch," she whispered quickly letting him go after a moment.

He was frozen after her embrace. How long had it been since Kylo had been held in such a way? Kylo regained his focus, "I have the key to Luke Skywalker I'm going to interrogate the girl who has seen it, I want you in the command room watching," he told her moving away from her bed. "Yes, Lord Ren" she replied.

  

In her simple, 'hospital gown' she headed to the command room. "I'm here to watch the interrogation" she announced upon entering the room. A Stormtrooper nodded in her direction and pointed to a lone chair which Annika assumed meant for her to sit down. He fiddles with the control panel slightly before the picture came into view. A girl was restrained on a sort of table that was propped up. The video had no audio, but she watched intently. She could see her talking to him and his replying, he took off his mask. He used the force on her but Annika could tell she was struggling. She was fighting him. She could feel his anger increasing and he fled the room.

Annika fled from the room also knowing Lord Ren needed her. She headed to his room, the door had been left a crack open, for her. Annika slipped inside. Kylo was on his bed his mask was thrown across the room. "Lord Ren?" She asked approaching him slowly. "I had it, I had seen the map, but I couldn't get to it," he said sighing and burying his face in his hands. "It's okay Lord Ren, you'll get what you need," Annika told him sitting beside him. He lifted his face and look at me, "You really believe that Annika?" She nodded, "I believe in you Lord Ren, you're stronger than you think" She chuckled and brushed his hair out of his face.

He gave her a small smile. "It's just so frustrating, the whole First Order is breathing down her neck, I feel the entire weight of the Star Killer base on her shoulders and chest" He admitted out loud for the first time. "I can help Lord Ren," Annika said and went to sit behind him on the bed. She placed her hands on his shoulders and slowly began to massage his shoulders. He had deep knots in his shoulder. "That hurts," he said. "I'm sorry Master, but it will feel better soon" she continued massaging his shoulders loosening his knots until they faded away. "Can you lie down on your stomach?" She asked slowly removing her hands from his shoulders.

He agreed wordlessly lying down on his stomach. He laid in the middle of the bed. Annika was slightly unsure of how to proceed. She removed his cape, only leaving his long black sleeve shirt on. She started by sitting beside him and massaging his back by twisting her torso and leaning over, but it was uncomfortable and her hands couldn't work the way the needed.

Very slowly Annika lifted herself over him and gently sat down on the small of his back. Kylo shifted slightly but didn't say anything. Annika was now able to lean forward and properly massage his back. They were there a while, it took time for her to work through all his knots, but eventually it was done. She slowly got off him and stood on the side of his bed. "I'm all finished," Annika said breaking the silence, He rolled over and pulled himself off the bed, 'Wow," he said stretching his body slightly. "That's amazing, thank you Annika' he told him. "You're very welcome Lord Ren," she said bowing her head slightly.