What if?: One Death

Taming the beast

Obi-wan walked into the room to see Maul putting his black tunic back on.
"I see the doctors retrieved your old clothes." Obi-wan said causing Maul to jump and turn around.
"Kenobi sir, I didn't sense you coming." Maul looked confused with a bit of panic at Obi-wan.
"I don't sense you at all." Maul's body started to shake.
"It's because of the ysalamiri. They create force neutral bubbles so anything in the bubble can not be sensed by other Force sensitives." Obi-wan explained
"Oh." Maul simply answered with his body still shaking as he goes to pick up his robes.
"Are you alright Maul?" Obi-wan questioned walking over to him.
"Yes Kenobi sir, I'm fine." Maul said holding his cloak with a shacking hand.
"Here Maul let me help you." Obi-wan took his robes.
"I am fine on my own master." Maul whined
"What did I tell you about calling me that?" Obi-wan sighed
"I'm sorry Kenobi sir." Maul said looking down to the ground
"Now, let me help you." Obi-wan said and Maul let Obi-wan help him into his robes.
"Thank you, Kenobi sir." Maul said still shaking.
"Maul, are you sure you're alright? You're still shaking." Obi-wan said and placed his hands on Maul's shoulders. "You can tell me Maul." Obi-wan felt Maul stop shaking.
"I feel so alone, not being able to sense you, Kenobi sir. My old master had made the training bond in my head so I could always feel him no matter if he was far or near. I can't sense you. It's like your dead..." Maul whispered as if there were other people in the room. Maul jumped when he felt Obi-wan's hands leave him. He looked up at Obi-wan with frightened eyes not blinking as if he did blink Obi-wan would be gone. Obi-wan took the nutrient pad off of his shoulder and placed it on the examination table. Maul gasped once he would sense Obi-wan again.
"There. Is that better?" Obi-wan asked placing his hands back on Maul's shoulders and Maul could only nod and he rubbed his watery eyes.
"Maul, what's the matter now?" Obi-wan asked with a smile.
"My old master would never do anything to make me feeling more... comfortable. He would always tell me to deal with it and he'd hurt me with the Force or lighting." Maul shook slightly and before Maul could say anything else, Obi-wan was hugging him and Maul's body shook more and he pushed himself out of the hug. Maul was completely confused. What was that? A punishment? His old master never did that to him.
"Maul, are you ok?" Obi-wan asked taking a step to Maul.
"What was that?" The different Maul hissed but his body still shook.
"I should have known that Sidious never comforted you. It's called a hug. You do it when your comforting someone close to you, or making them feel better or helping them feel like they're not alone." Obi-wan explained
"And that works?!" Maul huffed keeping his arms close to him as his body shook.
"Most of the time it does." Obi-wan admitted and Maul took slow steps closer to Obi-wan looking at his arms than to his eyes.
"Would you like me to hug you again? If you don't like it I won't do again." Obi-wan offered and Maul eyes quickly flashed to the door behind Obi-wan than back at him and nodded.
"Alright." Maul said softly and Obi-wan chuckled softly and hugged Maul again. As Maul was in the hug he decided that it was nothing bad even if he felt trapped. It was a good kind of trap somehow, it had calmed him and he stopped shaking. In acceptance of the hug, Maul slowly wrapped his arms around Obi-wan waiting to be rejected, but he never was. Obi-wan felt the shift in Maul and the hug got a bit tighter, but never a threatening tight. Obi-wan smiled and return the tight hug. The padawan was happy both sides of Maul were accepting the kind touch. It was the most contact Obi-wan had with Maul. It gave the padawan hope and he hoped it wasn't false like how the Jedi Masters said it would be.