War Against Us (A Captain Rex x Reader Story)

Expect The Unexpected

You and Rex got dressed and got ready to meet up with the rest of the 501st with you. In your opinion, he looked amazing in civilian clothes. Even though he was on a break, he still insisted on bringing his armor with him. No other clone did that. The armor was in a neat pile inside your closet. Just looking at it made you sigh. 

The longer you looked at his armor, the angrier you got. The concept behind clones sickens you. What hurts you the most is that even before the first clones were dispatched or created, you knew what the plan was. You also knew a plot involving the clones, but you couldn't tell anyone. If you did, you and the ones you love would be tortured for life. At least, that's what you were told by your-

"Hey you good?" Rex asked, walking into your room. He saw you staring at his armor. 

"Yes, nuyak nulis, I am," you muttered, but Rex wasn't buying it. "Are you like a Jedi or something? You always seem to know when I'm lying about how I feel sometimes," you asked as Rex was shaking his head.

"You're the Jedi here," Rex pulled you in for a hug, "But tell me what's wrong."

"I don't want you to get hurt. I only wish nothing will ever happen to you," you felt yourself want to tear up, but you were able to stop yourself. Rex was stroking your hair, trying his hardest to comfort you. His efforts were working. 

"We should get going. I told the men we would be seeing them today," you informed Rex, who was still embracing you. 

"Awh, you should have told them we were still in the hospital," Rex whined, "we could have spent the whole day together, again." You couldn't stop thinking how cute he is when he's complaining. 

"They'd want to visit me, then what?" you laughed, still in his arms.

You were in his arms for a while. Hugging became your new favorite thing. After a long while, your hug broke and the two of you started out the door. 

(...................)

"There you two are!" Hardcase exclaimed as you and Rex walked up to where they set up camp. "We were all beginning to think you two might have decided to sneak off, if you know what I mean," Hardcase winked at you two.

"Only in your wildest dreams!" you told him, sitting on a log that was placed around what looked to be where a fire once was. 

The whole 501st spend the rest of the morning, through the afternoon and even into the evening, telling you stories. Kix by far had the funniest stories about Jesse. They have known each other since target practice as kids on Kamino. They reminded you of the friendship you have with Anakin. The clones kept asking you to tell stories about Anakin, but you refused and encouraged them to keep sharing their stories. Eventually, you broke.

"Okay, so this one time, he really liked this girl who was in the same youngling classes as us. One day we were leaving class and he called her over to ask her out. Well, I guess he got so distracted by her because he didn't realize he was walking right towards the stairs. He tripped and rolled down the stairs!" You told them, hardly keeping in laughs.

The whole legion roared in laughter. "And I have many, many more!" You laughed. Of course, they were begging you to tell them. To satisfy their desires, you told them more and more stories. 

"And that's why Anakin hates sand!" You finished your story, which you lied a bit in that story but you'd do anything to make them happy. 

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm starting to get hungry," Tup announced to everyone, "let's eat!"

Kix opened his backpack and handed out rations to everyone. They were pretty disgusting, and other than breakfast, that's all you've eaten all day. 

Rex made an abhorred face, "I can't eat these anymore, these are disgusting! I can't believe this is all they feed us!" Rex broke down, tossing the ration bar back into Kix's backpack. 

"Like you've had anything better?" Fives asked, handing the ration bar back to Rex.

Looked and pointed at you, "Matter of fact, yes, yes I have, General (Y/N)-"

You cut him off. "In the hospital, he got hungry so I gave him some credits to get something to eat. After eating that, I couldn't imagine going back to just rations," you finished telling the men for Rex. 

"It's truly horrible us clones are treated like the way we are," Rex started to say, "but that's what we were made for."

Rex's statement cut you like a knife. "Alright, well it's getting late and the hospital still wants me to stay overnight just in case something happens, so Rex and I will be going now." You got up and so did Rex. 

"Why does Rex need to go with you sir?"  Jesse asked, looking very confused.

"They want someone there to make sure if something does happen, they can alert the doctor," you replied, trying to cover up why you really need Rex.

Jesse went on, "Shouldn't Kix go with you then. He IS the medic."

"Captain Rex and I talk about new strategies while we're sitting in there, so we get good use of the time. But thank you for your offers," you told them as you walked off with Rex. You were pretty sure they were suspicious of your story but ultimately all that mattered was the fact that you now had Rex to yourself for the night, again. 

The night was just as beautiful as yesterday's. Rex held you hand tightly as you walked back to your apartment. His hand never let go of yours until you went to get the both of you a drink in your kitchen. Rex took the cup and drank the drink while you got ready for bed. 

When you were ready for bed, your comlink went off. To your surprise, it was Anakin. 

"What's up?" you ask Anakin as you answer his call. 

"I hate to tell you this, but the 501st break is going to be cut a bit short. Kamino is being threatened. There could be a full scale invasion. We need as many troops can get there," Anakin informed you with fear in his voice. 

"I'll let them know," you sighed. Not only were you upset that the clone's "home" was being attacked, but your time with Rex is about to be cut short. You called Fives. "Hey Fives, there has been some attack threats on Kamino. We are leaving tomorrow morning."

"I understand General (Y/LN)," Fives replied. You could sense the discontent in his words. 

As soon as you got off with Fives, Rex finished getting ready for bed and crawled under the sheets next to you.

"So mesh'la, what do we have planned for tomorrow?" He asked, kind of sensually, as he was kissing your cheek. Rex seemed so happy and you knew the news would break his heart. You gave him a concerning smile and pulled his head into your chest, rubbing the back of his head. He likes to keep his hair short, but it seemed as if it grew a little bit. 

"Rex, we won't have plans for tomorrow. Well plans for just us that is," you frowned, pulling him in closer.

"What do you mean?" he asked in a hushed voice.

"There have been threats made on Kamino. Anakin is expecting a full scale invasion. The 501st was requested back to Kamino immediately," you informed him. 

Rex's whole body got tense and you could feel his lips trembling. 

"(Y/N), even though you are my new home, Kamino still means home to me," Rex barely got out. His voice was almost a whimper. His words were bittersweet. All you could think to do was pull him in closer. 

"Zhol kash zemone nuyak nulis, I've got you, I've got you," you hummed against his head. Rex's disappointment put him to sleep. You fell asleep cradling his head and kissing it whenever he flinched. You knew tomorrow would be emotionally heavy on him and you were ready to support him no matter what.

"Zyemus naktis, Rex," you smiled and kissed him, even though he was sleeping.