Reteach Me | Kylo Ren x Reader

Chapter Thirteen | Bullied

It was around six am when Griffin came crashing down on you from the couch above you. You awoke to his fifty two pound body crushing your internal organs and then fixing himself so he was sitting on top of you. "Mama, I have to go potty." He said in the dark, from the snoring sounds coming from behind the couch indicated Kylo was fast asleep and Griffin not so silently whispering his request to you didn't wake him. You breathed a sigh of relief, lifting him off of you and standing him on the floor. You had started to lead him to the bathroom when you came up with a far better idea.

You bent down close enough to Griffin so that he could hear you shush him and tell him to be as quiet as he could, then led him quietly over to the suitcase next to the door. You gathered up an outfit for you and an outfit for Griffin, the entire time going slowly and quietly enough as to not wake Kylo. He, of course, didn't know of your plan, if he woke he would simply just see you getting yourselves ready for the day. But no, that's not what you were planning at all. As soon as you had a new outfit for both you and Griffin you turned to the door, placing your hand on the sensor and watching the doors separate open. The minute they did you grabbed Griffin's hand and ran for it.

After finding a nearby public bathroom and getting yourselves changed you and Griffin went on a simple walk through the corridors. You knew from the jump you'd get lost, and that was the point. If you were lost Kylo wouldn't be able to find you right away, and then he wouldn't be able to have this "conversation" with you that he wanted to have so badly last night. By now Griffin had become less afraid of his surroundings, when the two of you saw your first fleet of Storm troopers Griffin stared at them and simply said "Storm troopers, mama watch out!" As he pulled on your hand to lead you out of their way, they didn't even look at you two, just continued to march to wherever they were going.

You two wandered past the cafeteria and stopped in for some breakfast, a banana for Griffin and a banana for you. You had chosen something that could be eaten on the move, you were too afraid of Kylo finding you if you stayed in one place for too long. You managed to keep Griffin's spirits high as you continued your journey through the Finalizer, whenever you came to a split path way you would always ask Griffin what way he wanted to go, hoping the choice would empower him and make him less afraid.

"Mama, are we lost right now?" He asked inquisitively. You simply looked down at him and smiled. "Not at all son. We're simply taking a tour."

"Oh, okay! Like when we took a tour of the library at home before I went to preschool?" Your mood brightened as you recalled that day. Griffin had been the only baby born on the base in quite some time. As he grew you worried endlessly about him making friends his age since there were no other children. You had heard of a preschool opening on the base and was intrigued, because why would they need a preschool if Griffin was the only preschooler there? You had asked Finn about it and he had told you there was a rescue mission on another planet and there was an influx of families with children coming onto the base. "We need to invest in our new children." Finn said to you. "So we converted some of the old storage rooms in the back of the library to one big classroom. I was hoping you'd enroll Griffin."

You smiled to yourself, that had been such a good idea.

You rounded a few more corners and eventually found yourselves in a gym, lots of open space and lots of things that, in the eyes of Griffin, looked to be toys. You decided to stay here for a few minutes, let Griffin run off some steam for the morning and maybe he'll be ready for a nap early in the afternoon for Kylo's big chat. Afterword you two could go home and call it a day, tell Finn he was right and assure him this would never be happening again.

You and Griffin had a race around the empty gym, played with the gym bags and yoga balls like they were oversized toys. You had stacked the yoga mats for Griffin to climb on, made little obstacle courses for him and eventually the two of you were laughing and playing like you were back at home. You were happy Griffin was so easily entertained, it made your job here much easier than at home. By far Griffin's favorite thing was throwing the yoga balls back and forth, they were so big and bounced so high, it was unlike anything Griffin had ever seen in his young life.