Reteach Me | Kylo Ren x Reader

Chapter Sixteen | Precautionary Measures

The fighter ride from The Finalizer back to D'Qar only took about an hour. The entire flight Griffin was strapped into his chair babbling on and on about how excited he was to see his daddy and his friends and go back to preschool on Monday. You were happy he wasn't asking any questions about Kylo Ren and his time in the Order. For right now you just wanted to cleanse your mind of the last two days and think about how you'd beg Finn for his forgiveness.

The flight trooper landed the fighter in the same clearing as the first time they invaded D'Qar, but you wouldn't be relieved until you were safe in your house in Finn's arms. It was eerily quiet when you stepped out. The flight trooper handed you your bags and told you to have a nice day, then you watched as the TIE fighter roared to life and flew away, leaving you and Griffin all by yourselves.

Moving around with crutches was difficult. In one hand you held your luggage, the other a iron clad grip on the other crutch to prevent you from falling. It was tricky, but you managed as best as you could. There was no one, the two of you were all alone. It was so quiet that when Griffin was begging you to stop by the bakery for some sweets his voice was echoing off of the buildings. You were concerned but still decided to stop in for a doughnut or something. Maybe there would be someone there who knew what was going on and where everyone was.

The bakery door was unlocked, but just like the rest of the town was completely empty. "Hello?" You yelled out, hoping someone would hear you and come out, you hated feeling this lonely. There was no one, the two of you were here all alone. What was perhaps even more disturbing was you could smell freshly baked bread looming in the air around you. Someone had been here relatively recently, recent enough to make bread and leave it there. "Mama, I want that doughnut right there!" Griffin had his face pressed up against the glass viewing window of the sweets, eyeing a chocolate doughnut with strawberry frosting.

"I don't know, Griffin. The last time I got you one of those you didn't eat it." You said, buying time to think about what to do. If you wanted to you could just take it for him, everyone who worked here knew you and frequently gave you free goods. It wasn't bad if there wasn't anyone around to see you take it, it wouldn't do anyone any type of harm.

"But that's the one I want! Please mommy?" Griffin looked up at you with puppy dog eyes, you quickly reconsidered. If it was free and it would distract him from the fact that everyone on the base was gone then it was good for you. So you hobbled around the counter as best as you could and reached for one of the plastic tissues. Ever so slowly you reached your hand behind the glass and grabbed the doughnut Griffin wanted, it was a balancing act that took as almost as much concentration as it did to reach the right doughnut. When you had finally grabbed it the icing had smudged just a bit but you knew Griffin wouldn't care. It was going to be eaten anyway so it didn't matter.

You went slow and silently, worried that someone would appear and start yelling at you. You were under the impression that everyone on the base was upset with you with your little weekend visit with Kylo, even though you had texted Finn that you'd be coming home early. Being caught stealing from the bakery would not help you rebuild your reputation with the Resistance. Slowly you pulled your arm out of the glass, taking one more look around before fully removing it and working your way back out from around the counter. Griffin clapped and did his happy dance when you handed him the doughnut, after word you grabbed him by the arm and high tailed it out of the suspiciously empty bakery.

You and Griffin went to the playground near your home and let him run off some pent up energy from your weekend visit. You kept on nervously checking your tablet over and over, hoping you'd get a reply from Finn. You had messaged him when you touched the ground and when you sat down at the playground, but he still hadn't messaged you back. You watched as Griffin played on the slides and swings and monkey bars. There was nothing, not even birds chirping or bugs buzzing around. You turned your tablet on once more to send Finn another message, something asking about dinner or wondering where he was to get his attention again when you heard a thump and the sound of the wood chips separating beneath Griffin's body. He let out a scream and when you looked up you saw him running toward you, crying loudly and dramatically as he usually did. You sighed, now the two of you would have to go home.