Bond (Kylo Ren x Rey)

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Why wasn't he here yet?

Rey had been sitting in her bunk for days. After her fit of rage through the bond, she came back and realized the repercussions that would follow her violent moment of weakness. Confining herself to her quarters so she couldn't be ambushed by Kylo while on the midst of others, she had gotten little sleep. Her red-rimmed eyes and dark circles were her badge of honor. Like hell Rey was going to let him surprise her while sleeping.

No. She would be awake for this confrontation.

Why did she do this?

Master Luke had told her not to act on her emotional impulses, yet she had travelled through the Force bond and wounded the Supreme Leader of the First Order, who was notoriously terrible at keeping his temper in check.

Yet...why hadn't he appeared yet?

Maybe he wanted to torture her by waiting longer and therefore preventing her from gaining any sufficient rest.

"Probably true," she mumbled to herself.

Thinking back on that moment, she regretted it. Was she no better than Kylo Ren for acting on a whim of rage? She remembered the surprise in his troubled, dark brown eyes as the butt of her trusty staff had punched into his stomach. She hadn't done it to truly maim him, she guessed she had just been trying to send a threatening message.

Rey knew there was good in him; she had seen it when their fingers had touched in Ach-To. Goosebumps dotted down her arms as she remembered the brief feel of his hand on hers and the visions that came with it. With a shake of her head, she rid her head of her conflicting feelings. Aimlessly rubbing her eyes, she picked at some loose threads on her arm wraps.

With a crack, he was there.

Lightsaber blazing.

Rey immediately jumped into action and grabbed her staff. Staring at each other across the room, she could tell by the deep circles under Kylo's eyes that he hadn't been getting much sleep either. Had he feared she would surprise attack him again? However sleepy his face betrayed him to be, his eyes were on fire.

"How dare you, Jedi," Kylo practically growled, taking a menacing step forward. His lips were pressed into a thin line of ire as his eyes bored holes in her head.

Gripping her staff a bit tighter, Rey lifted her chin in defiance.

"Couldn't let the Supreme Leader go long without knowing his enemy has an eye on him," she smirked.

With a rage-filled yell he swung his sparking, red lightsaber in an efficient arc at her torso.

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Bit of a cliffhanger, let me know what you think!😊