Chapter 27 - One.

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Kylo closed the door behind him. Rey's smile was happy, a smile like he had never seen before. This intrigued him. In her situation, what could make her smile? 

Rey wanted to show him. He had to know, he had to see what she had seen. It was essential for him to understand. 

Kylo approached her bed, and she got up at the same time. She came to him, motioned for him to sit on the floor, while she sat cross-legged as well. With a questioning look, he accepted. They did not exchange a word during this time, as they were finally sitting opposite each other, cross-legged, their knees almost touching each other. 

Eyes in her eyes, Kylo probed Rey's eyes for an answer. But Rey came to meet him. 

- I have something to show you ... I'll try. 

- What did you see, down in Endor? 

- No ... it's something else. Something older, something I had in me forever ... 

She closed her eyes. She focused on her meditation, and on that memory she had now etched in her, as if she had lived it. She could visualize the Force around her, like a bubble that protected her. A hot, sweet, vibrant bubble of life. She could see Ben, and his own bubble, while he was also meditating like a mirror of herself. She saw it, dark, dotted with bright streaks. She drew all her energy to spread her bubble and merge it with that of Ben Solo. So she got there, Ben let her in.  

They were now cut off from the world, in their own bubble. Only one Force united them, and Ben felt that she was totally open to him. She no longer oppose the slightest barrier, he could have probed the depths of her soul and her innermost thoughts. But a memory was there, just waiting to be read by him. It seemed that memory was calling him, and he dived into it. So, he saw it. This dream, this voice he recognized as his, but slightly distorted. This light, and this feeling ... 

The bubble exploded into thousands of invisible fragments as he opened his eyes. She opened her eyes as well. Time seemed to have frozen around them and tears were brewing in Rey's eyes. Yes, he had seen, he understood. It was the most beautiful thing that ever happened to her, and she wanted so much that he could share it. Not only it was him, but he would be at her side. It confirmed everything she had hoped for in recent weeks. All this road traveled had not been in vain, it was to be with him. 

Kylo did not know what to say, not what to do. He had the impression that if he moved even a finger, that moment was going to break. It was magical. She had given him a glimpse of her most intimate secrets, a connection that nothing, not even a physical connection, could ever match. He did not have to go for it, no, she was open to him. She had given him this gift. And he understood then. This ambiguity which she had shown towards him, all was explained. She had seen him in her future, but with this vision of him at her side, so intimate, she could not have any doubts. And at the same time, Kylo sealed his fate.  

She had found the light that her dark side had eclipsed in recent days. She was flooding him with her light and the darkness of Kylo was gradually fading away to let Ben back. He felt this profound change in him, but especially he felt it accelerate. No, she would not come to him. She had already come. It was up to him to do the rest of the way now. And irresistibly, she attracted him. 

Neither of them would have liked to interrupt this moment, but it was necessary. Staying forever was not an option. Kylo held out his hand, and she grabbed it. He was happy that she had trusted him so much, proud to become what he had always hoped to be for her. She had become his priority over the weeks, and he felt that she had finally arrived at the same stage towards him. So it was probably the right moment ... 

Gently, he approached her, and he read her approval in her eyes. He grabbed her cheek with his other hand and pulled her to him. He merged his lips with hers. As they were sweet, it was their third kiss and yet today it seemed so new. To know that she was fully to him, in her heart and mind made him gloat. He felt under this kiss waves of pleasure and well being invading his body. 

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