Flaws of the Jedi

Few Day Castaways - Part 3

Anakin opened the door to the house and held it for Ahsoka. It was a bit dusty, as it hadn't been used or cleaned in a few months, but other than that is was nice.

"I'll go get our bags. You can take a look around if you'd like," Anakin said as he turned again and began to walk out the door.

"What about you?" Ahsoka asked, "Do you know your way around the house?"

Anakin nodded, "Yeah, I've been here a few times with Obi-Wan. Mostly just as a momentary hideout though."

"Oh, ok. Well, don't be gone too long, ok..?"

"Ahsoka, I'm just going to gets our bags. I promise I'll be back in soon," Anakin said smiling a little. Anakin turned and walked out the door to the ship. He knew taking too long would upset Ahsoka; she had been acting a little strange since the incident with Obi-Wan's supposed-to-be Padawan. Who wouldn't? But Ahsoka seemed to be a bit more attached to the people she was close with lately. Not quite 'clingy' but a close second to it.

Anakin hurried to his ship to get his and Ahsoka's bags. He didn't want to scare her in any way by taking too long.

He retrieved the bags and headed back into the house. Once he entered, Ahsoka was no where to be seen. The house wasn't like a mansion, but it was far from small, as well. Anakin just assumed she had gone to look around the house. He set his and Ahsoka's packed bags on a couch near a medium-sized fireplace and went up the stairs to where the bedroom was.

He opened the door to the bedroom and found that the two beds that usually were in the room were replaced with a single, larger bed.

'Shaak Ti...' Anakin thought 'She may know how to keep a secret, but I find it odd how much she supports Ahsoka and I... especially in this case..'

Anakin just sighed and closed the door to the room. When he returned to the banister by the stairs as he was ready to go back down, he noticed Ahsoka exit from a room under the stairs — likely the kitchen or dining room — and sit down on a second couch by the fireplace. At first nothing seemed wrong, but then, as Anakin had begun to descend the steps, he saw Ahsoka curl her legs up so that her knees were close to her chest and she wrapped her arms around her legs. Anakin sensed her grow a bit lonely and anxious, so he hurried down the steps to see what was wrong.

"Ahsoka..?" Anakin said as he reached the bottom of the stairs and crossed the room to Ahsoka, "What's wrong?"

She seemed overly relieved to see Anakin again. She loosened her grip on her legs and then slowly let her legs fall back to the ground.

"Ani.." She said in a voice just above a whisper as she wiped a tear that formed in her eye away, "N-nothing.. I'll be ok.."

Anakin leaned down in front her and gently set a hand on her knee, "Are you sure?"

She nodded and gave a weak, wry smile, "Im sure."

"Ok.. well, Shaak Ti replaced the two beds in the bedroom with just one bed. So looks like we'll be forced to share a bed..." Anakin said, blushing a very light amount.

"That's ok.. I don't really mind.." Ahsoka said blushing a bit as well, then yawning.

"You tired?" Anakin asked as he took a seat right next to Ahsoka.

"Yeah.." She said, scooting closer to Anakin and then leaning against him. He smiled and put an arm around her shoulders.

She looked up to meet his eyes and they both simultaneously smiled at each other. Then, as if that first action were a cue for the two of them, they leaned a bit closer to each other kissed.

As they kissed, Anakin slowly moved his hand from Ahsoka's shoulder to her mid-back. She blushed a very light bit in response to this, though she didn't mind too much. Then, Ahsoka loosely wrapped her arms around Anakin's neck, causing him to blush a little bit as well. Soon after, Anakin gently placed his other hand on Ahsoka's lower hip, lightly pulling her closer to himself.

They both smiled as they kissed each other. Anakin sensed Ahsoka grow less upset and more joyful.

'She's beginning to feel like herself again..' Anakin thought, continuing to kiss her.

'I don't recall Anakin and I ever kissing for this long,' Ahsoka thought, smiling and blushing a bit more to herself at this thought.

The two continued to kiss innocently when Ahsoka felt the belt she wore around her waist begin to loosen. After a quick moment of confusion, she realized it was Anakin. Her face almost immediately turned red. She knew nothing too crazy was going to happen, but she couldn't help but blush and continue to kiss Anakin.

Anakin sensed Ahsoka's surprise as he removed her belt. He wasn't going to take this too far, and he knew that Ahsoka knew that as well. He simply felt an odd need to, at the very least, remove her belt and boots.

For a while, Ahsoka and Anakin continued to kiss. Ahsoka had managed to remove Anakin's belt as well — which had caused him to blush a great amount himself — and his shirt. As for Anakin: he had taken Ahsoka's belt, boots, and socks off.

After a while, they both began to fall asleep. The first to do so was Ahsoka: she feel asleep curled up in Anakin's arms. Anakin fell asleep a few minutes after Ahsoka, not moving at all in his sleep so that Ahsoka would be comfortable.

The two of them both had the same thought as they drifted off to sleep:

'I love you so much....'