Pothos and the Neikea

4. All the single ladies...

"Finn is going to come over in a while… Just letting you know," Rey mumbled to Rose through the pillow that was under her face.

"Oh. Finn is coming?" Her roommate's voice came out so high pitched it made her raise her head and look at her with narrowed eyes.

The short girl had color rising to her cheeks and a barely contained smile. Oh no.

"Rose… do you like Finn?" she said slowly.

Her eyes widened and she gasped. "What? No. No! Where did you get that from?" It was impossible for her to say that without chuckling.

Rey eyed her for a second. She knew she had hit a soft spot there, but decided to respect that Rose didn't want to admit anything.

"Well, good. Because you know he's… um… he's dating Poe."

The girl's eyes lost their spark and her smile disappeared. "I knew that." Her voice sounded robotic.

Rey felt bad. Here she'd thought her situation was bad. But she had the man she wanted and plus one more she didn't want. And more importantly, Hux wasn't gay.

"I'm gonna go now," Rose said suddenly and stood up.

"No, hey. You can stay." Rey secretly did want her to go, so that she could talk to her friend more openly. But she would never actually tell her that.

"It's alright, I have some errands to run, anyway."

She changed silently and walked to the door. Just before she opened it, there was a knock, and then Finn appeared. Rose just blushed at the sight of him, and Rey realized it was the first time she wasn't smiling brightly in his presence.

Finn shot a smile at her. "Hello."

"Hey Finn. I-- I was just leaving."

And just like that, she was gone. The man looked a little confused at her hurry but decided not to say anything about it. He closed the door and looked at Rey laying on her bed on her stomach.

"So. You're alive," he commented.

"Barely."

Finn moved and sat down across from her on Rose's bed. Rey had buried her face in her pillow again and hadn't looked at him. She knew why he was there, what he was waiting to hear. But she couldn't just say such a thing. So, instead, she talked about her roommate.

"I just told Rose you have a boyfriend. I don't think she knew."

She heard a little huff from Finn. "Is that why you called me here for?"

Rey wrinkled her nose. "No," she admitted. "But I think it broke her heart." She finally turned to look at his expression.

He just frowned, a little confused. "Oh," he muttered, but that was it. He recollected himself and glared at her intensely because he knew her well enough to know she was just stalling. But Rey just let her head drop back down.

"Peanut… You have been dormant for, like, two weeks. Will you finally tell me what's bothering you."

"It's not been two weeks…" she groaned and sat up. "Just about nine days."