Will You Love Me? (A Medieval Reylo AU)

ƇӇƛƤƬЄƦ 7

Ʀey walked through the halls, making her way towards her new room; the room she would share with the prince. She didn't want to be anywhere near him, she certainly didn't want to share a room with him.

She went to the bathroom and changed from her elegant white wedding dress into her nightgown. She did her nightly routine, brushing her hair and washing her face. It felt strange to have a bathroom all to herself, normally she had to wait her turn to use the maid's bathroom.

When she had finished, she walked over to the window and looked up at the stars. "I'm sorry, father," she whispered. She couldn't help but feel that she had betrayed him by marrying the man who had killed him, but it hadn't been her choice. Her king and queen had asked something of her and she had obeyed, they seemed to be desperate for her to say yes and she didn't want to let them down.

She went over to the bed and laid with her back facing the empty place where he would sleep, she didn't even want to look at him when he came in. She didn't want to share a bed with him, but she didn't have a choice. This was his room, his bed... she couldn't exactly kick him out.

As she lay there, she couldn't help but think of her father. For so long she'd been strong but somehow being near Kylo Ren had made the pain resurface as if it had happened only yesterday.

She felt as though she couldn't be strong any longer, she had to let out the pain she'd been holding in. She hadn't truly cried since her father died, but now she felt as if that wound had been reopened all over again.

She allowed a few tears to slide down her cheeks. She didn't want to be married to that monster and see what he would do when he came in. She didn't want to be with him at all, let alone in that way.

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Ben stood alone in a corner, his parents were busy, his bride didn't want anything to do with him and he was alone. He knew that part of the reason his parents had arranged this marriage between them was because of what he had said, that no one would ever love him. But this had only served to prove that he had been right. That Snoke had been right.

The celebration was still going on, but it had begun to die down, so he decided to leave. He wasn't looking forward to it. He had never shared a room with anyone and he didn't feel comfortable with the thought of it, but he hoped he would be able to apologize for... whatever it was that he had done, and make amends. He didn't want them to spend the rest of their lives this way. His parents argued a lot, but they always found a way to work things out. That's what he needed to do with Rey.

He went over to his parents. "Goodnight mother, goodnight father."

Han nodded. "Goodnight son."

His mother reached up to kiss his cheek. "Goodnight, Ben."

He offered her the ghost of a smile... a smile that was void of any joy. He hadn't truly smiled since he had been sent to train with Snoke. When he was a child he had always been so happy, he had smiled all of the time. But that time was gone, it felt so wrong to smile when his heart was in a thousand pieces.

Ben turned and left the ballroom. When he reached the door to his room, he stopped remembering that it wasn't just his room anymore. It was his and his bride's. He knocked on the door, wanting to respect her privacy.

There was no response, so he knocked again.

Rey laid on the bed with her back facing the door. Her cheeks were streaked with tears, and her eyes were blurred. She heard a knock on the door open behind her, she knew it was him and she trembled slightly. The tears poured out of her even more, wetting her pillow. He hadn't kissed her at their wedding, but she didn't know what he would do when they were alone.