Red Desire | Kylo Ren x Reader

Obviously, He Cares

Zed continued walking over to you from his workbench with a wide smile spread across his face. He reached your side and you stood there awkwardly not sure what to say to him. His blonde hair looked as cute as ever and he had a slight sheen of sweat across his skin from working all day.

"Hey," he said reaching for your arm lightly. You flinched away from his touch and a worried look crossed over his face, "Oh, um, are you upset with me?" he asked softly.

"No," you said realizing you actually did sound upset. You cleared your throat, "Why would I be?"

He shrugged tucking his hands in his jean pockets, "I don't know, you just seem off. Have, h-have you been crying?"

You shook your head trying to blink the excess tears away from your eyes, "No, I'm fine."

"Okay, well, wait- what happened to your wrist?" he asked looking down at your cast.

You cursed under your breath, "Oh," you said following his gaze down to your left wrist. "Um, I fell. Nothing major."

He frowned looking at you, "It looks kinda major if you have a cast. How'd you get that?" he asked looking concerned now. As if his mind was putting the pieces of the puzzle together, he gave you a look of mild worry, "Did, d-did Commander Ren do that to you? After he pulled you away from me-"

Shaking your head quickly you took a step towards him, "No, no, it was nothing like that. I promise it was my own fault. Please, don't worry"

"Okay, if you say so." Zed didn't look convinced as he scuffed his foot on the ground nervously. "How long will it take to heal?"

"Um, I'll probably need this cast for around 6 weeks."

He nodded seeming satisfied with your answer, "I was hoping I would get to see you again." He reached one hand up and ran it through his hair, "You just kinda left with the Commander the other night. And, and well, I was worried about you."

Your face softened looking at his hunched figure and you smiled, "Everything is okay. I'm sorry I left you in the hallway like that. I should have talked to you afterward."

"No, it's okay," he said taking a step towards you but then froze and moved back away. He paused as if wondering if he should say anything more, "What did he want from you anyway?"

Um, well, you see...

Trying to hide your blush, you said, "Oh, well we just needed to chat about a few things, since I got promoted to the Generals medbay and-"

"You did? Oh, my gods, that's great! Congratulations," he said cheerily making you feel extra bad for ditching him the other night. And now for lying to him.

"Thanks Zed."

Why did you feel so damn bad about this right now? He was nice and all, but you didn't really have feelings for him. Not like how you had feelings for Kylo.

He cleared his throat, "So, you still want time to think things over, right?"

"Um, like, with us you mean?" you asked nervously crossing your arms in front of you.

"Yeah."

You took a deep breath in, "Look, I'm sorry Zed, I should have never said yes to spending time alone with you in the first place. It wasn't fair to you and-"

"No, it's okay. Really, it is," he said taking a step away from you holding his hands up. He tried to hide his disappointment, but you could still see that he was hurt, "We can be friends."

You nodded, "Yeah, friends. That works."

He looked down at his feet taking a breath, "Well, I better get back to work."