Restricted// Anakin Skywalker x Reader (Book 1)

Chapter 13

I woke up feeling a wave of fatigue from the lack of sleep I got last night after my visions. I woke up numerous times throughout the night. To pass time, I changed my clothes and read a few pages of my studies. 

Leaving my short black, sleeveless night gown, I walked out onto the balcony and admired the morning sun against the water, allowing the sun's heat comfort my bare skin. As I leaned forward on the rail, I heard voices to my left. Turning my head to see what it was, I saw Anakin and Padme walk along the pavement together.

Anakin said something to her which made Padme start laughing. Why was she laughing? They stopped and faced forward towards the water, sitting down at a bench under a tree.

Padme laid her head on his shoulder. Why did she have her head on his shoulder? I saw Anakin furrow his eyebrows, then tilt his head up. He noticed me looking down at them, making me flushed with embarrassment and rush inside. The image of them sitting on the bench and laughing with each other replayed in my mind, causing anger and even jealousy to boil up inside of me. Pacing around my room, I tried to get it out of my head, but continuing to fail. 

Deciding to attempt to distract myself, I grabbed my hairbrush from my bag on the floor and went into the bathroom. I let down my knotted hair from the bun that I slept in. While I brushed it, I started getting frustrated with how many tangles there were. Watching myself in the mirror as I forced the brush to go through my knotted hair, I began to be more upset, but not just by my hair. The picture didn't leave my head. I forced the brush to go harder, but didn't have any luck.

The things I saw and felt from trying to meditate added to my frustration, building up vexation. Without thinking, I detached the brush from my hair and threw the brush at the mirror, breaking it. Glass scattered on the sink and floor. 

After I registered what happened, I dropped to my knees and held my face in my hands as I observed what I did. What is wrong with me?

The door opened and Anakin found me in the bathroom. "Are you okay?" He asked gently, kneeling down next to me. I looked up from my hands to his face and shook my head. "I had more visions last night a-and my hair was knotted and-" I stopped myself from saying anymore. Anakin scooped me up from the ground and sat me down on my bed.

"Get some rest, y/n." Anakin said as he went back into the bathroom. He bent down and started picking up the glass on the floor and put the shards in the trash. 

He picked up the remaining glass that was in the sink and put the rest in the trash. Squatting back down, he picked up my brush and put it on the counter.

Anakin came back into my room and knelt down beside me. He placed his hand on my cheek rubbed it with his thumb and gave me a comforted expression. "Do you want to talk about them? The visions." I hesitated, but nodded and explained to him. "They're horrible. They hurt so bad, mentally and physically and cloud my meditation. I can't meditate anymore without them showing up. I see the people I care about in pain. All I feel is pain."

"Maybe Master Yoda knows a reason for them. When we get back you should ask him." I nodded and Anakin kissed my forehead. He must've noticed my hair was still a rats nest because he asked, "Do you want me to brush your hair for you?" Beaming, I nodded.

He went and grabbed the brush and sat down behind me. He started stroking it carefully through my hair, causing me to close my eyes at how good it felt. When there was a tangle, he would gently work on it, hardly pulling on my hair.

My head started to fall back with every stroke. Slowly, my eyes started to close, but I did my best my best to keep them open. Eventually, I laid back against Anakin and was almost asleep. Anakin set down the brush on the night stand and wrapped his arms around me and kissed the back of my head.

He must have thought I was asleep because he whispered the most extreme words I've ever heard before he fell asleep, "I love you, y/n."