Entirely Different

Chapter Seventeen : Connections

You had thought Kylo might be there when you woke up; but his enormity was absent from the bed.. You rolled around the vast sea of green sheets for a time, kneading the pads of your feet against the mattress and stretching your limbs in every direction. You found yourself smiling, more than once, at the thought that he had bought this bed to better accommodate you. You grinned sleepily into the pillows, rolling to find his pillow and buried your nose in the lingering scent of his skin. You looked around the room, unsure of the time from the lack of light, and your hand blindly searched for your data pad on the bedside table.

You woke the screen to a message from your father.

Incoming Message:

Sender: General Hux

Time: 08:45

How would you like to join me for breakfast this morning in my suite? To celebrate your assignment, of course.

It had been sent 15 minutes ago.

Compose Outgoing Message:

Yes, I'd like that. Would about a half hour be okay? I need to shower. |

Not waiting for his response, you pulled yourself from the covers, feet landing gently on the floor and began to pad toward the restroom silently. Too suddenly for the morning, you were startled by his office door sliding open and even more startled to see Kylo standing shirtless in the doorway. Blissfully unconcerned about your nakedness, you felt the immediate urge to run into his arms; again startled when the big bear of a man opened his arms wide and bent to pick you up as you ran to him. He spun you around, grinning ear to ear, and you took a mental picture of the adorable dimples you'd never seen before.

"What are you doing up? I figured after our night, you'd be out until this afternoon." He grinned at you while he sat you back down on your feet.

You couldn't help but giggle furiously as he rolled his face against your bare chest, impossibly large frame bent over in order to be eye-level with your breasts.

"The General wants to have breakfast, I need to shower and meet him." You pet his wild bed head away from his eyes.

He looked up at you.

"Ugh, that slimy fuck?" His brows drew together in mock disgust.

Okay, maybe real disgust.

"He's no fun – stay here with me today. I'm fun." His hands wrapped around the small of your back, coaxing you into the softness of his exposed skin.

You quirked a brow at him. "Are you fun?" You asked between silent giggles.

He considered for a moment before answering. "Okay, maybe not; but I can entertain you."

His lips rolled across your skin, wandering up your collarbone and along your neck. He peppered gentle pecks across your jaw and along your cheek; his soft lashes tickled your temples and tempted your lips open against the thrumming jugular in his neck. You allowed your attention to be diverted for a moment while he teased his fingertips down your spine, chills ran over your skin and gooseflesh raised in his wake. Your lids fell shut in defeat, too sleepy still to question his affections and much too giddy that he chose you to lavish them upon in the first place.

Your data pad vibrated in your hand. Kylo groaned audibly against the hollow of your shoulder, snatching the device from your grasp before you could stop him. He tossed it back to the bed with faux fury, destroying and silencing the incessant vibrations against the sea of sheets. You looked back to him, eyebrows raised and mouth gaping in a surprised open-mouthed smile. You laughed.