Ahsoka, Daughter of the Light (Book 4): Hidden

Chapter 27: Nighttime Incident

AHSOKA TANO-BONTERI

Ahsoka woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of a baby crying. Most of the walls in the Crucible were soundproof, but Ahsoka probably caught onto the baby's distress through the Force.

She had a medical droid in the room with Ezra, but she could tell that wasn't working.

She looked to see Lux peacefully asleep beside her. She slowly got up, so as not to wake him.

She snuck out of her room, and, the moment the door was shut, ran off to the room Ezra was in, running through the halls in a tank top and shorts.

She entered the room and saw that it was indeed Ezra crying. The medical droid seemed quite confused as to what to do.

Thankfully, there was no immediate danger, so that was a plus.

"I thought you droids knew how to deal with babies!" Ahsoka said to the droid.

"I am sorry," replied the droid. "I have tried almost everything in my database on human babies. None have worked thus far."

Ahsoka shoved the droid out of the way and picked up Ezra out of the crib.

"It's okay," she said gently to the baby, "I'm here for you, I'm here for you..."

Ezra began to quiet down.

Ahsoka gently rocked Ezra in her arms, and his cries turned into sporadic whines. Eventually, it was reduced to complete silence.

A few minutes later, when she was certain that Ezra had fallen back asleep, she gently lowered him back into the crib.

She turned around and put her finger to her lips to shush the droid, and walked out of the room.

She walked back down the hallway and back into her and Lux's room, getting back in bed with him and going back to sleep.

When Ahsoka woke up again, her head was resting right next to Lux's neck.

She pressed herself against him, waking Lux up.

"Good morning, honey," Ahsoka said.

"Good morning," Lux squeezed out.

He always slept without his shirt on, and it always made him look so attractive. He had built up a considerable of muscle during the Onderon Rebellion, and he now looked a lot more tough than when she first saw him.

"Oh, why do you have to look so kriffing hot and strong," Ahsoka said.

"Hey," Lux said, turning around to cuddle Ahsoka, "if it won you over, then that's all that matters."

He pressed his lips into hers, and he put his hand up the back of her tank top, rubbing the bare skin on her back. Ahsoka responded by running her hand through his soft brown hair, eventually going down to and stroking his Padawan braid.

It felt so... good. His very touch made her obsessed. And she only ever wanted more.

Their faces pressed into each other even harder, the sensations of Lux's skin rubbing against hers becoming increasingly intoxicating.

Yet still, she pulled away from the kiss and got out of the bed.

"Really?" Lux asked. "You're just going to leave me here?"

"Sorry," she replied, "now's not the time to... you know... 'do it.'"

"I'm sorry," Lux said, his cheeks flushing red.

He got out of bed too, and opened up the wardrobe. The two both put on their Jedi robes and put their lightsabers on their belts.

"It's still hard to imagine I'm a Jedi," Lux said. "That one night on Onderon, when I force-shoved that Inquisitor, away from you, I was in denial..."

"Well," Ahsoka said, "It's a good thing you turned out to be force-sensitive. We need as many Jedi as we can get right now, and something tells me you're going to be one of the best. Besides, that all but guarantees our children will be Jedi too."

"Speaking of children," Lux asked, "when do you want them?"

Ahsoka blushed.

"It sounds like a lot," Ahsoka replied. "I had to deal with a fussy Ezra last night, and..."

"Did you put him to sleep?" Lux asked.

"Yes," Ahsoka replied, "It's quite simple, actually. The medical droid must have been a little frightening for him, so I had to come in to calm him down myself, and it only really took a few minutes before I got him back to bed."

"Then you're already a great mother, 'Soka."

Ahsoka blushed again.

"I... I guess you're right, I never thought of it that way. Really, I was just taught how to take care of babies back in the Order, just in case we came across one during a mission or something. That and we'd have to calm them if we went on seeker missions."

"Holy kriff," Lux said, "I can't wait for our children to have you as their mother."

"Don't forget about the father," Ahsoka replied, kissing Lux on the cheek.

"Thanks, 'Soka," Lux said, kissing Ahsoka back, this time on the lips.

"I love you so much," Ahsoka said.

"I love you too," Lux replied.