𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 || 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘅 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿

3-See You Then

"I need you to make him fall in love with you"

Fall in love with me? How am I going to be able to do that if I have zero experience in that area?

"Why?" I questioned him, knowing it would make him angry but I didn't care right now.

"It will make gaining his trust even easier." He gave me an annoyed look for questioning his decisions. "I can picture it now, the heart break on his face when he sees you, the woman he loves, kill him." He snickered through his nose . "Then Obi-Wan will be left to me, he will be too broken over losing his former Palawan, it will be almost too easy."

"Sir, how can you be so sure that he would even fall in love with me?" I question him, it's not like I can force someone to love me. I'm also not a very lovable person. It's not something I see happening.

"He spoke of you when you left today, he was talking to a droid about how beautiful he thought you were." He looked disgusted "I'm an old man my apprentice, I can sense these things."

He did call me beautiful but I just assumed that was a charm he used on many girls, it hardly made me feel special. But speaking about me to his droid was different, maybe I do have a chance of making this work.

"Have you made contact with Obi-Wan?" He asked me pulling me away from my thoughts.

"No master, I hear he's on a mission in Mandalore." I heard Jedi in the mess hall speaking about this he was there to protect a woman named Satine.

"Good then that's where I will be sending more droids to meet him there. Good work (y/n) you will
hear from me in a few days with more instructions." He wished me a goodnight and hung up on the holopad.

I got in bed thinking about what I have to do. I can hardly keep my force signature hidden around Anakin, for some reason it wants to be released and connect with him, why is that happening to me? He is no one to me, just a mission. I felt irritated by the feelings I was getting, I'm a Sith, I don't feel as normal people do.

How am I gonna make him fall in love with me.. I don't even know where to begin. What was the purpose of this, the plan would work even without causing him to fall in love, I think Dooku just likes the idea of the psychological torture.

I'm going to need to help with this and I think I know who to go to.

NEXT MORNING

"Lida!" I call for my 'friend' down the corridor and she turns to smile at me.

"Hi (y/n), how is work going for you?"

"It's fine but I have something I need to ask you that's not exactly work related." I stare down at the floor slightly embarrassed about what I need from her.

"Of course what is it?" She perked up waiting for what I have to say, something tells me she doesn't have a lot of friends around here by her sudden excitement over someone she barely knows.

"Well um see I met this guy," she instantly got excited and her eyes brightened up already knowing where I was going with this, "but the thing is I've never had a boyfriend or anything like that before and well I don't know how to talk to on-."

She waved her hand in front of me to stop me from talking, "Say no more (y/n)! I will coach you." She grabbed my hand and led me down the hallway leading to the mess hall.

We got our breakfast and we sat at a table that was empty so it was just me and her. "First tell me who this boy is?" She placed her elbow on the table and rested her head in her hand as she eyed me with a huge grin on her face.

"He's a mechanic." I lied terribly.

"Oh my force, is it Bill?!" She squealed not noticing my lie and her eyes went wide.

"Bill? No it's not Bill." Who the hell is Bill? She furrowed her brows in confusion trying to think of who it could be. "Please just help me, I don't know what to do." I tell her and she can see how frustrated I am. Of course she thinks I'm only frustrated because of a crush when in reality I'm afraid that if I don't succeed my master will kill me.

She nods and begins to tell me the story of her now husband and how they have been married for 5 years. She gives me as much advice as she can think of in a span of 20 minutes before I had to go start my rounds. I thank her, not feeling very confident but at least I'm not going in with nothing.

I changed the sheets yesterday so today all I need to do is change towels and return the clean robes from yesterday and take more dirty ones.

I reach Anakin's room and before I went in I froze at the door, I can feel something. It feels like sadness and grief. It was strong and its taking everything in me not to cry right now. I've never felt this pain before, I've never really felt anything before besides anger and hatred. Which is what I was taught as a Sith.

I enter the room and I see Anakin hovering over his bed meditating. But his face looked sad. The sadness I was feeling in the hallway was coming from him, how could I feel it so strongly?

He hears me enter the room and lowers himself before turning to look at me. "I'm sorry Anakin I didn't mean to disturb you."

He smiles, that smile.. "You didn't, it's good to see you again (y/n)."

"Are you okay?" I asked without even thinking. He looked surprised at my question. "I'm sorry I don't mean to be nosy but you look sad." I looked down at the floor trying to hide the emotions I was feeling that were coming from him, I've never truly felt this sadness so I'm not sure how to handle it and now that I'm in his presence the cloud on my force was becoming more difficult to hold.

"It's okay," He looked down and was fidgeting with her fingers before he looked up at me and continued, "it's the anniversary of my mother's death, I was meditating as a way of coping. I was trying to remember all the good things about her." His smile looked sad now as he looked away from me and stared out the window.

I didn't know what to say to him. It wasn't in my nature to feel bad and console anyone. I could feel my force trying to push itself out but I held it in, I can do this. I did the first thing that came to mind and I walked up to him and put my hand on his. He looked up and stared into my eyes.

"Always look into his eyes. Eyes are like doorways to emotions." I hear Lida's voice in my head.

"I'm not very good at comforting and we may not know each other very well but I'm hear if you need anyone to talk to." I give him a small smile and I gently squeeze his hand.

"Make yourself available, try to hang around him and become his friend first. Many relationships build off of friendships."

"Thank you (y/n) I might just hold you to that." He kept eye contact with me and I felt him lift his thumb and gently caress my hand with it.

Oh force, what do I do now? Is this what panicking feels like? Do I remove it? No I don't want to seem rude I need him to like me. Do I leave my hand here and we continue this stare till it gets awkward? Which will probably be in about 10 seconds.

I know, I slowly move my hand away from him and break eye contact, "I should probably get back to work I don't want to get behind."

"Will you come back?" He stood up and he's now standing in front of me about a foot away. "To talk." I then remember I told him that he can come to me to talk about anything if he needed to.

I smiled. It's working. "Of course, I'll come back when I'm done in a few hours." I assured him, I grabbed his old clothes and set his new ones on the bed along with some towels.

He smiled and nodded "See you then."