“Do you need an answer to every single thing you ask me?” He joked; slowly leaning into her. “Sometimes it’s just better if you don’t ask for things and just let them happen. You already know that I love you so why else would you think I would want to kiss you?”
”I—I’m not sure.” Rey answered; tucking her lose hair behind her ears. The heat in her cheeks rose and she was certain it had nothing to do with the flames dancing before her in the stone pit.
“You let me kiss you once—you didn’t seem to mind then.” Ben stated. Rey flinched when she felt his nails digging into her lower back. “What’s the change of mind?”
“It was more of a change of heart.” Rey replied. These words seemed to make Ben nervous; as if she was saying that she didn’t want him in return. No,no, I can’t let her leave me again! Not when we are this close to achieving what we both desire! As he began to loosen his grip on her, however, Rey grabbed both sides of his face and crashed her lips to his. "I love you, Ben Solo!“
At this Ben raised his right hand and used the Force to slam the door to the hut shut. There would be absolutely no disturbances as far as he was concerned. I dare someone to walk in—let them try to pry us apart now!
Oh the Maker–who knew Ben Solo could be such a good kisser?! Rey thought to herself as Ben nipped and sucked at the tender flesh on her neck; her fingers entangled into his thick mane of black hair. It was everything she had dreamed it would be….soft like silk. She gasped when she felt his hand snaking it’s way under her shirt; tugging at the hem of her breast-band.
"How does this thing come off?” He asked her; lifting his head to look into her eyes.
“W-Why does it need to come off?”
He gave her an unapologetic glance before adding in a sensual voice. He was tired of playing this “will they, won’t they” game with her. Why is she so afraid to give into me? She wants this, I want this! “Let’s not play that game anymore, Rey. Seriously, tell me how do I get this off of you?”
“You’re so determined to ruin me, aren’t you?”
“You have no idea.” He replied hungrily.
It was dark when Rey returned to the hut and she half expected to find Ben and all his things gone, but yet there he was sitting by the fire-pit waiting for her. “I was shit at it but I caught us some dinner.” He muttered to her a gentle voice as she entered the hut.
He knew in order for this to go anywhere he needed to get back into her good graces and what better way to do that than by attempting to cook dinner. “Listen, Rey……I’m sorry for what I said to you earlier. It was wrong of me to do that and I didn’t mean it. Can you forgive me?”
Rey stood there bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet and then pointed towards the fish cooking on a small rack over the fire-pit. “You caught those, huh?”
He chuckled at her remark and reached out to turn them over once more so that the other side could get nice and crisp. “It wasn’t easy, but, I wanted to prove to you that I wasn’t completely useless. Call it a uh….work-in-progress sort of thing. So….am I forgiven?”
“Don’t do that.” said Rey; shaking her head at him repeatedly. “Don’t give me that sad puppy-dog look because it’s—”
“It’s what?” Ben teased; getting to his feet. A shroud of darkness with a devilish grin that made Rey all but go weak in the knees as he slowly approached her. “Come on, tell me—what is it?”
“Don’t flirt with me, Ben Solo.” Rey declared; moving back as his steps grew closer and closer. Thud! Rey looked over her shoulder and saw that she had backed herself into the wall and Ben was closing in on her like a lion out for prey. God, I know that I should feel trapped or panicked but yet I feel so safe.
“Do you want to kiss me?” Ben asked; stretching out both arms on either side of her so that she was unable to escape. The voice in her subconscious was screaming: YES! AND I WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST KISS YOU! But the fought it with every ounce of strength that she had within her to resist it.
“I’m kind of hungry right now, Ben.” Rey swallowed. Somehow that felt like the wrong thing to say but Ben nodded and slowly stood back to let her pass; ignoring the pain he felt in her rejection to him but he was far from done. As she sat down on the stone floor preparing to eat her meal; he took off his cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders for extra warmth. “Thank you, Ben, for doing this.”
“You’re welcome.” He replied with a faint smile as he sank down onto his knees next to her. Biting down her lip she slowly leaned over and kissed the side of his cheek. It was a short but sweet gesture and that alone made all the difference in the world to him. “I hope you like food—I’m not a cook so–”
“I’m sure it’s fine, Ben.” Rey reassured him with a smile. In fact, it was more than just “fine”, it was actually delicious and Rey found herself to second helpings and even thirds.
“Wow, you really must have been hungry. I’m glad I caught extra.” Ben murmured.
“Well, when I was living on Jakku; seconds and thirds were something you only heard of in stories.” said Rey licking her fingers clean. Ben just stared at her after she said these words. He tried not to imagine a young Rey working day in and day out under the blazing desert sun fighting to survive.
“You’ll never have to worry about things like that again after tonight.” said Ben firmly. “From now on, I am going to make sure that you have everything that you need.”
“Ben….” Rey warned but he stopped her with his index finger as it came to rest on her lips.
“No, Rey, just listen…..”
Thunder then clapped loudly overhead which caused Rey to nearly jump into Ben’s arms.
“Whoa, easy….” Ben whispered; holding Rey close to his chest. She smelled like salt and ocean and some kind of fresh driftwood. God he could just sit here forever and entangle his fingers through her chestnut curls. “It’s just a little thunder. You’re not afraid of that, are you?”
“I-I’m sorry.” She said feeling embarrassed. “I’m not used to hearing it. Jakku it was all sand storms and wind—no rain, no thunder….no….” She had paused because Ben was staring into her eyes with a longing she had seen within him before.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
Made a pilgrimage today. This place is so beautiful, even without the special meaning Star Wars has given it. These huts have been here since the 6th century. Very exciting to see the way Star Wars uses real places and makes it a fantasy. Makes it feel like anything is possible and reminds me that what we learn in stories can be true.
