The orginal chapter 9 for Diamond heart before I changed my mind lol
Obi-wan wondered what Mace could possibly want so late into the night cycle, he entered the council room and spotted Yoda, Mace, and a cloaked figure standing in the middle of the room. They had obviously been talking about something important if the crease between Mace's eyes spoke of his mental state, Mace was clearly worried or aggravated about something.
"Obi-wan." He nodded to his friend. But, what was happening? What was so important that the full council hadn't been called? "It has come to our attention that you've formed an attachment." He flinched back, jaw clenching. "I don't know where you heard that." He couldn't lie, Obi-wan had no clue where they would have found such information since both he and Yan had been very careful to not reveal their identities, to The Crowd and to each other. Even if Yan had him pegged from the beginning.
"Told you I did, Difficult he would be." Difficult. They didn't know the meaning of that word when it came to him and how he would fight to stay in the order. "Yes, but we also didn't tell him how we knew." The stranger hunched their shoulders, pulling their cloak closer to their body. Was this stranger the one who informed them of his indiscretions? "And exactly whom would I have an inappropriate attachment to? You've had me on mission after mission as of late, I've hardly had time to sleep let alone form attachments to anyone."
That was not a look he wanted to see on Yoda's face, it was mischievous which should not have been on the Jedi masters face at all for a conversation of this magnitude. "Attachment you do, to Yan Dooku." Obi-wan hissed in a breath, how had they found out? How had this stranger found out such a dark secret? He took a step back, shivers running through him. "I. Oh force, how did you find out?" He felt sick, his throat clenching, a dull pain roaring in his stomach suddenly. He stumbled and went to sit in his chair. "Are you going to banish me?" How could they not? He'd fallen for a Sith master, been left by a Sith master.
"No, we won't banish you Obi-wan. But, I would like to know what exactly happened." Mace said as he sat down. Obi-wan slumped further into his chair as the others sat, Yoda chuckled at the seat the stranger took, and the stranger huffed before moving to a closer chair. "I. I suppose you know when it happened?" Mace and Yoda shook their heads; "Know we do, it happened." Obi-wan shifted taking a deep breath to ground himself, it wouldn't do to get emotional about the attachment he'd had for Yan.
"It started by him approaching me while I was investigating The Crowd. I had only been investigating for a fortnight when he found me and we began to converse. I wish I could tell you why I allowed such foolishness happen, but I found out who it was that I had become attached to and I haven't seen him since."
Mace nodded; "That's a rather heavily edited version of what we were told." Was it now? Did it even matter? This was just another dark mark on him, another thing for them to look at him sideways for. "Does it matter? I fell in love with an enemy and was tricked! He left and I. I was an utter fool for not seeing I was being manipulated. I'm supposed to be a Jedi Master and a member of the Council, I should have never fallen for such trickery!" Tears were pouring down his face, and Obi-wan buried his face into his hands, sobs wracking Obi-wan's body as he attempted to get himself back in control.
This was too much, how could he have been such a fool? He should have never allowed any of honeyed lies, warm eyes, and soft touches should never have allowed his heart to dictate what should have been happening. Telling Mace and Yoda of his failure, having them find out what a subpar Jedi he had become was the last thing he'd wanted. He had planned on taking the knowledge with him to the grave if the Count allowed him that small mercy, at least they said they wouldn't banish him, but there was no doubt that they would take him off the council. He didn't even deserve to be in the temple anymore but for whatever reason, they were going to spare him that humiliation.
Warmth surrounded Obi-wan and he allowed whoever it was to hug him. The stranger no doubt, but why comfort a failure of a Jedi for something stupid they had done? "Just breath Obi-wan." He froze and most certainly did not breath, how could this be possible? Obi-wan pulled away and looked up, Yan had pulled his hood back and had tears sparkling in the low light on his cheeks too.
Obi-wan was speechless, how had the dark-side user gotten into the temple and why hadn't Yoda and Mace done anything but allow him to tell them about what had occured? Yan sighed and took a seat next to him, eyes attentive and a grimace across his face. "Jedi he is, Spy on Sidious he has," Yoda said softly, amusement clear in his voice. "I'm sorry I left the way I did Obi-wan, but I knew it would be better for both of us if we had space...Because in your mind I was the enemy, even if my heart told it was the wrong thing to do. I didn't want to make you suffer my presence." Obi-wan wanted to reach out and make sure Yan wasn't an illusion, that he wasn't having a dream. But, if it were true...They had both broken the rules, both had formed an attachment on each other.
"Why are you telling me this?" Yoda's ears dropped but Mace answered; "Because we saw what it was doing to you, and he had the answer. It wasn't an answer we were prepared for and it took quite a while to digest it." Dooku had a bit of a flush across his face, what exactly had the man told them about their affair? "What did you tell them?" Yan's flush only deepened. "They didn't believe me when I told them I was attached and that you were attached right back, so I told them how physical we got." Obi-wan's heart raced and he glanced at Yoda and Mace, Mace was grimacing and Yoda simply looked uninterested in the topic.
"Was it really necessary to tell them that?" Mace snorted; "When he first told me you were attached to him, I didn't believe him. Hell, I didn't believe him that you two had sex and yet here you are telling me you did? Now I believe that the two of you are attached." Obi-wan snorted; "Mace, I'm sorry... I never meant to." He looked at Yan. "I'm sorry, I should have controlled myself better…" Yan gently took one of his hands, "You never have to apologize to me, I started this and if you never want to speak to me again I won't like it but I will respect it."
Could he really go the rest of his life never speaking to Yan again?