Rex was cleaning his blasters in the barracks, standing next to a table. He grimaced as he tried to get a glob of sticky black stuff off the side of one pistol.
Where did that even come from? He wondered. The rag he was using didn't do anything but smear it all over the rest of the pistol. The glob was so stuck Rex figured it must be glued on.
"Hey, Rexster," Ahsoka said as she entered the room. Rex acknowledged her with a nod, and a half-hearted salute in her direction.
"Hello, sir." He grabbed a piece of metal and tried to scrape the nasty glob off. It pried away at one end, but as Rex scraped harder, it flopped back on and stuck tight. He groaned and banged the pistol on the table, seeing if he could get it to fall off instead.
Ahsoka frowned. "Rex, what are you doing?"
He dragged the pistol across the table repeatedly, but that only left black lines on the table's otherwise spotless surface.
Turning to Ahsoka, then walked over to the sink, Rex said, "I'm trying to clean my pistols."
"'Trying?'" Ahsoka asked. "Is it hard?"
Rex turned on the water and wet the rag, then poured a huge amount of liquid cleaner on it. He walked back to the table, blaster in hand.
"It's harder than I thought it would be," he told her. "There's something nasty caught on here. Have no idea what it is. Won't come off."
With that, he took the rag and attacked the pistol, scrubbing and scrubbing, succeeding in covering it with bubbles.
Ahsoka made her way to the table, pulled up a chair, and watched him work. Rex looked over at her, then back at his job.
"So, Rex," she started, looking around a bit nervously.
"Yes sir?" He glared at the pistol and wiped the bubbles off. The blob of black goo was still attached to it. It hadn't even changed in size.
"There's something I want to— uh, tell you?"
Rex glanced at her. "There is?" he said. He threw the rag to the side and grabbed the stupid goo with his fingers and pulled.
"Yeah, there is, it's just I'm not sure how much you're going to like it." Ahsoka chewed on the inside of her lip.
Rex growled as he yanked on the blob. It wouldn't come off no matter what he did. He tried to remove his hand, but his fingernails were stuck inside the goo.
"You can tell me, sir. I'll try not to do anything that'll make you unhappy." He wrinkled his nose as he concentrated, trying to free his fingers.
Ahsoka saw his dilemma and giggled. He turned to glare at her and had to force his face to soften. Ahsoka quit laughing and looked at him seriously.
"Rex, I like you."
He raised one brow, then put it back down, looking away from her and back at the pistol that was stuck to his hands.
"I like you too, sir."
Ahsoka grinned. "No, I mean I like you."
Rex shook his head. "I like you too, Commander."
Ahsoka buried her face in her hands. "No, I mean that I love you."
Rex froze, his eyes wide. He slowly turned to her, but wouldn't meet her eyes.
"Wh–what did you say?"
Ahsoka walked right up to him and put his hands over her head, getting in between his arms. She looked up into his eyes, and he gradually brought his gaze down to lock with hers.
"I said that I loved you," Ahsoka said. Rex grinned like an idiot, then immediately tried to mask it by faking a frown.
"Do you love me?" Ahsoka asked him. His arms tightened around her. He looked at her and didn't breathe a word.
This was a stupid idea, she thought. Why would he?
"Yes I do, sir," Rex said.
Ahsoka started shaking. "R-really?"
Rex looked down at her and smiled. "Really," he said.
Ahsoka grinned and the trembling stopped. She turned around and waved her hand at his hands and the pistol, using the Force to separate them. She pulled the blob out of the mess and flung it out the window, into the streets of Coruscant.
Rex gaped as she stepped away from him. "Why didn't you do that to begin with?" he asked.
Ahsoka just grinned.
/.../
Outside, Commander Cody walked along the street, a determined look on his face. General Kenobi had asked for him at 5:00 pm exactly, and he was making good time. It was only ten minutes til, and he was almost there.
Squelch.
Cody looked down at his left boot to see that he'd stepped on what looked like somebody's gum. He wrinkled his nose and tried to keep walking.
But the gum held fast. Cody wasn't going anywhere
So, this was actually my first attempt at anything Rexsoka. I've shipped it since the beginning of time, but never written anything about it.
So, enjoy! I'll have another oneshot up soon!