Hidden From Plain Sight
Summary: Barriss is thought to be dead, but she isn't. She on her way back to the Jedi. However, everyone believes that she is deceased, and her Master, Luminara Unduli, thinks this as well. Deep in a mourning no one can help, will Obi Wan be able to help her?
Genre: Romance, Adventure
Rating: K+
For all those who love Obi Wan/Luminara fanfics.
My reasons for writing this:
1. I like Obi/ Luminara fanfics.
2. I noticed the hidden chemistry between Obi and Luminara in The Approaching Storm.
3. I just wanted to try a Romance fanfic.
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars and its characters, or, in fact, anything.
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"… Mourning those who lost their lives on Geonosis…"
As the words rang out over the crowd, Obi Wan glanced over at the faces beside him. Some cried, others just put their faces into their hands. His eyes noticed one who did not do any of this.
Luminara Unduli sat straight and stoic, like a statue. Obi Wan knew her Padawan learner, Barriss Offee, had been presumed dead after not being found a month after the battle that had taken so many lives. Barriss had been very close to her Master, and Obi Wan didn't understand why Luminara wasn't mourning her.
After watching her for some time, he turned his attention back to the speaker, who was just finishing up. He spotted Shaak Ti, her head bowed. Her Padawans had both died shortly after becoming Knights, so she probably knew how the other Masters who had lost their apprentices felt.
The speaker finished his speech, and Shaak looked up and caught his eye. She gestured slightly with her striped montrals that he meet her when the ceremonies were finished. Obi Wan nodded, and focused on Master Yoda, who had taken up the podium.
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"What is it?" he asked Shaak when he met up with her.
"Have you noticed how Luminara doesn't seem to be mourning her Padawan?"
"Yes, but–"
"I want you to talk to her. If she really is mourning, she wouldn't be as silent as she is. It's dangerous the way she's taking Barriss's death. I was like that until Master Yoda spoke to me about Fe Sun's passing."
Obi Wan nodded; this he could do.
"Thanks." Shaak smiled at him. Her comlink beeped. "Oops, have to go. Yet another Council meeting."
Waving goodbye, she disappeared into the crowd.
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Obi Wan checked the name on the door. It was right, "Luminara Unduli, Jedi Master." He noted that Barriss's name had been erased.
After knocking quietly for several minutes, he tried the door. It was unlocked. Pushing on it slightly, he found it opened to his touch.
"Luminara?" he called into the darkness.
The apartment was so dark, he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face.
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Light spilled from the doorway, chasing patterns over the darkness.
Luminara could hear Obi Wan calling for her, but she didn't want to answer. Not that it was meant personally, she just wanted to be left alone.
It had been a month since Barriss's supposed passing, but she still couldn't get over it.
She had so much potential… If only she'd lived… I miss her so much, from her pessimistic attitude, right down to the way she used to smile… I remember all the times I scolded her for not keeping her temper… How I regret that now. But Jedi do not regret, do they? Perhaps I am not Jedi… Perhaps no one is truly Jedi. Everyone has emotions; some choose to show it, some do not… Oh, Barriss… How I wish you were here now.
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