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They landed safely on Corucant and were taken to their hotel. Their rooms were on the top floor, the pent house. General Hux and the other officers were staying on the floors below them.
Rey was drinking in every detail of the hotel. She had never seen anything like it. The walls were a beautiful shade of cream and the carpets look so soft. She wanted to sit in the middle of the hallway and run her finger across them all day.
Kylo watched curiously, she was like a child. The wonder showed across her face so plainly. It made him feel warm inside. The light coming from her was almost too much for him. She made him happy… an emotion he missed. Seeing Rey's excitement made him excited, even though he had been here before on multiply occasions. This is where he and his mother would stay when the senate was meeting and his father was off doing his thing.
The droid taking them to the pent house opened the door for them and Rey let out a gasp. The room was more beautiful than the hallways. The large entry had marble floors and a door on each side, she ran to open both doors seeing twin master suites with small living rooms, master bathrooms and king size beds. They looked like the softest beds in the galaxy. A grand stair way led them down to the main living space. The wall was all glass, she felt like she could see the whole city. There were beautiful sofas and chairs scattered across the room with a hologram projector in the middle of it all. On one side was a full kitchen that was fully stocked for their stay and on the other side was another huge bathroom with the biggest tub Rey had ever seen. She wondered why they would have a tub the size of an X-wing. She vowed to ask Kylo about it once they were alone.
The Droid led in three women and a man to the living room, the best dress makers on Corucant. The four of them bow to Kylo Ren.
"Supreme leader. It is an honor to meet you." One of the women say. Kylo nods his head and sits in the biggest chair in the room, treating it like his throne. "My name is Kila and this is Mal, Reese and Gavin."
"Wonderful. Thank you for coming. This is my soon to be Wife and Empress, Rey. She is need of a new wardrobe. Dresses, skirts, pants, shirts, the works. Everything needs to be perfect for the empress, understood?" Kylo inquired. The four nod their heads. "Good. She need a dress for the coronation tonight. Preferably in black and red."
Rey was standing at Kylo's side again. He stood taking her hand in his, he led her up the stairs and into one of the master suites with the dress makers following. Using the force he moved all the furniture to the sides of the room leaving the middle free. He turned to Rey taking both of her hands in his.
"You will work in here," he commands the designers. The four of them get on their com links calling there people to bring up fabric and their tools to work with. Soon the room was full of noise with people coming in and out. They brought in a variety of fabric in all kinds of colors and textures that Rey couldn't even imagine in her wildest dreams. She watch in awe.
Kylo still holding both her hands, smiled down at her. He loved how the simple things amazed her. She caught him smiling at her and smiled back at him.
"I can't believe this is all for me." She marveled.
"Of course it is, Rey. You are worth more than all of this." Kylo replied. He brushed his gloved fingers across her soft freckle covered cheek. "You WILL marry me and you WILL be empress of the galaxy." He insisted. Rey furrowed her eyebrows. Her smile turned to a frown.
"Yeah about that. We WILL be talking about that later." She stated. She had made her point earlier. Marriage was serious and she did not take it lightly.
"Rey you will marry me. It will set the foundation for our rule together. And then people will respect you, Hux will have to respect you! Things will be easier if you just accept it!" Ren retorted. Rey pulled her hands away.
"I will not be controlled by what other people think. I lived my whole life living for other people! Waiting for my parents who didn't even want me! What other people think of me is no longer important to me! I will not marry you like this!" she fumed turning away from him. No one around was listening to their argument or they were ignoring them for the sake of keeping their lives. She could feel the anger seething thru the bond. He was beyond pissed. "Don't you dare throw a fit in here!" Rey hissed thru her teeth glaring at him. He was acting like a child, he knew that. "Kylo Ren don't you lose your temper right now!" a couple of people turned to look at the two in the middle of the room. Rey leers at them and they hurry off back to what they were doing.
Kylo takes a breath. He needed to be calm. They needed to put on a show right now. He and Rey needed to seem stable together. They worked together but they still fought and had very different views but Kylo knew they would be together in the end. He had seen it in his vision. She would be his wife and rule the galaxy with him. He just needs to put on a show until she gave in.
Kylo takes her hand in his again and brings it to his lips. He gently kisses it. People had stopped to watch.
"As you wish my dear. I will leave you to the professionals." was all he said before leaving the room with his cape swishing behind him, going to his room to have his outburst in privet.
Now left alone with a handful of strangers Rey was nervous. She stood in the middle of the large room trying not to look awkward. Everywhere around her the people were chatting while they worked. The designer called Mal told her to take off her clothes so they could get her measurements. She did as she was told glad she was wearing her undergarments. They four took her measurement jotting them down really quick. One of the assistants handed her a robe. Then it was flurry of fabrics, ribbons, beads, and jewels. They had brought everything for her to see, feel and pick. She loved the feel of the textiles. All the colors she could never think of. She picked a few that she loved and left the rest up to them. Rey didn't know anything about clothing other than that it went on your body and that it had to be washed once in a while.
Hours past as Rey idly watched them work. She was thinking about Kylo demanding she marry him. He was desperate to have her at his side permanently, she could see that. Marriage made them more stable and their power stronger. Rey wanted to marry Ben Solo. The man in her visions and the man that she went to for comfort after she found no answers on Ahch-To. He was a man she could see herself with, Kylo Ren was not. She could she Ben drowning beneath Ren and she knew she needed to save him.
Lost in her thoughts Rey realized the four of dress makers quickly got her dress for tonight together, throwing it on her body every once in a while to make sure it would be flattering. The fabric they picked for the dress was red with gold over tones. The texture of it was soft but bumpy almost like an egg of sorts. The dress was form fitting until about an inch or two above her knees where it loosens so she could walk without dying. Long sleeves for the cool Corucant night with a scoop neckline and an open back. There were black jewels along the neckline that plunged down between her breasts. On the shoulders of the dress they had a cape of black silk that had the same fabric of her dress underneath, it trailed behind the dress dragging on the ground. They fastened it there with more black jewels.
Rey liked the way it looked on the manikin, she wasn't sure how it would turn out on her body.
Gavin all but forced her to take off her underclothes giving her a new pair of bottoms but no new tops. They all insisted that she couldn't wear chest bindings with this dress. Once she was done they quickly slipped the dress on her.
She gazed at herself in the mirror… she was beautiful. The dress fit her perfectly, she didn't look like the girl from Jakku anymore which was fitting because she was not that girl anymore. She looked like the ruler of the galaxy… she felt good and bad at the same time.
Her friends… she needed to contact them soon. Tell them her plan and get those prisoners out. She felt awful. Here she was getting beautifully dressed and the resentence needed her.
Before she could stop them the Reese and Kila dragged her to the bathroom. They sat her in front of the mirror and proceed to fix up her hair and put makeup on her. They put a matching black jeweled headband on her and twisted her hair around it giving her and easy up-do look. Reese was rubbing powders on her cheeks and eye lids. They ran a black pen thing across her eye lids close to her lashes. Then brushed some black gunk on her lashes and rubbed a red color across her lips.
Rey was shocked at who she saw in the mirror this time. This women was so gorgeous. Her lips were full and red. And gold color on her eyes brought out the gold in her own eyes. Her lashes were thick and full. She did not know what to think of herself.
"Thank you." She breathed.
"Of course hun, it's time for you to go. Let's take you down to the supreme leader." Says Reese taking her arm to lead her out of the room.
"Wait!" yells Gavin. "Her shoes. Here put these on." He hands her a pair of black heels. She slips them on her feet and stumbles. Oh porgs. She thinks to herself. She was going to fall flat on her face tonight.
It's time to go. She here Kylo say in her head.
I'm going to die, was her reply. She felt his confusion across the bond.
Then a knock at the door. Mal opens it and in walks Kylo. He stops in his tracks when he sees her. His lips part in amazement. His eyes take her all in at once. Damn… he wished she was his right now. Rey was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. She looked elegant and regal. She was…
"Gorgeous." He whispers. She smiles at him. He was wearing new clothes too. Still all black but there was gold here and there in the stitching. And the symbol of the First Order on his right shoulder in red. She took a step towards him and stumbled a little more. He reached for her catching her before she fell more. Standing up she realized that in these shoes she came up a little past his shoulder. She could look almost directly into his eyes.
"Shall we go?" Rey beamed. She felt amazing. She hoped to soon figure out her new footwear. Ren nodded his head and out the doors they went with him helping support most of her weight.
"Marry me," he says softly in her ear as they walk down the hall together. "Please. I know you want to."
She could feel his excitement and happiness. He was right she did want to marry him but she wanted to marry Ben not Kylo. She could feel Ben. He was there. Her vison had always been about Ben. He was the one she wanted to be with but what if to get Ben back, Her Ben she needed to marry Kylo. Rey wanted Ben.
They got out of the lift and walk to the spacecraft talking them to the event. He helped her get into the back seat and got in on the other side after her. He had a small smirk on his lips. He could feel her own desire to marry him as well. He couldn't believe how quickly he had come to love her. Yes love. Thru there bond he felt love for this lonely girl, much like himself, who wanted to be wanted by someone. The force had pulled and pushed them together. While at first they were both confused and angry about it they had grown together and come to trust and rely on each other thru it. They were each one half of a whole. Balanced.
"yes." She quivered. This one word brought him back to reality. His dark brown eyes were wide in surprise.
"What?" he asked. She took a deep breath and gave him a small smile. She could see her Ben in his eyes. He was there.
"Yes I will marry you." She said with shaking hands. She suddenly felt so small. So helpless and yet she was the one with the power. Rey wasn't sure exactly how old she was (Chuwie thought she was roughly 18 or 19) but she still thought she was too young to marry. She was scared.
But so was he.