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When Anara woke up, Luke was trying to clean R2 some more.

"C'mon, R2! Just be patient."

Anara giggled to herself as she sat up. Luke continued scrubbing R2, all the while losing his patience. She picked up the bowl of stew Yoda had left for her and sipped from it. R2 beeped at Luke in frustration.

"Okay, fine, R2. If you want to stay filthy, you can." The droid beeped at him more. "Then let me clean you!" R2 let out a questioning whistle, and Luke chuckled. "No, I'm not mad at you." R2 beeped. "Okay, I'll clean you later."

Anara stood up at the same time as Luke. He turned around and saw her. Luke grinned in surprise.

"Glad to see you awake! How are you feeling?"

"Better, thanks." She slurped up some more soup. "Droid issues?"

"Yeah." He laughed, wiping his hands on his pants. "You know R2."

Anara smiled at him over the bowl. Luke blushed a bit and looked away. He approached Anara slowly and glanced around to see if Yoda was anywhere.

"So, what happened with him? Did you kill him?"

"Yes."

With a deep breath, Anara told Luke exactly what happened. He listened attentively, absorbed in her every word. When she was done telling him, she forced herself to drink more stew. Luke hugged her around the shoulders.

"You did something I could never bring myself to do. I'm glad you're okay."

"Thanks."

Anara looked up at Luke and smiled. He smiled in return. Luke looked around one more time, just to make sure Yoda wasn't anywhere in sight, and then kissed her. Anara was quite surprised by this, but she returned the kiss. She wanted to freeze this moment and relive it for the rest of her life, it felt so wonderful! But, Yoda wouldn't allow that. He came out of his house and saw the two kissing. He cleared his throat loudly, quickly breaking up the kiss.

"Time to work, it is, Anara."

Anara slowly backed away from Luke. She followed Yoda to the infamous rock clearing. She turned around to see Luke before she left. She smiled at him. He winked and grinned in return. Anara turned forward again, smiling widely.

The end! I hope you enjoyed the story!