Please review. Btw, did anyone else know that Ketsu was voiced by Zoe from Firefly?
"what are you thinking? You haven't said a word since you got in." Ketsu asked as she made a left turn.
"I'm just worried that I'm going to mess this up." Kallus admits.
"if you mess this up I will let you know."
"thank you."
she rolls her eyes in response, "at least you're honest. Most guy's I date aren't."
"what happen on your last date?"
"I knocked three of his teeth out."
"ah." he goes silent.
They arrive, sit, and eat. Half way through he worked up a sentence, "I believe we should be talking but I'm not sure what about."
"just relax, otherwise you just defeated the whole purpose. Okay, small talk."
"how's the weather?"
"we suck at this."
he giggles slightly then looks embarrassed.
She laughs, reliving the tension. A couple look at them from a few tables away, then return to their own conversation. "so, did you have any friends, growing up?"
"a few."
"what was she like?"
"I had more than one."
"technically."
"fine, she was a twillek who was basically my opposite. she was the second oldest of five, disorganized, playful, and opinionated." he smirks, "If I go home she will hug, smack, say 'I told you so', and then kiss me. in that order."
"kiss you?"
"maybe, depending on how happy she is to see me."
"ah. When did you meet?"
"our first day of school, I..." he stops as a pair of storm troopers walked in and began looking for someone. The man of the couple who had noticed them waved. The troopers walked over and the lady points them out. Kallus stands, "time to go."
she leaves the money and they exited the building as fast they could without making a scene. The troopers followed them out. Once in the crowd they attempt to hide, unsuccessfully. They dash for the speeder, driving away. The troopers shoot at them before climbing on their own bikes. "do you have any weapons on board?"
"under the seat. I'll get us away from any populated areas."
he looks and pulls out a blaster rifle. He aims at one of them and fires, the one on the left crashes in a downward spiral. Kallus fought for balance as she veered right. More troopers joined the chase. He fires, taking down several of the newcomers. "sit down!" she yells at him. He obeys as they swerve through construction work. A few of the troopers go down as they fly into poles, pipes, and beams. When they had one last remaining trooper they fly free of the maze. "I have an idea, drop me off there and lead him in a circle." Kallus jumps out and hides behind a large rock formation, putting the rifle on stun. He aims at the base of the trooper's helmet. The trooper falls off and its bike explodes at the base of a pillar. Ketsu drives back, "how is he?"
"he can talk."
"good."
"you have a cut over your eye." he walks over to her and pulls out a tiny med kit. He dabs her injury.
"yeah, I felt the shrapnel." she laughs, "you know, I was wrong."
"about what?" he opens a band-aid.
"we didn't need to go on a date, here is where we relax. Getting in fights and blowing stuff up."
"something normal." he places it on her scratch.
"for us at least." she smiles then looks at the trooper, "do you want to interrogate or keep watch?"
"I'll interrogate."
a few minutes later they finish giving Hera the details of an imperial base nearby. She laughs, "honestly, this is what I thought would happen. Just our lot in life I guess. Good work, see you when you get back."
"will do." he turns it off. The trooper had passed out after spilling the beans so Kallus and Ketsu were now, technically, alone. He sits next to her on the ground, silently staring at the stars.
"when I was a kid it felt like the stars would whisper to me saying 'come on, it'll be fun'. did they say anything to you?" Ketsu asks after half an hour.
"not until I was twelve. when father told me I was adopted, I found that I was not from Coruscant. I saw the stars as a million locked doors, each one holding an answer to my question."
she guesses, "who are you?"
"yes."
"did you figure it out?"
"it's giving me a headache."
she laughs loudly.
"that's not helping."
"sorry." still laughing.
He waits for her to stop, "I still haven't found them, I stopped looking a long time ago."
"no you didn't." she pokes his head, "your subconscious is still looking."
they fall silent as he processes this. Ten minutes later, "I have a confession to make." Ketsu looks at him. He raises an eyebrow. "I never would have asked you out if Hondo hadn't made a bet."
"what bet?"
"he said that I couldn't get you on a date. I think he suckered me into it."
"how so?"
"you know how he is, a lying manipulator who pretends not to care about everyone around him. I told him I thought you were cute and he made the bet."
"how long ago was this?"
"four days ago."
"ah."
"are you glad he did?"
"admittedly, yes."
she smiles and the silence reigned comfortably. This time Kallus broke it, "you think I'm cute?"
"your butt is."
he cheeks flush (the ones on his face). He looks down to check, cracking her up.
"take my word for it, come here." she pulls him down into a kiss.
His heart thumps so loudly in his chest he couldn't hear her laughing at his dazed expression. She leans on him as she stares at the sky. The silence returned with a vengeance, lulling them to sleep just an hour later.
"so, what happened?" Zeb asks upon their return.
"none of your business." Kallus retorts.
"is that lipstick?" Rex asks.
"what if it is?"
"come on, what happened? You were out til sunrise and you've got lipstick." Zeb points out.
"fine, I will give the condensed version. Nice dinner, storm troopers chase us, we beat them, interrogated one, told Hera, talked on and off, one kiss, she fell asleep on me, watched sunrise and came back."
"that's it?" Zeb complained.
"yes, I'm going to bed." he stomps off.
"I think that was better than what he was afraid of." Rex sips a caf.
"do tell."
Rex tells.
How was that? Romantic, yes, no?
Ezra showed up in the first half because I forgot he wasn't there. The twillek friend of young Kallus is my OC from another fanfic. It's a star wars rebels/clone wars one called 'origins of a man'.
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