After the broadcast was finished, Rey's trembling hand absent-mindedly found Ben's, as anger and fear boiled up inside her, while she could simultaneously feel his hatred radiating in waves through the force too. He was as well as she, not angry that the First Order was using them as propaganda against the Resistance,
he probably even expected them to do so - after being surprisingly still alive since Rey and Poe saved him - but more so over they were greatly offended that the First Order was suddenly using this insanely important and intimate moment Ben and she shared back then in the throne room - against them. The moment they found balance together for at least the time they fought for survival, as well as Ben being able to finally free himself from his oppressor and save her life too. The moment she nearly decided to join him, to take his hand, the moment she felt his churning emotions for her the first time.

How dare the First Order to say Ben worked together with the Resistance for years? He still doesn't agree with most of their goals, killed his father and hunted them down before, because they were in the way of his own agenda. He never was on their side, let alone agreed with anything they did. They merely formed an alliance of convenience right now to fight against the greater evil which showed it's true face after Ben parted the ways with the Order and was forced to give up his leadership.
How dare they weight the numbers of casualties he is responsible for, against the ones the First Order would have caused by the destruction of the Coruscant system? As if they were better somehow? As well as the numbers they already caused by the obliteration of the Hosnian system which counted up to billions and billions of people already. Their body count was much higher already and they started it all, Ben was merely reacting to what they were planning to do to prevent even further damage and death.
How dare they say Rey helped him fire the weapon? She didn't even know if she would have had the guts to do it, would she have known his plans before.
Probably not - as she couldn't bear the guilt of killing so many people, which he obviously was able to do as well as carry the heavy burden with him.
How dare they call them terrorists, whilst it's the First Order itself who is terrorizing the whole galaxy with their superweapons, threatening and killing billions of people?
How dare the First Order use these scenes against them like this, when Rey and Ben were the ones who were tortured and threatened and in great danger to be killed?
How dare they say to have been standing loyally behind his leadership, whilst there were several assassination attempts in his own ranks on his life for the time he was their leader?

As all these bitter thoughts went through her head, she suddenly realized Ben's and her mind were somehow spiralling downwards together in a pool of hatred and anger, which was exactly not something she wanted to dwell in as this was somehow Ben's profession and not hers. So she closed her eyes and focused on herself,
on him, the force, balance, life, hope, her friends and calmed her breathing down as her hate and anger slowly vanished and became peaceful again.
Ben turned his head around and stared at her totally mesmerized as he felt what she was doing through their bond and he too calmed down just by watching her and feeling her force flow in steady waves through him. Rey knew she could somehow calm his mind through their bond too, at least she did so when he was panicking while he was on the verge to suffocate yesterday. But they were surprised at what was happening between them both right now as Ben surely would have lashed out instead and be overcome by anger after the broadcast. But he didn't because she was bringing balance and peace to both of them, which he wasn't able to do on his own yet.

With a knowing smile at him, while he stared at her in disbelief, she suddenly stood up and proclaimed through the whole room of rebels:

"We won't let them get us down like that! The moment people will understand who their real oppressor is will also be the moment the First Order will get to know the true power of collective revolts throughout the galaxy. We will fight them together! They do not just underestimate us, they underestimate the power of all the people combined who have the guts to fight for their freedom! The moment the civilians realize they are not alone in this war will be the moment rebels will emerge all over the galaxy!
We will bring back peace and balance to the universe! As the darkness grows, there will be light to meet it! It already showed the people's will to revolt on Coruscant as civilians started to attack the fleet of battleships in defence of their planet, while the government remained idle and did nothing to protect them. The war against the First Order has just begun and we will get enough support to win! They can triple the bounty for all I care, but they will never be able to take away our will to fight for our freedom!"

Everybody's eyes were on Rey until Leia started to slowly clap and grin at her as several other people joined in and some cheered while Poe leaned forward and gloated at Ben:

"That's how you do a pep talk!"

Ben huffed in response and glared at Poe as he retorted with a low voice:

"My speech was not supposed to be a motivating one."

Everyone was cheering or making fun of the threat General Hux just broadcasted, as well as talking about the fight in the throne room they just witnessed on screen, because most of them never saw force users fight as they were non-existent anymore, except for Rey and Ben of course. Their attention and glances luckily started to leave the couple again and they went on to other topics.

Rey sat down next to Ben again and leaned forward to look directly at him and search his eyes, as she grinned and coaxed:

"We're going to do this - together this time! The First Order will be so fucked when we join our forces Ben!"

He stared at her for some seconds with a certain look, she couldn't really decipher until she saw his eyes wander down to her lips and she didn't have to push into his mind to know what he was thinking at this moment. Ben dipped his head down slightly as his brown eyes were fixed on her's and he impulsively reached out with one arm, placing his palm behind her neck to pull her head forward as he gave her a sudden, nearly possessive kiss on her already opened lips while she felt his emotions wash over her in such strong waves she had to let out a small moan. Not from arousal but from the intensity of his emotions towards her. They consisted of pure admiration, proudness, understanding, secureness, love and a sudden fighting spirit as well as pictures of the force vision they shared, where they stood side by side fighting which each other, not against. It was his version he had seen, it differed from hers slightly, but it was not apparent who had joined whom, but more so over they were just together like that, without being on a particular side.

She understood the meaning of this kiss, it was his affirmation to what she just said to him, acknowledging the connection they shared, not just as a fun thing they accidentally had together, but more so over as something insanely important to him which will bring them together through anything they will face from now on.
It felt like he had the sudden realization that he was not fighting all on his own, through the claws of the First Order anymore, or through Snoke, or against Luke,
but instead had his equal, his bonding partner, his love now by his side, with whom he would be able to face anything.

And she felt exactly the same, as the First Order could pull out as much propaganda bantha shit they wanted to, as well set the bounty on their heads indefinitely high, they would be invincible together, support each other and fight for the freedom of the galaxy and for their own liberty.
She threw all these emotions he was pouring into her back with the same intensity and instead of spiralling down with aggressive thoughts as they just had minutes before, they were pushing each other with warmth and trust now while Rey suddenly felt a massive amount of power burst through her body and she thought she could conquer everything right now. Now it was Ben who made a small noise against her lips who must have felt the power flash through him at this very moment as strong as she just had.
Rey had her arms already entangled around his torso and kissed him back with a whole load of affection until they heard Poe and Finn yell at them:

"Whoa whoa stop it you two - what the hell is this?"

Ben groaned in annoyance and both pulled their lips apart as they turned their heads around to the two men who suddenly stood, instead of sitting as they did before and several of their things as well as some chairs were spread around them on the ground, as if they were thrown there. Rey's eyes widened and she asked perplexed:

"What was that? What happened?"

"You two did...things and suddenly objects started to levitate around and fall over. Is this...like normal? Don't tell me this happens every time you two do - stuff!"

Finn suddenly commented, obviously having problems talking about them two kissing, while he gestured around the fallen over items in confusion.
Ben looked around them too now at the objects lying on the floor as pulled away from Rey, muttering a little surprised:

"Oh...?"

"Yeah...Fucking 'Oh'." Poe laughed as he pulled a fallen over chair up and sat down again looking at them both confused.

"You felt the power boost too didn't you?"

Rey asked Ben a little shocked as she too didn't know something like that would happen if they'd kiss, as it never did before.
But as she thought about it, their minds never were as balanced as they were right now, having a mutual resolution - a plan for a somewhat shared future together. There was always mistrust, secrets and a war between them going on all these months before and this was the first time they decided to stand together against their common enemy. Maybe this was the difference to their prior kisses.

"Yes, I felt it too. I think we accidentally melded our force power together by being perfectly balanced right now."

Ben commented still surprised as he pulled some objects upright again with the flick of his hand, which they had accidentally thrown over with the force when they kissed.

"Melding the force? We can do that? Is that something good? I felt insanely powerful suddenly!"

Rey breathed out and grabbed Ben's hand again as the force was still strongly pouring through her veins and she somehow had the feeling she had to share this flow with Ben as it was too overwhelming to carry alone. When they touched once more, he instantly reacted and folded his hand around hers as he exhaled and closed his eyes for a second. Obviously, it still felt powerful for him too and he had to concentrate on it to not release it in some power outburst as they did before.

"Stars - is like everything alright with you two? Rey? Did you two fight or something?"

Suddenly someone from the crowd yelled uncertainly and slightly nervous at them as several people stared over once again to see what had happened.

"Yeah - everything is alright. We are trying to find out what happened too. Wasn't intended - sorry!"

Rey yelled back apologetically and looked at Ben again with a questioning face.

"Obviously - we can do that - yes. And it's fucking fascinating we are able to! Normally only Sith or Jedi masters can do so after years of training. I...I don't know if this might have happened because of our bond."

Ben tried to explain while he examined their joined hands, but wasn't so sure himself why this suddenly happened and more so over why they were even able to do that yet.

"We absolutely need to keep translating these Jedi books! The whole part about force bonds is missing from your knowledge and we need to find out what else we are able to do with the connection we share. Stars there must be so much we don't know yet!"

Rey exclaimed as her eyes beamed with anticipation at Ben's.

"So is it like, if you two kiss or fuck around, you become like super powerful? That sounds practical!"

Poe suddenly questioned with curiosity and a mischievous grin.
Rey's face started to turn red at Poe talking about them "fucking around" which they did not even do yet, as she too pondered about what would happen if they seriously started to "fuck around" with each other and if things would be destroyed by their combined force powers then. She hoped not. Ben looked at her as he obviously had heard what she thought and bit his lip to hold back a laughter at what she just imagined until he answered:

"No this should normally not happen. We should be able to control it, this was accidental. We still do not know what we are capable of if we use our bond correctly."

"Yes...We just see each other in person since yesterday as you all probably remember. This is very different compared to the connection we had throughout the galaxy over our bond." Rey interjected and shrugged her shoulders.

"Is this normal when two force users meet? To form such a bond? And to be this powerful together?" Rose suddenly asked interestedly.

"It certainly didn't happen when I met Luke Skywalker. But of course, we didn't have this emotional connection as Ben and I have. Maybe it happened previously with other Jedi who were in love? I don't know." Rey asked and grinned knowingly at Ben who just knitted his eyebrows together as he listened to her.

"Jedi were never 'in love'." Ben drily answered as he emphasised the word Jedi with disgust.

"What? Why not? Isn't love the purest form of balance and peace? What could be more balanced and more powerful than two people who love each other?"

Rey asked perplexed now as the others closely listened to their conversation, obviously also wanting to know the answers.

"Skywalker did not teach you anything at all. Stars..." Ben suddenly growled with a low voice and buried his forehead in his palm.

"No, he did not, you know that."

Rey pouted and put her head between her palms and propped her elbows on her knees as she thought back to how frustrating the time with Luke was.

"The Jedi code forbids to love someone, form emotional bonds, marry, or have any other attachments to individuals."
Ben recited while he rubbed his scar in annoyance.

"What? This is bantha shit! You are not allowed to love someone as a Jedi? How the hell are you supposed to be on the light side, if you are forbidden to love?"
Rose protested visibly shaken as she quizzed Ben.

"Don't ask me - I am no Jedi."

He answered a little snippy and folded his arms in front of his chest while he stared at Rey who actually was the one who was pursuing the goal to become a Jedi.
Rey became really silent for some time as she pondered about what she just learned until she concluded:

"Luke told me, it was time for the Jedi to die. He was right about that. Even if I don't know most of the Jedi code yet, I know this part is just so wrong,
I can't believe it actually. There must be something else in between all of this. Jedi - Sith - light side - dark side stuff. All these rules don't make any sense and are so restricting. Stars...Ok, I do not want to become a Jedi anymore. Seriously! I am already breaking every one of these rules. Apart from the marriage thing.
But I will never want to become a Sith either!"

"You don't have to become anything of these two old obsolete things, you can just become what you are meant to be."
Ben suddenly suggested as he partly recited something he already said to her some time ago when they had one of their force connection moments.

"Let old things die...the Sith...the Jedi... - Stars Ben! This is what you meant the whole time?"

Rey's eyes widened as she stared at him with sudden understanding.
He didn't answer, but his brown eyes were fixed on hers and she did not even need to hear an answer from him as his glance said everything already. And finally,
she understood him and completely agreed with what he had said to her back then.

They were no Jedi, nor Sith but something in between and they will find out together what they were capable of as they were free from the chains of the old ways of the force users who lived before them and made all these rules. Rey and Ben were the new generation of force users and they were the ones who will decide about their own destiny as well as how the force will be used from now on.
There were no more rules, no more masters and no one to tell them how to do this.
They were free to grow on their own and to find out where their place in all of this will be.

After they saved the whole galaxy of course.

Did anyone understand, that Ben actually is the most radical anarchist of all the character's in my story?
The Resistance is radical too, but they want to keep the alleged order in the galaxy and want to keep the political system the way it is, which obviously fails at bringing peace to the Outer territories.
He tried to radically fight off human greed throughout the galaxy (ok by killing everyone), he tried to change a fascist order from the inside (ok by leading it instead), he tried to sacrifice himself to give people a chance for freedom (ok by killing million others) and he rebelled against the old ways of the Jedi and Sith and found his own way which is not bound to any rules.
Luckily Rey has the same mindset and starts to understand his ideas. Of course, Ben was totally mesmerized by her speech as she didn't let herself get pulled down by the broadcast, but instead started to plant ideas into the rebels heads to engineer revolts throughout the galaxy, instead of hoping for the government to act, in which he also doesn't believe it to happen.
And yes - things will probably start to explode when they have sex the first time.