"Ahsoka, where's your master?" a small clinking noise filled the room as Obi-wan tapped his spoon against his cup of tea. Ahsoka groaned from her position on the couch, her legs over the back of the couch and her head hanging over the cushion as she browsed the holonet.
"Listen, master Obi-wan, the last time you asked that Anakin came back with Amare after finding her in a tree. And then he roped me, you, and Rex into milking a wild bantha. Maybe we should just shouldn't say anything." Obi-wan nearly snorted into his tea at that, but still continued his train of thought.
"I know, but we're here on the temple, what's the worst thing that can happen?" Ahsoka groaned from her position on the couch, she has said or heard that statement far too many times for the universe to not spite her in some sort of way.
"I feel like you're tempting fate when you say something like that." She still remembers the last time Anakin said that while they were on a small mission, and they ended up getting chased by a group of very passionate nudists colonists. Who had insisted that the Jedi pair would be a 'wonderful addition' to their community. Although she cringed at the memory of getting chased back into their ship, she will never forget the face of pure panic she saw on Anakin as they sprinted back into their ship. Ahsoka quietly chuckled to herself before focusing back on Obi-wan, who set down his tea with a sigh.
"Please Ahsoka, I doubt Anakin would be able to come back with another child." Ahsoka sat up and gave him a look of doubt. Ahsoka was going to say something but was cut off by the sound of their door sliding open. They all froze.
"…Hey master…. what you got there?" Anakin just stood in the doorway to their quarters, halfway through the door. A milkshake from what looks like Dex's diner in one hand, a diaper bag hanging from his shoulder, and Amare in the other hand, the small seven-month baby tugging gently on his curls while babbling. Anakin just stared at the two of them, his eyes flitting back and forth between Ahsoka and Obi-wan.
"…A milkshake…" they all just stared at each other, Obi-wan still holding his cup up to his mouth. Rex appeared over Anakin's shoulder.
"What are we waiting for?" they came out of their stupor at the sight of Rex peering into the room.
"Oh, hey Rex," Ahsoka got up from her position on the couch. Ahsoka moving around helped Anakin start moving again, he finally entered the quarters, letting Rex enter the quarters and close the door behind him. Obi-wan rose an eyebrow at the sight of the casual clothes Rex was wearing. He knew for a fact that clones were not given any type of clothing that was fit for social situations. He glanced over at Anakin, who noticed his look and blushed. He already knew what Obi-wan was thinking and averted his eyes.
"Nice clothes, where did you get them from?" Rex looked down at his clothes, the t-shirt, jeans, and boots, looking good on him.
"Oh, Anakin got them for me, he gave them to me a while ago, this is the first time I'm using them though." Obi-wans grin got wider as Anakin ducked his head, pretending to be busy with Amare and getting her set up on the couch.
"Really? Is that why Anakin gave you that package last week?"
"Nah," Rex picked up Amare while sitting down and bounced her on his lap while talking, Anakin sat next to Rex, making faces at Amare that made her laugh," That was for Kix, he just didn't have the time to give it to him directly, so I did it for him. Most of the 501st already have a pair of causals, I think echo is the only one left?" Rex turned to Anakin as he asked that, making Anakin scratch his cheek with his finger while looking away.
"Yeah…" Rex rose his eyebrow at Anakin's flushed face and looked at Obi-wans huge, poorly hidden grin and then back to the red face of Anakin.
"Is there something wrong?" Obi-wan almost snorted into his tea and shook his head.
"Oh no, nothing's wrong." Obi-wan trailed off, taking another sip of his tea. Rex and Ahsoka exchanged glances before shrugging their shoulders and were just about to start another conversation when Obi-wan dropped a bomb on them.
"I'm just surprised Anakin managed to adopt you guys without you noticing."
They all froze at his words, Ahsoka and Rex turning to look at Anakin, who had a nervous smile on his face as he turned red enough to rival a tomato. Obi-wan chuckled before getting up from his position on the table, walking over to the sofa where he nudged Anakin with his hand. A teasing and knowing smile on his face the entire time.
"Well, should I tell them? Or do you want to do it?"
"I-well, um…" Anakin scratched the back of his neck while looking away," back on Tatooine, there was a lot of kids who, um, lost their parents. "he started to play with his fingers, not looking at either one of them," so sometimes we would adopt each other, most of the time, we would just gift each other food or handmade clothes. But since I don't know how to make anything, I just bought you guys some clothes and I…yeah…surprise?" Ahsoka and Rex just stared at Anakin, feelings of love and surprise flowing through the force.
"I-yo-you adopted us?" Anakin finally looked up at them, giving them a small smile.
"I mean, you guys are already my family, why wouldn't I?" Rex fought against the knot in his throat by calmly handing Amare to Ahsoka, who was just staring at Anakin, still not saying anything, before doing what any brother did.
He hooked an arm around Anakin's neck and pulled him in for a noogie, messing up his hair as he did so. "Why did you tell me that earlier?!"
"What?! I-Rex!" Anakin whining out Rex's name like that made all of them start laughing.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Anakin escaped from Rex's grip with a playful glare and started to fix his hair while answering Ahsoka.
"I wanted it to be a surprise, I was gonna wait until I adopted Echo but Obi-wan had to ruin it." Anakin pouted at the end of his sentence, making Obi-wan give an unapologetic shrug of his shoulders.
"So, who else did you adopt?"
"Oh, you know, you, Obi-wan, Rex, everyone in the 501st except for Echo, for now, and Amare."
"Wait is that why you bought me new clothes?!"
Yeah, not to mention, the clothes you were wearing protected nothing, it's like you were asking to get killed." The men thought back on Ahsoka's original clothing and the amount of skin it left unprotected before shivering. They honestly should have gotten her a new set of clothes within the first week of being his padawan. Ahsoka pouted at the way they talked about her old outfit. Anakin started laughing at her expression.
"You're just salt that I'm right."
They started laughing again at his words. Amare, who was sick of getting ignored, started to make noise, making Anakin chuckle and take her from Ahsoka.
"We didn't forget about you my little munchkin."
"Wait, if you adopted that me and Amare, doesn't that mean I'm her actual uncle?" Anakin glanced over at Rex, who was getting excited at the thought.
"Yeah pretty much."
"Kriff yeah!"
Obi-wan just watched the three of them being dorks together, all of them fawning over Amare. Well, he was until they got a mass message from another Jedi. Specifically, the Jedi that was in charge of the creche.
"To anyone who encounters Knight Anakin Skywalker, please instruct him to return Amare back to the creche." Obi-wan sighed before setting his eyes on Rex and Anakin, who froze when they got the message. Rex was quick to throw Anakin under the bus.
"In my defense, it was Anakin who grabbed her."
"Hey!"
