Ani's P.O.V.
Watching out the window on Kylo's bed, I see the ginger yelling at stormtroopers. He looks like he's causing a scene in the hangar, his face is even getting red as his hair. I haven't seen Kylo at all in the hangar all day. He wasn't here when I woke this morning, but the cuffs were around my wrists. It's been days since my pestering of questions, I haven't ask him much of anything lately so I don't bother him like I did that night. Two stormtroopers came in to give me breakfast and lunch, as well as the same woman to dress me and pin up my hair. I'm in a loose sundress, its pumpkin orange with gold specks all over it. It's held up by thin straps that are tied with bows on the shoulders. My hair braided into two low buns that also have orangey gold bows.
The stormtrooper, FN-2187, was here again when the woman did my hair. I noticed his head turning to the cupboards as she pinned up my hair. I believe he's sensing the light saber hidden away in it, but I'm not sure, I'm not sure if the saber is even inside the cabinet. I haven't been able to check, but I do know something force sensitive is inside. It's in the middle of the afternoon and I wait patiently for Kylo Ren to return. Hopefully, he's coming back earlier to work here. When he works from his room, I get the cuffs off me and more options to spend my time.
When he comes back late, I feel antsy waiting for him; I feel like a pet sometimes, but I know it's because he doesn't trust me yet. I not sure what I'd do now if he left me alone in the room without the restraints. I might try to leave, but at this point I don't feel the need to run away. He isn't planning on hurting me or forcing me to turn to the darkside anymore. I just wish I had more to do now, I crave his attention more since his is the only one I get nowadays. Without the need to run away, I'm just waiting throughout the day to see Kylo, then I decide if I want to enjoy his company or annoyed by it, but whatever I choose is better than staring out a window. After a moment of watching the raging ginger, I hear the door behind me and I turn around to find Kylo Ren walking in.
He's always in his helmet when he comes in, but takes it off once near the desk. As I kneel back down on the bed, I notice a small cage in his hand and a small bag in the other. Crawling to the edge of his bed curiously, I watch him set the bag and cage on the love seat. He takes off his helmet once his hands are free and sets it on the desk. I'm watching the cage as he watches me and I speak up from not being able to control myself, "What did you bring?"
"Something that won't bore you, angel." Kylo murmurs while taking the restraints off my wrists. I head over to the loveseat and kneel in front of the cage, thrilled to see what it is. Kylo never brought me anything besides perhaps something to eat. He steps around my kneeling form to his desk and turns on the screen before sitting down in his chair. Out of the corner of my eyes I can tell Kylo's watching me. He admires my dress before watching my expression patiently. Looking into the cage, I see something in the corner smile at me. My eyes go wide and I look up at Kylo in shock before asking, "You got me an animal? Is it mine to keep?"
"Yes. It's a baby Loth-cat," Kylo informs me with amusement as he leans back in his chair. I feel him studying me with enjoyment from my reaction, but I don't care as I try to see what animal it is. I hear him from the desk explain boredly, ,"It'll have a temper at first but it's only a baby so give her time and she'll obey you." Raising an eyebrow, he then mocks, "Sound like anyone you know, hm?"
Rolling my eyes from his dig, I watch what's in the cage move. I've never had a pet before and he knows that, but I assume this one won't be hard to deal with if Kylo's giving it to me. Putting the cage on the floor beside where I'm kneeling, I open the little door. I wait for something to walk out of it, but nothing does at first, causing me to frown before peering up to Kylo. He's reading something on his desk screen and in the next second something sprints over my dress and under the bed. My eyes go wide with excitement and search around the room before lowering my head to peek under the bed. I see something moving in the center, but it's too dark underneath the bed to tell what the cat looks like. Lifting my head up, I find Kylo's eyes on me again, he's watching me as if I'm the baby animal. Glancing at the small bag he also brought, I grab it and rest it in my lap to unzip it.
Inside are a few chew toys and a bag of treats, I stare it a still stunned that Kylo Ren of all people got these things for the loth-kitten. I never expected him to do all this just so I wouldn't be bored throughout the day. Glancing up I see his eyes are on his screen but I know his attention is on me by the way he's sitting. I feel a smile tug on my lips; I try to hide as I take out the bag of small treats. Opening the bag and taking out a few treats, I place one under the bed before making a trail to my dress. Putting the bag away, I wait patiently for the cat to come out; when I hear something chewing, my eyes beam with anticipation. The cat comes out eating the trail of snacks, not paying any attention to me. It's so small I could fit it in my hands, and I bet Kylo could fit three in his hands.
The loth-kitten fur is dark yellow with brown and white patches. Its ears are a big as its head pointing straight up with an enormous mouth and a thick tail. The kitten's feet look like something on a bird with no fur. Watching the small cat intently, I see sharp teeth chomping down on the treats. My heart's pounding at the sight of the creature, I've never had something so small for me to take care of, but this has to be the most adorable thing I've ever seen besides chewy.
Once the kitten has finished all the treats, I laid out for her; she looks up at me hissing before running across the room and into the bathroom. My eyes follow her, forgetting all about Kylo I grab the little bag of toys and follow the cat into the bathroom. When I'm in the bathroom, I find the kitten sniffing the tile before looking at me and snap its jaw at me. Smiling at the insignificant creature, I take out a toy shaped rat, kneel and dangle it in front of me, getting the kitten's attention on to the stuffed toy. It growls at the toy and giggling I think out loud, "You're a snippy little thing, aren't you?"
The kitten pounces at the toy and grabs it with its teeth. I let it go and kitten shakes its head as if it's trying to kill the play rat. I continue to laugh at it and pull out the bag of treats. The kitten immediately drops the rat and slowly heads to me with its eyes on the bag. Taking out one, I hold out my palm for the loth-cat to take. Eyeing the treat and me, the kitten finally gets close enough to my hand to take the treat. Snapping at me with the treat in its mouth, the kitten runs back to the toy rat to chew the treat. Grinning ear to ear, I put the treats back in the bag saying to the little creature, "I think I'll call you snips... Snips."
I take out another toy that's a small stuffed mouse. I toss it to Snips; she catches it and puts it with the other toy rat. Looking at the fake rodents, Snips looks back at me with an enormous smile like I saw in the cage. Taking the larger rodent toy, Snips crawls over to me and drops it in front of my knees. I'm beaming at the kitten and raise my hand to pet it between her pointed ears. The smile on Snips face doesn't fade and mine only grows wider. Picking up Snips, she bites the toy rat as I bring her to my chest. She seems to be calm in my hands, which only makes my excitement grow knowing she's warming up to me. Standing up and leaving the bathroom with her in my hands, I look over to Kylo who's tapping something on his desk.
Snips is chewing on the rat as I make my way over to him. Once I'm by his side, he peers up at me, away from his work, and leans back slightly. Our eyes meet and I find him staring adoringly at me, making me think I'm too ecstatic about my new pet. Moving his hand from his desk to my hip, Kylo admires my dress without bothering to look at the creature in my arms. Without a thought I sit on his lap to give him a better view of the kitten in my hands I express in delight, "Look, she likes me."
"I can see that, angel." He states in contentment while peering down at the cat in my hands; his hand holds my waist, keeping me on his thighs. I send him a glare from his last word but look back down at Snips biting into the toy rat. As if she senses all eyes on her, Snips looks up at us. Instantly she drops the toy from her mouth and snaps at Kylo before walking out of my hand to my lap on top of his. Snips walks up to my thigh to Kylo's hand on my hip and bits down on a finger like she was just doing to the rat. I burst out laughing and Kylo's hand quickly pulls his hand off me, grumbling softly to himself. Snips lays facing where his hand had been as if she's waiting for it to reappear for her to have another try. Taking off his glove, we both find bite marks on his finger and a little blood coming out, which only makes my laughs last longer. Kylo sends me an annoyed expression, but I only peer down to Snips. Rubbing my hand on her fur I tell him with such optimism, "I named her Snips... Doesn't it sound right for her?"
"Yes..." Kylo growls with his eyes watching the cat, I can tell he's regretting this as a pet for me. The reasons he's regretting it only make me more pleased to have her. I glance at his thin expression and smirk before talking to Snips in a sarcastic tone, "I know, he's just a brute, isn't he? Don't worry, you can bite him all you want." Peering up at Kylo with a lopsided grin I find him not entertained by me words, he seems agitated by them even and I chuckle as I continue, "Be sure to bit his toes when you get the chance."
"You think you're so clever-" Kylo speaks with his head shaking, but Snips interrupts him with a growl. Grinning at the cat, I pet her back while looking up at Kylo. He's glaring at the cat before peering at me, for a moment he's staring thinly at me but his expression softens. Grabbing the toy rat, he tosses it across the room and Snips goes chasing after it. I watch her go with a glint in my eyes as Kylo's hand slides back around my waist. The feeling of his hand on me makes my head turn back to him and I find him studying my face. His other hand comes up to my head as pushes a short curl out of my face while asking curiously, "You genuinely like the creature?"
"Yes, I love her." I beam as his hand skims my hair down to one of my buns. I watch his eyes go to my nose and cheeks, then to my bun his knuckles graze before to my lips. My smile drops a little and his eyes are back to mine, I feel something shift in his mind and I suddenly grow nervous from what it is. His hand moves down slightly to hold my cheek and he mumbles in a satisfactory tone, "I'm pleased you like her, you know Loth-Cat's a force sensitive- What the..."
"Why..." Looking down, I see Snips biting into Kylo's ankle and express to her jokingly, "Good job, Snips. Get the big back Kylo Ren." Her toy is just beside his foot, forgotten with her teeth sunk into his skin. Giggle I pick her up, as well as the toy and stand up from Kylo's lap to walk over to the bed. I feel Kylo's eyes watching me as I climb on the bed, setting Snips beside me with her toy, I mutter to her, "I'm force sensitive too, you know. Runs in my family, I bet you don't like the side of the force Kylo's using either, don't you?"
Lay down around her, I toss the rat on the bed and watch her go after it before bringing it back to me. I grin every time she sets it right in front of my face. I dangle it above her and she tries to jump up to grab it. Glancing at Kylo as I dangle the toy in the air, I see him observing me with a small, tired smile. It's the first time I've seen him smile in years, I almost don't recognize it as a smile from it being on his lips. Sure enough though, he's smiling at me; it's faint but genuine toward me. He doesn't seem resentful at my words to Snips, only intrigued by what else I have to chitchat with Snips. My expression stills as I remember Anakin's words weeks ago; You are the only person who can bring him back to the light.
Perhaps he's right, perhaps I can still bring out the best in him and draw him back to the light side of the force.