Telling Obi-Wan… it… well, it hadn't gone well, but it wasn't like she had expected it would. She would have had to be delusional to think that she would have told him that she had kept this a secret from him and that he would just be okay with it. She didn't even think she would want that, because then he obviously wouldn't have cared too much about not being there for… Bo-Katan, and Satine knew Obi-Wan wasn't the kind of man who would be okay abandoning his child. He would have done something for Bo-Katan, even if he had stayed in the order, but she would have felt awful for ruining his dreams for herself and her… Bo.
Satine didn't even feel like she had the right to call Bo her daughter in her head. Not after everything. After all these years of her mother raising her, she felt more like a little sister to her. Maybe Bo really had been better off being raised by her mother.
But the adoption… It hadn't been done right. Maybe closed adoption was fine for some people, but those people probably still knew they had been adopted their whole life. Satine wished Bo could have known the truth about her. Things could have been better between the two of them if that was the case. And more importantly Bo might have accepted this more.
Satine was horrible. Bo was… not taking this well and Obi-Wan was furious with her. Yes, he wouldn't say it because anger led to the dark side and he was just a good person, but he was angry and probably hated her. She had taken something from him. Something more important than anything else. The chance to be there for his child.
She wished there was a way that she could get both of them to forgive her. Bo, Korkie, and Obi-Wan were her life. She loved them all more than anyone. Especially Bo and Korkie. Obi-Wan… well… she still loved him and thought she could be in love with him again, but she knew he wouldn't want that.
"I really am—" Satine tried to say as she and Obi-Wan waited in one of the living areas of the palace.
"You're sorry… I know, you've said that before," he said, sharply not like he ever had before. He had always been so kind and compassionate with her in the past. He was so different than anyone else she had known.
Satine couldn't say anything and just looked at the floor. She couldn't blame him for being upset. She had failed everyone. Even Korkie would probably be upset when he found out the truth, but she could still make sure everything was okay with the two of them. Just because Bo was her daughter that didn't mean she didn't love Korkie. If she could, she would have adopted him.
If she could… She was the Duchess of Mandalore. She should be able to do whatever she wanted. She should…
"Where's Bo-Katan?" Obi-Wan asked. "Does she go by Bo or Bo-Katan or something else?"
"You should call her Bo-Katan at first," Satine said. She did go by Bo sometimes, but she didn't even know Obi-Wan yet and Bo wasn't super trusting.
"Where is she? Didn't you say that she should be back by now?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I…" Satine was about to tell him that she should be back by now, but then the two opened and Bo walked right in. Bo's eyes widened right away and she took a couple steps backward.
At first Satine was worried she would run away.
There was no way that this was really happening. It was impossible. Bo stared at her sister… Now she wished she had done what Pre Vizsla wanted and left with him right away, but she had said that now wasn't the right time. That she needed to wait a little bit.
"Bo-Katan," Satine said as she came over to her. She paused but then pulled Bo in a hug. She leaned close and whispered in her ear. "If you're not ready for this, I can make… him leave. But you… I know that it will be good for you to talk to him and he came all this way to talk to you, ad'ika."
Him… so this was her… Stars… This was so messed up.
She pushed Satine away. The Jedi actually pretty much caught Satine. Maybe that would have impressed her before but now… But now… he was just using the Force and…
Satine didn't seem to care and moved away from Obi-Wan. "Bo-Bo, if you're not ready for this, we can wait until another time." Satine came over to her again, despite what she had done. She took her hands and this time Bo allowed it.
"I… I didn't think…"
He was Jedi and Jedis didn't care about attachments. Basically, they were dead beats who hit it and quit it. Yes, they could say that they just did this because of attachments, but it seemed very convenient to Bo. They could have sex, but just couldn't be there for their kids and the women who they got pregnant.
It made things easy for them.
So why was he here acting like he cared even a tiny bit?
And it had to be only a tiny bit.
But he was still here. Staring at Bo.
He took a couple steps toward her. He looked… nothing like she had imagined her father would. But she had already met her father. Just because this… Jedi had given her… half his DNA… didn't make him her father.
But her stomach twisted when she saw him. She couldn't help but touch her hair. He was ginger like she was. Not as much but still. Red head. She had gotten it from someone who was breathing. Not some long dead relative like people had always told her before. And just… she had some other features like his. She couldn't stand it. They were subtle and slightly different with her being a girl, but still.
Something like this wasn't meant to happen.
"Bo-Katan, I'm…." he swallowed and bit his lip. Nervous. "I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi." He sounded unsure even as he said that. "Your mother—I mean—your sister, she told me everything."
Bo blinked and stared at him. "Everything?"
"Yes," Obi-Wan took another step forward. "I'm… I…" He looked at Satine and then back at Bo-Katan. "I'm sorry for not being there for you, Bo-Katan."
Bo stared at him. "I didn't think you'd ever bother coming. You Jedi don't care about kids you make. You only care about yourselves and then claim it's for the greater good."
Obi-Wan's eyes widened when she said that.
"I know about the Jedi not wanting attachments." Bo made sure she glared at him. She was sure that he made Satine feel like shit. Bo might be mad at her sister, but still. Maybe it made little sense since she had wanted Satine hurt by him refusing to come. It just bothered her that he was now probably blaming her for not being here. "Obviously you wouldn't want anything to do with me or my sister either. We were just a mistake, especially me."
It was gross, but she was sure that he had enjoyed his time with her sister before he had left her.
Obi-Wan took a step back as if she had struck him. A rush of guilt rushed through her which she pushed away.
"I want to get to know you, Bo-Katan. You're… I never thought I would be lucky enough to have a daughter."
Bo could only stare at him. Obviously, he was messing with her. Or trying to make himself look like a good guy.
"I'm not stupid," Bo spat out. "I know how you Jedi are. I know what you think of us, Mandalorians."
He kept staring at her. Why could his eyes remind her so much of hers even though they weren't even the same color? She hated all of this. She glared at her sister. Her sister who had caused all these problems… But it wasn't like she was the only who caused the problem. He could have checked on her sister, but Obi-Wan hadn't cared. He had been too obsessed with his own life.
Why would he care about Bo and her family? He had Jedi things to worry about. Jedi thought only their own things mattered. Why would he care about her? Especially since she obviously wasn't that Force Sensitive.
Stars, at least she hoped not. She didn't want to be Force sensitive enough to be like him… But even if she was, would it make a difference to him? She was a Mando. And Mandalorians didn't become, Jedis.
Bo would never have become something like that.
Right? But the thought of it… it made her stomach twist horribly.
"Bo-Katan, I want to get to know you. I never thought I would have… a family." His eyes saddened when he said that but then when he looked at her… when he looked at her… Stars, it was almost like he saw something good and wonderful in her. Something hopeful. "Knowing you exist—"
"I'm sure your Jedi Order is sad that you disobeyed them and fuc—"
"Bo-Katan," Satine said. "It wasn't like that at all." She sighed and looked down. "And it's my fault Obi-Wan didn't know. Not his. He would have loved to be there with you."
Somehow it was just like Satine to defend him. There had been a part of her that had been holding back. Satine had seen her sister after dates. She had even heard her talk to their mother. She would go on and on about how it wasn't right and it wasn't like she had experienced before. Bo had never thought more into that before.
But now she did. Before meant Obi-Wan. He was the one that she was comparing the other men to.
"I would have," Obi-Wan said. Once again, he was blaming Satine, even though he probably didn't even see how she was doing. He probably didn't contact her to make sure she was okay and not pregnant.
"Would have?" Bo spat out.
"I mean I would have and I still want to," Obi-Wan said. "I want to get to know you."
"Really? You had no problem abandoning my sister." Bo tried to give him the worst glare that she possibly could have. She should have left with Pre. Then she would have been free of all of them. She could have become a real Mandalorian and not the weird type her sister wanted. Why didn't she understand that wasn't how the Galaxy worked?
Did she want Mandalore to be hurt?
"I…" Obi-Wan said. His blue eyes widened
"He never abandoned me," Satine said. Still defending him. "He didn't know about you."
"Yes, but did he think about asking how you were doing?" Bo asked, taking a step toward them. "Did he think about checking in on the girl he had spent a year with and… and…" Bo hated what she was thinking but she was still going to force it out. "Obviously fucked and didn't even use protection. He should have known… he should have known a baby… that I was possible, but he didn't care about us." She shook her head. "He only cared about himself and the Jedi Order, Satine. He can act like he was a victim and you're so bad for not telling him, but he could have come back to you."
Satine had been going through a lot then. Yes, Obi-Wan was a Jedi, but that wasn't the same as ruling a whole sector of planets, but he had left her and hadn't even checked in. Satine wouldn't have been strong enough not to tell him about the pregnancy if he had visited, but he hadn't cared.
Maybe Bo even had other half siblings out there.
"I… I…" Obi-Wan looked at Satine.
"You didn't. You abandoned Satine, so don't act like you're some kind of saint." Bo put her hands on her hips. "And don't act like you want to be my father when you've shown for years that you don't care about us."
Bo didn't say anything else and she stormed out. She said all she wanted to. Obi-Wan could play the victim all he wanted. It didn't change anything. And she would not let someone like that into her heart.
She had gone through too much pain already.
