Anakin and Padmé set to the task of setting up the camp they would share for the week. Anakin went to start a fire while Padmé would work on the rest of the camp. Anakin decided he would setup the fire near the cave entrance. This would provide the proper ventilation for the smoke the fire generated and also scare off any creatures that came upon the cave. Anakin piled some of the firewood from their supplies near the entrance, and ignited it with the blade of his lightsaber.
Padmé knew that her and Anakin would be comfortable in their winter clothes during the day. However, it was known that Hoth's temperature dropped sharply at night. They would need a way to stay warm at night. Unfortunately, she could only find one thermal sleeping bag among the supplies. She blushed at the thought of sharing it with Anakin. After all, she could not let him freeze. She laid the sleeping bag on the cave floor where it could be warmed by the fire. She knew she would have to discuss the sleeping arrangements with Anakin, but she was too embarrassed at the moment. That would have to wait until later.
After laying out the sleeping bag, Padmé turned to find something to eat. The food in the supplies consisted of several cans of soup, some bread, and some berries. Having finished building the fire, Anakin walked towards Padmé, and she turned towards him and asked. "Well what do you want for supper?"
"It doesn't matter to me, what do you want?"
She smiled, "Ok, lets have some soup and a little of the bread."
Padmé bent down and grabbed a can of soup, and some of the bread. While Anakin found two pots, 2 mugs, and two bowls and picked them up as well. Both carried their items towards the fire. Anakin set the bowls down on the ground, and Padmé split the bread up, laying an equal amount on each one. Anakin grabbed some snow from the entrance of the cave and put it in one of the pots. He would heat up the snow so that they would have something to drink with dinner. Padmé dumped the contents of the can of soup into the other pot and was walking towards the fire to heat up the pot when Anakin stopped her.
"No, I'll cook it. We don't need you getting burned."
"Who says I would get burned." Padmé replied indignantly. "You can just as easily get burned from holding on to the pots."
Anakin smiled, "Well it's a good thing I don't need to hold on to them." With that he levitated both pots toward the fire using the Force.
"You know, I would have been careful. I would not have burned myself."
"Maybe, but I'm not risking it."
Padmé sighed, it was useless arguing with him, so she sat down on the ground and nibbled on a piece of bread. Anakin sat down beside her and ate his own bread. They remained in silence for a while, until Padmé decided to start a conversation.
"So, besides defeating Sith Lords, what else have you been up to since I saw you last."
"Nothing much," Anakin shrugged, "Jedi business."
"Which is?"
"Training, going on missions to various worlds to help keep the peace, you know…Jedi Business."
Padmé rolled her eyes, "That's pretty vague, care to provide any details."
"Well, it's not that exciting, just standard Jedi missions. What have you been up to since becoming senator?"
"Fighting for the good of the people of the galaxy, debating the passage of bills, meeting with legislators, senate stuff."
Anakin smirked, "And you accuse me of being vague."
Padmé blushed when she realized he was right, "Well the life of a lowly senator is not as exciting as that of a Jedi Knight."
"Do you think destroying Sith Lords is exciting, I find it disheartening that such evil exists." Anakin replied as he used the Force to bring the pots of cooked food towards them. He poured the water in the two mugs, and poured some soup in each bowl. They did not have any spoons, so they would have to slurp it straight from the bowl.
"I never thought of it that way," Padmé replied as she picked up her soup bowl.
Afterwards, they ate in silence, neither knowing what to say to the other. After dinner both cleaned their dishes with the snow, and placed them with the rest of their supplies. It was growing dark, and Padmé shivered as she started to feel the chill of Hoth's night.
Noticing Padmé's chill Anakin asked, "Did you find any sleeping bags with the supplies? We will need to bundle up if we don't want to freeze."
Padmé nodded and blushed as she replied, "Yes, but there is only one, we'll have to share."
"We can take turns. You can sleep first, and I'll stay out, I can use the Force to reduce some of the chill, then we can switch."
"No you'll freeze! The sleeping bag is big enough for two, I will sleep on one side and you can sleep on the other." She knew that Anakin would try to spend the most time outside the sleeping bag, even if he was cold.
"It's alright Padmé, I'll be fine if we sleep in shifts."
Padmé was a little uncomfortable with the thought of sleeping with Anakin, after all she had never slept with a man before, but she did not want Anakin to freeze to death either. She didn't care if he was a Jedi and was one with the Force; she was not going to let him kill himself on her account. "Don't argue with me," she replied angrily, "I will not have you suffer hypothermia or frostbite. I do not want to explain to the Jedi Council, why Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker returned to Coruscant as a popsicle!"
"But…milady."
"Don't milady me," she said pointing a finger in his chest. "We will share the sleeping bag, and that's final."
Anakin sighed. It was pointless to argue with her, she would not change her mind. Additionally, Senator Amidala was not weak minded so a mind trick would not work either. They would be at this all night if he did not concede, and then she would freeze. "As you wish, milady." Anakin said. He then opened up the sleeping bag and let Padmé slide in first. He reluctantly slid in after her. The both took opposite ends of the bag, both trying not to touch the other.
"Goodnight Ani," Padmé said tensely.
"It's Anakin, I haven't been Ani in years."
"Goodnight Anakin," Padmé repeated in the same harsh tone.
"Goodnight milady"
With the end of the argument, the only remaining sound was the crackling of the nearby fire. The two people in the cave may have been tense from their sleeping arrangements. However, they relaxed as warmth surrounded them, and they soon drifted to sleep.