Cody's miserable by the time he gets home. Rex was kind enough to not say anything when he picked his brother up from the park.
Cody would only explain this once, and he would prefer to do it with their buir present.
It pained him to think about. He couldn't see Ben's face clearly in the darkness, but he could guess that his beautiful eyes were filled with tears. Cody had to make this right. He had to figure out what he could do to fix this.
He couldn't imagine a life without Ben now that he had met the man. He was a bright spot of sunshine in Cody's life and now that it was gone, covered in grey clouds?
Cody didn't know what to do.
"Ad'ika?" His buir's voice shakes him out of his misery for a moment and he turns watery eyes on him. Jango's face is soft but blurred in Cody's eyes. "Me'bana?"
Cody breaks down in front of him. His father gathers him in his and Rex takes the picnic basket and blanket from him.
Jango walks his son over to the couch and sits with him, not once taking his arms off his boy.
"Cody?" Rex asks, sitting gently beside his crying twin.
"It was a mistake," Cody whispers. "A misunderstanding."
Rex and Jango's eyes meet as their stomachs drop at the words.
"She just showed up. She knew where I was and she knew I was waiting for Ben." His words are difficult to understand through his tears. "She waited until he was there. Then she kissed me."
"Haar'chak!" Jango exclaims, the curse coming out as a growl.
"That ori'jagyc."
Cody's tears slow at hearing his buir and vod curse out Ventress.
"What do I do?" He asks, his words muffled as his head is still pressed against his father's chest.
"We'll figure it out," Rex says. "You just have to explain it to Ben."
"What if he doesn't believe me?"
"He will," Jango says, so sure of himself. He hasn't known Ben for long, but he knows the kind of person that he is. "I think the biggest problem will be convincing his ade that what happened wouldn't happen again and that it was a misunderstanding."
Cody snorted at the thought. Ben's children were very protective of their father. He knew Anakin would be very distrustful of Cody for a long time. Cody didn't think Anakin would accept his apology for a while and Ahsoka wouldn't either. She was 3, but she followed her brother very closely in regard to certain things. Their father is one of them.
"What do I do about Ventress?" Cody asks, his gut rolling at the thought of her. She made him sick. "She'll always be here."
"We could call Wolffe," Rex says, throwing the idea of calling their cousin over to help with the problem. Cody snorts at the idea and it doesn't seem like a terrible one.
"You're not calling Wolffe to handle this problem." Their father's voice interrupts their laughter and they fall silent, though their small smiles are still on their faces. "For now, we're going to get some sleep. Tomorrow, you're going over to Ben's home and you're going to talk to him." Jango commands, authority in his voice that tells his sons they can't back out of this. "You can take Rex with you." He adds, knowing it would probably be easier on both Cody and Ben if someone else was there.
Cody nods against his father's chest.
"Alright."
Rex rubs his brothers back softly.
"It'll be alright, vod."
Mando'a Translations: Buir: father Ad'ika: little one Me'bana: What happened? Haar'chak!: Damn it! Ori'jagyc: Useless, despicable person Vod: brother Ade: children
