Ahsoka was bored.
So very incredibly bored.
She knew that everyone else was bored too. Rex had long since given up trying to quiet the rest of the 501st, not that Anakin really minded anyways. Everyone was mostly just tired and cold and ready to be picked up by the shuttle to take them off this stupid planet.
Ahsoka stuffed her hands in her pockets, bounced a little on the edges of her toes. She looked around once, wondering if maybe there was some animal that might come out. Earlier in the mission, she had spotted at least a few foxlike creatures lurking around the white, and she had wanted to play with them.
That was when she realized that she must be really bored if she wanted to play with creatures that might potentially have very sharp teeth and very short tempers.
That makes the two of us, Ahsoka thought, huffing out a breath. She waited for a moment longer, kicked up some snow. She looked over to her master, who was looking up at the skies.
"I'm never letting him hear the end of this," Anakin muttered, and Ahsoka at least managed a quick smile at that. She was sure that her master and herself would delight in telling Obi-Wan that he had been late.
Ahsoka kicked at the snow again. She had seen snow before, of course. And she didn't mind it—but she preferred warmer weather anyways. She kicked at the snow again.
She looked around at the men around her. Some of them were doing the same—bored little scuffs of their feet against the snow.
Ahsoka paused. And then, glancing at Rex to make sure he wasn't looking, she kicked a little snow his way. She quickly looked away when Rex turned her way—she did her best to look innocent, but she could have sworn Rex's eyes narrowed even through that helmet of his.
Ahsoka kept her hands clasped tightly behind her back, her posture straight. She was wondering when and who she could kick the snow at next when she felt something smack her back.
Ahsoka spun around, this time to find Rex staring solidly ahead.
She patted down the back of her parka—felt the snow there. And even though everyone else remained helmeted, Ahsoka could have sworn she heard some snickers.
Ahsoka bit back a smile of her own. She turned slowly back around, casually swung her hands to her sides.
And then, in a flash, she swept down to the snow, just barely dodging a snowball.
This time, she heard it hit her master.
There were quiet swears and hushes, and Ahsoka looked up to see Anakin's eyes narrow at his men.
A beat passed.
And then Anakin said, "Seriously?"
"General—"
"Cowards," Anakin said, and then he swept down next to Ahsoka. "Come on, Snips."
Ahsoka didn't bother arguing. She exchanged a giddy grin with him and then they were both up in a flash of blue and white.
Ahsoka got a snowball right at Rex's shoulder—she got hit in the back again while she was trying to scoop up some more snow. Anakin's hood fell off to reveal his flushed face and the snow beading his hair. In almost no time at all, the 501st was split up amongst the snowbanks, laughing and shouting as they either hurled or dodged snowballs.
They were laughing so hard that Ahsoka almost didn't notice the shuttle coming down—and she did see Obi-Wan step out, and she did mean to stop the fun, but…well. She had a snowball fight to finish.
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