Star Wars: A dyad in the Force Chapter 76: The Proposal, a star wars fanfic

Warning: Major Spoilers of TRoS.

Note: This is a Reylo FanFiction (slow-burn)

「Act 76: The Proposal」

Millennium Falcon,38 ABY

His head was pounding. Bladder full. He moved his jaw and felt that his mouth was dry; as he moved, he felt concrete and grit push into his face. He slowly pulled up his large frame leaning against the Falcon's metallic wall, and his temporarily dislocated spirit tried to reconnect to his body. He had woken up from one more night from his past haunting him; he was pale, panting, and filled with sweat. He was a somewhat brave person, but sometimes he didn't want to feel the process of recovery all over again.

But he had to.

A moment later, his mind had slowly returned to reality, and he recalled where he was. They were already inside the Falcon on their way back to Ajan Kloss; they spent yesterday in the Galactic City and decided later the same night to take their leave. Rey, Finn, and Jannah went one last time in the market shopping, and Ben spent the evening with Poe and Chewie talking about the wedding.

Ben could have a few more hours of sleep, but he was anxious about proposing to Rey. Rey. He thought and leaned over her softly kissing her forehead and watching her sleep for a while; he pulled the sheets and covered her naked form. Then he slowly crawled down the bed and reached for his black trousers and shirt. He wore them, climbed down the storage unit, and took a small break inside the bathroom to take care of his bladder.

He headed towards the cockpit and sat down at the pilot's seat. It calmed him a bit down; he could still not explain his link with the Falcon. Everyone was still sleeping, and soon Ben thought in which way he should ask Rey. He smirked in irony; if someone said to Kylo Ren back then that there would come a day he would be tense about asking Rey to marry him, he would not believe him.

"Are you ever going to rest?" Poe said to Ben, as Ben turned and found him taking a seat next to the co-pilot's seat.

Ben nodded, still not paying full attention to Poe. "Talked with Rey and agreed to make it official... " he sighed. "I suck at those things; how am I supposed to ask her?"

Poe typed a few new commands, waiting for the Falcon's vitals test. "You told us last night," he said with a hint of a smile, "Did you already forget?"

Ben turned his expressive dark eyes and stared at Poe as he had lost track of time. "I have thought of so many ways, but neither..."

"Like Rey," Poe grumbled, and Ben nodded.

Poe grabbed against the co-pilot's chair and stood up, gesturing to Ben to follow him. He sat down on the couch in the lounge and placed a small wooden box on the table. Ben followed him, sitting on the right, watching the TV, confused. "Open it!" Poe offered with a smile on his face.

Ben studied the wooden box way longer than he should, and then he took it and opened it. Inside were two silver engagement rings, their names carved on the inside. He was speechless, casting a glance over to Poe and then again fixing his gaze against the rings.

"Poe, how? Those are perfect! Thank you!" Ben smiled in earnest and tapped his friend's shoulder.

"Just make sure you wear the larger Ring." Poe nudged him, leaning against the couch and yawning, "I could sleep for days, he complained."

Ben tilted his head in a remark of Poe note, "I think Rey's wouldn't fit me!" he teased back.

Poe lifted his arms, stretching a bit lazily, and pointed at the more massive ring, "No, they included your tracker inside the ring. So they can monitor you won't escape from Tatooine." he explained plainly.

"Wait," his hand made a stop gesture, "You included the tracker in my wedding ring?"

"Since you will wear it all the time," Poe answered, "It was that or injecting somewhere in your body, would you prefer that?"

Ben shook his head, disturbed. "No, the ring sounds like a better option."

Both relaxed and talked most of the night, and without notice, they drifted asleep. It was dawn when Rey and the rest woke up and walked towards the central area. There they found Poe snuggling with Ben as they were sleeping. There was confusion in the air, and Rey exchanged awkward looks with Finn. In the meanwhile, both woke up and found themselves in a very close hug. They almost jumped and pulled apart.

"Poe!" Ben said in a low voice, "Have you lost it!"

Poe was still yawning. He was not confused with their sleeping position than that he had a profound and great sleep. "That was the best nap I ever had!" he said, smiling at Ben.

"Keep it down! Leave now! And don't tell that to anyone!" he threatened him.

"You liked it too, buddy, Admit it!" he told him, "I am not leaving. Let's do that again?"

"What? No! Leave!" he shouted, slightly angry. Yet, he paused, thinking that he slept well and deep.

"See! So let's sleep for a bit longer!" Poe added.

Ben sighed and decided to step away before someone saw them. "If you won't, I will, before Rey..." Ben paused at the spot.

"Rey has already heard you and saw you! Be my guest and sleep more..." she mocked him.

"See! Rey does not mind!" Poe said and tried to snuggle against Ben once more.

Ben freaked out. "Rey is not like that. You see! We..."

She stepped closer and put her finger against his lips "Sash! Ben! You can go on sleeping with Poe... Since it was the best nap!" she scoffed. "As for you, Poe, Finn isn't pleased."

"What? When? I am dead! Sorry, Ben!" Poe said and leaped up only to stumble against Finn, and he tried to smile with his most seductive smile, hoping Finn wouldn't kill him.

Rey tried not to laugh at their reaction. It was just priceless. She looked at Ben, who was speechless. She was about to tease him a bit further as she noted the wooden box next to the couch. She skipped over and picked it up, looking at it and the rings. "You got our wedding rings?"

Ben took a deep breath while casting a glare at Poe, and he stood up next to Rey. "About this, I didn't want you to find out like that, listen... I..." Ben mumbled in disbelief.

Rey took the wooden box and took a seat, observing with a smile, "Why are you acting up?" Rey quizzed, baffled. "I'm glad you got them because yesterday it was so chaotic, I haven't bought any."

Ben defeated sat next to her; his head dropped. "Poe managed to get those for us," he said, pointing at him. Finn and Poe were looking at the pair, while Ben's reaction changed, "What? You would?"

"Yes, yesterday with Finn and Jannah, we have arranged most of the details. Date, location, dress,... even the paperwork!" Rey offered casually.

"Rey," he argued, "You have already set a date for the wedding; we haven't even talked about that?" Ben was done, he was sure now he had died, and this should be the afterlife. Things like those cannot happen in reality. It was just too stupid and unbelievable.

Rey smiled and walked over, wrapping her arms around Ben's neck as she rose on her tiptoes. "Ben, we agreed to start a family in Tatooine; a wedding was the next step." she tried to read his reaction, "Why don't you want us to get married? We can make changes, the date, and everything; nothing is official yet."

"Yes," Ben said, "I want to marry you!"

But Ben was interrupted by Poe. "See buddy, it worked out; you have your wedding proposal after all! Congrats!"

"Congratulations!" added Finn.

"That's not exactly what I had in mind," Ben revealed, "But it works!" Ben pulled Rey against him and hugged her close to him. "What am I going to do with you?"

「Upcoming Chapter: Act Seventy - Seven」

Okay, guys, that's all. I hope you enjoyed reading the 76th chapter.

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Misshavoc84: You don't call it a Proposal exactly, but I found it perfect for Rey and Ben. ^_^

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