so, i thought i had posted this already but apparently not. once again thanks Leona2016 for helping me out!

Hux met up with Bohdi once school ended. He had barely sat down when Bohdi handed him a copy of the schedule he had made.

"There are a lot of people on this list," Hux grumbled.

"You think so?" Bohdi asked absentmindedly while he dug around inside his backpack. A smile formed on his lips as he pulled out a bright blue highlighter. "Here, just circle which times you'll be available for and I'll handle the other ones."

" All of the other ones?"

Bohdi nodded; "Yeah...I can just skip one of my classes if I need to."

"Uh-huh..." Hux mused as he looked over the paper in his hand.

Bohdi leaned over Hux's shoulder and clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth. "Actually..." he reclaimed the highlighter and circled some of the times himself. "It would be really helpful if you could take care of these time slots."

Hux clenched his jaw. 'If you were just going to pick times yourself, why pretend I had a choice!'

Lucky for you Finn's time is in the blue circle. Kylo pointed out. Just agree so we can move on.

Hux exhaled slowly through his nose and nodded. "Alright, sounds good."

Bohdi beamed and thanked him one more time before he ran off, sending him a far too friendly wave. Hux glared at his retreating back, cramming the schedule in his shoulder bag. It ended up crinkled in one of the side pockets.

Would you perk up just a little? You should be feeling happy.

Hux sighed as he walked down the street. 'I am happy...'

Before either of them could say anything more Hux was grabbed from behind. Two slim arms had wrapped around his waist and hugged him closed, nearly tripping Hux mid-step. Hux's instinctive urge to rip himself free was overruled by the computer in his head so he didn't so much as flail about. Swallowing down his ire which had no outlet thanks to Kylo, Hux forced himself to calm down enough and turned his head so he could identify his assailant.

It was Dopheld.

"Oh," Hux breathed out, "it's just you."

"Did I startle you?"

Hux shook his head. "No...not really."

"Well, I'm glad I caught you," Dopheld chuckled and released him. "Literally."

Hux ignored the pitiful attempt at wordplay and instead uttered a simple, "Oh?"

"Mhm." Dopheld smiled up at him. "I wanted to know if you were free this weekend."

"Uh..." Hux shrugged. "Honestly, I'm not sure. But I will notify you once I find out."

"Oh...okay." The edges of Dopheld's mouth dropped. "Okay, well...just let me know."

"Of course."

"Right...So...I uh...I'll text you later," Dopheld said and waved a half-hearted "goodbye'.

Hux rubbed his forehead once Dopheld was out of sight.

You know you have to be free this weekend, right?

'Really?'

Of course, it's a part of the plan to get you closer to Finn.

Hux couldn't agree with the computer on that. 'I still fail to understand how continuing along with Dopheld will help me achieve that.'

You want Finn to like you-

'Which requires me to date Dopheld? I doubt Finn would like me very much if I was a heartbreaker.'

It won't matter.

'Really?'

Of course not.

Hux arched a skeptical brow.

Kylo rolled its eyes as if annoyed by Hux's lack of understanding. People try things out and it falls through. Perfectly natural. It'll be sad for Dopheld for a little while but it won't affect Finn's opinion of you much.

'Why not?'

Kylo nearly rolled its eyes again but a narrow glare from Hux stalled it.

Because it shows that you're worth dating; that you have a level of maturity to not only date someone but to dump them when you realize that there's someone else you'd rather be with.

Hux thought over the computer's explanation, an image of him and Finn together forming in his mind, and gave a simple nod. 'That's good.'

It'll also give us time to deal with that temper of yours.

'Excuse me?' Hux frowned.

Not that getting that under control will help you with Rose, though.

Hux's frown deepened, annoyance growing inside of him.

I've gone over multiple different scenarios but she's not going to like you. Tolerate you is about as good as you'll get. Rey will be a bit easier.

Hux wrinkled his nose at the new bit of information. He shouldn't be surprised, Rose never hid the fact that she didn't like him; he just hoped that getting her to tolerate him wouldn't be too much work. He wondered how important Finn found that particular relationship.

Breaking them up won't work. And it'll definitely end with Finn disliking you.

'Fine, fine.' Hux threw his hands up in a grumpy surrender. The old lady who was passing him stopped and looked back over her shoulder at him.

Temper, temper.

Hux huffed, increased his pace, and made it home quickly. His routine carried him through the evening and it was his usual pattern of homework, an uncomfortable dinner with his father, a shower, and then bed. Kylo didn't say too much to him during this time. Not that he needed to; it was as inconvenient as it was embarrassing, Kylo having full access to his thoughts. Especially when his thoughts that night kept drifting back to the prospect of taking Finn's measurements tomorrow.

Hux drummed his fingers impatiently against the tabletop, eyes fixed on the door leading to the hall. No one came through. He didn't come through. It felt as if he had been waiting for Finn to show up all morning. He had measured a couple of other students, not paying them much attention. Sparing a quick glance at his watch, made his stomach lurch unpleasantly. The time Finn had written down had just passed and Hux wondered if he had decided not to show up. That would make this whole thing a waste of time.

In the corner of his eye, he could see Kylo sitting on the table staring toward the door just as he had been doing. Kylo sat completely, unnaturally still. His current posture perhaps the most indicative of the fact that he really wasn't human.

This, really? Not the fact that you're the only one who can see me?

Hux scoffed. 'It's easy to forget when we talk semi-regularly.'

Kylo observed him for a moment. Point taken.

"Hey!"

Hux swiveled his head back toward the door. Dopheld's head appeared there, leaning partly against the frame, a wide smile on his face. Hux gave him a small smile in return.

"Are you done," Dopheld asked and there was something both hopeful and mischievous in his voice.

Hux picked up the sheets of paper in front of him and pointedly waved them around.

Dopheld's bright eyes dimmed but he approached, all the same, his expression morphing into something a bit more sympathetic. "Not yet, huh?"

"I'm really just waiting for Finn to show up," Hux explained gruffly. There were others on his list that hadn't shown up but he couldn't be bothered to care about those. Hux saw Dopheld scan the list and spot those blank boxes too.

Perhaps he had said too much.

"Oh..." Dopheld all but mumbled, then fell quiet for a moment. "You forgot to tell me about this weekend."

"I forgot?"

Dopheld pulled up an empty chair next to Hux and sat down, rather obviously not looking at him. "Yeah. It's okay though. I figured you were busy."

"Ah...well-"

"Sorry I'm late, I had to help Rose with something."

Hux's head snapped back toward the door where Finn now stood.

"Hope I didn't keep you waiting long."

Hux fervently shook his head. "No, not at all." Then he heard himself add, way too playfully, "Dop was here to keep me company."

Hm, that was new. Kylo had never physically made him say anything before.

"Well, that's...that's good," Finn flashed him a rather strained grin. He looked between them. "Well, let's get going so you two can get back to...whatever it was you were doing."

Hux glanced to where he had last seen Kylo for instructions, or even a thumbs up, to show him he was making progress, but there was nothing but empty air.

"So...do I need to take my shirt off of anything?"

Hux's attention was abruptly pulled back toward Finn. "What?"

That's kind of interesting.

'Where were you?'

Inside your brain. Where I always am.

"You don't need to do that," Dopheld answered on his behalf with a distinct flatness in his voice.

"Yes."

Hux swallowed thickly as he felt both Finn and Dopheld's eyes on him. He averted his gaze quickly in a failed attempt to not blatantly check Finn out. Hux looked past Finn to the door behind him, trying to calm his rapidly beating heart. At some point Kylo reappeared, standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame much like Dopheld had earlier. He cleared his throat, looking back at Finn who had something resembling bemusement on his face.

"Y-Yes," he repeated, heat slowly rising to his face and internally cursing the super-computer across from him. "Dopheld is right...you can keep your clothes on."

Nice save. Kylo said and had the nerve to give Hux golf claps.

'Aren't you supposed to be helping me!? I'm making a fool of myself!'

You did just fine all by yourself.

'You are not worth the money I spent on you!'

And there's that temper again.

"Okay, sure," Finn nodded good-humoredly.

Dopheld let out a small triumphant hum next to him, but there was a frown still pulling at the corners of his mouth. Finn raised his arms and gave Hux something of a teasing smile.

"I'm all yours."

Hux sprang up from his seat, measuring tape in hand, nervousness building in his stomach after his near fiasco moments ago. He walked over to Finn and measured the length of his arms. Nice and easy; not too much touching involved.

He could do this. He could do this and not get distracted by the size of Finn's waist or-

You're lingering too long.

Hux blinked a couple of times. He had been standing there in front of Finn with the measuring tape still held up next to Finn's left arm. Finn was looking up at him, slightly confused and perhaps a bit amused. Hux cleared his throat and took a step back.

'Right. Thank you.'

Hux wrote down the numbers and took another calming breath.

"Do you need help," Dopheld asked.

It took all he had to not glare at Dopheld in that very moment. Though he was sure that Kylo would have stopped him. "No...thank you. I have it under control."

I'm inclined to agree. Hux could practically hear the smug smile on the super computer's face. You have a decent handle on this.

Hux gently bit the inside of his cheek as he made a show of checking over the numbers he had written. A small grin pulling at his lips. 'Shut up.'