Anakin was on his way back to his quarters when someone called out his name.
Turning around, blue eyes widened in surprise seeing Master Windu come his way.
"Skywalker, I was just looking for you."
"You were?" asked the younger man in disbelief. Usually, the other Jedi did his best to avoid him, not look for him.
"Yes. How is Kenobi doing? I can't seem to find him, did he recover well?"
Suppressing a nervous laugh, Anakin decided Master Windu didn't need to know the reason he couldn't find Obi-Wan was because he did his best to keep the redhead away from any members of the Council. So far his attempts seemed successful but the dark-skinned Jedi's inquiry told Anakin he wouldn't be able to keep Obi-Wan to himself for much longer.
"Ah, yes, yes. He's still a little tired though, but he's resting like the doctor advised, I made sure of it," he assured, praying the Force to avoid another comment on the ambiguity of their relationship.
Luckily for him, the older Jedi only nodded with a content hum. "That's good, we're going to need him at the top of his form for the next mission."
Internally groaning at the prospect of having to let Obi-Wan go on a mission so soon after his injury, the blonde Jedi asked a question whose answer he could already guess.
"Is there any way I could go with him on this one? Since it's so soon after an injury-"
The rest of his words died on the tip of his tongue under the glare Master Windu sent him and he gulped. No, again then.
"He'll be fine on his own, Skywalker, we talked about this you can't go on every mission with him." reminded the Jedi as he suppressed the urge to roll his eyes at his cadet. Skywalker needed to stop pushing his luck, Chosen One or not, there was only so much the Council could tolerate. Even in times of war.
"We'll summon him soon to brief him on the mission, tell him he's got until the end of the week to recover would you?"
And with that, Master Windu walked away, leaving a now somehow grumpy Anakin to resume his walk back to his quarters.
The end of the week meant Anakin had three days left to find the courage to finally talk to Obi-Wan about his heart's new desire.