Ahsoka Tano was carrying her normally twenty-two year old master who had been accidentally de-aged to the age of five back to her quarters to avoid running into his master, who would no doubt murder them both.
And goddamn was it fun.
Being Anakin he was natural at sneakiness, which came in handy. While they snuck to her floor, they talked about their love of droids, ships and never following rules.
Ahsoka wasn't that worried about Master Kenobi being there. It was the padawan floor and technically speaking he wasn't really allowed there. Anakin, (the 22 year old one), wasn;t really allowed there either but, you know, it's Anakin. Rules tend not to stick with that guy.
On the lift ride Anakin and Ahsoka jumped to see if they could cause a crash, until Ahsoka remembered her blinding fear of heights and lifts, to which Anakin tried to distract her with small talk as she gripped the bars on the sides and panted with fear the whole way up.
"So...uh do you think your lekku are blue with white stripes or white with blue?" He tried.
"...white...with..with b-blue, for su-sure…" She stuttered.
Ding!!
The bell ringed and he grabbed her hand, leading her off the lift. As soon as the door closed behind them it was like she was a different person.
"Race?"
"YEAH!!" He cheered, sprinting off.
"What a little loser." She giggled, knowing full well her door with only the fifth down and he had no clue where he was running.
"I win!!" She called, reaching into her pocket and grabbing her keycard while listening to his tiny little footsteps stop and turn around. She waited until he came running back, a sour frown on his face. "That was mean."
"Life ain't fair kid." She said, directly quoting what he loved to say to her.
She waved the key in front of the door, and the blast door hissed open.
Ahsoka started to walk inside, until she heard a familiar voice.
"Ahsoka? Anakin?"
The accent, the snappiness at the end of his words that she'd heard over and over after constant and uncountable lectures after her and her master had gotten in trouble.
Obi-Wan.
"Hey that's me-"
She clamped a hand over his mouth, her heart pounding.
What the hell is he doing here? She thought in panic.
The man turned around just as she hid the little boy behind her, holding his shoulders and willing him not to talk.
"What are you doing here, Master Kenobi?" She asked casually, trying to act nonchalant.
"I couldn't find Anakin. I thought maybe he was with you?"
She played dumb. "Who's that?" Too dumb! "I mean, no, I-I haven't seen him. Maybe he's in the hanger or-"
The kid behind her broke free of her grasp, poking out and waving at the strange man in his best friend's quarters. "Hello. I'm Anakin, if that's who you're looking for." Jeez he's tall.
Obi-Wan raised a brow, chuckling. "Sure you are." He looked at Ahsoka. "Wow. That kid looks a lot like Anakin when I first meet him. Is he one of the youngling you're looking after or something?"
Anakin titled his head. "Sir, I am Anakin."
"No, you're not. Ahsoka, what's this kid's real name?"
Anakin and Ahsoka spoke at the same time.
"Kyle."
"Anakin."
"No, um, Tamakin. That's why-"
"Ahsoka I am Anakin!"
"He gets it mixed up.
"What kind of a name is-"
"Yeah, he's great." She ruffled his hair.
"I'm Anakin!" He protested.
She laughed uncomfortably. "Ha ha, yeah, yeah, sure you are. Ah...kids ya know?"
Obi-Wan's face turned serious. "But do you know where the real Anakin is?"
"I AM THE REAL-"
"Nope."
He looked at the kid in front of him. "I think he's got a real problem with this Anakin thing. You should take him to see Master Yoda."
"Yeah definatley."
Just then, her comm beeped. Anakin grabbed her arm and pressed it. "Ooh! A light!"
"No!"
"Commander? How's the General? Does Obi-Wan still not know?" That was Rex.
She shut it off quickly, glaring at him.
"Do I not know about what?"
"Nothing, nothing, just-" Ahsoka was at a loss for words.
"You're not supposed to know that I AM actually Anakin Skywalker. My best fwend told me that, um the..clones? Yeah the clones accidentally turned me five." He shrugged at the man's horrified look. "Oopsie."
He felt out in the Force.
That sure as hell was Anakin.
"Oh my Force, that's Anakin!!" He cried, horrified.
"Finally!!"
Ahsoka grabbed his shoulders. "I know, I know. It's shocking. But we can fix it. The guys think that if we go to Kamino and do the same thing again then it might reverse itself. But, I mean, it's not reeeeeally that bad! He's so shabla cute!"
"Ahsoka!" He scolded.
"Sorry. We can fix it, Master."
Anakin furrowed his brows and looked up at her. "Do I need to be fixed?"
She got down on a knee, hugging him. "No, sweetie, you're perfect."
"Okay!"
Obi-Wan face palmed. "Okay. I can speak to the council. Just try not to let him break anything, or something like that, alright?"
"Oh yeah, I've been babysitting him for years now." She said.
"Good luck."
"Good luck yourself." She returned.
Obi-Wan slowly walked out of the door, keeping a suspicious eye on the two. Anakin waved.
"Bye bye Obi-Wan!!"
He waved back, out of habit. "Bye."