I was emotional writing this

not all goodbyes are permanent

Ahsoka woke up before the sun rose and she was very, very irritated. Anakin was missing as usual, he always disappeared once it was midnight and Ahsoka wouldn't see him until after dawn broke. She guessed that ghosts needed their rest too. She wasn't able to go back to sleep so she slowly pulled herself free from Rey's tight grip and made her way out of the AT-AT.

She would never admit out loud that a night on Jakku was very beautiful.

Ahsoka yawned as she wiggled her toes in the cool sand. Her lek didn't pick up any nearby movements nor was there any disturbance in the Force.

A quiet, gentle night.

"Ahsoka."

Scratch that.

She went absolutely rigid, almost like a clone waiting for orders. Both of her eyes widened slightly and her lip began to quiver. Ahsoka blinked repeatedly and shook her head. "I'm dreaming."

"Ahsoka."

This was where she drew the line.

She bit her bottom lip, willing herself to not turn to the left and bawl like an inexperienced youngling. His voice alone almost brought her to her knees.

"Obi-Wan?" Ahsoka whispered as softly as she could. She was almost afraid that the ground beneath her feet would give out and take her away from the family she finally found.

"It's good to see you again, my young Padawan." His voice was light and happy as a breeze softly touched Ahsoka's left cheek.

"Since when was I your Padawan?" Ahsoka's mouth twitched slightly and she looked up at the dark sky.

Obi-Wan chuckled softly, "always, Ahsoka. Always."

There was a brief silence after that. Whether it was because Ahsoka had no idea how to respond or Obi-Wan decided to stand in front of her, neither knew.

"You haven't looked at me once." His face was young just like the last time she saw him before she walked away from the Order.

Ahsoka pursed her lips as she pointed to her left eye, "Anakin gave me a gift the last time we saw each other."

Obi-Wan's expression turned to stone as he regarded the glassiness of her eye. It wasn't particularly noticeable but once he saw the dark line that started from her eyebrow and stopped at her cheekbone, it was obvious that Ahsoka wasn't as lucky as Anakin when he received his scar from Ventress.

"He gave you a matching gift?" his lips quirked into a wry smile. "Did he try to take your left hand too?"

"I ran off before he could." Ahsoka answered sharply as her eyes narrowed. "I gave him a good slice on his thigh though."

They shared grins.

While Ahsoka's was more triumphant, Obi-Wan was filled with pride. It seemed that they both enjoyed seeing Anakin suffer as a consequence of his actions.

"I really am glad to see you after all this time, Ahsoka." Obi-Wan's voice was filled with unparalleled warmth. His eyes were soft and apologetic, wanting to repent for his mistakes that he did to her.

Ahsoka tried to calm the storm swelling within her chest as she looked at him fully. Despite only talking to him for several minutes she knew that a goodbye was going to happen soon enough. She reached out slowly and expected her hand to go right through his chest.

She nearly sobbed when her hand touched his overtunic.

Obi-Wan sighed as he placed his hand over hers, "I am truly sorry."

Ahsoka swallowed a whimper and shook her head.

"I'm sorry too, Master. I should have stayed, I should have—"

He smiled sadly as he gently pulled her hand off his chest and held it as if it would break any second. "Perhaps things would have turned out differently have you not left Anakin's side, I do agree. But maybe had you stayed, you would have never found your daughter." Obi-Wan inclined his head toward the AT-AT with a quirked brow.

Ahsoka flushed and spluttered like a failing engine.

"S-She's not," she cleared her throat as she pulled her hand back. "Rey? No, not really. I'm old, Obi-Wan."

She recently turned sixty. She was a grandmother to ten year old Rey at best.

"It's never too late to have a family." He winked and turned away from her. "Had you stayed in the Order, you would have never got to experience this."

"You mean being forced into a bond with Anakin's ghost and becoming emotionally attached to an abandoned little girl?" Ahsoka snorted and shook her head."This life isn't perfect."

Obi-Wan shrugged. "Maybe. But you're happy aren't you?"

Ahsoka closed her eyes as she nodded.

"Yeah, I'm happy."

When she opened her eyes, he was no longer there. Nothing was disturbed in front of her to even suggest that he was ever there. But a small breeze danced through her lekku as a feeling of familial love hit her like a missile.

This goodbye isn't forever, Ahsoka.

Anakin returned when Jakku's sun was high in the sky. He stared blankly at Ahsoka who had two tear trails down her face but he wisely didn't say anything. He simply plopped himself down at her side and brought his knees to his chest.

"How did Obi-Wan die?" she asked weakly, her voice hoarse from hours of sobbing.

She wished the answer wasn't obvious.

Anakin looked up at the clear sky and blinked once.

"I killed him."