A little sequel to my short 'Secret Admirer'

Food

It was no secret Rey loved loloberries.

She had never had them before joining the Resistance, and though that could be said for a lot of food, loloberries became her favorite quickly. Poe had recognized this fact early on, and had tried to save some for her whenever they were offered during a meal. At first, he had made BB8 sneak them into her quarters, but she found out who was doing the sneaking pretty quick. After that, Poe would bring them directly to her at the end of the day and they would share, though Poe made sure she got the majority of what he brought. He liked them, too, but not as much as she did. Plus, he took a great deal of pleasure seeing her so happy.

Unfortunately, with the war dragging on, it was getting harder and harder to find fresh rations for everyone at the base. Loloberries were at the bottom of the list of necessities. Rey, of course, understood this, and was okay with it, but Poe knew she missed the sweet treat she had become so fond of.

Life Day was approaching, and it would be Rey's first real Life Day. While certain individuals on Jakku celebrated it, it wasn't a community wide event, so Rey rarely ever knew it was even happening. Despite the tight rations, Leia had approved an evening for everyone to celebrate this year, and Poe was determined to get Rey a present he knew she would appreciate.

Whenever he knew someone was going off base, he asked them to keep their eyes open for any fresh loloberries they might be able to purchase, or at least to let Poe know where some might be. Because he was one of the First Order's 'Most Wanted' right now, he knew that he couldn't really go anyplace too populated for fear of being recognized, but he was ready to bargain with anyone who could get him those loloberries before Life Day.

Snap and Jess teased him mercilessly for his devotion to finding Rey some loloberries, but Suralinda and Karè both supported the idea wholeheartedly. It was Jess and Suralinda that finally found them. A farmer on Kenoshii that was selling several processed Tip-Yips also grew loloberries and had several ripe ones ready to go. While Jess and Suralinda had only been sent for the Tip-Yip, they made sure a nice sized load of loloberries were included. On the way back to the base, they agreed that Poe should spend the next month doing their laundry in return for their purchase of the berries.

Poe was ecstatic and though he rolled his eyes at the 'payment,' he didn't argue. He noticed the look the women gave each other at his acquiesce, but he didn't try to defend himself. At this point, he didn't care if the First Order knew he was smitten with Rey.

Life Day came. While a skeleton crew kept an eye on their defenses, the rest of the base took the evening off to enjoy the Tip-yip, mashed topatos, spiced bogwing, and Rorkid bread. The evening was half over when Poe brought out the big bowl of loloberries and placed in on the table in front of Rey.

"Share them, or keep them all to yourself," he told her as she looked at the bowl with wide eyes. "They're all yours."

Rey blinked rapidly as everyone around her cheered. "Happy Life Day!"

"Of course, I'm sharing!" Rey finally said, laughing. "But I'm also keeping some for later!"

It was as the party wound down that Poe found out what Rey's 'later' meant.

She grabbed his arm, towing him out of the mess. "I need to talk to you in private." She led him to her quarters. Once there, she deposited her small stash of berries, which she had wrapped in a handkerchief, in the middle of her bed. Right where Poe used to have BB8 leave his berries back when he had been sneaking them into Rey's room for Poe.

"Share them with me?" Rey asked softly.

"You know very well I'm not as addicted as you are to them," Poe said wryly.

"Then sit and talk with me while I enjoy them," she said with a smile.

Poe nodded. "I can do that."

They talked until the loloberries were gone, and then even beyond that. When Poe finally left a half-asleep Rey shortly before 0100, he knew there would be rumors around base. And he didn't care. He had just had one of the best Life Days ever with the most amazing woman he had ever known.

And maybe someday, when Rey was ready, those rumors would become true.