In the Jedi's meditation chamber, Yoda's ears perked up. "Sense, I do, something between Kenobi and Skywalker. Deep, their bond has become."
"Too deep? The boy has always been very clingy. It is possible that this emotion at such a...trying time could be harmful. We do not know what Obi-Wan is afflicted with. If their bond is too strong, Anakin will not be able to accept his death."
"Careful, we must be. Important to Obi-Wan's healing, this bond may be. But a romantic attachment, they must not form."
"You think Skywalker and Kenobi are...involved?"
Stass Alie spoke up. "Master Windu, Knight Skywalker as always shown an overprotective, obsessive devotion to Master Kenobi. I would not find it surprising."
"Talk to Master Kenobi, I will. If romantic, their bond has become, separated, they must be. A dangerous road to the Dark Side this will become for Young Skywalker."
Obi-Wan was still in Anakin's quarters when he received the message from Yoda summoning him to to his private meditation chamber. His feet wavered unsteadily as he tried to pull himself from a chair to his feet. Without being able to really feel the surfaces beneath his grip, he wavered unsteadily.
"Need help?" Obi-Wan hesitated. "I don't mind. I can wait for you outside Master Yoda's chamber."
Obi-Wan nodded. He would rather not force Anakin into being his babysitter...but he did feel safer and more comforted with Anakin being next to him. He suddenly felt awkward wandering though the Jedi Temples. He no longer felt like a Jedi; the Temple was no longer his home.
"Obi-Wan, are you cold?"
Obi-Wan looked blankly at him. "Oh. Sorry...you can't...it's just that you have goosebumps." Obi-Wan looked down at his arm. Anakin was right. His arms were pale and the hair on his arm was standing on end. He couldn't tell. He could be burning or freezing to death and he would never notice. Thankfully, Anakin was.
"Here." He shrugged his cloak off and wrapped it around Obi-Wan. "I don't want to seem - I'm not trying to - I just..."
Obi-Wan put a hand on his shoulder and smiled. At least they still had some method of communication. Obi-Wan had given him the silent okay to look into his mind, but it was still much more personal and intruding than Anakin preferred. He went no further than to detect the surface emotions - many of which were hard to avoid sensing as a Jedi.
"Oh! I forgot to mention it this morning, but they haven't found any more news on your attack. It seems like a hired assassination attempt, they found a few small canisters of the gas in you room but we haven't been able to trace them. The Council recommended I you stay with me or another Jedi from now one so any further threats can be detected."
Obi-Wan nodded again and Anakin was immensely glad that they had reached their destination before he had to start rambling about something else just to fill the silence.
"I'll wait here for you, Master."
"Worsened, your condition has?"
Obi-Wan nodded. He focused as hard as he could.
"Lost ability to speak and touch you have?"
He was doing an awful lot of head shaking today. He wondered if it would take away from the gravity of the situation if he started flashing a thumbs up.
"Here to discuss your bond with Skywalker, we are. Too close you have become." Focus your mind. Don't think of Anakin. You are still a Jedi. Concentrate only on the now. Nothing else. "Romantic, has your relationship become?" No, no, he and Anakin were just Master and Apprentice - past Master and Apprentice - nothing else, just 'The Team' - Anakin, his handsome, devoted Anakin who would do anything for him - just as he would do for any other Jedi.
"Hmm. Romantically attached are you. forbidden for a Jedi, this is. Know that, you do," Yoda couldn't read his mind, not that much, could he? Was his focus and concentration that weak? There was one last way to protect Anakin, to keep him safe and secured in the Order and he had failed. He knew the Jedi would eventually find out, no matter how many times he tried to convince himself otherwise. It was a selfish move on his part. If only he hadn't told Anakin. If he had kept a tighter control on his emotions, his secret desire for Anakin to reciprocate his feelings, then this situation would not have arose. please, please please don't blame Anakin. I initiated this, it was my fault, all my fault, don't blame Anakin, please I failed in being his Master. If I had taught him better it wouldn't be like this. Pleasepleaseplease. Do what you must to me, but not Anakin. I would hate myself forever. He is the Chosen One. He was born to be a Jedi.
Anakin was standing outside, propped up against a wall, debating on barging through the door. Obi-Wan's emotions were spiraling from a determined calm to a panicked frenzy. Anakin had no doubt that Yoda found out about their relationship, which was the only reason Anakin wasn't going to burst through the door. That would most certainly not help Yoda's opinion on their bond.
He wished he was in there with them. If Yoda had found out, Anakin would be more than willing to take the fall for it. Anakin could live without being a Jedi. He had known life outside the Jedi Temple. To him, the Jedi were a second family. To Obi-Wan, they were his only family. Only one of them need be separated and removed from the Order and Anakin was more than willing to be that one.
"Too possessive, Skywalker is. Separate you two, we must. If dissolve, this romantic bond does not, removed from the Order, at least one must be." It wasn't worth denying. Obi-Wan simply nodded, lowering his gaze from Yoda's. His time was already running short, he could feel it. He might as well be the one to leave. Anakin would be able to do far more without being held back caring for him anyway.
A/N: As always, thank you for the reviews! I am sorry this chapter is so short! There will be a longer one, or multiple ones posted tomorrow!