Chapter 5
New Feelings
He felt the numbness spread through his back first thing in the morning, and although it hurt, there was something bittersweet about the whole thing. Some fruity scent pulled him back into the cold hard ground. He sleepily moaned and with eyes still closed, he deeply inhaled the scent. It reminded him of someone who held him long ago. Soon enough, a puzzle of that memory began to assemble in his head. he began to breath heavier and as the puzzle arranged itself, he began to pant with his head moving around; he was trying to shake the memory off. He didn't want to remember.
"Hm?" she moaned as she felt the tugging of her hair.
Kylo startled, shot his eyes wide open, he squinched and spat the hair away from his face.
"Oh" she lazily mumbled turning to look at him.
He moved away from her and looked down. Rey was fully clothed, but he was missing his shirt.
"Nothing happened" she sat up to assure him.
They had moved the center table, there was playing cards dissipated all around the room.
"You fell asleep after the first game. You have an early bedtime" she miffed. "I just came over, my cat fell asleep on my bed so-"
"What time is it?" he snapped as he looked around.
"Umm...wait, let me find my phone" she lazily stood up only to drag her feet in search for her phone.
Kylo seemed pale and worried. He looked over to the center table to find Rey's phone.
-8:37am-
"Shit...Okay I have to go." he grabbed his shirt and wallet from the couch.
Rey ran out of her room as she heard the squeak of the door knob. "What? So quick? don't you want to eat breakfast?" she inquisitioned.
"Sorry. I must leave now. Thank you for letting me stay in though I guess"
She moved closer towards his tall stature and squinched up at him with both hands on her hips "I guess?"
He looked down at her "yeah…?" he puzzlingly looked at her and trying to process what she wanted, he awkwardly moved his neck forwards then downwards to kiss her forehead.
"I don't need a ride home, someone is picking me up".
"Okay" she replied.
Kylo moved fast to the last floor. He swiped his phone and waited for Phasma to answer.
"You are up late. I need you back at the hotel, get your things so we can move on forward to the place where the troopers have assigned safe"
"I told you, I have a better plan" he replied.
"Well you need to let me know of it so I can properly let the others know"
'I have found one of Leia's Jakku advisers. She knows exactly what we need to know about Jakku and better yet, knows exactly where Leia stays at and now so do I.
"I see"
"Tell the troopers to stop hunting for the place. You need to find a way to make sure all the them get there discreetly and without any issues. I will send you where her quarters is at. We should be there in a week or less"
"Yes, Sir"
Phasma faced the mirror helmet-less, making her blonde hair fall past her shoulders. She was skeptical about Kylo's new plan. There were times where she had to mother him because he got too excited about his mischievous ideas.
As she began to fix her hair up she began to ponder why Kylo wanted Jakku so bad when he already controlled so much. I mean, to make the job easier, why not simply kill Solo, Leia, and the jedi and leave the problem to Jakku's residents.
She looked down and grabbed her helmet to put and watched as her reflection changed from human to captain.
As she was walking out of the room the small red head almost ran into her tall figure. Hux wished he could ignore the fact that Phasma, even behind that suit, looked unique and beautiful. He only hoped that she didn't notice his slightly ruddy face everytime he saw her.
Both waved their sudden encounter and continued to move forwards hastily.
"Change of plans. Kylo will be leaving to Leia's quarters sometime this week alone. The troopers will need to move here as well as quickly as possible"
Phasma handed Hux the phone to find Kylo's recent text to Leia's quarters. He looked down and formed a lecherous smirk.
"The boy knows his stuff"
"I'll contact the troopers in a few minutes"
"Will we ever move to Jakku?"
"Once Kylo arrives to the point, then we will"
She found herself thinking about everything that had taken place. She assumed that both would keep contacting each other because she had given him her number and he knew where she lived and to top it all off had a friendly sleepover.
She wouldn't mind any unusual visits or texts, his personality somehow appealed to her. He was a laid back guy who-Yeah sure he was a bit rude-but so was she, and in a way she found that it was their way of being a little flirtatious. I mean, what the hell was that kiss for anyways?
Her charming little kitty began to intertwine and move around Rey's feet. it's little furry tail flared very cloyingly. The kitten loved her owner, maybe because she let it sleep in her bed for the entire night?
"I still don't know what to name you…" she looked down at it and picked him up.
His cute little orange markings on white fur reminded her of someone Leia had once told her about.
"Beebee-Ate" she stared and smiled at him and the newly named kitten lovingly meowed and purred at her.
Jakku woke up with freshly brush painted clouds accompanied by the sweet songs sang by birds who woke up couples in early mornings. Kylo swaggered to his hotel. His aura didn't really infiltrate the scenery around him, he didn't have that power here, at least not yet if his plans fell accordingly. but something odd had taken over him. A feeling of uncertainty about his recent encounters influenced anger to flow throughout him. He came here for business, there was no room for juvenile feelings.
But there was something he had to do to make Rey attain full trust with him and a week didn't look too bad for Kylo, his new plan fell on his hand before he even thought of it as a plan, there was nothing to worry about. Friending Rey didn't seem like enough;however, making her fall in love and fool her heart into giving him everything he needed seemed like the perfect plan. He was tall and handsome, he knew it, It wasn't going to be that hard.
Kylo-
"Rey, I apologize for leaving so abruptly. Thank you for letting me stay at your place while chaos roamed outside"
But he had to start now.
Rey-
"I guess everything IS easier to say by text :)"
Kylo-
"Yes I agree, You can't just simply say something in front of someone who makes you quite nervous"
Rey-
"Wow It seems like you got to smell the roses on your way to your place"
Kylo rolled his eyes.
Kylo-
"The smell of roses was what woke me up"
Rey-
"Is that so! Do you still smell like wine?"
Kylo-
"No, I smell like your lavender towels"
Rey-
"Beautiful, then"
Kylo-
"I suppose.
Rey felt a small internal sting from head to toe. She felt a little attracted to him, It had been a long time since her last relationship. A very very long time, she as an adult had personal needs too, but her work always kept her busy. This however, could be her chance for someone who hopefully will keep her mind away from work.
A new email popped up in her phone screen.
"I need you all up here by Wednesday at 9:00 am, there will be a meeting and all of you must attend. Keep sending your weekly work forward as always"
Sincerely,
Leia Organa
She had sent this to everyone working for her. It didn't seem so urgent as she didn't specify.
Meetings were usually updates, Idea sharing and what not.
A text bubble appeared at the top of her phone.
Kylo-
"Let's go out for breakfast tomorrow morning. I know a great place"
Rey felt odd about him all of the sudden being so friendly. Did he not have many friends around the places he visited? Either way, she wasn't going to let it pass.
Rey-
"Sure why not"
Kylo almost face palmed. He didn't know a place at all.
Kylo-
"8:00am if that is alright"
Rey-
"8:30"
Kylo-
"Okay"
Kylo received a call from Hux.
"I think she knows" Hux explained with a commanding voice.
"Don't fool around and do your work"
"Sir..."
"If you need advice, you come to the wrong man, but do hide your blushing it's insane"
"Yes, Kylo"
"Do you know any good breakfast place at Jakku?"
"I've never been to Jakku I wouldn't know"
"Well look some up and send them to me"
Kylo hung up.
Kylo woke up to a million choices for places to eat at Jakku.
He choose the closest one and got ready: button down and pulled back hair with a strand that always seemed to fall to the side of his face. The sleeves of his dress shirt were pulled back and goddamn was Kylo hot.
Kylo-
"I'll be there in 15 minutes"
Kylo drove to her place. He was never late for anything but he already knew that she would make him wait. He stepped out of the car and waited outside instead. however she wasn't late, he was just early.
And it was almost impressive for someone who wasn't a morning person. When Rey stepped out she wore a sundress and hair down, and all of the sudden she was the most beautiful human he had ever encountered.