This was edited on December 16, 2017
When Ben finally awoke, it was slow. His head felt like it was full of fog, her throat was scratchy and his vision blurry. He made himself focus on the ceiling until it improved a bit. Sitting up slowly, Ben coughed a few times as he allowed his brain to process what had happened. Last time he had remembered, he was about to practice dueling with Telera and now was in the medical room. This confused him more. He felt no stiffness or aches in his body other than his throat.
Across from him was Lirri curled up across two chairs. She was sleeping with a cold cup of tea sitting on the floor beside her. He could see around the lip of the cup where the steam reformed into droplets of water.
He watched her as Ben eyed her entire figure before stopping at the fact that she was in small shorts where a blush rose to his cheek before he saw underneath it was bandages. They were no long white, but rather had a reddish hue that was contrasting to her tanned skin, although it looked ashy in colour. A flash of Lirri's face screaming in pain showed up in his mind as he gulped. Was he to blame for this. The sunken feeling in his gut made him believe so. He pushed up as Ben moved carefully towards Lirri, not wanting to wake her up by the noise. Ben kneeled beside her as he brushed the hair from her face, as his fingers grazed over her cheek.
Lirri was squished and uncomfortable looking on the chairs as Ben decided to move her and lay her on the bed. He had just gotten her in his arms as the door swung open. Luke came in, with both hands carrying a tray full of food. The two made eye contact as Ben then continued to lift Lirri up and carry her to the bed, before pulling the blankets up over her. Ben's hand brushed Lirri's hair before he turned to Luke.
There was an uncomfortable silence as Ben mumbled while looking down. "I don't know what happened exactly."
Luke nodded as he gestured to the two chairs, moving them to be better for a conversation.
"Can you tell me anything you can remember or anything that could explain what exactly happened today?" Luke questioned as he watched Ben slumped in his chair as he stared at his folded hands.
"I've been having a lot of nightmares, and visions as of late." His tone was quiet, as Ben continued. "I remember starting to fight, and then the vision happened again. A dark figure attacked me. Saying I was weak and not honouring the Skywalker legacy. I know I'm one of the most powerful people here!" Ben exclaimed, as he could feel the hostility boiling inside of him. He saw that Luke noticed this as Ben took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"Ben, being a Skywalker doesn't matter. As long as you're true to yourself, we will be proud of your accomplishments. Even if it doesn't seem like that right now." Luke's smile widened a bit as he continued. "Power is not everything life is about Ben. It all depends on how you can use it. Great power is worthless when you use it like a fool."
Luke gave Ben some time to process his words as Luke finally glanced over to Lirri and then leaned forward to Ben. "While we are chatting, is there anything else you would like to tell me?" His words were soft as Ben stiffened as he immediately shook his head. It wasn't the time to tell his uncle about his relationship.
"If anything comes to mind, please let me know. You could use the rest." Luke stood up as he went through and found a small bottle in the cupboard. "Training won't begin for a few hours, but today you should relax and rest. You can take one of these and it should allow you to sleep without dreams."
Ben glanced over at his Uncle, as he finally asked. "How bad is the injury Lirri has?" his voice was full of guilt and concern.
Luke leaned over and rested his left hand on Ben's shoulder before patting him. "It's much better now. I healed it to a more manageable level but wanted to give her time to rest. Lirri will be able to tend to it as she wishes."
With a reassuring squeeze, Luke added. "These things happen, everyone will keep their limbs and we understand there was no malice behind it." Luke turned and left Ben to ponder his words. "The other Padawans may be concerned but they'll realize in time that no one was the enemy here."
Ben chose to not take the pill as he left the room to shower and clean up before he returned to the medic room. Although they weren't Lirri's, Ben did bring her a change of clothes for her to change into. Ben sat them near the tray of food as he noticed that Lirri was awake, and shuffling around, hopping on one foot to collect different things.
He figured it was to tend the wound. She was struggling to stay balanced as she was reaching for a high shelf. Ben took a deep breath as he called out to her.
"Lirri, sit down and tell me what you need exactly." he grabbed the bandages off the shelf before ushering Lirri back to the bed. Lirri tried to protest before she just silently agreed and hopped over to rest on the bed.
"I need the green bottle from the next cupboard on the second shelf." Lirri directed first, "As well as gauze and a bowl." Ben was moving around to collect the supplies as he then sat awkwardly beside Lirri. He was afraid of being around her, knowing that he hurt her.
Lirri began to unwrap the bandages as Ben couldn't help but stare in horror in the wound as he gulped. She remained as calm as she could while only wincing from the pain.
Lirri's hands were shaking as she cleaned the room before he saw her concentrating on the wound as it healed a bit more before she starting wrapping it. Ben kept himself occupied as he fiddled with his clothes, tugging and twisting the hem of his shirt. By distracting himself, he could process his emotions.
He zoned out while doing this so much that Lirri had finished tending to her wound as she then carefully crawled towards Ben on the bed. She sat in front of him and waited only for Ben to not notice her. Lirri moved her hands to grabbed onto Ben's as she pulled them into her lap.
Ben looked up to her eyes as Lirri squeezed his hands. She leaned up and let her face hover in front of his. It was a move to let Ben know that she still trusted him, and allowed Ben to decide how he wanted to move forward.
Ben had hesitated as he finally leaned forward and pressed his own lips against hers. Hands carefully cradled her chin, as if he was afraid to break her. This honestly surprised Ben that she would still be accepting of him, but it also relieved him.
That even after this screw up, Lirri was still accepting him warmly. That Lirri could forgive him. The guilt left him as he showed her as much as he could how happy he was about this in the kiss until he pulled away with the need for air. He kept his hands on Lirri's chin as he finally asked.
"Aren't you mad at me?" Ben questioned, before looking down at Lirri's thigh. "For hurting you?"
Lirri looked at him with confusion before she glanced at Ben's face. "You weren't yourself then Ben. Your eyes were clouded over and I cannot see you intentionally hurting me."
"Ben.. I, I lo- care for you and understand." she responded as his heart starting racing. He knew what she was going to say as his expression turned to an ear to ear grin. Ben leaned overa nd kissed her again with his hand running through her hair. Lirri pressed her own hands against Ben's chest, fingers dug into the shirt. Ben's hands moved to Lirri's back and hip.
Ben leaned forward as Lirri laid on the bed with Ben hovering over her, keeping an awareness of avoiding Lirri's injury.
The kiss started quite quickly that was one full of tender love, to passion as hands started clinging to each other's bare skin desperately as an underlying need was clear from both parties. Ben's hands were pushing Lirri's shirt up her skin as Lirri was kissing Ben's jaw, nipping at the smooth skin. His cool fingers trailed up her skin as Lirri's back curved towards him. Her fingers were tugging at his shirt.
The two separated only to remove their shirts as Ben pressed his forehead against Lirri's own. They hadn't passed this milestone, so they were both slightly embarrassed.
Lirri made the next move, asking the important question. "Ben, do you want to continue? We can stop anytime." Ben paused for a moment to think as he smiled and whispered.
"Yes." Ben whispered as he kissed her jawline and descended down her neck as a smile on the lips as they shared an intimate moment together.