Edited on May 13, 2018

During times like this, Ben was thankful for the moments he could truly relax. Instead of focusing on his training or the offer that was given to him. Snoke was giving him something that was so tempting. After his dream, Ben barely slept since he was focused on deciding if they were dreams or visions. Rather than thinking of all of this, Ben focused on the sensations that he felt in the current time.

Short fingers were running through his hair, gently weaving through it as his scalp was massaged. It was pleasant as he let out a soft sigh, leaning more into the hand. Lirri was with him and they were having a private moment in a secluded section of the forest. Ben feigned a headache from the previous incident so he could get away for just a bit. Lirri chose to skip the lesson, happy to spend time with Ben. Where they were now was a place that they could get away from the chaos of the Padawans and everything troubling him.

Initially, Ben had gone to the woods by himself to get away but Lirri had found him less than a hour later. She didn't bother questioning him, but rather relaxing beside him as they laid in the grass. Her body was curled up around Ben's with her outer robe being a makeshift pillow for Ben.

With this calming state, Ben could feel his body nodding off into small naps as his mind was happily hazy without a strong thought taking focus. Don't ask him for any information like date or time since he would be unable to give an answer. At most, his answer was day time since he was able to see some of the streams of light coming through the leaves and branches.

Ben rubbed his hand up and down on Lirri's shoulder blade as she curled her body closer to Ben. He could feel the hand stopping its movements as a confused and sleepy moan came out of her lips. She must have nodded off at some point, using Ben's chest as a pillow.

"What's up Ben?" Lirri asked after a few moments, her voice a bit husky.

"Nothing," Ben began, his voice pleased as he shrugged a bit. Lirri squirmed herself up so that her head was resting on his shoulder as her other hand began roaming gently up and down his chest. It was an innocent gesture but felt nice. "I'm just... content here with you."

From where Ben's head was, he could see Lirri's head from the corner of his eye where she had a sleepy smile on his face. Lirri seeing his eye contact, leaned up to kiss Ben on the cheek.

As she was leaning up and off of his shoulder, Ben adjusted the pair so both were laying on their side with his arm under Lirri's head as he stared happily into her eyes. With her, his stresses were barely a whisper in the back of his mind. In Ben's opinion, Lirri was the innocence of the world, reminding him of the choices he had to choose and how these choices could affect Lirri.

Deciding it was something to do later, Ben pushed it back and focused on her again with the grass tickling their skin. Lirri's hand rubbed his side tenderly, giving him the feeling of comfort and safety. His eyes roamed down Lirri's body, taking it in as he focused on the slight lump of bandages under her pants around her thigh. She had told him many times already to not be guilty, since he wasn't in the right mind at the time but Ben continued to feel his guilt.

Lirri seemed to feel this tension, perhaps he had it written on his face as she shifted closer with face resting against his neck as her lips barely pressed against his skin. The soft breaths tickled his neck, causing Ben to chuckle and hold Lirri closer.

Content, Ben closed his eyes and nodded off once more.

A few days later, the Padawans were training and Ben sat with Lirri. The other Padawans were still hesitant to be around Ben so Lirri took him away to catch Ben on the other training he had missed. Ben was competent in fighting so it wasn't a shame if he missed today's lesson.

The sat across from one another with their legs crossed and staring into each other's eyes with great concentration. Ben started prodding into Lirri's mind. It was almost a dual lesson with Ben learning how to explore and prod into someone else's mind whereas Lirri was was learning how to resist.

During the first stage of training, Lirri gave almost no resistance to Ben as he informed her what he saw in her mind even though that she was aware of what she was seeing.

"It's a summery day and you are relaxing on the edge of a beach that simply drops instead of slowly gets deeper. Your feet are moving in the water and you feel a bit cool." Ben began as Lirri nodded.

Lirri began to resist as Ben felt the pressure as the vision began to slip, going back to darkness. He pushed forward as Ben didn't realize his head moved too. When he was clear again, he started speaking.

"You're slowly entering into the water, holding onto the ground as you let out giggles to adjust yourself to the temperature. Your giggles are adorable by the way. " Ben grinned before thinking. "You are enjoying the water but it is far colder than you expected."

Lirri nodded once more as she leaned forward a bit, pushing him out of his mind. Ben pushed back, determined as he suddenly saw the flash of two adults. They were above him and his whole body filled with fear. Immediately Lirri shut him out as Ben pushed back. The wave of stress hit him as Lirri spoke.

"That's enough for today, I think." Lirri spoke as she touched his knee. Although, Lirri was playing it cool Ben could see she was tense. Ben relaxed his posture as he grabbed his hand and tilted his head slightly.

Changing the subject, Ben looked at her. "Did I do okay?"

Lirri smiled at him as she grabbed his other hand and pulled both into her lap with a reassuring squeeze. "You have done fantastic, Ben." Looking up at him, Lirri added. "You are probably a few days ahead of other Padawans. You could be great at this with more practice. Honestly, it was a struggle to keep you out."

Ben let out a small sigh of relief, as he realized he had been holding his breath. Standing up, Ben pulled Lirri up using the fact they were already entwined as he pulled her into a tight hug. His mouth was near her ear as he chuckled. "Maybe you could give me some more… private lessons?"

Lirri bursted into laughter from the innuendo as she buried her face into Ben's shoulder. She was hiding her flushed cheeks from Ben before resting her cheek on his shoulder.

"Perhaps," Lirri began before she sighed heavily and pulled away to look up at him. Her hands went onto his cheeks. "Although, we may need to put this all on the backburner for the next while." Making a face, she continued. "Master Skywalker needs me to do a mission for him soon. It could be a few days or a couple weeks. No Padawans to come with me."

Ben began to frown as he pulled away with Lirri's hands falling.

"What? Why?" Ben clenched his fists as he questioned her. His emotions were quickly soaring as Ben did his best to suppress it.

Lirri waited for him to take a moment for some breaths before she answered him. "From what I guess, a supply run. That or pick up for new recruits. Simply stuff." Ben unclenched his hands as he turned and walked away.

Lirri knew he was upset, but she was thrown off by how much he had been overreacting in this moment. Rolling her eyes, Lirri ran after him, cringing from the pain in her leg.

Calling out to Ben, Lirri tried to grabbed onto his arm as her foot caught onto the root of a tree as she toppled over, falling onto Ben's back as the pair fell to the ground with a thud.

Lirri was laying on Ben's back as she let out a groan.

"Sorry." Lirri mumbled as she moved to sit beside Ben, stretching out her leg straight beside as she looked to him. "I just want to understand why you're so mad Ben. It wouldn't be long until I'm back. It comes with my position."

Ben sat up so he could look at Lirri as she noticed his red eyes. "Things are going so perfectly for us. I want you to stay with me. Too many times when things go right do people suddenly leave me."

"Ben," Lirri spoke as she placed a hand onto his shoulder. "Just know I'll always come back."