Disclaimer: I don't own anything (except Kyle, he is mine:)

I know that I said it was a one-shot but they just won't leave me alone. And I just thought Cassian needed a friend so I let him borrow Kyle. There will be chapter 3 and hopefully they will leave me alone ( I need to go back to work.)

Rather be Me

Chapter 2

Cassian went to his room and if he only could slam the door shut he would do it but unfortunately the door was automatic and closed dutifully after him. He was fuming with anger. He tried to find Kyle after the talk with Jyn but his friend probably vanished form the surface. Cassian knew exactly that when Kyle didn't want to be find it was almost impossible to locate him because he was that good at his job. To be honest Cassian didn't even know what he wanted to do or tell his friend.

He yanked his thick jacked off, kicked off his boots and crashed on his bed. Maybe he would go to sleep and the next morning he would find out it was only a bad dream. He didn't know what to think about the whole situation. It was over a month since him, Jyn and Bodhi had returned miraculously from Scarif and Cassian didn't have much time to think what was going on around him. It was a chaotic time when they had to move the base form Yavin 4 to the hastily searched planet for the next base and all the troubles they had endured on Hoth at the beginning. Well not only at the beginning the problems were still there, the all existing cold and ice were making lots of problems to the maintenance of the base. Not to mention that Cassian despised cold. He was born on Fest a hot and humid planet not a white nightmare where there was no place, except the shower, you could stay warm for longer than five minutes.

And there was Jyn, they didn't have much time to discuss her joining the rebel forces because it actually happed the moment they returned from Scarif. They were bitten up and injured but the High Command was very forgettable and thankful so Jyn had her rank of a lieutenant granted and a room in a rebel intelligence wing signed in. One evening in the cafeteria Cassian actually asked her if she truly wanted to be here and she didn't give him a straight answer. She said something about not having a place to go and hadn't have any idea what to do with her life now so she could as well put her skills and knowledge into the Alliance. The only thing Cassian actually remembered from that conversation was that Jyn was staying with them and it was strangely very important to him.

A week after they returned from Scarif and Cassian was discharged from the hospital wing Kyle had returned on Yavin 4 from his long lasted mission to infiltrate the Cuat Drive Yards. He didn't know that Cassian signed for a suicide mission when he was away. Well the conversation they had when Cassian finally met his friend wasn't an easy one. Kyle was shouting and it was the first time he had yelled at Cassian since they met almost ten years ago. It was a rough friendship started as a pact of non-aggression toward each other when they both were sent to the Carida Academy to infiltrate and possible recruit future alliances forces. They had spent there almost three years doing their jobs and when they had returned they were like brothers. Despite the rough start when Cassian almost hated an arrogant and self-obsessed Corelian teenage who was sent with him to Carida after those three years he couldn't imagine not having Kyle in his life. As much as the life of a spy was a lonely one it was good to know there was someone who understood how difficult and heart wrecking was doing that job.

And now Kyle had messed up everything. Cassian could only think like that. What is going on between him and Jyn? And why is that bother me so much? Cassian was thinking darkly lying on his bed. Why did he suddenly feel angry and hurt after seeing those two together? It wasn't that they didn't spent time together before, they did. Cassian had introduced them the day that Kyle returned on Yavin 4 but there was no indication that they were a thing. Or maybe Cassian didn't pay much attention.

Thoughts like that were in Cassian's mind the whole night. He didn't get much sleep and in the morning he woke up tired and even more stressed than before. He decided that there was no better way of dealing with all his emotion than a good fighting exercise so he grabbed his working gear and jogged to the training area. It was a place for the new cadets to work on and practice combat skill but all the officers could use a good training exercise.

Cassian was angrily punching into one of the training bags when a very familiar presence loomed over him.

"Not a good idea Kyle I could kick your ass today." Cassian said in a dark tone not looking at his friend but fixed his gaze at the punching bag.

"Like that ever happened before Cass." Kyle joked what earned him a dark look from Cassian. At least Cassian looked at his friend and seeing that he was wearing one of his apologetic smiles he frowned at him.

"What do you want?" Cassian asked in a huffed tone.

"A sparing session like good old times?" Offered Kyle still smiling that I'm sorry for being an idiot smile of his that only Cassian had known all too well.

"After that stunt you pulled yesterday I could actually punch you in the face." Cassian warned his friend stepping form the punching bag.

"Stunt?" Kyle asked stupidly and then added. "Oh, you mean the talk with Jyn."

"You call that talking Kyle." Growled Cassian looking strictly at his friend.

"We had been using our tongues if you ask me." Kyle tried to sound light but judging by the expression on Cassian face he would be hit in his face sooner or later if he didn't stop making fun of him.

"Don't push your luck." Warned Cassian again in a dark tone.

"Why are you so stressed out captain?" Kyle couldn't stop himself he just had to push a little harder on his friend. "Did something happen yesterday? Or didn't happen to be clear?"

"I don't know what you talking about." Cassian answered his tone offended and his accent clearly heard in his voice. Kyle sometimes forgot that common wasn't Cassian first language and in the moment of stress his festian accent was clearly coming in the way.

"There is a lots of things you don't know Cassian." Kyle tried to joke but it sounded more like an accusation. "And since I know how good you are at knowing things it is just astonishing how dumb you are sometimes."

"Did you make a pact with Jyn to insult my intelligence all of sudden?" Cassian asked angrily.

"Did she say something?" Kyle asked truly interested in the last night conversation.

"Doesn't matter." Cassian growled at his friend. "Are we sparing or not?"

"Eager to punch me my friend?" Kyle asked his friend, he decided that Cassian had enough of poking and prodding for some times so he had to let go.

"I will if you don't stop talking." Cassian warned and stepped to the fighting mate putting protective gloves on his hands and making a space for Kyle to join in.

After an intense hour of dogging, kicking and punching Cassian had enough but felt much better. Somewhere between marking and dogging Kyle's attacks Cassian manage to actually punch him in the face and it was liberating. They both burst into fits of laughter after that 'accident' but Cassian had a dark suspicion that Kyle did that on purpose. It was extremely rare that they could actually hurt each other. But Kyle only massaged his jaw and they burst into laughter and the thing was settle. After they both had enough they were standing in the training area both covered in sweat and panting but grinning like idiots to each other.

As on command they both raised their heads at the familiar voice. Jyn just entered the training arena new cadets following her. She began to explain something but neither Kyle nor Cassian could hear what she was saying. But after that the fighting instructor smiled at Jyn and throws her a simple stick she grabbed it with a trained experience and step forward in a fighting position.

Ten minutes later both Cassian and Kyle were open mouthy gapped at the fighting sequence happened before their eyes, and they weren't alone, half of the people in the training area stopped and watched as Jyn was dancing with her chosen weapon. The fighting instructor had his hands full.

"Wow that girl knows how to wield a stick." Kyle almost whistled in appreciations. Cassian almost choked at his friend comment. Suddenly his mind presented him a vivid imagine of different stick and Cassian though he was having a heart attack. Pushing the vision at the back of his mind Cassian tried to form an answer.

"No kidding…" Cassian stumbled with words still fighting the improper visions in his head. "I have seen that with stormtroopers trust me it was something."

"Cassian what is between you two?" Kyle suddenly blurted out taking his friend by surprise.

"Nothing, why are you asking?" Cassian stammered looking between Jyn and Kyle. "She is my friend…"

"No my friend," Kyle corrected. "I'm your friend who you occasionally want to punch in the face. You have to decide who she is for you."

"Why?" Cassian asked stupidly still looking intently at Jyn fighting with the instructor. The way this girl moves he thought to himself. "Is there something going on between you to?" Cassian asked dreading to hear the answer.

"Is there something between YOU two?" Kyle mirrored the question with a huge emphasis on the word two in it.

"What? No she is …" Cassian didn't have any idea how to finish that sentence.

"Beautiful, smart and knows how to kick somebody ass." Kyle finished for him looking expectantly at his friend.

"What?" Cassian said in disbelieves. "You think she is beautiful."

"You don't? Are you blind?" Sarretti pointed to the fighting girl.

"Kyle what's going on?" Cassian had finally enough of this conversation and the place where it was coming.

"I'm asking you the same question," Kyle explained to his friend who couldn't stop looking at Jyn almost a predatory look on his face. "There is something going on my friend and I'm trying very hard to establish what exactly. Yesterday when you barged between us in the hangar we were talking about you." Kyle finished and added. "She asked if you had anyone."

"What?" That gained Kyle Cassian's full attention. "Why didn't she ask me?" He asked stupidly not really wanting to hear the answer.

"Should I be repeating myself Cass and again offending your intelligence?" Kyle threatened his friend.

"No, why was she asking that?" Cassian asked again his voice a mixture of shock and …hope.

"Good question my friend, why a beautiful and all girl stays in the rebellion, teaches some dumb ass cadets how to fight and spends her night in the cafeteria listening to us complain about not having much to do." Kyle explained to his friend looking pointedly into his eyes hoping Cassian would finally see the truth. "You have to figure it out Cass or somebody else will figure it out before you and it would be too late."

"So you are not a thing?" Cassian asked shyly, it was the first time he had ever asked his friend about any girl.

"And now I'm offended." Kyle pretended to be angry but didn't put all his heart into it. "I happen to consider myself your friend Andor."

"You are." Cassian answered fast. "I just don't understand what's going on."

"That I can tell." Kyle said smiling at his friend when a splendid idea had just crossed his mischievous mind. "And do you know what is good for that my friend? Alcohol."

"I'm not drinking with you Kyle I have a briefing tomorrow and probably a mission and our…parties didn't always end well." Cassian said skeptical looking at his friend but he could tell that it was a lost cause Kyle had one of his It's going to be a party expression and Cassian had known him better to try and discourage him.

"I don't care." Kyle smiled at his friend and clapped his hands." I have a mission first thing in the morning but we are still drinking."

"You have a bad influence on me Sarretti." It was a statement Cassian used more that he would like according to his friend over the years.

"Always had always will, Cass." Kyle patted his friend on the back and started walking away. "The usual spot." He shouted when he was almost at the door.

"This is the new base Kyle." Cassian informed him but he knew that the usual spot was standing in the hangar as always. The usual spot being always Cassian's ship.

"The usual spot stays." Kyle called back not even looking at his friend. Cassian signed in disbelieve and muttered to himself. "Great, see you then." And after that he dragged himself for a shower.

A/N I know I said it would be a one shot but Cassian and Kyle were just too fun not to write. I like the idea that Cassian had some friend maybe only this one but still as much as I love K2 it is still only a droid, and being so long with the rebels you had to have some friends. Tell me what you think there will be chapter 3 and the end…of this story.