More tagging! Yipee!
Neither one of them were prepared for what happened the next time they connected. He was shirtless, again, and she showed up, again.
"Want me to put on a cowl?" He teased gently.
Rey brushed the question off. "It doesn't bother me if it doesn't bother you." The word "LIAR" hung unspoken between them. Crossing his arms across his chest, Kylo eyed her curiously. "Why are you here?"
She sighed. "I wanted to thank you."
"For?"
"You came to me last night. You pulled me out of my nightmare. You didn't have to, but you did."
Kylo shrugged, the barest ripple of muscle. "I owed you. I obviously made you uncomfortable when I kissed your hand." He began to towel his wet hair dry. "Though I will admit, I loved watching you blush."
Rey tore her eyes away from the wondrous sight of his chest at this. "I didn't blush!"
He glanced at her from beneath the towel, catching her watching at him. "Methinks the lady doth protest too much."
She turned her back to him and counted to ten. "I just wanted to thank you, and..."
"And?"
"And to tell you it was OK. It just caught me by surprise. That's all."
"So if I kissed you again, it would be alright?"
Rey's eyes widened. "God no. It's not your turn."
"So what are we going to do about it?"
"This." She swiftly crossed the room and placed her hands on his bare shoulders. Gently, she kissed his cheek. "Tag."
Kylo watched Rey closely through the Force. It had taken him days to figure it out but he finally learned to watch her without slipping into her side. He closed the portal and waited 5 minutes. That was plenty of time for her to prepare. "Get ready, Rey. We're going level 3."
Rey was enjoying herself, soaking in a remote hot spring located on Takodana when he appeared right on the opposite bank, right next to the path.
"You must be joking."
He held his hands up innocently. "I just want to talk. Promise I won't move from this spot." He gave her his most angelic face. "Trust me?"
"I'd sooner trust a gundark."
"Smart girl."
Rey bit her lip. "What do you want to talk about?"
He shrugged. "I want to learn more about you. Is that too much to ask?"
Crossing her arms under the water, causing his eyes to flicker darkly, she nodded. "On one condition."
"Name it."
"You tell me something about yourself."
"Damn."