POV: Barriss Offee

When I woke, I rolled over to give Ahsoka a kiss. But she was gone. I tiptoed to the refresher, used it, and snuck down the stairs. When I was about halfway down the stairs, there was a loud clank, followed by a stream of Togruti curses. I looked at the table. It was set. A couple glasses were there, as well as an ice bucket with two bottles in it. I crept up behind Ahsoka, and reached towards her. I noticed that all the cabinets were open. I spoke a line of reassuring words in Togruti.

POV: Ahsoka Tano

I felt a pair of strong, familiar hands grasp my shoulders. They began to caress me. I spun around, forgetting the frying pan in my right hand.

POV: Barriss Offee

Something hard and metal struck me in the side. I looked at Ahsoka, who was holding a frying pan. She dropped it.
"I'm so sorry, Barriss!"

"It's okay. What are you doing?"
"I WAS trying to cook breakfast. I'm almost done. Go sit down."

Obediently, I went to the table and sat down. A moment later, she came back. She had a silver platter with dome lid. She set it down. She opened it. There were two steaks, some mashed potatoes, and some corn. The steak looked overdone, the potatoes looked lumpy, and the corn looked small. She put one of the steaks on my plate, and the other on hers. She put some potatoes and corn on each plate. She poured some Net'ra Gal. I sawed off a chunk of steak, and put it in my mouth. Despite the fact that it LOOKED overdone, it tasted perfect, but was chewy.

"How is it, Barriss?"

POV: Ahsoka Tano

She nodded and said, "It's perfect."

I looked at her, my eyes narrowing to slits.

"What else do you think about it?"

"It's perfect, Soka. Okay. Well, it IS a little chewy, but it's fine."
I took a bite of my own. Unsurprisingly, it WAS a little chewy, but other than that, it was perfect. I raised my glass.

"To my beautiful girlfriend and our relationship," I said.

She clinked her glass against mine. I smiled.

"I know that the steak didn't come out QUITE right, and I'm sorry. I just, well, I wanted to do something romantic and cook breakfast for you."
The smoke alarm beeped.

"What the blazes," Barriss said.

"OH. BLAST IT! That'd be the bacon!"

I ran into the kitchen, and removed the bacon, forgetting to put on a hot mitt. I howled as the hot pan burnt a line into me. Barriss came running in. Seeing me on the floor, her eyes widened, and she panicked.

"What happened, Ahsoka?"
"Burnt myself."

She helped me up, and I ran cold water on my hand. I put a bacta patch on it. I put on the hot mitt, and transferred the bacon to another silver platter. I carried it out to the table, as she went to shut off the smoke alarm. She did so, and then opened several windows to drain the smoke.

"Sorry about that, Barriss."
"It's okay."
"I wanted to ask you something. When did you learn to speak Togruti?"
"Well, after I first fell for you, I decided that if we needed to communicate sneakily, we could use Togruti! Or Mirialan. I'd help you learn it."

"I see. There's ANOTHER thing we could do for that. You see, it's a Togruta tradition that when a Togruta marries, the bride and groom exchange blood. This gives them a telepathic bond."

"Wow."

I picked up a piece of bacon. It crumbled as I put it in my mouth. We ate.

"Hey, Barriss. You want to hear a poem?"
"Sure, Ahsoka."

"Alright. Here goes. Now, this might be really bad. I- well-I wrote this a few weeks ago for you."

"Wow. Thank you. I'm sure it'll be fine."

POV: Barriss Offee

Ahsoka launched into her poem.

"You are always on my mind. Ever since meeting you my feelings are in a whirlwind. Never shall I kiss someone else's lips. Never will we make any boring trips.

Barriss Offee, you are unbelievably beautiful. When I am near you my heart goes like a raging bull. Words cannot express what I felt when you said 'yes'.

Barriss Offee, you mean so much to me. I never knew this could be. You are my sweetheart day by day. I hope you never go away.

This gift is for you, I hope you will like it. I am dying to see your reaction, that I will admit. This poem has come to an end! There are many more I'd like to send."

I felt myself tearing up. With that, she handed me a box. I opened it. Inside was a necklace. It had a picture of her face and said her name.

"I'm wearing the other one! See," She showed me.

The one she was wearing said Barriss.

"Thank you so much, Ahsoka. This is beautiful!"

I put on the necklace.

"Do you want to hear one that I wrote?"
"Sure, Barri."

"Okay. Here it is. I felt the urge to put my feelings in writing. Because when I met you I was struck by lightning. You are my eternal sunshine. When I first met you I knew it was a sign."
Here I paused, seeing Ahsoka's eyes watering. I continued.

"With our love combined everything is in reach. Meeting you for the first time, I was without speech. The moment I saw you my heart was sold. I felt energized as if struck by one thousand volts.

Being with you makes everything else so futile. Being with you makes life really worthwhile. Eternal bliss is where I'm bound. Near you everything is sound.

All of you is what I need. I count the hours until my love is freed. I look forward to our next moment together. With you, life cannot get any better."

She began to cry.

"What's wrong, Ahsoka?"
"That was so beautiful!"

"Thank you, Soka!"