The Other Padawan

by Khoshekh42

When Obi-Wan and his Padawan Anakin find themselves back in time, Obi-Wan finds his younger self and Qui-Gon, and he must come to terms that his younger self develops a crush on Anakin. Updated every weekday. Short chapters.

42. Chapter 42

When they first were alone in the ship, Anakin and Obi-Wan had decided that they needed to talk.

"So what are we going to when I leave?" Anakin asked, looking down at the ground instead of looking at Obi-Wan.

"Do we have to think about that?"

"Yes! What am I supposed to do when Master Kenobi finds out that we were- are- in love?"

"We don't do anything. We go on with our lives, and don't tell anyone! We're breaking the Jedi code by doing this, Anakin."

"What if I stayed here?" Anakin blurted out something he'd obviously been thinking about for quite a while.

"What?"

"What if I just stayed here? After all, we don't know how to work it, and I might not evensurvive if I try to go back to the future. So if I just… stayed. We could be together!"

"No we couldn't, Anakin! The only reason we were able to do this in the first place was because we knew that it would end. We knew that it couldn't work. Anakin you have to go back."

"But what if I want to stay?