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Din was walking home, still processing the events of the night before. Meeting Luke's father wasn't in his plans, let alone the way it went down.
He was lost in thought when he turned the corner and saw his friends leaned against his mother's car in front of his house.
He sighed and kept walking towards them.
"Hey stranger, we're going to my house." Boba said closing the distance between them. "We have six packs. Are you coming?"
"I don't know man, maybe some other time." Din answered feeling tired, even when he slept the entire night holding Luke.
"Oh! You don't have time for your best friends?" Cara said grabbing him by his shoulder, pulling him close. "We know what you've been doing, Din." She grinned.
Din frowned as he shook his shoulder, annoyed, Cara let go of him.
Paz was towering over him, his arms crossed over his broad chest "Can't believe you're wasting our last summer together on Strawberry shortcake."
Din stared at him with a scowl on his face "Strawberry shortcake?"
"Yeah! That daddy's boy." Paz answered.
"That fruit, Luke Skywalker." Cara deadpanned.
"You don't talk about him like that." Din was looking at them, his breathing going heavier.
"Hey guys, cut the shit, okay?" Boba was putting one hand on Paz' shoulder and the other one on Din's. "It's okay, Din, we can hang out later, maybe tonight?"
"I'll call you." Din said feeling guilty since he knew he wouldn't and Boba was his best friend. The only one that wasn't treating him bad or making fun of Luke. Cara and Paz on the other hand...
He entered his house leaving his friends behind. The last thing he heard was Cara saying "Let's go guys, leave him, he can go to hell."
~
That night Luke was sitting next to Din in the car, drinking a soda, eyes fixed on the cup. He looked up to meet Din's face "Din, this is perfect." He said smiling at him as his eyes softened.
Din caressed Luke's thigh sheepishly "You're making it perfect." Luke laughed. "No, really, look at you, you know how good you look and smell right now, babe?"
Luke looked down at his body, he was all dressed in white except for his black Chuck Taylors "Hmm, yeah, well since this our first date I wanted to look good."
"Fuck..." Din said looking away from him, eyes on the screen before them, he rested his left forearm and hand over the steering wheel.
Luke didn't know what was going on but he found that sight breathtaking. Din was so gorgeous and boyish, that made him weak.
"What is it Din?" He asked despite being raptured by the beautiful boy next to him.
Din looked at him again frowning "I really want to kiss you right now, baby." Luke didn't blink.
"But Din, we're at a drive-in theater..." He said almost whispering, he felt something warm nestling in his belly at the thought of making out with Din right there and then.
"I know... And I hate it." Din sighed.
Luke looked around "People seem to be very into the movie tough."
Din nodded "Yeah, maybe that's why I chose to bring you to see Back to the future." He laughed. "This movie has fans, you know?"
Luke smiled narrowing his eyes.
"Besides, Marty McFly reminds me of you. Look at him, same pretty face." Din added.
Luke gasped pressing his hand on Din's chest "Don't you dare, Din Djarin! I won't sit here and see you drooling over another boy!"
Din laughed, he sounded so happy, closing his eyes and taking Luke's hand in his own.
"Never sweetheart, you're the only one." He couldn't help it and took Luke's hand to his lips, gently kissing his fingers, one by one, making eye contact with Luke.
Luke was agape, frozen, besotted with this boy who was pampering him. He gasped when he realized that he was completely in love with Din.
Oh!
Din lowered their hands intertwining their fingers. Luke smiled and blinked, trying to focus on whatever was going on on the screen. I love him. He thought with a grin on his face.
They were both paying attention to the movie when they saw someone came alongside their car and then leaned forward "Hi Din." It was Paz.
Din and Luke winced, disentangling their hands.
Paz leaned back and kept walking.
"Shit!" Din said grabbing the steering wheel.
"Fuck, Din! You think he saw us?" Luke asked feeling his heart thumping against his ribs.
Din didn't answer.
"Din? Are you okay?" Luke said keeping the distance between them.
Din shook his head "Forget it, this won't ruin our night." He stared at Luke's eyes "Alright, babe?"
Luke nodded. But the magic evaporated after that.
They didn't touch each other anymore and they saw the rest of the movie only talking to discuss some funny scene.
When the movie ended and the lights came on, Boba and Cara were approaching the car.
"Fuck, no." Din sighed.
"I'm getting out of the car." Luke said before doing it so. Din followed along.
"So you are very busy, huh?" Cara asked resting an arm on the car's roof.
Luke stood still the other side of the car, not knowing what to do.
"Hello, Strawberry shortcake." She said arching an eyebrow at Luke.
"Huh?" Luke didn't understand at all.
"You stop this shit right now, Cara." Din came close to her.
"Or what? Are you gonna hit me, Din?" She clicked her tongue "You're gonna hit a girl?"
"Cara! What the fuck is going on with you?" Boba tried to intervene.
"Nothing, I just wanted to see them with my own eyes. Paz was right, you're on a date, are you?"
"We're not." Din said, his voice breaking.
Din's words hurt Luke deeply, the fact that Din had to hide their relationship from his friends made him realize that he was making a mistake by dating Din. His heart broke into pieces.
Luke didn't want to be there, he needed some air, he felt he was choking "I'm off!" He yelled and started walking away.
"Luke wait! You came here in my car!" He heard Din calling for him but couldn't look back, he felt his limbs going cold and his heart in his throat.
"I'm finding Leia." He said closing his eyes, he knew his sister was at the mall that night.
When Luke was walking down the street he heard someone calling his name, it wasn't Din's voice, so he turned around to see who was it.
Paz Vizsla was in front of him "I saw you holding hands with him. Are you dating Din?" He asked staring at Luke's face.
Luke noticed that the man was angry "Go away Paz!" He said looking around, he thought that he was in trouble, the street was deserted.
"I've been hitting on you since middle school and you acted like I was getting the whole thing wrong, you even told me you weren't into guys. Now you're dating him." Paz retorted.
"I'm not, stop saying that." He squeezed his eyes shut, remembering the way Din's voice broke when he denied their relationship just a minute ago. He turned around trying to escape the situation.
Din's car appeared out of the blue "Luke?" He called for him.
Luke felt relieved and ran towards the car, when he sat next to Din and closed the door he was blinking tears back.
"Take me home, Din."
"What did he do to you?" Din asked driving, reaching a hand out to caress his cheek. "What did he do to you, Luke?" He asked this time with anger in his voice.
"Nothing, just said that he saw us holding hands." He didn't say a word about the rest.
"I can't believe they're doing this!" Din was fuming.
"This is, this is not okay, I don't want this, you're getting into fights with your friends because of me." Luke said avoiding Din's face.
"They're not my friends anymore, Luke." He said reassuring.
"They were your friends by this morning." He said arching a eyebrow.
"Are you blaming yourself? Because, trust me, this is totally on them." Din looked back at him.
Luke didn't say a word. He just kept thinking that this wasn't working, that he was ruining Din's life. The popular jock was now an outcast just because they started a relationship.
"Is your dad at home?" Din asked parking his car in front of Luke's house.
"Yes, goodnight Din." He lied, leaving the car.
"Luke? Wait." He heard Din said, but he didn't look back and got inside the house.
~
Luke wasn't answering his phone. Leia and Anakin were forced to lie, whenever Din called they just said that Luke wasn't at home. Eventually, Din stopped calling.
Luke was curling on his bed listening to Beatles songs that afternoon when Ask me why started playing.
"Now you're mine, my happiness still makes me cry
And in time, you'll understand the reason why
If I cry, it's not because I'm sad
But you're the only love that I've ever had
I can't believe it's happened to me
I can't conceive of any more misery
Ask me why, I'll say I love you
And I'm always thinking of you"
"Fuck, Din!" His eyes getting cloudy knowing that now he was in love for the first time in his life and it was forbidden.
His father's words echoing inside his mind "People won't understand." And he thought he was right. Even Din's friends weren't respecting their relationship, imagine the rest of the world.
He still wanted to be with Din all the same, to hold him and tell him that he loved him. He hesitantly took the phone and dialled Din's number.
Din answered "Hello?" Luke was holding his breath. "Hello?" Din asked again.
Luke was frozen holding the phone against his ear, knuckles going white. He started panting.
"Luke? Luke! Is that you?" Din asked and he sounded desperate. Luke swallowed hard. "Please Luke, don't hang up the phone, please Luke. Just gimme a sec."
Luke frowned as he heard some noises he couldn't identify until a song started playing.
"You know if you break my heart, I'll go
But I'll be back again
'Cause I told you once before goodbye
But I came back again
I love you so
I'm the one who wants you
Yes, I'm the one who wants you
Oh-oh, oh-oh"
Luke shed a tear listening to I'll be back lyrics, thinking of the days they spent listening to The Beatles and falling in love without even noticed it. Was Din saying that he loved him too?
The song started again and Luke kept crying but he started chuckling through the tears, incredulous, he was certain now, Din loved him back.
Then he heard a knock on the room's door "N-not now Leia." He said through the lump in his throat.
A knock again, he frowned walking towards the door and opening it. His eyes went wide when he saw Din panting before him, resting his arm against the door frame.
"Din?"
"Leia let me in." His brown eyes roaming Luke, he smirked staring at the phone in his hand "I see you're still listening to the song." He chuckled.
"Din." Luke sighed closing his eyes. He collapsed against Din, wrapping his arms around him. "Din." He couldn't help saying his name over and over.
"Babe? I need you to know that no matter what happens I want us to be together." Din said resting his chin on top of Luke's head, his hands caressing his back. "I don't mind getting into fights with my friends. I want to be with you. Do you wanna be with me, Luke?"
How could Luke lie and say that he didn't want to be with Din, the boy he loved? How could he tell Din to go away when being in his arms felt so right, so true?
Luke decided right there and then that he wouldn't run away from his feelings anymore. He has been doing it for years now.
Luke nodded against his chest pressing kisses along the way, he pulled away staring at Din's face "Yes, babe, I want to be with you."
Din smiled as Luke kissed his lips, soft and delicate, eyes closed, tilting his head, humming against Din's skin.
Din hissed holding him close when Luke broke the kiss to rest his forehead against Din's mouth.
"Luke, the door is open." Din chuckled.
"So what?" He said laughing and kissing Din's neck.
Din stroked his hair "Babe..." He groaned.
~
They where lying on the bed, holding hands, staring at the ceiling.
"What are we gonna do? We're going to different universities." Luke asked looking at him sideways.
"We're not gonna be that far apart, you could come over on weekends, mom rented this little apartment for me." Din said absentmindedly.
"She did what?" Luke asked sitting on the mattress "Oh my God, Din. Yes!" Then he frowned "But, I don't want to cause you any trouble."
"Oh, that... Okay, we're gonna say we're roommates." He laughed.
"I'm serious."
"Well, let's see what happens, okay? I'm telling you I'm gonna make it work, cutie. Please?"
"Hmmm." Luke said pressing his lips together smiling. "Okay, love. Let's do it."
Din propped himself up on his elbows to kiss Luke "Come here, Skywalker." They chuckled until their lips met. He broke the kiss "Boyfriend." He sighed boring into Luke's blue eyes.
"Boyfriend." Luke said kissing him again, cupping his face in his hands.
~
2022, Summer
"These are my uncle Luke and my uncle Din." Ben said showing Rey some pictures on his phone "And this is my cousin Grogu."
"Oh my God, he's so cute! How old is he?" Rey asked.
"He's six now, he was younger here, this is from last Christmas." Ben showed her a photo of the kid wearing a cowboy hat. "We spoil him rotten, he's a little brat." He laughed.
"Too cute, look at those big brown eyes." She chuckled.
"I can't wait to see them, they live in Liverpool now, they adopted Grogu when he was a toddler and married the same year." He stared at a picture of the three of them, Grogu in the middle and Luke and Din kissing his cheeks. "My uncles taught me about fighting for what you want, to not give up, to be true to yourself, be yourself." He said smiling.
"They sound like they're very special, Ben." She rested her chin on his shoulder.
They heard a noise coming from the street, a car parking outside the house.
"Come on, Rey, that's mom's car, she was picking them up at the airport." They stood up, walking towards the main door.
"I really wanna meet them." She said.
They heard voices coming from the street.
"Come on, Din. Help me with this bag, would you?"
"Why is Grogu's bag so heavy, babe?"
"I brought my Beatles' vinyl collection, dad."
"Why? You can listen to them on Spotify, kid."
"Dad, it's not the same, auntie Leia has a great record player."
"Always so dramatic. Luke, he got it from you."
"And you love it, honey."
"Damn, you're right."