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Rey stared down at her little plant, smiling. It was somewhere around midnight, the perfect time for her little night-bloomer to open up. Not many Resistance members were awake, and the ones that were up didn’t know her very well. She still wanted to show someone her small flower, proud of being able to sustain another life all by herself.
Aha!, She thought. If she could find a room without windows, she could show Ben. He was almost certainly up - it seemed to her the Supreme Leader never slept. She scooped up the little pot, hurrying into a small holding room and sitting down cross-legged on the floor.
She reached silently, far away, searching the galaxy for her bond-mate. She was getting more talented at locating his signature by the day, even though it didn’t reveal his physical location. That was fine with her, because despite their attachment to each other, they were fighting on opposite sides of a war. During the time they shared, though, they momentarily forgot their situation and developed something like a friendship instead.
He appeared in front of her, blinking. He looked up past Rey, nodding as if he was dismissing an underling. “That will be all,” He said with an air of finality. His eyes flicked down to her, then back up. He let out a breath he was holding. Rey sat, fidgeting impatiently. He looked down at her, eyebrow raised. “Yes?”
She grinned and held up the flower with the excitement of a proud child. “Look!”
Ben’s face didn’t change. “The light i-”
“Ben, I really don’t feel like having a conversation about light and dark force stuff right now! I’m trying to show you som-”
Rey quieted down as he raised a hand, chuckling. What was so funny?
“No, Rey, the light isn’t on. I can’t see.”
Rey puffed out a breath of embarrassment, face heating up as she turned pink. “Oh.”