Okay – you are completely wonderful, your writing and talented creativity is epic. You brighten my day. Have a great time on vacation, you will be missed, but that just means we’ll enjoy it that much more when you get back. — on an unrelated note, can we have what happens next with butterfly flutter, is there angst, is there drama? Does jealous Anakin start showing?
“Obi-Wan, you
look well.” The redhead smiled as Mace settled down at the table
with him, eyes quirking up in a half smile.
“You mean I look
fat don’t you.” He teased in return and laughed when the Korun
spluttered.
“I certainly do
n-bah, of course you’re making jokes.” The man grumbled then
smiled. “But alright, you’re as big as a cargo barge.” He
smirked.
Obi-Wan just
laughed, rubbing his stomach faintly before taking a small sip of
tea.
“Morning sickness
still?” Mace hummed, glancing down at the others plate of toast,
ginger tea and a very small cup of yogurt.
“Yes.” Obi-Wan
sighed. “The healers prescribed me some pills for it but honestly,
the side effects are worse then the benefits in my case.” He
grimaced then took a small bite out of his toast. “I make sure to
take my prenatal though so I’m in no risk Mace. Nor is the baby.”
He hummed.
“Good, you
shouldn’t take any risks.” Mace offered seriously then started on
his own meal of boiled eggs, porridge and salted meat. At least it
didn’t have a pungent smell, it had been hard enough to stand right
next to the food droids when fetching it to begin with.
“And Skywalker?”
The question was so
casual that Obi-Wan almost forgot the implication behind it.
That Mace knew.
He bowed his head a
bit over his cup, taking a sip to gather his thoughts and not speak
without thought. “He’s…he seems upset but that may be the
divorce and the probation.”
“I still can’t
believe you talked us into allowing him it.” Mace scowled at him.
“… I wanted to
see him happy. It made him happy.” Obi-Wan got out quietly.
Dark eyes observed
him and Obi-Wan took another sip.
“…You’re a
better man then me Obi-Wan. I would never have argued for it if I
were you.” Mace took his own tea.
“Well there was
also the added benefit of popularizing the Jedi again, making them
understand that we’re just…beings with feelings.” Obi-Wan gave
a small smile then sighed, all to aware of the ears around. Then he
rubbed the curve of his life swollen stomach. “… In the end we’re
all just that.”
Mace stared at him
then reached out and rested his hand on the others free wrist,
staring at him. “You’re more then that Obi-Wan and you know it.”
The other councilor
may have answered if a shadow hadn’t fallen over them, both looking
up to find the knight they had been speaking about looming over them,
blue eyes on Mace hand.
“Ah, Anakin, here
for morning meals?” Obi-Wan pulled his hand back, oblivious.
Mace was not.
He had seen that
flash of deep seated jealousy flashing through the knights eyes and
he sat back, watching him as Skywalker settled down beside Obi-Wan,
his shoulders tense and his flesh hand white knuckled on his tray.
“Yes. I had
morning meditation with the eight to nine years first or I would have
come before and kept you company Obi-Wan.”
“Mace kept me
company for a bit. It was alright Anakin.”
A spasm in the
knights fingers and a non-committal hum.
For such a smart
man, Obi-Wan certainly was oblivious to Anakin’s emotional shifts.
Then again, perhaps
Obi-Wan had blinded himself on purpose?
Mace finished his
tea.
“You’re still
not eating well?” Skywalker questioned, eyes on Obi-Wan’s plate.
“Its just morning
meals Anakin.” The redhead waved away. “I usually get my appetite
better around mid-meals. And like I told Mace, I take good prenatal,
there is no trouble. I get the calories I need and the vitamins.”
Blue eyes flashed
to Mace again before the blond busily focused on his own meal when he
caught the councilor already watching him.
‘He’s jealous.
He’s very jealous. Sith spit, I can’t tell if that’s good or
bad. Bad as a Jedi though we all have our struggles, or good because
that means he actually cares for Obi-Wan still.’ Mace finished the
last of the his porridge.
Convincing Obi-Wan
would be the real struggle though.
He was so used to
the blond that he didn’t even seem to notice how Anakin was leaning
against him, needing to touch him in some manner if it was only as
casual as his free arm resting against the others side and their
knees brushing.
Well, no one had
said Mace wasn’t up for a challenge.