Hello Moddy :) I sincerely admire your creativity, your writing style and your English! It’s awesome! Just love most of your works! I have a question regarding #reachingthesun – at the beginning of the story was mentioned Obi-Wan having visions, is it something ominous or dangerous? How is the relationship with Qui-gon going? And if Anakin has dreams of his mother does Qui-gon let him act on it or does Anakin go to Obi-Wan for advice?
Before
he could even ring the bell, a shout caught his attention.
“The
door is open, just come in!”
Staring
at the door, Anakin blinked, hesitating before palming the reader and
indeed the door slid open, his lips twitching into a small smile as
the first thing he saw was Obi-Wan in a pink and black spotted
headscarf on and a clearly worn in and
sheer beige tunic,
his rust
red
leggings pulled up to his knees leaving his bare calves and feet on
display as
he mopped the floor with a nice black and red colored mop handle and the
bottom made up of a piece of green and white tinged cloth Anakin
would assume was removable.
‘Huh,
his toenails are purple… and glittery.’ Anakin noted absently as
he stepped in and removed his boots, taking notice of how efficantly Obi-Wan was mopping
the floor. “Is this a bad time to visit?” He questioned quietly,
inwardly
taking note of how easily the stains on the others tunic was apparent
and being quietly grateful for Qui-Gon agreeing to let him have black
for his outfit considering how much Anakin worked with engine and
droid oils and grease.
“No,
no. Well as long as you don’t walk through the wet spots but I can
wait until you sit down on the couch.” Obi-Wan smirked in amusement
at him, pausing mid stroke to lean on the
handle, waiting until Anakin was indeed sitting on the black leather
couch with his feet pulled up under him, the padawan glancing about
curiously.
Obi-Wan
had a rather sophisticated design for his quarters clearly.
The
black leather couch with two matching recliners, glass caff table
with a few magazines on it and a cup of half drunk tea, shelves with
little cheap but clearly loved knickknacks, bookshelves with actual
paper books from what Anakin could see, holonovels on another and
then came the influences of a young padawan in a few things here and
there.
There
were also a few paintings.
“Gifts,”
Obi-Wan chuckled out as he spotted Anakin gazing at a particular
painting of a water world from the sight of it. “My friend, Bant,
she gave me that after she visited her home world. Though I don’t think
you came here look at my taste of interior decorations or just for
pleasantries,” Obi-Wan swished around the black recliner before
freezing and turning to Anakin again before the blond could open his
mouth. “Force where are my manners, do you want something to drink?
I’m being a terrible host.” He winced.
Shaking
his head quickly, smiling to assuage the guilt clearly displayed on
Obi-Wan’s face, Anakin couldn’t help but be amused by his lineage
brother. “No, I didn’t come here for tea, I wanted to speak with
you. You’re right about that.” Anakin worried his bottom lip.
Now
that he was sitting on Obi-Wan’s couch…
Now
he was uncertain, he shouldn’t be here, he should be speaking to
his master even though the man would make the same answer as the last
few times he had gone to Qui-Gon.
Honestly
he didn’t even know that Anakin was here! Master Ruta had dismissed
him when he had showed her clear understanding of the source material
and he had just taken the shot, knowing that Ahsoka would be at her
own lessons and Obi-Wan would potentially be alone which would give
Anakin a chance for a private conversa-
“You
had a vision, didn’t you.” Came Obi-Wan’s calm, certain voice
that was in no way a question and Anakin looked up quickly.
Obi-Wan
had paused again, standing by the recliner still, watching Anakin
with a serene expression. He could do nothing but nod at that,
swallowing lightly and then relaxing when the knight just smiled
slightly at him.
Breathing
out, Anakin reminded himself that Obi-Wan had told him to come if he
wanted. That the other wasn’t about to scold him or brush him off.
“I… keep dreaming about my mother, she’s screaming in pain and
she’s somewhere dark…” He mumbled out, tugging lightly at the
hem of his dark tunic.
He
glanced up when he heard a considering hum. “Have you called your
mother?” Obi-Wan asked, cleaning around the recliner.
“I
don’t have a number to her, Watto sold her to someone else and
didn’t get a new number for her.” Anakin explained, swallowing
heavily. That had hurt so badly, Qui-Gon had managed to save up
credits to convert to peggat to free his mother but by the time they
had it, Shmi had been sold since Watto fell on bad times.
Hell,
they couldn’t even get in contact with Watto, his shop was gone and
no one knew where he was.
“I
see…” Obi-Wan paused, frowning a bit at the floor before looking
at Anakin. “…How worried about her are you? On a scale from one
to ten?” He asked softly in a coaxing tone.
“…Eight.”
Anakin confessed, gnawing on his bottom lip once more. It was a habit
of his when he was uncertain unfortunately and both his worry and him
confessing to the other was making him uncertain.
Obi-Wan
leaned on the handle again. “…I believe I have a few knight
friends who are going out to the rims, some of them owes me favors…
and I have some smuggler friends too… and maybe Dex.” Obi-Wan
frowned a bit, staring out into the air.
Teeth
letting go of his abused lip, Anakin blinked at the other Jedi. “Um,
what are yo-”
“Well,”
Obi-Wan chuckled, smiling at him. “If we are to find your mother to check on her, I
imagine we’re gonna have to pull in some resources.” He winked,
as if he hadn’t just thrown the biggest and best surprise in months
at Anakin.
Heart
in his throat, Anakin could only beam at Obi-Wan as the redhead
continued washing the floors, letting him work undisturbed for the
rest of his floor wash.