Resist the dark- Obi-Wan gets a little devious and requests to speak with a “friend outside of the order.” Vader, not knowing the name of the person, agrees. What happens when Qui-Gon finds out after Obi-Wan is meeting with his friend.
“…You let him
go unsupervised to Dex?” Qui-Gon questioned the young Emperor with
a dark frown as the information set in.
“Not
unsupervised.” Anakin gave a careless shrug, one leg hanging off
the couch with his clothes an utter mess. “I sent guards with him
to make sure he was safe.”
Pinching the bridge
of his nose, Qui-Gon growled. “But he spoke to Dex, unsupervised?”
He stressed.
Anakin finally put
down the magazine he had been reading to stare at Qui-Gon with a
confused frown. “Yeeeees?”
“You let Obi-Wan,
our crafty little love, speak to Dex, the diner owner and former
traveler of the entire galaxy with a history so colorful you could
paint the galaxy in one go, unsupervised.” Qui-Gon deadpanned.
Anakin bit his
bottom lip, yellow eyes flickering to the balcony where Obi-Wan was
kneeling, meditating in the evening sun. “…Its just Dex. I mean
its not like he’s about to… I mean…”
“Dex could
deliver any message to anyone or get Obi-Wan anything the boy wanted.
Dex adores Obi-Wan.” Qui-Gon stressed before rolling his shoulders
and heading for the balcony, settling down beside the other.
But he didn’t
disturb, he waited until Obi-Wan surfaced from his meditation to peer
at him in some confusion.
“You were at
Dex.” Qui-Gon murmured before reaching out to stroke the others
hair behind his ear. “I know you. I know him. What did you two
speak about?” He asked sternly.
Obi-Wan peered at
him a long moment.
As Qui-Gon reached
a level of impatience, he finally answered. “I asked for truthful
information about the galaxy, not what you two allow to trickle down
to me through shielded lines and comms. He told me a few things that
didn’t make me happy but… he also told me a lot that did make me
happy.” Obi-Wan looked away from the older man then sighed. “I’m
still upset with you two, you know that but… maybe you two aren’t
the worst to happen to the galaxy…” He admitted quietly.
Frowning a bit,
Qui-Gon tilted his head. “What did Dex tell you?” The Sith
questioned.
“You could have
told me you’ve gone to battle with the Hutt council over slavery.”
Obi-Wan murmured in turn, giving him a challenging look.
A staring match
ensued before Qui-Gon rubbed his fingers over his beard. “We didn’t
tell you because its not public information Obi-Wan. Its a cover
operation that can’t be proven to lead back to us and it worries me
that Dex knew.” He rumbled.
To that Obi-Wan
just shrugged. “Dex is Dex, he’s always had an ear for the
unusual and the hard to know information.” Then he leveled up a
grim look at Qui-Gon. “Where else was I suppose to go for true
information when you two have made it clear I am not allowed to speak
with any Jedi, not even friends?” He pursed his lips.
Softening at that,
Qui-Gon cupped the young mans cheek, smiling more when Obi-Wan didn’t
withdraw as he did in the start. “We never said that, we only said
you could not go to the Jedi temple.” He murmured.
That got a sharp,
confused blink out of Obi-Wan.
“What Qui-Gon
means.” Anakin added, stepping onto the balcony too after keeping
his peace for the last ten minutes of conversation. “Is that you
can bring them here, you can bring as many Jedi as you want here to
this apartment to spend time with your friends.” He crooned,
sitting down on Obi-Wan’s other side, settling his hand on the
redhead’s thigh.
“I…really?”
Obi-Wan looked between them. “I…”
“We didn’t
think we needed to state that.” Qui-Gon shrugged. “We only don’t
want you to associate with Jedi as Jedi… but your friends, your
friends can come here to be your friends.” He leaned in and pressed
a soft kiss to the others cheek.
Obi-Wan stared at
them with wide eyes, looking both delighted and confused.