Not the Jedi Way

Meeting again

The next time the two met was six months later at a political meeting on Mandalore. Luke buckled Grogu up. "You're gonna see your dad tomorrow. Are you excited?" I know I'm not.

Grogu nodded and Luke just said his goodbyes to Leia and Han.

"Are you sure, you're okay with going to the meeting?" Leia hugged her brother.

"It is my obligation. I am the representative of the Jedi and it is about time we took care of this century-long conflict. This is political and nothing personal."

"Just call me if you need anything, okay?"

"I promise. You two watch over the younglings okay?"

Han hugged him. "We will."

"Thank you. I got to go, now."

Luke let Grogu play with R2 during the flight. They arrived in the evening and as soon as he stepped out of his ship he felt people staring at him and whispering. Chakaaryc. Di'kut. Di'kutla. He didn't know what the words meant but knew they weren't positive. He just kept his head high and went to the hotel he would be staying at ignoring the nasty things people said about him. When he arrived he let himself fall on the bed exhausted.

"This is awful, Grogu. They hate me, they would never listen to anything I'll say." He took a deep breath. "Just gotta collect myself and my thoughts. Got to calm down. How about you go and play with R2 a bit? I think I got to meditate a bit."

He went onto the balcony of the hotel room and closed his eyes. "You're going to be okay, Luke. Just calm down." As he collected himself he got reminded of the night he and Din were sharing before he left and what he must have done to scare the other off. "Stop, thinking about that. This is business. You are business partners nothing more."

Luke hadn't slept all night but to be fair that was nothing new. He got a pretty good handle on his sleep depreciation. "Grogu, Din organized you a babysitter while I'm gone- No you can't come with me. I'm not discussing this. This is an important political  meeting." Someone knocked on the door. "That should be them."

He went to open the door to find Boba Fett. Painful memories of Han's capture ran through his mind. Taking a deep breath he drowned them out. "Can I help you?" His voice and exterior immediately went back into political mode.

"I'm here to look after the child."

"What?"

"Din send me." Boba noticed how uncomfortable the other was. "Look, I'm not going to hurt him. Din trusts me. I thought you trusted him."

"I do, but this is a lot." Luke was cold ignoring his boiling emotions. "But I guess I have no other choice. Don't even think about doing something to him or R2 will notify me. If anything happens to my Droid or Grogu you will regret it. Are we clear?"

"Yes." Boba didn't fault him considering they had bad history.

"Good, thank you for looking after him." Luke turned to Grogu and gave him a small kiss on the forehead. "Behave yourself. I'm gonna be back before you know it, okay?" He left to go to the meeting. When he arrived guards stopped him, talking to each other.

"What is a Jetii doing here?"

"I was called to this meeting by your new King." Luke held up the invitation. "I would appreciate it if you would let me in."

The guards let him in but weren't too happy about it. When Luke got into the meeting room a hundred eyes fell onto him. But he didn't let that bother him as he took a stand at the big table. This was nothing compared to the senate, way fewer people. He got this. All he needed to do was keep his composure.