We're Different Than the Rest

Chapter 35: The Zothique

"Sid! Reno!" Bly walked out of his suite and into the main room.

"What di'kut?" Reno said while eating some
Mantell Mix.

"I don't know how to tie this thing!" Bly said as he attempted to tie his tie for the eight time.

"Ha!" Reno shouted. "I can do something that you can't!"

Bly rolled his eyes at Reno.

"Come here, di'kut." Reno tied Bly's tie very quickly.

"You need to teach me how to do that." Bly complained.

"Nope!" Reno popped the 'p' and continued eating Mantell Mix. "I like being able to do something you can't."

"Whatever." Bly laughed and stole some of Reno's popcorn.

"Yeah, fair enough. I honestly deserved that one."
Bly sat down next to Reno, who was at the dining table.

"Why are you so fancy?" Reno raised a questioning eyebrow.

"Aayla and I are going to Zothique with Rex and Ahsoka."

"Isn't that the super fancy one?"

"Yeah."

"Have fun paying that bill." Reno joked with his vod.

"Yeah, well Ahsoka suggested it so we couldn't really say no."

"Have fun." Reno gave a sarcastic smile, with a grin.

"I plan on-"

Faylin's bedroom door opened and Bly looked over. He was speechless.

Aayla walked out in a fitted navy blue gown. Only one shoulder had a sleeve, which covered her entire arm with navy blue and silver embroidered flowers. The skirt just barley brushed the floor, and had a slit that went up to Aayla's knee. Her shoes, which she had also borrowed from Faylin, matched the dress perfectly; they were tall navy blue stiletto's. She didn't have much in term of lekku wraps, but she had found a beaded strand that was silver to accompany the outfit.

"Ready to go?" She asked Bly.

"You look beautiful. Not that you don't always- but..."

"Thank you, Bly." Ayala took Bly's arm as he offered it to her.

"Wait!" Faylin said. "Pictures!"

"Oh yes! My little baby is all grown up." Reno said in a fake sad voice as he grabbed his data pad.

Once Faylin and Reno were content with the pictures they got, Ayala and Bly were allowed to leave.

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When Aayla and Bly walked into Zothique, the hostess led them to the table where Rex and Ahsoka were already sitting. After fast greetings, the group dove into conversation quickly.

"So where are you guys..." Ahsoka struggled to find her next word, "stay-liv-ing?" Her voice got quiet.

"We are living on Sicemon. It's a small planet in the outer rim." Aayla answered with a smile.
"It is really peaceful, especially compared to Coruscant." Bly looked over at Aayla and smiled sweetly.

"That's awesome!" Ahsoka's smile radiated with happiness.

"What about you two?" Aayla asked. She felt weird asking, since Ahsoka was much younger than her.

"We moved to Naboo with Anakin and Padmé. It's not permanent, but we're living in the guest suite of Varykino, which is the name of Padmé's lake house". Ahsoka explained.

"That must be gorgeous!" Aayla said.

"It really is. The best part is that we get to play with Luke and Leia all day." Rex chimed in.

"Luke and Leia?" Bly asked.

"Anakin and Padmé's twins." Ahsoka answered.
Bly nodded in understanding.

Their food came quickly after it was ordered. Along with the food came more conversations about important topics and miscellaneous things.
The group sat at the table for an hour after they finished eating, when they decided to go do something else. Due to all of their outfits being formal, not much was on the list of possibilities.

The Zothique had a ballroom for open dancing for those who ate at the restaurant, so the group decided to go dance.

"Oh! Sorry!" Rex said when he stepped on Ahsoka's small foot.

"You're fine, Rex. Just follow my lead." She laughed.

"Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?"

"Only if you're sexist." Ahsoka gave her infamous smirk.

"Then lead the way," Rex said with a little smile.
Rex tripped over Ahsoka's long sparkly maroon skirt multiple times, but managed to not fall every time- of which he was quite proud.

"You're getting a lot better!" Bly said, seeing as how Aayla had only stepped on his feet twice.

"That's good, because I am concentrating so hard right now." She continued staring at her feet, never looking up.

Aayla felt a warm hand lift her chin up.

"Hi."

"Hi." She said, immediately looking back down.

"Aayla."

"Yeah?" Aayla kept staring at her feet.

"Look at me, cyar'ika."

"But then I'll step on your feet."

"I'm okay with that." Bly smiled as Aayla looked up at him.

They had made it multiple steps without Aayla stepping on Bly's feet.

"There you go." Bly smiled.

"Did I ever tell you that your eyes are amazing?" Aayla said randomly after a few seconds of silence.

Bly blushed and looked down.

"Hey, look at me." Aayla said, teasing him with his own words.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The group danced for about an hour when their feet started to hurt. They said their goodbyes, which were a little emotional, before going their separate ways.

"It was nice to see them again." Aayla smiled as she rested her head on Bly's shoulder in the sky taxi on the way back to the hotel.

"It was."

"I like Faylin's heels, but my feet hurt a lot after dancing." Aayla said.

The rest of the ride was spent in silence. Not awkward, but comfortable.

When the taxi stopped on the landing platform for their hotel, Bly picked up Aayla bridal style.
"Bly, what are you doing?"

"You said your feet hurt."

Aayla relaxed in his arms. "Thank you."

"Of course, cyar'ika. Anytime."

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Hi readers!!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It's a little different than my normal, but I really had fun writing it.
By the way, the Zothique is a real restaurant on Coruscant. I do not know if it's actually fancy, but go on Fandom and find restaurants on Coruscant. The Zothique is the last one on the (very) long list.
Thank you @111206ad for the chapter idea!
If anyone has cute chapter ideas, let me know! I'll try and incorporate it into the story! 😊