Don't Leave

Chapter Eight

You could smell caf brewing when you woke up, rustling around in the blankets before realizing Ben was no longer lying beside you.

Yesterday felt like a blur with all the emotions that you had experienced with meeting Ben's family, but last night made you feel happy to have gone through that with him.

You push yourself out of bed and open the door leading back to the common area of the ship. As the door opens wide enough for you to see into the room you make eye contact with Ben who immediately flashes you a smile.

"I made breakfast with some of the stuff Luke gave us." He gestured towards the bag of food on the countertop.

You walked into the room and sat down at the table where you played dejarik the night before. Ben walked over and placed a full plate of food in front of you, before placing one in front of himself as he sat down.

He had made what looked to be blue milk pancakes as well as some fruit.

"Where's my caf?" you give Ben a smirk as he pulls a mug to his mouth.

"I didn't know if you liked caf," Ben hands you his mug, "I only made enough for myself, but you can have it." He smiles as you take the mug from him.

"Thanks."

You both sit in silence as you eat the breakfast he had prepared. At some point during the meal, Ben had gotten up to start another cup of caf for himself.

"Do you want another cup?" Ben looks over his shoulder as he finishes pouring the caf into his mug.

You shake your head 'no', "One cup should have me set for the rest of the day." You laugh.

"Fair enough," Ben sits back down at the table, "so, what is on the agenda today?"

You finish chewing the last bite of food on your plate and look over at Ben, "Well, I was hoping we could actually go hiking today and maybe camp tonight?"

"Any idea for what planet we should go to?" a smile spread across Ben's face.

"I couldn't name one if I wanted to." You laugh.

Ben reaches over and grabs your hands in his, "There's a really good hiking place on this planet, if you're okay staying here?"

You agree even though the thought of seeing Han or Leia again makes you completely uncomfortable, you figured that they were dealing with enough stuff that they wouldn't casually be out hiking any time soon.

As Ben finishes up his mug of caf he goes to the fresher to shower and get ready for the day, you decide to just put a change of clothes on.

When you packed up your satchel for the weekend you had decided to throw in a few of your older outfits, you loved your Jedi robes but you knew it was going to be more comfortable to go on a hike in a plain shirt and sweatpants.

You meet Ben out in the main area after you get ready, noticing that he has on a pair of grey sweatpants and a plain black pullover. His hair was still wet with strands stuck around the edges of his face.

"Huh, guess we had the same idea." He laughs as his eyes look you up and down which makes you cross your arms over your chest as if to hide something, "I miss you like this."

He walks over with his arms spread open as he wraps himself around you, picking you up slightly as his embrace gets tighter.

"So," you laugh as you try to wiggle yourself from his grip, "ready to go hiking?"

Ben puts you down and picks up his satchel from the ground, with a slight nod of his head and a press of a button the two of you leave the ship to begin your day hiking.