It was the next morning, and Ahsoka was sitting up and Rex was sleeping half on her bed and half on his chair, it couldn't have been comfortable, especially with his armor, but he was able to sleep anywhere if he was tired enough. He was resting his head in her lap and she was playing with his hair. She ran her finger against the way his hair grew and it felt rough yet smooth, and prickly yet soft. Strange. Rex slightly shifted and he pulled the bundle of sheet he used as a pillow closer to him, causing it to ride up over the bed and it let the cold air reach Ahsoka's legs, making her shudder, "Rex," she said softly.
Rex gasped and pushed himself off her and back into his chair, "Oh jeez I forgot you were here. I though I was alone," he rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Ugh, these brights are light," He stopped what he was doing and looked at Ahsoka confused, she was trying really hard not to laugh, "I didn't say that right, did I?" Ahsoka shook her head, still containing her laughter, "I meant... the lights are bright," he said slowly.
She calmed down, "The brights aren't that light," she joked.
Rex smirked and shook his head. He stretched his arms and then his stomach rumbled, "Guess I hungry, you want anything?"
"Could I come with you, I'm itching to get out and about,"
"Sure, got any clean clothes?"
"Yeah. In that bag over there," she pointed over to the bedside table.
Rex got up and picked up the bag, setting it on the chair he was just in. Ahsoka took off her blanket and saw some bandages on her legs. Rex pulled out a fresh pair of clothes for Ahsoka, "Will you need help?" He asked.
"I don't know. Maybe,"
He scooted the chair to the side and Ahsoka put her legs over the end of the bed. She slid down and her bare feet touched the cold floor tiles. She carefully stood up with the help of Rex and she felt sore all over. Rex held up a pair of her leggings, "Are these gonna fit over your bandages?"
"We'll have to try I guess,"
Rex nodded and handed them to Ahsoka. After a few minutes, she was finally out of the medical wear and into her actual clothes, with the help of Rex of course.
"How do you feel?" He asked.
"It's like the burned areas are stiff and don't want to cooperate with me,"
Rex chuckled, "I meant your clothes. Are they to tight?"
"No they're fine,"
"Alright,"
Rex quickly brushed his teeth and did the things he usually did in the mornings, and he came back to Ahsoka, "Let's just do some light walking first to see how well you can do that."
Ahsoka nodded and took a few tentative steps forward. Her skin felt tight where the burns were, and it was uncomfortable. She also felt some of the bacta gel rubbing against her skin and the bandages. Rex had his hand out in case she were to lose her balance. Rex opened the curtain for her and they left the med bay after a few minutes of slow walking. They started to head down the hall to the mess hall, they turned the corner, but Rex cut it too sharp and bumped into it, nearly falling and he tripped over his own feet.
Ahsoka snorted, "Maybe I should be the one helping you walk,"
Rex rubbed his shoulder, "Yeah yeah very funny,"
Anakin suddenly popped out of nowhere, "Rex!" He said breathlessly, "I need your help,"
"What's wrong?" He asked worriedly.
"Hi Ahsoka," Anakin said and Ahsoka waved at him, "It's the baby,"
" 'baby?' " She repeated.
"You didn't tell her!?"
"No, you said not to," Rex said.
Anakin face palmed, "Well ya shoulda told her. But that doesn't matter now, the little thing is the devil. Look what she did," he held up his robotic arm that was spasming like crazy and his other hand with two little puncture marks in it, "Look what she did! I don't know how she was so well behaved for you,"
Rex sighed through his nose, "Where is she?"
"I'll take you to her,"
Anakin lead them down some halls and into a briefing room. He opened the door and the room was a wreck, chairs were skewed all over the place and laying on their sides, a few tools were scattered around the floor, and the tiny Togruta was sitting on top of the holotable.
Rex was surprised, "She's only awake for what, one or two hours and she's already done this?"
"Oh you have no idea," Anakin said.
Ahsoka gasped, "Aww, Force Rex, how could you not tell me about her," She hobbled over to the baby, "What's her name?"
"She doesn't have-" Rex said but was cut off
"You cannot name her," Anakin said.
"But why not? I'm sure you've noticed her strength in the Force, so shouldn't she be at the temple- oh wait never mind I forgot,"
Rex walked over to them and the little girl and smiled greatly and the sight of Ahsoka and Rex. Anakin walked over, "Why does she hate me? And only me?"
"Because you're Anakin," Ahsoka said.
Anakin crossed his arms but his robotic hand spazzed and thwapped him hard in the chest. He grumbled a picked up some tools on the floor. He righted a chair and sat down, starting to try to fix his spasming hand. Rex walked around picking up the overturned furniture and putting the tools where they belonged, while Ahsoka kept the girl occupied, "You need a name," she said quietly, "We can't call you 'baby' or 'kid' all the time. Although Rex would call you 'kid' either way, yeah,"
The child started to make funny faces which made Ahsoka laughed, and the baby laughed back, "Hmm, let's see. Now forgive me if you don't like your name, how about Caara, Koro, or Haana. Nah, I don't really like those, do you," The baby's expression was blank, "I'll take that as a 'no'. Maybe Bora or Annalex. Annalex is neat, 'anna' means beautiful or grace, and 'lex' is warrior." The baby smiled, "The beautiful warrior, I think that would fit you for when you go up. But shhh, you can't tell Anakin," she looked up.
Anakin was still fiddling on his robotic arm and Rex had just finished cleaning up the floor and walked over to her. He stood next to her put his hand on her lower back. Ahsoka leaned into him, "You cleaned fast,"
"I get a lot of practice when it comes the 501st,"
"Heh, yeah you're right."
"So, what should we do with her. It's not like we have a day care, and it's war time, we can't look after her,"
"I know. I'm still thinking about that,"
Anakin walked over to them and glared and the little girl, "What do baby Togrutas eat?"
"Well what to baby humans eat?" Ahsoka said.
"Uh... milk,"
"There's your answer,"
"Well duh. I just didn't know if they ate solid food too,"
Ahsoka was about to say something but Anakin's com went off, "Hi Padmé," he said.
"Hi Anakin. Look I have something you might want to hear,"
"Oh?"
"It's about the accelerated aging for the clones,"
"I thought I told you not to worry about that,"
"Yes, you did. But it bothered me the whole day. I took Bail Organa with me and we did some digging and investigating. Long story short, we found it," Rex felt his heart rate accelerate, "We found a cure," her voice came through happiness.
"You found a cure!?" Anakin said shocked.
"Yes we did. It took a while but we found it,"
"Oh Padmé you have no idea how much time and trouble you have saved us. Hey, look, I love you, I have to go,"
"Alright. I love you too, Ani. Bye,"
"Bye,"
Rex turned to Ahsoka with wide eyes and his mouth slightly open. Ahsoka had a wide grin stretched across her face, she threw her arms around Rex and didn't even care that her arms hurt, she'd deal with that later. He hugged her back tighter but relaxed she had just started recovering from her wounds so he lessened up a bit. He started to let out a few quiet laughs in disbelief, Ahsoka stepped back and still had the smile etched across her face.
Rex pressed his forehead against hers and whispered, "I love you,"
She whispered back, "I love you too,"
"Uh," Anakin interrupted their small moment, "I'm still here," he wave a hand.
"Well you can go away," Ahsoka said to him over Rex's shoulder, then they resumed their position and let their happiness come out while ignoring Anakin awkwardly standing there.