Relationship: Cal Kestis x f!Reader
Summary: “Shh. Stop fussing. I’m just braiding your hair.” “You look handsome in the moonlight.” *fluff*
“Greez! Not funny,” Cere slapped the Lateron on his top right shoulder. She scooted her chair closer to the table to get a better look at Cal and Y/N on the couch. She watched for a minute as they just chatted with each other. “I think they’re cute. Y/N seems to get through to him in a way we never could.”
“Still, they’re going to fast,” Greez turned his back to his dinner to look at the two sitting on the couch. “In my day...”
“In your day, there was no Empire.” Merrin appeared and walked over to the table. “While I do not understand your relationship culture, I would say they get along well and they seem to care for each other. Is that not enough?” She looked concerned, like maybe she did not understand the culture at all and was afraid she would be wrong.
Cere gave her a quick, reassuring smile. “That’s exactly enough,” Cere stared Greez down with a pointed look.
Greez grunted dejectedly then snatched up his dinner. “I’m gonna eat this in the cockpit,” and he stormed off. Cere just sighed and invited Merrin to join her at the table.
Cal watched as Greez stomped past the two of you. He turned to look at you with an innocent curiosity, “What do you think’s wrong with him?”
“I don’t think he likes me much.”
“What! How could he not like you?”
You looked into his puppy dog eyes, and melted under his adorable gaze. You could not understand how he did it. Cal was always perfectly sweet and a little confused, it broke through everything you had built up to protect yourself during your time rebeling against the Empire, it felt awful and amazing all at once. “Don’t worry about it right now. I’ll talk to him later.” You watched as his lips turned into a subtle smile. You scooted slightly closer to him, letting your legs touch ever so gently.
A blush spread quickly up Cal’s cheeks and he went to lean closer to you when-
“Landing! Everybody get into their chairs so we can be safe,” Greez’s voice rang throughout the Mantis, shocking you and Cal into jumping apart.
Cal ran a hand over the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly, “Guess we gotta...go...sit.”
You grinned back at him and nodded. You watched as he walked into the cockpit and sat next to Greez.
“You and Cal are very compatible,” Merrin’s voice came from behind you.
You jump and grab at your chest. After catching up to your heartbeat, you spun around to look at her. “Merrin! You startled me.”
“Apologies. I just thought I should tell you.” She studied your currently blush filled face for a moment. “Have I upset you? Your face is flushed.”
You touched your cheeks gently. “Uh, no. No. I’m not upset. Uh...thank you. I guess.” You watched her nod slowly and wander over to a place to sit before landing. It was that obvious, huh, even Merrin could tell you liked Cal. It felt like everyone, even BD-1, could tell you like Cal. Everyone except the daft boy himself.
As you sat during landing, you couldn’t help but think about those grassy, green eyes of his and the way they look at you when you talk to him. And the way he ruffles his rusty colored hair when he doesn’t know what to do. You let out an audible sigh, and immediately regretted it. You glanced made sure no one heard it, but then you caught his eye and he smiled at you. Gods, you could have melted right then and there.
Tonight, you thought to yourself, I’m telling him tonight.
The Mantis took to landing in a big open field in the middle of the forest, an area where Imperials are to lazy to travel all the way to and check. This was one of your first contributions to the group when Cal saved you from the troopers in one of the villages nearby. In all honesty, this place was beautiful but came with heavy baggage that you never really wanted to come back to. But for the Resisitance, for Cal, you would do almost anything.
You landed around the highest point in the moons’ rotation. The stars were sparkling and you knew the night would be warm. It was always warm and comfortable. Right after landing, Greez and Cere took off to meet with a Resistance informant.
Before leaving, Cere pulled you aside. You looked at her in confusion before she gave you a slight smile. “You and Cal should go stargazing, it’s a lovely evening.” You immediately looked to the ground and started stuttering a response when she gave your shoulder a pat and walked away.
“I will be exploring this evening.” Merrin’s deadpanned voice again surprising you. You just nodded in response, trying to calm you heart for the second time.
As you stood there regaining your sense of being, Cal cleared his throat behind you. You spun around ready to hit something this time.
“Woah! Hold it. It’s just me.” His eyes dug into yours and you relaxed.
“Sorry, it’s just...Merrin puts me on edge when she does that.” You both laughed lightly then stood in a pleasant silence. You were the one to break the silence when you asked Cal, “Would you like to go stargazing?”
A wide grin broke across his face, “I’d like nothing more.”
The two of you made your way to the top of the Mantis, bringing one of Cal’s ponchos to use as a blanket. As you acended the ladder, Cal reached the top first and offered you his hand as you followed up behind him. You took his hand and stepped onto the top of the ship. Cal laid down his poncho and the two of you took a seat.
The two of you made pleasent conversation, you told him stories of other rebels you had met and he’d talk about some of the weird things he found while scrapping ships. At some point, Cal ended up sitting behind you as you told him about the first time you had talked to a Force-wielder, she had really cool duel lightsabers.
You had only noticed when you felt a light tugging at you hair. You bend your head backwards to look at him, “What are you doing?” You giggled slightly at the concentration in his face.
“Shh. Stop fussing. I’m just braiding your hair.” He pushed your head back up and went back to the light tuggin of your hair.
“How do you know how to braid hair?”
“I learned when I was a padawan, I watched as many fellow padawans get their braids done and kind of picked it up.”
“Oh,” you forgot to hide your surprise, “I always forget that you’re a Jedi.”
“Well, I’m not technically. I never went through the final trials.” You heard the sadness in his voice. “The Jedi Order fell before I was even any bit prepared to take them.”
You gently reached back and took his hands off your hair. You scooted around to look at him and took his hands in yours. “I’m sure you would’ve made a great Jedi.” Your eyebrows raised slightly in a reassuring expression. Cal gave you a crooked smile and gripped your hands a little tighter.
Hesitantly, you leaned forward and touched your forehead to his, and felt as he leaned into it. Your shoulders relaxed and in that moment, everything felt right.
You two sat like that forever, your original task left up in the heavens as you experienced the galaxy right across from you. The wind gently caressed you two and the moonlight seemed to glow brighter. The Empire and the Resistance was forgotten. Greez, Cere, Merrin all left behind this moment.
Every little moment between the two of you was deepening this contact and it was perfect.
“Hey! Cal! Y/N! Get down from there!” Greez’s voice was so faint, but it broke through the silence that Cal and you were so desperate to share.
You pulled away first, looking into his eyes with an understanding you felt more than knew. He looked content and happy, all you had ever wanted for him.
You leaned forward, so you could speak only to him. “You look handsome in the moonlight,” you whispered in his ear. When you pulled back, you could see the tips of his ears grow pink.
The ship was never the same after Cal met Y/N.
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