DARK OBI 4
OBI-WAN WAS STILL WATCHING HIM CLOSELY, WITH THAT DAMNEDABLE SMIRK STILL ON HIS FACE. ANAKIN GROANED, RUNNING HIS FINGERS THROUGH HIS HAIR, THE LOOK ON OBI-WAN'S FACE CONFUSED HIM, MORE THAN ANYTHING HE HAD FACED IN THE LAST WEEK. HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HIS FORMER MASTER WAS PLAYING WITH HIS HEAD, OR IF IT MEANT SOMETHING MORE.
"WHAT'S WRONG, PADAWAN?" OBI-WAN WHISPERED IN ANAKIN'S EAR.
ANAKIN SHOOK HIS HEAD, "NOTHING." BUT THAT WAS SUCH A KRIFFING LIE, WASN'T IT. THIS WASN'T FUNNY ANYMORE. OBI-WAN WAS PRACTICALLY STRADDLING HIS LAP AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE...
OBI-WAN STOOD, WALKING AWAY FROM ANAKIN. HE COULD FEEL ANAKIN'S CONFUSION IN THE FORCE, AND KNEW THAT SOMETHING WOULD SOON SNAP IN THE YOUNGER MAN'S MIND. EITHER ANAKIN WOULD JOIN HIM, OR HE'D TURN ON HIM AND NEED TO BE DESTROYED. OBI-WAN THOUGHT BACK TO A CONVERSATION HE HAD HAD WITH HIS WIFE CONCERNING ANAKIN
--- THREE MONTHS EARLIER ---
"MMMM, OBI-WAN. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MY LOVE." SINN HAD SAID, LATCHING ONTO HER HUSBAND LIKE A MYNOCK ON A POWER COUPLING. SHE SIGHED, TAPPING HIM ON THE NOSE WITH ONE FINGER, "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT, LOVE? HMMM? COULD IT BE MY BABY BROTHER? I KNOW THAT YOU WANT HIM."
OBI-WAN GROANED, GRABBING HIS WIFE AND KISSING HER HARD. BREAKING THE KISS HE WHISPERED, "YOU'RE FOOLISH, SWEETLING. HE'S YOUR BROTHER."
SINN GIGGLED, PULLING BACK FROM HER BELOVED, "DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T WANT HIM. I KNOW YOU TOO WELL MY DEAREST. BESIDES, YOU SOMETIMES TALK IN YOUR SLEEP."
OBI-WAN KISSED HER TO STOP HER WORDS, "NEVER. I CAN'T..."
SINN SIGHED, SMILING SADLY, "YOU'RE ONLY LYING TO YOURSELF. YOU NEED HIM, AS MUCH AS YOU NEED ME. I KNOW YOU LOVE ME AND ALWAYS WILL, MY VANE, BUT ANI HOLDS A PART OF YOU I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TOUCH."
--- PRESENT ---
OBI-WAN PACED HIS QUARTERS, RUNNING HIS FINGERS THROUGH HIS HAIR. HE GRIMACED AT THE LEANGTH OF IT. HE HAD RECENTLY HAD TO CUT IT AFTER A NASTY BATTLE, WHEN IT HAD BEEN SINGED BADLY. HE COULD HEAR ANAKIN OUT IN THE OTHER ROOM, AND CURSED HIS ACTIONS. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TEASED ANAKIN AS HE HAD, IT BROUGHT TO MANY THOUGHTS TO HIS MIND, THOUGHTS THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. ANAKIN WAS HIS FORMER APPRENTICE AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND HOPEFULLY HIS APPRENTICE IN THE DARKSIDE. HE SHOULDN'T BE WANTING THE YOUNGER MAN SPREAD OUT ON HIS BED NAKED, READY AND WILLING.
BUT FORCE HELP HIM, HE DID.
ANAKIN WAS OFF LIMITS, AS A JEDI, A FRIEND, HELLS THE MAN WAS MARRIED.
--- IN THE LIVING ROOM ---
ANAKIN STARED AT OBI-WAN'S BEDROOM DOOR, HIS HANDS CLENCHING IN FISTS. DAMN THE MAN FOR MAKING HIM FEEL THIS WAY. HE HADN'T HAD THESE KIND OF THOUGHTS ABOUT OBI-WAN SINCE BEFORE HE MARRIED PADME. ALL HE WANTED TO DO RIGHT NOW WAS GO THROUGH THAT DOOR, THROW THAT SMIRKING SITH BASTARD ON THE BED AND SCREW HIS BRAINS OUT. HE WANTED KENOBI BADLY, HE ALWAYS HAD HE REALIZED. THE ONLY THING BEFORE THAT HAD STOPPED HIM FROM TAKING HIM WAS THE CODE. NOW THERE WAS PADME, AND SADLY ENOUGH HIS OLDER SISTER.
THINKING ABOUT HER WAS LIKE A BUCKET OF COLD WATER BEING SPLASHED OVER HIS HEAD. HE STARTED LAUGHING MADLY, HIS KNEES GIVING OUT AND SINKING TO THE FLOOR.
OBI-WAN WALKED OUT, AND SAW ANAKIN LAUGHING LIKE A MADMAN ON THE LIVINGROOM FLOOR. "OH, WHAT'S SO FUNNY, ANAKIN?'
ANAKIN LOOKED UP AT HIS... HIS MASTER, "EVERYTHING, MASTER. YOU... ME... THIS WHOLE DAMNED WAR." HIS LAUGHTER DIED, ONLY TO BE REPLACED WITH TEARS. "ALL THIS TIME I FOUGHT... THE ONE THING I WANTED... CAN'T HAVE ANYWAY... NOT MINE TO HAVE... MY SISTER'S."
OBI-WAN GATHERED ANAKIN IN HIS ARMS, ROCKING THE YOUNG MAN. "SHHH, ANI, IT'S ALL RIGHT. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE."
ANAKIN SHOOK HIS HEAD, "NO IT WON'T YOU SEE. I CAN'T FIGHT IT ANYMORE. I CAN'T STAY HERE, WITH YOU AND NOT..." ANAKIN PULLED AWAY, LOOKING OBI-WAN IN THE EYE. "I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE THINKING THESE THOUGHTS, I'M MARRIED, YOU'RE MARRIED. THIS IS SO MESSED UP."
OBI-WAN KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK FROM WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO DO. TAKING A DEEP BREATH, OBI-WAN SMILED. THEN HE SNAKED HIS FINGERS INTO ANAKIN'S HAIR AND PULLED HIM IN FOR A KISS.
--- THREE HOURS LATER ---
ANAKIN STRETCHED WITH A CONTENT YAWN. HE RAN HIS HAND ACROSS OBI-WAN'S BACK, CAUSING THE SLEEPING SITH TO SNUGGLE CLOSER INTO HIM. 'MMM, THAT WAS NICE,' HE THOUGHT, KISSING OBI-WAN'S NECK.
OBI-WAN RAN HIS HAND ACROSS ANAKIN'S CHEST, SO HE WASN'T ASLEEP AS HE APPEARED, "NICE? I WOULDN'T HAVE USED SOMETHING THAT COMMON TO DESCRIBE WHAT THAT WAS." HE PROPPED HIMSELF UP ON HIS ELBOW, SMIRKING LIKE THE SMUG BASTARD HE WAS. "INCREDIBLE, UNBELIEVABLE, ASTONISHING. THOSE WOULD BE THE CORRECT WORDS."
ANAKIN SMILED, THEN GOT A CONFUSED LOOK ON HIS FACE. "UMM, OBI-WAN?"
"YES, ANI?" OBI-WAN SAID STRETCHING LIKE A CAT, WITH THAT SMIRK FIRMLY IN PLACE ON HIS HANDSOME FACE.
"DID YOU JUST READ MY THOUGHTS?"
OBI-WAN'S EYES WIDENED, SHOCK ON HIS FACE.
TBC