Ye olde shuttle parking [Monday afternoon]

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Anakin had spent a good hour staring at the shuttle, a can of paint and a brush in his hand.

Finally he bit his lower lip, painted over the name Tydirium and rechristened the ship the Virgo in Basic and English.

Then he stood back and waited to see if the only person who would understand the name change would actually be arriving for their lessons today.

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Rory reached over and moved a curl off his forehead, totally not letting her hand linger.

Really.

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Anakin would be moving back any minute now.

Yes.

Just not, apparently, this one.

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Rory traced her finger down his jaw. "You should grow a beard."

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"Really?" he said, blinking. "Obi-Wan had one..."

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"I don't know how you'd look with one," she said softly. "I want to see."

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"I'd look ridiculous," Anakin decided.

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"I don't know about that."

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Anakin moved back a little and smiled at her. "Is this a test to see if you can get me to do it?"

He probably would.

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Rory smiled innocently. "Maybe."

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Anakin leaned a little closer. "Are you sure there's not something else you'd rather have me do?"

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There was a world of things she'd rather he do, and all it required was a closure of the distance between them.

"Do you have something in mind?"

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"Anything that doesn't involve facial hair," he replied, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.

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Rory bit her lip, staring at him. "Anything?"

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"Well, shaving my head might take some convincing," he murmured.

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"I like your hair, anyway," she said softly, everything going just a touch hazy.

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"Even if it's not purple?" he asked softly, moving just a little closer.

Bad idea, Anakin. Bad.

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"Especially since it's not purple," she said with a soft laugh, reaching a hand up to smooth his hair down.

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Anakin's eyes locked on hers and he forgot about breathing.

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Rory swallowed hard, threading her fingertips through the curls at the nape of his neck.

That was totally something friends did, right?

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Anakin tilted his head in...

...just as one of the controls on the panel began to bleep.

He sighed and pulled back. "The shielding needs to be tweaked," he muttered.

Oh, how he hated that button right now.

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"Oh," Rory said, her voice still just a bit husky. "Um, okay. What do we do?"

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"I go hit it with a hydrospanner until it stops," Anakin bitched, standing up and heading to the back of the shuttle.

His Huttese vocabulary was quite extensive.

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"You know, Luke swears like that, too," she commented, trying to find something -- anything -- to talk about.

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"Really?" Anakin smiled. "He should watch his language."

He dropped his robe into a messy pile on the ground, then unknotted his tabard and placed it on top, leaving him in just his undertunic.

Then he popped open the control panel, still bitching under his breath, and got to work.

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Rory didn't crane her neck to take in the view, really.

No, really.

"That's what I said."