Daylight

7. Can You Feel the Dark Side?

I woke up to the warmth from three days ago as it was hotter than the sun now. I shifted a little on the bed I had fallen asleep on as I felt someone's strong arms wrap around my body as it crushed me to the same smooth chest that had crushed me the night before but didn't mind it one bit. It made me smile, knowing he was still here, that he let me stay here for another night but not out of safety. He just wanted me to stay, and so did I. It made me smile internally, knowing there may not be another time where I wouldn't enjoy being around him, despite the temple and its students. I shivered slightly as a light breeze flew across my arms, but that wasn't all that made me shiver. Ben's wet lips started to peck short kisses on my exposed shoulder as my jacket must've fallen on the ground somewhere. I stayed still for I didn't want to make him stop or move because it just felt too good for him not to.

"Giving into our bond already?" He chuckled under his breath as his husky morning voice made me smile from ear to ear as I opened my eyes to see his hazel one staring at me, kissing my bare arm while he did.

"I have no reason not to," I spoke with a small smile on my face as I turned to lay on my back as he moved to hover over me slightly. 

Taking his left arm from around my waist, he reached for my face as his hand rested below my jaw, which almost encased my neck as he pulled his face down to mine and kissed me. Wanting him so much closer than he was now, I wrapped my right arm around his neck as he let me bring him down on me as he moved his body around mine to close in on the space between us.

"So beautiful." He whispered against my lips.

 I heard a low growl come from his throat as he pressed his lips harder against mine, and that wasn't all that I felt. Feeling his lower half push against my hips, I felt his growing member against my outer thigh as it made the butterflies in my stomach swirl around as I felt something deeper inside me erupt. The lust I never thought I could feel again for any male returned as I thought of a dirty image in my head before dismissing it. I didn't want Ben to think of that negatively.

"You're not the only one who wants me that way, Amara. It's natural for us. Besides, you're just as worse as me." He whispered against my jaw as he read my thoughts. Bringing his large hand down my chest, I felt him press against my breasts before lowering even further down as I breathed in a sharp intake of air as he landed in the area I was most sensitive in.

"How can you-"

"Amara, I can feel how much you want me like that. I can feel the lust growing inside of you the more I touch you in every way possible, and I know you can feel mine. You and I will have our time together much sooner than you think. But for now, I want to enjoy my morning with you, especially since we both don't have any sessions until this afternoon. Relax for me, Mara." I groaned at his words as he pulled his hand over the negative space between my legs as he spoke, making heat rush to that area before ripping his hand away from it.

 His words made me go insane, as he chuckled deeply. Angling his body in a way that he was laying against the wall behind his bed, he gestured for me to lay on his bare chest, which I did as he swung his left arm over my back, rubbing circles in the middle of it.

"You've had sex before?" I asked while keeping my eyes on his chest as I used my right hand to draw circles and other shapes between his chest crevices.

"Only during the time my uncle was on missions and long before you came along, I've fucked a few girls here and there." He spoke it so casually as I slightly frowned under my face. Thank god he couldn't see it.

"Well, at least you have experience." That I was actually okay with, minus the tiny amount of jealousy I now felt as I felt and saw Ben's hand land on my bare right arm and felt him laugh.

"Yes, I do, but if I remember correctly, so do you." Rubbing my arm, it was rather obvious I was experienced but always wished my first time wasn't with Bex. Maybe it was okay for Ben to change that.

"I'm willing to," Ben spoke quickly as I slightly slapped him on the chest, making him genuinely laugh at my attempt to hurt him.

"Get out of my fucking head, Solo!" I smacked him again before sitting up now and faced him.

"Why do you have to do that so much? Can't you flip a switch in your brain to make it easy not to hear my thoughts?" I asked with little annoyance but mostly humor as I laughed a little too.

"Because I wish to know more about you, Amara. Your mind is always guarded when you're in class or sparring against someone else, but I hear everything when you're around me. I find that interesting and not just that, but I'm also falling for you, falling for everything about you." His laugh vanished the more he spoke as his tone became genuine and serious as he sat straighter against the wall.

"I've fallen quite hard for you, and I don't want to let that go any time soon. Before I started to take note of our bond-forming, everything was surrounded by darkness. I could feel the pull to the Dark Side, and then, suddenly, it was gone when you would walk past me, or when I would see you smile as you fought someone and won. It was as if the very sight of you illuminated the Dark Side around me. The longer I stayed around you-"

"The brighter the light got." I finished his sentence as he gave me a weird look as I raised a hand and shook my head.

"I didn't read your mind, I swear. I've just heard something like that before."

"From who?" He asked as he moved closer to me by bringing his arms to hug his legs.

"My parents. They had a Force bond like ours, a Dyad from what Master Suran said it was called. But it was formed differently for them." I dropped my head as I pushed a leg over the edge of his bed on the side as I stared at his stained sheets.

"What do you mean by different?"

"My parents were from opposite sides of the Force, Ben." I looked up to see the shock written all over his face as he dropped his gaze a little.

"Does that mean then-"

"My mom was a Master Jedi of the Light Side, and my dad was a Sith of the Dark Side. Their meeting would've been fascinating to watch from a distance." I slightly remember their story as they met when they were both young and hungry for different things.