Just us now - Reylo Fanfiction

Rey's POV

"So, come on what did you see?" I ask him again excited to know. His cheeks are bright red and he is trying to avoid looking at me. "Kylo? Tell me. What did you see?" I ask again this time scared at whatever he found.

He still doesn't look at me but he quietly says, "My father offered you a job?"

"Ermmmm, yeah he did," I answer slowly.

"And you refused?" he adds "Why? You got on well and liked each other. Seemed like a good fit".

"I needed to get back to Jakku" I sigh.

"Why would you want to go back there?" he looks at me now confused. "I saw you there too when you were younger. There was nothing there for you. It was miserable".

"I was waiting for my parents to come back for me" I say my eyes now filled with tears. "They will come back one day. I know it. Maybe they already have but I've not been there". The tears are now falling and I can't stop them.

Kylo Ren's POV

I know I shouldn't but I can't stop myself. I reach over and take Rey's hand in mine. I watch as our fingers connect and curl around each other and our hands join together perfectly. I ache for her as I can still feel the heartbreak and loneliness of that small child crying herself to sleep with no one in the world to care for her.

With my heart frantically beating in my chest I slowly look up and see that Rey is still looking at our hands clasped together.

"I think you already know that they are never coming back," I say quietly as a tear escapes my eye and lands on our joined hands.

Rey looks up into my tear filled eyes and nods her head to confirm that yes; deep down she does know this.

"It's time to let them go," I say as I lean in closer.

"I have no one" she says her lip shaking.

"That's not true. Not anymore" I whisper. "You have me".

Rey's POV

I lean forward and rest my head on Kylo's shoulder as I continue to cry over the parents I can barely remember. He is right. It is time for me to let them go just as they did me but I don't think I'm strong enough to do that just yet.

Through the blur of tears I look down at our still intertwined hands. "You have me," he said only moments ago. It was barely a whisper but he said it and he meant it. I felt it. I felt the pure emotion and honesty in that moment. And I believe him.

I slightly raise my head and we are face to face now. I can feel his breath uneven against my cheek and I can hear both of our hearts beating louder than ever. I take my free hand and reach for the strand of hair that has fallen down across his eyes and I brush it away and tuck it behind his ear as I whisper to him "And you have me".

Kylo Ren's POV

The only sound I can hear is my heart and it's beating far too fast.

Even when I was a child and there were people all around me I was still alone. The outcast. The weirdo. The one they were all scared of, as I couldn't control my powers. The one they sent away. Yet now I am here and for the first time I am truly not alone.

"And you have me". Rey said that to me. Me, Kylo Ren, the outcast, the weirdo, the one they are all scared of who sometimes still can't control his powers, the one who got sent away. She spoke those four words to me.

I lean back to look at her and our eyes connect. I lift my hand and I use my thumb to slowly wipe away the tears that are still running down her cheek. She brings her hand up and puts it over mine and rests it against her face. She closes her eyes and smiles as she leans into it and we both enjoy this time of unexpected closeness.

Then something changes, a shift in energy. We both recognise it and are shaken at the same time and look towards the sky. I can hear the engines of a craft entering the atmosphere. The noise gets louder as it nears our location and I can sense that it is a First Order ship.

I stand up quickly with Rey's hand still in mine. I turn to her "You need to go back to the ship right now. And whatever you do don't come out until I tell you. I'll deal with this".