The Dark Academy on Korriban

He smiled warmly, "You're right of course. There's plenty on my plate to keep me busy."

It seemed as if Kristal was being normal Kristal. Sylvain wasn't normally trepidatious about making his feelings known but Kris was a different case. Despite his insides pushing him to tell her, his mind and mouth didn't bow to their demands.

In a teasing tone he said, "Maybe the next date I take you out on could just be a meal or something. Hate to have my partners come back scarred from their interactions with me."

"Careful now," she responded with amusement to the tease. "That sounds an awful lot like an actual date now, but it would be preferable to having a blade stabbed through my chest."

Kristal hadn't stayed for the complete deal, just enough to make her whole. That left the little tinges of pain if she moved wrong to remind her of the fact she was, in fact, stabbed by a lightsaber earlier that night. Having shifted on the bed the wrong way. Something she did well to hide most times but her hand came back from his shoulder and rubbed a spot on her own as she winced from the slight, unexpected, pain.

"If anyone deserves a date with a handsome young man it's you." He said with a smile.

Noticing her miscomfort he instinctively reached up a hand to her shoulder, "Still hurting?"

He began gently massaging the muscles between her neck and shoulder with one hand, "I've got some good experience at massage. If you want to lay down I can try to loosen it up a bit."

Kristal nodded, then shook her head. It felt nice, the small bit of massaging there but, "It is, but I think I just need some rest."

Looking up to him she gave a soft smile, "When we are off this planet that constantly tries to kill us I can think about simple pleasant things like that."

Sylvain smiled and nodded, "Don't be too afraid to relax when you can; everybody's got to blow off steam sometimes."

He smiled warmly and stood up, "I guess I should let you rest." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head. "Good night Kris. Get some good sleep."

"I will try, and you as well!" she said looking up as she unfurled her legs and sat on the edge of her bed.

Kristal would sit there as he made his way to the door, "Good night, Sylvain."

"Good night Kris." He says as he walks out the door.

As it shuts behind him he turns and hits his head against the wall in exasperation.

With Sylvain out the door Kristal pulls the lightsaber into her lap. Looking down to it for a moment before she rose to her feet. Feeling her way about in the dark, not much caring to turn on a proper light she found her desk. Laying the lightsaber up on the desk she pulled open the draw below it. Inside was the small holonecklace she removed from the Jedi they had slain.

Kristal placed the necklace beside the lightsaber, looking at the two of them together for a long moment until she shook her head.

"Forward thoughts, nothing unneeded," she repeated to herself from a memory of her mother a long time ago. "Nothing to do with it now..."

Taking the holonecklace she slipped it around her neck, hiding it under the neckline of her shirt. Leaving the lightsaber out on her desk as she slipped back into bed. It wouldn't be easy, but she'd try and get some rest.

Pulling his head from the wall Slyvain slowly turns towards his room and begins to think about how silly he must have looked. Surely she'd now know that he liked her... after what Thy said, and the stuff he was saying in there... and yet she kept pretending that it didn't happen.

That must be her way of turning me down without wanting to make me feel bad...

He walks a bit down the hall before reaching out and hitting the wall.

Well damn... not much I can do about that... At least she's alright... More than all my silly shit, if she's alright that's all that matters.

He felt the angst and self-loathing dissipate a little as he remembered the events of the day and how he, Sylvain Torsin, had indeed helped save his beloved friend's life.

She may not love me today... But at least she's still around.

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