Manaan, of course, had not been a destination that had immediately come to Aria's mind, given the chaos that had ensued the last time they touched down on the planet she had been concerned that the Selkath would flag the duo down and deny them entry to the planet. The young woman's suspicions proved to be entirely wrong as soon as they arrived, evidently Aria had forgotten that the last time they had arrived on Manaan had been on a hot-wired shuttle after barely escaping the clutches of Soto and her-

They weren't supposed to be thinking about work. The Champion mentally scolded herself and filed the thought away for another time. Right now, no tyrannical overlords were threatening the newly established political body, no planets were blowing up and all they had to be concerned about was the order in which they would visit the tourist attractions on the planet. At least they could both agree that they should find their holiday accommodation and settle in before they did anything else. This proved to be easier said than done, however, as there was more than one pathway leading out from Ahto City and down to the beach and this led to somewhat of a disagreement (it wasn't fair to call it an argument really, any name calling was done entirely in jest and they both knew it)
“Ari, just admit it. We're lost.” 
“We're NOT lost!” she insisted, brow furrowed as the Champion squinted at the map on her datapad for about the fourth time since leaving the spaceport, then spun in a circle trying to look for the pathway. “The beach should be juussttt around...here...somewhere….”
“Lost?” Chwuq snorted in agreement with Yerbol, earning a playful glare from Aria. 
“Honey, if we had stopped and asked for directions an hour ago like I said, we'd be there by now.” 
She was forced to admit, cheeks bright pink,  that he was right as usual. 
“Well, if we have to stop and ask for directions then we really WILL look like a pair of dumb tourists that can't read road signs.” (most of said signs were written in the Selkath native tongue too, which didn't help!) 

They didn't do much that first night by the time they arrived at the beachfront property, instead choosing to simply lounge on the balcony and enjoy the sunset before bed. The rest of the week they had spent on Manaan however was filled with pleasantly “normal” activities: long walks along the beach while the Tuk'ata frolicked through the waves and stuck their snouts into rock pools, laying about on the beach and enjoying the sun while they tried to spot shapes in the clouds during the day or find familiar constellations at night, enjoying drinks on the second story balcony and even spending the fifth day building sandcastles  (until the dogs had thought it was a fantastic game to charge right through the duo’s meticulous handiwork and stomp it to bits...it was hard to stay angry at them too when they simply barked and wagged their tails as if they had no idea why the duo could possibly be upset) 
They seemed to be enjoying the relative solitude just as much as Aria was, it was refreshing to be able to walk around in public and not have to worry about being approached by people who fawned over them as ‘saviours of the galaxy’ (some people recognised them, no doubt, but they were far less exuberant about pointing it out than those on the more heavily populated planets like Coruscant.) 

On the sixth day they made an entire morning’s trip of exploring the Ahto City Market  (there was so much to see that there was no other way to get through it all...it was an enjoyable if tiring trip and they were all too glad to return in the late afternoon and rest)
While Aria had settled the dogs down on the ground floor, her partner slipped out onto the balcony. Their bond allowed Aria to tell something was occupying his thoughts, though whatever it was he was doing a very good job of keeping it from her. Shrugging, she tiptoed onto the second floor to join him, her master plan to launch a sneaky tickle attack ruined as she rounded the corner to the balcony doorway. With a playfully dramatic sigh, Aria paused to lean over the back of his chair and plant a kiss on his lips.
“Damn. And I thought I had you that time.” plopping herself down in a seat next to his, she leaned back, resting a hand gently on his knee. "This is nice...almost makes me not want to go back, you know, to all that teaching and other scary stuff." She waved a hand absently to indicate the sheer volume of all the "other stuff" with a lighthearted chuckle. Yerbol had smiled and nodded along with her, but he still seemed distracted by something which prompted her to ask gently:
“Is something up?” after a few moments of silence had passed between them. “You've been chewing the inside of your cheek all day and you only do that when you're thinking too much.” she tried not to worry about anything being amiss, but she could have sworn she had heard Tabitha and Volgorl’s voices speaking when she'd been in the shower that morning, only to find Yerbol had disconnected the call by the time she had finished. 
“Is something going on back on Taris?” 
She was relieved when her partner quickly smiled and shook his head, his parents were both fine, although he did have something else he wanted to suggest about their next stop off on their vacation….