~| Day 2, 6:58 - 7:20 GST |~
~| Aboard the Kaggath, Main Prison Complex |~
Lea & Xid
Ever since being captured, Lea had not been a deep sleeper. When you never knew when you’d be forced to do something, be it endure pain, listen to a lecture on Sith history or something else, you learned to not only wake at a moment’s notice, but to also be attentive. Only luck and, after a while, experience, ensured that she didn’t have any major scars from the Sithspawn the Darth had released into the cell she occupied at the time.
Fortunately she believed the Darth would not risk releasing Sithspawn into this cell complex. At least not yet. Jedi prisoners weren’t that easy to get by. The Darth would not want to waste their lives with simple exercises in terror. Thus, when Lea woke up, the first thing she did was to rub sleep from her eyes, listening to the sounds of the surrounding rooms. She neither heard nor sensed any immediate threats. Tidying up her bed, she tucked the edges of the duvet into the sides of the bed frame, pulled on her robes, before jumping down to the floor. She left her boots behind, deciding to walk barefoot out for now.
She had slept fairly well, for while the beds were spartan, they were comfortable enough, as was the room itself. The air was neither dry nor humid, the ventilation sufficient without being excessive. As Lea left the bunk room, she listened for sound from the other prisoners. There weren’t many. Most were the slow, steady breathing of people who were still deep asleep. Not having anything else to do, she wandered towards the sanitation room.
When she got there, she saw Xid standing there, seemingly doing nothing. It was pretty obvious that he was thinking, seeing how his rate of breathing didn’t fit with him being asleep. She walked up behind him, then tapped him on the shoulder. “You planning to stand there till some Sith comes in and drags you off, or are you going to take a shower?” she asked him.
“Um, no,” He stammered over his words. His body jumped at the unexpected touch, his head snapped back to see it was Lea. His shoulders relaxed and eyes followed her figure, his mind stumbling over her last words,” I was trying to figure out how to provide some modesty while I did.”
Lea walked past him as he answered, stopping by the shower stall closest to the turbolift. “I’ll be taking one at least. I
really don’t like walking about all day with the previous night’s sweat.” With that said, she nonchalantly pulled off her robe before stepping into the shower and turning it on. If she had once believed in modesty, she no longer cared all that much about it. She was sure it was nothing he hadn’t seen before in any case.
It didn’t take long when Lea began to strip for Xid’s face to turn a deep, distinct shade of crimson. His whole body stiffened while he turned on heel. His hands covered his vision sides and his feet made a beeline for the exit, trying to give Lea as much privacy as he could possibly within the circumstances.
Seeing how Xid suddenly rushed out, Lea began to suspect that maybe it wasn’t something he had seen before. “Oh well…” she muttered before going back to cleaning herself. Occasionally she had the vague feeling that someone was watching and it didn’t take more than a glance to verify that it had to be Xid peeking over his own shoulder. She felt a bit odd about it. On one hand, it made her face turn a little red with shame, on the other, it was strangely invigorating. She didn’t know what to make of it.
Xid was tapping his foot outside the doorway, his face hot to his own touch that he knew he was blushing like crazy. A nagging curiosity was tugging at him to look over his shoulder and spy, but he resisted. Barely. It didn’t help his eyes kept drifting behind him, managing to catch something out of his vision corner before he jerked his face forward. Xid felt his face get redder and redder at realizing what he had done. To prevent further temptation, his body shuffled to the side where he pressed on the solid wall, fighting the urge to satisfy his hormonal need for more data. He spoke, loud enough for her to hear, keeping his eyes focused on the floor.
“Let me know when you’re done...please Lea, make sure you’re dressed.” He asked, then mumbled. “I don’t know much redder I can get if I saw anymore.”
Lea reacted with a small laugh at how shy he was, then found her own face reddening in reaction. “Sure, ok.” she replied, preparing to turn off the shower.
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