[o1] you still want to kill me-

I'm in your blood
You're in my blood
Let's just forget

(SOAK)

[Rey]

Unwanted images flicker behind Rey's closed eyes – in the back of her mind mostly – while she lays in a limbo between consciousness and unconsciousness.

The refreshing green forest of Takodona, the deafening noises of explosions and starship engines - and then the black mask, the red light sabre searing her throat, herself swooning in someone's arms.

That is not the worst thing she remembers, thought – the worst thing is something invisible and inexplicable that connected all those moment back then, something that spanned through space and time, something that wrapped her mind and body until the both of them were out of her control.

A metal clunk sends a jolt through her eyelids, and the moment after her eyes are wide open again.

Rey isn't in the forest anymore. The smell of topsoil, leaves and smoke is far gone - she can smell nothing now in that aseptic metallic room.

Almost nothing.

It takes her only a fraction of second to become aware of the fact that she is tied to a metallic plate, from face to feet. Then, the very second after Rey locates it - locates him.

He is crouching in front of her, still as a statue, a blacker stain among the dark metal walls and the randomly blinking little led lights on digital screens.

"Where am I?" her voice is tense but firm, a single wrinkle running between her eyebrow.

"You're my guest."

Rey stirs in her restraints.

His voice has a metallic impersonal sound, yet a hint of irony is discernible. That is his only greeting, barely leaving her the time to realize she is awake again.

"Where are the others?" she asks this even if she has no real hope of receiving an actual answer.

"You mean the murderers, traitors and thieves you call friends? You'll be relieved to hear I have no idea." he tilts his head just one bit, that irking vein of amusement still not leaving his voice. His hands are pressed one to the other, as if he is trying to contain anger. "You still want to kill me,"

That doesn't even sound as a question.

Rey is not afraid. Calibrating her every word and facial motion is a constant struggle, but in the end she can't feel real fear – she just feels the urge to keep on guard and examine him further.

Back in the forest, though, she has felt fear – a real, intense one.

I couldn't move. I couldn't control my body and mind - and there were no metallic restrains around my wrists..

"That's what happens when you're being hunted by a stranger in a mask." The sentence comes easily out of her lips, as she absurdly tries to fight sarcasm with sarcasm. Her eyes are fixed on his mask, but looking at it is as good use as staring at a blank wall.

Rey doesn't know why she's even said that – the mask is not the problem. Despite all the boldness she's showing, a single thing is enough to make her bit her lips in hesitation - thinking back at the scaring sense of defenselessness she has experienced back in the forest, before passing away.

[Kylo Ren]

There is something terribly wrong with this girl staring at him.

Kylo Ren has sensed this from the very first moment he has crossed paths with her in the forest – or better, from the very first moment his guards told him a girl had helped a droid to steal the Millenium Falcon.

He had her under his control in the forest, he still has her under his control now - but for some reason none of this is enough to make him feel relaxed, to shake away the feeling that something important is sneaking out of his grip, unseen.

Being the master of the Knights of Ren and enforcer of the First Order means controlling his own feelings as if he was a robot – being Snoke's apprentice means being trained to follow the path of the Darkness with no delay.

But his temper is hot and he knows it – the Lights tempts him sometimes, too. In other words, his path has been all but spotless. In his life he has passed moments in which his strength and determination have kept him firm in fulfilling his mission, and moments in which he has indulged into anger bursts and overthrowing hesitations.

Now Kylo Ren knows this one moment - the very moment in which he brings both his hands up to his mask to remove it - is with no doubt an inconsiderate one that belongs to the latter kind of moments. Yet he can't do anything to prevent himself from doing it.

Knowing she's probably expecting a creepy monster under the mask he feels an undeniable hedonistic pleasure into showing her that he is not a monster at all – he is human, he has no scars, no burns ruining his skin. He's just a man and they're about the same age, too.

He has had plenty of time to study her features and her body while he was carrying her into his arms from the wood to his ship – from behind the mask his sight and perception senses should have been enhanced, too. But from the moment his face becomes bare in front of her, no filters separating them, things become different - all the distasteful sensations he feels about her grow even bigger.

There is no going back though.

As always.

[Rey]

She doesn't know what she was actually expecting – except for the fact that it was not this.

Not a perfect face, sure – but sharp angular spotless features, an intense dark gaze half hidden by pitch black hair.

Rey keeps her lips perfectly sealed, but her mouth is twitched as she realizes that every inch of that man screams to her to be careful - extremely careful.

She can't take her eyes off him, and everything is so tense and confused that she doesn't know anymore if it's her own will carrying her in this direction, or if he's manipulating her somehow, again.

One thing she knows for sure – hating him and struggling to keep her thoughts hidden and her mind closed seems far more difficult now than it seemed a minute ago.

AN: TBC. I guess? I wanted to do my own take on these two characters because I loved their interaction. Honestly who didn't? I don't want to change TFA itself but I wanted to see more scenes between them, so that is supposed to be the point of the story. Have a nice day and let me know if I should keep this up.

PS. Little poll: who thinks they'll turn out to be related in the movie? ;)