AN: OH MY GOSH I'M SOOO SORRY! I haven't posted in a long time have I? Nope. I'm a terrible person. Alright there are various reasons I haven't but of course you're not here to read my excuses X_X. Well again, I am super sorry and hope you enjoy this chapter. I decided that this will be the last. :)
Kanan awoke to the bright beam of sunlight peering through the space between the cave and the boulder in front. It nearly blinded him and he was slightly annoyed at waking up to the light in his eyes. That is, until he realized the sun was finally out! He took a moment to listen as the birds chirped around them and the wind blew the trees gently.
He smiled to himself and looked down at the sleeping form still on his lap. He nearly laughed thinking about how Ezra would react if he knew he slept cuddled up to his master. He would be embarrassed no doubt. Deciding to let him sleep, Kanan gathered everything as quietly as possible and force pushed the boulder out of the cave entrance. Lastly, pulling the backpack on, he slowly picked Ezra up without disturbing his sleep. Once Ezra was settled comfortably in his arms, he left the shadowy, somber cave into the bright sunlight.
The sun momentary blinded him until his eyes adjusted and he finally got a clear view of the forest. There were many trees but the path seemed so much clearer than it had last night. Almost right away he saw a path to get through to the area the Ghost was. He almost felt stupid since it was right in front of his face but reminded himself of how rainy and dark it was last night. It was probably better that he didn't try to blindly wander through the foliage, especially with Ezra to worry about.
Kanan began his way back to the Ghost happier than he had been in days. Ezra seemed to be doing a lot better and although he still needed care, he would get better. His fever seemed to have gone down a lot, even if it did not yet break. With a little more medicine and rest, he would be healthy again in no time. But as for his arm, he may not heal completely for a few weeks. Kanan knew that was a downer but luckily it wasn't his dominant arm. All in all, Ezra would pull through.
After a few minutes past, Kanan finally spotted the clearing they had landed the ship at. There was the Ghost, exactly where he had last seen it. Maneuvering around Ezra, he grabbed his com and called Hera. He smiled again when the ramp lowered and she came hurrying out in tears of joy.
"Don't you ever leave us like that again." Hera exclaimed throwing her arms around Kanan's neck, careful not to wake up Ezra. "Let's get you both inside."
They walked into the ship together and headed towards the Med bay. Kanan laid Ezra in bed and partly tucked him in.
"Let's get off this planet, shall we?" Hera smiled from the doorway. "Let's," agreed Kanan who watched as Hera nodded and left for the cockpit.
Averting his attention back to Ezra, he decided to clean and re-bandage his wounds and make sure he was okay. Kanan was about to peel back the old bandages when Ezra stirred and opened his eyes.
"Kanan?" he mumbled sleepily, sitting up a little.
"Hey kid. How ya feeling?"
"Better. We got back to the Ghost?" Ezra stated a little confused as he glanced around the med bay.
"Yeah, we just got back. I brought you here." Ezra blushed and muttered an apology for being such a burden and thanked him.
"Ezra look at me, it's okay. You did so much for me and the crew, you weren't a burden. I should be thanking you." Ezra looked up at Kanan, blinking away stray tears from his eyes and nodded. "Now," Kanan continued,"I have to clean your cut and you need to take more of that medicine."
Ezra looked at him in agony and pouted a bit. "But..."
"No buts Ezra." Kanan warned. "The sooner we get that done the sooner you can get better." Kanan began to clean the wound and Ezra hissed in pain. "But the medicine tastes horrible!" He whined. Kanan laughed at his padawan's childlike complaining. He finally got the wound bandaged again and moved to pour the dosage of medication. As he was handing it over, Ezra let out a huge yawn.
"Why don't you get some more rest?" He suggested. Normally Ezra would have been stubborn and denied, but surprisingly he agreed. Laying down to get more comfortable, Ezra closed his eyes to sleep.
Everything was going to be okay.
When he was sure Ezra was asleep, Kanan quietly walked to the doorway. "Goodnight padawan." He whispered as he walked out the door.
AN: Yayy I think I'm finally finished. What did you think? Was it ok? I'm going to start another story real soon so I would love for you to read it too (if you want of course). Thank you so much if you read this entire story! I appreciate the support. Love you guys! :)