"Why do you look like that?" Rey asked Ben after nearly ten minutes of silence.

They were sitting on the floor of the Falcon beside the Dejarik table eating their meal. They hadn't said a word to each other after Lando walked off. Ben didn't seem angry or upset from the conversation... just quiet. His expression was pensive and tense. Like he had something on his mind but didn't know how to say it. Rey felt the tension in the room getting worse every second, she finally couldn't take it.

"What do you mean?" Ben asked. He knew what she meant, but he didn't know what else to say.

"You have something on your mind." Rey stated with a frown.

Ben looked at her frown and a smirk instantly crawled onto his face. A frown was an odd thing to see on such a joyful face.

"It's just... a foreign thing for me." He said with a sigh.

"What is?"

"This." Ben motioned to the space between them, "Eating with someone."

"What?" Rey laughed, "Did they not feed you in the First Order?"

"No." Ben looked at her and grinned, "Well, they did. Except it was always alone. Droids would bring me food in my quarters. No one ever wanted to eat with me, imagine that."

"I wonder why that is? You're obviously such good company." Rey said, reflecting on the fact that he hadn't said a single word the whole meal. Ben laughed and put his hands behind his head.

"Do people usually eat while they talk?" He asked playfully.

"Yes!" She rolled her eyes.

"I thought that was bad manners." His chest rose and fell as he stifled a laugh. Rey wanted to get up and smack him. He was just trying to be difficult. "I'm just tired as all." He admitted.

Rey sighed, "Me too." She paused before continuing, trying to decide if she should continue her thought, "Apparently dying takes a lot out of someone." She chewed the inside of her cheek... was that too soon?

"Oh really?" Ben looked away from the ceiling and back to her. He rose a eyebrow, "Imagine how I feel, I died twice."

"Twice?!" She blurted before thinking.

"You killed me two days ago. Remember that?" He crossed his arms over his chest and grinned.

"I did not!" Rey leaned forwards. Her hands started to sweat instinctively. She knew he was being playful by bringing it up but part of her still felt uncomfortable about the event. "You didn't lose consciousness. You were alive the whole time."

"Fine. You stabbed me though. With my own saber." He cocked his head to the side. Why was her stabbing him somehow... humorous?

Rey nodded with her eyes wide. "I did didn't I?" She was amazed at how light this conversation was despite circumstances.

"You did." He smiled wickedly at her.

"Well if you don't watch yourself, Ben Solo, I'll do it again!" She shifted forwards and crawled past the empty plates of food until she was on her knees right in front of him, assuming a position like she was going to stab him again.

He had his legs sticking straight out in front of him and his back against the wall. Her closeness to him made the humor in the room fade and be replaced with something else. Something they felt on that planet hours ago.

Lust...

The air in the room got heavy with both of their breathing quickening. Somehow they were building up excitement between them without having to say anything. The connection between them tugged them together like a string. Rey's lips quivered as she looked at his. His lips parted slightly while looking at her. Her body moved without permission as she crawled further and put her knees on either side of his thighs. Instincts told her to put her hand on his chest. She felt his heart race beneath his black shirt.

After taking a moment to indulge in the idea of her sitting on his legs and after swooning over her attempt of getting closer to him; he couldn't hold back a moment longer. With a quick jolt of his knees, he shifted he feet onto the ground so she slid forwards into his lap, sitting on his pelvis. She stopped herself from falling completely forwards so instead she towered above him, her face hovering just above his.

His hands slid up her arms and rested on the back of her neck, admiring her for a moment before pulling her face down to his. He pressed his lips against hers in a desperate attempt to get closer to her. Closer physically and figuratively, he wanted to be one with her.

Rey rested her hands on either side of his face and indulged herself. This was now only her second kiss ever... it couldn't be more magical.

Bens right hand found its way around her waist, snaking it behind her and pulling her closer so they were chest to chest. He was hungry for more and her lips weren't cutting it. He slipped his tongue past her lips and swiped between her teeth. Rey made a noise of shock and enjoyment, he took that as an invitation to delve back.

Their tongues ran circles around each other, rubbing and grinding against each other in a playful way. Despite having an extra tongue in her mouth, Rey managed to smiled during it. Rey relaxed into the rhythmical motion and instinctively put her weight down, sitting down on what she was hovering above.

Ben moaned into her mouth when she accidentally ground her hips down onto him. Rey retreated her tongue in shock from what she had done but was too embarrassed to look at him. Instead she kept her face next to his so they couldn't lock eyes.

In a desperate attempt to feel it again Ben squeezed her lower back with his arm, slightly motioning her back down.

Rey bit her lip as her face filled with blush. She had no idea what she was doing.

She ground her hips back down, this time with more intention. Ben wrapped both his arms around her and grunted again. She moved her hips and back and forth, eliciting the most soft, passionate sounds from Ben.

Rey grabbed Bens face in her hands again and kissed him while continuing to move her hips back and forth in his lap. She had no idea if she was doing it right... or even what it was that she was doing. She figured the firm object rubbing against her right thigh might be part of it.

After a full minute of Rey's teasing with her hips and their passionate kissing full of tongue and playfully biting each other's lips, Ben couldn't take it anymore. He assumed the room to their right had to be the one she had turned into a bedroom, it was the only one he hadn't seen. With his arms wrapped snuggly around her and the ease of his strong legs, he stood up with Rey still attached to his torso. She buried her face into his neck and sprinkled gentle kisses all along the skin there while Ben walked quickly into the next room.

He was happily surprised to see an untouched, full size bed. He was worried there would be a single bed but apparently Rey likes room when she sleeps. He stood at the end of it and laid Rey down on her back with him hovering above her. She hoisted herself up on her elbows and shyly smiled at him. The red was still apparent across her cheeks and Ben thought it might have been the sweetest thing he'd ever seen.

He rested his knees on either side of her legs and looked down at her. He lifted his hand to cup her blushing face and furrowed his eyebrows. Rey's face was an odd mix of emotions. He could feel the lust and want radiating off of her through their connection, but her face almost looked scared. It was a smilie look to when she first saw him face almost a year ago. She was frightened. Ben wordlessly scolded himself for pushing their relationship this far, this fast.

"You've never been with someone." He said as softly as he could.

"Is it obvious?" She chewed on her lip.

"No." He cocked his head to the side, "I just figured from the redness in your face."

She placed both her hands on her cheeks and felt how warm they were, "You have...?" She asked.

"I have." He said.

She hesitated and cast her eyes away. Exhaustion and desire clouded her better judgement. She was inexperienced and nervous. She knew she wanted this, she knew she wanted Ben, but she wasn't sure she wanted it now.

Without having to explain herself, without having an awkward conversation of how she felt, Ben placed a kiss on her check before plopping beside her. He sat beside her and motioned for her to lay into his arms,

"There's no hurry." He said plainly.

Rey sighed and laid back, snuggling against him and shutting her eyes.

"I think I need to sleep for ten years." Rey said quietly,

"We have time for that." Ben said softly, he was about to pass out from exhaustion as well.

He didn't feel let down in the slightest, nor did he feel rejected. He knew what she was feeling, and he didn't want this moment to be half assed and tired either. If he was going to have this with her, he wanted it to be when he was at his best and when she was ready for it. He had slept with a small number of women across the galaxy when he was with the First Order. Each of those encounters was uncomfortable and not very fulfilling. But, he did it to pass time and to fill some void in his heart. Now that that void was beginning to fill with Rey, he didn't want sex to be like it used to be. He wanted it to mean something. Especially since it was her first. The thought excited him. Despite his exhaustion a tent persisted in his pants. Another day, most likely soon, he would feel everything he's desired. Today, he was going to hold her while they slept for as long as they could.