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deadmansgun · 4 years ago

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Itsuki’s Day Out ||Drabble for a friend||

Everyone has bad days, I’ve def had plenty in my time like we’ve all had.

I noticed my friend @yukikorogashi is having a bad day, despite our talks a few times in the tags and the few messages in between, I don’t feel I’m close enough to talk about issues and such yet. But I wanted to write this little drabble for ya in hopes of bringing some kind of positive outlet in your day/evening. I’m also tagging @matteredloyalty bc his Arthur is in this :3

I’m not sure when you’ll see this depending on tumblr but;

Beckowsky. I know we haven’t really spoke ooc much, but I hope you enjoy this piece of writing and it brings some kind of shine to your day/night.

PS: Please don’t mind my take on Arthur and Itsuki for this lil drabble, I def can’t be as on point as you two with your muses~ Its a quite long, but only bc I tried to make it as adorable and precious as possible.

Please enjoy and I hope you have a better day tomorrow bc you deserve it!

It had been a typical day like any other. It was about the second week since they had moved here to Clemens Point, a truly beautiful location for camp that everyone seemed to enjoy very much. It was nice that a good spot for camp would make a big difference in the morale of everyone. Despite positive moodlet, there was still this stinging tension he could feel from Abigail, her glare burning an imprint on his mind.

He didn't feel like an agruement right now, he wanted to keep the peace, and a verbal disagreement with Abigail would defiitely disturb it. Whenever John was like this, everyone left him alone, but Itsuki never let his mood ruin her from coming to see him, and he didn't ever take his anger out on her or anyone within camp, he tried not to anyway. As he sat there thinking about things, arms would hug him from behind making him look up

. "I found you John broooo~"

She playfully speaks, her cheery personality bringing a small smile to his face.

"Lil Itty! how's it goin' sweetie."

"Y’should come with me and Arthur bro, we're going out fer today." She suggests, full of energy like she always was.

"Ya don't need me t'come along t'have fun. You two can go ahead." His answer generates a small pout on her face, she could tell something was on John's mind. With a nod, Itsuki had made up her mind, she would bring John along no matter what, she knew that a day away from camp would help him.

"But ah want you to come too! An ah'm gonna make ya come along." Itsuki would then grab John's right hand with two of her hands and began to attempt to pull him up to his feet.

"Hey what're you doin'?" He asks with a light chuckle She would continue to try pulling John up, and surprisingly, he would feel her manage to pull him up off the chair a little bit.

"Okay alright, I'm comin' I'm comin'." He says with a chuckle. he gently takes back his hand and holds them up playfully in defeat while Itsuki's eyes seemed to light up at his answer. Not long after, the sound of boots walking towards them as Arthur approached the two.

"There ya are Itsuki." Greeting her with a smile before he looks over at John, his smile fading. "Arthur bro! John bro is comin' with us!" She chimed, a bit more cheery with John's agreement on joining them.

Arthur looks at Itsuki then back to John. "We're just havin' a day out, not huntin' wolves."

He says, looking directly at John as he said that, John just scoffing lightly, he expected some kind of comment from Arthur, their relationship was still a bit strained due to last year, but John had learned to ignore any insults that came his way.

"Huntin' wolves." He repeated. "Real funny Arthur."

"Ahhhhh I'm just jokin' relax." He says with dismissive wave of his hand, Arthur was still a little lacking in respect for John, and he knew John knew it. Despite that, they seemed to be able to get along for the most part. "Yay! Let's get goin' bro's!" She exclaims, already rushing to the horses out of excitement.

"C'mon then John, make sure ya keep up. Don't want ya endin' up wolf food again." One last jab at him before he goes to join Itsuki near the horses. John just nods a few times, every single joke aimed at him involving wolves, he'd heard it all so this kind of thing wasn't new, especially from Arthur. Brushing it off, John joined the two. John mounted Old Boy while Arthur mounted Vic. Itsuki didn't have her own horse yet, but they'd likely take care of that after the next job that paid well, so for now, Itsuki got on Vic behind Arthur. With that, they were on their way.

After they left the area around camp, John already felt better, he could understand now why Arthur enjoyed being outside of camp often. Peace and quiet but also free from any problems there, almost like an escape so they could come back with a clear head and be ready to work.

"So where we goin'"

John asks Arthur as they ride alongside each other on their horses, Itsuki holding onto Arthur for the ride.

"Was thinking one of them hillsides around Grizzlies East. Why?"

From Clemens Point, the ride to Grizzlies East would be quite a long ride, there had to be another place just as nice as the place they were going. "That's a pretty long trip, I know another place closer by, just as beautiful."

Arthur narrows his eyes at first, he would let John take the lead, he just hoped John wouldn't get them lost. "And exactly where would that be?"

"This hillside cliff area I found just past Flatneck Station, it's just across from The Heartlands." John replies, surprising Arthur a bit that he was able to remember a location.

"Alright then, just make sure you don't get us lost." "I know where I'm goin'." Was all he said in response.

The ride was peaceful, and since the location they were going was closer, the ride ended up being a bit shorter. the trio passed Flatneck Station and just the far left across from the center of the Heartlands was the Hill John had mentioned. The horses managed to manover their way up and once up top, the three were greeting with an amazing view of the landscape as well as the Dakota River, the sunlight reflecting and sparkling in the shine of the sun. Itsuki's eyes lit up at the view, it really was an amazing view.

"Okay, not bad Marston." Which was probably the best he'd get from Arthur as a compliment.

"Dis place is amazin' bro!" She looked on with wide eyes admiring the view. "It is ain't it? Looked pretty plain t'me at first, then I saw this view and it took my breath away." John comments.

"But I'll show ya the best part." John joined Itsuki at the cliff, Arthur watching on with a raised brow.

"Oh? An' what's dat bro?" She asks, a curious tilt of her head. John arched his hands together over his mouth to sound louder.

"This place echoooooesss!" John shouts, his voice repeating his sentence as his voice bounced from place to place before fading, this would prompt a little giggle from Itsuki.

"Why don't you give her a shout?" John insists, and Itsuki excitedly took her turn. Taking a deep breath, she prepared to speak up.

"Echoooooooooo!" She exclaims, her voice now bouncing from place to place before it faded. "You can really belt can'tcha? I bet everyone over in Rhodes heard ya hollarin'." A light laugh from the little girl as she turns her attention towards Arthur now. "Arthur broooooo, yer turn~" She cooes playfully.

"Ah dunno, this kinda thing ain't really me." Arthur replies with a shake of his head. "Ahhh c'mon brooo!"

"Yeah c'mon Arthur." John added.

A sigh of defeat as he gave into to John and Itsuki's pleading, taking a few steps closer to the cliff, Arthur took a deep breath and shouted. "Uh.. "

He clears his throat.

"ECHOOOOOOOO!"

His deep voice bounced from place to place, causing a large flock of birds to fly off in fear as his voice sounded out throughout the area before it faded, prompting a bunch of other animals to take off to. Itsuki laughed a bit looking at Arthur's face when he saw all the animals run away from his voice.

"Well, look at that." Arthur commented as he watched the animals run off.

“I think that sounded more like a lion..” John joked.

“Dat was a loud roar bro!” She adds, playfully going along with it

Their enjoyment of the cliff would become boring eventually, but John had a few idea's to keep this little outing fun. While Itsuki was distracted by the nearby flowers. John whispered to Arthur.

"Hey Arthur, remember that one time we were messin' around with our lasso's and ended up foolin' around with em all day?" He asked.

Arthur gives a few nods as he recalls it, one of the few memories they had together that was positive.

"Yeah I remember, what about it?" John points at Itsuki, it only took a minute for Arthur to catch on. "Itty c'mere for a minute. Arthur an I got somethin' t'show ya."

Hearing her name, she perked up and came up to her two bro's curious to what they were going to show her.

"Check this out." John widened the loop in his lasso and began swinging it around trick roping. He rotated the loop as he swung it around before beginning to do some tricks that went from swinging it around and guiding it around him before lowering it to the ground and stepping his foot inside and outside of the spinning loop quickly without getting tangled before finishing it off with John swinging the loop and jumping into the air passing through the loop. Itsuki watched his performance in awe, clapping and cheering for each trick that would be successful, John performance ended after he tossed the lasso letting it spin before stopping.

Next it was Arthur to do the trick that John always messed up on, the large looping tricks, Arthur always seemed to do better at them then he did. With a large loop, Arthur began by yanking the roping towards him, jumping each time it passed him through. Next, he swung the rope as the loop danced around him easily without getting caught or tangled on anything. Eventually, he would take John's lasso and his own, tie it up the make an extended loop, Arthur would take off his hat and hold it to his chest while still passing through the loop with a jump each time before ending it after jumping off a small rock and through the large loop of the lasso. Itsuki watched Arthurs performance amazed as what he was doing, she knew they were good with their lasso's, but this proved that they were much more skilled with them then she had thought.

She applauded

. "Oh mah gosh! dat was so amazin!'." Itsuki would run up to John and give him a hug to which he returned before running to Arthur to give him a long hug before looking back at the two.

"Thank ya so much fer showin' me all dat! It was really cool!" Itsuki had been overjoyed at the show they had just put on for her and only her. Itsuki didn't want to head back because she was having so much fun. After enjoying a meal by the campfire, the day had come to an end so John and Arthur began to tear down camp and get ready to head back.

Arthur began to put out the fire and get the horses ready while John went to find Itsuki, only to find her fast asleep looking up at the starlit sky. Carefully, John picked her up and carried her on his back bringing her back to the horses.

Arthur's expression softened a little seeing Itsuki sleeping peacefully.

"I guess she had a busy day huh?" John quietly commented.

"Yeah, even ah'm tired.."

"Well, we did mess around with them lasso's. Least it made her night though." John added. Arthur nods.

"Yeah, that's true." A brief pause before Arthur looked over at John. "Hey uh..John..thanks fer comin'. Made her day a whole lot more fun." Arthur never thanked John for anything, but when it came to Itsuki, he was glad to have someone else looking out for her other than himself, it gave him comfort knowing that whenever he was away from camp, that John would always be there to keep an eye on her.

"Glad I came, needed a nice day outta camp." Arthur mounts Vic and John gently places Itsuki on the horse behind him, she was really tired from today, evident by how she immediately nuzzled herself against Arthurs back as they began to ride off into the night headed back for camp.

“Oh and John..”

“Yeah?”

‘If you tell anyone what you saw here tonight, yer gonna end up with knife scars ta add to yer collection.” Arthur made it very clear, his voice deep and low, tone completely serious.

“Uh....right got it.”

#yukikorogashi #matteredloyalty #drabbles #v: Aʀᴇ Wᴇ Fᴀᴍɪʟʏ? Oʀ ᴀ Bᴜɴᴄʜᴀ ɢᴜɴsʟɪɴɢɪɴ' ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴏᴜs ғᴏᴏʟs? (RDR2)#//I hope this brings some shine to your day my friend!#//Keep your head up and stay strong #much love~~#//also being as skilled as they are with a lasso #//I imagine they'd fool around with a rope out of boredom one day #//and be like #///hey that's a p cool thing we just did lol

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ladykatakuri · 3 years ago

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Echoooooooooo! Seriously these two should do the Ani / Padme thing and just elope already ! Well, We should !

Echo X Fem!Jedi Reader FanFic

A Returning Echo ~ Before the Citadel

Master List

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty Three

Chapter Twenty Two

“Echo get down!”

A shout rang over the battlefield, and Echo quickly fell, rolling out of the way as a malfunctioning droid speeder whizzed by. He looked up and saw as a cannon blast landed in the middle of a bunch of troops. He ignored the pain that threatened to rip through his heart as he turned away from the now dead brothers. He pushed himself up, running back into the battle.

“We need to flank them!” He yelled as he caught up to Fives.

“That’s what we’ve been trying to do!” Fives responded, ducking as a shot flew over his head. Echo quickly blasted the droid who’d aimed at his twin, and Fives popped back up.

“General Skywalker, we still haven’t been able to move around the enemy,” Fives spoke into his comm link.

“Don’t worry, Fives. Ahsoka and Rex have this under control,” Anakin responded.

“Of course they do, they always get the fun jobs,” Fives grumbled, and Echo shook his head. Nearly dying was certainly not his idea of fun. He briefly remembered his double date with y/n, along with Shaak Ti and Fives. He remembered how you’d talked about crashing and how fun it had been, Fives agreeing.

Why did he get stuck with the daredevils?

“Echo, Fives, want to have some fun?” Rex called over the comms. Echo saw Fives perk up where he was, responding quickly.

“Always down to have some fun. What do you need us to do?” Fives asked.

“I think I’d rather have a break from fighting,” Echo said, but Rex seemed to ignore his comment as he explained the plan.

“We need you two to sneak around and get to their communications tower. You’ll need to take it down, you think you can do that?”

“Sounds easy enough, what do you think, Echo?” Fives said, turning to look at his brother. Echo nodded, turning to look at the tower.

“Just remember, I have someone waiting for me back home, so if this goes bad, you’ll have to tell her.”

“I’ve got someone as well,” Fives stated, a dreamy sound coming to his voice as Echo guessed he was thinking of the Togruta Jedi.

“Heads in the battle, boys,” Rex said, and Echo shook his head and waved at Fives. Fives nodded and began to run with him.

They ran to the back of the troops, away from the enemy. Echo followed Fives into the trees that were surrounding the edges of the battlefield. They wrapped around the edges so that the clones would be under the cover of them until they reached the side of the base the tower was at.

“So, what are your plans when we get back?” Fives asked, peering around a tree as droids marched by.

“Plans? I don’t have any plans,” Echo responded.

“Nothing special with the lady?”

“Well, we’ll probably go out on a date, might stay at her quarters, but nothing planned.”

“Maker, you’re even more boring of a riduur than you are a verd.”

“Oh please, you don’t even know what those words mean,” Echo said, rolling his eyes from behind his helmet.

“Riduur is partner, and verd is soldier,” Fives countered. He stopped in his tracks to remove his helmet and stick his tongue out at Echo. Echo just nudged him forwards with his blaster.

“Keep moving, I want this battle to be over so I can rest.”

“You gonna comm y/n?” Fives teased, slipping his helmet on.

“Maybe, but I might just fall right asleep before I get the chance,” Echo responded, a yawn suddenly slipping from his lips.

“Just don’t fall asleep on the job,” Fives joked. “Don’t wanna be like Fox.”

“With all the caf he drinks, it’s amazing he does fall asleep,” Echo laughed.

“Yeah, well, it keeps him from killing Palpatine, not that anyone would blame him if he did.”

“Don’t let any Jedi catch you saying that,” Echo warned, though he couldn’t help but to internally agree.

They continued on quietly, Fives pausing as they reached the base of the trees. The tower was only protected by a few battle droids, nothing especially hard.

“I’ll go this way, you sneak around that way,” Fives said quietly. Echo nodded, heading off to the other side. Once he got to his spot, he commed Fives.

“Okay, I’m in position.”

“Alright, 3, 2, 1, NOW!”

Fives and Echo both jumped out from their spots, blasters firing at the surprised droids. They panicked, and the boys used this to their advantage and quickly blasted them.

“Eat laser, clanker!” Fives yelled, shooting the last of the ones near him. Echo finished off his own a few seconds later, and scanned the area.

“I think we’re good now,” he said. “I’ll watch you, go take down the tower.” Fives nodded, running towards the tower. Echo was right behind him, constantly looking around.

“How am I supposed to take this down?” Fives said when they reached it.

“Use your ARC-Trooper brain to figure it out,” Echo said, raising his blaster. He squinted behind his helmet before he shot. A lone droid fell down, and he lowered his blaster.

“You figure it out yet?”

“Working on it.”

“Hurry up, I want to get a chance to rest.”

“If you say something about resting one more time-“

A sudden rain of fire suddenly fell on them. Echo ducked and ran for cover, Fives following close behind. They reached the trees again and looked back out at the new platoon of droids.

“Kark! I thought you were watching my back!”

“I was!”

“You didn’t do too good of a job then!”

“Shut up and blast them!”

Fives grumbled in response but did as Echo said. Instead of coming after them, the droids swarmed around to protect the tower.

“Ha! Perfect!” Fives said.

“Perfect? What in the kark is perfect about this situation?” Echo asked, giving him a bewildered look from behind his helmet.

“Watch and see, vod,” Fives responded. He lifted his arm and pressed a button on his commlink. A second later, the tower blew up, along with the droids surrounding it.

“Ahaha! See? I had a plan!” Fives said, removing his helmet and turning to hold a hand up to Echo. He had a big smile on his face, and sweat running down the sides. His hair was flattened, soaked from the sweat. Echo couldn’t help but give a small smile at the sight, lifting his own hand to high-five his brother.

“Echo! Fives! Is everything all right?” Rex called frantically over the comm. “We saw an explosion, are you okay?”

“Yes sir, that was our own explosion,” Fives said. “Blew up the tower, saved our asses.”

“Echo?”

“Yes, Rex?”

“You’re supposed to keep him in check.”

“To be fair, I didn’t know his plan,” Echo defended.

“My brilliant, master plan,” Fives added.

“I don’t have time to argue, just get back over here, we need your help.”

“Yes sir!” They replied at once, Fives slipping his helmet back on before they took off running, blasters in hand, towards the main battle.

After three days of nonstop fighting, there was finally a break. Echo eagerly took it, setting up a tent and immediately crawling in and collapsing on the ground. After a minute of resting, he sat up and began to strip off his armor. The back of his neck was sore, and he rubbed it for a second, wishing there was a more reliable way to rid him of the pain.

“A Jedi could get rid of this,” he mumbled, and then his mind wandered to you. He hadn’t been able to comm you since they left, and he missed you more than he realized. He sat up and reached for the comm he’d discarded. Grabbing his commlink, he noticed he had a ping from you. He immediately thought of comming you, but paused. What time would it be on Coruscant? Would you answer? Were you busy? The thoughts lingered for only a second, as he decided to just try and reach you.

“Echo?” He heard your voice answer after a few seconds. You sounded tired and groggy, and he suddenly felt guilty for comming.

“Sorry, darling. Did I wake you?”

“It’s fine, I’d rather talk to you than sleep anyways,” you responded, and he heard a faint “pop” noise come from your end.

“What was that?” He asked.

“My jaw cracked,” you giggled. “I was yawning.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to sleep?”

“No! I want to talk to you, I miss you.”

He could hear the longing in your voice, and it made his heart swell as well as hurt. It made him beyond happy that you missed him, but he didn’t want you to have to feel that way. He didn’t want you to have to worry and not be by his side.

“I miss you too, darling. I’ll be back soon, I promise.”

“Safely, right?”

“Of course. I’m not going to get blown off a cliff like you did,” he laughed.

“Don’t joke like that, I’m being serious.”

“I know, I just…it’s been a rough few days. I need to laugh.”

“Well, if you want to laugh, I can send you the holo video that Tie took of Sans, Hex, and Steele singing karaoke. It’s ridiculous.”

“As amazing as that sounds, I think I’ll wait to watch it with you,” he said.

“When are you going to be heading back?” You asked, and he could hear a bit of impatience in your voice. He chuckled and shook his head, though you couldn’t see.

“I’ll be back soon, darling.”

“Soon isn’t good enough.”

“General Skywalker said the campaign should be over within the day. You think you can wait that long?”

“I don’t know, I might die of loneliness,” you joked.

“What a shame that would be,” he joked sarcastically.

“Hey! Just remember that I have Marvin and I can gain full custody of him.”

“You wouldn’t dare,” Echo said accusingly.

“He’s mine now! I get to cuddle him forever!”

“When I get back there, I’m stealing him and taking him to the bunks.”

“I’ll hide him when you come home.”

“He likes me more.”

“He’s a stuffed animal, he doesn’t have feelings,” you laughed.

“Still likes me more,” Echo chuckled.

There was a brief minute of silence before Echo started talking again, and what he said took you by surprise.

“When we get married, is the wedding going to be big or small?” He asked. You couldn’t see, but he’d laid down and was now staring up at the top of his tent, a small smile on his lips.

You took a minute to respond, waiting for the slight shock at his question to fade.

“Well, you have to ask me to marry you first,” you laughed. “But I think small would be nice.”

“Where would we have it?”

“If you like Dohbar, I think it would be nice to have it there.”

“Hmm,” he hummed contently, smiling as he closed his eyes.

“I love you, Echo,” you said softly, and he could hear the love and adoration in your voice, laced with tiredness. Maker, you were his galaxy, and he was going to marry you someday.

“I love you too dar-“

The sentence was cut short by an explosion. Echo’s tent was tossed into the air and he went flying with it. A sudden cannon blast from the enemy had landed next to where his tent was set up, and he’d not been prepared.

The soldiers around him were yelling, panicking as they ran out of their own tents. Anakin was yelling orders, and Rex was leading troops into the sudden fight. But Echo didn’t know or hear any of this, the impact of the throw had knocked him unconscious.

“-cho! Echo! Echo please!”

When he finally woke up, his ears were ringing and head pounding. His body ached, and when he reached for his armor, he was shaking.

“Echo come on!”

“I’m here darling,” he scratched out, groaning at the pain consuming him.

“Echo what happened? Are you okay?”

“I think we’re being attacked,” he said, sitting up and holding his head.

“Echo! Kriff, I thought you were dead!” Fives shouted as he ran over.

“Not yet, but I will be if I don’t get this armor on,” Echo responded, reaching for his chest plate. “I’ll talk to you later, darling.”

“Please be careful, Echo,” you said, and he smiled at his commlink.

“I will. I love you, y/n.”

“I love you too, Echo.”

The comm ended, and Echo went back to putting his armor on.

“Echo, take a minute, you just got blasted through the air,” Fives said, setting a hand on his brother's shoulder.

“I’m fine, don’t worry about me,” he responded, standing up but stumbling a bit. Fives instantly had a concerned look on his face, grabbing Echo’s arm again.

“Kix wouldn’t let you go back out like this.”

“Well, Kix isn’t around.”

“Actually, I am,” Kix said, having run over to the two ARCs. “I can just look at you and tell you’re in no condition to fight.”

“I’m fine, just a little dizzy, that’s all,” Echo said, but Kix shook his head.

“You might have a concussion. I’m not letting you go fight until I’m able to examine you.”

“Kix. Trust me, I’m fine.”

Kix eyed Fives, having a silent conversation with him. They both nodded, and Fives sighed.

“Fine. But stay with me, I’m keeping an eye on you,” he said.

“Since when am I ever not by your side? I’m always babysitting you.”

“Yeah yeah, let’s go,” Fives said, handing Echo his helmet before they ran off.

Echo fought the small stumbles and dizziness as he ran, nearly colliding with Fives when he suddenly stopped.

“Get down Echo!” He says, pulling his brother to the ground as a cannon blast flew over where Echo stood seconds before.

“Kriff, now I’m babysitting you!”

“Well, how does it feel?” Echo shot back sarcastically.

“Like you’re trying to get your ass killed!” Fives yelled, jumping up to continue running forward. Echo followed, steadying himself as much as possible. Raising his blaster, he shoots, and misses completely.

Kriff, what’s wrong with me? Echo thought to himself, moving to hide behind cover while holding his now pounding head. Everything became dizzy and blurry, and he barely raised his arm to speak into his commlink.

“Fives. Fives, c’n ya hear me?”

“Echo! Are you okay? Where are you?”

“M‘hiding, behind cover. M’head…dizzy…blurry…”

“Echo! I told you to stay with Kix!”

“S’ry vod…can’t move…”

“Karking hells…” Fives mumbled over the comm. “Okay, ping your location and I’ll comm Kix to get you, okay?”

“M’kay,” was the last thing Echo said before he reached to ping his location. Not even a second later, he slumped to the side and fell unconscious.

“Kix! Can you hear me?” Fives yelled into his commlink. He bent down to avoid a shot and straightened up, firing his own and knocking down the droid.

“Is it Echo?” Kix responded, skipping the casualties.

“Yeah, he pinged his location, can you get to him?”

“Yeah, I’ll be there in a second. I thought he was supposed to be the responsible one out of you two.”

“He is! That’s why I’m confused. It’s not like he’s trying to impress anyone, there’s no one here to impress. And y/n is gonna have his ass when she finds out,” Fives said. He ran behind cover before popping around, firing a few shots before going back into hiding.

“I doubt he’d tell her,” Kix responded.

“Oh, he won’t, that’s why I am.”

“He’s not gonna be happy about that,” Kix chuckled.

“Well I’m not happy about what he did, so I’d say we’re even.”

“I guess,” Kix said before he let out a groan.

“What? What’s wrong?”

“Echo is passed out, I have to haul his ass back to camp.”

“Just get him out of danger, okay?” Fives said a little too forcefully.

“Sir yes sir,” Kix responded sarcastically.

When the comm ended, Fives rushed forward to join Rex and Anakin on the field.

“Fives! Where’s Echo? We need you both here,” Anakin said, blocking a shot aimed at his Captain.

“Passed out, Kix has him,” Fives responded gruffly.

“Passed out? What happened to him?” Rex asked, concern lacing his tone.

“A cannon blast landed right outside his tent. It blew him into the air. He tried to join the battle but he couldn’t do it. Kix and I warned him not to try, but for some reason he didn’t listen.”

“Sounds like you,” Rex pointed out.

“Yeah, I know. It’s annoying.”

“Now you know how we all feel,” Rex chuckled.

“Oh shut it and blast the droids!” Fives said, moving forward again.

~~~

“Damnit, Echo!” Kix said, bending down to lift up his brother. “Kriff! What is the ARC armor made of?” Struggling to lift up the clone, Kix stumbled back until Echo was in a better position. With this new angle, he was able to lift him and throw him over his shoulder.

“Maker, you weigh a ton.”

“Mmm’snot my fault,” Echo mumbled, and Kix froze in his stumbling to the medic tent.

“Echo? Echo, can you say that again?”

Nothing. Kix let out a frustrated groan, beginning to walk again. Other troopers were laying fallen on the ground, but he couldn’t get to them until Echo was safe.

“Woah, what’s this?” Coric asked when Kix got inside the medic tent.

“An ARC who seems to have switched brains with his twin,” Kix said, laying Echo down where he wouldn’t be in the way.

“What’s wrong with him? I mean, other than being passed out.”

“I think he has a concussion, but I’m not sure. Just keep an eye on him, I’m going to go back out and help others.”

“Alright, be safe,” Coric said, and Kix nodded, heading back out to the wounded troopers.

After the battle was over, Fives went to check on Echo immediately. He was still unconscious, and Coric assured Fives he would be fine, he just needed more time. Fives shook his head, running a hand through his hair. He couldn’t stand this, not knowing what would happen. He had no reason to believe Echo wouldn’t survive, but what if he didn’t? What if Fives was the last domino? What if he lost his closest brother?

What about you?

“Kriff,” Fives mumbled to himself, knowing he needed to tell you soon before Echo woke up.

“I’ll be right back,” Fives said, Coric nodding as the clone slipped out of the tent. Finding a quiet area where he wasn’t surrounded by debris, Fives sat down and commed you.

“Fives? What’s wrong? Why hasn’t Echo commed me? Why are you comming me?”

“Glad to know you like hearing from me,” Fives chuckled, though it was a joyless sound.

“Fives, you know you wouldn’t comm me before Echo unless something happened,” you replied, and he could hear the fear in your voice.

“He’s not dead,” Fives said, needing to assure you that. “He’s just…unconscious. He went into battle after the explosion-“

“And you let him?”

“Hey! Me and Kix both tried to stop him, he wouldn’t listen.”

“Is he going to be okay? This doesn’t sound like him. It sounds like…”

“Me? I know. I hate it. We can’t have two me’s, and I’m not taking the responsible role.”

“Well, are you going to be back soon?”

“I don’t know, but the battle is over. At least for now. We know what happened last time we thought it was over.”

“Yeah. Just…be safe, Fives. All of you.”

“I will. I promise, y/n.”

“Good. Because I can’t lose Echo, but I also can’t lose you.”

“Glad to know you like me, General Jinn.”

“Ugh, don’t call me that,” you laughed over the comm, him laughing as well.

“See you soon, y/n.”

“See you soon, Fives.”

When the comm ended, Fives stood there for a second, allowing himself to feel this small happiness. You cared about him. Not that he didn’t know before, but it was nice to hear. You valued him, he wasn’t just a weapon. He wasn’t disposable.

Turning, he saw the battlefield again. Coric was carrying another wounded soldier into the tent. Kix was with other medics on board the venator, and Rex was counting the casualties.

Why was this his life? Why was he fighting, suffering all this pain, for something that he didn’t even know if it was worth it? Why was his brother injured, his other brothers lying dead around him? And why didn’t anyone, or very few, seem to care?

It was quiet when he woke up, a strange sound heard on a battlefield. Or, what had been only hours earlier. His head was still pounding, and his vision was slightly blurry.

“Coric?” He asked, barely recognizing the clone to his side.

“You’re awake,” Coric responded, shifting to give Echo a small smile. “Fives and Kix aren’t too happy with you.”

“Ehh, they’ll get over it,” he said, sitting up and holding his head.

“That’s what you think, but Fives is-”

“Fives is going to beat your karking ass into the ground,” Fives said as he walked in. He glared at Echo from the entrance before walking over to him. Echo looked up, waiting for whatever Fives was going to do next. Fives’s arms are around him in an instant, pulling him into a hug.

“What the kriff is wrong with you?” Fives said, pulling back to punch Echo’s shoulder. “You could have died! You were acting like…well you were acting like me!”

“Sorry, vod. I guess I wasn’t thinking too straight,” Echo laughed, Fives pulling him into another hug.

“I can’t lose my twin,” Fives mumbled, “Another domino can’t fall.”

“I won’t, Fives. I promise. Me and you forever, until the end of the war. Then we can marry our girls and raise families together.”

“That sounds perfect,” Fives said, grinning before frowning again.

“What? You look like someone just put spice in your caf.”

“You’re going to be out of combat for a while. Who am I going to annoy now?”

“I’m sure you could annoy pretty much anyone if you tried,” Echo laughed.

“He doesn’t even have to try,” Coric said from his spot working on another clone.

“Hey!” Fives said defensively.

“He’s not wrong,” Echo mumbled. Fives went to smack him, but stopped himself.

“Oh, you’re so lucky Kix thinks you have a concussion, or I’d be smacking you so hard right now.”

“Alright, Echo. I’m going to need you to get on a transport and back to the venator. Kix is there and can give you an exam, I need more room for the wounded down here,” Coric said, tossing away a pair of dirty medical gloves.

“Help me up?” Echo asked Fives, who reached down a hand and pulled him up. Keeping an arm slung around Fives’s shoulder for support, he walked out of the tent and onto the battlefield. There were small campfires set up, but not very many people were talking. There was debris everywhere, and the troopers looked tired.

“How bad was it?” Echo asked hesitantly as they boarded the gunship. It slowly rose, the door closing as they flew. Before the door fully shut, however, Echo was able to look down and see the full destruction of what happened.

“Well, it was a Republic win,” Fives said. “I guess that’s all that matters in the Jedi’s eyes.”

“Not the Jedi that matter,” Echo countered. “How bad was it?”

“67 troopers.”

Echo leaned back, closing his eyes for a few moments.

“Look, at least it wasn’t you, okay?”

“But it could have been. If I wouldn’t have made it to cover-“

“Echo. Shut. Up. Shut up, I don’t want to hear that. Shut up!” Fives yelled, the others on the gunship turning to look at him. Echo flinched, the pitch of Fives’s voice hurting his head.

“I had to spend the entire fight worrying about you! Not knowing if Kix had saved you, not knowing if you were going to wake up again!”

“I know, Fives. And I’m sorry, this is all my fault-“

“Yes! It is! Echo,” Fives said, closing his eyes and taking a breath to try and calm himself. “I’m pissed, Kix and Rex are pissed. Echo, y/n is going to be pissed.”

“She’s not going to know,” Echo said.

“You’d really keep a secret like this from her?” Fives questioned, raising a brow to his brother. “You’d lie to her?”

“It wouldn’t be lying, I just wouldn’t bring it up.”

“You know she’s going to ask,” Fives countered.

“I’ll…think of something.”

“Well, she already knows, so good luck with that.”

“What? Fives! Did you tell her?”

“Yes! Because I knew you wouldn’t! She needed to know” Fives yelled before the doors of the gunship opened. They had boarded the venator and Echo was due at the medbay for an exam.

“Come on,” Fives said, walking off. When he didn’t hear footsteps matching his, he paused and looked back. Echo was standing there, a mix of anger and disappointment on his face.

“What is it now?” Fives groaned, walking back over.

“You didn’t have the right to tell her,” Echo said, meeting his gaze coolly before it turned upset. “But you’re right, she needed to know.”

“Wow, you approve of something I did,” Fives said while rolling his eyes.

“Don’t get used to it,” Echo said, finally stepping off the gunship. “Now, take me to Kix,” he said, dramatically falling into Fives’s arms.

“You’re lucky your brain might be damaged from that explosion, otherwise I’d drop you on your head.”

“Like they did to you when they got you from your growing chamber?”

“Keep talking like that and I will drop you.”

“No, you won’t. You’re not going to hurt any of my patients,” Kix said, walking over to them. “Hurry up and get into the medbay, I have lots of people to tend to.”

“Sir yes sir,” Echo and Fives said at once, earning an eye roll from Kix who walked away with a sigh, leaving the boys to make their way to an empty room.

Anakin had commed you to tell you they were almost back, knowing that you were unhappy. Echo was one of his best troopers, so when he’d heard about what he did, he wasn’t happy either. He could only assume that you were even less happy about it.

So when Echo and Fives stepped off the ship and saw you, Echo was surprised, but not Fives. Fives caught your glare, something Echo seemed oblivious of at first. But then he saw Echo tense, and Fives couldn’t help the smirk that played over his lips. His brother was about to have it now.

You were standing, arms folded over your chest and staring them - well, more like Echo - down.

“Kriff, hide me,” Echo whispered to Fives, who just shook his head and pushed Echo towards you.

“Y/n! Darling! I’m glad to see you’re healing!” He said, giving you a smile that didn’t quite hide the fear in his eyes.

“Cut the banthashit, Echo,” you said, unfolding your arms and walking towards him to shorten the distance.

“Seriously, Fives. Help!” He whispered yelled to him, only to get another push, causing him to stumble towards you. He plastered that worried smile on his face and you resisted the urge to smack him. He held your gaze for another few tense seconds before he broke and sighed.

“Look, I wasn’t trying to be irresponsible-“

“Really? Because it doesn’t seem like that! Echo, you could have been killed! What if you hadn’t been able to find cover? What if you would have stumbled into a droid? What if you hadn’t been thinking right enough to hide and had just stood there? You’re so karking lucky I wasn’t there, because the second you tried to head into battle I would have stopped you. And if you did go into battle? Oh, oh-ho-ho, you would be running from me.”

“Darling, I know you were worried but-“

“Worried? You think I was worried? That doesn’t even begin to describe what I felt! What I’m still feeling!”

“I’m sorry, y/n. What do you want me to do? I’ll do anything,” Echo said. You could tell he felt awful, the look in his eyes saying everything. You sighed, closing your eyes and pinching the bridge of your nose for a second before looking at him again. Your expression softened and you threw your arms around his neck, pulling him in for a kiss. He instantly held your waist, returning the kiss.

“Don’t be like Fives, that’s what you can do,” you said when you broke apart.

“Hey! I’m not that bad!” Fives said from his spot behind Echo.

“Yeah, but I don’t want to deal with you,” you laughed, Echo wrapping an arm around your waist as he moved to stand beside you, looking at Fives.

“Don’t worry, I already have Shaak to do that,” he said, his eyes going wide after a second. “Kriff, I have a date!” You and Echo laughed as Fives sprinted off, running as fast as he could towards the door to the bunks.

“Do you want to go on a date tonight?” Echo asked, but you shook your head.

“I want to stay in. What if I teach you to cook a new meal?”

“Yes!” He said excitedly, immediately moving to drag you towards a speeder. You giggled as you followed, climbing on and wrapping your arms around him before he took off.

After you reached your quarters, you changed into your matching shirts and you each wore sweats, deciding that the night was going to be spent relaxing. Listening carefully and allowing you to help him when necessary, Echo cooked the new meal you had chosen. You joked around and made a mess of the kitchen, but you didn’t care. At least, not right now. You probably would in the morning.

After finishing up the meal, Echo set the table and moved your chair next to his. He kissed your cheek gently as you sat down, and you smiled while rolling your eyes at him.

“My beautiful riduur,” he said, and you tilted your head at him, slight confusion on your face.

“What does that mean? Riduur?”

“Well, there’s a few meanings,” he said, taking a forkful of food. “Essentially it means partner, but it could mean other things.”

“Like what?” You asked, turning fully to look at him. His cheeks went dark and he looked down, suddenly turning into the shy Echo you’d fallen for.

“Uh, well…it can mean spouse. Like, husband or wife,” he said, shoving another bite of food in his mouth before he could sound more nervous. You just giggled, pressing your lips to his cheek, making it go even darker.

“You really want to marry me, don’t you?” You teased, poking his side.

“More than you know, Darling,” he said. “All I need is a ring to propose.”

“Well, you better get one fast. Don’t want Sans stealing me from you,” you laughed, and Echo narrowed his eyes.

“Sans will never stand a chance against me,” he said defiantly.

“I don’t know…if you keep acting like Fives, he might have a chance.”

“I said I’m sorry,” Echo whined, poking your side like you did to him. He then started attacking you with kisses while tickling your sides, and you giggled as you squirmed in your seat.

“Ec-Echo-o!” You laughed, trying to shove him away. That only spurred him on, and he chuckled as he continued his assault. Your knee bumped the table and a glass fell over. You gasped and went to grab it but he took advantage and tickled under your arms. You yelped and jerked back, pulling away too much and falling from your chair.

“Maker! Are you okay?” Echo said, suddenly panicking as he remembered your recent injuries. You silently stared at him for a second, putting as much pain into your expression as you could manage. He looked even more concerned until you burst out laughing, falling back against the floor and clutching your stomach.

“Oh, you little-“ he said before he jumped down and caught himself before he crushed you. He then snaked an arm under you and rolled over, pulling you on top of him. He held you tight to his chest, and you both slowly stopped laughing and just smiled at each other.

“My adorable riduur,” you mumbled, reaching up and stroking his cheek. His cheeks darkened, and he set a serious look on his face.

“I’m not adorable, I’m a man,” he grumbled playfully.

“An adorable man,” you said, leaning forward to kiss his nose. “My handsome riduur.”

“My beautiful darling,” he responded, leaning up to kiss your lips. You playfully pulled away before he could make contact, rolling off of him before jumping up. He gave a questioning look before you grinned at him.

“You have to catch me if you want to kiss me,” you said, and you jumped away as he lunged forward and tried to grab your leg. You giggled and ran as he stood up, and put the couch between the two of you.

Standing on opposite ends, you stared at each other before he jumped onto it and ran across, stumbling on the cushions.

“Echo! No running on the couch!” You laughed, moving just in time before he caught you.

“Come back here!” He said, grinning as he tried to reach out to grab your arm. You easily dodged him, twirling away and skipping around.

“Dork!” He said, watching your gait. You add a little hop, and he chuckled as he tried to get to you.

You let him get close again before jumping away, running into your bedroom. He quickly follows, and when you reach your bed, you spin and grab his arms. You fall back and pull him with you, and he has to quickly struggle to catch himself before he crushes you. You giggle from under him and push him over so you can crawl onto him. Satisfied, you drop your body onto his, causing him to let out a grunt before his arms wrap around you.

“I caught you,” he mumbled, and you giggled while shaking your head.

“No, I caught you,” you said, poking his nose and making his face scrunch.

“So no kiss?” He asked, pouting up at you.

“You can have a kiss,” you laughed, leaning forwards and pressing your lips to his. You both smiled into it, his hands going to hold your waist.

“Wait!” Echo said suddenly, and you pulled away from him.

“Is everything okay?” You asked, concerned that you might have done something wrong. Echo just smiled before he gently set you to the side and grabbed Marvin.

“He doesn’t need to watch this,” he said, placing him on the couch and coming back into the room. You rolled your eyes and shook your head before Echo was back over you, connecting your lips again.

The rest of the night was spent in your quarters. After some time together, you shared a shower and cuddled up on your couch to watch the holo of Sans, Hex, and Steele singing, as well as some other videos. You sat sideways in his lap, arms wrapped around him and head resting on his shoulder. His own arms were around you, holding you close. He only noticed you’d fallen asleep when his shoulder began to feel wet. Looking down, he chuckled as your lips were slightly parted, and a puddle of drool was coming out. If it was anyone else, he would have found it gross, but he loved teasing you about it. It was retaliation for when you teased him about snoring.

He turned his head slowly, reaching up to hold your cheek as he kissed your forehead. You mumbled in your sleep, your arms wrapping tighter around him. Your body shifted so you were pressed into him more, and he smiled as he rested his cheek on your head.

“Mmm, what times’it?” You asked groggily, and he lifted his head to let you look up at him. Your eyes were tired and unfocused as you gazed at him.

“I think it’s bedtime,” he said softly, kissing your nose like you’d done to him earlier.

“M’not a child. Don’t have a bedtime,” you mumbled, snuggling back into him. He chuckled and moved one arm to hold under your knees and the other to wrap around your back. He stood, lifting you up and carrying you to your bedroom. He laid you down and went to grab Marvin from the couch before he crawled under the sheets with you. You instantly clung to him again, breathing deeply and letting yourself relax.

You wanted to savor these moments, because you'd both almost lost each other within two standard weeks. The war was dangerous, you’d known that from the beginning. But now you had so much more at stake. You had a family with your troopers, a family back on Dohbar, and a promise to have a family with Echo.

What would Codo do if he lost you? What would Kwol and Ahni do? Your troopers? Sans, Hex, and Steele? And Echo? The sudden thought made you cling to him tighter, and he held you back, sensing your distress.

“It’s okay, darling. I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere. I swear to the Maker, I’ll always find my way back to you.”

“I know, Echo. I believe you, and I trust you. I love you.”

“I love you too, darling.”

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