Innocence is... Overrated

Torian watched the two of them closely, a small smile flitting on his lips for a moment before it disappeared. Reilik was a natural. He was a natural father, no trying involved.

They had gone to Tattooine so that Reilik could finally meet his daughter - a precious little girl with a fighting spirit - and Reilik at once had fallen in love. She was a spitfire, even at her tender age of eight, all legs and lank. But boy could she hold her own against kids her age and older.

Torian had commented on how she had a Mando'ad heart, and he could not wait to watch her grow and become an amazing warrior. The girl's mother, though, was dying, and there was nothing any of them could do, including Ulic. The medic had been devastated that he could not save her, and had actually spent the next two days holed up in his room refusing to exit to cook or eat.

The bounty hunter had quickly agreed to allow the girl to travel with them, and thus lead to their predicament at this moment in time. She, at that moment in time, was skipping around the lounge, giggling and playing in a sense. Reilik was sitting on the couch, his mind on the holopad that was in front of him.

Torian felt his heart move. The man was still trying to silently struggle with what had been done to him in the Imperial prison on Dromund Kaas. He was also trying to seem strong for his daughter who had just joined them.

It was at that point that the little girl stopped her skipping in front of Reilik, leaning forward and tapping his shoulder, her fiery hair swaying from side to side as she bobbed her head to a nonexistent melody. The Dark Jedi looked up at her, slightly startled to see her standing there, and she gave him an award winning smile as she leaned forward and fake whispered to him.

"Daddy..."

He closed his eyes in enjoyment at that word as she spoke to him. "Hmm?"

"I approve of you and Mr. Torian!" She beamed, bouncing on the balls of her feet and giggling as Reilik started sputtering. "He tells me all the time how much he likes you and enjoys time with you..." She then nodded, as if it was a secret she was revealing for the world, "And you tell me all the time how much you like Mr. Torian and enjoy time with him as well..."

And then she was jumping onto him, wrapping her arms around him and looking up into his shocked face, "So I'm getting you two together!"

"Asha... wait... what... I..." Reilik was at a loss for words, his eyes going wide as she untangled herself from him and left him sitting there, slightly confused and feeling embarrassed.

Torian watched with hidden amusement as she skipped over to him before looking up at him with those eyes that were an exact match of Reilik's. The smile that was on her face was almost an exact replica of her father's as well. He barely registered her words as she spoke to him next. "Will you take daddy out on a date?" The hope in her eyes almost caused Torian to melt right there.

Oh yes. She was her father's daughter. Very deadly without even realizing it.

She almost pouted as he didn't answer her, lost in his thoughts. "I promise to get uncle Zeik to watch over me so I don't have to go with you two!"

Upon Reilik sputtering once again from his position, Torian smirked. But before he could say anything, little Asha was wagging her finger up at him, her feet spread slightly and her other hand upon her hip. Probably trying to intimidate him. Bless her.

"But it has to be nice!" He opened his mouth to say something, but she cut him off, "And no fighting involved! And romantic!" She then smiled up at him, "And dinner! You have to take daddy to dinner! A nice dinner!"

He looked over at Reilik, only to see the man looking rather ashamed and embarrassed. Just that flustered look was enough to seal it for Torian, and he chuckled before nodding, "You got it, Asha. Romantic. No fighting involved. And a nice dinner..."

Asha squealed in joy before wrapping her arms around him, "Thank you! Daddy thanks you!" And then she was rushing down the hallway towards the meditation room, yelling out, "Uncle Zeik! Uncle Zeik! I got a favor to ask!"

Reilik moaned as she left, placing his hands to his face, "I am so sorry, Torian... I really don't know where she gets it from..."

"Oh, I do," the Mandalorian chuckled, shaking his head and walking over to the couch to stand in front of the Dark Jedi. "I see a lot of you in her, Reilik, even if you've only known her for a few days." He then was smirking as he knelt down in front of Reilik, pulling the man's hands from his face to stare into those in depth iridescent orbs to the soul. "You should not feel ashamed. She just had the courage that neither one of us could gather..."

"They say children are innocent," Reilik sighed, leaning his forehead against the Mandalorian's. "I believe Asha is anything but innocent..."

Torian snorted before the skin around his eyes crinkled in amusement, "Her innocence is... overrated... at best." As Reilik burst out laughing at that, Torian leaned in and captured his lips in chaste and heated kiss before pulling away. "Now come. I promised your daughter that there would be no fighting involved for our date, but I never promised that there would be no fighting involved before the date started..."

With those words, he was standing and stretching his arms over his head, flexing his muscles, "Would you care to join me for a round of wrestling before we are corralled to do as your daughter wishes?"

Reilik was looking up at him with wide eyes, still slightly unsure if the kiss between them had actually happened. His fingers were lightly grazing his lips, trying to remember the feeling of the blond's lips crashing against him. The quick taste that he got. It was almost overwhelming.

He quickly came out of his reverie as Torian called his name, and he cleared his throat, allowing his hand to fall to his side. "Y-Yeah. I could go for a round with you."

And with those words, he was standing as well, and both were heading down the hallway towards the training room, moving so that they were brushing shoulders, heads tilted towards each other.

Dear Asha. She didn't know how much good she had done. What walls she had broken down between the two.

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Another little fluff between Reilik and Torian. The two can't seem to get over their walls of wanting to have a relationship with each other, so Reilik's daughter takes it upon herself to do the deed of making the first move.

Reilik's daughter. Her name is Asha. She is a product of a whore taking advantage of Reilik while he was sleeping and having a very good dream when he was 20. Zeik and Reilik were sent to Tattooine to aid the Republic with building and fighting the Empire. When Reilik found out that the whore that had used him without his consent was pregnant, he did everything he could to help her. Got her out of her job into a better one. He gave her money every month to help take care of her and her daughter. But the Council forbade him from ever meeting the girl.

But of course, now that he is no longer a Jedi, and Zeik is on the Dark Council, Zeik decides that Reilik has the right to meet her. But upon going and visiting, they find out that Asha's mother is sick on her deathbed with a terminal illness that cannot be healed. She begs Reilik to take their daughter and keep her safe, and he cannot say no to her.

Thus starts the relationship of father and daughter between the two. Of course, she is eight, so Reilik has much to make up for, and he desperately tries. He asks Ellona quite a bit for advice on how to deal with Asha, but sometimes he just tries to struggle through the problems on his own, too proud to ask for help.

Zeik has such a soft spot for the little girl as well. He spoils her as much as he can, saying she deserves it for being a Helikias.

Of course, poor little Asha is not Force Sensitive like her father. But that doesn't stop Ulic and Torian from teaching her the ways of the Mandalorians and bounty hunting. But they tend to do it slightly in secret so Reilik doesn't get upset with what they're teaching her at such a young age. She is able to shoot a blaster with precision, even at her age, but enjoys using a techstaff much like Torian. She says its because its the closest she can get to being like her father.