#bad batch week

You understood why Hunter was like that, of course you understood, but what you wanted was for him to also have a good time, at least for a few hours, with you. Words were not enough, not in the simple way that was to go to him and talk to him. Hunter wasn't going to change his mind like that, no matter how much he loved you. While you were thinking of a costume, you came up with two ideas, which at the same time was one.

Hunter was in the cockpit, doing the usual stuff like checking systems, until he stops, and sharpens his hearing when he hears Wrecker and Omega talking about you.

“Ugh! Why is Y/N taking so long?” Wrecker asked.

 “I don't know! She locked herself in her room and told me she was thinking” Omega said. “I am worried”

“Relax, kid! I am more than sure that she is fine”

“How do you know that?”

“I… Uh…” he scratches his head and sees Echo, who was with a datapad organizing what appeared to be supplies. “Echo! Y/N is fine, right?”

“I can't tell ya. She didn't tell me anything. Only that she wanted to be left alone to think” Echo said. 

“Should we… knock the door?” Omega asked. 

For a moment the thought that you were sad or offended crossed Hunter's mind. He felt guilty for some reason, perhaps because he thought his refusal to join you for Halloween had made you sad.

“I'll take care of it” Hunter said, although it was more of an order. 

No one was going to disobey Hunter, especially since it was obvious that he was the only one capable of talking to you. The door was locked, so the sergeant proceeded to knock.

“Cyare, it's me” 

The door opens, allowing Hunter to enter, and when he enters and the door opens behind his back, he is surprised to see you. You were looking in the mirror and putting on dark gray face paint. You turned around to see him and smiled, which made him even more surprised.

“Hey, Hunter. So, what do you think?”

Hunter couldn't believe his eyes: you had painted a skull on your face, just like him. You were beautiful, you always were, but seeing you like this made his heart start beating much faster, and thanks to his senses he could feel it in his head. A clear blush appears on his cheeks.

“It’s beautiful… I mean!” Hunter clears his throat, bringing his knuckles to his mouth. “I just wanted to check if you were… fine”

“Oh, thanks! I am” you smiled. 

“Right, right…” he smiles, but you could see it was a nervous smile. “So… that face paint”

“Do you really think it's beautiful?”

“You are beautiful, and it really suits you” he approaches you. Carefully he brings his fingers to your jaw where you had no paint, and looks into your eyes. “Although, I would paint better here”

“Oh! In that case, can you help me?”

“Ha! Sure, cyare” he smiled. 

Hunter starts to help you paint your face, especially the areas where the paint was missing, and you wanted to smile, but you had to keep your face relaxed. Your heart, like Hunter's, beat fast every time you felt his fingers touch the skin of your face. And although he was focused, from time to time you look into each other's eyes, and he smiles all those times.

“I thought you might want a less simple costume”

“You know I'm simple about some things”

“I wish you were simple with everything” Hunter joked, with a smile.  

“Haha” you laugh sarcastically and give him a little punch in the chest, playfully. “Now just for that I'm going to wear one of your bandanas”

“What makes you think I'm going to let you do that?” he strokes your chin.

“Because you love me? Also, who do you think I got my inspiration for my costume from?”

He already knew that, but when you said it even so his heart began to beat even faster and his cheeks blushed a little more.

“Inspiration, huh?”

“Of course, my sergeant” you smiled.

You move a little closer to Hunter, and he smiled and didn't take his eyes off you. You were beautiful, you really were, and having you closer made his senses go a little crazier. You didn't paint your mouth much, so your lips were free of paint, and that's why Hunter gives you a kiss. You reciprocated, and although you wanted the kiss to last longer than at other times, you only broke apart due to shortness of breath.

“What do you say? Will you join us to celebrate Halloween?” you asked, with your fingers you stroked a strand of his hair. “I want you to be at my side. Omega also wants you to come with us”

Now you could see other eyes than before. Now Hunter's eyes did not show disinterest, but rather showed love. He, with a smile, chuckles a little and nods his head slightly.

“Now I can't say no to you, cyare”

“I knew you would change your mind” you smile. “What convinced you? My costume?”

“You convinced me, with those beautiful eyes, that beautiful smile... that beautiful face” he caresses your lips softly. “You are really so beautiful… I’m sorry. I shouldn't have said no the first time you asked me if I wanted to go with you”

“Hey, it’s okay. You need to distract yourself, handsome, and I'm glad you've changed your mind” you give him a little kiss on the lips. “I need the man I love and who inspired my costume by my side”

“You have no idea how much I love you"

Before you could say anything, Hunter kisses you back and your smile gets bigger. You managed to convince him to go with you and the others to enjoy Halloween at Ord Mantell, and so when you finished painting your face, you grab one of Hunter's bandanas and put it on your forehead. He looks at you now with a raised eyebrow, but always with a smile.

“How does it look on me?”

“More than good, cyare”

“Thanks! Now I just need to imitate your voice”

“What? Oh, no, no” Hunter rests his hand on your back. “You're not going to do that”

“Not even a word?”

“Nope” he gives you a little kiss on the cheek. “Come on”

With you ready, everyone was ready to get out of the Marauder to celebrate Halloween. Omega, who was dressed in the squad-like armor that Tech made for her, was happy to hear that you convinced Hunter to go with you. To your surprise, going out to celebrate at Ord Mantell was perfect, being with Hunter, Omega, and the others made you very happy. 

You never saw Omega so happy, she really seemed to have fun with that like any kid, despite the life you were leading. Sometimes she would hold your hand and make you walk at the same speed as her, which was very fast. You also noticed that Hunter was relaxed, which was a relief because for several days he was very busy focusing on the mercenary life you had. Seeing him calm, sometimes even smiling, made your heart happy, and from time to time when you walked, you would hold hands.

You've never had so much Ord Mantell Mix as you've had before, and you've never seen Omega and Wrecker so happy about it.  

At all times you had not seen the time, it must have been several hours since you left the ship, but unfortunately the fun had to end sometime. You had a lot of sweet things to eat. When you returned to the ship, you preferred to take a bath instead of staying with the others in the cockpit enjoying the candies. You had to wash off the paint, after so many hours it was starting to itch your face. So you went into your bathroom and took off all your clothes after the shower was ready.

Now you were taking a shower. You rubbed your hand against your face to remove the paint, and you could see it finally fall off. You felt more relieved about it.     

“What beautiful and attractive views”

The sound of the water against your skin muffled most of the other sounds, so you didn't hear the bathroom door open, but you did hear that voice and that's why you smiled. You turned around and see Hunter with his arms folded and his shoulder leaning against the door frame.

Hunter's heart skipped a beat when you turned to look at him. You are really very beautiful.

“I was wondering when you were going to show up” you said with a smile.

“Well, I was wondering where you had gotten to” he was smiling. “Lucky I didn't call you on the comm, I would have missed this”

“Probably not. I would have been waiting for you” you wink at him.

That makes Hunter chuckle a little.

“That's my girl” 

“You know you are free to join me. You need a good bath too”

“Don't tell me twice, cyare”

Hunter begins to remove his armor and clothing. It was always a spectacle to watch him undress, plus he did it in an attractive way to turn you on even more. When he is finally naked, you watched him as he slid into the shower to face you, and you see them sigh in relief as the warmth of the water made contact with his body, which instantly relaxes. You start stroking his cheek, until you bring your hand up and make his wet hair fall back.

“Much better, right?” you asked with a smile. 

“You're so right about that"

Hunter felt good having your hands touching and caressing his skin. You with your touch could tell that his heart was beating hard, so, smiling softly, you press your lips to his cheek to give him a kiss.

“Today was a great day. I love spending time like this, all together..."

“Me too, cyare” he kisses you back on the cheek. “And thanks to you for convincing me to go with you... I would have missed some beautiful hours. I had to relax, forget about everything and think about other things... Like how beautiful you are and how lucky I am to have you”

“I am the lucky one to have you, my sergeant...”

That closeness didn't last much longer and you brought your mouths together in a kiss. You ran your hands across Hunter's chest; and you could feel his hands caressing your waist and back, which was a soft touch, although you could feel that he wanted to touch you lower. As you had broken away from the kiss, he brings his mouth to your neck and starts kissing it.

The day was not over yet, and you were going to end Halloween in the best possible way.

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It was just a regular supply run.

You were running out of food and medication, so you and your squad had to drop off on the nearest planet. Normally, you would finish your current task and then went for the supplies, but with Tech's math, the remaining supplies wouldn't last a day.

So, here you were. On Cortella.

Your clothes were extremely uncomftortable. It wasn't the type you would normally wear, nor it looked nice. You just had those for undercover missions, but by you, scratching yourself every 5 seconds because of them, they weren't so secretive.

,,Cut it out already!" Hunter said roughly but almost whispered due to the crowd surrounding you and the batch.

,,It's just.. these damn clothes." you stated while scratching your back. People were giving you weird looks before turning away from you and carrying on with their day. The uncomfortable feeling didn’t want to go away, even though you were working on it from the moment you stepped off the ship. Hunter gave you a warning look, but realized you probably couldn’t see it, because of the itchy distraction. 

They should probably buy you some new clothes.

The lack of focus caused you to stumble and push to some man. He looked at you, kind of confused why did you interrupted his daily routine on the market. You said sorry before quickly walking away from him.

,,There goes being discreet” Crosshair took out a new toothpick, ignoring your groaning to his incredible joke. You thought it could be good to finally stop, so you tried to resist the urge to scratch again. But damn it was hard. You scratched yourself one last time, letting the relaxing feeling fill you for a second and then dissapear as the itchy feeling rises,again.

,,Fine, I’ll stop” you gave up and the batch sighed in relieve before stopping unexpectedly. You found yourselves in front of the centre of the city. You thought there were a lot of shops in the suburbs, but now you saw that you were wrong. 

There were twice as much.

And of course, the crowd. Whatever discreet plan you’ve had, it was lost. Between the people there was no space at all. It was like they were walking on each other and you wouldn’t be suprised if you actually saw somebody squashed on the ground. 

,,So...?” 

Echo wasn’t alone on that thought. Everyone was thinking about how to get through this madness. Hunter was frowning while thinking. You all looked at him, waiting for some plan. And you didn’t had to wait for long. He suggested to split up, which was a nice thought, but it had it’s flaws. How would you get back together.

,,We’ll meet back on the Marauder. If somebody gets lost, send a signal,” he ordered, ,, We’ll seperate to 3 groups: Me, Omega and Wrecker; Tech and Echo, and Y/N with Crosshair” Everyone nodded in understanding, except you and Cross. You both rolled your eyes. Hunter ignored it and started to walk to his group. Tech and Echo already took off to do their task. Hunter wished you a good luck before leaving you alone. 

Well, alone with Crosshair.

You both just stood there for a second before Crosshair, very nicely, suggested that you two could move. You two didn’t step on the right foot when you met. From that point on, you two were constantly on each others neck, but not in a friendly way, like him and Wrecker. The only thing that could get his attention was you challenging him in something stupid and saying that he would failed in that for sure. None of you tried to talk about it and maybe sort things out. 

And none of you liked this “friendship” you had.

You tried to stay close to Cross in the crowd. It was super hard, considering the lack of movement you could do. You stepped on a lot of people but didn’t bother to say sorry. They probably barely noticed it. Crosshair was ahead of you and every moment he was further away. Not much, but if you didn’t catch him fast, he could simply get out of sight. 

You squeezed through a few people, still trying to see Crosshair. He was quickly getting away from you, so you reached out your hand as if it could somehow slow him down. Suddenly, a spot in front of you opened up. People hurried to the closest shop so they’ve created a little bit of space. You didn’t notice it as you were looking at Cross and squeezing through the crowd, and when your leg reached the space you didn’t expect, you fell down. Your hand caught on something, so you used it to pull yourself up.

When you were back on your feet, you looked at the person you were holding. On other days, you wouldn't be so thankful if you held hands with Crosshair,but now, you were just glad that you caught him.

,,I see the shop with the supplies, come on” he said as he grabbed your hand firmly and started to walk again. You were kind of suprised by his act, but you quickly forgot about it when you were fighting your way to the shop. You squeezed his hand tightly, so you couldn’t lose him again.

You finally found yourselves at the shop. Crosshair tried to cover his face, so the salesman couldn’t see it and you bought the supplies. You wished the salesman a good day and quickly got out of there. Cross took your hand again and was aiming for empty alley. As soon as you got there, you tried to orient yourselves and find your way back to the Maraurder.

,,So we went from there...” you said quietly to yourself, pointing to alleys you’ve walked through. ,,So now we have to go...this way!” you said out loud and looked at Crosshair that was leaning back on the wall, while you were thinking. He wasn't doing much while you tried to find a way back, but it was fun for him to watch.

,,Good, let’s go” he grabbed your hand again, even though the path wasn’t that crowded. You didn’t say anything, gripping his hand even tightly. On a man with the coldest face you’ve ever seen, he has suprisingly warm hands. And another thing that suprised you was thinking that about him.

About a man that hated you and you hated him.