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He almost saw her. At least, Samantha had hoped he hadn't seen her. She had been on her way back to her quarters after a long day of dealing with paperwork and idiots, when she had rounded the corner and saw him standing there in the corridor. He had just been standing there, his back against the wall and staring straight ahead. Seemingly waiting. For what, she did not know.
"Why did he have to be here of all places?" She thought to herself as she quickly hid from his sight, heart pounding in fear. "What could he possibly be doing here? This sector is just for the regular employee living quarters..."
After what had seemed like an eternity, she heard foot steps walking in the opposite direction. Waiting a few moments more for her heart to finally settle down and deciding that it was safe to move, she turned the corner again to hurry back to her rooms. Suddenly, and without warning, there he was. He had been waiting patiently for her to make her move. Unfortunately for her, her move had been to walk head first into Kylo Ren's chest.
In surprise, she had dropped her datapad as she sprung backwards, worried that she had upset the man in the mask. His temper was absolutely incredible. Stories had been circulating around the ship for a long time and even higher ranking officers had been wary of crossing his path. How would just a regular person fare against him? The man was a giant and it wouldn't take much to snap her tiny form in half. Horrified, she turned and ran away as fast as she could, hoping and praying that he didn't decide to follow. If she had stayed long enough, she would have seen the Force user catch the pad in midair with an invisible grasp before it could hit the ground.
Plucking the device out of the air with a gloved hand after watching the scared woman hurry away, he turned it over, carefully observing it. There, on the back right hand corner, was a label with one word on it. A mechanized voice came from the mask, no emotion or inflection. "Samantha."
When she ran what she thought had been a safe distance away, she leaned against the wall in a random hallway and practically collapsed to the floor, trying to catch her breath. That's when she realized that she no longer had her datapad. "Are you kriffing kidding me?! "letting her head fall back against the cold durasteel, she let out a frustrated laugh. In her surprise, she had dropped the datapad when running into him. His chest to be specific.
Sam blushed at the thought of how broad and firm he felt. Even the split second of contact had been enough to get her mind going where it shouldn't have been. Never mind the fact that he was a superior officer, or even the fact that he had been made the new Supreme Leader after Snoke's death. He was Kylo Ren. One of the most feared men in the galaxy. For a long time she had tried to keep off of anyone's radar, and now her existence had been made known. Maybe he would ignore her. Maybe he would forget about the poor employee who had the misfortune to bump into him.
Several stormtroopers rushed past her, not acknowledging her presence. They seemed to be in a hurry, so she pricked her ears up, hoping to hear a snippet of what they were going on about. Apparently, the new Supreme Leader was at it again. Throwing another tantrum about who knows what.
Taking that as meaning it was safe to finally head back, she stood, rolling her eyes and began making her way back home. In the morning she would have to make up some excuse to her superior officer as to why she was going to need another datapad. He would not be happy about it. At least it was better than confronting the man in the mask again.