will always remain, no matter what planet or part of the galaxy we find ourselves in."

Anakin looked up at Clarissé with big, wide eyes as he sadly smiled at her before his smile vanished completely and was replaced with a depressed look in his usually bright eyes.

"I care about you too, a lot actually. Only I..."

"Miss your mother," Clarissé finished his sentence, understanding completely from where he was coming from. It was never fun to leave a parent behind, and that's what Clarissé Naberrie learned the hard way when she was elected as Queen, always having to leave her mother and father, her older sister and future brother-in-law. Each time a little piece of Clarissé seemed to wither away from the countless passing moments without her family by her side.

Anakin didn't say anything, just continuing to stare up at Clarissé with large, sad eyes, tears brimming at the edges.

With no words between the two of them, Clarissé leaned in first, giving a warm embrace to Anakin Skywalker to comfort him, and herself, the two of them indulged in the other's presence with nothing else on their minds but each other.

After a moment of this embrace, Clarissé pulled away slowly as an idea struck her, and she lifted a hand up to release the angelic ribbon on the top of her head.

Once she swiftly pulled it out, causing a small tumble of dainty chocolate, little curls to come toppling down, the young brunette outstretched a hand towards her blonde friend, offering the snowy ribbon to him.

He looked at her with a question very much present in his eyes, confused on why she was offering her ribbon to him.

"Since you gifted me something," Clarissé gestured to her new japor snippet necklace, "I wanted to gift something back. It's only fair, after all."

The little boy gently took it from the outstretched hand, his fingertips grazing the gifting girl's palm and causing her own goosebumps to form now, a shiver rolling up her spine as she realized how cold it was in the room.

As he held that lovely, flowery ribbon in his hand, Anakin just looked at it, turning it over and over again in his hand, just loving the soft, gentle feel of it in between his fingers.

Clarissé anxiously bit her bottom lip, believing Anakin to not like it, thinking that is was an idiotic gift.

Why would he like it? He put so much effort into his, and I just plopped mine out of my hair, for Force's sake!

"I know it's not much," she quickly mumbled, trying to apologize for her lack of effort. "I'm just not very crafty like you, and Force knows I couldn't do something like what you did. It's absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. I'm terribly sorry. I'm aware it's just some stupid ribbon and I completely understand if you don't like it..."

"Clarissé," Anakin calmly cut off the immensely quickening rambling of Clarissé, chuckling slightly at the silly little brunette haired girl. "I love it. In fact, I think it's the nicest gift I've ever received before...well, besides getting freed from slavery."

That got a genuine laugh out of the two younglings, as they stopped for a moment to take in the slightly dark joke, looking at each other with wide eyes, before bursting out into a fit of giggles, the laughing becoming too much for the two children as they had to hold their stomachs.

And so for the next few hours, into the early morning, the two children, one blonde and one brunette, talked about anything and everything, growing even more inseparable. Anakin also tied Clarissé's ribbon around his right wrist, subconsciously rubbing the soft fabric between his fingers, loving to have a piece of Clarissé with him at all times.

What a wonderful pair...

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A/N: Hello my wonderful readers! Guess who has another chapter posted early? Yep, me! I couldn't help myself writing this in literally one sitting. Thank Force for Saturday's. It was just too tempting. For anyone who's interested, I did create a book review book, so there's that. I thought it would be a fun time that we could use for joking around and not being so serious. Anyways, this chapter might just be my favorite, but let me know how you thought about it.

Fun fact: Clarissé was elected as Queen of Naboo when she was only seven years old, but has been training for the role since she was four years old, when she was enrolled amongst countless other girls. The people liked her the best, and quickly voted her into office, causing a huge shift in Clarissé's life.

And that's all folks! See ya hopefully next week for another chapter in Coruscant!

Til next time, goodbye and farewell!

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