It seemed they were in a mutual state of mind then. That would likely benefit them in the years to come, should there be years to come. Oh who am I kidding, clearly there'll be years to come, with the way these two were going. It was funny though... He had far more experience in the way of relationships then Shmi, but Shmi had been far better then any of them. Shmi hadn't been needy or demanding, or bossy. Shmi hadn't run off to go stowaway on ships and steal from people despite the fact she didn't have to. Shmi hadn't made it dubious as to whether she had been loyal or not. She also hadn't been moonlighting as a Sith Knight or anything like that. And of course, Shmi hadn't gone and been found sleeping with another man in Josh's bed, for the sake of a sexual favour to get herself a drug fix.
... Okay, apparently his standards had been very low until now. That or Shmi was just a gem in a pile of bantha poodo. But he was quite happy to be with her, and had no thoughts of going anywhere else.
But soon enough, the topic would turn to the revelation of his father, and he took a deep breath. "No, no need to apologize. You didn't know, and you were just concerned about me" He spoke quietly. Really, after all these years of being stabbed in the back, and finding out that most people -really- didn't give a chit about him... He was glad at least someone had some concern for him. "I found out he was alive all these years shortly after he resigned as Chancellor. It turns out that he never forgave himself for causing us to be in the situation we were in, so forsook his own name and tried to earn it back in his eyes for years. He apparently didn't know I was alive either until around the same time I found out" Josh would admit. "I... Didn't get much time to spend with that reunion. The One Sith attacked Coruscant a few weeks later, and he was among those who had been killed. There wasn't even much left of his body. The building he was residing in had been levelled by an explosion during the attack."
He let out a breath. "There was so many things I wanted to ask him. But I never got a chance to. So now I've lost my parents all over again and I've been trying to come to grips with that since" He would admit. "It's... It's not easy, I'll admit. I had finally started to make my peace with losing my parents, only to find out my dad had been alive all these years. I got my hopes up again, and... Well, now I'm right back where I started, trying to make my peace all over again" Josh spoke softly, obviously having a hard time talking about it.
Finally, he seemed to decide to drop the subject, spreading the cream cheese on the bagels while he let Shmi work on the bacon. He would replace the topic soon after with one that he seemed to enjoy much more, sneaking a chance to give a cheeky little thwack to Shmi's rear end after a few moments of casually checking her out from behind. Once he'd finished the bagels off, he'd put them to the side and lean over to whisper in her ear.
"I wasn't kidding about us being alone" He teased, smirking once more. He wanted to forget his pains for now. These were meant to be happy times. And he really did enjoy teasing Shmi and making her hot and bothered. Besides, he couldn't be the one to take the initiative all the time, right? He figured if he riled her up enough, she would be far more comfortable with acting on her urges without his needed to start it up all the time himself. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, which looked rather hilarious considering their height difference. "I really will kiss you there if you want me to... Amongst other places..." He whispered with a teasing, albeit alluring tone, as he would trail a handful of kisses along the back of Shmi's neck. And just for the coup de gra? He would playfully tap his tongue to the back of her neck just for a moment, before releasing his hold and letting her finish up while he pulled away and went to grab the drinks.
"Orange juice, milk, coffee, water, apple juice, any of those work?" Josh would casually call back to Shmi as though he hadn't just gone out of his way to flirt up a storm with his present flame. Was he trying to rile her up more then he usually did based on their prior conversation, or was he just trying much harder to forget his sorrows and get back to a happier frame of mind, the one he'd been in before the topic had been brought up before? Perhaps both? He knew that these were to be happy times, not those of sadness. And he did feel bad for dragging down the mood as he had.
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