It Started With A Whisper (And That Was When I Kissed Her)

Rules Are Meant To Be Broken

A/N: The big one.

TW: Abuse, blackmail, homophobia, scars cuz I'm feeling angsty. If you'd like to skip, I'll add ❀  and another when it's over.

CW: Kinda Smut but not really? ( I'll add a ★ to indicate where it starts and where it's ends."

Why was s Adora here?

Waiting for Lonnie in the hot tub.

'This was a bad idea.' Adora told herself, slouching in the warm water.

'Or was it?' She questioned. Ugh.

Catra obviously didn't care. If she had, she would've made a effort to fix this.

Right?

Adora didn't know anymore.

*

Catra felt bad. She didn't realize a seat was so important to Adora. Maybe she should've. 'Maybe I should just apologize.' She told herself. She got up out of her bed to look for Adora.

First she looked in the gym. No Adora, though she found Glimmer and Bow in the middle of something she shouldn't have been seeing.

Then she looked in the spa. Adora wasn't the spa type because she couldn't relax to save her life. But Catra thought it'd be worth a try.

She made her way to the showering area, where she didn't find Adora.

"Does anyone know where Adora is?" She asked a group of girls, Adora's friends. Netossa pointed to the left. "Saw her going to the hot tub, probably going to do something stupid."

"Thanks!" Catra said, running up to her room to find her swimsuit.

*

It was late. Was Adora getting duped? Maybe Lonnie was tricking her or something. Why was she even here.

"Hey." she heard, it wasn't Lonnie.

"Catra?"

Catra was shivering, which made sense considering she had a small red bikini on. Said bikini made it really hard for Adora to focus. 'I'm so gay.'

Adora in contrary had one piece on with shorts. She never like swimsuits, they made her feel weird. So she always wore shorts over.

"Can I .. sit?" Catra asked nervously, Adora assumed she wasn't fond of water. Adora just nodded. Catra returned the gesture and sat on the bench inside the circular tub.

After a couple moments of silence, Catra finally spoke.

"Look, I'm not good at friends. Or people. I've had to take care of myself for a pretty long while. I guess it just didn't occur to me that you would want to sit with me. Or even care at all."

It was true, Catra's past made it really hard for her to be emotionally available. She'd never had a steady relationship with the exception of her little sister.

"I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. I didn't realize how much it meant to you." Catra's ears were flat and her tail was nervously swaying, Adora could tell it was genuine.

"I'm sorry too. You were right." Adora told her. Catra grinned. "I'm right about a lot of things, Adora. Gotta be more specific."

"Shut up." Adora returned. "So we're cool?"

"Yup. If that's good with you."

"That's more than good to me." Adora told her. Catra hummed and let herself get closer. And this is when Adora noticed Catra's back. ❀