—(Y/n) POV—
"Hey Catra" I say
Catra smiles and Adora stays near the door in case I try to slip away
I take out the note and hand it to her
"Adora already read it" I say
Catra opens the note and reads it out loud
"Hey guys I'm leaving the horde why? Because they killed my family in front of me and destroyed my home and now they want me to fight for them? Yeah I'm not doing that, you guys have made the horde amazing I don't know what I'd do without you guys, I'll miss running around, I'll miss playing games, I'll miss sleeping and staying up all night whispering about you know whatever, and I'll miss your laughs and smiles and the way you hug and the way you comfort me after shadow weaver yells at me and I'll miss everything about you guys....I promise one day I'll see you again and if not just know I love you both I always have ever since you made me your friend, thank you for being such an important part of my life I'll miss you both so so much I'll never come back but I hope I see you again one day. I love you guys so much" Catra reads out
(See I didn't pull a Jim and Pam)
Tears form in Catras eyes and she gives the note back to me
"(Y/n) I'm sorry I didn't know" Catra says
"I should have left it there" I say
"What would have happened if you stayed?" Catra asks
"If I stayed, I wouldn't have trained and Shadow Weaver would have killed me. I'm not a fighter and I never will be" I say
"Why did you leave me?" Catra asks
I look down and I sigh
"I had so many reasons and you beating me was the last straw. And besides I helped everyone from Berk escape" I say
"Wait that was you?! You're the reason everyone escaped?" Catra asks
I look up at her and she seems mad so I decide to try to leave
I try to slide off the bed but Adora holds my shoulders and I stay and Adora lets go but still stays close to me
"Are you surprised? This is me we're talking about. I gave Kyle a note to give to Hiccup that gave instructions on how to escape" I say
"You trusted Kyle?" Catra asks
"You let me talk to him again so you kind of messed up there" I say
"Wait what?" Adora asks
"I told (Y/n) she wasn't allowed to talk to Kyle and then I let her talk to Kyle again because I felt bad about slamming her into the wall and threatening her so many times" Catra says
"What the fuck Catra" Adora says
"Do you still get nightmares?" Catra asks
"Yeah" I say
"Remember when you asked me why I slept next to you? Well I heard you whimpering and I wanted you to know that I was there for you and you stopped having nightmares after that" Catra says
I sit there shocked
Catra actually cared about me
"And I felt bad about getting angry after all those times I hurt you when you tried to help me out of my nightmares" Catra says
"I-I-I-" I try to say
We sit in silence for a while
After what seemed like hours Catra talked again
"(Y/n) I have so much to apologize for and I want to give an explanation for everything" Catra says
"I don't know if I can forgive you" I say
"I'll give you two some privacy" Adora says
The word privacy meant she was going to leave me alone with Catra
"No! Please don't" I say desperately
"(Y/n) I'll be right outside the door, don't worry" Adora says reassuringly
"Adora, stay, (Y/n) has every right to be scared of me and not want to be alone with me" Catra says
Adora nods and stands off at the side
"I shouldn't have done all of those things. I should have let you out after Shadow Weaver was put in prison" Catra says
"Wait what?" Adora asks
Catra gets angry and growls at Adora and I flinch and I slowly try to get up
"(Y/n) wait please" Catra says
I stop moving and look at Catra but then back down
"I kept you because I didn't want to be alone and I should have told you and not yelled at you and hurt you to make you stay" Catra says
"What fuck happened over the past few years?" Adora asks
'Why does Adora keep interrupting?'
"Anyways...the way I treated you was horrible...the only time I could just relax and not hurt you was when we slept" Catra says
"You held on to me so tight and it did hurt" I say
"Wait you two hugged in your sleep?" Adora asks
"Yes and you did to" I say
"Wait what?" Catra asks
(They've all cuddled each other, all three of them when they were kids but now that older they haven't yet)
"(Y/n), I am truly sorry about everything...I know that doesn't make up for every horrible thing I did to you....but I am trying to get better...I understand if you don't want to be around me when we get back to Etheria" Catra says
"I want to see you get better" I say
I look up and I see Catra looking at me blushing and I smile and she smiles back
"I want to help you get better" I say
Catra blushes even bigger
"I want to forgive you, I really do, but I need time and I know you can change and I want to believe it but I can't forgive you right away" I say
Catra nods but still blushes
(Adora was in the corner blushing as well)
"I missed you both when I was in Berk" I say
"You did?" Adora and Catra both ask
Adora sits next to me and Catra looks happy
"Why do you think I had that note for 12 years? I just didn't want to forget you guys" I say
"Awww you like us...how embarrassing" Adora says
Adora puts her arm around my neck and pushes her fist on my head
'I literally said I love you on the note but ok'
"Agh why" I say
Adora laughs and pushes her fist harder against my head and I squirm a lot and she lets go of me
"(Y/n) is always complaining that I hug too tightly and I'll break her or kill her" Adora says
"Because you almost did" I say
"Adora, breaking (Y/n)s bones is my job" Catra says jokingly
I laugh a lot at that joke and Catra smiles and Adora looks at me with a face of worry
'Jesus Adora let me laugh at my own pain'
"You think we could all fit in this bed?" Catra asks
We all look at the bed and I don't think we can
"I think we can" Adora says
"I should probably leave you two alone"
I say
I try to get up but Adora holds me down and side hugs me
"I've waited years for us to be reunited and not fighting each other so you're going to stay (Y/n)" Adora says
Adora keeps hugging me and Catra looks at us and I want her to join us
Catra stands up and Adora gets me off the bed and makes me stand and I look at Catra
Catra walks forward and I try my best not to flinch or back away
I look at Adora who smiles
I look back at Catra who's not even an inch away from me
Catra wraps both her arms around me
My arms are trapped and Catra lets go and then hugs me again but makes sure her arms go under mine
She hugs me not too tightly but tight enough to the point where it's nice and she's so so so warm
I hug back and we hug
Catra only ever hugged me from behind and never like this
Even when we were smol children
This is the first time ever we properly hugged
We hug for a long time. My head under Catra's chin and my face against her neck and Catra's arms around my chest and my arms around her waist
I could fall asleep like this
For the record, I haven't forgiven Catra.
She hurt me. But she wants to get better and I know that
I don't know if I'll ever forgive her but I want to try and it'll take a while
Slowly and maybe one day in the future I'll forgive her
I feel another, stronger, body against my back and it's Adora hugging us both
Adora hugs tightly and since I'm sandwiched between them both it's suffocating
(Yeah I already know what people will comment. Just comment it you horny people)
"The jacket is annoying when hugging because it's pointy" I whisper to Catra
"I know right?" Catra whispers back
Adora lets go of me and Catra and I continue to hug and Adora hugs me again but her jacket is off and she's warmer like this and it's more comfortable since that annoyin jacket is off
Catra moves her head to my shoulder and she whispers in my ear agin
("It's free real estate")
"She sleeps with the pony tail and she's going to lose all her hair" Catra whispers
"By the time shes 25" I whisper
Adora's arm moves and takes out her ponytail and I feel her hair on my neck
I've never felt more warm in my life
"(Y/n) wears the same sweater everyday and should take it off" Adora whispers
(Why am I putting lines like this?)
"How about the sweater stays on because it's the only one I have" I say
I don't want to see the cuts
"I told (Y/n) she can wear my clothes but she says they'd be too big" Adora says
"She's right" Catra says
I want to hug them all day but I can't and I know they don't want to
(They want to)
Surprisingly Adora manages to pull us all into bed and I'm in between them and I'm facing Catra
Adora pulls us both closer and my face is in Catras neck
I'm so warm and I'm so happy
I'm still terrified of Catra
But this is nice
I don't know if I love her
She hurt me
But she's trying to become a better person
I fall asleep with my head under Catras chin and my arm on her waist and Adora's arm is on Catra's shoulders
(Basically Noelles art but (Y/n) is in between them)
I sleep
—3rd person POV—
Adora and Catra could finally all cuddle with each other
Adora and Catra weren't tired so they stay up whispering and making sure (Y/n) stayed sleeping
"Why did you want to take her sweater off?" Catra asks
"I don't want her to overheat, this is the warmest room and us hugging her could have made her hot" Adora says
"She was uncomfortable changing around me so I doubt she would do it around you" Catra says
Adora lifts (Y/n)s sweater up a bit and they both notice the scars
Adora knew about them, while Catra didn't
Catra tears up and Adora puts her sweater back down
"When we were in my room, laid on top of her and she was surprisingly comfortable" Catra says
"You being on top?" Adora asks
"On top of her? Yeah it was nice" Catra says
"Did she ask you to stop?" Adora asks
"The first time yes but the second time she let me" Catra says
"Probably did it out of fear" Adora says
"I...hurt her so much and...I want her to forgive me but I don't want to force her to and the scars on her face remind me of what I did to her" Catra says
Catra traces the scars lightly on (Y/n)s face
"Why did you do it?" Adora asks
"I just thought if I broke her leg she couldn't leave me" Catra says
"Thats fucked up" Adora says
"It's so so so fucked up" Catra says
(Y/n) starts whimpering and Adora and Catra hold her tighter and she stops whimpering
Catra whispers in (Y/n)s ear to help the nightmares stop
"Hey (Y/n), I'm never ever going to hurt you again, Adora will protect you from me and I'll do the same. I promise" Catra whispers
(Y/n) was fast asleep
This is all they ever wanted, all of them, to cuddle each other
"I should turn into She-Ra and hold you both" Adora says
"You'll yell that annoying saying and (Y/n) will wake up. Don't wake (Y/n) up" Catra says
"Yeah, you have no idea how long I've waited for her to come back and see us and sleep with us" Adora says
"Tell anyone about this and I'll—" Catra says
Adora glares at Catra and she stops talking
"Just please don't tell anyone" Catra says in a calmer voice
"Told you, I wanted to see you get better" (Y/n) whispers sleepily
They all fall asleep
Catra and Adora both have to accept that (Y/n) would go back to Berk
But for a now
They were savouring every moment they had with the love of their lives
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A/n: can't wait to see the comments on this one