After that last Saturday when Kara took Lena to the alien dive, they had been having lunch together every day of the week.
It started with Kara showing up on Monday-she wanted to solidify that she did want to be around Lena and that she's 100% willing to make it work the best way possible without pushing her to open up. Lena was happy to see her, as always, taking a bit longer on her lunch break to spend more time with Kara.
Then on Tuesday Kara came again 'cause why not, right? And Lena was delightfully surprised. This lunch doesn't last long because Lena had a meeting, but it's simply good.
On Wednesday, Kara comes in as usual, no knocking. And this time Lena is actually surprised; third day in a row? It was unexpected and what is she trying to do? What is she getting out of this? And Lena couldn't figure it out. She knew the excitement making Kara come visit her all the time would probably wear off soon enough.
But then on Thursday, Kara was there for lunch with take out because Lena didn't have time to leave L Corp for lunch and then again on Friday. And Lena… Lena was cautiously happy. How could this be anywhere close to happening? Everything felt great, even though it wasn't precisely what either of them wanted, so Lena was rather ready for something to happen and for the rug get pulled from under her feet.
Saturday went by calmly, Lena got plenty of work done and then it was night and she was thinking of maybe watching a movie when she gets a call from Kara. "Hey, where are you?" See, Kara expected Lena to go to the alien dive, but Lena had no idea that now she was actually part of the tradition or "the crew" or whatever other reason that made Kara expect Lena to come. She was surprised, but then got dressed quickly, hopped on her bike and went there. Really, it was the perfect week.
And then Monday came again. Things were going great. Her partnership was great, knowing that she's not only helping to find new ways to develop surgeries and safer lab experiments and many other things that'd just make life for everyone better, but she's also helping Kate and Bruce to improve the Batfamily security performance in Gotham, made it all better. Kate was back in her life, which is absolutely amazing. And there were rumours that S.T.A.R. Labs was thinking of contacting L Corp for a partnership as well. It was great. And then Kara walks in beaming and Lena smiles, her heart clutching itself with warmth. This really was the best week of her life since… well, since Lex decided to go on his evil conquest.
"Heey!" Kara beams walking in. "I didn't know if you would be able to go for lunch so I didn't bring any take out, but I brought snacks 'cause I know you have the tendency to work late nights and forget to eat." Lena gets up and walks to Kara to hug her.
"Hey. Thanks." Lena grabs the little bag of donuts and sets it on her table. "I can go out for lunch. Anywhere specific you'd like to go to?" Lena asks as she grabs her bag.
"The pizza place?" Lena smiles at the suggestion.
"Perfect."
While they're eating and chatting Lena remembers something she had to tell Kara in case she planned on continuing her daily lunch visits.
"Oh, Kara, on Wednesday Kate's coming so I'll have lunch just with her."
"Oh, that's alright. Can I come any of the other days or…?"
"Yea, absolutely. Tomorrow I won't be able to leave for lunch, but don't bring take out, I'll bring it this time."
"Alright." Kara beams.
"And, if you don't mind, Thursday you can join us for lunch. She wants Wednesday to be a "catching up lunch". She kinda wants to meet you, too. And on Friday there's a business lunch with Mr. Wayne, so no lunch on Friday either." Kara stares at Lena.
"Kate wants to meet me?" Isn't Kate the only person from Lena's past that she has a good and strong bond with? Oh, no. This is big, isn't it? What if Kate doesn't like me? And like what if I end up as third wheel like- I probably will. They've known each other for so long. And they care so much for each other and like clearly have lots of chemistry. And-
"Of course she wants to meet you. I might have told her you've been coming to have lunch with me everyday for a week and added me to what practically is family tradition. And let's not get started on me telling her how wonderful and smart you are, so… yea, she wants to meet you, properly, that is." Lena has a wide and rather bashful smile on her lips. Kara just keeps staring but her cheeks start reddening.
"Um… alright then. I- I'd love that." Lena smiles. "And do you think you could come over for dinner on Friday? You'll have to make up for Wednesday and Friday." Lena chuckles.
"Of course. And don't you worry. I'll make up for it." Lena winks playfully.
On Tuesday Kara walks in and Lena isn't at her desk. Kara stops on her tracks and looks around the office to find Lena sitting on a picnic blanket on the empty space of her office. She's sitting there with a cute smile and laid out before her there's an enormous variety of mini sandwiches, pastries, donuts and… OH, Rao! Potstickers! Kara beams, smiling widely.
"Oh my god, Lena. What is this?" She asks as she walks towards Lena.
"I thought it'd be a nice way to make up for not having lunch tomorrow."
"Oh, you didn't have to!"
"I can always eat all of this by myself. Well, try anyways."
"Well, I can't let you do this alone, it'd be evil on my part to do that." Kara says as she sits on the blanket with Lena, both chuckling. They eat and at some point Lena bites into an extra good pastry.
"Oh my god. This is so good." She says while she chews on it. "Do you wanna have a bite?"
"Sure." And Lena stretches her arm, leaning forward a bit to feed Kara. Kara blushes a bit because this isn't the same as Lena feeding her ice cream with a spoon, her fingers are right there, but when the half eaten pastry reaches her, she just takes it with her mouth as delicately as possible.
"Oh! It really is so good!" Kara says while chewing.
"Right!" Lena says leaning back and licks her fingers clean, making Kara's eyes fixate on Lena's lips for a second. That was about as tense as it got for Kara that afternoon. For Lena it wasn't really "tense", but she sure got a kick out of seeing Kara's cheeks getting rosy as her eyes fixated on Lena's fingers as she licked them clean. Kara insists on helping Lena clean up, as Lena insists she can do it herself; eventually Jess walks in and helps the two of them because she grew tired of the two shooting back and forth, "thank you, but you don't have to." "That's nonsense. You don't have time for this, let me help you." A good three minutes of it made Jess get off her desk grunting and walk in Lena's office saying "Can you two be annoyingly cute another time? You have a meeting in 10, Ms. Luthor."
It's Wednesday, Lena's having breakfast before leaving for L Corp when Eddie runs past her meowing and a short couple of seconds after there's a light thud coming from her bedroom. Lena takes one more gulp of her coffee before going to see what it is. Maybe mum finally sent an assassin after me. Honestly, I'm surprised it took this long. Lena grabs the metal baseball bat Kate gifted her last time she visited, and goes towards her balcony after seeing her room's empty. And then she sees Eddie sitting in front of the balcony glass door, pawing at it as a crouching Kara, um, Supergirl pretends to poke at him from her side of the glass. Lena rolls her eyes and throws the bat on her bed. Seriously?! I tell her we can't have lunch today so she comes as Supergirl to see me. What a fucking dork. A very cute dork. Lena pulls the curtains further apart, opens the balcony door, letting Eddie run outside, and walks out.
"Hi. Um." Kara's eyes drop for a second. Sees Lena's bare pale legs. Why does she keep on doing this to me? And quickly raise her eyes again. "How's everything going?" Supergirl asks and Lena raises an eyebrow at her.
"Everything is going fine. You?"
"All good. Crimes have been pretty low."
"Thanks to you. Any particular reason you came to my apartment? Glad to see you keep patterns such as being unable to come through the front door, though. Also, how do you know I live here?" And Kara loses her Supergirl composure.
"Well, um, okay. First, I've got contacts."
"You mean Kara." Kara stares at Lena for a moment. She clears her throat.
"Second, it's much quicker to just land on your balcony than have to come all the way up in an elevator." Lena rolls her eyes smiling a bit.
"Alright. So why are you here?"
"Oh, first to wish you the best of luck with the partnership with the Waynes. Second, because Kara told me about the picture-"
"Please tell me you're not" still "freaking out about it."
"What? No. Absolutely not. Just that I know that the attention you could get could be nagging and I don't wanna risk any possible enemy of mine to harm you because of me. Also, I don't think your family would be very happy to see you're… so close to an alien."
"They already had their reasons to kill me before the picture, so really, doesn't make much of a difference." That hurts Kara. Someone like her deserves to be loved. She deserves a circle of supportive loving people. Not- not this. "But now what? You're gonna stop your weekly visits?"
"What? No! I'm just saying I'll be more… discreet."
"So, no more air-touring the city?"
"Yea, and any stuff like that."
"Shame, I liked the view." Kara smiles at her sweetly.
"Well, I'm glad that you're doing fine. I have to go now." Kara starts hovering, ready to take flight.
"Alright. And Supergirl?"
"Yes?" Kara turns to Lena.
"Send my love to Kara. I won't be able to see her today." Kara nods and flies away, but not before Lena sees that flustered smile bringing a blush to Kara's cheeks.
Later that day, Kate struts in L Corp and stops at Jess' desk. She places a hand on the desk as she leans over to support her weight.
"Hey, Jess." Kate says smiling, keeping her voice always soft.
"Hello, Ms. Kane. Ms. Luthor will be out in a second." Jess feels her cheeks growing hot.
"Yea, yea. Did you enjoy that gift card I got you?"
"Yes, definitely." Jess tries to get her blushing under control, but with Kate's eyes on her it turned out to be very hard.
"And your plus one? Did you enjoy them too? Or would you like me to be your plus one next time so you can enjoy it better?" Kate smirks a little.
"I- I- Um, I-" Jess is holding tightly onto her pad.
"Kate, stop trying to get into Jess' pants and let's go eat food. Sorry, Jess. One day she'll learn to keep it in her pants." Lena says walking out of her office and walking past them. Kate grunts rolling her eyes, and Jess only hums nervously in response.
"You're no fun. I was just teasing her." Kate says once they're out Jess' earshot, making Lena chuckles shaking her head. "Thai?"
"Thai." Lena answers before getting in the back seat of James' car.
It's Thursday and Kara is waiting nervously for Lena in front of CatCo. She had checked and rechecked her outfit and hairdo several times to make sure it was the best possible. From the little Lena told Kara about her relationship with Kate, she assumed Kate was practically her family, especially now that Lena had no family. So this probably was big and important and Kara had to make the best impression possible. Sure, Kate had already seen her before, but they hadn't really met, so this was the time for a proper and real first impression. There's a deep roar and a red Saleen S7 comes into view, it decelerates to a purr and then stops in front of Kara. Kara clutches her bag nervously. If you could describe this car with only one word, I assure you the word would be sexy. The door slides up and out steps the one and only Lena Luthor in a black super suit and heels, white silk shirt, lips as red as her car and aviators covering her eyes. Kara feels like the concrete of the sidewalk gave under her feet and now she's stuck. All she manages is to stare and clutch her bag harder while trying to remember to breath and not accidentally rip her bag.
"Hey, Kara." Lena pulls Kara closer by the waist and gives her a kiss on the cheek, but instead of pulling back she leans a bit more forward to whisper against Kara's ear. "Don't worry, this time I won't leave evidence of my kisses on you." Kara gulps and feels her knees turning into jelly and quickly returns the kiss before Lena pulls back. "Let's go." And Lena pulls Kara by the hand to the other side of the car and opens the door for her before getting in the car herself. Kara takes in the leather interior and grabs onto the seat as the the car roars awake and Lena drives away, its low purr rumbling around her. It takes a few moments for Kara to find her voice again, but eventually she does.
"Where are we going?"
"Oh, this Japanese buffet Kate thought looked nice. Unless you don't wanna, then we can go somewhere else."
"No, buffet sounds great!" Buffets meant Kara could eat as much as she wanted without really minding foreign eyes.
"Great. It's my treat, by the way."
"Lena-"
"No, my treat. I wanna do this for you. You don't have to worry about it." Kara wants to argue, but decides not to. Afterall, it did give her a very fuzzy feeling that Lena always wanted to be giving, treating her.
"Alright. I'll do my best not to worry about it." Kara smiles at Lena, almost smirking. Lena keeps her eyes on the road but a smile grows on her face.
Once they get there, it's a bit hard for Kara not to feel self-conscious about her outfit. Lena's outfit was, as usual, flawless, so Kara didn't worry much at first; but now, looking at the restaurant, everything screamed expensive.
"Ms. Luthor?" The host asks once they walk in.
"Yes."
"We have a table ready for you."
"Thank you, we'll be there in a moment. Just waiting for my friend." Lena says with a smile and the hosts nods in understanding. Lena turns to Kara, "Kate doesn't tend to be late. We won't have to wait much longer. Plus, James is driving her, so she won't be able to get… distracted from her route."
"It's alright." Kara says, hands shaking a bit.
"Hey." Lena slides her hand down Kara's arms to enlace their fingers. "It's alright. It's just Kate."
"I know." Kara mumbles and rests her forehead on Lena's shoulder. "I just- I know how important she is to you. I don't want to- If she doesn't like me-"
"Hey, don't." Lena moves and holds Kara's chin so she can look her in the eye. "You are important to me too. And Kate is so excited to meet you, exactly because she knows I care so much about you." Lena let's go of Kara's face, eyes burying into hers. "You have nothing to worry about. It's not like I'm inviting you to a family dinner. And to be honest, even if that was a possibility, I'd never ask you to suffer through that." And just as Lena finishes, Kate walks in with all her shiny red hair, sunglasses still over her eyes, wearing a red flannel, leather pants and highheeled boots. 'Holy shit,' is very close to Kara's thoughts. Technically, Kate's outfit should make Kara not feel as underdressed anymore, but really she just felt more nervous than ever. I don't think Kate understands that leather pants aren't proper attire for every single restaurant in the world. Lena thinks smirking a little and let's go of Kara's hand to go say hi to her best friend.
"Hey, flannel." Lena says as she walks to Kate. Why is she calling her flannel? Kara asks to herself.
"Hey, baby." Kate wraps Lena in a short hug. "Who's the cutie?"
"That's Kara Danvers."
"Oh! Your reporter."
"Not my-" Lena sighs. "Kara, this is Kate Kane." Kate takes her sunglasses off.
"Pleasure to meet you." Kara says a bit shyly and stretches her hand out to shake Kate's.
"The pleasure is all mine." Kate takes Kara's hand and kisses her knuckles. Kara goes beet red and starts stuttering something, anything really.
"Kate, for fuck's sake." Lena bring her hand up, covering her eyes.
"I just wanted her to relax a bit. Know there's nothing to worry about 'cause I'm sure she's an absolute delight. I didn't mean to do, well, that." Lena rolls her eyes so hard she probably saw her brain. She takes Kara's hand and pulls her towards the buffet.
"Sorry about-"
"I can apologise myself." Kate says catching up to them. "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I was just teasing. It usually helps as an icebreaker."
"Well, it's alright. You didn't do anything wrong." Kara says smiling at Kate, almost fully recovered. "Let's go eat. That's my best icebreaker."
"Nice!" Kate grins at her.
"Oh, you must be famished." Lena says chuckling a bit. Kara scoffs.
"I don't get fa- ok, maybe a little." Kate shakes her head watching them with a smile on her lips. Are they fucking blind? They're in deeper than Bruce's daddy/mommy issues. This is ridiculous.
They grab their food and sit at the table reserved for them. With a fuller stomach and Lena's knee pressed against hers, Kara eventually relaxes and enjoys the conversation with Kate and Lena, including her quiet moments to listen to their banter, insults, which apparently were endearing, bouncing between the two. She even finds out why Lena calls Kate "flannel"- it's because when they met in school Kate would wear flannel all the time, including when they were in uniform, even if she had to tie it around her hips. And Kate calls Lena baby because, well, that's what she's always called her. When lunch is over and Lena drives Kara back to work, Kara's sure of two things: One, Kate is really nice and now she no longer felt so insecure around her; two, Kate really liked her and seemed to enjoy having her as part of the dynamic with Lena. All in all, it's almost perfect. These were turning out to be the best two weeks ever!
It's Friday, and Lena is so excited because this time she's gonna meet with the B-man himself. Kate's reports on her prototypes' performance have been great to improve them, but Bruce had been working on this for much longer, so his input was not only a great addition but essential for a true improvement on all security equipments L Corp was developing. This was about to be the second best week since… And Lena was so excited. Scared? Yes. But definitely excited. Kara, on her end, was also very excited. She couldn't wait for it to be dinner time so she could see Lena. They hadn't had time to have an actual conversation since lunch on the previous day and now they'd have a whole day to catch up on. Kara was almost walking on air. Snapper was actually happy with her L Corp/Wayne Enterprises article. Kara got a good interview with Lena, and Lena got Kate to send a bit of her opinion on it so Kara could write-in both of their input. Really, life was too good to be true. Kara was just waiting for something awful to happen like the dominators to drop-in or for Lillian Luthor to escape prison.
When it's 7 pm, Kara is finishing cooking pasta when there's a knock on her door. She beams, lowering the fire so she can go get the door without fearing to burn the pasta. Kara opens the door and there's Lena with a pretty smile carrying a metal tupperware and a port wine bottle.
"Hey!" Lena grins at Kara.
"Hi!" Kara beams and gestures for Lena to walk in.
"Portugal sends its love, from when I went there." Lena says placing the port wine bottle on the table. "Guess what I brought here." Lena winks at Kara, placing the tupperware next to the wine bottle. Kara for a moment wants to just use her x-ray vision but that'd be cheating so she doesn't.
"Um… I don't know… homemade goodies?" Kara asks, her stomach fluttery with the prospect that Lena Luthor, the boss of L Corp actually took time out of her busy day to cook for her.
"Well… yes. It's homemade, but that's not all." Lena opens the tupperware and Kara's eyes go wide and she puffs her cheeks trying to stay quiet. "I don't get a lot of time to actually cook and bake, so it might not be that good 'cause I'm a bit out of practice. But hopefully it's good enough to eat." Kara squeals.
"You made me potstickers?!" Kara almost shouts, still squealing. Lena smiles blushing a bit and chuckles.
"Well, yea."
"Oh my - god, Lena!" Kara goes around the island counter to wrap Lena in a tight hug, picking the latter off the floor. Lena squeals in surprise as her feet are raised off of the floor. Kara just wants to legit jump in the air and hover a bit just to make a point because she is ascending. But obviously she doesn't 'cause how is she going to explain that 'yes I can fly. No, what? I'm obviously not Supergirl.' So Kara just puts Lena back on the floor, who for once is actually blushing and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Oh! The pasta!" Kara runs back to make sure it's not burning. She sighs in relief and turn to Lena, "almost ready." Lena smiles at her, still recovering from the fact that Kara actually picked her up again.
"I probably shouldn't drink any of the wine. I'm driving." Lena says.
"Oh, then let's not have wine. I rather save it for when we can have it together." Lena smiles, that damn warm feeling filling her up and making everything feel fuzzy and soft. She was starting to adapt to it, but it still made her uneasy.
"Alright then." Lena says and grabs the bottle to store it in the fridge. "Make sure to keep like this. You don't want the corch to dry." Kara rolls her eyes.
"Yes, yes, Ms. Luthor." Lena chuckles and walks to Kara to poke her. "It's ready." Kara says and turns the stove off. Lena starts setting up the table as Kara points in what cabinets the things are and then Kara serves in separate china bowls the pasta and the potstickers. Dinner is really great, they both finish satisfied. Kara insisted she couldn't be the only one to eat the potstickers, so Lena slowly ate two and Kara got distracted and didn't notice Lena was eating just two instead of several and ended up eating basically all of the potstickers, which made Lena really happy. Both women did a great job, even if Lena was out of practice, her dedication to making it work made the potstickers absolutely delicious.
After dinner they move to Kara's couch, ditching their shoes and bring a bowl of popcorns with them. They start watching Crazy Stupid Love but then Lena steals the popcorn bowl all for herself and sits back on the opposite end to Kara on the couch, keeping her away from the bowl with her feet, both giggling uncontrollably. Kara gives up and leans back on her end of the couch, letting her legs meet Lena's.
"Do you think if I throw a popcorn at you, you could catch it with your mouth?" Lena asks playing with the popcorns in the bowl. That question awakens Kara's competitive side.
"Hell yea!" They both chuckle. Lena throws one and Kara catches it and smiles smugly as she chews on it. The more Lena throws, the more Kara catches and the more her smug grows. Eventually, the movie is meaningless to them and it's just a game of Kara catching the popcorns Lena throws at her while they both giggle like high school girls. When the movie is almost over, Lena has to stop because her ribs started hurting with all the laughing. They're both lightly gasping for air coming down from their laughter high.
"Hey," Kara starts after recovering a bit of her breath. "Tomorrow's karaoke night at the dive. You wanna come? Just so you know, you gotta sing."
"Oh," Truth is Lena loves karaoke night but she hasn't done anything like that in so long she feels almost out of place thinking about it. Plus, it was Kate's last night before she returned to Gotham, and Lena promised her a fun night. "Yea, sure. But, um, can I bring Kate? I promised her a fun night before she left for Gotham, and she's leaving on Sunday. You can say no if you don't wanna invite her."
"What? No, I'd love for Kate to be there!" Kara reassures Lena, "the more the merrier!" Lena smiles brightly at Kara. She really can't be any more perfect. As you can guess, when Kara texts Alex about it, she disagrees with Kara-the more people there are definitely didn't make it merrier when it's new people in a secret alien bar. The movie is long over when Lena looks at her clock. Shit almost one.
"Ey, I gotta go." Lena says sitting up. Kara pouts, but Lena can't give in to it yet; she's nowhere ready to actually stay over.
"Okay." They get up. Lena puts her shoes and jacket on and is ready to leave when Kara's phone starts buzzing on the dining table, but Kara ignores it. Kara opens the door and Lena steps outside before turning to her to say goodbye. "Bye."
"Bye." Lena says softly.
Kara places a hand on Lena's waist and pulls her closer to kiss her cheek. This kiss lasts a little bit longer than usual and when they start pulling back there's a thick tension zapping between and around them, making it harder for them to move away. Kara can't let go of Lena's waist. Her eyes flicker down and Lena's lips are right there and her breath is warm on Kara's lips and their heartbeats start picking up and Oh, Rao. So close. All she needs to do is to barely lean in. Lena stares at Kara's eyes; they flicker up and down and Lena knows she's having a hard time deciding whether to focus on her eyes or her lips. And god, how she wants to just let herself lean in and let herself be consumed by and consume Kara, but her heartbeat starts to pick up and there's the anxious fire in the pit of her stomach and she keeps it down even if it scares her. Kara sighs, her breath hitting Lena's lips and sending a shiver down Lena's spine, who in return hisses quietly, closing her eyes in an attempt to keep her body under control. When Lena closes her eyes Kara doesn't know what to do. Wait, is this a sign she wants me to kiss her or is just mustering the patience not to smack me? What do I do? Kara decides to close her own eyes and let her instincts take the wheel. EEEOOOO EEEEEOOOO The police siren sounds, speeding past Kara's building and crack. The zapping is still there but its fluidity is broken. Lena gets the urge to say 'Go. Kick their asses.' But she can't because Kara hasn't told her the truth about being Supergirl yet. Kara grunts internally into eternity. And her phone is still buzzing on her table, it's probably Alex.
"I'm gonna go then." Lena says without stepping back just yet. "It's probably Alex calling you." She gives Kara a quick kiss on the cheek and speed walks away, wanting to leave Kara as soon as possible so she could save whoever needed saving at that moment. As soon as Kara's door closes she switches to her super suit, texts Alex to let her know she was on her way and flies there as quickly as possible without breaking the sound barrier.
When Kara gets there, there are a few patrol cars blocking the perimeter around a bank. Kara gets in and all of the policemen are relieved that she got there. There's two dudes with machine guns getting all the cash they can from the cash machines.
"Are we serious now, guys?! What the hell?! Don't you have anything better to do on a freaking Friday night?! Hell, I have better things to do on a Friday night so I know for sure you do too!" Kara is really feeling the whole 'let's blow them up' vibe right now, but takes a deep breath to calm herself down. Right after she exhales a stream of bullets starts hitting her on the chest. For Rao's sake, is this a joke? Kara rolls her eyes and starts checking her fingernails and keeps on doing it until the stream stops and both guys look at her terrified. She looks back at them and raises an eyebrow. "Are we done?" They both gulp. Kara smirks, "alright then, my turn!" Kara superspeeds towards the guy who was shooting her, yanks the machine gun from his hands and throws it towards the cops, grabs the dude and throws him against his partner. They both collapse on the floor and Kara kicks the second machine gun away from their reach and goes to the cops. "They're all yours, guys." Kara smiles at them and flies off.
It's Saturday night and Kara is at the alien dive with Winn, Alex and Mon-El, who luckily finished his shift a bit early. They're sitting at their usual table, which was a bit far from the stage, but the bar wasn't full, so if anyone wanted to sit closer, it'd be easy to grab a chair for a better view.
"Lena just texted me. They're on their way." Everyone nods in acknowledgement, except for Alex.
"I still think it's a bad idea to bring another person in. Bringing Lena in was already bad because she doesn't know anything about the DEO or you being Supergirl. But fine, you're head over heels for her, so, fine bring her. But her friend? Like this is too much. What if she talks about this place? It'll stop being a safe space for those who need it."
"Alex, Kate wouldn't go blabbing about it. She understands better than anyone the importance of safe spaces. Plus, she lives in Gotham. It'll be fine, you'll see." Kara says, reassuring Alex, who grunts and mumbles, sipping her beer.
"Heya, cutie!" Kate walks in as if she was familiar with the place, Lena following her with an amused smile, as she tends to when Kate's around. Alex chokes on her beer. Lena is wearing jeans, high heeled boots, her leather jacket and a green shirt; stunning and hot as usual, but what did Alex care? Kara'd be the breathless one with that view. But Kate… Kate had her hair down and flowy as usual, wearing high heels, a red dress that went down to her thighs and gave a good show of her cleavage, and black lacy tights covering her pale legs; that is what made Alex choke and made Mon-El and Winn forget what they were talking about.
"Hey, Kate! Hey, Lena!" Kara beams and hugs both once they reach her. "Guys, this is Kate! Kate, that's my sister, Alex," Alex smiles awkwardly waving with her beer bottle, "that's Mike," he grins widely and says 'no longer of the interns!' making Lena laugh, "and that's Winn!" He waves timidly. Kate and Lena say their greetings once Kara is done with introduction and sit, each on each of Kara's side.
"Not trying to hurry things up, but how about we start a round of drinks you beautiful people?" Kate prompts with a mischievous smile.
"Oh, she's a drinker." Winn comments smiling.
"Already fitting in with the crew." Mon-El says, also smiling. Kate smiles back at them.
"Hell yeah I'm a drinker, and I'm glad I'm not the only one." Kate turns to Alex and winks.
Drinks come and go around while they banter, the reunion getting quite lively. And Kara notices Lena's eyes drift off to the stage quite a few times, even when there's nobody singing.
"You wanna sing?" Kara asks Lena.
"I don't know…"
"C'mon, Lena!" Kate gets in their barely started conversation. "You love karaoke." Lena looks a bit unsure despite her smile. Kate slides her hand along the table to hold Lena's, giving it a light squeeze "I promise I'll drink with you, keeping up the pace as well as I can if you just relax for once in your life and go sing like you're not the CEO of a multimillion company." Lena smiles at her best friend, squeezing back.
"Deal."
"Oooh, I bet Alex can keep up." Winn says. Alex looks up from her drink.
"I definitely can." Alex says. Kate's smile just grows wider.
"Oh! I can try to keep up with y'all." Winn says excitedly.
"Winn, no." Kara says immediately. He stares at her and there's a little twinkle in his eyes that say he's about to give Kara some sort of inside-joke payback.
"Winn, yes!" He says raising his fists up in the air in an actually good Kara-impression. Kara grunts. This is gonna be great.
"Alright then. It looks like we have a deal." Lena says and gets up to go to the stage. Kara goes over and grabs a chair to watch Lena singing and Kate follows her. The electronic beat starts as soon as they sit and Lena starts singing I don't wanna love you by Prince Fox.
La la la la la love
I don't wanna
La la la la la love
I don't wanna
La la la la la love
I don't wanna love you, I don't wanna love you
I think I want this but I don't have the time
My body wants you but my heart isn't blind
I'm catching feelings that'll hopefully die
They're burning hotter than I usually like
Don't wanna let you in, I shouldn't let you in
Kara gets a bit pouty and slouchy but then Kate nudges her.
"Don't mind that one bit. She just has a really hard time being okay with strong feelings, especially those that make her feel vulnerable. One of the reasons she likes karaoke, or just singing really, is that it's a better way to cope with it, y'know. Instead of having anxiety attacks and shutting out everyone she loves." Kate says looking at Kara deep in the eye. Kara smiles and nods in understanding; and then Kate catches something over Kara's shoulder. "No fucking way. What are they doing here?" Kara tries to figure out who Kate is referring to but really, everyone there looks like they belong so Kara is left clueless. "Sorry, Kara. I'll be back in a second. I just have… some business to take care of." And the last part just unnerves Kara a bit because that's what she says when she is in Supergirl business but couldn't say it. Kate gets up and walks over to a table almost across the bar, where a blonde and a redhead where sitting at. "What the fuck are you two doing here?!" Kate hisses at them, planting a hand firmly on the table. Harley looks up at Kate startled.
"Seriosuly?! Can't you bats leave us alone for one hot minute?!" Harley says exasperated. Ivy grunts.
"For fuck's sake. Harley, let's just go. I'm sure we can find another dive like this." Harley places a hand on top of Ivy's as a sign for her to wait because Harley wasn't done with Kate.
"Can't ye give us one moment a'peace?! We legit left Gotham to chill." Harley is heaving even though she wasn't screaming. She looks ready to smash shit up with a mallet.
"Wait, what? Like, for real? You're not planning a heist or anything like that?"
"What? No, dude. We just wanted a lil' alone time. And to get away from…" Harley bites her lower lip and looks away, her hold on Ivy tightening.
"Away from him." Ivy finishes for Harley, knowing very well Kate knows who she's referring to.
"Oh." Kate's eyes go wide in understanding. "Well, I didn't come after you either. I'm in another sort of business trip. Just, please, try not to stir up any trouble alright?"
"Don't worry. The last thing we want is to draw attention to ourselves." Ivy says. That explains why she's hiding her normal complexion. Kate thinks to herself.
"Okay. I'll leave you be." But before Kate can leave Harley holds her by the wrist, a small smile on her face.
"Thanks, Kate. I- we appreciate it."
"You two have fun tonight. But not too much." Kate winks at them.
"Goodbye Kate." Ivy waves her off, but Kate ignores her and turns to Harley.
"Well, I'm glad to see you're looking so well." Kate says referring to the fight they had a couple of weeks ago when Kate was stopping Harley from stealing some lab equipment for Ivy-according to Harley it wasn't stealing if she was getting it as an anniversary gift. But it sounded more flirty than anything, and Harley didn't seem to notice what Kate was referring to.
"Thaanks, Kate." Harley says with a sheepish smile. Ivy rolls her eyes, alright, if that's how you wanna play.
"Looking fine as always, Kate." Ivy says practically purring with that wolfish smirk.
"As are you, Ivy." Kate smirks back and turn away before anything could actually happen.
"What did you mean by that?" Harley asks a bit perplexed. Ivy scoffs amused.
"Chill sweetpea. It's a redhead thing."
"What do you mean a "redhead thing"?" Harley makes the air quotation with her fingers. "She's looking fine as always and I can see that."
"As am I. And we're both redheads. So it's a redhead thing to always be looking so fine." Ivy smirks playfully.
When Kate returns to Kara, Lena had just finished her song and was leaving the stage.
"Who are they?" Kara asks. She didn't try to listen to their conversation, but still got curious.
"Oh, they're old… friends. Sort of."
"Okay."
"Hey." Lena looks at them expectantly and Kara turns to her beaming.
"Rocking the mic as always, baby." Kate says before Kara starts gushing and she never gets a chance to compliment her friend. They start walking back and Kate tries to make conversation with Alex, Mon-El butts in every so often.
"Oh my god, Lena! I didn't know you had such a lovely voice. I mean, you obviously have a lovely voice. Like, duh. But I had no idea you had a lovely singing voice."
"Oh my god Kara." Lena shakes her head smiling. She seriously needs to stop being so fucking cute. Too fucking cute. And I'm not that great. And then they get a few more drinks, Mon-El slips a drink to Kara, winking. It had a quarter of a mini dose of that alien alcohol. So Kara drinks it slowly. It should give her a mini buzz for a few hours, but it'd be gone by the time they left.
"So." Kara turns to Lena, "you wanna hear a song Supergirl would sing?" Lena smirks.
"Hell yeah." Kara gets up and sees Alex fixing a sharp glare on her, but she waves it off and goes to the stage and starts singing Parachute by Cheryl Cole.
I don't tell anyone about the way you hold my hand
I don't tell anyone about the things that we have planned
I won't tell anybody
Won't tell anybody
They wanna push me down, they wanna see you fall…
"Holy fucking shit." Lena is absolutely dumbstruck. "She has the voice of an angel." She tries to tell Kate, but the latter is too busy trying to chat Alex up. "No. She has the voice of- I don't even know. It's like she's a force of nature." Winn nods knowingly, eyes glazed over as Mon-El tears his eyes away from Kate.
"Yea, I know. She always destroys us in karaoke." Mike says. "Winn is hella good too, but Kara, man. She's the best of us."
"In everything, basically." Winn says coming out of his daze.
"Well, almost everything." Mike says looking at Winn knowingly. Right, she's not very good with computers and ol fashioned sneakiness.
"Still, it's fucking unfair." Lena says. And I am not okay with how okay I am with this. The flow of drinks is non-stop at their table; Winn is drunk, Kate, Lena and Alex are in tipsy stage.
… I don't need a parachute
Baby, if I've got you
Baby, if I've got you
I don't need a parachute
You're gonna catch me
You're gonna catch if I fall
Down, down, down…
When Kara comes back, Winn gets up.
"My turn!" He says slamming his hand on the table. "Ouch. That hurt."
"Go Winn!" Kara cheers him on as he leaves for the stage. "Oohoo!"
And he starts singing Jolene by Dolly Parton.
"Oh my god." Lena snorts trying not to laugh. Kara lightly smacks her on the arm.
"Don't mock him!"
"I'm not! It's just- don't you get it?" Winn is clearly getting jealous of Kate 'cause Mike keeps on giving her more attention.
"Get what?" Oh boy. She really doesn't see it.
"Nothing. It's probably the buzz." Once Winn comes back, Lena locks eyes with Kate who smirks at her knowingly and winks.
"I'll be back in a second, tiger." Kate says to Alex, who's blushing due to the alcohol and the nonstop flirting between the two and, well, that nickname.
"Hey guys," Kate says once she's on stage. "I'm Jolene, but don't worry I have no interest in your men." Kate winks at everyone in general and starts singing Girls Like girls by Hayley Kiyoko. Lena cracks up. Oh, I love that idiot. Kara locks eyes with Alex and waggles her eyebrow.
"Shut up, Kara." Alex hisses throwing a straw at her sister and goes back to listening to Kate singing.
Kate comes back, they continue drinking and Lena feels like singing again, so she starts discussing what song they wanna sing next. Everyone is at least drunk. Winn is showing something on his phone to Mon-El, who has given up on trying to get Kate's attention. Kate has now moved to Alex's side of the table so she can "talk" to Alex better.
"I don't know… sing whatever comes to you, whatever you're feeling." Kara says to Lena. Lena hums thoughtfully.
"I know what I'm gonna sing!" And off she goes.
"Sorry, tiger. I gotta go watch." Kate leaves a kiss on Alex's cheek and follows Kara to the chairs they got to have a better view of the stage. Alex just stays frozen for a second before returning to her drinking. Lena clears her throat and starts singing Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys.
"Oh, boy. This is gonna be grand. That's my baby, adding a bit of drama to everything." Kate laughs and Kara looks at her a bit puzzled. And then Lena starts singing; this time it's a bit hard for Kara to take her eyes off of Lena.
… Ah, there's some aces up your sleeve
Have you no idea you're in deep
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow
When I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep
Spilling drinks on my settee…
And this time Lena is almost always staring at Kara as she sings.
…Simmer down and pucker up
I'm sorry to interrupt it's just I'm constantly
On the cusp of trying to kiss you
I don't know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together, if you wanted to
Do I wanna know
If this feeling flows both ways
Sad to see you go
Was sorta hoping that you'd stay
Baby we both know
That the nights were mainly made for saying
Things you can't say tomorrow day
Crawling back to you
Ever thought of calling when you've had a few
'Cause I always do…
Kara's mouth goes dry. Rao help me. This night is gonna be wild if she keeps on- being all- Lena, for Rao's sake!
Lena finishes singing and strides to meet Kara and Kate, feeling very good because from Kara's looks and general audience reaction, she slayed it. Halfway there Lena sees something that makes her stop on her tracks brusquely-there's a redhead goddess, who isn't Kate, kissing her sweet Kara. Kara's eyes are wide in surprise and it takes a second before she pulls away from the woman and the latter says something before walking away. This bitch! What the fuck?
Here's what happened: Kara and Kate are watching Lena sing, when Ivy and Harley come say their goodbyes to Kate, but then, before walking away, Ivy takes a look at Kara.
"Huh, there's something familiar about you."
"I'm sure there isn't. Or there is. I am a very common person. Ordinary as can be."
"I think I know your cousin."
"No you don't. I don't have a cousin." Ivy hums, thinking for a moment. She holds Kara's chin and plants a kiss on her lips. What the- holy… she has really nice lips- Kara! Kara pulls away, pushing Ivy away at the same time. Ivy chuckles, smirking.
"Heh, I was right. Your cousin is a friend of mine." Ivy walks away with Harley.
"Can ya please stop randomly kissing people?" Harley asks Ivy as they walk away.
"Can you stop randomly hammering people with a mallet or whatever you get your pretty hands on?" Harley pouts in response. "Exactly. Plus, I needed to check. They can hide under all the costumes they want, but they still taste practically the same." Harley shrugs.
"Maybe it's a mineral thing." And they leave the bar.
Meanwhile…
"I'm really sorry, Kara. They have… issues." To put it mildly. Kara's is still trying to process everything. Was she actually talking about Kal? How are they fri- wait, how did kissing me confirm it to her? Oh good Rao, please tell me I didn't just kiss someone Kal kissed. Ew ew ew. Kara's lost in her thoughts as Kate's eyes are drawn to a heaving Lena, and Kate immediately recognizes the look: heaving chest, nostrils flared, eyes lit with anger, pupils dilated, and the addition of a few too many drinks-that was a look that Kate classified as Ready To Slay a Bitch. Only that this bitch was Poison fucking Ivy and she was with her one and only Harley Quinn. So Kate practically runs to meet Lena before her friend gets the chance to get killed by a psychiatrist and a botanical engineer with a PhD.
"Hey, baby! That was amazing, oh my god! You slayed it!"
"Who the fuck-"
"Oh, that was nobody! Just a really fucking drunk lady! Did you see Kara's face while you were singing? She's so completely smitten, it's ridiculous. You're both ridiculous. I can't believe you haven't even kissed her." Lena is still looking a bit unsure. "Let's go sing together. If they think they've seen it all, they're dead wrong because the only thing that could be better than you singing is you singing with me." Kate could list many things that could be better than that, but the main goal here was to distract Lena. Lena lets herself be dragged back on stage and Kara waves for Alex to join her and watch Lena and Kate singing Everybody Talks by Neon Trees.
Hey baby won't you look my way
I can be your new addiction
Hey baby what you gotta say?
All you giving me is fiction
I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time
I found out that everybody talks
Everybody talks, everybody talks…
Kate is so obviously flirting with Alex, the latter is regretting joining Kara to get a better view because this was too much. Lena looked at Kara for most of the first part of the song, that teasing smirk always there. Oh boy… what have I gotten myself into? But then Kate and Lena start remembering their good ol' days and start singing to each other, having '#toomuchfun'.
… Hey sugar show me all your love
All you're giving me is friction
Hey sugar what you gotta say?
It started with a whisper…
They finish the song and come down from the stage laughing, holding each other. They all walk back together to their table and Kara can't stop smiling because Lena's there and she can't stop smiling. Everyone is chatting and having fun and exchanging drinks and Lena just looks happy. She's clearly very glad that Kate is there, not only because it made her feel more comfortable (which meant Lena was feeling trusting enough to drink a lot more than usual), but also because she hadn't had the time to just go out with her friend, no business to discuss, no angry men trying to manipulate them. Lena was practically beaming and that could make Kara smile for a whole week nonstop. They're all chatting freely, Kate is still invested on flirting with Alex, but never shuts down the group conversation, letting Alex feel more comfortable. Lena places a hand on Kara's knee and turns to her.
"Hey, your turn to sing. You've such an amazing voice."
"Okay." Kara smiles sheepishly, feeling the light buzz she had from Mon-El's drink leaving her.
"Sing… sing something I wouldn't expect you to sing." Lena dares Kara. Kara raises an eyebrow.
"Challenge accepted!" Kara says in a overly brave voice and smirks. God, she's such a Gryffindor. Lena watches as Kara walks to the stage and starts singing Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day.
I walk a lonely road
The only one I've ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's only me, and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk alone…
Lena's jaw goes slack; she definitely didn't expect that.
My shadow is the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone…
When Kara ends, Lena's practically heartbroken.
"Damn. Didn't think you liked Green Day."
"Uh, they're not bad. It's mostly 'cause of Alex's angsty phase." Lena laughs.
"Oh, that explains it." Lena says, scooting her stool closer to Kara.
"Having fun?" Kara asks. Lena leans in and kisses Kara's cheek; she hums still pressed against her cheek, giggling a bit, and leans back.
"Yea, lots." Her smile brighter than ever. "This is all…" Lena sighs delighted, "it's great. Thank you."
"Thank you." Kara says softly. Lena bites her lower lip as her eyes drop to look at Kara's mouth. Don't. I need to do something. Distraction, distraction, distra- of course. Lena convinces everyone to take a shot of vodka, Kara begs Winn not to, but he goes in anyways. And then Lena is off to the stage again. And then Sugar by Maroon 5 starts playing and this time Lena is not being discreet as to who she's singing to.
I'm hurting baby, I'm broken down
I need your loving, loving
I need it now
When I'm without you
I'm something weak
You got me begging, begging
I'm on my knees…
Lena is giving a full performance and absolutely slaying it. Kara's blushing because Lena hasn't taken her eyes off of her since she got on stage. Also, she was very impressed that Lena could actually still do a little performance on high heels after so many drinks and shots and what not.
… My broken pieces,
You pick them up
Don't leave me hanging, hanging
Come give me some
When I'm without ya
I'm so insecure
You're the one thing, one thing
I'm living for
Kara isn't sure when, but Lena gets this wolfish grin and her whole body just screams, I'm so screwed. And a few stanzas later, Lena starts walking towards her while singing, thankfully the mic's wireless.
Yeah
I want that red velvet
I want that sugar sweet
Lena places her index finger under Kara's chin and makes Kara look up as she leans down. Kara can't even process half a proper thought because Oh Rao, she's gonna kiss me!
Don't let nobody touch it
Unless that somebody's me
I gotta be your man
Lena gets back up, never kissing Kara, a knowing smirk on her lips.
There ain't no other way
'Cause girl you're hotter than a southern California day
And Lena returns to the stage to finish the song. Kara has completely melted on her seat and no longer is sure of how one functions in general. Alex, who just witnessed that, wants to die or bleach her eyes, but Kate's right there, so she decides flirting with the redhead is a better alternative. Alex smirks turning to Kate and tries to remember any pickup line but her mind goes blank.
"So… do you want to go ahead and plan a date in hell? I have no soul and it has to be a sin to look as good as you, so we are bound to meet up."Alex tries to sound as confident as her blushing cheeks will allow her. Kate bursts out laughing, thankfully she had swallowed her drink before Alex spoke.
"Ooh, the tiger wants to play." Kate turns to her smirking and leans in a bit. "Why wait 'till then when we can do it right here, right now?" Alex's face goes beet red and she starts stuttering. Her thoughts are basically That backfired quickly! ABORT! ABORT! By then Lena is back and pulling Kara off her seat; she leaves a kiss on Kara's cheek.
"Your turn, sunshine."
"Alright, um, let me think of what I want to sing." Kara goes talk to Kate and sees the latter with a satisfied smile while Alex looks like she regrets ever learning how to talk. "Uh, um, sorry to interrupt whatever was going on here, but Kate, Lena's drinking way more than I last saw her drink. Is this okay?" Kate scoffs.
"Sweetie, she can drink twice as what she's had so far and she'd still be walking. Maybe not on a straight line, but definitely well enough to get home without being mugged."
"Um, okay. Alright, then."
"Look, she's just gonna get a bit more touchy and such, and it's gonna take a little longer for her to fall asleep. That's it."
"Okay." Kara nods seriously. "I'm gonna go sing something then." Kara goes up the stage to sing Feeding The Fire by Hayley Kiyoko.
Stay or should I go
Tell me yes or no
It's all a mystery
It's all the little things
Tell me what you want this to be
Tell me what you want me to see
I just can't catch a break
When everything's at stake
Looking for a way
Not a fast escape
I know what I want this to be
I know what I want me to see
Get your heavy weight off my back
I'm on the right track
And you're feeding the fire
Walk the thinnest line to get me back
I'm on the right track
And you're feeding the fire…
Lena stares at Kara singing, the latter is really into the song. Oh boy, Lena thinks in between the buzzing running through her body, oh god. It's like I've never been through this before. I can't believe I'm a CEO and this absolute bundle of sunshine can make me feel all fluttery and stupid like a fucking schoolgirl. This is ridiculous. Lena looks for Kate's eyes for some sort of reassurance, something to tell her Nah, you're not in that deep. Even though she knows Kate wouldn't give her that. They exchange a look and Kate winks at her suggestively as she whispers against Alex's ear. When Kate leans back, Alex finds herself stuttering once again.
"Yea, we could totes- that could be- it would be- I mean, like, if-" Kate sighs amused. She places her hands on Alex's thighs for support, leans over and shuts Alex up with a kiss. Alex freezes, eyes go wide, but there's that warmth pooled in the pit of her stomach, so she lets herself melt under Kate's touch.
Kara returns to their table feeling a bit giddy with excitement from the song. She looks around and doesn't find Alex, but shrugs it off.
"How was that?" Kara asks.
"Fucking amazing." Lena says placing a hand on Kara's knee. Their seats are so close it'd be easy for Lena to just slide herself onto Kara's lap, but Lena is still trying to keep things under control. Two rounds of drinks and a lot of chatter goes by when Alex walks in from the back door, red cheeks and neck, trying to fix the mess that was her hair. Oh, there she is! Wait, she came from the back door? Kara frowns at Alex's state and exchanges a look with her, asking what's going on? with her eyes, but Alex just looks away, looking even more flustered than before and sits at the table, downing her drink. Shortly after, Kate saunters in from the same place as Alex, running her fingers through her hair, looking flawless as ever, that proud smirk on her lips, with only a discreet blush on her cheeks to give her away. OH! Kara realizes what happened and goes back to giving attention to Lena, who now has slidden her hand up to Kara's thigh, so she doesn't get scarred by seeing something she doesn't want to. Two more rounds go by and Lena's hand moves from Kara's thigh to hold one of her hands, and she occasionally rests her head on Kara's shoulder or leave kisses on her cheek, stamping them with all the things she thinks are great about Kara. Sometimes whispering silly comments against Kara's ear. Kara hadn't stopped blushing for a second and had no idea of how to handle it.
"I want to perform." Lena says out of nowhere.
"No." Kara shakes her head repeatedly.
"Yes. I really want to perform."
"I don't think it'd be wise." Kara says and turns to her friends for support. Winn and Mon-El are chatting lively, while Winn is trying to rest his head on his hand, but he's too drunk to keep it balanced. Then she turns to get help from Kate, who Kara was certain would be able to dissuade Lena, but Kate's making out with Alex. Ugh, why? Why now? She turns to Lena, who has a satisfied smirk on her lips that has I won written all over it. "Lena, no."
"Lena, yes. Just go to the watching chair and enjoy the show." Lena gets up but Kara doesn't let go of Lena's hand. "Don't worry, Kara. If anything happens Supergirl will save me." She winks at Kara and slips away from her. Kara moves to the other chair and the tune of the song starts playing and it's familiar to Kara, but she can't figure out what song it is.
I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
Kara doesn't quite know how to feel about Lena doing quite the performance of Like a Virgin, looking at her the whole time.
I was beat
Incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yea, you made me feel
Shiny and new
Hoo, like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mine…
Kara looks at Kate crying for help. Kate mouths If anything happens I will rescue you as soon as I can. Kara nods and mouths thank you and goes back to watching. And it's bad because Lena is singing in this low purring tone and, despite the amount of alcohol she had, her voice isn't slurry and she's looking at Kara with what could only be called bedroom eyes.
You're so fine
And you're mine
I'll be yours
'Till the end of time
'Cause you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
I've nothing to hide…
And then Lena steps off the stage and swaggers towards Kara, who only gulps and braces herself for whatever Lena has in mind. Lena drops herself on Kara's lap and wraps an arm around her shoulders to keep some of her balance and leaves a wet kiss on Kara's cheek, practically on her ear. Lena keeps on leaning back and every time she leans back a bit too far Kara thinks she's gonna fall on her head, but then Lena springs back.
"Oh god, Lena, you're not actinglike a virgin." Kara mumbles making Lena laugh, but she never misses a beat of the song. Kara's biggest dilemma at the moment is that every time she thinks Lena is about to fall, her first instinct is to wrap an arm around her waist to bring her up, or place a hand on her thigh or hip to keep her in place; but Kara knows that at this point, if she does anything like that, things would get out control real fast and the last thing she wants is for Lena to do something just because she was too drunk. Kara looks at Kate sending her a look of desperate call for help and Kate mouths back, Not yet. Almost there. And Kara wonders if "there" is her death.
… Like a virgin
Feels so good inside
When you hold me
And your heart beats
And you love me…
As soon as the song gives its last beat, Kate is pulling Lena off Kara's lap, who's thanking Kate profusely with her eyes. Oh, thank Rao! I really didn't want to die like this.
"Hey, baby! That was a great performance!" Kate says, pulling Lena by the waist.
"Right? I'm pretty sure Kara liked it. In a 'can't really speak or function in general' kind a'way." Kate chuckles with Lena.
"Yea, I bet. Now, honey, we gotta return the mic."
"True, if I keep it for too long people will say I was gonna steal it or somethin' and it's all gonna spiral to a 'Lena Luthor is falling down the same path as all her family'." They drop the mic with the 'stage manager' and start their way back to the table.
"Okay, baby, no need to be dramatic."
"You're right, but I'm actually impressed mum hasn't sent someone to kill me. Maybe she'll just frame me for something to ruin my reputation once and for all so the whole world sees me like one of them, when I'm the complete opposite. The only thing Luthor about me is my last name. You think Kara would still believe me if I was framed?"
"Okay. Lena, look at me." Kate says seriously, stopping her and holding her shoulders firmly. "Yes, I think it's completely plausible that your awful mother tries to frame you or assassinate you, but that girl," Kate gestures at Kara discreetly, "she will always believe in you, Lena. She knows you. She might not know everything about you, but she knows your heart, and she might as well know your soul. So you don't need to fear her leaving 'cause she won't unless you ask her to. And neither will I. Do you understand?" Lena has a pouty smile and nods. "Good, now let's go back. Your little performance interrupted my conversation with Alex because she was too traumatized that someone was singing 'like a virgin' on her sister's lap." And they sit at their table with everyone else.
Winn is barely able to keep himself up, having to lean on Mon-El for balance. The hype has died out and everyone is just chilling, slowly enjoying their drinks.
"Um, guys, I think I'm gonna take him home." Mon-El says referring to Winn.
"Alright." Kara says nodding and smiles at Mon-El.
"Oww, you'll take me home? Oh my god, Mon, thank you! You're so sweet." Winn says giving Mon-El a sloppy hug. Mon-El chuckles.
"There's no way you'd make it home in your state." Mon-El says, he leaves the money to pay for their part of the bill on the table and pulls one of Winn's arms over his shoulder as he wraps his other arm around Winn's waist to hold him up and help him walk out. Everyone waves their goodbyes.
"Why the fuck did Winn call him Mon? Isn't his name Mike?" Lena asks frowning. Dammit Winn!
"Oh, it's just his nickname for Mike, I have no idea why. It's like their thing. I don't know." Kara looks at Lena, who looks convinced enough. "You wanna go too?"
"Yea, sure."
"Hey, girlies, we goin'." Kate says.
"Yea, we're leaving too." Kara says.
"Alright then, bye." Kate waves and starts walking away.
"Bye." Alex waves and Kara winks at her as she follows Kate.
"Let's go home?" Kara turns to Lena.
"Like to your house?"
"Uh, I meant yours, but if you wanna go to mine instead, it's fine too. Whatever you prefer is good." Lena hums and stops to think about it for a second.
"My place. Eddie's there and I haven't had a lot of time with him." Lena says and Kara smiles at her.
"Alright," they start walking out. "Give me your keys so I can drive us home."
"Wait, you know how to ride bikes?" Lena asks with her eyebrows raised.
"Yea," Kara shrugs. Daamn guurl! Lena gives Kara her keys and the latter goes through the unlocking process, remembering how Lena does it. She grabs one of the helmets and hands the other to Lena. The whole time Lena stood there, sort of fidgeting, looking like she wanted to say something but was trying to convince herself not to.
"That's really hot." Lena blurts out and a blush immediately grows on her cheeks. Kara's surprised at first but then she blushes. Does she know how hot she looks riding a motorcycle? Kara bites her lip, wondering if and how she should respond to that. But then Kara just gives her a sheepish smile and climbs on the bike and Lena gets on right after her, wrapping her arms tightly around Kara's waist to keep herself comfortably pressed against Kara the whole ride.
They're going up the elevator and Kara notices this is the first time she's taking the elevator, since every time she left the building, she's flown away. Since Lena can keep her balance, Kara is a safe distance away from Lena because they're in a metal box 'till they get to the last floor and there's no way Kara would let Lena do something she might regret the next morning. But then Lena just slowly reaches out and holds Kara's hand, intertwining their fingers and tugging her closer. Kara can't help but smile, but she keeps herself ready for Lena to pull off a Like a Virgin at any moment. The floors pass by and halfway up the building, Lena's side is pressed gently against Kara's, her head resting on Kara's shoulder despite the height difference due to her high heels. They walk hand in hand into Lena's apartment and as soon as they walk in Eddie is at their feet, first rubbing himself against Lena and then Kara.
"There's my pretty boy!" Lena says picking him up to kiss the top of his head.
"Hey Eddie." Kara says as she pets his head after Lena kisses it. Lena lets him jump to the floor and goes to her room, getting rid of her jacket and heels as soon as she gets there. Kara looks around the room remembering the last time she was there, in a rather similar scenario, just that this time Lena seemed a lot more comfortable around her and last time they had just been kidnapped and Lena was practically already asleep. And then her eyes stop on Lena, who's sitting on the edge of her bed with a slight frown and clearly trying not to pout. Kara walks to her, "ey, what is it?"
"You gonna leave." Lena keeps her eyes down.
"Not if you want me to stay." Kara says caressing Lena's cheek.
"I only want you to stay if you wanna stay." Lena says finally looking up at Kara's eyes. Kara smiles softly at the woman before her and leans down to press a kiss against her cheek.
"I wanna stay." Kara whispers against Lena's cheek, who shivers slightly, a giddy smile growing in her lips. Lena holds Kara's face and presses her cheek against hers. A moment or two go by in silence, in which both of them just take in each other's presence, each other's scent, the feeling of their skins growing warmer against their touch. And then Lena let's her go and Kara straightens up slowly.
"Grab one of my pj's over there. You don't have to sleep on your clothes like last time. And you can change in the bathroom if you prefer." She nods at the bathroom to indicate where it is, the smile still on her lips. Kara's looking through Lena's pj's drawer, which is only filled with comfy shirts 'till one catches her attention, "Seriously? You have a Batwoman t-shirt?" Lena scoffs.
"Duh, she's a badass."
"How do you know?"
"Same way I know Supergirl is a badass, she saved my life."
"Oh…" Kara settles for the Led Zeppelin shirt she saw Lena wearing last time. "Don't you have any pj pants?"
"No, I don't like sleeping with pants on." Well, that explains it, Kara thinks to herself. "You can grab one of my sweatpants, though. They're in the drawer below that one."
Kara grabs one where Lena indicated and goes change in the bathroom. I'm nowhere near ready to watch Lena- cross that, to see Lena changing while I'm in the room changing too. Kara changes into Lena's shirt and sweatpants and folds her own clothes neatly before walking out of the bathroom; as soon as she's out, Kara drops her clothes on the floor along with her jaw. In front of her standing, casually offering her a cup of water while she held her own, was Lena Luthor wearing a blue sweater with the House of El crest sewn into it, barely big enough to reach her thighs. Lena's innocently batting her eyelashes at Kara with a cute smile.
"Want some water? And maybe you shouldn't leave your clothes there, don't want anyone slipping on them, do we?" Kara gulps, eyes still wide, and grabs her clothes from where she dropped, though her jaw seems to still be gone, along with her thought functions.
"That's- that's- a nice- um-" Kara grabs the cup Lena's offering her. "Thanks." and she downs it fast, trying to cool her whole body while Lena sips her water calmly, a self satisfied smile on her lips. Lena leaves her cup on her bedside table, grabs Kara's clothes and empty cup and puts them on the bureau. She saunters back to Kara, who's frozen in place still trying to digest the view of Lena wearing a clearly newly bought Supergirl sweater to sleep. Lena holds Kara's hand and she's about to speak when…
"Is that a Superman or a Supergirl sweater?" Kara blurts out. Please be Supergirl. Please. I'll be forever traumatized if- Lena rolls her eyes.
"Obviously Supergirl. Why the fuck would I ever want to sleep wearing Superman merchandise?" Kara internally sighs in relief but that doesn't really help her with the flutter in her stomach or the Holy- Lena's wearing a sweater basically of me to sleep, thoughts running in her minds.
"Oh, cool." Kara shrugs, failing at looking like she didn't care.
"So…" Lena starts walking backwards towards her bed, pulling Kara with her, "why don't we do something fun?" And then she stops walking but keeps on pulling Kara, who ends up almost bumping against her. Oh Rao help me.
"Oh, um, I, um, like what?"
"Oh… I don't know…" Lena starts playing with a loose strand of Kara's hair, rolling a strand of it around index finger, biting her lip, pupils dilated to the point her eyes are mostly dark. Kara curses internally. And that's when it downs on her that she's looking down and Lena is looking up. And it had never occurred to her that Lena was shorter than her because Lena's always wearing high heels, but maybe also because every time they talk Kara can't even keep track of her own words. With Kara's silence, Lena guesses she should be clearer about what she meant by 'fun', and starts leaning up, eyes fluttering close.
"Oh my god, you're shorter than me?!" For fuck's sake, Kara. Lena grunts and gives up, dropping her hands and the drunkenly seductive pose.
"Seriously?! You only noticed that now, of all the times we've stood close to each other?"
"Well, you're always wearing heels…"
"Well, if I'm always wearing heels and I never manage to be much taller than you it's because I'm clearly shorter."
"Okay, yea, you're right. Hadn't thought of it." Kara shrugs and hops on the bed and sits against the headboard bars with the pillow as support, tucking her legs under the covers. Lena smiles at the sight and does the same but with an obvious drunk clumsiness. She looks at Kara for a moment and then the smile is gone and she's looking down at her hands, fidgeting. "What is it?" Kara asks worriedly.
"Nothing, it's just- I don't know if it's ok for me to ask 'cause- can we sit like we did that other night?" Lena asks rather timidly.
"The one you-" Don't say that, "the picture night?" Much better.
"Yea, that one."
"Only if you promise not to run off like that again." Lena chuckles.
"I promise." Kara grabs Lena's and her pillow and puts them against the headboard to lean against them, the she makes space for Lena and opens her arms like she did the other night.
"Come here." Kara says grinning and this time Lena actually beams at her, making Kara's heart go all fluttery. Lena brings the covers up and over them once she settles on the spot between Kara's legs, and snuggles against her. Kara wraps her arms around Lena and absentmindedly strokes Lena's arm with her thumb. Lena, on the other hand, is very concentrated on the heartbeat against her ear.
"You have such a good heart Kara. It's like, painfully good. I can barely believe it."
"What?" Lena speak so softly and the things she said… Kara wasn't sure she actually heard that.
"You have a good heart, Kara. And it's very comforting to hear it beating." Kara kisses the top of Lena's head and squeezes her a bit, softly.
"Thanks, Lena. You have a beautiful heart." Lena hums in delight of everything - Kara's voice, the smell surrounding her, the heart beating in sync with hers, the warm, soft, yet strong body holding her, keeping her safe. She strokes up and down Kara's arm and then stops at her upper arm and squeezes it, making Kara blush at the extra attention her biceps are getting.
"You're so fucking strong." Lena says sounding a bit amazed. It's so nice that she isn't actually made of steel 'cause I get to actually squeeze her.
"Uh, um, yea, I guess."
"You guess?! Like, feel these." Lena squeezes again. "But I didn't mean it only physically. I mean, you're clearly physically strong, that was more than clear when we got kidnapped. You have an extra hard skull." Kara chuckles. "But you're strong is so many ways. You lost your parents but you don't let that take over your happiness. And, and you keep on sticking with me. Not only here, right now, in our… friendship. But publicly too. You keep on telling the world about me. You keep on trying to show people I'm not just another Luthor who's gonna blow up on everyone's faces at any second. Like, why would you do that? Why would you ever waste your time doing this? Being my friend?"
"Lena, you'r-"
"And you fight so much. You're always fighting for everything. About everything." Lena turns around to face Kara, placing each hand next to Kara's sides to support her weight as she locks eyes with Kara. The intensity of Lena's gaze as well as their closeness, leaves Kara speechless. "And those eyes… those ocean blue eyes, even when you're angry or… Kara… there's a whole world in them. There's so much. And I wish I could just get lost in it. Learn everything it can teach me." Kara stares at Lena. Am I dying and that's why she's saying all of this and looking at me like- like- Lena leans in and takes a deep breath as Kara doesn't breath at all. Control Lena, control. You already poured half your heart out. Control. Lena keeps on leaning in and plants a kiss on Kara's shoulder and then hugs her, snuggling against Kara and tightening her hug. Kara stares off for a few more seconds, slowly returning to her breathing. I didn't die. I haven't been sent away to Rao's light. This is real. Oh, Rao this is real. And she meant everything. She- I- I had no idea…
So, Kara does the only thing she's able to at the moment, she hugs Lena not too tightly, letting her body melt against Lena's, like she did when they were riding her bike. Eventually, Kara has slidden down the pillows and is practically laying down, but they keep holding each other. And once again they lose track of time and how it runs or strolls by them.
"I can't sleep." Lena eventually breaks their silence.
"You want me to read you something?" Kara offers.
"Yea. Read me the article."
"Which one?"
"The one you wrote about me. About me helping Supergirl save the aliens. But not the one that got published. The original one that you flatter me far too much." Kara scoffs.
"Someone's got a big ego." She jokes. Lena nuzzles Kara, smiling.
"I just like hearing what you actually think about me. And that it's so many good things and that you were actually willing to let everyone know that that's what you think about me… it's kinda surreal to me. No, not kinda, it's very surreal." Kara can actually feel something breaking inside of her and she gives Lena a soft squeeze.
"I don't have it with me right now. But I have an idea that'd be similar. That okay?" Lena nods. "Alright," Kara kisses the top of Lena's head, taking a deep breath, filling herself with the soft scent of plumerias and strength to keep going. "I like the way you hold yourself, never letting people talk down to you. I like the way you smile. I like the way you smile when I walk into your office. I like the way you're passionate about L Corp and ready to defend it at any moment. You're so passionate. I like how brave you are. And you're so freaking smart. So intelligent, like- Oh, I'm very impressed by how you hold yourself when drunk." Lena chuckles sleepily, making Kara smile even more. "I love how you laugh. I love how confident you are. I love the way you look at me when… gosh, your eyes… you can paralyze me with a look and your voice… you render me speechless, powerless, Lena. One word. One look. It's all that it takes. You're just…" Kara sighs delighted, "so worth the time and every fight." Lena squeezes Kara.
"I was right… you spoil me." Kara chuckles a bit embarrassed that Lena actually heard all that, since she was hoping Lena would be asleep by now. Rao, please, let Lena not remember this.
"You're still up, so I guess we'll go with bedtime story?"
"Alright." Lena mumbles. Kara's sure she won't tell a whole story before Lena passes out. Kara thinks for a moment.
"Aright, here we go." Kara clears her throat. "A long time ago there was this girl and she was presented with the most important task ever. She had to preserve all of her" Planet? No, too obvious, "country's history and culture and raise the last survivor of her country, apart from herself. But you see, that survivor was sent across the seas, and though there was hope for a specific destination, there was no telling where the tides would take that baby. So the girl was sent across the seas, but unlike the baby, the tides took her away from the right stream and trapped her away for years on end. When she finally manages her way out of the trap and into her original destination, a long time has passed and things are no longer what they're supposed to be. The girl is lost, and although there's firm ground under her feet, it's like she's still adrift in the ocean. She's met with love, understanding and a willingness and patience to teach her all that she missed. And the girl grows grateful and loved and eager to learn everything she could about this new country. But despite all that, she still felt alone. She loved and was loved. Bonded with many people. But no one really understood her loss, understood her. And over the years she looked and looked for someone who'd understand. While doing all that she could to make her new home a better place and never forgetting the legacy of her own country, her original culture always present in her. And then one day she found someone. And she doesn't know yet if she finally found the one who'll truly understand her, but she knows they're worth the fight." By the end Lena's already heavy on Kara, her breathing deep and calm.
"Who- that's so cute. Who's the girl? And who's the one who undersss…" Lena mumbles but isn't able to keep herself awake to hear Kara's answer. Kara is thankful that for once Lena isn't hyper alert to everything around her and didn't get the obvious truth of this story. She kisses the top of Lena's head.
"It's you." She whispers against Lena's hair and lets herself drift off to sleep as well.
