"I'm ready" was the single simple text Kara sent to her boyfriend and "Thanks" was the only response that came. Thirty minutes later, Adam was knocking on the door. As soon as Kara closed it behind him, she welcomed him with hug that lasted an eternity. They both needed it. The young woman hid her face in the crook of Adam's neck, inhaling the scent of his shirt. It was so comforting, so familiar and soothing. It was in that particular moment that Kara realized the real importance of her relationship with Adam. He was her anchor, her home. Alex was too but on whole other level, one that was so much different from what a romantic relationship could provide.

As for Adam, Kara was everything. There had been together for only a few months but there were already more than inseparable. Kara was the one who had connected his life with his mother, the one who had opened to him and loved him like no one had ever done. He depended on her the way she depended on him. Kara was the only one who could break his heart to pieces but right now, he wouldn't even dare think about it. Right now they were alone and close to each other like they hadn't been in a week. This embrace was precious in so many ways.

Eventually, Kara pulled back and looked at her feet for only a second, sniffing back tears, before looking up to the man she loved with teary eyes.

"I'm sorry." she stated simply

"I know." Adam said, taking her hands. "I don't blame you, Kara."

The young woman dropped her hands and went to the couch. He was in denial. He couldn't quite assimilate Kara, his sweet loving girlfriend, with such a terrible act of barbary. Adam sighed, knowing what was coming, before joining her. He sat next to her and kept quiet. He wanted to let her talk.

"How can you not blame me? Even a little." Kara started, guilty and frustrated. "I hurt you more than anyone, I practically raped you." she added, distancing herself slightly from him

"You didn't rape me-" the young man tried only to be cut off

"I wanted sex without your consent; that's called a rape." Kara snapped with a nervous chuckle.

The sudden tone and the realisation struck Adam and left him speechless when he wanted to argue. He hung his head in defeat and sighed.

"Still. I wasn't your fault."

"But- I just want to understand why everyone I know is so fast at forgiving me."

"The answer is in the question, Kara." Adam started, staring lovingly at those teary eyes. "It's because they know you. Because they know that wasn't who you are, who you really are. I won't say that particular moment is forgotten because it was...slightly traumatic." he confessed honestely, causing Kara to shiver. "But I love you. And nothing will ever change that."

"So that's it. Love is the answer to everything... Isn't that kinda cheesy?" Kara said with wet eyes, definitely relieved by Adam's words, making him laugh

"It is when you think of it, yeah." he admitted with a smile before becoming a tad more serious. "But that's how I feel."

Kara stopped laughing, stopped smiling. It was like what she felt during their embrace earlier but more...powerful. The world around them didn't matter anymore. Time stood still and it was just them on the entire planet. The two lovers stared into each other eyes for a moment. They didn't how long but at one point, Kara's eyes drifted towards Adam's lips. But she couldn't move further. Somehow, her body didn't seem to respond to what her brain wanted. And when she looked up again, Adam leaned his head forward, cupping the young woman's face, and their lips met in a soft, languorous, passionate kiss. It pulled Kara out of her trance and the young woman found the use of her limbs again. Her hands reached slowly Adam's neck until one rested on his shoulder and the other tangled in his hair. After a minute, the two broke apart and rested their forehead together.

"I needed this so much." Kara wispered, eyes closed

"Me too." Adam wispered back.

The two lovers spent the next two hours watching randomly TV snuggling on the couch. Eventually, a yawn escaped Adam's lips.

"You should probably go and get some sleep." Kara advised softly

"Oh...I thought I could stay here and spend the night with you." the young man said a bit disapointed

"Adam...It's still fresh in my mind and I'm not really in the mood."

"No! I didn't-I didn't mean spend the night like that." Adam stammered standing up quickly, blushing. "I just...I need to hold you. Keep you close, you know."

Kara grabbed one of his hands gently and pulled him down on the couch.

"I know." she said simply, smiling fondly.

SSSSSSSSS

The next day, a saturday, Kara decided to spend her morning help clean up the mess she had caused. She was almost ready. She just needed to put on her cape. The night had been wonderful. Sleeping in Adam's arms was so comfortable and normal. Kara took the red piece of fabric in her hands, feeling the softness and the strength under her finger. She looked up in the mirror in front of her. That cloth was one of the only thing that had escaped Krypton. Kara was so grateful to her cousin for offering it to her. Finally placing the cape on her shoulders, the young woman sighed heavily, wondering if she was worthy of wearing it. After a few seconds, she decided she was. It wasn't her fault, she had been drugged and acted under influence. Kara was repeating these words in her mind over and over, hoping for the guilt to go away. It was working, mostly. But the ultimate salvation would only come when the people would finally see her like the Supergirl they had been admiring.

Eventually, Kara exited her apartment through her window and headed for the battle site. There, workers were already doing everything they could in the wreckage. Kara suddenly wondered if it was such a good idea. Coming back to her own scene of rampage? Anyway... she needed to try.

"Can I help?" she asked, touching down.

A dozen pairs of eyes stared at her. She felt uncomfortable.

"Are you serious?" a man exclaimed, furious

"Carl..." an other tried as he put his hand on his forearm.

Kara stayed silent. She watched with sadness and spite all the faces around her.

"I'm sorry. I...I'm gonna go." she said, starting to fly slowly

"Wait!" a worker called, causing her to stop and turn to face him. "We could really use a hand, a strong hand." he added, unsure but hopeful.

If he had learned one thing with Supergirl, it was to never lose hope. And intended to live by this rule and give the hero an other chance. Kara's face lit up at the proof of trust and started her descent.

"Hell no!" Carl yelled. "If she stays, I'm out." he warned.

But seeing how his collegue noded to Supergirl, he turned on his heals and walked out fast. Some other workers followed but a large majority stayed. It was either because they didn't want to get fired and explain to their family why there wasn't food in the fridge, or because deep down, they wanted Supergirl to come back.

"Thank you." Kara said, grateful, to the man who had defended her

"You're welcome." he shrugged with a smile

"What's you name?" Supergirl asked as she lifted a big piece of concrete and dumped it in a truck

"Paul."

And so her work began. Kara spent the next few hours lifting burned cars to tow trucks and lifting huge pieces of road to clear the way. Her cooperation with the workers was a little weird but they managed just fine. She could hear them from time to time, talking about how scared they were, how strange it was to help after tearing an entire street apart. It would kill Kara's mood but she wouldn't let it show. She would smile at them and be polite and gentle in her movements, make sure she wouldn't scare them. But when she tripped on a big electricity conduct and caused it to send burning sparkles all around her, Kara's heart fell as the workers jumped with fear. Some even started to run and only stopped when they saw what was really happening.

"Sorry. I tripped." the young woman said awkwardly.

Kara used her freeze-breath to extinguish the small fire and secured the conduct before going back to work.

SSSSSSSSS

"Astra?" Kara called as she picked her head in the DEO room.

It was empty.

"She's not here." J'onn said, causing Kara to spin quickly

"Hank...I-um...Where's my aunt?" the young woman asked, avoiding his eyes at all cost

"Can I talk to you in private?" the director asked back.

Kara stared at him for a second before walking past him.

"I should probably go."

"I'll tell you where she is if you talk to me." Hank smirked, causing Kara to stop before turning back slowly.

A minute later, the two aliens were in the AI room, hiden from the praying eyes.

"How are you feeling?" Hank asked, surprising Kara.

In all her quest for forgiveness, never had she been the one to answer question, let alone speak in second.

"I'm fine." she finally managed. "I have a session with Doctor Lichtfield on Thursday so I guess that's good."

"It is."

An awkward silence settled.

"I'm so sorry for fighting you and using fire against you." Kara finally said in one quick sentence

"I know you are." Hank assured with a small smile. "About that...How did you know fire was my weakness?" he asked folding his arms

"Hank, I would never do anything to hurt you I swear. But..."

Kara hesitated. She looked like a child caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"But I'm curious and so when you told me you were from Mars, I... asked my mother about you and she told me." she admitted sheepishly

"It's ok." J'onn started, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I'm actually glad you know it."

"Why?" Kara asked, surprised and confused

"Because if something like what happened to you ever happen to me, I want you to do the exact same thing I did. I want you to stop me." he explained, sincere and serious

"I will." Kara promised, causing Hank to smile

"Astra's out with Alex." the director said after a few seconds, out of nowhere

"What? Why?" the young woman questionned, surprised

"Since Alex is off duty and Astra is powerless, I figured your sister could show the city around to your aunt. A bit of sun would do her good."

SSSSSSSSS

A quick text to Alex and Kara knew where to join them. The young woman spotted them in a park, on a bench.

"Hey. How are you doing?" Kara asked her aunt as she pulled back from a quick hug

"Fine. Despite the mucus accumulating in my nose." the kryptonian answered, sniffing

"She has a cold." Alex smirked, causing Kara to chuckle

"This is not funny, Little One." Astra said with a pout. "Humans are so fragile. Being powerless sucks." she added, making her niece look at her with surprise

"What?" Astra asked, seeing the smirk on Alex's lip

"Nothing." the agent swore. "I taught her that." she explained

"Of course you did. Just don't teach her insults, ok." Kara requested, exasperated

"Your sister is of much help understanding the human society. She bought me an ice cream."

"She did?"

"Yes." Alex nodded. "And we went to CatCo because Astra wanted to see where you work."

"This building is very impressive. I never got to really see any human construction up close."

"Alex, isn't that one of your shirt?" Kara asked as she noticed the blue and white shirt that Astra was wearing

"Well she couldn't really walk around in a dark kryptonian suit so we stopped at my place first." the agent justified

"It's a little tight, I have to say." Astra said, moving her shoulders uncomfortably. "But I like the design. It is much better than those robes we had to wear on Krypton."

"Speaking of clothing. We should go to the mall and buy you some." Alex proposed.

No one answered. Confused, Alex looked at the two kryptonians. One was completely turned on the bench and was intensely looking at the ground, the other was observing the first with tenderness.

"Kara, is that what I think it is?" Astra wispered, never looking away from the ground

"Yes it is. They are birds." the young woman answered with a big smile.

Alex watched them in awe. She remembered the first time she had seen a seagull on the beach. She had looked at it just like Astra was looking at the pigeons right now. It was funny how big of a deal it was for kryptonians. But thinking about it, Alex would probably look the same if she was in the same situation.

"I only saw pictures of them. We didn't have birds on Krypton." Astra wispered excitedely

"You can speak normaly, you know. They're used to human presence." Kara said, still with that big smile on her face

"Can I touch them?" Astra wondered at the same time she tried.

But the birds got scared and flew away. Alex and Kara laughed at the pout on Astra's face as she sat back normaly on the bench.

"I guess they aren't used to kryptonians." Alex joked

"Come on." Kara started standing up. "Let's go show my aunt the joy of shopping."

SSSSSSSSSS

After two hours of intense shopping, Astra had found a fair amout of clothes. Three pants, a few T-shirts and a couple of shirts, a dress and a few pairs of underwear. A lot of it was black but Kara decided to let it go for this one at least. Despite Alex's protests, Kara had insisted on paying for everything.

The three women were back at the DEO and Kara had followed her sister in her lab.

"Kara, I swear it's just to pick up an old repport I have to finish."

"I believe you...sort of." the young woman teased, earning a glare

"Then why are you following me?" Alex asked, amused

"I wanted to thank you for what you did for my aunt today."

"Don't mention it. Astra is important to you so she's important to me." the agent started. "And besides, she needed to see the sun."

"Right..." Kara said suspiscious. "Now, how about the truth?" she added, folding her arms.

Alex looked at her intensely for a few seconds before sighing.

"After fighting Non and... you, I wanted to do something for her. And since she's one of the last relatives you have...I wanted her to feel welcomed and..." Alex couldn't finish her sentence, a bit ashamed of herself

"And you want her to like you because you're afraid that I will choose Astra over you." Kara finished for her.

Alex hung her head, ashamed, before looking up, noticing that Kara had stepped closer.

"Is that stupid?" she finally asked with a grin

"Yes, very." Kara smiled

"Sorry."

"Don't be. I can understand." the young woman assured, taking Alex in a hug. "But shouldn't you be used to it by now? You know... aliens entering your life without asking." Kara joked

"Yeah, you're starting to take a lot of space." Alex chuckled.

AN: So the situation starts to unravel a bit. That's good.

As usual, don't forget to review and I will respond. Just so you know, starting from now, this story will contain less angst and more fluffy stuff. If you know my work a little you will notice that I don't use fluff a lot so this will be new to me. Hope you enjoy what's coming ;)

Next, a family diner and a very serious conversation