I'm sorry this chapter is so short, but I hope it's enjoyable.

As soon as the words escaped her mouth, she felt an enormous weight lift off her shoulder.

She'd said it, she'd done all that she could do, and now whatever happened next was up to Kara, but when she saw Kara's face, her heart dropped… had it been too soon to bring up her feelings for her?

Kara's expression looked pained, and… something that looked a lot like wistful (that couldn't be it though… could it?) as she shook her head rapidly. "N-no, Lena… you, you love James. I-… you want to be with James. Maybe the medicine is fogging up your mind because I think your mixing things up a little. I-I I'm supposed to be bound soon, Lena. To a really nice person."

Lena's stomach sank, and her heart shattered as soon as the realization of what Kara just told her sank in… Kara was engaged.

She needed this conversation to end immediately; she wasn't mentally capable of thinking about Kara in the arms of another quite yet. Kara was going to get married to a complete stranger, because that was what Kryptonians did… and Lena would have to respect that... for Kara's sake as much as her own; but how could remain silent when all she wanted to do more than anything was kiss Kara's lips?

"You're right. I think I need to get some sleep. Would you mind giving me some privacy?"

Kara nodded slowly, and rose Lena's hand to her lips, pressing a chaste kiss on her palm; which set Lena's entire body ablaze with yearning, before placing it gently on the bed.

"Sleep well, Lee. I'll be back in a few hours." The hero whispered before she exited the room.

As soon as the door closed behind Kara, Lena let her sobs carry her into a fitful slumber.

XXX

When Lena awoke, the first thing she noticed was that the flowers had been replaced with a box of what appeared to be Kryptonian chocolates, and one of the leather chairs was occupied by her favorite person in the galaxy. But instead of feeling joyous, she remembered what Kara had told her before she abruptly ended their conversation.

"You're getting married?" She asked rashly.

Kara nodded with a tense smile as she looked up from her book and met Lena's eyes. "Yes!" She said with forced enthusiasm. "My mother and I decided that seven months was long enough for me to get used to living in Argo again. Oo we went to the Matricomp with a wonderful man named Kell-Ur that Mom thought would be a good match for me. According to Matricomp, Mother was right; we have a 95% compatibility."

Lena's heart cracked, as she fully realized that her declaration of love had fallen on deaf ears… Kara would never go against her Kryptonian customs, so she was going to marry a man that she didn't love but was 'destined' to be happy with… Marriage on Krypton was about partnership first, romance second, and it seemed as though Kara had no problem with that. Which destroyed Lena in ways she hadn't felt since Lex turned into a sociopath… only worse. "Wow. Ninety-five percent, huh?"

Kara nodded with an off-set smile. "Yup. Highest compatibility rate since Kal-El's parents."

Lena wanted to ask so many things about Kara's life here on Krypton. She also wanted to tell her so many things about the past eight months she'd been off Earth, but right then didn't feel like the time… so she brought back up the most significant topic... The confession.

"I'm sorry." She announced solemnly.

Kara frowned. "For what? You haven't done anything wrong. It was just the medicine."

"I did." Lena asserted with a single curt nod. "I told you I loved you, but I didn't even tell you that I broke up with James the day you left."

Kara's brows corrugated. "What? Why?"

Lena smiled. "He loves himself and Guardian more than he could ever love me. Plus, I could never love him. He's not… my type."

Kara slightly cocked her head, her eyes glistening with something like yearning, but Lena wasn't naïve enough to believe that was what she saw… Even if Kara did feel the same, she'd never go against her customs anyway. "So… you do love me?"

Lena wanted to say yes, to admit that she was in love with Kara and plead her case. To tell her why she was a better choice than Kell-Ur, to say she'd stay on Argo and never see Earth again if Kara never wanted to go back. But she didn't do any of that. Instead, she decided to respect Kara's culture, and be the supportive best friend Kara always wanted her to be. "No, I'm sorry. I don't know why I said that earlier. I love you, Kara, of course, I do… you're my best friend, but I definitely am not in love with you." Lena forced herself to laugh at the thought, but really her heart was breaking.

Kara's smile didn't meet her eyes for some reason, but she laughed right along with Lena.

When their laughter ceased, Kara looked at her watch and smiled. "Perfect!" She chirped cheerfuly as she stood up from the leather chair. "It's time to take you home."

Lena's heart shattered. "You want me to go back to Earth already?"

Kara chuckled. "No, silly. I want to keep a close eye on you, so I'm taking you to my house."

Lena was shocked… Kara had a house. "Your house?"

"Yes, you dork… Where do think I've been living? An animal shelter?" Kara teased.

Lena playfully glared. "Knowing you, that's not out of the realm of possibility."

They both laughed before Kara disconnected Lena's IV and got her into a wheelchair. "I suppose I can't deny that. I do love all things furry."

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As soon as Lena saw the house that Kara called home. Her jaw dropped… it was unlike anything she'd ever seen in her life. It was floating… The house, which Kara lived in, was floating. "H-how?" Lena murmured in awe.

Kara giggled as Kara pushed a button on her pod that opened up the garage door at the bottom of the house. "Every house we build now we build with the intent to conserve land… We are basically the more eco-centric version of the Jetsons. The bottom of the house is one huge magnet, and we buried the polar opposite of it ten feet underground so that they're fighting against each other. That way it doesn't interfere with what's left of our ecosystem."

Lena's mind was blown. "So, the magnetic push is keeping it elevated, but the pull is still strong enough to keep it in place?"

Kara nodded as she turned off the pod. "Precisely!" She said with a smile.

"Wow. We're decades away from perfecting this on Earth. Your science guild is talented. Lena complimented.

Kara bashfully tilted her head down. "It's actually my design. I presented it to the science guild, and they were so impressed with it that it's a building code now." She admitted.

Although Lena thought it impossible, when Kara revealed that her genius mind was the one to come up with the magnetic house idea; she fell even more in love with Kara when. "God, is there anything you can't do?"

Kara smiled. "I can't bake cupcakes."

Lena giggled at Kara's joke and shook her head. "That's not true; you just can't bake them when you're mad."

Kara shrugged. "That's still something I can't do," She said playfully as she helped Lena out of the pod and into the wheelchair.

XXX

When they were situated in Kara's living room, Lena noticed that this house looked just like a home would look on Earth… The only difference was that the sky was red, and the paintings on the walls were more professional than they had been in Kara's apartment… which meant that Kara had used her time in Argo to perfect her artistic talent.

"Your paintings are gorgeous," Lena said as she studied one that looked a lot like Kara and Alex standing together.

Kara smiled. "Thank you." She paused as she focused her attention on the painting Lena's eyes had been studying only seconds before. "How is she?" She asked sadly. "How's Alex doing these days?"

Lena smiled. "She's spending a lot of time with Sam and Ruby lately, but… she misses you. A lot."

Kara nodded. "I miss her too… a lot."

"Well, now you don't have to miss her, you know… If you take me up on my offer, you can go and see her whenever you want."

Kara sat down next to Lena as her face lit up. "SHE CAN COME TO MY BONDING CEREMONY NOW!" She squealed in excitement. "All because I have the best best friend in the universe." She leaned in and kissed Lena's cheek. "You're the best. You saved my wedding!"

And just like that, Lena's heart shattered all over again.

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