1. It was mere hours after it had been made official- CEO Lena Luthor In Relationship With Supergirl, the headline declared- days after Kara had finally told Lena her secret, and Lena had confessed with a sly smile that she'd suspected all along, weeks after Lena told Kara she was her hero, months after they'd first met- that Kara got a call from her cousin.
"So, I guess you heard about the whole 'Supercorp' situation?" she asked.
"That's what they're calling you two, huh?" Clark answered. "Nice. Better than "Clois", definitely."
"Yeah…" Kara said. Then, "Wait, you're not mad? About me…dating…a Luthor?"
"I read what you wrote about Lena being innocent, and we'd already seen she wasn't like her family with the whole Metallo incident. I figured, if you have enough trust in her to be able to go to such great lengths to prove that she's a good person, and then she ends up proving that herself, that that's good enough for me."
Kara was still confused. "But…Lex is a Luthor. You guys are still enemies."
"Jimmy told you we were friends for a long time, right? And just because we became antagonistic doesn't mean the same is going to happen with you and Lena."
"If Lena and I get married, he'd be your cousin-in-law."
"As long as he doesn't come to the family reunions, I'll be okay with that."
2. "Kara, I want you to meet someone."
Kara followed Clark into his apartment, wondering who this "someone" was and why he wanted her to meet this person here, now.
They stopped in front of Clark's bedroom door, pausing (presumably for suspense) as Clark got out his key and unlocked said door.
It swung open, and Kara saw someone sitting on the bed.
She recognized that this face, this person- smaller than the average man, green skin, blond hair, almost delicate features, wearing green and purple clothes with a bright yellow belt, and a ring that was similarly colored to the belt- was different from the one she'd known, but it didn't take a twelfth-level intelligence for her to zero in on the upside-down triangle of circles on his forehead.
"I know that symbol." she murmured. "I've met one of your kind before."
She looked back at Clark, cautious now. Of course, she didn't want to make assumptions, but given the last contact she'd had with a Coluan, what she'd done…this one would have to earn her trust.
"Clark, do you want to explain to her?" the Coluan said, looking nervous.
"Kara, this is Querl Dox, I met him when I was in the 31st century. He used to be known as Brainiac-5, and we also…used to date each other."
3. "OKAY, okay, back up." Kara said, still trying to process what had just happened. "First of all, when were you in the 31st century, second, how is he a Brainiac, he looks human, and third…you two dated?"
"Yes."
"You. Clark Kent. Kal-El. Superman. Were in a relationship with the descendant of one of your greatest enemies? The one who had a hand in destroying our planet? How did this even happen?"
Clark had no idea what question to answer first.
"It's a long story." he said finally, in response to the last of Kara's queries.
Kara raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, yeah, I bet it is." she answered. "But I have time. Tell me everything."
"He could probably tell you more." Clark said. "I…kind of had some of my memories erased, of what happened, in order to not mess with history, or whatever." He then turned to the Coluan. "Brainy, you want to take over from here?"
"Certainly." he replied. "But you will have to leave the room for this, Clark."
"Right." Clark said, then did so, leaving Kara with Brainy alone.
4. "Wow." was all Kara could say, after Brainy had finished recounting Clark's adventures with the Legion. She looked at him, a sympathetic expression on her face.
"I'm sorry for assuming you were…like your ancestor." she continued.
"It's okay." Brainy answered. "I do get that a lot from people. I try not to let it affect me much."
Kara sat back, thinking.
"I mean, my girlfriend, Lena, had the whole situation with her mother trying to convince her to join her as a member of Cadmus, but…I can't imagine how it must've felt to literally have someone inside your head. It must've been awful."
"It was." Brainy said, look pained as if it still hurt to remember, after years of letting himself forget it.
"You know, I'm sure you two would have a lot to talk about. I could introduce you to her, if you want."
Brainy stared at her, looking uncomfortable briefly, then said, "I think it's time to call Clark back in."
What was that all about? Kara wondered. But she said nothing.
5. After seeing her cousin with this person, the way they still seemed to be so close after years of separation, Kara had only one thing on her mind.
"So…because you're Superman…" she started, pointing at Clark, "And the two of you dated, but now you're broken up…"
She then turned to Brainy. "Does that make him-" she gestured at Clark "-your super ex-boyfriend?"
Brainy looks at her, confused. Then Clark says "Kara, no.", disappointed but still vaguely amused, and Kara is laughing, and it looks like the three of them are going to have conversations that are a lot less tense in the future, which Kara is grateful for.
