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It's almost midnight yet Lena's wide awake, nestling a book in her hand, as she sits curled with her feet on the couch.

She isn't shocked when her balcony doors swing open. Luckily the CEO had anticipated the interloper's arrival. She'd purposely left the doors unlocked and didn't set the alarm to include her balconies because she'd expected this reaction.

Kara stands in the middle of her room looking absolutely confounded and Lena can't blame her for it.

She'd kissed her.

She kissed Kara and left.

While most people wouldn't really need to think of a reason, because really why do people kiss other people, she knows the Kryptonian has been contemplating why Lena would actually want to kiss her.

"I wasn't expecting you so soon." Lena admits as she sets her book down.

Honestly she'd thought Kara would burst in at three in the morning and wake her up. Only taking an hour to ponder must be a record for the blonde since she also knows how indecisive the other woman usually is.

Kara straightens, her forehead creases as her brows come together, and Lena knows she isn't angry, merely confused.

The Kryptonian opens her mouth to speak but no words follow. Lena rises from the cushions and walks past the Kryptonian as she attempts to head for the hallway because if Kara's going to take her time to gather her thoughts she might as well get them some refreshments.

A hand on her wrist stops her from getting further than her bedroom door. She faces Kara, preparing herself for whatever is to come next.

Of course she'd laid her trap and she's hoping that all the time she'd spent lavishing the younger woman with attention and saving her from utter demise had made Lena somewhat of a romantic prospect. But she isn't naïve enough to believe that it'll be enough for Kara.

"Before you left, when you, when you kissed me?" Kara's baby blues are murky with her confusion. "What did it mean?" she asks, not bothering to hide her desperation.

"What do you want it to mean?" Lena's not ready to reveal all her cards.

"Don't turn this around on me." Kara practically begs. "Not now." she's spent enough time with Lena to know this is one of the tactics she employs when she's trying to avoid answering a question. "Why did you kiss me?" she's finally found her voice.

"What else could it mean, Kara?" she doesn't want to say it aloud because once she does she can never take back the words.

"There are lot's of reasons." Kara's voice is weighted by her frustrations. "Was it just your way of telling me you're gay? Or were you just trying to throw me off because you don't want to tell me your secret? Because if that's the case then you did a really fantastic job!" Kara gazes deep into her emerald pools for the truth and finds pain in Lena's eyes. The CEO pulls her hand away from the Kryptonian's hold as though she's been burned by the insinuation that she'd only been trying to shut Kara up. "Or does it mean something for you?" she tries with a softness in her tone because doesn't want to get this wrong again, not like she did with Mon.

"Kara," she reaches for the sashes of her robe and Kara turns away before it drops. "Look at me." Lena requests. "Look at me." she demands and Kara slowly lifts her head. "What goes through your mind when you see me like this?"

Kara gazes upon Lena, who's not naked, but is wearing a black nightie that stops just below her milk white thighs. Her eyes roam further up, vision hugging Lena's hips, before passing the curve of her breasts. She pauses at her cleavage before traveling pass her collarbone. They linger on her jawline, the highlight of her cheekbones, appreciating the way her face is framed by her silky raven hair, before settling on her emerald eyes.

"You're breathtaking." she's always known Lena's attractive.

Lena closes in on her once more, bringing their lips together once again. This time Kara isn't shocked and actually manages to respond. It lasts a little longer than their previous kiss but it's over before it can actually begin.

"And what do you feel when I kiss you?" she asks like her future weighs on Kara's response probably because it does.

"At one point or another, my friends have caught feelings for me." she thinks of Winn, James, and Mon and how they tasted of insistence and lust. "And usually I'm annoyed by it but," and Lena can't help but think she might actually have a shot. "But right now I think all I really want is for you to kiss me again so I can figure this all out."

Lena's all too happy to comply. She grabs Kara's neck and crashes their lips together, pouring all her emotions with her actions.

And Kara can feel them all.

Her lips are hot, heated by Lena's desire. She can taste Lena's desperation on her tongue, can feel her enthusiasm as Lena's hand wanders under Kara's shirt and caresses her skin. She can feel Lena's compassion as her thumb grazes her cheek tenderly, her worship as she moves her mouth in sync with Kara who's trying her hardest to convey her own eagerness.

"You could forget this ever happened." Lena whispers against her lips when they part for air that only she needs. "You could leave now and you'll never hear me bring this up again." but judging from the way Kara kissed her back she knows this is unlikely.

"Or?" she finds herself asking because she really won't be able to forget being kissed or touched like that.

"Or you'll never be alone again." she promises. "I will give you my time, my undivided attention, all you could possibly want and more." this level of dedication is something that Kara can't ever remember receiving. "I will make you my world, my moons, my stars, my everything." Lena continues after seeing the doubt clouding in those baby blues. "Let me, Kara."

Everything Kara has ever wished for is no longer beyond her grasp because Lena is standing before her offering security, passion, and over all unconditional devotion.

All she has to do is take it.

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Shorter than usual but I think there's enough depth and content and progression.

I know there are some readers who can't take Lena's manipulative tendencies and want to stop reading. To be honest, I'm actually happy about that. Not because I'm losing readers, because I do want you all to read and enjoy this little beauty of mine. It's just that it means I've done a really good job separating this Lena from my series Lena.

As a writer, it means that I've developed two different characters and I'm going to toot my own horn for a little bit and be proud of myself.

Thanks for all the love!

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