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I’m not drunk enough for this, is Lena’s first thought when Sam suggests it. Spin the bottle.
“What are we, twelve?” Lucy chimes in, though Sam doesn’t seem deterred by the question. Lena’s pretty sure Sam only has one motive in suggesting this game and that motive is that she’d like to kiss Alex.
There are a few shrugs around the room, most people have enough alcohol in their system to not realise how bad of an idea this game is. Or maybe Lena’s the only one who’s truly reluctant, the only one that’s thinking about what would happen if the bottle landed on Kara and she has to kiss her.
Lena’s not sure if that would be a blessing or a curse.
Would she rather find out what a kiss from Kara feels like, only to never be able to kiss her again, or would she rather never find out what its actually like to kiss Kara, because then she’ll never know what she’s missing?
Kara herself, looks amused by the idea, even if her cheeks are red. That could just be the alcohol though. At least her cheeks match her costume.
It’s Kara’s Annual Halloween party, though Lena knows for a fact that she didn’t have a party last year even though Kara keeps calling it that. Maybe this is the first of many. But it means that Kara’s apartment is full of costumed people, most she recognises but a few she doesn’t.
Lena had been lazy with her costume, taken a labcoat from work and called herself a scientist. Her lack of effort this year means that Kara has already said she’s in charge of her costume for next year and apparently she already has some ideas of matching outfits they can wear.
Not that Kara put in a lot of effort herself, wearing her Gryffindor robes, but Lena’s not going to point that out.
Alex is just as bad, she’s dressed as a cop.
Despite her best efforts, Lena gets dragged into Sam’s game, literally, as her friend pulls her into the circle.
“Come on, it’ll be fun,” Sam grins, sending a knowing glance in Kara’s direction. She should never have told her friend about her crush.
Next year, she’s going to make sure Kara doesn’t invite Sam.
Sam starts, spins the bottle. Lena watches it slow down, smothers a smile when it lands on James. Serves her right.
Sam shuffles across the circle, leans over and kisses James. The kiss is awkward, and Lena suddenly feels a little better about this game.
James spins next, the bottle stopping on Winn. This kiss is less awkward, Winn blushing as he pulls away.
The blush threatens to consume Winn’s face when it’s his turn to spin, and the lands on Clark. Lois is laughing in the background as Winn and Clark kiss. Lena feels sorry for the guy, Winn that is, they all know about his crush on Superman.
It’s even funnier that Winn is dressed as Superman himself.
Winn bows out after that, he looks dazed. Lena wonders if she can get out of this that easily too.
Clark goes next and Lena just sits back and watches, sipping her drink as the bottle keeps landing on anyone but her (and Kara, she’s pretty happy about that too). It’s funny, watching the game unfold between her friends. It’s also a little awkward, considering there are a few ex’s in the room, and only a couple of couples, but that only makes in funnier in her opinion.
The bottle stops on Alex next, and Lena doesn’t miss the way Sam’s nose turns up in disgust as she watches James kiss her. At least Alex looks equally disgusted by the idea as both her and James laugh when they pull apart, Alex visibly shuddering.
And then, it was bound to happen sometime, Lena watches in horror as the bottle slows down and lands on her.
Alex laughs with a shrug as she leans across the circle, though Lena doesn’t miss the look she shoots in Kara’s direction, even if she doesn’t quite understand it.
The kiss is brief, not bad by any means, she’s pretty lucky that it was Alex out of all of them, but she definitely feels weird kissing her crush’s sister, and she feels weird about kissing Sam’s crush too.
Though, again, this game is all Sam’s fault.
Now Lena stares down at the bottle in front of her, knows there’s no way out of this one because Sam is just that sort of friend. All she can hope is that it at least lands on a girl.
It feels like it’s moving in slow motion as the bottle spins, slowing down, down, down, until…Lena sighs in relief when the bottle lands on Sam, of all people. She turns up her nose in fake disgust as Sam leans across to kiss her, both laughing as they break apart. It’s not their first kiss, even if their brief fling went nowhere. At least it’s not awkward like kissing literally anyone else in the circle would’ve been.
(Lena’s not sure whether she should be disappointed or not that it didn’t land on Kara).
Sam lands on Brainy, which gets a few laughs as he looks confused, Nia gently explaining the rules of the game to him again. Brainy at least lands of Nia after that which is less awkward, they make a cute couple.
The bottle eventually makes its way back to Sam, who, this time when she spins it, it lands on Alex. Lena definitely catches the delighted smile that Sam has on her face now.
Lena also doesn’t miss the way Alex’s cheeks instantly go red. It’s nice to know that Sam’s crush isn’t one-sided, even if she’d already guessed as much.
Lena will admit, it’s pretty cute, watching the tentative kiss between Sam and Alex, Alex’s shy smile when they pull apart. At least something good has some out of this game, Lena supposes.
Alex looks disappointed to have to spin again, Lena can see the way she’s looking at Sam now. She won’t be surprise if she gets a call from her friend tomorrow, either one of them, to say they finally have a date together.
Alex’s disappointment is short-lived as the bottle stops on Kara. Which is fine for Alex and Kara, as Alex gives her sister a sloppy kiss on the cheek, but now it means Kara finally gets to participate in the game, finally gets a kiss of her own. Lena’s still not sure if she wants it to land on her or not, whether she wants to kiss Kara or whether she’d prefer not to know how good a kiss from her is.
Thinking about it right now though, Lena wants the bottle to land on her, purely because it means it won’t land on anybody else, she won’t have to watch Kara kiss anyone else.
It spins in slow motion as the turns get slower, and it eventually comes to a stop. Lena’s breath catches, because that’s definitely pointed at her.
Lena looks from the bottle, across the circle at Kara, watches as she nervously adjusts her glasses, her teeth digging into her bottom lip. Neither of those things help settle Lena’s nerves.
Everyone’s watching, Lena can feel it, watching with knowing interest as Kara shuffles across the circle to meet Lena.
“Hi,” Kara greets quietly.
“Hi,” Lena says back, just as quiet. None of the others greeted each other before their kisses but this suddenly feels like more than just a kiss while playing a silly game. Probably because Lena’s in love with the person she’s about to kiss.
Lena doesn’t get a chance to freak out anymore, or overthink things, because Kara is leaning in, slow enough that Lena could stop her if she wanted to, not that Lena wants to at all. Because pink lips are moving closer to her, she can smell Kara’s shampoo, and suddenly she thinks nothing can stop her from kissing Kara.
And nothing does stop them, because suddenly Kara’s mouth is on hers and right then and there, Lena knows, no kiss is going to compare to one from Kara Danvers.
She expects it to be over pretty fast, a chaste kiss, a quick peck, the same as the others, but when she feels a tongue brush her lip, she knows that’s not the case. Lena gets lost in the feel of Kara, in the tug of her hands, in the swipe of her tongue, in the feeling that washes over her that says that this is right , that kissing Kara feels like what she’s been heading towards her whole life and now she’s here and she never wants it to stop.
A loud whistle breaks through Lena’s thoughts, reminds her exactly where she is, and that they’re definitely not alone.
Her cheeks are red as she untangles herself from Kara, which she literally has to do, she pulls her fingers from where they’ve woven into Kara’s hair as Kara’s hands slip from her face.
Lena definitely didn’t see any of this coming this evening.
“Excuse me,” Lena manages to get out, suddenly in need of air. Both because all eyes are on her and she’s feeling incredibly hot after the kiss she’s just shared with her best friend.
Best friends don’t kiss like that.
But best friends don’t look at Lena like Kara is looking at her right now either.
“Lena?” she hears follow her, both from Kara and she thinks maybe Sam. She doesn’t turn around to find out.
Kara's apartment is full of people, with leaves little options for where to go. She checks the bathroom first because she’d like to splash some water on her face but that’s occupied so she ducks into Kara’s room instead, knows Kara doesn’t mind her being in her space but just needing a moment alone.
She can still hear the party going on through the thin curtain as she takes a seat on the end of Kara’s bed, so it’s not the best escape but it’s the only one she has short of actually leaving, and she doesn’t particularly feel like leaving Kara right now.
Being alone doesn’t last long. She’d half expected Sam, or Alex, to follow her, but she’s equally unsurprised when Kara steps into the room.
“Hi.”
Lena bites her lip as she’s met with wide blue eyes, looking nervous as Kara’s fingers tug the end robes she’s wearing. “Hi.”
“Can I come in?”
Lena shuffles over, pats the seat next to her despite the nerves coursing through her body. “Of course.”
They sit in silence for a while, but Lena can tell Kara really is nervous as the ends of her costume starts to fray before Kara finally breaks the silence. “Do we need to talk about that?”
She doesn’t say what ‘that’ is, they both know. Lena can still taste Kara’s kiss, she’d tasted like chocolate mixed with something fruity, which is about what Lena had expected, even though it was infinitely better than she could’ve imagined.
“We can’t blame this on a drunken night, can we?” Lena replies.
Lena can feel eyes on her but she doesn’t look, not yet. “I’m not drunk.”
“Neither am I,” Lena says. She’s only on her second drink, and she’s glad she was taking it slow now, because she doesn’t want to cast this off as a drunken mistake, because it definitely felt like more than something than just a kiss between friends when Kara was kissing her.
“Our kiss wasn’t like the others, was it?” Kara asks.
“You had your tongue in my mouth so I’m going to go with a ‘no’ for that question.”
“Lena!” Kara laughs, Lena finally turning to meet Kara’s gaze. Her cheeks are stained a bright red, it’s incredibly cute. Lena presses her lips together as she tries not to laugh herself.
“What? It’s true, isn’t it?” Lena smirks, feeling brave under Kara’s blush, coupled with the fact that Kara just thoroughly kissed her.
She’s never felt this brave before, never even considered telling Kara how she feels, but Kara’s smile is shy and she’s clearly nervous, even if she showed none of those nerves in their kiss. The most important part of all of this, the thing that’s making Lena braver than she’s ever felt, is the fact that Kara’s eyes keep dropping to her lips.
There’s no mistaking the intent in her gaze.
“Have dinner with me tomorrow night?”
Despite the fact that Lena was just about to ask something similar, Kara is the one who says it.
“I don’t want there to be any misunderstandings between us,” Kara continues. “I’ve seen the movies, I know what happens when people don’t talk properly. I want you to know that that kiss meant something to me, and I would like to take you on a date, if that’s something you want to.”
Lena feels like her heart might leap out of her chest. She’s definitely going to have to thank Sam for this game. “I would like that a lot.”
Kara bites her lip, drawing Lena’s attention. “It’s a date.”
Lena reaches over, tangles her fingers with Kara’s, partly to save the sleeves of Kara’s costume but mostly because she just really wants to.
Kara grins at her, nose scrunched, eyes bright, and Lena’s never been more in love.
(Sam comes looking for them half an hour later and finds them making out on Kara’s bed. She throws a pillow at them and tells them to get back to the party because they’re about to play ‘never have I ever.’ They only stop kissing and join the party when Alex comes in and threatens to eat all the candy if they don’t join them soon).