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Catra will always remember that day, the day when everything came crashing down.
It was a day not too unlike any other, same morning routines, same afternoon nap, same time spent with Melog. The only thing noticeably absent in her day was Adora, an absence that she recognized with every step she took. It was the afternoon, and she was spending a couple of hours at Mystacor, and trying to relax for once in her life. She was going to be joined by Adora in the evening and they would’ve spent the rest of the day together, talking about how weird Spas were, and catching up after much too long spent apart.
Adora was on a trip on the planet Ulara fighting Horde Remnant forces. It was supposed to be a routine mission. But it wasn’t.
Catra sat on the floor petting Melog, yawning, and watched as Adora packed up her stuff for the trip. She didn’t have much to bring because she didn’t really own that many things. She brought the same outfit she’d worn almost her entire life, some plain white pajamas for the ride over, a toothbrush and some snacks. (Darla never did provide the best on-flight refreshments.)
Catra didn’t want Adora to go, she never did, but she knew that arguing with Adora was kind of pointless. She knew that Adora would always try and help people if they needed it, that’s just who she was. Catra would’ve come with, but she was recovering from a cold, and according to Entrapta, “You really shouldn’t bring Etherian diseases to other planets! Our planet was isolated for sooo long and the immune systems of residents of planets like Ulara probably couldn’t handle them, it would be disastrous!” Catra never understood why Entrapta was so enthusiastic about everything, even when talking about diseases and disaster. Nevertheless, she knew Entrapta was right, as she was almost always right.
And so she was told by Glimmer and Bow, who were going with Adora, to get some rest and maybe even take a spa day when she felt better. Adora laughed. “I’d like to see that.” She smiled her gorgeous dorky smile.
“Maybe I will take a spa day.” Catra said. “And you’ll meet me there Adora, once you get back.”
“Are you asking me or telling me?”
“Telling you.”
Adora smiled “Works for me, it’s a date.”
Catra’s heart fluttered at the words “it’s a date.” She still couldn’t believe after 2 years that Adora was actually her girlfriend. What did she do to deserve her, she wondered as she looked into Adora’s kind eyes. She then grabbed Adora’s hand and pulled her in for a kiss goodbye. Bow and Glimmer smiled at Adora’s tomato red face.
They all said goodbye to each other and when Adora walked up the ramp into Darla, Catra said “Hey, Adora?”
“Yeah?”
“Just try to stay in one piece.”
“Aww, are you worried about me?” Adora said teasingly.
“Maybe... but don’t let that go to your head you idiot” Catra said.
Adora just smiled back.
Knowing what would happen in the long weeks to come, Catra wished she could’ve made small moments like that last forever.