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Adora's head jerks up at the loud knocking on her door, she frowns, who the heck could it be? The girl scouts are done with their cookies for the year and it's before the local religious order starts going door to door. BANG BANG "Stars! Have some patience!" She yells, fuming a little as she hurries to the door. Whoever the fuck is knocking on her door so rudely, she is so not buying whatever they're trying to sell, not even if it's a late girl scout with her favorite cookies.
Adora wrenches the door open and growls, "hello, how can I help-" Adora's jaw drops at the sight of the woman on the other side of the door. Moon and stars, she's extremely beautiful, her hair, her blue and yellow eyes, damn. On the other hand, who just wears cat ears and a tail while selling stuff door to door?
"Well, first off, thank you for the compliment," Catra purrs, smirking at the stunned look on her mark's face, her tail whips back and forth, this is off to a great start. After a minute, she sighs and snaps her fingers in front of the blonde's face, the woman's beautiful blue eyes blink, "you okay in there princess?" She smirks as the blonde blushes slightly, "if you're done catching insects, may I come inside?"
Adora closes her jaw and swallows, waving the stunning brunette inside, "uh, hi, my name's Adora, am I allowed to know your name?" She asks, then grumbles under her breath, "usually that's what people start with, instead of just barging into someone's home."
"First off," Catra smirks, "I didn't barge, you invited me in," this is actually fun, at least so far, "second, shouldn't that have been your first question, dummy? Before you asked me what you would do for me or invited me in?" Catra cackles at the annoyed look on Adora's face, "kidding, princess, chill. My name, adorable, is Catra, and I have a proposition for you today."
Adora groans, shit, she got suckered by a cute woman in a catsuit, whose name literally starts with Cat. "Look, I really like your fur-suit and the attention to detail is fantastic! But I really don't want or need to buy anything, I'm sorry for wasting your time, can you leave my home now, please?"
Catra gasps, slamming her hands down on the blonde idiot's table, scratching it slightly with her claws, Adora's eyes widen when she sees those come out, "fur-suit? FUR-SUIT? How dare you! I'll have you know that this is all natural and all mine, thank you very much, princess! As if you have any room to talk with those bright blue contacts!" Maybe she won't regret stealing this woman's soul after all.
"I am not wearing contacts! These are the eyes I was born with!" Adora huffs, just because she called out Catra's suit, doesn't mean she has to accuse her of using contacts! "I'm sorry, but there is no way any of this," she gestures vaguely at Catra, "is natural, people don't just have cat ears, fur, or a tail," Adora argues, folding her arms and glaring at this woman who had the audacity to come into her home and start arguing with her.
Her eyes fall back to the claw marks on her table, that is weird though, almost like Catra really does have claws and not just really sharp fingernails.
Catra marches around the table and pushes Adora backwards onto the couch, then leans into her space, planting her hand by Adora's head, "go ahead, check out my ears, fur and tail, princess, it'll all check out, come on, do it," she challenges, flexing her claws next to Adora's hair, okay wow, she smells good.
Adora swallows and reaches up to scratch behind Catra's ears, surprised at how soft her fur and hair are, and holy stars, those really are her ears! How the fuck? "Uh, what, how?" She gasps.
"I was born with them, duh," Catra purrs, damn this girl is good at giving scratches, it actually will be a shame she has to steal her soul.
"Your fur is so soft! Do you use hair conditioner? Oh my goddess, is your fur this soft all over?" Adora takes a chance and reaches down to feel the fur on Catra's arm, it is! Her eyes are drawn to the fur on Catra's chest, poking out of the window on her shirt, it looks even fluffier! Adora swallows, she wants so much to feel it, but she also doesn't want to seem like a pervert, so instead of trying to get a feel of it to see if its as fluffy as it looks, she meets Catra's eyes and sighs, "okay, I believe you, I'm sorry for saying that you were wearing a fur-suit."
Through her half-lidded eyes, Catra saw Adora's eyes dart down to look at her boob window. Humans are so easy, Catra would snicker but she's too busy purring, "how gracious of you, princess, but is there anything else you want to check out, like my tail? Or the fur anywhere else?" Catra bends her back slightly, so her chest is closer to Adora, she'll take the bait, then it's off to the races! Catra will be a succubus by nightfall!
Adora blushes, shit, did Catra notice her look down? Wait a second, Catra being an actual cat person is one thing, but she still hasn't said why she's here or what she wants! "Catra, I still don't know why you're here, or what you want. Uh, also, how do you exist and where are you from?" Great distraction, A+ Adora!
Catra preens, alright, time to get this show on the road! "I'm a succubus, princess! From the pits of the Fright Zone! And in exchange for a night of passionate sex beyond your wildest dreams, I only require the low price of your soul!" Catra declares, stretching to show off her curves, her tail flicking as she tries to give Adora sexy eyes, like Shadow Weaver had instructed during seduction class. Which, if Catra is being honest, had been dry as the middle of a desert in the middle of summer and far less interesting.
Adora winces, well, this just got weird, well, weirder than it had been, "Uh, yeah, about that," she rubs the back of her neck, "ah gee, this is awkward as fuck, but I'm not interested in sex, sorry," she gives Catra a weak grin.
"What in the forsaken stars, that's really your response to my spiel?" Catra pouts, her ears pin back as she stomps her foot. What the fuck, since when did humans start not being interested in sex, and if Adora is one of those humans, why hadn't her dossier contained anything regarding it? Is Shadow Weaver's information gathering really that bad?
"You're cute when you're ranting," Adora states, grinning at the slight blush it spread across Catra's cheeks.
"Why thank you, you're cute as well, wait a damn second; who is seducing who here?!" Catra yelps, grabbing her tail, her face feels hot; is this blushing? That's so embarrassing.
"Well, I mean isn't stuff like that kind of supposed to be mutual?" Adora tilts her head.
"What do you mean, supposed to be?" Catra hisses, her tail lashing.
"Have you never done this before?" Adora inquires, she gasps, "oh my stars, are you a virgin, Catra?"
Catra flushes, visible even under her fur, "well yeah, I guess if by that you mean, I haven't had sex," she admits. She gives Adora pleading eyes, "are you serious about not being interested in sex, like, at all?"
"Yeah, I'm serious, sorry."
"Like not at all, not even like, a smidgen interested?"
"No, not even a smidgen, " Adora shakes her head, "sorry if that sinks your quest to become a succubus."
"What if it's just that maybe you don't like women?" Catra asks hopefully, wringing her hands. This is a disaster, how the hell is she going to become a full succubus if her target isn't interested in sex?
"No, I actually love women! Just, you know, in a romantic sense, not sexually."
Catra sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose, "what do you even call that? I know you humans label everything, like everything has to have its own box."
"Oh, yeah! It's called Ace or asexual," Adora explains, "it means I'm not interested in sex, though it's a spectrum, it ranges from 'don't want sex period' to 'okay with sex, just won't seek it out'. I thought for a while that I might be demi-sexual, but I haven't found any of my friends attractive in a sexual way at all," Adora pauses for a second, "I still would like to find someone to date, but well, most people want sex from relationships."
"So it means you might think that someone looks nice, but you don't want to fuck them at all?" Catra asks and Adora nods, "I mean, that's kind of how I feel, but I mean, I can't be asexual right? I'm a succubus, I have to like sex, right?" Catra muses, she knows what Shadow Weaver would say about this, but does she actually want to listen to that old witch anymore?
"Are you sure you're not? Just because you're a succubus shouldn't you mean that you have to like sex," Adora watches her pace back and forth, "would it be so bad if you weren't into seducing people and taking their souls?"
"I mean, I guess not but it's just," Catra sighs as she tries to find the words, remembering that meme thing that Kyle showed her last week, at the time she hadn't gotten it but now she thinks she does. Huh, humans do like their jokes and puns; what if Adora is just having a laugh at her? She gasps and turns to Adora, "is this a joke, silly me, this is some dumb human humor and you're telling me a joke, right?" Catra begs, grabbing one of Adora's hands.
"Nope, I'm being very serious," Adora pats Catra's hand, "I know this is a lot of new information, really fast, I'm here if you need to talk."
"Oh, okay, well shit," Catra groans, "wait a second, how long have you known you were ace?"
"Oh, a few years now," Adora says, grinning at the feel of Catra's hand, it's everything she's ever dreamed about. Frankly, except for the sex thing, Catra is remarkably well-matched to her weaknesses.
Catra gasps, stomping around the table, slamming her hands on it, "she set me up! Shadow Weaver deliberately gave me a Target that no one can seduce!" Catra snarls, the fur on the back of her neck standing up.
"That really sucks," Adora says sympathetically, "did you really want to seduce me though?"
"It was never a matter if I wanted to seduce you! I have to seduce you if I want to graduate and become a full succubus," Catra groans, slinking back over next to the couch.
"But do you want to become a full succubus and seduce people and take their souls?" Adora questions, she does have some ulterior motives, like wanting Catra to stay but she'll settle for Catra not being forced to do things she doesn't want to.
"Not really, and obviously not guys, but I mean, I'm a succubus, it's what we do," Catra shrugs, slumping onto the couch next to Adora.
"So you're an ace lesbian succubus," Adora beams at her.
"I guess? I mean, I always knew the lesbian part, and we have different roles, though most succubus don't really care who they're seducing."
"Why don't you just stay here? If you're not going back to the Fright Zone, you'll need a place to stay," Adora suggests with a smile, "I'd love to have a girlfriend," oh, shit, that sounded a little pressurey, "I mean, eventually! and only if you want, you can stay here no matter what!"
" I thought you said you weren't interested in sex?" Catra folds her arms, turning to frown suspiciously at Adora.
"Well, you don't have to have sex when dating! We could just, you know, go on dates, hold hands, cuddle, watch movies," Adora lists off on her fingers.
"Those do sound fun," Catra muses, leaning onto Adora's shoulder.
"And then you won't have to go, and you know," Adora blushes a little, "seduce people and have sex, which you said you weren't really interested in."
"True, you may have sold me," Catra hisses, "shit, does this mean you seduced me?
"I suppose technically," Adora reaches around Catra carefully and hugs her, smiling softly as Catra blushes at the contact but snuggles in closer.
Catra and Adora walk into Glimmer's party later that week, holding hands.
"Adora, you do know she has cat ears and a tail and she and well you know the fur Adora" Glimmer says with mock disappointment, "are you a furry?"
"What? Uh, well I suppose yeah," Adora side hugs Catra, who cuddles into her side.
Catra snickers as Glimmer sputters while Bow congratulates them both, this is actually better than she was afraid of, maybe parties only suck when Shadow Weaver is there to bring the mood down? She presses a shy kiss to Adora's cheek, she still prefers when they're alone, so she doesn't have to worry about being judged for acting like a cat around Adora.