When our eyes met

Chapter II: Are you ready to dance?

Catra's eyes fixed at the entrance while dancing slowly with a prince who asked for a dance and she couldn't refuse in front of her mother. She was so surprised by her looks that she almost remained with her mouth open for some seconds. A knight coming late? How unusual, yet the woman didn't seem to care at the moment.

Her small form bowed at the man she just got forced to dance with and smiled before she walked away from him. She didn't want to dance with any of them but that knight who got her attention, forgetting everything about the words of her mother. By approaching the taller woman she looked up at her and spoke after raising up her voice due to the music being too loud in the ballroom.

"Did you get the invitation late?" Her lips a soft red colour, to match with her dress as a short smirk formed on her face. Adora was at that moment taking a drink from one of the servants who were walking around, offering them, murmuring a quiet thank you to them, as she did, taking a sip when she heard someone behind her. "Hello there—" Adora didn't know the shorter one was a princess till she turned around. "Excuse me, I didn't even introduce myself , I'm Catra, the princess of the Horde Kingdom" the brunette smiled as the blonde turned around before smiling gently, a nervous, shy one." I bet you've heard my name and full title by the announcer, I'm Shera" she chuckled and bowed, touching the princess' hand to place a kiss on her. She was a really beautiful woman Adora could tell. "Pleased to meet you, princess. To answer your question, I arrived late yesterday. I almost didn't have enough time to get ready since I stopped to help someone on the road, the rest of my party left me behind, so I arrived late in the palace and then... I had to rest... But I don't mind, I still made it here after all." Bright, sky blue eyes looked down at her from under the golden mask, her own face having very light makeup, just enough to slightly emphasis her jaw and cheek bones, helping to make them look more prominent and 'strong', though she hadn't bothered to bind her chest, so she clearly wasn't trying to pass as masculine, not to include the pony tail. The princess scanned her from head to toe while she was answering, she couldn't go out of the door of her chambers unless she bound her waist, so it was truly a surprise to see a woman being dressed up like that even though... She found it interesting.

"Different customs. Women and men alike are allowed to dress as they choose, as long as they cover the most important areas'' Adora broke the silence, taking a sip once more. Catra's mismatching eyes looked up at hers. "I see..well...what a nice company you had, then.. to leave you alone to get the work done, right?" Her voice was smooth and calm as she joked "Ah they knew I could do it, though an unexpected extra addition had been added to the problem, which is why it took longer than it was supposed to". Catra nodded she wanted to dance with that knight, she was so...interesting, but ...she wasn't sure what to do. The male was asking for a dance not the female though...they were both girls. Her ears were shown, they were down, avoiding the noise and her tail slowly waggled under the dress. Adora noticed her ears, before realising just how loud it was, lowering her voice and hoping to make it a bit more comfortable for the shorter woman. The knight smiled as she continued, knowing by the look in her eye that she cared more about what everyone would say than herself having fun. "For once stop worrying about what others will think. Do what you want to do. I know for sure everyone from my kingdom won't bat an eye, along with most of our allies'' The blonde was right, after all they were all wearing masks.

Her hand raised as a gesture for her to dance with the princess when she accepted it she grinned wider, gently leading her to the dance floor, hesitating before placing her hand on her waist, for a moment worrying about making her uncomfortable. Catra's eyes looked up at the other and smiled kindly at her being thoughtful of holding her waist. It was just a dance, she didn't have to worry. Adora smiled back down at her, gently taking the lead in the dance, keeping her touch on her, guiding rather than forcing as Catra's steps were steady and began to dance with her. Eyes were staring for too long in these blue ones, the knight's eyes were so.. beautiful. She blushed when she noticed that she was staring for long, fingers tensed and looked away from these magnetising eyes. Adora stared down into the shorter woman's eyes, just as mesmerised by the blue and gold, a silly smile forming into her lips as they were the only ones showing. In return, Catra broke the long eye contact as she gently tried not to squeeze her. "Your eyes are really... Beautiful'' She didn't want her to feel uncomfortable by the compliment, but she just couldn't help but admit the truth. Her slim yet curvy form slowly moved in front of her and gave her a small smile while dancing. "I didn't expect to have great company for tonight, to be honest" She added after a while. "so kind of you~But I really have a nice time .... Haven't been in a ball like this before" The knight had been in more....boring ones... She chuckled as they would come close and not at times, she continued to dance all the way around with her. Her eyes looked down at her when the dance would end and bowed. Catra wished so much to make her be with her for longer.. "I've been having a wonderful time... Definitely the best ball I've been into..." Catra bowed in respect to the knight when the dance ended, taking a step back "Also... I'm glad that I've made your evening more enjoyable" she continued as the blonde one would lean forward, taking her hand into her two and gently placing a kiss on it. Before they part ways, though, the taller one would remain close to the feline. "I will...see you again " She wanted to spend more time with her even though she was a knight.. "I'm looking forward to it, princess..."Adora raised her hand, backing up to disappear into the crowd. A slight smirk on her face, as she watched the princess walking off to where her mother would be. They couldn't share more words, more steps on this dance since the music had stopped, they separated so none of their companies would get suspicious, actually Light Spinner already saw them together but that was her plan after all.