This Song was the inspiration for the basic idea for Adoras Character in this Story, a rich Girl that was imprisoned by expectations and Family, unable to really be who she was until she didn't even know who that was anymore. As Characters go, thats nothing new but still think it fits very well here. The lyricas are so damn good ^^
Narrator POV:
Monday rolled around and Adora was back at school for the first time in 3 weeks. Many did wonder what had happened but none brought it up to her directly, unsurprisingly since she always kept her "Friends" at arms length, just friendly enough to be remembered and not dismissed but far away to not be bothered
Adora saw Glimmer when she walked into the classroom and got ignored, for the most part but at least got a quiet "Hey.." which was a big step up from being ghosted all the time. During their break, she was nowhere to be seen but someone else was willing to sit with her
"Hey, Adora"
"Bow...are you allowed to talk to me?" she asked, jokingly and with a weak smile
"I..think so?" he said, sitting down "It's not that I don't get both of you, your reasons at least but...you both are going a bit far, don't you think?"
"Oh? I mean I know I fucked up but at least she could acknowledge my existance ...not like I ever ghosted her this badly"
"And why would you? She treated you like a Sister, Adora. You lied to her, which she forgave and then still choose to keep her in the dark...do you even know how upset she was when the news broke that your place burned down? I spend hours of her crying on my shoulder that you killed yourself"
"I...do feel bad about that but what was I supposed to do? Don't answer that or we are going to go in circles"
"Have you ever even considered how she feels?" he asked with a look as if he was scared of the Answer "...can you even?"
"Y-yeah? Of course i have and am capable of empathy..im not a Monster" Adora felt slightly insulted but couldn't fault him for thinking like this after all this time
"Then why is she angry with you? DO you really know?"
"Because...I didn't come to her for help.."
"Wrong...because you went to Catra for Help"
"So?" Adora could feel herself getting more and more agitated "What does that have to do with her?"
"Glimmer feels as if you replaced her"
"Bullshit, i would never do that"
"Then why did you.."
"BECAUSE I WANTED TO" she shouted irritably and drew some questioning looks from the students around them "...because I wanted to be with her..."
It took a moment before Bows face went from slightly angry to wide eyed realization "Oh...Ohhhh"
"Don't ...."
"Are you dating?"
"...ask that..." she sighed "I don't think so, no...but maybe I want to?"
"...maybe?"
The Bell rang and the two got up to walk to their next class, Adora careful to speak a little more quiet "I guess I wouldn't mind it...it's...complicated"
"It always is" he giggled
"You guys were nothing like that though" the young girl argued, opening her locker
"And that's rare af, trust me....look, Adora I want to help you but first you gonna need to apologize"
"How? Glim won't even take my calls and she runs as soon as she sees me"
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