Happy New Year, Kara

In Too Deep

It was five minutes before countdown and closing the book of 2016. But both Kara and Mon El still have something they needed to talk. Something that both of them can't just ignored and get by. Something that both of them needed to tell-and-be-honest with each other. And that something is, the kiss.

Winn reminded them about the countdown. Kara's about to walk inside and join her colleagues, when Mon El grabbed her wrist.

"Kara, wait"

Eye to eye to Mon El, confused Kara gave him a questioned look. When their eyes met, he almost chickened out. No, no. No more backing off. Man up Mon El! First thing first! Mon El was trying hard to control himself not to grab Kara and kiss her the way he wanted to, right there right now.

"I didn't drool."

"What?". Kara is more confused now.

"I didn't drool Kara.. You told me, when I was at the medical bay, I drooled all over myself. But I didn't."

Kara stood still. Silent. Are we finally having "the talk"? Kara's inside voice said. She didn't know how to respond. Deep down she knows that she should have told him the truth. But her lips and her brain tell her other way. Keep your mouth shut, Kara.

"I kissed you, didn't I?", Mon El paused. He was waiting for Kara to respond. "Why you lied?"

That took her by surprise. She didn't know how to respond. She thought when they have to talk about this, it will be something in a light, fun conversation, just like the way they naturally communicate. But he asked her why she lied, with that look in his eyes, she just lost of words.

".. Well I just.. um, I.."

"You just what?"

"I just.."

"You just what Kara?!", Mon El almost lost it. He tried to play it cool, but at some point, he just had enough.

After he landed on earth, his journey never been easy. He must learned how to adapt, he must learned how to do things, he must learned how to control his powers, he made a lot of mess, he wasn't perfect. He was keeping a lot of things, bottled up his true feelings, and then the kiss happened. He didn't think about it clearly - obviously, when it happened he just had this urge, this need, to kiss Kara. He wasn't thinking, he was only... feeling.

"I just don't want to confuse you!" half yelled Kara let out a grunt sigh.
"Because it's confusing for me.."

Her answer wasn't what he expected. He, for a while, thought that Kara didn't want it. He thought she hated it, hated him. But to found out that she was confused, that makes the two of them.

"Wh, what is confusing for you?"

Little did they know, Alex, Maggie, and Winn were watching them from a far. They all were standing at the stairs near the open glass door, and they saw everything. They saw their intense eye stare, their close - almost intimate distance, their body language.. It was everything. It was clear to see.

"She likes him doesn't she?" Winn asked rhetorically. "She likes him. He likes her. Everybody knew, except them" Maggie took a gulp of her beer.

Kara took three steps away from Mon El. She placed her champagne glass and leaned her body on the railing, then her hands gripped the railing metal frame.

"What is confusing for you Kara?", Mon El asked again. There was a silent between them for a couple seconds before Kara opened her mouth.

"I just, I don't want to hear you regret it"

"Regret it? Why would I regret it?". Kara went silent again. There was a tension between them. The wind blew outside, but it was hot, there was a heat from their tension.