The Man

Chapter 22 // The CEO

Kyle looked up at the ceiling, today was the day he was going to move in with Carter and Cat. His stuff was already packed in boxes at his house and now he was lying in bed next to a sleeping Lena Luthor. He wasn't ready for this, but it had to be done since he already took a couple days extra. But that also meant that Cat would leave that day. And Carter would be under his jurisdiction.

Kyle sighed and put his free arm under his head, the other arm was under Lena holding her close. Kyle glanced at the sleeping Luthor, a smile playing on his face. It was great to be in this relationship with her, but- Kyle kept thinking about what would have happened if he was a woman, would he had done something? Or would he had backed out and left those feelings deep inside him, thinking it was the friendship?

Kyle smiled again when Lena nuzzled into him, she was clearly tired since they had been packing all of yesterday. Luckily for him Lena was understanding of that Kyle couldn't do that much with her anymore. Kyle looked back, up at the ceiling, and sighed. He was taking a big step with having Carter under his jurisdiction and him being Superboy and all. But of Cat trusted him he would trust himself too.

He might be never ready to become a parent or something like that, but he could. He could juggle it all, being the CEO of Catco, Superboy, 'father' of Carter, boyfriend and big brother to Alex, who clearly needed it. With one last sigh he let his eyes fall close, ready to catch some sleep so that he was ready for the day.

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Kyle had finished bringing the last box to Cat's place. He sighed, and plopped down on the couch in Cat's- his apartment beside Lena. He grabbed the beer she had grabbed for him from the coffee table and took a swig of it, Cat and Carter would be home soon and after that they quickly had to got to Catco for the press conference.

Lena placed her head on Kyle's shoulder and asked "Are you ready for it all, my love?"

Kyle chuckled, clearly liking the idea of her calling him her love, as he said "Yes- I am. And if I have problems I will have you or Alex to help me get through them." Lena nodded and with that Kyle, knew for the umpteenth time that Lena was absolutely great- perfect even.

Kyle took another swig of his beer, placed it on the coffee table again and said "Sometimes I wonder what feeling on love feels like. But- I just have to think about you and who you are just to get a smile on my face, I would ask you the question, is that falling in love?" Kyle sighed "But I already know the answer: Yes," Kyle took a deep breath and said "Lena Luthor, I love you."

It was like Lena froze, her heart skipped a beat as she looked at Kyle, wide-eyed. It took more than a minute before Lena reacted, she sounded broken but there was a hint of determination in her voice "I-I-I love you too."

Kyle smiled and kissed Lena on the lips, it wasn't rough or anything, it was rather simplistic but filled with emotions. Kyle placed a hand behind Lena's head and slowly moved his hand, her hair was silky smooth. When they parted their heads rested together "Wow." Was all Kyle could say, it did made Lena laugh. And he could understand it. It was a typical movie scene, after a perfect kiss one of the two saying wow because they are overwhelmed.

Kyle was the first to move, he grabbed his beer from the coffee table and took a swig. He glanced at Lena who was drinking from her red wine. Suddenly he heard it, nothing bad for sure, but the door opening. Kyle stood up and got greeted by Cat and Carter. "Kyle! Mom, filled in what she is going to do. It's going to be so much fun!" Kyle chuckled and nodded it indeed was going to be fun, and extremely stressful.

Kyle held his arms open and Carter hugged him tight "I know buddy, we are going to nail this." Carter chuckled and with that he walked to Lena, he held out his hand, Lena looked confused but got what he meant after a second or two. She grabbed his hand and shook it.

"Carter Grant, little brother."

"Lena Luthor, girlfriend."

Carter glanced from Lena to Kyle when the handshake was done and said "So you're the well known girlfriend mom talked about. It's nice to have you in the family Lena."

Lena nodded and smiled "Thank you Carter, that means quite much to me." Carter just nodded and with that he walked to his room. Kyle turned towards Cat, who was standing beside him and said "So- What do I need to do?"

"You, are going to give me a hug and then we'll talk," Kyle chuckled and stepped inside Cat's space, giving her a hug. When they parted Cat said "You don't need to do anything. Just stand there in your finest suit, which you are already wearing, and smile." Kyle nodded and knew this had to be done. But he was going to do it right.

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Kyle stood there, on the podium. To Cat's right, waiting for her to start speaking. He smiled at Lena, who was sitting in the group of people who were there, the woman smiled back and gave him a thumbs up. Kyle just chuckled and looked back at Cat. The woman looked back at him and he gave her a curt nod. With that Cat spoke up.

"Thank you all for coming to this press conference today, I won't keep you waiting any longer," Cat took a deep breath "I'm stepping down as CEO. My son, Kyle. Will take over from me as CEO," There was quite some commotion in the room but Cat continued "I choose this since I have done everything I wanted to do here in National City, so I'm going to discover the world. I'm not able to answer some questions since my flight leaves in three hours. And you know how bad TSA is."

Some people chuckled and with that Cat walked away, Kyle quickly followed her and said "I'm going to miss you. But- I need to wait for Lena. So-" He pulled her into a hug, kissed the top of her head and said "Thank you for everything." With that he walked away, not ready to face her anymore. He walked to Lena, who was waiting a couple feet away and pulled her into a tight hug.

Kyle had to keep himself from crying, but in the end he succeeded. He just stood here, holding Lena tight while he relaxed over time. When he finally was ready to face the world he let go of Lena, who, luckily for him, didn't ask anything. Then he texted his night driver, the other driver was driving Cat to the airport, and walked with Lena outside, they were bombarded by reporters but Kyle just stood there, waiting. They asked millions of questions but all of them just flew by, not one really getting through.

When the car finally arrived they stepped inside and sat beside each other. Kyle sighed and with that he started crying, he had kept himself strong for long enough.