Hardships

The Crystal of Arxia (pt 1 of 2)

Adora's POV:

I woke up to a cold bed again, I sit up only to be met with Catra pulling on her pants and shirt before I cleared my throat making her whirl around and stumble on her feet, her shirt stuck on her head and her pants falling off her thighs and she fell backwards and into the shelf that was in the tent.

I chuckle and hop off the bed, walking over to her and crouching down pulling her shirt down and helping her with her pants before looking down at the clumsy feline below me and say, "You ok there? You fell pretty hard". Catra nods and says, "Y-Yeah, uh how did you sleep?". I smile and stand up, lending her a hand and pulling her up with me.

"I slept well, and you? You seemed to be pulling on your clothes awfully quick there Catra", I say dusting off the dirt on her shoulders and looking at her with a raised brow. Catra nods and says, "I slept well aswell. Shadow Weaver woke me up, we're heading on the mission today. They're already waiting for us by the gate. So I guess you might wanna dress yourself up before Shadow Weaver gets in here and throws a hissy fit".

Catra passes me my clothes and I nod before looking at her and asking, "Wait, why did she wake you up and not me?". She scratches the back of her neck and says, "Because I told her not to touch you or disturb you or I would scratch her mask off again and shove it down her throat, I guess she believed it because she left me you alone after words and just told me to get dressed and tell you to get ready to march on Mystacor". I smirk and say, "You threatened Shadow Weaver so she wouldnt wake me up? Awhhhhh", I squish her cheeks and continue in a baby voice, "It looks like wittle catwa is pwotective over me". Catra swats my hand away and looks away from me, redness spreading over her cheeks before pouting and saying, "Im not protective! And this is not because I like you".

I press a kiss to her cheek making her face turn bright red and for her to look at me like a love-sick puppy. I slap her cheek softly and say, "Come on Heart Eyes McGee, we're going to be late or they're going to leave without us". I drag her out of the tent before Catra rolls her eyes and says, "Hey stupid, you're about to leave shirtless". I look down at myself and then back at her before running inside the tent and yelling from behind my shoulder , "Oh fuck, you're right". Catra sighs and I heard her mutter, "Jesus I cant believe we were losing to y'all".

I come out and slap her chest and say, "Be mad! But now we are all united so we're all winning". Catra taps her chin a bit before looking at my chest, her eyes widening before  whirling around, and bringing her hand to her face. I raise a brow and look down at my chest my own eyes widening and I felt my cheeks starting to heat up as I slipped into my tent. Fuck! I forgot to put on my shirt. Or you know a damn BRA!

I slip on my bra and shirt and call for her, she enters her back facing me making me chuckle at her silliness and say, " Im decent Catra". Catra turns around and sighs in relief before saying, "Ok then, you're good to leave? Because pretty soon Shadow Weaver will be coming for my head for not having you out". I nod and take her hand in mine and walk out with her. Catra didnt seem to mind it, until we approached the squad and Bow squealed and yelled, "ITS FUCKING CANNON!!!!". And Catra growled and yanked her hand out of mine making me frown but I understood it, she would do it alot as a kid.

"Ok everyone is here? Then we shall march on Mystacor", Shadow Weaver says, nodding at me before her eyes raked over Catra and I could feel the tension between the two before Shadow Weaver says, "We must use the cloaking magic your pet has Catra". Catra raises a brow and says, "Pet? He is not a pet. He is a friend, but yet again you wouldnt know would you". Shadow Weaver growls and goes to say something but Castaspella grabbed her arm and shook her head making her die down. What in the fuck...?

Catra calls Melog over and explained the situation. Melog sits down, closes his eyes and lays down for a bit. "What is it doing? We dont have time to be laying down like a bunch of bloody du-". Catra growls and shushes her and before we knew it, we were all cloaked. "Great! Now lets get going. We have to be speedy. We cannot risk any type of failure", Shadow Weaver says as we weaved through the forests.

Today we march on Mystacor.

To be continued...