Connection ~ (Highschool AU - Catradora)

Chapter 20

Adora's POV

"Stay" I pleaded not wanting Catra to leave or be alone.

She gave me a bright smile and kissed my forehead which gave instant butterflies to my stomach as she sat back down in the chair next to the hospital bed I was laying in.

"Always"

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I slowly opened my eyes from the bright glare of the sun and the warmth of it that struck my face. I let out a small groan and attempted to lift my left arm but quickly winced remembering that I couldn't move it that well just yet.

The doctor had told me that the knife had just barley skimmed an artery in my arm and that I might not be able to move my left shoulder that well anymore. At least there is a possibility that it may not happen, so that's something hopeful. 

I tried to move around but that made everything hurt, my whole body felt numb but if I started to move all I felt was pain. My muscles felt weak, and my arms and legs felt like jello. I huffed and laid down with a small thump, I heard a small noise coming from the end of the hospital bed. 

I forgot Catra had come into my hospital room and decided to stay the night. I watched her sleep soundly, as her chest moved up and down slowly. I admired the sleepy figure of Catra, with her tail laying lifelessly on the chair she was sitting on and her ear occasionally flicking at the sound of small taps or noises from the hospital or just me moving around.

I tried to not move as much as possible, but I realized that my throat was extremely dry. I looked around the room to see a cup of water that was on a cart, but the cart was almost across the whole room. I thought about waking up Catra to get it for me, or to get a nurse but I didn't want to make a scene.

I slowly slid out from the covers of the hospital bed and attempted to stand but my legs felt jello and ended up falling to my knees. I groaned and had the back of arms against the cold hard floor with the knees holding me up. I grinned and slowly crawled to the cart that held the glorious water. I made it to the cart and grabbed the leg of it and dragged it toward me, luckily the cart had wheels on it, so it made this process easier. 

The cart made it close enough to my bed so that the water cup was arm's length. I was still in a weird position like an animal by being on all fours, so I decided getting up was gonna be hard in this position so I slid onto my knees. I decided to do something stupid and grabbed the end of the cart to pull myself up. Knowing that the cart wasn't gonna be able to hold up my weight, it crashed down and I came with it. I landed on my side and the cart landed on its side, luckily not on top of me.  But unfortunately, the sound of it crashing down wasn't exactly the quietest. 

I laid there in horror, waiting for a bunch of doctors and nurses to come barging in but the only person who appeared was Catra staring down at me.

"Adora?!" She said horrifically, rushing towards me. She slid onto her knees and grabbed my body making me slightly wince. She held me in bridal style and stood up looking at me, but not in my eyes. She inspected my body, most likely looking if the fall or the crash had hurt me more than I already am.

"I'm fine, you can put me down," I told her with a raspy voice and crossed arms. I shifted my head in Catra's arms to see the cup of water that had fallen off the cart. I can feel my throat giving me a mental punch in disappointment.

I heard Catra give out a small sigh as she laid me down back into the hospital bed, seeing me fallen off my hospital bed must've scared her.

"Are you sure?" She asked not convinced.