Connection ~ (Highschool AU - Catradora)

Chapter 24

Adora's POV

I sat on the cold hard floor, trying to calm my fast heart rate and my fast breathing. I slowly brought my hand to my injured shoulder and clutched it lightly, holding it tightly.

"It's gonna be okay, Catra is coming" Glimmer reassured.

I groaned as a response and dropped my head low, looking down at the floor. A random ringing came back into my ear.

"I can't believe we almost got caught" I mumbled, still feeling slightly out of breath from running so much to escape.

"I know" Bow exhaled.

As I continued to look down at the ground, I watched the small dog, that was named 'Cindy'? I think? Go up to my scraped ankle and stare at it lightly, giving a small whimper. Seeing the dog made me smile, I brought my hand to the top of her head and scratched it lightly. Cindy's tongue hung loose on the side of its mouth getting excited.

Suddenly a loud sound of the door opening, made us all jump suddenly.

It was Catra.

Her eyes darted around the room we were all cramped on as if she was looking for something. Her eyes eventually laid on me, I felt hot under her gaze for some reason. She then quickly rushed over to me, getting onto one knee observing my body.

"Adora..." She whispered close to my face.

I looked up into her eyes and gave a small smile, "Hi, Catra"

She looked down and shook her head, "You're so stupid"

"I know" I chuckled.

I then let out a small whimper from the excruciating pain that I was trying to ignore, but it didn't work. The small noise instantly made Catra fish for the pain meds in her pocket, which she quickly found.

"Open"

I obliged quickly, opening my mouth for her to pop the pill into my mouth. I felt the pill touch my tongue, then Catra twisting open a bottle of water for me to drink.

"Here," She said tilting the water bottle so the water was angled to flow into my mouth. The water was soothing as I swallowed the pain meds, along with the water making me less dehydrated from running so much.

I sighed satisfied feeling the pain meds quickly working their magic, I leaned back slightly and stared into Catra's eyes.

"I'm sorry" I whispered.

"What the hell happened?" She asked concerned.

I looked over at Glimmer, telling her without words to tell her what happened since I was too tired to speak at the moment.

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"You are such an idiot" Catra scolded, sitting behind me trying to soothe the pain on my shoulder by giving it a light massage.

"Hey, If I didn't make enough noise. Madison wouldn't have been able to hear us, would you rather want us caught by the police" I replied leaning my head slightly back against her shoulder.

"N-No, it's just. You know, you have to look out for yourself. Who knows how much you have damaged your shoulder now" She then said worried, applying more pressure making me wince. Out of instinct, I grabbed her knee lightly clutching it.

"Sorry"

"It's fine"

As Catra continued to massage my shoulder, everyone looked tired. Glimmer was scouting the area, making sure to listen to any nearby footsteps in case if Madison needed to get us out of another situation. Bow was leaning against a rice sack, practically passed out. That guy can practically fall asleep anywhere. Madison was still in front, of the cashier since she works the night shifts, and the store we were huddled was open 24-hours.