A Town Without You

10. Busted

"Catra, I never told you my last name."

She said it so softly that she almost that Catra didn't hear her. Almost.

Adora noticed that Catra tensed at her words. It was suspicious, but her knowing her last name was way more suspicious.

How could she know her last name? That last name?

She didn't use that last name normally, it was her fathers. She took her mother's name after her father told her it would be better, since his last name means dangerous business.

He had a target on his back, they both knew it. Adora knew she would probably be a target too but having the same last name as him made it a little too obvious.

She hadn't been called Adora Grayskull since she was 14 years old, way before she met Catra. She couldn't have known, there was no way.

She went by the name Adora Eternia now, so everyone called her by that. The only way Catra would know her real name would be if she knew her dad, which she definitely does not.

She saw that Catra was still having a mild panic attack and honestly, the same could be said for her.

She really couldn't have known.

There was no way she would've known.

But she did know.

"I- I heard it from Bow, he told me. I usually put people in my phone with first name and last name" Catra said. Adora felt her heart sink to her stomach.

Bow didn't know that her birth name was 'Adora Grayskull.' He knew her as 'Adora Eternia'. Just like everyone else. For years, she hadn't been called 'Adora Grayskull'.

Except for now, except for Catra.

"He doesn't know my last name, try again" Adora replied, she felt her skin grow colder by the second. She felt a thousand emotions all at the same time. She was doing her best to keep her hands from shaking.

Catra's eyes widened, Adora could clearly see that she was hiding something and didn't expect to be caught. Catra's hand were kind of shaking too, she seemed to have the same thing as Adora did. They were both panicking and trying desperately to hide it.

Catra wasn't expecting this conversation, neither did Adora.

"I must have heard it from someone else then." Catra said, trying to sound as casual as possible but Adora could see through her.

Catra wasn't feeling 'casual'. She was panicking, it was clear to Adora. It was as if Catra was an open book but didn't know it herself.

Adora now began realizing that this was real, Catra was hiding something. She was hiding something important, it had to be important.

She knew her real last name, however she found out, it would be important to know. Catra is hiding something and she had to find out what.

She also realized that she was being incredibly stupid right now.

If it was really important, she couldn't have Catra know she was onto her. She had to be one step ahead of her. She had to make sure Catra's guard was down.

She smiled at Catra and playfully pushed her. "I'm just kidding you big idiot. God you actually thought I was going to do some major detective work here?" Adora laughed. It felt forced.

Catra let out a sigh of relief and it didn't go unnoticed by Adora. Not at all.

How on god's earth does she know my real last name?