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.

I nodded and pointed to the water that was now spilled onto the floor along with the cart that crashed down and was still laying on its side.

"What?" She asked confused bending down to put the cart right side up, then seeing the cup of water.

"Did you want water?" She asked.

"Y-Yeah" I responded embarrassed and grabbed some nearby paper towels, handing it to her.

She sighed and took them from me as she cleaned up the mess I had made. I felt bad that she was cleaning up the mess I was making, and that I should have just asked her instead of making her worried even more.

"You could have just woken me up," She frowned

Before I could respond she took the cup and wiped it down, then walking over to the sink in the bathroom. I watched her fill up the cup and bring it over to me, holding it for me to take.

I grimaced and slowly took it, "Yuck, sink water"

"It's better than nothing" She smiled.

I shrugged and took small sips, even if it didn't have the best taste it felt good going down my throat since it was dry. I continued to chug it down, then sighing as I finished it. I brought the cup down to my face and shifted around to place it onto a nearby table. But I was quickly stopped from Catra placing a hand on my uninjured shoulder, then taking it from my hand, doing it herself.

I rolled my eyes and laid back down, "I could've done that myself"

"Yeah, but the doctor told me to make sure you don't move too much. But clearly, you have already done so" She said pointing to the cart that was now back in its original place.

"Sorry.." I grumbled.

"But seriously, why didn't you just tell me you needed water? You could've gotten hurt if that cart landed on you, or you landed on your back!" She scolded.

I shrugged and played with the hospital sheets, "I didn't want to take you up, besides you were tired yesterday. I just wanted you to rest".

I felt her grab under my chin and made me face toward her, "I'm supposed to be taking care of you, don't worry about me".

I tried to bring my left arm up to take her hand off my chin but slightly winced forgetting I can't use that arm. Instead of I twisted my neck out of her grasp and lowered my gaze from her.

"I thought you said we were supposed to stay away from each other" I reminded.

I watched her hand slowly retract and fall to her lap, I couldn't see the expression she was making. But, I didn't want to see it.

"How did you know I was there?" I asked, annoyed that she didn't answer the first question.

"He told me" She whispered.

I watched her in shock, "What do you mean"

"After you talked to him in the morning, he came up to me after and asked why you wanted to meet him. I told him I didn't know, but he didn't believe me. He knew that you meeting up with him was going to be about me, and If I showed up behind school that day, I would regret it" She said shakily.

I watched her hands begin to shake, then looking back at her lips quivering as if she was about to cry. I shifted into a sitting position, grimacing slightly at the pain from my shoulder that was almost excruciating from the position I was in, instead of getting into a different position I stayed in it.

I brought my hand up to her cheek and cupped it lightly, "Catra, do not blame yourself for this. It was my idea to meet up with him, I should have just let Glimmer and Bow come with me"

I was taken aback suddenly, feeling Catra taking my hand away from her and holding it tightly. I didn't hurt though, I clenched my jaw but it quickly loosened seeing Catra stare at me with widened eyes and tears on the rims of them.

"W-What's wrong?" I asked concerned from seeing the tears in her eyes.

"It is my fault, Adora! I-I...could have warned you beforehand. In first period, in sixth. All-day before the end of the day, I was just too caught up worrying about myself. I was going to tell you about it when you gave that girl money but I was too annoyed with you when I shouldn't have. I should have just not been so self-centered and told you about it. I didn't think too much of it, I thought he was bluffing. But clearly, I was wrong and now you're hurt and it's all my fault!" She ranted through sniffles and coughs.

I didn't know what to say, I was left completely speechless as she continued huff. Instead of telling her something, I leaned forward slightly and brought her arms around her. She didn't lean into the hug right away, but a few seconds after she finally laid her arms around my body and put her forehead on my chest. 

I heard small sobs escape her mouth, and every time it would happen I would tug her closer and make sure that she knew I was there for her.

"It's okay, Catra" I whispered laying small kisses on the top of her head. 

After a couple of minutes of her lying in my arms, and letting her cry it out. I felt her try to move out of the embrace, which I let her. I watched her situate herself and let out a small cough, as she fixed her messed up hair.

"Are you okay now?" I asked concerned

I saw her nod which gave me the cue to start talking.

"It's not your fault, you didn't know. I didn't think he was even going to pull something like that either, yeah maybe you had a warning about it beforehand. But you didn't know what he meant by 'consequences'" I told her with reassurance.

"But, I could've tol-"

I cut her off by lightly smacking her in the forehead.

"H-Hey what was that for?!" She whined rubbing her forehead.

"Shut up about that. I know you could've told me, but that doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done, I don't blame you for not telling me. We were having a rough stump, it seems like that has happened a lot recently but you have to know that sometimes, not everything is your fault" I comforted.

I looked at Catra's now clenched fist, "I swear I'm gonna kill that guy for hurting you"

I rolled my eyes, classic Catra. Ignoring the idea of someone comforting her, I guess some things just never change. 

"Trust me, I want nothing more but see that guy beaten to a pulp" I agreed. I looked over at my bandaged shoulder and frowned. If only I was strong enough, I wouldn't have ended up in the hospital.

"Your shoulder okay?" Catra asked now standing up close to me.

I smiled and looked up at her since I was now laying down, "It hurts a lot when I move around, but if I'm in a still position it doesn't hurt as much"

"Sorry, about that" She apologized with her ears flat against her head.

"Stop apologizing would ya, I have to apologize for stuff that I did,  just as much as you" I scoffed.

She tilted her head in confusion, "What do you need to apologize for?"

"For not telling you about Antonio, about the kiss, and...not trusting you" I sighed.

A small silence began to grow, but it wasn't uncomfortable. It was a comfortable silence, as I waited for her to answer. I suddenly felt my cheeks grow warm, seeing Catra's face extremely close to me, our noses practically touching.

"Dummy, I have forgiven you for that already. The moment I went chasing for you behind the school, I realized that I was acting stupid and foolish" She answered honestly, taking me by surprise.

"Y-You're not mad anymore?" I asked puzzled.

She shook her head.

"But what abo-" I pressed but suddenly stopped feeling Catra's forehead bump mine lightly. Her breath on my face was burning, I saw her eyes dart to my lips then back at mine. 

"Shut up," She said making me definitely shut up. After saying that, she leaned in slowly with her eyes still open. I gulped and began to lean in, her eyes beginning to lid which meant she noticed I was now leaning in too. Our lips were almost a centimeter from touching until a quick knock to the door and a loud sound of the door opening caused Catra to practically fly off my body into the chair. 

I exhaled quickly seeing Catra nonchalantly have her arms behind her head as she rested on them putting on the fakest, innocent smile ever.

"Hey, Doc!" Catra said giving.

The doctor looked up from his clipboard and gave a quick smile and wave to Catra, his attention immediately put on me.

"How are you doing, Adora?" He asked.

"G-Good" I stuttered.

He jotted down a couple of notes on his clipboard as he inspected my bandaged shoulder, trying not to touch it. He then looked at my flustered face and put his hand over my forehead, frowning lightly.

"You sure? Are you running a fever? Also, you have a red face" The doctor questioned with a slight bit of concern.

I quickly shook my head and waved my hands, "N-No! I'm good, really".

"Alright then" He seemed convinced as he continued to write down more things on the clipboard.

"The shoulder alright? The surgery was a delicate process so if it hurts to move around, it is expected" He informed.

I nodded and told him that everything was fine. He continued to tell me about how I shouldn't be moving around and that if my shoulder began to hurt too much they would provide me medicine.

"What about the paralyzed shoulder thing you told us about?" Catra asked with her arms now crossed.

He coughed and continued to stare at my shoulder, "We should know by a couple of days if she will be able to move her shoulder. As long as she lets it rest, and if she doesn't move it too much the healing process will be more effective"

Catra shot me glare clearly doing it to scold me about what happened earlier with the cart and water. I gave her an apologetic smile as the doctor gave us confused looks. Catra looked back and told him that what he told us was good news.

"That's right, there was a huge crash come from this room but we thought it was something else so we didn't check on it. Everything okay in here?" He asked Catra.

I quickly shook my head, hoping that she got the message to just keep quiet on what happened earlier because it was a stupid decision of me.

She got the message and gave me a small smile, "Yeah, Adora just accidentally dropped a pile of bricks in her backpack"

The doctor gave her another confused look but didn't ask much of it, "W-Well, as long as she is fine. By the way, I've been needing to ask you this"

He looked back now at me.

"We're going to need your parent's phone number or guardian to clear you out of the hospital and pay off your medical bills".

My heart skipped a beat as I realized that I have never been in a real situation where I actually needed a parent figure to sign or do something for me. Ever since...Shadow Weaver had left. She had been the only parent figure Catra and I had, and she left when we both entered middle school. Forging signatures were easy, the last time I saw her was when she enrolled me into highschool then she left somewhere unknown. 

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*flashback*

"Where are you going?" I asked Shadow Weaver as she packed up some of her bags.

"Since Catra is going to live apart from you in another house and going to another middle school, It is time I take my leave," She said.

"B-But what about me? Why are you leaving? I'm gonna live alone?" I cried.

I saw her get up and cup both of my cheeks in her palms, "Adora...Catra is going to live the exact same way you are. You are a big girl and now in middle school, you can learn to live on your own. I have left you enough money and I've taught you how to forge signatures to go on field trips and such. You just have to promise me that you cannot get in trouble with the police and get yourself in the hospital. Since in those places, I have to be there. You don't want to get Shadow Weaver in trouble...do you?"

I quickly shook my head and clenched my fist lightly as she packed her last bag.

"My ride is here, I want you to be good for me...Adora. Okay?" She asked kneeling down and holding up a pinky.

I hesitated and slowly walked closer to her lifting my pink up to hers. She placed hers on mine and laced it with mine. 

"Good girl" She soothed, placing small kisses on my forehead. I then saw her stand up and walk into a black car with a bunch of men taking her bags into the trunk of the car.

I heard a small mumble that came from a man since the voice was deeper, "Are you sure they are gonna be okay?"

The last thing I heard before she closed the door was, "She will do just fine"

Before I knew it the car zoomed off, I quickly unlocked the gate and attempted to race after the car with small tears escaping my eyes.

"Come back!" 

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"Adora?" I heard the doctor's voice ring in my ears.

I shook my head and rubbed my eyes, "S-Sorry, I dozed off there didn't I?"

"Everything okay? We can discuss this later" He said concerning beginning to get up.

"No, It's fine. I just..." I didn't know how to tell him I live alone without any parents, which is honestly pretty much illegal. The same goes for Catra if we get caught...who knows what the police may do.

I looked at Catra with pleading eyes for her to take over, she nodded.

"Listen, Doc...we d-"

A loud swing of the door making us jump and look towards the door completely cutting off Catra, there stood a figure I did not expect to see. 

"I am"

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A/N: Sorry for not posting in like 4 days, I think I might have a scheduled day I post now. Since posting every day gets tiring and I get major writer's block from it. I know I already announced this, but thank you guys for 1k reads. It means a lot to me! :D (I lowkey made the scene of Adora trying to get the water cup way too long and dramatic than it should have been)

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