Catra's POV

TW// VIOLENCE AND MENTIONS OF BLOOD (Sorry I never did this in previous chapters. My bad.)

My heart pounded through my chest as the blaring noise of the whistle filled throughout the stadium and into my ear. My ear twitched at the sound as I stared straight at my opponent, the once scared boy had a glare in his eyes.

My eyes widened at that as his fist clenched aiming right towards my face. For some reason, my reaction time was off and as he threw the punch, I was just barely able to miss it. I ducked under him and aimed for his legs.

Right as I was about to grab his legs, he was one step ahead of me. He lifted his knee and hit me right in the nose, causing me to fly back a little and land straight onto my face. I groaned and attempted to get up quickly but the hit got me winded so fast.

I was clearly not prepared enough for this.

I felt my leg being tugged around, making my body being dragged around the rough mattress. Several burns occurring as each rough tug skidded across my arms and knees. I extended my claws and ripped them into the mattress, the skidding stopping. Now that I was practically connected to the mat, I forced my foot forward. The force making his grip on my leg loosen. I took that opportunity to force my foot backward this time to kick him right in the face.

With luck on my side, I was able to land a hit on him right in the nose, a loud crack echoing around us even with the roaring cheers and screams it was still heard.

A bunch of, 'ooo' or curse words were being shared as everyone processed what had happened. I just broke the guy's nose.

I scrambled to my feet and faced him, watching him clutch his nose as blood seeped out. I slowly walked up to him and grabbed his shirt, a squealing reaction came from him. I held him up and stared at him.

I was about to put him down but right as I was about too, he headbutted me right in the forehead. Our heads basically crashing together.

"What the fuck!" I groaned, holding my forehead feeling something go down my forehead other than sweat. I brought my hand to the side of my temple and looked at my fingertips.

Shit, I was bleeding.

I growled and looked at him once again, noticing that the blow didn't just get me affected. He was on the ground rolling and clutching his forehead.

"Dumb decision dude" I chuckled lowly, rounding to the side of him and placing my foot to the side of his cheek.

I decided to not hold back and smash my foot right into the middle of the cheek, the force was definitely hard enough to break the skin. I tried to not break a bone in there, but I may have been a bit too rough since yet another grueling cracking sound was heard.

A yelp of pain and cries was the only thing left that he was able to do or say.

I looked over at the referee who had a stoned expression as if he has seen enough of this. Who even is this dude? He's just casually watching a bunch of people getting beat up without an issue.

This whole place is messed up.

The only thing the referee did when I looked at him was a simple nod and held up a flag to my side of the mattress.

"Catra wins. Medical bay, carry him out. Please proceed to the main office and get patched up. You are admitted to leaving once you sign out" The monotone voice explained, still holding up the flag.

I exhaled and nodded, giving Van one last look. He looked like he was in pain, sniffling, and choking on sobs. I felt bad for him.

I decided to kneel and hold my hand out to him, "Good game?"

All I got was him rolling over and growls, "Get out of my fucking face".

I scoffed and got up. So much for being a good sport. I walked down the side of the mattress that leads to the second medical bay. There were two, one for each person that just went on to fight. They didn't specify why, they just have two for some reason.

As I walked to the medical bay, I looked down at my bloody hands. I almost threw up at the sight, I can't believe I just beat a guy to almost a pulp. He didn't do anything to me besides fight for whatever reason he needed to. I felt like a sick person.

But there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

Adora.

She stood in front of me with the most genuine smile I've ever seen, her arms opened wide for me, full of reassurance and comfort. Like she always has.

I quickly let myself be enveloped in her strong arms that held the warmth I've always needed in my life.

"You did good, Catra"

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We decided not to stay at the medical bay too long after I was patched up, I received several high-fives from the other winners. It felt a bit reassuring that some of the other people didn't exactly like beating up people, but they had to do what they had to do.

I sat on Adora's bed where she brought out a bucket with water and a cloth.

"We seem to be patching each other a lot haven't we," I said, trying to crack in a good joke to lighten the mood.

She chuckled a bit, "We're just like that".

I didn't say anything after that, feeling the cold water of the cloth touch the area my forehead was hit. I clutched the bed, the stinging and freezing water combined was an awkward feeling.

"You okay?" Adora said, noticing my grimacing face.

I nodded quickly, "Yep, just get on with it. It's sensitive right now"

Adora gave a stiff nod and applied a bit more pressure, then quickly grabbing some bandages from the med-kit we took home from the club. Her shaky hands carefully applying the white cloth to stop any of the bleedings that were beginning to seep out of my cut.

"Alright, that should do it for now. We need to make sure that we replace it sometime tomorrow so it doesn't get infected" Adora sternly explained, playing around with the bandage to ensure it wouldn't fall off.

I grabbed her still shaky hands and kissed them, "Adora, calm down. I know, just take it easy".

"You're telling me to take it easy? You just got beaten up" She sighed, dropping her hands and sitting down next to me on the bed.

I turned to face her, "I'm fine, It's only a couple blows to the face. I'll be fine"

"Yeah, next week you have to fight again. That's not going to play well if you keep getting blows to the face constantly. You can only take so much" She mumbled.

I sighed, "I don't like to get hurt, but if it's for something this important. We have no choice, Adora".

"I don't know how I'm going to fight any of the other people. I'm not even that strong" She said with a worried expression.

The thought of Adora getting beat up and just having to sit back and watch it makes my heart wrench. I can't just watch her get hurt and can't do anything about it..the idea sickens me. I'm sure it was hard enough for Adora, but she has more self-control than me.

I felt a warm hand on my cheek, "I know what you're thinking. I'm going to be fine as well, we're in this together. You get hurt, I help you. I get hurt, you help me. We have each other forever. Never doubt that".

I felt myself beginning to tear up.

"What did I do to deserve you.." I sniffled.

She carefully placed my head to her chest and cradled it lovingly, "Many things.."

We stayed like that for a good hour before I began to feel better, I took my head off of her chest and probably looked like a hot mess. But she didn't care, she still looked at me with caring soft blue eyes.

I let the words fall out of my mouth, "You're so beautiful"

"Wow, compliments?" She tried to joke, but the compliment affected her. I could see the blush.

But her joke still manages to make me blush as well, "Shut up! Be grateful!"

Her lips were suddenly placed on mine, "I always am"

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"No, absolutely not" Adora groaned.

I was walking with her to lunch trying to convince her to go to my football game just this once. She never goes because she is so obsessed with getting homework done.

"Come on, Adora! Please! Just this once" I pleaded, trying to convince her with my baby eyes. Come on this has to work, she can never say no to these.

She rolled her eyes, "Don't look at me like that, I know what you're trying to do. And besides, aren't you hurt?!"

I scoffed, "Psh, Nah! Football is lightwork!"

"Fine, but I'm still not going," She said, walking away.

I stood there sadly looking down, pretending to look like I was about to cry. I peeked up a bit too see if she would stop but it looked like she was still walking away so I continued to look down.

But suddenly, I heard her familiar footsteps as she stood in front of me.

I put on a smirk and waited for her to say something.

"What time"

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I was giddy as I looked around the stadium in my football uniform, my helmet hanging loosely in my hand. Many students flooded the seats, but the only person I was looking for was Adora. I usually was never this nervous, but Adora watching me play made me sweat. I didn't want to embarrass myself right in front of her. Plus it was her first time ever watching me.

I nervously picked at my nails, where the hell was she?

I felt the team captain scream at me to get my ass on the field already, we had home base so we were playing for our school.

Scary.

I sighed, did she really decide not to come? I trotted over to my positioned and crouched into position. Lazily putting on my helmet.

"Why so glum?" Scorpia asked through her helmet but was still audible because she was pretty loud in general.

I looked at the ground, "Nothing"

I knew she was going to push the matter, but the whistle was blown and the game had begun. I pushed away from the feeling and focused on the game.

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Half-time rolled around, I continuously tried to find Adora in the thousand groups of students. I was a mix between annoyed and disappointed, more on the disappointing side as I dropped myself down onto the bench. I grabbed my bottle and chugged on my water. I wiped the excess water that dripped down the side of my mouth.

I was about to talk to my other teammates when I saw something catch my eye. I almost didn't believe it.

I saw Adora being pushed into a group of cheerleaders.

In a cheerleading uniform.

I died on the spot.

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Adora's POV

"I can't believe you convinced me to do this!" I whined, trying to hide if Catra was somewhere just staring at me.

Glimmer giggled softly, " Come on, you know she's going to love the surprise! Plus, it was your idea!"

I gasped, "Excuse me? I said let's do something to support Catra, not make me join a whole cheerleading squad!"

"Well, whatever! You remember the steps right?" She asked, eyeing me curiously.

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, wh-"

"Great, let's go! On to the field!" She said hastily, signaling for all of the girls on the cheer squad to make their entrance onto the field for the half-time show.

I mentally slapped myself in the face, I felt stupid with this whole get upon. Yet, I somehow trust Glimmer that Catra will like me in a cheerleading outfit. Hopefully..she does. It's the only thing keeping me from running off the field and hurling into a ball.

In the corner of my eye, I saw Catra. Staring at me with widened eyes, not believing what she was seeing. I couldn't even believe what I was doing either. I just ignored her surprised looks and had to make this experience worthwhile.

Glimmer and I with the rest of the squad walked onto the middle of the field.

"Ready..go!"

The music started and surrounded the stadium.

And..with that.

We begin our performance.

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Catra's POV

I watched Adora's performance with the cheer squad, the sway of her hips and the way she danced made my body feel wonders.

"Wow...." I mumbled, my eyes glued to the blonde that was dancing perfectly in sync with the other girls.

My attention was tore for a second, "That's Adora?"

I ignored Scorpia's comment and continued to stare at my girlfriend, surprised at how good she was at being a cheerleader.

I gulped and played with my bottle, my eyes looking her body up and down as some moves were a bit explicit in my opinion. But every time she did any of those moves, she stared at me.

Only at me.

It made me feel special that I was the only one that she would look at during her performance rather than anyone else in the stadium.

Sadly, the performance ended as I watched her walk off of the field then being pushed towards me by Glimmer.

I straightened myself and quickly walked up to her, she was walking up to me but it was a shy walk.

We eventually made it to each other, us both blushing.

"So...when were you going to tell me..about this?" I smirked, pointing my index finger at her uniform.

She groaned, "It wasn't my idea! It was Glimmers!"

I raised my eyebrow, "Wow, I actually agree with Glimmer's choice for once"

"You guys are impossible! I'm changing right now!" She grumbled.

I frowned, "Awe, keep it on! You like nice!"

She tugged at her shirt, "No! It's too tight, and they got the sizing wrong since it's last-minute"

I sighed and smiled, "It was worth a shot. Are you staying at least?"

"Of course, I am. I wouldn't miss it" She reassured.

I grinned from ear to ear, "Wish me luck?"

I excitedly waited for her to give me a hug of good luck. I remember watching a bunch of my teammates exchange hugs with their significant other for luck, and me just having to sit there and hope Adora was cheering me on from home.

She giggled and kissed me softly, "Good luck. Go get em'"

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That was the best game I played, I managed to score four touchdowns. Something surged within me when Adora gave me that good luck. I felt like I was running with the wind, and with Adora watching me I gained so much confidence.

The game finally ended with 12-4.

Us winning.

When the buzzer rang, I was tackled by my teammates to the ground in victory. I felt great, and that the best game I ever played on the field was with Adora watching me. After the team hug, we exchanged our 'good games' with our opponents.

I finally made eye contact with Adora who had a big grin plastered on her face. I raced over towards her and picked her up in my arms, raising her off the ground.

"Woah, where'd this energy come from" She smiled, wiggling her body.

Too bad she wasn't in her cheerleading outfit anymore. She looked good in it. Whatever, as long as she was here.

I finally put her down but still kept her close, "I'm just soooo happy you're here"

"It was an experience" She smiled, placing her forehead against my sweaty one. My bandage was beginning to fall off from the sweat.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed our small little cliche moment, "Wanna head home?"

"I've been wanting too for the past hour" She joked.

I opened my eyes and kicked her in the foot playfully, "What to do homework, you big nerd!"

"Shut up! I want to be a good student!" She fought back, trying to kick me back.

"Whatever you say~" I hummed.

"This conversation is over, goodbye" She groaned, starting to walk away.

I sighed and grabbed her arm before she could get away, placing a dry kiss on her wet lips. A small gasp was heard from her.

"What was that for?" She whispered.

"For being there for me"

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A/N: Tried to throw in a more positive ending to this chapter since the last ones have been cliffhangers hehe.

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