Chapter 5
Kara was back half an hour after she left. During that time Lena had cleaned herself up and tried to prepare for how she was going to tell Kara her last secret - one that she hadn't told anyone yet.
They sat on Lena's sofa this time, and Kara had brought food with her again. She handed Lena her favourite salad. "Thank you, Kara." Kara hadn't brought any food for herself though, which confused Lena. "Didn't you get yourself any food?"
"Oh." Kara grinned. "I did. But I ate it on my way here. I was too hungry." She admitted and Lena chuckled. Lena would have shared some of her salad with Kara but she knew that Kara despises kale, so she didn't even offer. Kara talked about Krypton while Lena ate the salad. She was very interested in life on other planets.
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After Lena had finished her salad, Kara cleared up their mess with super speed to save them both a lot of time. "Kara." Lena called out from the other side of the room. Kara had, at some point, returned to her normal clothes.
"Yes?" She replied instantly.
"Could you go and tell Jess to go home? I told her to go while you were gone but it seems like she didn't listen."
"Of course." Lena decided to eavesdrop on the conversation that Kara was about to have with Jess. "Hi Jess."
"Miss Danvers." Jess said with surprise. "I didn't realise you were still here."
"Oh, well, it's nice to spend time with Lena." Jess nodded in agreement. "Lena said she told you to go home." Kara said more seriously.
"Sorry. Please tell her I was just clearing up and I'll be gone in a minute."
"Of course, Jess. Goodnight."
"Night, Miss Danvers." Kara waved to her as she returned to Lena's office.
"All done." Kara sat down next to Lena. "Now, what was it you wanted to tell me?"
"Oh, that...er..." Lena was unsure of how to tell Kara, but she wanted Kara to be the first to know.
"Lena." Kara said softly. "Whatever it is won't change the fact that you are my best friend."
Lena smiled, still a little unsure. "Okay. I haven't told anyone this and, to be honest, I think I've been denying it for a long time. I think I only really stopped denying it when I broke up with James." This felt familiar to Kara and she had a feeling she knew where this was going - she remembered the conversation she had with Alex a few years ago. But, she let Lena continue, with a smile of encouragement. "This is hard for me, Kara."
"I know, Lena. But you can do this, I believe in you." Kara put her hand over Lena's on the sofa. Lena smiled, still unsure about how to do this.
Lena struggled to continue, but she did. "I'm gay." Lena looked away from Kara as she said this, waiting for a negative reaction, but Kara said nothing and just leaned over to hug Lena. Lena embraced the hug, and sighed with relief.
"Thank you for sharing this with me, Lena. You didn't have to."
"I wanted to. I needed to." Lena was extremely thankful for Kara being there for her and she was glad Kara was the first person that she told. They stayed sat on the sofa for a while longer, mostly in silence and with hugs, until Lena decided that it was time for them to leave L-Corp. "Kara, I think it's time to go home."
"Ok." Kara said, before looking at the time. It was 7:16. "Wow, that was a long lunch." They both laughed.
"Thank you, Kara, for sharing everything with me, and for letting me share with you."
"Anytime, Lena. Thank you for sharing with me too." They hugged again before standing. "We're having game night tomorrow. Would you like to join us?"
Lena smiled. "Only if I can be on your team."
"Always." Kara replied. They both gathered their things after this. Lena was contemplating whether or not to ask Kara to fly her home, when Kara asked anyway. "Would you like me to fly you home again?"
"Please." Lena responded. "Thank you, Kara." She said once they landed at Lena's. "I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yes, my place at 6."
"I'll be there. Thank you, for everything." Lena hugged Kara goodbye.
"Thank you too, Lena. Goodnight." She said before flying off towards the DEO.
Lena was exhausted, so she went straight to bed and fell asleep instantly.