Chapter 10: Small Morning

The morning comes all too quickly for the Kryptonian. She has been up most of the night doing research on this new thing that seems to be happening in their relationship. She wants to be as educated as possible on this new subject, she wants to learn the right way.The blonde has mostly come up empty-handed. But right before she decided to call it a night, she stumbled upon the word MDLG. Kara was then sucked into a lot of sexually explicit porn-related graphics she was definitely not prepared for.Kara knows that this thing is nowhere near-sexual and that's when she decided to call it quits on her search, for the night, she is not giving up though, far from it. This slight bump in the road makes her want to uncover all things related to the little innocent thing laying in the bed next to her. Maybe she would talk to Alex about it later, her sister almost always has the answers.Kara's slightly tanned lids blink away the remnants of sleep and welcome the soft smile the sunbeams, it always feels like it's just for her. It glistens her locks and colours them with the golden morning shade. Lena always tells her she shines like gold, especially after long nights of sex-induced bliss.Kara turns over a bit, looking for the clock on the nightstand. It's almost ten. Usually, she would have taken her Supergirl rounds by now but J'onn has taken over her duties for the next three weeks so she doesn't have to worry about anything except taking care of her girlfriend.The superhero gently maneuvers herself to her feet, wary of the brunette that still sleeps peacefully on the other end of the bed. She was extra cuddly last night, she usually hates it when Kara smothers her, but it seems like she wants the extra attention right now, Kara doesn't mind one bit.Her paled fingers have migrated from inside of her mouth through the night. They now rest just on the outside of her lips, they drag her lips down a bit, forming them into a pout.Kara makes her way to the bathroom, deciding on getting ready for the lazy day ahead and also taking a more thorough and satisfying shower. The one last night was barely warm, and she didn't want to leave Lena for long so a gentle wash she had to do. Now she can scald her unscalable skin and rinse away the rest of yesterday's worries.She is out an hour later, really taking advantage of the alone time. She gets out, steam seeping through the now-open door. She is dressed in a t-shirt and joggers, Lena will most likely want skin-to-skin contact. The skin just above Kara's heart is where she likes to reside the most so Kara keeps her hair up and away, free for her girlfriend to lay her head and listen to her steady heartbeat.Lena still hasn't woken up yet but the Kryptonian can tell she will begin to wake soon. She's stirring a bit, her heart rate is beginning to pick up like it usually does when sleep begins to leave her.By the time the reporter finishes drying her hair, she can hear Lena's breathing pick up along with her heart. She can hear the little whimper in pain that is followed by a more audible groan.Kara speeds through putting everything away and then goes to grab the pain medication and antibiotics to prevent infection, along with some water to swallow it all down with.She searches for Lena's special bottle but realizes that she forgot it at work. Instead, she grabs a glass and fills it half full of water, and puts a pink reusable straw in for her.Kara walks carefully back in, supplies in hand. The CEO sees her and goes to sit up but is met with a sharp stabbing pain in her rib region, it feels like she's pulling a stitch."Don't sit up, you know that." Kara sets the pills and the glass of water on the nightstand. She helps the brunette sit up and fluffs the pillow behind her for comfort. She grabs the pills and hands them to Lena. She holds the glass up for her, positioning the straw so it can easily be sipped from. Lena takes the medication without protest and downs the rest of the water.She rubs with closed fits, the leftover sleep from her eyes. She stifles a yawn with it. Kara can tell Lena wants to cuddle but refuses to talk. The blonde motions for her to scoot a bit and Kara then takes a seat and snuggles up next to her. She lays Lenas head just over her heart, stroking her hair in a soothing manner. She craned her neck down a bit and kissed her temple, they basked in the morning air, soaking in the peacefulness that took them this morning."How you feelin?" Lena uses the hand gesture in the middle for an answer. "Pain from one to ten?" Lena then holds up four fingers, and Kara gives her a look, she then holds up five then a thumbs up with a timid smile. "The meds should be kicking in soon, you will feel better in a bit."Kara goes to put the glass away, but Lena stops her by holding onto her wrist quite firmly. Lena points her fingers to the bathroom. Kara nods in understanding and gets her girlfriend up to her feet. She leans most of the brunette's weight against herself and walks them slowly to the bathroom. She sets Lena up and waits just outside the door, still having a hold of her hand.It's not like they haven't done their business in front of each other before so this is no big deal. Lena finishes up, Kara helps with the downstairs cleaning and flushes. Lena then points to the vanity that her toothbrush is rested on, wanting to brush her teeth."Do you want me to just help you get ready like usual?" Lena nods in confirmation. She sets Lena up in the chair, so she can rest her feet. Kara brushes her teeth, not wanting Lena to have to hold up her arm for long and do vigorous motions. After that, she helps wash her face with a wet washcloth and then puts Lena's hair in two braids. It makes her look, sweet? Kara picks out a loose shirt and soft house shorts. They forgo the makeup portion of the routine for obvious reasons, and honestly, the CEO is grateful for it. No makeup makes her feel kinda free, not having to paint a face on and just going natural makes her feel new, which might seem weird, but when you think about it, it's like finally taking off your pants after a long day. Then sitting on a fluffy couch, all you want to do is sigh in contentment.Once finished, Kara helps Lena over to the living room couch and hands her the remote for the television."I'm gonna make breakfast, oh and text Alex for me. Tell her to bring ingredients for the roast. I already have stuff for you and Maggie's vegetarian lasagna." Lena does as she is asked and then grabs the remote and scrolls through the channels looking for something to watch.She stumbles on a show called Blues Clues. She's never heard of it or seen it herself so she expected it to be a detective crime type show. She clicks it and quickly finds that her assumption was wrong, it's for children. She goes to change it, to put on something more her adult speed but her attention is captured by them singing a song about mail.The mail can't be that interesting, now I have to know what's in it.She sets the remote down on the coffee table and sits back on the couch; paying close attention to the man and his blue dog. Without much thought, Kara speeds over and loosely raps a blanket that was on the armrest of the couch around Lena's torso.Kara speeds back to the kitchen, as if she wasn't in front of Lena in the first place, continuing with breakfast.Lena mindlessly watches in rapt attention the blue dog and his human friend on the screen. Her fingers somehow make their way into her mouth and she suckles eagerly, leaning a bit in to focus on the show that plays in front of her.Kara watches the process from the kitchen and a smile can't help be plastered on her face. They keep little child-size boxes of apple juice mainly for Maggie because they found out she loves them more than the bottle ones. Maggie insisted they not do that but Lena has also taken a liking to the distribution method of the apple juice box and now partakes in them almost every morning.Kara grabs one and pokes the straw through the hole so Lena only has to sip from the straw.She walks over to her girlfriend this time, putting the juice box on the coffee table in front of her. Lena looks down briefly to see what was set out for her. Lena picks it up a couple minutes later with her unoccupied hand."Careful, don't spill, you don't want to be sticky." Lena grunts a thank you, her right hand still planted firmly in between her lips."You have to actually take your suckies out of your mouth to drink little star," Kara says in a motherly tone. Lena sticks the straw in her mouth, just under her digits, and sucks on the straw, swallowing around her comfort fingers.Kara shakes her head lovingly, she bends down and kisses her loves temple. "Tell me when you're finished so I can clean your sticky fingers." Lena nods her head and the reporter goes back to cooking.