No Remorse.

She smiled slightly, “I think you’re protesting a bit too quickly.” Well it did say something, yes those who protested could be meaning it, but those usually came after a second or two of thought, not before the fully sentence was finished, and especially not that loudly, as if she had to prove it or wanted someone to confirm it.

She did gain a little flush at that, “Actually Catra, you’re the first and only person that I’ve ever kissed.” That admittance was…..not the hardest but not the easiest either to say, it was true though. Scorpia was so amazing and Perfuma was crushing hard on her for her kindness, but Catra….Catra was dangerous and sexy, she craved that kind of thing a bit, she just didn’t know why. “It is special, but then so are you Catra.”

Protesting too quickly? Come on! Any rational person in her situation would protest! Did Perfuma really think everyone was as weird as the princesses all seemed to be? Who just randomly wasted their first kiss like that, anyway? Wasn’t it supposed to be special or something? Not that Catra would really know. She rarely gave much thought to romance (at least not that she’d admit, even to herself), and it wasn’t something that was talked about all too frequently in the Horde.

Despite her being prepared, Catra still managed to knock her over. Honestly though, Adora loved it. She was giggling the whole time and it only intensified when she saw the smile that had broken out on Catra’s face. It felt so good to see her smile — it would absolutely never get old. 

“ Well if you’d just admit that you do like me, I’d stop teasing you about it! ” She laughed, beaming up at the other. “ And you can’t. There are absolutely no take backs when it comes to love, that’s actually a rule, you know. ”  Well, not really, but it was worth a shot. Adora knew she was joking, of course, but losing Catra wasn’t something she was interested in. “ And now that I’m Adora Meowmeow, you’re stuck with me forever. ”

“I don’t!” Catra insisted, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The smile one her face and laughter carried by her voice directly contradicted that claim, but the two of them were undoubtedly both aware that Catra wouldn’t admit to such a thing without a fight. Even though her feelings were already known by so many others, Catra struggled to bring herself to admit to them a second time. Old habits did indeed die hard, it would seem.

Adora couldn’t help herself, the more grumpy Catra seemed to get over this issue, the more she just wanted to giggle. Especially since she didn’t seem to be truly upset.

“ You’re the one that offered me the name, Catra. ”  The blonde said, still wearing that same wide grin. “ You’re gonna let me be a Meowmeow because you like me, don’t you? ” She covered her mouth in a vain attempt to stifle the giggles and braced herself just in case the other decided to tackle her. “ Adora Meowmeow… Princess of Power. Wow, it’s got a certain ring to it, doesn’t it? ”

It seemed Adora had become quite adept at predicting Catra’s actions. Pounce she certainly did, a poorly-stifled laugh escaping her in the process. She struggled to maintain her frown, ultimately failing entirely as a smile broke across her features. It was an effect Adora always seemed to have on Catra. How could she ever expect to remain serious with that idiot around, after all?

"So what, you're just gonna sigh your 'negative energies' away?" Catra sneered, smirk firmly plastered to her face. "Oh, wow, you're right! Shutting my eyes and sitting uncomfortably will totally fix my crippling self-worth issues! How could I not have considered this soo-- mmf!"

Though Catra's intention had been to break Perfuma out of her self-induced trance, to ruin her meditation simply for Catra's amusement, this was not at all how Catra had envisioned it going. Did Perfuma just freely kiss everyone who bothered her? Ugh. Probably. That's what being a princess was all about, wasn't it? Catra was never going to get used to these people. Though it took her a moment to fully grasp what was happening, Catra ultimately sprang backwards, separating herself from Perfuma.