Date Night! [Closed]

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Okay, so it wasn’t quite night, so it didn’t really count as date night. But! It was a date! Her first real date in…a very long time. So, being understandably excited, Kara had done the thing to do and had worn something different for the date. Well, okay, not something different. She only has the plantsuit. But! She’s ripped them up so it looks like she’s wearing hot pants and go-go boots. That’s right, Julian, she’s showing off her shapely gams, and she’s only done that for you so far. She’s still wearing the gold-edged cape, though. Coz, you know, it’s the Super thing to do.

She stood outside the media library, trying to be as cool as Kryptonianly possible, with her arms and legs crossed and what she hoped was a mysterious but alluring smile on her face.

Crap. Was she supposed to bring him flowers or something?

…

Please don’t bring that horrible sludge from the mess hall in place of chocolate.

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[telekinetic_badass]

Julian was not one to keep a pretty girl waiting long, fortunately. He didn't have much in the way of clothes, but he did have his leather jacket. It actually matched the plant suit, surprisingly enough.

Otherwise, he showed up empty handed, as he didn't have much of anything else in locker at W&P. And he wasn't about to bring disgusting mess hall sludge to a date.

He stopped, though, when he first saw Kara. Just when he thought that girl could not get any hotter... He honestly couldn't help the way he sized her up as he strode over to her, but he at least tried to play it cool.

"Well, hello gorgeous."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Ah, so he liked the legs. Good. Very good.

"Hello yourself, handsome" Kara grinned, pushing herself off the pulsing wall. "Love the jacket," she said as she closed the space between them. "It goes so well with the plantsuit," she winked.

[telekinetic_badass]

She liked showing off her legs. Good. Very good. She also seemed to like flirting, which definitely boded well for their date.

"I like the outfit," of course, that was easy to tell, given the way he was looking at her. He's also like that outfit a lot more if it was crumpled up on the floor next to his. But one step at a time here.

He put an arm around her, and gave her a little kiss on the cheek. "I haven't kept you waiting long, I hope."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Oh, Julian. Kara's legs are her best feature. Next to, you know, the rest of her. Not that she's all arrogant about them or anything. "Well, it's a date. It'd be unfair if I was all dressed up like a space nun, don't you think?" Not that there's anything nun-like or prudish about the plantsuits. There's a lot of her that it doesn't hide. But man, it feels nice having her legs free. "Not at all. Be thankful I'm not a speedster," she winked. Truth was, Kara'd gotten there a bit early. Nervousness and all. Also, superspeed. She indicated the media library behind her. "You know, I actually haven't been in here," she said. "Can't wait to see what I discover inside."

[telekinetic_badass]

"Really?" He seemed a bit surprised by that. He figured she had seen all of the ship so far already. She had been her far longer than he had. But he'd take advantage of the opportunity. At least she wouldn't know if screwed up with the machine.

"Guess that makes two of us."

He kept his arm around her as he started into the library.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Well, up until this point, most of her time has been spent with Brainy and Kon and Koko and sometimes Cassie. So, yeah. Now she's learning all about the ship...and much more besides. She snuggled up into his arm a little, wrapping her own around him. Carefully. She doesn't want to cut him in half and then get a direct punishment from Stacy. Also, you know. He's cute. Like, really cute. It'd be a total tragedy. "You know what they say," she said, "it's always more fun exploring when there are two of you."

[telekinetic_badass]

He'll be much more durable once the collar is off. And far less ground bound.

"True. Though I'm surprised no one else has asked you to go exploring." He smirked a bit. "Or was everyone else too afraid of Kon to try?"

[superminiskirt.livejournal.com]

Oooh. That will be nice. It gives Kara a chance to...roughen things up.

If things go as imagined.

Stepping right past the green elephant in her mind that is Brainiac 5, Kara smiled and said, "Well, you've met the guy. Do you blame anyone for staying far, far away?" Rules of the first date, as explained to her by Cassie and Courtney: don't ever bring up the ex. Not that Brainy is an ex. He's a lot of things, but an ex? No. Not at all. Not in the slightest. Nope. Because there was never anything between them.

Just like, hopefully, there'll be nothing between Kara and Julian later on.

"But, now that you're here..."

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian made a soft 'pfft' noise, and waved his hand. "Kon's not scary." At least not to Julian. "Or maybe I'm just fearless. I'd need to be, just to ask out a girl as hot as you."

Managing to tear his eyes away from Kara for a moment, he looked around the Media Library. He noticed all the kiosks, and several of the viewing booths. He directed them towards an empty one.

[superminiskirt.livejournal.com]

Kara looked around to see if anyone she was overtly familiar with was in the media library. Out of the corner of her eye she was a girl with wings and pink and black hair looking at them with an amused expression before darting out of the library, leaving a glittery contrail behind her. Kara raised an eyebrow but ignored it before turning back to Julian. "Did you really think I'd say no?"

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian only smirked at the trail of glitter, but quickly turned his attention back to Kara.

"Not to me." Julian may have lost a lot of things recently, including his powers, but he always had confidence to spare.

He pulled her into one of the booths and closed the door behind them. The next logical move would have to sit down, but he found himself face-to-face with Kara in a nice private space. He really didn't want to move... except to get a little closer.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Kara looked up at Julian. A wry, flirty smile crossed her face even as she blushed a little. "Good call. You're...cute." There was no longer any space between them, and Kara's pulse was racing. He was arrogant and sure of himself. Kara liked that. "So...here we are. You and me. Me and you. In a dark room. Private space. Closed door. It's...cozy." Oh Rao. Oh Rao, Kara, stop talking, please.

[telekinetic_badass]

"MmmHmmm." His reached up and brushed a lock of her hair to the side of her face. "Very cozy."

And no sooner had he said that then his lips were against hers...

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Kara was shaking as they left the media library, and though she was trying hard to control herself, it was more than likely all to obvious to Julian.

How dare he. How dare he say all of that about her? It was not always about her. Not even close. Kara was just trying to light Brainiac 5 up, and sure, okay, she flirted with him a little, but how could she not? There was - there had been something between them. She was sure of that. All of the stuff in the Sensoriums, in the room with the statues, all of that meant something, right? It had to have. It wasn't just...

Could she really have been reading him wrong all this time?

It didn't matter. He had no right. He had no right to say the things he'd said, to insult her so openly and coldly in front of Julian. He'd made her sound like a total spoiled brat.

Uh, Kara? You did insult him first.

Shut up. He interrupted my date.

He didn't mean to.

Not. Buying. It.

Rao. Was he right? Did she really over-estimate her importance to others? No, she couldn't have. There was no way in any hell from any cultural belief. If that was the case, Kara would have sought out the Supergirl name, and more likely than not, she would have tried to force her way into the Teen Titans or the Outsiders or the Justice League or the Justice Society. But she hadn't done any of that.

Urgh.

She closed her eyes and stopped walking for a moment. She took a deep breath and, opening her eyes, turned to face Julian. "I'm sorry about that. In there. That was highly inappropriate and so something that you needed to not witness."

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian wasn't in the best of moods either, though for different reasons than Kara. When she stopped, he did too. His expression softened a little when he looked at her, but he was obviously still a little bugged by things.

"What the hell was that in there?" Despite the slightly colorful language, his tone was more curious than accusatory. He was wondering how close to the truth he managed to hit in that last remark to Brainy.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Kara sighed and crossed her arms - and her cape - around herself. Urgh. "The biggest misunderstanding this side of...well, insert an appropriate pop cultural reference here," she said. "I thought he liked me. It turns out that he...didn't. That's really all there is to it."

[telekinetic_badass]

"That's it?" he questioned.

"So there's nothing there?"

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"If there is from his side, that's his issue to deal with now," Kara replied. "I don't even know what I was thinking when - I mean, I clearly wasn't thinking. His ancestor stole the capital city of our planet - my home city - and claimed it for himself. And, I mean, sure, he claims not to be...that's...is that even the point here." She's conflicted, Julian. She's very, very conflicted. Not just about Brainiac 5 either. "No. There's nothing there."

[telekinetic_badass]

He didn't entirely buy that, but several minutes ago she was quite excitedly shoving her tongue down his throat. Brainiac wasn't going to be an issue.

"The guy's an idiot if he turned you down." And if Julian wasn't collared up, he'd have turned him into a green splat on the wall.

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

Hey, if Brainy had paid attention to here, there was a chance that this date wouldn't even have been happening right now.

It was probably all for the better though. Until Brainy had...done that...she'd been having a great time on this date.

She smiled at Julian. "Well, on the bright side, him turning me down is what freed me up to say yes to you. Not counting crazy robots and little green nerds, I'm thinking that that was a very good thing, don't you?"

[telekinetic_badass]

Brainy's loss was definitely Julian's gain.

"Oh, definitely." She really was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise shitty situation.

"I was having a good time. Y'know, up until we were interrupted."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"Mmhmm." Kara grinned and teasingly pushed Julian against a meatwall. "I'm thinking that maybe we need to make up for lost time or something." She pauses, mere centimeters away from his lips, and adds, "that is...if you want to?"

[telekinetic_badass]

"Hmmmmm... I don't know." He feigned looking thoughtful, but he already had his hands around her waist. Damn it if he was letting her go any time soon. "I might need a little convincing."

[girl-of-steel.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm sure I can do that," Kara replied, her lips brushing softly against his. "I mean, you wouldn't say no to me, would you?" Arrogance, thy name is Kara.

[telekinetic_badass]

"Oh, I don't know," he muttered against her lips. "I might." He paused in his talking to kiss her lightly. "I've been known to make stupid decisions every now and again."