I groaned for about the thirteenth time in the last ten minutes. I sighed and looked to the ground where my huge white Labrador was lying "Why are neckties so goddamn awkward, Naga?" I asked
She lifted her head from her paws.
"Do I really even have to wear it? I mean, what if I get all dressed up and end up going bowling or to Taco Bell or… What if I look like an idiot in a tie? Should I wear a dress? I hate dresses… but what if…" I sighed in defeat and dropped my head "Why did I agree to this?"
Naga stood and nudged my hand with her nose. I petted her head "Thanks girl. If she doesn't like dogs all bets are off; Bro's before hoes" I smiled down at her. The doorbell rang.
"That'll be Bolin" I told her before going to answer the door.
I opened the door of my small house.
"Wow! Hellooo Handsome!" He exclaimed "didn't think you could scrub up so good!"
I rolled my eyes "Shut up" Okay, so no dress, shirt and tie it is
"Good to see you're ready for your big blind date" He wiggled his eyebrows as he came inside. Naga barked and jumped him, licking his face while pinning him to the ground "Naga! Down! Gah! Korra!"
I laughed "Naga, stop"
She licked his face one last time before skipping over to my side.
He wiped his face in his sleeve and got up off the ground. He dusted himself off "Love you too, Naga" He sighed as he fixed his hair "Anyway, ready for your date?" He smirked at me "Oh your neck tie" he took it off me and un-did my top button "This is a date, not a business meeting; you don't want to look like some pencil-pushing stiff"
"Thanks" I scratched the back of my head "I guess I'm ready… Although I would like to know a little bit about her, I mean, I need something to talk to her about when I meet her"
"I guess you deserve that much" He thought for a moment "There's one thing I can tell you"
I waited.
He had a huge stupid grin on his face as the words "She's Mako's ex" rolled of his tongue.
My heart sank before it began to speed up with anger "…WHAT!? MAKO'S EX? MY EX-BOYFRIEND'S EX GIRLFRIEND? YOU'VE SET ME UP ON A BLIND DATE WITH MY EX'S EX!?"
"Please don't hurt me!" he cowered
Needless to say, I was fuming and ready to pummel his face in. I refrained and took a few deep soothing breaths like my yoga instructor, Tenzin, told me to do in moments like this.
"Okay" I tried to smile "Did she date him before me or after?"
"I'm not telling!"
"Did I ever meet her before?"
"… mayyyyybe, but I'm NOT TELLING!"
"Why not!?"
"Because! You're scary when you're mad. You look like you're gunna bust up my face. I NEED THIS FACE! THIS IS A FAMOUS FACE!"
"Oh please! Semi-professional wrestling and one moisturizer commercial does NOT make you famous"
"Tell that to my fangirls!"
"Your girlfriend and Ferret don't count as fangirls" I folded my arms in defiance.
He took a deep breath before changing the subject back to the date "Listen, you'll like her. Trust me"
"Last time you told me to trust you we ended up in a bar fight with one of our old wrestling rivals"
"Remember how fun that was!" His face beamed.
I sighed "I swear, Bo, if this goes belly up the only commercials you'll be doing are ones for cosmetic surgeons"
"Note taken" he squeaked. He cleared his throat and checked his watch "C'mon, we better go"
Bolin drove me to this fancy ass restaurant. He pulled up to the curb "Listen, just go in there, the reservation name is Nuktuk, order whatever you two want and I'll cover it" he smiled
"Bo, Idunno"-
"Korra, you're my bestfriend and you haven't been on a date in three years. I want to do this for you… It's the least I could do seen as you introduced me to Opal. Call it returning the favour" He winked.
"Thanks man" I hugged him.
"If things go bad just call and I'll come pick you up. If things go well"- He cocked an eyebrow -"I don't expect to hear from you at all"
I got out of the car "Later Bo"
"GO IN THERE ANS SWEEP HER OFF HER FEET YOU ANIMAL!" He drove off.
I turned to face the restaurant and took a deep breath "You can do this, Korra. It's just a date" I nodded and went inside.
The doorman didn't look up from his reservation sheet "Name, please"
"Eh, Nuktuk..?"
He finally looked up "Ah yes, you must be the other of Mr. Nuktuk's guest"
"Other?" I asked "Is she here already?"
He didn't answer and began to lead me towards a table. Once we got to the table all I could see was a pair of hands holding onto a large menu.
"Here we are" He gestured as he pulled out the seat for me. I sat down. My stomach was doing knots. He left.
She was still reading the menu. It began to get kinda awkward "So… ?" I tried my best to laugh. Finally the menu was closed and I saw her
Holy mother of pearl. She 's gorgeous.
Dark hair, green eyes, eyeliner on point…
"Hi" She beamed as she held out her hand "I'm Asami"
I shook her hand "Korra" I'm pretty sure I had a huge blush on my face
There was a bit of an awkward pause as I took in just how great she looked.
"Wow" I whispered. BO YOU ARE MY MAIN MAN!
She giggled. She must've heard me, damn.
"So… blind date, huh?" She tried making small talk.
"Um, yeah, It's been a while since I've been on a date" I replied
Her shoulders slouched "Same! I just get so busy at work"
"Tell me about it!" I let out an exasperated laugh before asking her "So what so you do for a living?"
She straightened her back again "Oh y'know, regular girly jobs- manufacturing cars, engineering factories, inventing machines"-
I sat there blinking I surprise
She smiled "I'm the CEO of Future Industries"
"Holy crap!" I smiled "That's, that's just… Wow! You're Asami Sato?" I laughed a little before taking a sip of water "I'm on a date with Asami Sato" I was beyond smug… and then I came crashing down "Wow" I straightened up and tried to look respectable, realising that she was a very important woman. Sure, I'd sat face to face with dignitaries, kings, Queens, even angry mobs (all in a day's work) but having her opposite me actually made me slightly nervous. I was more scared of screwing up this date than I had ever been trying to fix countries.
"What about yourself, Korra? Bolin told me you're in some kind of Peace Corps?"
And the smugness came crashing down even further "Um, yeah, it's a little hard to explain. I work separately from the government but whenever they need help they're more than welcome to call in me and my team. I can't really say much about it right now but, it's a pretty demanding job"
She let out an exhausted laugh "I'll drink to that" She raised her glass. I did the same. We drank as the waiter came over.
"Hello Miss Sato and her" - He looked me up and down - "lady-friend. I'm Vaatu, I'll be your waiter for this evening. May I take your order?"
"Oh, I haven't even gotten a chance to look at the menu. Guess I forgot"
Asami looked at me "You like lasagne?"
"More than anything!" I smiled
She looked up at the waiter "Two Lasagne a la Raava and a bottle of your finest red"
He nodded and set about fulfilling the order.
I leaned over the table "This place is fancy!" I whispered to her "I've never been in a place like this"
"Really?" She asked in reply
"Yeah, I never have the time. And even if I did, I'd probably just relax at home instead… also I'd have a snowballs chance in hell of having the cash needed for a place like this" I let out an exhausted laugh "… anyway, Asami, tell me a little more about yourself"
"What do you want to know?" She asked in reply
"Everything" I smiled "What you're interested in, what you like to read, what you like to listen to, what's your favourite tv show… do you like dogs… just normal stuff"
"Well, as you know, I'm CEO of future industries, I like fast cars, fast horses and even faster ways in filing reports" She thought for a moment "I've been trained in several forms of martial arts. Jazz music is my life! I could listen to it all day, every day. Dogs? Hmm" She pondered the make or break question "I don't own one but, I guess I like them… as long as they don't try to bite me"-
I sighed in relief internally
-"I'm guessing you have a dog?" She smiled
"Um, yeah, a pretty big one. Naga; she's a big white Lab. She's almost like a cuddly polar bear"
"I can't wait to meet her" She winked
Hold the phone she winked at me… and she wants to meet my dog…? She's thinking ahead… wait, does this mean she likes me?
The wine arrived and two glasses were poured for us. I smiled and said thanks to Vaatu. She took a sip and hummed
"Good wine" She seemed more relaxed
A little while later our food arrived and boy was it good. We ate and talked and laughed. We talked about anything and everything that sprung to mind; Naga, her newest inventions, kick-boxing, UFC and how Me, Mako and Bolin used to be on a team together back in the day… The restaurant began to shut up shop around us and eventually we had to leave. I walked her to her car, we were still talking and smiling the whole way until we reached her car.
She leaned against her car and I stood a couple of feet away from her.
"Y'know" I broke the awkwardness "I had no clue I could have a good time in a fancy-schmancy place like that" I pointed back to the restaurant with my thumb over my shoulder.
"Me too. I usually never do… although to be honest I only ever go to places like that on business" She replied.
"Thank you , Asami" I smiled
She snorted "For what?" She was smiling from ear to ear
"For being good company" I stuffed my hands in my pockets and edged a little closer to her "I was so nervous. I had no clue who Bolin set me up with but I'm glad it was you"
"You're not too bad yourself" She hit my arm playfully before standing straight and taking a step towards me. I swear I thought she was going to kiss me, her face was so close to mine, but then she said "You wanna ride home?"
It took a couple of seconds to register with me."Hmm?.. oh, nah, I can call Bolin, it's cool, you don't have to, I don't wanna be any trouble"
She rolled her eyes "Shut up and get in the car" she smiled
I did as I was told and eagerly ran around to the passenger side. She unlocked the car and we both climbed in.
"Wow this is a snazzy car!" I looked around the interior
"It's the newest model I'm working on. It won't be realest for another six months, this ones the prototype" She answered as she turned the key in the ignition. The engine roared to life before calming down to a quiet purr.
"You brought it to impress me didn't you?" I folded my arms and wiggled an eyebrow at her
"Is it working?" She asked with the same look in her eye
"Mayyyybeeeee" I winked at her.
She pulled out from the curb and set her navigation system to my house. It only took a few minutes, all the while she was telling me about the car and all of the new fixtures and fittings that older models didn't have. To be perfectly honest I was never into cars but she had such enthusiasm in her voice that I was actually interested in the fact that she designed the cup holders to be five millimetres wider to allow for more "wiggle room"
We pulled up to the curb outside my house and I began to get out of the car. "Thank's again for tonight, Asami"
"Don't say goodnight here, dummy, I'm walking you to your door. Gotta make sure a young lady like yourself gets home safe" She winked and I swear I turned bright red.
We walked up the steps to my little house before finally reaching the door. Again there was an awkward silence for a second.
"Thank you, Korra" she smiled "Been a while since I've been this… mellow. It's nice"
"I know what you mean"
I want to ask her out again. I should kiss her, right? I want to. But what if she backs out and thinks I'm a good friend and she has no attraction towards me or I'm being to forward or-
"Korra? You alright?"
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, fine, sorry. Um, I was wondering if you'd want to go out with me again sometime?" I braced myself for the worst
"I'd love to"
Holy crap! Play it cool Korra, don't ruin this
"Cool, cool… You wanna come in?" I asked as I took my keys out of my pocket hoping that her answer would be the same
"As much as I want to, I can't. I have business to take care of pretty early in the morning"
"Oh, okay, yeah, sorry I didn't even think"-
"No, no, don't worry about it, some other time"
AWKWARD SILENCE AGAIN but this time I decided to take action. I stepped towards her and kissed her cheek. I had to get up on my tippy-toes a little because damn she's tall
"Goodnight, Asami"
I was about to turn back to open my door but she grabbed the collar of my shirt and smashed her lips into mine in a messy kiss. It took a couple of seconds but I eventually wrapped my arms around her waist and got into the kiss.
We withdrew both breathless. She reached into her purse and pulled out her lipstick. She wrote a series of numbers on my arm before re-applying it to her lips.
"Call me" She said finally turning away.
I was stood there totally love struck
She looked over her shoulder and giggled "You have a little lipstick…" she pointed to the area around her own mouth. I wiped at it and she continued walking down the steps "Goodnight, Korra" I watched her get into her car and drive away before jumping into the air.
ASAMI FRICKEN SATO KISSED ME HOLY CRAP!
I looked down at my arm. I held my keys in my mouth as I frantically searched my pockets for my phone. I got it out and saved the number before going inside my house. Naga ran to greet me, nearly knocking me over.
I scratched behind her ear "Girl, let me tell you about tonight!"
AN: I'm not too sure if I'll continue this one, I might just keep it as a one shot. I just got inspiration for a Korrasami blind date AU.
