Word count: 3213. Prompts: Colors-black, silver, gold, mysterious, moon, abundance. (dialogue) "I didn't know you were an artist", (character) Meelo, (quote) What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful. - Joshua Foer


Long days. Grueling hours. Just a typical week for the Avatar. The defeat of Kuvira brought a time of peace. Lives were forever changed but everyone adjusted to their new lives. Most people took the time to relax after such a stressful battle but Korra didn't rest. Everyday it was long hours of training and meditating. She trained during most of the day and meditated at the end. She hadn't really grown to like meditation until recently. Now, it seemed like she wanted to do it all the time.

Korra had just finished training with Tenzin and now they sat in the air bending training area. Korra was unwrapping her hands with the bandages she put on earlier. Tenzin was looking at her with a worried expression on his face.

"Your air bending has really improved. I'm worried you might be pushing yourself too hard, however. Everyone else has been taking it easy since Kuvira was put away. You haven't had a break aside from that short vacation you took with Asami. You deserve all the rest and relaxation you can get."

Korra sighed. "It was a tough journey battling Kuvira. I don't want another tough journey like that. I need to make sure I'm the best I can be. I know this period of peace won't last, so I need to make sure I'm capable, physically and mentally, of handling the next challenge life throws at me."

"That is a reasonable thing to want." Tenzin placed his hand on her shoulder. "But don't forget to take a minute to enjoy things."

She nodded. As she lifted her head, she noticed a figure waving to her in the distance. It was Asami.

"Korra!" Asami yelled.

Korra stood up and met Asami halfway. "Hey, I thought you'd be busy with Future Industries."

"The evening's approaching. I thought I'd take off early and invite you to dinner. Just the two of us."

"Dinner? I don't know.." Korra scratched her head. "I still have to-"

"Come on, ever since we got back from the Spirit world, you've been training your butt of. You need a rest and I'm not taking no for an answer." Asami shifted her weight to one leg as she crossed her arms and gave the other female a smile. "My treat."

Korra returned the smile and nodded. "Give me ten minutes to get ready."


She splashed water on her face and looked at herself in the mirror. She debated whether she wanted to put her hair in a small bun or keep it down .

"Or maybe I could put on one of those headbands like Asami has.." She said to herself. After patting her face dry and wrapping a towel around her naked body, she headed to her room. Upon entering her room, she noticed something shiny sitting on her bed.

"What's this?" She walked over to it. It was a necklace with a round, blue sapphire stone with the edges surrounded by a metal plate. "It's beautiful."

"I'm ready. Where are we heading to?" Korra asked as she approached Asami.

Asami turned around and gave her a smile. "I thought we'd try a new seafood restaurant. They have a lobster, squid, and kale soup I heard is delicious." The non-bender's eyes suddenly on the elegant necklace hanging off Korra's neck. "That's a beautiful necklace. Where'd you get it from?"

Korra's hand skimmed over the sapphire stone. "I thought this was from you?"

"I didn't buy it. Maybe Tenzin or Pema or one of the other air benders gave it to you."

Confusion lightly spread across Korra's face. It didn't seem like something anyone on the island would do but perhaps they didn't have time to give it to her. "Yeah, maybe."


The evening went just right. Korra stuffed her face with food and had quite a few laughs with Asami. Although she was starting to regret all the food she ate. Asami said she would pay for it all and she was starving from her training. But now, she was tired with an aching belly as she stumbled into her room and over to her bed.

Collapsing on the bed was one of her favorite things in the world. She allowed her body to relax while her eyes slowly closed. Her hand absentmindedly rubbed the necklace around her neck. Nothing like sleeping off a belly full of food.

Suddenly her eyes snapped open. She sat up in her bed and looked next to her armoire. There was a strange statue there. It looked to be a female air acolyte sitting and meditating. Was that one of her past lives? The woman had an arrow on her forehead. Was this Tenzin's gift?

She stood up and walked over to the statue to investigate it. It came up to her hip in height. The detail on it was amazing. It looked like it was made out of some kind of white marble. The closed eyes on the statue looked like they would sparkle if they could open.

"I wonder who made this."

The next morning, Korra felt relaxed and rejuvenated. A night out with Asami was just what she needed. She felt like she could take on the world. She practically jumped out of her bed to start her morning but froze when she saw a pair of boots sitting in front of the statue. They were white and looked to be made almost entirely out of fur. Each boot had a sapphire gem sitting on the toe part that matched the necklace she found last night.

"Okay..this is getting weird."

She picked up the boots and examined them. They looked so nice, almost like they were handmade. She started contemplating whether these gifts were really for her, but who would come in her room to store things?

"Who would give me all these things? Well, since it's here, no use in letting it collect dust."


"Whoa! Check out those boots! Where'd you get them from?" Bolin exclaimed.

Bolin and Mako had come to watch Korra train with Tenzin outside on Air Temple Island.

"Those are nice. They look expensive. Did Asami buy them?" Tenzin asked.

"I honestly don't know. I asked around the island and no one admitted to getting them. Last night, I found a necklace on my bed and after I got back from dining with Asami, I found a statue in there as well. I even asked Asami if it was her and she denied it. Whoever it is, they're sneaking into my room and leaving me presents. It's creepy in a sweet sorta way." Korra said while she mimicked the air bending motions Tenzin was doing.

"That is weird. Sounds like you have a secret admirer." Mako said.

"Uh oh, let's hope Asami doesn't find out who it is." Bolin teased. "What are you going to do about it?"

"I don't know, honestly. They even snuck in when I sleeping."

"Do you want me to contact the White Lotus?" Tenzin asked as he twirled around and released a gust of air past Mako and Bolin.

Korra followed his motion. "No. I don't think the person's dangerous. If they wanted to hurt me, why would they leave gifts?"

"Stalkers can be really dangerous." Tenzin straightened himself to turn towards his young student. "It may start as gifts but turn possessive. I don't want you trying to handle this yourself."

"Tenzin's right. You saw what happened with me and Eska." Bolin shivered at the memories.

"Thanks for the concern, but I'll let you guys know if it's something I can't handle. I promise. I'm sure it's just one of the air acolytes who has a small crush. Nothing big."

Boy was she wrong.

Korra stared at the large painting hanging just above her bed on the side wall just an hour later. It was a head painting of her leaning the side of her face against her hand. The amount of details on it was amazing. From every curve to every blemish. Even the skin tone was spot on. Mako and Bolin were standing behind, staring at the painting.

"Just a crush?" Mako said. "How'd someone even sneak a painting this large on the island without someone noticing them?"

"This person must mean serious business." Bolin said in awe.

"No kidding." Korra responded.