Kairosclerosis - (noun) the moment when you realized you're happy
The pink petals of cherry blossoms were tangled within Asami's hair. She swept her hair out of her face, managing to pull a few stray petals out of her strands as she did so. Her face was flushed, and she was breathing hard. A giddy smile stretched across her face as she turned to Korra, who wore the same euphoric expression across her face.
"Let's do that again!" Asami said breathlessly.
"Yeah," Korra agreed. "Definitely!"
Together, she and Asami crawled out of the spring, water splashing down their legs and onto the ground, where flowers and grass were beginning to bloom, thanks to their happiness. Asami laughed as she chased Korra around the trees of the Spirit World, Korra always being just out of her reach.
Korra crawled back up onto the large tree that resided just over the pool of clean fresh water. Asami followed her up, albeit with a bit of difficulty, but was finally able to take her place next to Korra on the branches. Petals from the cherry blossoms were torn from their stems as the two of them climbed in the trees, following random paths upwards, going wherever their whimsy brought them.
"It's beautiful up here," Asami said suddenly, looking up at the borealis that was happening above them, here in what would be considered daylight.
"Yeah," Korra agreed. "It really is." She wasn't looking at the sky, though; she was looking at Asami, with the cherry blossom petals tangled in her wet hair and the look of absolute wonder and joy in her eyes. Her lips were parted in a smile, and the light shimmered in her eyes and radiated her skin.
A blush crept onto Korra's face as she looked at Asami.
"Let's dive back in!" Korra suggested then, spinning around on the blooming branches and crawling back over to where the limbs stuck out over the spring.
Asami followed her. Korra took a deep breath, then launched herself into the air, headfirst and her hands pressed together in front of her. She dived deep into the seemingly endless spring before she slowed to a stop. She smiled to herself, opening her eyes underwater, and then turned her head up to see Asami jumping in after her. She sped along in the water just as Korra did, petals flying away from her black hair.
She had to swim down deeper to get to Korra's level.
When the two finally met underwater, Korra laced her arms around her girlfriend and pulled her into a kiss. Asami let her hands touch Korra's, but the kiss didn't linger for long, for soon Asami was struggling for air.
Korra used her waterbending to form a pocket of air for them.
"Better?" she asked Asami.
"Better," she replied, breathing a sigh of relief.
The two kissed again while Korra bent the water around them, until they had to swim back up for fresh air. The broke the surface together, gasping in shock and exhilaration. The cool air met their skin with a slap, and Asami shivered. But despite the chills running along her spine, she swam to the edge of the spring, and pulled herself out of the water.
She sat down on the smooth, gray boulders that lined the spring, and swept her hair back from her face, not even bothering to wring it out. Trickles of water flowed down her skin in little streams, and Korra watched each droplet make its way down her body until it pooled beneath Asami's legs on the rocks.
Korra swam closer to the rocks. She was still in the water, buried up to her nose. Asami noticed her blue eyes focused on her, and she tossed her hair and smiled.
"Enjoying the view?" she asked Korra. She couldn't help but feel a slight girlish giddiness rise within her thanks to the way Korra was looking at her.
Korra stood up, revealing her own body to her, and took her place next to Asami on the rocks. For a moment, she sat down in front of her before deciding to pull their bodies together, embracing Asami once more and placing a kiss on her neck. Asami's fingers intwined into Korra's short, dripping wet hair as Korra let her lips linger on her skin.
"Keep doing that," Asami breathed.
Korra kissed Asami's neck for another minute or so before she pulled away. Bright smiles were on both of their faces. Asami cupped Korra's face in her hands, touching their foreheads together. Asami closed her eyes, reveling in the feeling of being so close to someone, and being so happy at the same time. Suddenly, she felt warm tears trickling on her fingers. She opened her eyes.
"Korra?" she asked, "Are you okay?"
Korra nodded, still maintaining her smile. "Better than okay," she replied, more tears streaming down her eyes. "I'm just…just so happy…" Her words trailed off into silence.
Asami shushed her, wiping her tears away with her thumb before kissing her on her forehead.
"No, really," Korra pushed, feeling as if Asami didn't believe her. "I'm happy! I'm so, so…so happy! I never thought that I could be this happy…" She blushed when she realized that she was rambling.
Asami didn't mind; she found it cute. Endearing, even. Asami pressed more kisses to Korra's cheeks and forehead and lips, and even a peck or two on the nose. Korra's smile only got wider, while tears of joy continued to roll down her cheeks.
"I love you, Asami," Korra told her, resting her head against Asami's shoulder.
"I love you too," Asami replied.
A small droplet landed on Asami's breast as Korra's joyous tears began again. Asami stroked her back, following along her muscles, pressing her fingers wherever she felt tension. More kisses peppered Korra's skin and hair before Asami slipped off the rocks, edging herself back into the deeper areas of the spring.
"Come on," Asami said gently, holding her hands out to Korra. "Let's wash those tears off your face."
Korra followed her in.