Chapter 1
Christmas Eve, Republic City
"Today's the day, today is the day I am going to confess my feelings for Asami. No more hiding." Korra thought as she stepped out of the flower shop holding a beautifully arranged bouquet of Fire Lilies. The sun was set, and the chill in the air had increased due to the fact that, well, it was winter and the night before Christmas. Korra jogs down the street towards Sato Mansion, her heart racing in anticipation of Asami's face when she presents the flowers. She imagines those wonderful emerald eyes... the look of shock her beautiful face would hold before melting into a smile that could turn anyone into a puddle from it's radiance. Korra, mumbling words of encouragement to herself as she walks up to the door, stops dead in her tracks, her hand inches away from knocking, and stares in the window into the parlor. Inside on the couch, is Asami but she's not alone. Sitting beside her kissing her neck is Mako. She stands there with the lilies still in her hand as tears begin to role down her face. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Asami looks up to see the back of a perplexed Korra running away. Unto Korra's knowledge, Mako had stopped y only moments before her arrival, and had tried to make an advance much to her protests. She runs to the door, hoping to be ale to catch Korra, but they young avatar is already long gone... the only evidence left behind where her boot prints in the freshly fallen snow, and the discarded fire lilies...