"Oooo, swipe right for her!"
"Bolin! Can you please stop looking over my shoulder?" At that Bolin walked over to the chair on the other side of the room.
"Gee, Korra I'm sorry. It's just good to see you finally moving on from Mako even if you're talking to women now." At that blue eyes met green. The faint blush on Korra's cheeks hardly noticible but she could feel the heat.
"I didn't mean to snap Bolin. It's just getting back into the dating game hasn't exactly been easy and this app is more frustrating than anything." At that Korra threw her phone on the couch as she sank into the cushions.
"Well c'mon let's go grab a pizza and some beers and we can look at all the pretty girls together." Bolin said hopeful as he stood up and made his way to grab his jacket.
"You're right, Bo. I could use the help of a lady slayer like you."
"Oh man this one is a definite swipe left!"
"What?! Bolin you're crazy look at this photo of her. I mean she is a runner, and she doesn't look half bad in some spandex." Korra said taking another gulp of beer.
They had been back at Korra's apartment for sometime and the pizza was long eaten. They did however have another case of beer in the fridge as they were nearly done with their first.
"Korra, KORRA!. You need to look at their profile too not just their pictures. Here look it says: My cat is better than your dog and I'm sure better than you too. You HATE cats!" At that Bolin took it upon himself to swipe left for her.
"Profile?" A look of complete disbelief came across Korra's face as she stared at the next profile coming up. "You mean I'm supposed to say something about myself!?"
"Well that explains why I haven't seen you get any matches. In fact, what does your page even look like?"
"I have a couple pictures, one of me at the gym and one out with Naga and the beach."
Korra stated as she took another swig of her beer.
"You need to fancy it up a bit. Here." At that Bolin shot her a few photos he had on his phone. One of the krew that they normal hung out with, one of Korra on her motorcycle, and a candid shot of Korra in her wildland firefighting get up looking over a ridge. "Ok, this one says I have friends so I'm not a loser. This one is look I can be a bad girl and give you a rush. And last but not least 'Hey I do things to help people that is super badass.'" Bolin watched as Korra updated her profile photos.
"Ok Bo. Now what do I say about myself? 'Hey I'm new to looking for a girlfriend. No clue what I'm doing. Also, really bad a flirting.'?" At that Korra slouched back into the couch completely deflated. "I just don't know Bo. I don't have much to offer anyone."
"Korra you have so much to offer. In your case lets stick to KISS."
"What?"
"Keep it simple stupid." At that Korra punched Bolin in the arm. "Ow, ow ,ow. I didn't mean it literally, it's just one of those sayings. Ok so let's stick to one word descriptors"
"Why are you so good at this?" Korra asked eyeing Bolin. "I mean it's not like you have a Tinder account what with Opal and all."
"Yeah… I uhhhh…. I gotta pee." Bolin quickly got up and left the room hoping that maybe Korra would find something else to occupy her mind from her previous statement.
Maybe he's playing the field a bit. Opal didn't seem like she wanted to settle down right away. Then again you can tell those two are completely smitten. Maybe Mako asked him for help. That's it. Mako. So does that mean he's ready to move on from me? No, the last time we talked he was trying to explain to me he was trying to take more time off from work. I thought that might have been an attempt for us to try again.
Bolin came strolling back into the room and sat back next to Korra. She turned to him.
"It's Mako isn't it. You helped him and this is how he did his profile, huh?"
"Yeah." Bolin looked back at her desperate to change the subject.
"It's fine. I guess I just thought he wasn't 100% ready to move on from me yet."
Bolin grabbed her hand, "Korra, I don't ever think he'll move on from you but you guys are just such a wreck together it was killing both of you. Not to mention how shitty it has been for me always being stuck in the middle. I love both of you guys but you two just don't work. He has talked about rekindling the friendship you guys had, though."
"Yeah I do miss him and you're right. God, we were a wreck, huh? Ok, time to move on. I got some ladies to meet."
"There we go. Ok so back to one word descriptors. Ok so: nerd."
"What I'm not a nerd!"
"Korra your apartment is decorated in movie posters, comic books, and random art from shows you're interested in. You are a nerd."
Korra's lip went out to a pout.
"OK what else… Oh you're a student, a gym rat, veteran, firefighter, and dog lover."
Korra typed in all those descriptors, "You sure these are good?"
"Yeah it makes you sound interesting and keeping it simple gives it a bit of mysteriousness."
"Ok I think my profile is complete, maybe? Look at it?" She handed off her phone.
"Korra, if I was a chick I would swipe right in an instant."
"Thanks Bo! Ok I'm kind of sick of this let's play some Madden I gotta get the Fire Ferrets to the Super Bowl."
"Alright Bo I'll talk to you tomorrow. Good night." As she shut the door Korra looked down at her phone mildly curious if she might have some matches.
Left, left, OH GOD LEFT! Eh she is kinda cute, right. Right, ehhhh why not. Right.
By this point Korra had gotten a few matches and started talking to a few people. No one really peaked her interest though.
She made her way to the bedroom and pushed her dog Naga over to the side of the bed.
"Hey girl I need some blanket too."
Her phone vibrated.
Bolin- Any matches yet?
Korra- A few, some nice girls but I haven't been smitten yet.
Bolin- Hey, it's Tinder just enjoy the ride.
Korra- Yeah, yeah. I'll let you know if anyone stands out.
Korra pulled the blanket over her, turned her TV on to The Office and fell asleep.
The next day Korra met up with Bolin and Opal for lunch at their favorite Pho place, Narook's.
"So Bolin tells me you are gonna start dating again." Opal said nonchalantly as she added the sprouts to her Pho. "I think it's great, plus it'll be nice to see you with some other guy besides Mako."
At that both Korra and Bolin spit out their noodles.
"Look, I know he is your brother but sometimes he's just so moody."
"Oh it's not the fact you brought up Mako." Korra said as she scratched the back of her neck. "I, uh, I think I'm gonna start seeing women…" Korra blushed and looked down into her Pho.
"Oh, ok. So any luck?" Opal replied with a half bite of noodles in her mouth.
"Not really. But I'm so busy with class and making sure I stay in shape for fire season I've really just been using Tinder." Korra said as she raveled noodles on her chopsticks and relieved Opal didn't seem to care about the dating other women part.
"Well just don't go out and meet crazies." Opal said. "Mind if I look through some with you sometime. I just love looking at how people try to make themselves seem better than they really are. Er… Not that you would have to play up Korra, you're a badass."
"Gee Opal, thanks." Korra rolled her eyes and took out her phone. "Come sit over here and we can look at some while Bolin gets dessert."
"Sounds like a plan to me!" Bolin smiled and went to order some green tea Ice cream.
"Oooo she's pretty!" Opal exclaimed.
"Wow, yeah she is." Korra replied. "She looks familiar too. Hmm. Asami. The only Asami I know though was this girl I used to have in some classes with back in high school. She was kind of chubby and she moved away. I don't think this is her. BO!"
Bolin came back to the table with ice cream melting down his cone and all over his hand.
"Do you remember that Asami girl in chemistry our sophmore year? Think this is her?"
"Hahahaha no. That Asami and this Asami are like apples and watermelons."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Opal glared.
"What she was a fat kid."
"BOLIN!"
"What?! I can say that because I was a fat kid, too."
"Not much has changed with you Bo." Korra joked.
"Well yeah I still eat like one but I grew out of that stage."
"Well don't you think she could have too?" Opal asked.
"I guess but the girl from high school and this girl look nothing alike except maybe the eyes but green eyes aren't that rare here in Republic City considering we used to be Earth Kingdom." Bolin said right before biting into his cone.
"Well this Asami is beautiful and she seems interesting. Listen- 'Engineer and adrenaline junky. I like to love life in the fast lane. Life is too short and the world is way to big of a place to be just content. #yolo #imkidding #carpediem'" Korra said as she looked through the photos. "Wow, she is just like crazy beautiful and look at that car! I want to get to know her for sure." At that Korra swiped right and as she stared down at her phone a smile came to her face and she lifter her phone for Bolin and Opal to see.
It's a Match!