Their vocation ended fast. They walked though the portal back to the physical world just the same way as they did going though it to the spirit world - wordlessly, tightly-gently holding hands, with eyes full of love, care, devotion, sheer trust and hope. It was late evening - they planned to come back at this time just so that the shift won't be so radical as the time they shared in the spirit world was just like that - calm. Exciting, adventurous, full of emotions, yet still full of inner peace. And they did not want to fall into the whirlpool of city noise, masses, satomobile horns and strangers.
Although at that time Asami had her apartment in the city, she often went to air temple island. Both Asami and the airbenders felt that they grew up to be a family. So Asami and Korra without even talking about it went together to the island. Both of them still had their rooms there. Even clothes and tooth brushes never left the places where their owners had put them.
They walked to Asami's car and Korra took her staff out of the trunk. She looked at Asami a bit embarrassed: "I think it would be faster if we'll fly with my glider...if you don't mind"
Asami looked over her shoulder to Korra as she was looking for her things in the car. A smile light her face: "I don't mind. But are you sure you can carry us both to the island? Maybe we can just take a boat and you could waterbend us there?" - Asami enjoyed the idea of enfolding Korra during the flight, but she was worried that it might be a bit too much after this time of basically no bending or physical activity.
Korra wanted to feel Asami close. Of course Asami made a good point. Even though Korra was mostly in a good shape, there was no way to know how muchweaker she got during this vacation without workouts and avatar stuff. But she wanted to feel Asami close to her sooo badly... It was a conflict between inner desires and good judgement. But if they went on boat, maybe Asami could still be sitting next to her..? -
"Yeah...you may be right. But I would suggest you to sit next to me - sometimes the waves can get pretty high and it might be a bumpy ride, so it's better that you would hold on to me. Just so...you know..." - she felt herself blushing, choking, throat getting drier with every word - "in case something unexpected happened, I would grab you and save." - she started to realize how underrated of Asami's survival skills this might sound - "Not that you can't take of yourself! - she added quickly - "It's just that it's water, and I'm the avatar and a master waterbender so I think in this particular situation, it would be irresponsible from me not to" - the choking increased as her mouth completely dried out - "you know...take care of you."
Asami could not keep her eyes from Korra and a tender smile appeared on her face. She though Korra was so cute and looked so innocent at this moment. She wanted to hold Korra. Probably she would have came up with similar excuse to hold Korra, but she was happy that it wasn't her who had to do this - "Yes, of course. I would not want to fall out into the cold water - I don't take it as good as you - so You better prepare for a strong grip."
A big happy smile illuminated Korra's face - "Yeah, sure! No problem! Strong grip resistance applied!"
Asami could not help but admire Korra. Her face, her personality, her whole being. And for the moment, she thought, that it wasn't just Korra's face that the smile illuminated, but the whole area they were at. "Could it be that the avatar's feelings reflect on the material world too..?" - Asami wondered quietly to herself. - "Whatever it is, it's beautiful." - she stood there admiring the view in front of her for a few moments - "No, it's more than that. It's wonderful. She is full of wonders."
