As usual, I own no one and Saige owns Karuna. Enjoy.
Rushing out of class, Korra dug through he backpack to find her phone. Once she had it in her hand she looked for Bolin's name and hit the call button. Making her way out of the front doors of the gym, she held the phone to her ear and found some shade under a nearby tree.
"Yeah?"
"Bolin! Where the hell were you? You missed the first class!"
"I know, I know! I'm sorry Korra, it's just a lab opened up for my Kin class and I wanted to be the first to sign up. It's the same time as dance so I had to drop it."
"Well you could have texted me or something."
"I know sorry! I tried to call you but you didn't pick up."
Korra pouted some, but only sighed in response.
"Look I'll see you later I'm running to my next class. Bye!"
She waited until the phone said the call ended before slipping the phone in her pocket once more. Dance class was pretty simply today they mostly went over the syllabus and just did some stretches. Since it was a beginner class and the first day most people didn't come dressed or even remotely ready to do any dancing. Most people seemed just as nervous as she was.
"Hey! Korra! You have a break now, or heading to class?"
The voice surprised her but as she turned she smiled seeing her new friend from the previous class. "Yeah I've got a couple hours before my next class, what about you?"
"Same, same." The grey eyed girl said with a nod as she caught up to Korra and they both began walking towards the center of campus. "What did you think of that class? It sounds like fun."
"Yeah. I actually more excited for it than I thought I would be.."
"Especially now that the triple threat star Asami is in our class, huh?" Giving Korra a quick nudge with her elbow she laughed when the short haired girl shot her a surprised look.
"What— How— I mean.. Was it that obvious?"
"Oh come on, you didn't think I would notice? You were a complete ball of nerves as soon as she came and stood next to you. And you were sweaty too. Gross." She stuck her tongue out before adding, "You should talk to her or something, be real easy now that she's in class with us."
"I don't know." Korra said quietly, thinking to herself now. "Maybe."
The rest of the day went by quickly, she made a new friend and her afternoon class sounded pretty easy. When she wasn't attempting to pay attention she found that her thoughts kept drifting off to think about Asami. She knew nothing about her other than she was supposedly this singing, dancing, acting prodigy. Even without knowing any of that the girl had her completely mesmerized from the start.
The next day passed by excruciatingly slow but when it was Wednesday morning and time for dance class again, Korra found herself waking up earlier than usual and ready to go. She walked into class early again just as the advanced class was ending a bit early for some reason, they were doing some cool down exercises as Korra took a seat against the wall. Taking out her phone, Korra started to scroll through her twitter, chuckling a bit to herself before suddenly a body plopped down beside her.
"Hey, Korra."
It took her a moment to register, but once her large blue eyes glanced over, she found a green gaze sitting real close to her.
"A-Asami! Hi!" She hit the sleep button on her phone, causing a click as she jumped in her place, causing the older girl to giggle softly.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." She reached up to undo the rubber band in her hair, letting her lock onyx locks flow down her shoulders before she ran a hand through it.
Korra was mesmerized again, she felt her mouth hang open a moment before she quickly shook herself, "It's okay, you just surprised me that's all."
They both smiled to themselves a moment, Asami removing the wraps around her feet before reaching into her bag and finding her socks and shoes and slipping them on. Once she finished tying them she sighed softly, turning to face the younger girl again.
"You did a really good job yesterday. I know it was just the first day and all, but I wanted to ask you if you could maybe help me out with whatever I have trouble with after class sometimes?"
Korra felt her eyes widen and her cheeks turned pink, "M-Me? Help you? But you're already so good.."
Asami laughed again, shaking her head before glancing down to the ground, "I've been trained in most classical forms of dance since I could walk.. Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Interpretive, I can handle those." She sighed softly, "But I've always had trouble with hip hop.. I'm always too stiff, too precise. But you, you looked great yesterday." Peering up through her eyelashes she gave Korra a soft smile.
The younger girl reached up to rub the back of her head in response, "Well I mean.. I thought you looked just fine. But if you need help I don't mind helping.." She grinned sheepishly before suddenly the teacher returned, causing the class to jump up into their usual lines facing the mirror.
They were starting off with some easy choreography, Korra was getting the hang of it quite easily and everyone in the class seemed to grasp it as well, even Asami. That was, until the end of the class when she split them up into groups and had each group perform what they'd learned for the other groups. Karuna and Korra were in the first group and they performed flawlessly, even adding a little flair before grinning and high living each other at the end.
They sat down and watched the second group, some people caught on while others seemed to struggle a bit. Korra had almost stopped paying attention when Karuna nudged her and whispered that Asami's group was up.
Once the music started things seemed fine but as it went on, everyone could see that Asami was not quite grasping the choreography now that it was at full speed and all together.
"Wow she's horrible." Karuna commented in Korra's ear, causing Korra to immediately elbow her in her side.
"Not nice." She hissed softly, before narrowing her eyes at her new friend. But once their turn was finished she sighed softly, "But you're right.. Wow.. What a difference."
The class was dismissed and as everyone started leaving Asami sighed softly, taking a seat next to Korra.
"So.. how terrible was I?"
"Not that bad.." Korra said quickly, unable to hide the look on her face, which only caused Asami to laugh again.
"You don't need to lie to me, I know I did terrible. So.. do you think you can help me or am I a lost cause..?"
"I got this." Smirking softly with some new found courage, Korra stood up again and held a hand out to her. Once she took it she pulled her up and took her to the middle of the dance floor, facing the mirror once again. Putting her hands on her hips, Korra felt the heat rush to her face but kept her voice as calm as possible.
"You just need to relax and go with the beat. Let's practice a few more time slowly, then we can go all out."