Disclaimer: I do not own ATLA, LOK, nor any of their characters or likeness. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Please forgive my choppy writing.

Author's Notes: Here you go guys. I want to thank all who have followed, favorited, and reviewed so far. I appreciated the warm reaction the first chapter received. Hopefully you'll like the rest just as much. Fair warning this particular chapter contains several moments of fluff. I thought they were after the drama of the last chapter. Enjoy.

The snow had stopped falling, but the clouds hanging overhead were still grey. Yet as Asami turned from the window overlooking the town-like village of Harbor City to see Korra heavily asleep in bed, the young CEO could not think of a more happy scene. Korra was wrapped tightly in bed covers, one of her legs hung off the side while her face leaned flush against the headrest. Asami smiled at how cute she thought her girlfriend looked bunched up like that. She slowly walked towards the edge of the bed, and gently poked her in the shoulder. "Hey Korra wake up, you need to get ready."

A painful groan echoed from the tired Avatar as she groggily stretched her limbs and began to sit up. Her hair was disheveled, and she sleepily blinked her eyes at Asami as though she were half asleep. "Get ready? For what? Are we going somewhere?"

"In a sense." Asami plopped next to Korra on the bed, and started patting down the loose strands of hair on her head. "You are going to show me all the hot spots around the Southern Water Tribe."

At the mention of that request Korra fully woke up. "What? I thought you would want to leave as soon as possible, and get back to the warmth in Republic City."

"Well as appealing as that sounds, it may not be a possibility right now. Due to the blizzard last night, the plane we flew in on is currently grounded."

"You're kidding, but wasn't that supposed to be one of your personal Sato Jets?" The voice Korra used held a slight twinge of playful mockery.

However, Asami remained unfazed and retorted "Yes, but the captain said we can't take off while there is still a severe weather advisory in effect. You see Korra, even people under my pay role have to follow the rules."

"Sure." This time Korra implemented a little sarcasm. She wanted to get under Asami's skin so badly, but the raven black-haired vixen wasn't making it easy. "How do I know you're not just using me as your glorified tour guide around the village?"

Asami leaned in, planted a kiss in the center of Korra's forehead, and peered down into her crystal blue eyes. "You don't. I guess your just gonna have to trust me."

Not missing a beat Korra grabbed the back of Asami's head and pulled her in for a true kiss. The connection of their lips instantly chased away any lingering chill on the two women's bodies as they instantly filled with an intense warmth that ran from the peak of their toes to the tops of their cheeks. When they finally parted Korra placed her forehead against Asami's and whispered sweetly "You should know by now that I more than just trust you."

A deep grin grew on Asami's face. "I'm gonna grab my jacket." She jumped off the bed, and pulled a black jacket with red trims off a chair in the corner. As she was putting it on she turned her head slightly to look back at Korra and said "By the way, I forgot to mention back in the Spirit World, you snore in your sleep."

Korra's jaw dropped and her face became several shades pinker. "I what? Asami I didn't know I..."

Suddenly Asami pounced on top of Korra pinning both her arms down onto the bed. She gave a quick kiss on the lips to her deeply flustered girlfriend, and giggled when she began to squirm underneath her. "I'm kidding Korra. You sleep like a log; a log that hugs all the covers, but a log none the less."

A sigh of relief escaped Korra's lips, the last thing she wanted was to do something embarrassing in front of Asami. "Are you gonna lay on top of me all day, or are we gonna do some of the sightseeing you were so giddy about."

Crawling off of Korra, Asami went in front of a mirror to fix the hair she had messed up with her horseplay. "Of course sweetheart, we can go as soon as you put your pants on." Realization hit the young Avatar as she felt a cool breeze blow past her legs. She looked down to notice that the bed covers had fallen to the floor, and the only thing keeping her modesty was a small pair of lower undergarments. That's when Korra's face became even redder. Scrambling to find her pants Korra stood up too quickly, tripped over the covers laying at her feet, and fell face first to the floor. Asami instantly dropped what she was doing and slid to her knees to check on her. "Oh no, are you ok? I'm sorry Korra, you seemed to be really hot in bed last night so I slipped your pants off. I didn't mean anything by it."

Flipping onto her back Korra saw the concerned look in Asami's eyes, and gave yet another sigh. "It's alright. Can you just hand them to me so we can get going." After several minutes of preparation, Korra and Asami exited their rented room and headed downstairs to the lobby. They approached the inn keeper and told him that they may be returning later that nig and asked to keep the room on reserve for them. Once their affairs were set, the two women went out the door to start their day. When Korra and Asami stepped outside Naga bounded right up to them. "Hey girl, I hope you weren't too cold outside." Naga nudged her snout against Korra's face to show affection to her longtime partner. "Aww, I missed you too. Listen I'm taking Asami to see some of the cool places around the village. Do you want to join us?" In response the lovable polar bear dog proceeded to lick Korra repeatedly. "Haha, alright I'll take that as a yes." Korra jumped onto Naga's back with the assistance of airbending, then turned to Asami and summoned a small twister that levitated her onto Naga as well.

The look on Asami's face was full of surprise and amazement. "You know you could have simply made Naga kneel down for me. That's how I got to ride her last night."

"But where's the fun in that? Your girlfriend is the Avatar, she should be allowed to spoil you with her limitless control of the elements."

Asami wrapped her arms around her girlfriend's waist, and then rested her head on Korra's shoulder. "Well if the Avatar feels so obliged to treat me this way, I guess I can't really stop her."

"That's my girl, now let's explore the great Southern Water Tribe." The first stop on their adventure was the Fire Navy shipwreck to the west of the village. Korra told the story of how Avatar Aang and Katara explored the inner workings of the cruiser when they were younger, and also how Aang accidentally set off a booby trap flare that alerted a young Prince Zuko to their location. Next they traveled a small distance to the north to reach a high snow hill that overlooked the ocean. Asami thought it was such a calming view, and she snuggled even closer to Korra so they could enjoy the moment together. "I'm sorry Asami."

Confused Asami let go of Korra and looked at her puzzled. "What do you mean you're sorry? I'm loving our little sightseeing tour so far."

"That's the thing I only knew of these two places." A frown grew on Korra's face, and she lowered her head. "Being locked in the White Lotus compound, I didn't get to see very much around here. I probably know more about Republic City than I do my own home. The only time I got to go out was to let Naga run, or to see my paren..." Korra's voice cut off, and Asami quickly put a hand on her shoulder. Korra spoke up again, and her tone was low and somber. "You know I almost forgot. I guess I was having so much fun with you this morning that what happened must have slipped my mind."

Asami could feel the pain radiating from Korra. She did not like writing people off, even her own father when he worked for the Equalists, but she couldn't help but hate Tonraq and Senna for what they are putting Korra through. Asami wanted to hold onto the girl sitting in front of her and make her feel better, but she did enough of that last night. What Korra needs now is someone to support her, and make her feel special. "How about you take me to the compound."

"What?" Korra looked back up at Asami not understanding why Asami would want to go to a dull place like that.

"I just realized you never took me to see where you grew up."

Confused, Korra attempted to ask "But yesterday I..."

"Korra you didn't grow up there. That's just where your parents lived while you were stuck in the compound." Asami flashed a smug grin at Korra, and waited for a response.

Finally understanding what her girlfriend was implying Korra's smile returned, and she firmly nodded. "Ok. It's not that far away from here."

With a new vigor the two women continued on. They traversed across a great flat expanse of snow and ice before tall concrete walls came into view in the distance. As they got near a guard sitting at the top of the gate called out to them. "Is that Avatar Korra? What are you doing here?"

"Hey Ulva, thought I come see the old stomping grounds. You mind letting us in?"

"Sure just give me a sec." The guard disappeared out of sight for a few moments, then the gate slowly began to open.

Asami leaned forward and whispered in Korrra's ear. "You knew that man."

"When you spend as much time as I did in one place, you tend to learn a lot about the people around you." When Korra said that, Asami got a small inkling of how shut in the woman in front of her must have been. They both climbed off Naga, and let her roam through the courtyard. The two woman explored the complex as well with Korra occasionally pointing out things of interest, until finally they came upon a giant rectangular platform. "This was the stage where I took all of my element performance tests."

"In other words where you beat up some unfortunate instructors" Asami witted back to her girlfriend.

"Basically. Nothing gets past you miss Sato." Suddenly Korra thought of a devilish idea. "You want to have a little sparring match."

Asami stopped dead in her tracks and for the first time that day was taken aback by Korra's eagerness. "You serious?" Korra proceeded to step on top of the platform and offered her hand to Asami. A smile grew on the young CEO's face as she accepted her hand, and prepared herself for something fun. "You're on."

Korra removed her snow gloves and threw them to the side. "I'm not gonna use the elements or the Avatar State. I want to see which one of us is the better hand to hand combatant."

"As if that needed to be contested." Asami followed suit by taking her gloves off as well and throwing them next to Korra's.

While stretching out her muscles Korra glared at her girlfriend. "Someone thinks highly of themselves."

Dropping into her own fighting stance Asami readied herself. "Just come at me."

Korra made the first move taking a simple jab at Asami. It was easily parried, and returned with a swing of the elbow. Korra ducked underneath it, and attempted a leg sweep. However, Asami jumped over her leg and come down on Korra with a falling round house kick. She barely was able to roll out of the way as Asami's foot hit the ground. Getting back to her feet Korra rushed forward, tackled Asami, and pinned her arms to the ground.

She fell on her back pretty hard, and it sent a shockwave throughout her body. "Ow, that actually hurt."

Korra didn't move from her purch, she just stared down at her helpless opponent. "I'm sorry, I guess i was a little too into it. But thats's what you get for making me think that I snore, and then pouncing on me in bed."

A pained giggle escaped Asami. "Ahh, I thought you would have liked me being playful like that."

"Not when you're the only one who gets to do this." Korra then leaned down and caught Asami's lips, imitating what was done to her earlier that morning. Releasing her grip on Asami's arms Korra and moved her hands upward to interlock their fingers together. She wanted to enjoy this moment as long she could, and to be as close to Asami as she would let her. Korra eventually pulled away, and she looked down at the gentle eyes of the woman she loved. The thought that they had only reunited a few weeks ago after three long years; wasted time that Korra planned to make up for.

The warm touch of Asami grip loosened, and she reached up to brush away a small bang that had fallen in front of Korra's eyes. "You made a mistake Avatar." Suddenly the battle trained CEO wrapped her legs around Korra's waist and pulled sharply to the right to flip the two of them over. This maneuver put Korra now on her back, and Asami atop of her once again. "Never let your guard down."

"Am I interrupting anything" a wizened voice echoed from the other side of the courtyard. The two women jumped to their feet, and looked for the source of the voice. Korra quickly caught sight of a white-haired elder woman wearing traditional water tribe robes walking towards them.

From the first glimpse of her unmistakable features, Korra immediately recognized who it was. "Katara." The young woman jumped off the platform and ran straight to her old waterbending mentor. Once she got close enough Korra wrapped Katara in a tight hug. "How are you. It's been so long."

"It has. You seem to be back to normal other than some obvious changes." Katara then pointed a finger at Korra's short hair to show that was what she was talking about. Asami slowly approached behind them, and stood next to Korra. "So tell me, did you girls come all this way to visit me."

Korra hesitated before she spoke. "Oh. Ugh, Asami and I are on vacation, and she wanted to see the compound." Asami could feel the uncertainty building inside Korra. She knew that Korra cared about Katara, but after what happened with her parents Asami understood why she wouldn't want to tell the whole truth just yet. "Sorry if we made any commotion. We were having a little sparring session on the platform."

"That's quite alright. From what I can tell you have a lot more training to do." For the third time that day Korra turned red from embarrassment. What made it worse was that it was coming from her old mentor.

Noticing this Asami put a hand on Korra's shoulder and said "Well don't worry I can be your tutor."

The silent care she was receiving from Asami relaxed Korra again. "I think I'ld like that." Suddenly a big crash was heard in another part of the compound followed by the howls of a polar bear dog. "Oh no it sounds like Naga got into something. I'll be right back." With A hat Korra ran off into the distance.

A brief set of seconds of silence passed after Korra left before Katara spoke. "So why are you two really here." Asami froze. "You may be actually visiting today, but that's not the entire story is it." Asami turned to look at Katara questioning in her head how she knew. "I could see it in her eyes, a pain that wasn't there the last time I saw her. "

Realizing she wasn't going to be able to hide it, Asami decided to explain. "She wanted to take me to see her parents."

Not fully understanding Katara asked "What's wrong with that?"

"She wanted to take us to her parents." There was an emphasis on the word 'us' that made Katara finally comprehend what was being said. She listened more closely to Asami. "Suffice to say they didn't react very well. They told her that she was broken, and that they wouldn't accept her back until she fixed herself. By the end of last night Korra was sobbing herself to sleep in my lap while we stayed at an inn, and this morning I suggested to her that she take me sightseeing around the Southern Water Tribe. I thought it might get her mind off of what happened."

"You really care for her don't you" Katara asked with a sincerity and interest that made Asami feel like it was safe to delve deeper.

"Yes. We've grown so close recently, and the thought of her being hurt tears me up inside. When she was recovering from the attack by Zaheer I wanted to be here with her so badly. But she wasn't ready to let me in yet, and now that she has I have to do everything in my power to support her."

A knowing smile grew on Katara's face. "You remind me of myself when I began to discover my feelings for Aang. You want to protect the one you love, shield them from any harm, but you have to understand that Korra needs to experience some of this pain. Otherwise how else is she going to grow."

Asami was about to respond, but Korra came walking back up to them with her polar bear dog in tow. "Sorry it took me a minute. Naga was caught up in some of the crates in the back warehouse. Did I miss anything."

Katara walked forward and put both her hands on Korra's shoulders. "Korra, you know you're free to make your own choices in this world. Don't let your fear of what I might think make you feel like you have to keep secrets from me."

Korra turned away from Katara and looked over to Asami. "You told her didn't you."

Asami innocently shrugged. "She saw right through us Korra."

Katara pulled Korra in and wrapped her arms around her neck. "I have no grievances against who you are, and I'm sorry your parents reacted the way they did. I would have thought they'd be above that kind of bigotry."

"I was surprised too" Asami interjected. This was something that was bothering her ever since yesterday. "I know same sex couples are rare in the Southern Water Tribe, but I didn't realize that it was still that heavily looked down upon."

Motioning now to Asami, Katara said "I believe you'll find that to be true in most places. People as a whole may seem to be improving, but there are still some who hold true to their beliefs. That's something you're going to have to prepare yourselves for. Korra is not the only one facing discrimination. If this relationship is what the two of you really want, than you are going to have to stand together against a great amount of hatred."

At that moment Korra walked over to Asami, grabbed her hand, and looked her in the eye. "As long as you're beside me, I will gladly face any prejudice."

Surprised at the sudden change in feeling and attitude Asami asked "Are you sure?"

"Yes, even if one of the naysayers happens to be my parents. Don't get me wrong I'm still hurt, and I'm not looking forward to all the negative things that await us. But you are worth it. We've only officially been together for a week, but I know in my heart that what we are doing is not a mistake." Asami was so overwhelmed with emotion that she instantly cupped Korra's face with her hands, and connected their lips once again. She was so proud of how brave her girlfriend was being, and how she thought she was worth fighting for. If Korra was willing to do that for her, than she was going to return the favor. When Asami finally pulled away, Korra snickered to herself. "You know that's the first time we've kissed in front of somebody."

Asami giggled, closed her eyes, and put her forehead against Korra's. "I don't care as long as you're the one I'm kissing."

Katara spoke up again waking Asami and Korra from their loving trance. "Girls why don't you head inside and get comfortable. I'm not sure where you had in mind to stay tonight, but I personally think it would be best if you stayed here."

"The inn keeper may get a little miffed if we don't end up returning, but I think we'll be fine." Asami then bowed her head in respect. "Thank you Master Katara for your hospitality and kind words."

"Come with me." A sharp tug on Asami's arm caught her by surprise as she was all of sudden being pulled away towards the inside entrance. Korra's grip was firm, but it did not hurt in the slightest. She turned back to Asami as she continued to lead her and said. "We're staying in my old room. I hope you don't mind a smaller bed."