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New Life
Chapter 2

As the two walked away from the three air benders, Asami could feel Korra clenching her hand, harder and harder, easily guessing what was troubling her. Behind her smile, Korra was nervous about what had just happened. Things were already going off plan; something which made her feel uneasy and guilty.

Before crossing back from the spirit world and get back to the city, Korra and Asami had agreed on a plan. They decided it was best to be discreet about their relation. The two wanted to take things calmly and gradually tell the others without making a big fuss, mainly because they wanted their family and friends to know about them by hearing it from themselves, not from someone else.

Having a child jumping around in the middle of an urban city shouting how the Avatar now has a girlfriend wasn't exactly a good way to follow that plan. Things now had to be rush because the word was bound to spread as quick as lightning.

Wanting to try and make Korra feel better, Asami decides to take the lead, talking advantage of their clenched hands to pull Korra after her. This quickly brought back Korra down to earth.

"Where are you taking me?", Korra asked, not sure what Asami was planning.

Pulling her into a seemingly reserved area, Asami makes a strange request, "Korra, could you quickly earth bend some kind of room or tent around us? We need to talk in private about what just happened."

"Um…sure," Korra replied, as she started bending the demanded structure; it was a rough tent, with little holes on the top to allow light inside.

Before Asami could speak, Korra thought it would be best to simply apologize and decided to start the conversation herself; "I'm sorr-", but before she could end that phrase, a pair of soft red lips had connected to her own. Seconds passed and as the kiss ended, Korra took a small breath and chuckled. "I thought we were supposed to talk, not that I mind this. Good idea to make a tent, this will come in handy for sure," she ended, chuckling once again.

"Don't run wild with ideas now. This was just an emergency case because I wanted to cheer you up a bit," Asami stated as a small shade of red made way on her cheeks before continuing, "Korra, I know that things immediately didn't go as we planned but its fine. We can fix this. We'll just let everyone know earlier than we thought, that's all. Don't worry too much about it," she concluded, giving off a gentle smile.

Korra smiled back, gently wrapping her arms around Asami's waist. "I know. It's just, I always act without thinking. In a few seconds I messed up all that we had planned. I need to be more responsible of my actions, my words. I don't want my carelessness to affect you in any way."

Asami gently hugged back, speaking in a somewhat teasing voice. "It's fine. I don't really mind that, especially if you'll be saying things like what you said earlier. I like how you called me yours in front of everyone."

Hearing those words, Korra blushed, rubbing the back of her head. "Well… *cough*… Let's get going, shall we?", she asked, receiving a giggle and a nod as an answer. Seeing this, she started earth bending the walls down.

As the two continued with their walk, a lot of changes could be noticed. Republic city had pretty much expanded beyond belief in the short time they've been away.

There were a lot of new houses, apartments, meet areas, gardens, parks, markets, shops. There were even new bending schools and sports training centers.

The most incredible part about all of this was that almost all of the areas were now adjusted to accommodate both humans and spirits. This made Korra extremely happy and thrilled. Every now and then, she would have doubts about what she changed as the Avatar. Will republic city accept the spirits? Will the spirits accept the merging worlds? Will there be conflict around the two? Will they be able to adjust together? All these questions made her uneasy and worry about what was next to come. Seeing the spirits and humans cohabitate together now in this harmony, seeing how the areas are now tailored for the two - it made her feel somewhat gratified and pleased.

Walking more towards the outer area, Korra and Asami stumbled around a new building with various playgrounds connected to it. Lots of kids could be seen playing there, playing together. Some of them were playing with toys, other were playing by bending the elements. All of them looked like they were having fun; all except for a little girl who was alone in the corner, isolated from the rest, looking somewhat sad.

Both Korra and Asami instantly felt bad seeing the little girl all alone. Why was she alone when all the other kids were playing together?

"Asami, feel like taking a quick small break from our walk?" Korra asked, as she shifted her head back and forth, looking towards Asami and then towards the little girl.

Asami couldn't help but giggle at the question. She knew perfectly what Korra was planning to do. After all, both had thought the same thing when they saw this little girl alone. "Ah, I just happen to feel a bit tired. I was going to ask to take a break~ Let's take a break and have a little bit of fun here."

Hearing this, Korra smiled, happy that the two of them were on the same wavelength. Walking slowly, the two approached the little girl, wanting to check what was going on.

A/N: Hey all - I hope you like the new chapter =].. Let me know what you guys think. Also, if anyone is interested, I've been looking for someone to be sort of a "chapter-quality reader", so if any of you are interested, feel free to pm me

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