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Green.
The colour green.
It was suddenly the only colour that stood out to Korra.
She took greater notice that the trees were green. The grass was green. Korra's newly found favourite tea in the morning was now green tea.
She had always been a blue person. Blue water. Blue skies. Blue outfits which were her water tribe garb.
So what was with the sudden infatuation with the colour green?
Asami's eyes.
No matter where Korra looked now, anything that was remotely the shade of green would trigger memories of the night they met.
When Asami had first spoken of her name without her Avatar title, Korra was a goner.
The way the 'r's had rolled off her tongue made Korra dizzy.
Their initial meeting had been short that night, Asami had excused herself for the night saying that she needed to prepare for the next day of the conference.
That was three days ago.
Korra was expecting another boring day, the past few days were certainly nothing short of absolute boredom, but today was the last day of the conference.
The conference apparently would end with a grand, spectacular ball. Probably to ease the tension that reigned throughout the conference.
A ball meant socializing. Socializing meant talking. Maybe dancing.
But to Korra, the ball meant another opportunity to see Asami.
"Finally it's the last day today!" Bolin was so happy he was skipping through the hotel lobby.
"Tell me about it Bo. I'm itching to get back to proper work after this is done." Mako pushed his fist into the air and high-fived his brother.
Korra laughed at the two brothers and put them into a headlock as they left the hotel and was walking towards the City Hall building where the conference was being held.
The headlock wasn't tight enough because Bolin still managed to cough out some words, "Korra I bet you're excited about the ball tonight."
Bolin looked up at Korra and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.
Mako on the other hand had already broken out of Korra's hold.
"Why the hell would Korra be excited for these things. She hates social events." Mako looked expectedly at Korra for her concurrence.
Mako, however, was taken aback when Korra blushed.
"Oohh I know I know why Korra is blushing. The object of her affections starts with 'A'…"
Bolin paused for dramatic effect.
"… and ends with 'sami'"
Bolin was then unceremoniously air bended into a nearby bush.
"Wait as in Asami Sato?"
Mako took Korra's silence as confirmation.
"Why did I not know that you had a crush on the wealthiest woman in Republic City and Bolin did?" Mako loudly complained.
"Keep it down Mako!"
"Well?!" Mako's voice didn't decrease in volume at all.
"Look I… I talked to Bolin the same night I met her."
"You were asleep bro. Snoring like a baby flying bison". Bolin had rejoined them and was completely unfazed at the fact that Korra had air bended him into a bush. He even remembered to fix his hair. "Korra knocked on our room door and then we went out for drinks."
"You didn't even tell me you went out the next day!"
"What's there to tell? It was between me and Korra." Bolin stuck his tongue out at his brother.
"Nevermind, we're getting away from the point here! Korra, what's going on?" Mako was now calmer and his voice was at a level where people couldn't hear unless they eavesdropped but he crossed his arms together and looked expectedly at Korra.
"Well… I… Uh…" Korra was a little stuck at where to start so she decided to give Mako the shortest run down possible.
"Asami and I met through our connecting room doors. We both kind of knew who each other was and that was how we met?" Korra finished lamely. Korra had managed to sum it all into a short, incomplete but nonetheless contained the main thing that happened that night in one breath.
Korra had spent hours chatting to Bolin about Asami, albeit there was alcohol involved and alcohol made everything more dramatic.
Korra may have talked Bolin to sleep when she spent an hour musing about how beautiful her green eyes were.
She left out the part where Asami had been in the sexiest nightgown Korra had ever seen.
Mako crossed his arms and glared at Korra.
"Okay fine! I may have a teeny… tiny… miniscule… small… crush on Asami Sato?" as she tried to appease Mako her voice had gotten softer and softer.
Mako's smug smirk was his reply.
"Why you!" Korra had Mako in another headlock and was grinding his head down with her fist.
"Korra?"
The woman of their conversation was suddenly in the vicinity.
Like deers caught in headlights, Korra and Mako froze in their positions.
"Miss Sato! I'm Bolin! I'm like a huuggeee fan of your Satomobiles! I'm saving up for your newest sports car!"
Bless Bolin and his sweetness. Bolin had easily taken away Asami's attention from Mako and Korra. Taking the opportunity, Korra quickly let go of Mako and they both rushed to straighten themselves.
"It's nice to meet you Bolin, please just call me Asami. If you want you should totally come by my factory and we can test some of the sports cars we have available." Asami, ever the businesswoman, answered smoothly.
"Kooorraaaa we have to go. Like seriously. We have to go!" Bolin begged Korra.
"Uhmm only if Asami is okay with it?"
"Of course I am. All three of you are welcome."
"Oh sorry, Asami this is Mako and Bolin. They're brothers." Korra said sheepishly, forgetting that she hadn't introduced her best friends.
"It's an honour to meet Team Avatar."
Mako politely introduced himself to Asami and even had the time to wink at Korra before he whisked his brother away on the excuse that he wanted some snacks before the conference started that day.
Korra and Asami were then left to themselves.
They walked slowly but none of them spoke. Korra however kept stealing glances at the gorgeous woman next to her and then reminding herself that she should stop gawking and making things awkward. Unbeknownst to Korra, Asami was doing the exact same thing.
Asami was the one who broke the silence.
"So I haven't really seen you for the past few days."
"Oh? Really? Cause I mean I see you. Well not really see you as in talk to you but like see you from a distance when you talk in the conference. You're so confident and I really wish I could speak the way you do. I'm usually no good at these things." Korra babbled and instantly blushed as she realized she sounded like a stalker.
Asami chuckled, muttered a thank you and it became a quiet stroll again.
After a moment Asami asked, "You'll be going too right?"
"To the ball tonight?" Korra inquired.
"Well I meant to my factory actually, but uh yeah will you be going to the ball too?"
"I'll be going to the ball, I mean I missed the last one. I don't think it'll look too good if I missed it again!" Korra continued shyly, "Whereas for your factory, if you really didn't mind, I'd love to go see how Satomobiles are made!"
"Great! I mean, I'll see you at the ball and hopefully at the factory sometime soon?"
Korra was so happy and over the moon she could only eagerly nod.
Asami smiled at Korra and gave her arm a light squeeze, "I can't wait."
Korra could only give her dorky smile back while electricity shot through her when Asami's hand was on her skin and she looked into those green eyes that she couldn't stop thinking about.