Korra was seated by the window, watching the rain patter outside the window.
"Hey, you've been weird all evening." Asami stated, handing a cup of tea to the universal bender who sighed and leaned back against her.
"Thank you. You are so sweet." Korra responded, closing her eyes as Asami ran her fingers through her hair.
"what's bothering you?" Asami asked, pressing her lips against her girlfriend's hair.
"I saw that look you had today 'Sami. Don't tell me you're not afraid of me….or at least fire." Korra snapped, earning a sigh from the other woman.
"I'm not afraid of you." Asami replied, touching Korra's shoulder before admitting "But I am kind of…Put off…by fire."
Korra gave her a small smile then and stood up, disregarding the cup of tea before drawing her girlfriend into her arms.
"spirits…If I had known I would have just earth bended him into the building." She muttered, earning a chuckle from Asami who rested her head against the avatar's shoulder.
"Either way I think he won't be bothering me again. But I can handle myself." She retorted, earning a scoff
"Forgive me for being worried that you were badly hurt. I didn't know you had that glove with you!" Korra responded, earning a chuckle.
"actually I was using it as a model to make a kind of welder….kind of like what is possible with a firebender's lightening." Asami admitted, earning a snort as the avatar shook her head.
"Leave it to you. Is there anything you don't think about?" Korra snickered, kissing Asami's cheek before adding "Try to make one that will shoot lightening to stun people at a distance."
Asami rolled her eyes at this and lightly elbowed her girlfriend in the ribs.
"I'm not that helpless you goof."
Korra just laughed and pressed a kiss before retorting
"I just worry when I'm not around okay? Some people are crazy!"
Asami chuckled knowing what she had been talking about.
"Korra…You're not talking about the pie incident are you? That was like five people and the most trouble we've had." She guessed, earning a sigh.
"Not the thoughts Asami! You could have gotten hurt!"
The ceo laughed aloud at that.
"Korra…I got hit with a pie, It ruined my shirt and you earth bent the guy into the mud." She reminded her lover, giggling at Korra's blush.
"Yeah well….I still worry okay?" Korra argued, recalling how the small group had hurled insults at them.
"Okay Miss. Avatar. I survived being called an Equalist…I can survive being called a faggot or whatever else they whirl at me." Asami retorted, mussing up her girlfriend's hair just because she hated when someone done that.
"Hey! Damn it 'Sami!" Korra yelped, trying to dodge the playful attack but tripping and falling into the floor.
Asami laughed as her girlfriend glared up at her.
"Now I look like a boar-Q-Pine." Korra grumbled, blasting a small gulf of air toward her girlfriend who snickered and reached down to help her up.
Korra however gripped her arm and pulled her down, making sure to bare most of Asami's weight to ensure that she wasn't hurt.
"Payback." She growled playfully, kissing Asami who looked dazed but smiled into the kiss.
"At least that got you to smile." The green eyed figure retorted after a few minutes, earning a grin.
"It's hard not to be happy around you. I love you too much." Korra retorted, pressing their foreheads together.
Suddenly a knock at the door startled them both.
"Great….Who could that be?" Korra growled, earning a chuckle as Asami went to get the door, Followed closely by Korra who was fighting with her hair.
When Asami opened the door Mako's face flushed.
"Uh….I'm sorry. Was I…ugh….interrupting something?" he stammered, causing both of them both to flush.
"Um….No! It's not like that!" Asami stammered, causing the fire bender to laugh.
"I think that's the first time I've seen you blush." He teased the engineer before glancing over at Korra before adding
"But what happened to your hair?"
This caused the avatar to glare at Asami.
"She knows I hate looking like I stuck something in an electric socket." Korra retorted, earning a snicker.
"for someone who doesn't care about make up or many girly things you sure do care about your hair." Mako teased, earning a glare.
"Why are you here anyway Mako?" she asked, the words coming out harsher than she meant to be.
"Asami installed a alarm system for a store that had been robbed more than once. I just came by to tell her it worked perfectly." He replied, ignoring Korra's attitude.
"It did! That's great!" Asami exclaimed, earning a eye roll from Korra.
"Come on in Mako, you got her started on technology…you'll never get her to shut up." She retorted, earning a light glare from Asami.
"If you're so uninterested go walk Naga." The ceo retorted earning a chuckle.
"I think I'll go fix us all some lunch." Korra replied, earning a surprised look from Mako as she left the room.
"uh…Who was that and what happened to Korra?" He asked, earning a sigh.
"she's been weird lately…especially after that incident at future industries." Asami sighed, leading her old friend in.
"yeah, you had a small fire there. But how does that exsplain…." He replied, earning a sigh.
"I started having nightmares." She cut him off, closing her eyes to ward off the mental images of her mother's death.
"What…."
Mako began, however Korra cut him off as she came in from the kitchen.
"She isn't too fond of fire."
Mako was confused then; after all Asami had never showed fear toward him when they were dating.
"My mom was killed by a fire bender." Asami stated after a few minutes, causing Korra to place a hand on hers.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know…I never asked….I shouldn't…I'm sorry." Mako stammered, causing her to chuckle despite the tears that burned her eyes.
"It's okay Mako. I don't blame fire benders. I only blame the ones who killed her." The engineer replied, though this confused him more.
"You never seemed afraid of fire before." He stated earning a small smile.
"I can hide my emotions Mako. I'm a business woman remember?"
Both benders relaxed as they heard her attempt at a joke.
"I'm going back to tend to lunch okay?" Korra stated, kissing Asami's cheek.
Mako waited until Korra was out of the room before asking gingerly
"you were around me when I fire bent…I didn't scare you did I?"
Asami shook her head as she answered
"No. I trust you and Korra, plus its large quantities of fire that I get antsy around." Asami answered, much to his relief.
"If I ever make you uncomfortable let me know," He stated, taking her hand "I told you and Korra that I would have both your backs when you told me about your relationship and I meant that."
Korra smiled from the doorway as she heard his words, knowing that his approval meant the world to Asami, who had basically built herself a family out of their small group of close friends. Turning her attention back to the food that she was fixing she allowed them their privacy.
