Korra climbed up the stairs of the apartment building holding a plastic food container on the one hand as she checked her text messages on the other. Once finding the address on a text message, she landed on the 5th floor and proceed down the bright lighted and newly built carpeted hallway to an apartment door. Apartment #24.
Before the girl fully walked up to the door, various loud voices and music from inside could already be heard. Korra knocked louder than usual so that her arrival wouldn't get drowned by the noise inside. After a couple of seconds, Korra heard the music and noise level get lower. She knocked again.
"Hold up I'll get it." Korra heard a voice from inside. Not long, the dark green door swung open and revealed the birthday celebrant.
"Hey Opal!" Korra greeted.
"Korra! Come in, come in." Opal welcomed.
The water-tribe girl entered and was greeted by Bolin who was making his way down the apartment's stairs. "Hey bro, glad you could make it. We thought you forgot." said Bolin.
"Sorry bro, I got caught up at work and I wanted to make these for tonight," Korra showed her container of freshly made golden and crispy fried chicken with her special coating and signature gravy sauce. "I heard that Opal likes fried chicken a lot so I thought of making some."
Bolin's face lit up, "Oh my god I missed your fried chicken so much!" he tried to reach in hungrily to grab a chicken leg but Korra smacked his hand away. "Aww come on bro, I haven't had your chicken since I left for filming."
"I smell fried chicken." Opal whiffed at the air which brought her straight towards Korra's container, "oh my god those look so good! Can I have one? Please?" she asked pleadingly.
Korra chuckled, "Sure go ahead, they're for you anyways. Happy Birthday Opal." The birthday girl squealed in delight and hugged Korra then took a crunchy bite of the fried chicken. "Mhmmmmm! Thish ish so goood." Opal mumbled in delight through bites. "Please never leave so you can cook me this masterpiece every single day. I'll pay you with my tears and free access to my Netflix account."
Korra laughed at Opal's weird yet flattering praises of her work while Bolin stood there and pouted at Korra's betrayal. "Sure, let the girl you've only known for a month get the first piece of chicken instead of your brother who you've known since birth." Bolin mumbled sarcastically.
The water tribe girl laughed at her not-by-blood-related-brother and shook her head before taking a chicken leg and shoving it into his mouth in an ungraceful manner. "Shut up, you know I love you." She hooked an arm around his shoulder and kissed his head, "C'mon bro, let me drop this off in the kitchen and so I can get dressed into my pjs."
The two guided Korra to the kitchen of the medium two-floor apartment. After placing the chicken onto a large plate for dinner later, they went out onto the hallway of the apartment and entered a different area of the apartment. The living room.
There were cushions and blankets thrown around on the ground as well as various bowls of chips and popcorn. A comfortable vacant couch on the wall one side of the room and the TV across from it. Three people leaned on the foot of the couch, shouting various profanities as they played Mario Kart on the Wii.
"Ooohh who's winning?" Bolin asked excitedly as he jumped onto the couch.
Opal followed suit and gestured Korra to join them. Taking a bowl of popcorn, she started to watch the three people, one of which was Asami, battling each other on Rainbow road. Getting no answer from the racers, Korra assumed that the guy wearing the football jersey in between the two girls was winning the race since his movements seemed to match Luigi's who was in first place. They were on the final lap on the final turn, the three of them hot on each other's heels. The tension and concentration seemed to ooze out of them as they leaned forward, face hot with determination. Luigi was in first place, with Toad right behind. Daisy tailing. Taking the turn, Luigi and Toad jumped and drifted, Toad taking the inner part of the turn but sliding dangerously closer to the far edge of the track closer to Luigi. As they drifted Toad slid further into his drift and purposely smacked into Luigi and sent him off the edge of the track falling into oblivion.
"Ohhhhhhhh! Savage!" Opal and Bolin roared.
"HEY!" the guy jumped up, and watched his character fall into space while Toad crossed the finish line. Asami laughed and gave a shout of victory. Oh so Toad was Asami, Korra concluded.
"You fucking shit!" the guy took a handful of popcorn from the bowl in Korra's hand and threw some at Asami's direction, "you cheater!"
Asami took cover behind a pillow and pointed a finger at the boy, "Hey, it's not my fault you suck. I'm just that good. Suck it Wei!"
The guy, Wei, started smacking Asami through the pillow playfully with his Wii controller while shouting continuous swears, "I am going to fucking make you pay you fucking piece of fuckin-"
"Wei no swearing in my apartment." Opal scolded. "What have I told you about swearing?"
Wei looked up and stuck out his tongue, "Oh shush you act like you don't swear sis."
"Only sometimes." Opal crossed her arms, "but not as much as your dirty mouth. Now stop beating up my best friend unless you want me to beat you up myself along with that mouth of yours."
Wei huffed a whatever and cleaned up the scattered popcorn. Opal then introduced the unacquainted new people. "By the way Korra, he's my little brother, Wei. He was one of the guys that I practiced with when I hit you with my ball."
"Wait she was the girl you headshot with your ball?" Wei asked trying to stifle his laugh.
"Yeah that was me." Korra laughed.
Then Wei high-fived her while complimenting her tough head. "Good job on not getting a concussion, Opal has some powerful ass kicks.
Bolin spoke up, "One time she smashed a ball into my nuts so hard, my life flashed before my eyes as I felt my soul leave my body." The boys cringed in pain as the girls laughed at their expressions.
"Anyways," Opal rolled her eyes, as a tinge of embarrassment but also pride showed on her face, "this is my roommate Suki. She hangs with us sometimes when her and my brother aren't inhaling each other through their mouths."
Suki choked on air and coughed as her face turned bright red. "Opal! Me and Wei don't make out that much." she defended her and her boyfriend.
Opal raised her eyebrows, "Sureee. Just don't forget a condom okay? I don't need another Beifong in my family just yet hon."
Everyone roared in laughter while the embarrassed couple turned red, Wei got up and started to attack her sister with a pillow. Opal called out Bolin's name for help but he cheered on Wei instead. Getting out of the path of attacks, Korra stood up from the couch and sat down on the ground beside Asami and Suki.
"It's nice to meet you Korra. And no I don't suck Wei's face all the time, Opal's over exaggerates too much." Suki clarified.
Korra smiled at Suki. The girl had short auburn hair, a small part of her hair in a small bun. She had blue eyes and a kind, pretty face. "Nice to meet you too."
Suki's phone rang and answered it. She then tapped Asami's leg gaining her attention, "Pizza's here. Help me grab the boxes. Korra will you be a doll and make sure those two don't kill each other, I still want my roommate and boyfriend alive after today." Suki asked, pointing to the two siblings still attacking each other with pillows and Opal swinging her feet around trying to fend off her little brother's attacks. Bolin was just there now sitting comfortably beside them playing Mario Kart on his own.
"Sure thing." Korra chuckled. Who knew the chief's niece and nephew were so violent?
After 10 minutes, Suki reappeared with four large boxes of pizza, the marvellous scent of the food washing into the room making everyone's stomach grumble. With one last smack towards Wei, Opal got up and helped Suki get the food ready.
"I'll go get the chicken." Korra stood wanting to help them with something.
Turning the corner from the hallway and into the kitchen, Korra bumped into something.
"Watch it." Asami hissed.
Korra's eyes widened, "Oh Asami sorry I didn't see you there."
"Well then you should get your head out of your ass and look at where you're going then." Asami scowled and started to walk out the kitchen. Korra shot out her arm onto the other side of the doorway frame and blocked her path. Asami glared at Korra that sent uneasy shivers down her spine as her blood turned cold with the intensity of the stare. The detective held her ground, even though she could feel her stomach clench under pressure.
Korra cleared her throat. "Look Asami, I just wanted to apologize about being a dick to you before and trying to force you to talk about that scar you have. I just got really curious and I couldn't shut my mouth. I'm sorry for pissing you off and I was immature and stupid."
"I'm glad you finally realized that. Now fuck off and move your arm before I break it."
"C'mon Asami. Forgive me. Please?" she let out a pleading smile.
Asami shifted her eyes upwards while holding a hand to her chin, as if she was thinking. "Uh let me think. No." she replied sarcastically.
Korra sighed, "Okay you don't have to forgive me. But can you at least start talking to me again and stop ignoring me when we're together."
"Can you move your fucking arm before I break it in 50 different ways?"
"Hey guys, what's taking you so long?" Opal's head suddenly popped into the kitchen from underneath Korra's arm.
"Nothing Opal, I was just getting the drinks." Asami spoke casually and walked back into the kitchen and grabbed a random Coke bottle off the counter. "Korra and I are finished with things here anyway." she finished in a rather cold tone glancing a glare towards the detective.
Korra held a stare with Asami's glaring eyes while deciding whether to continue their conversation in front of Opal. She needed to reconnect with Asami and be in her good graces if she ever wanted this mission to have at least one bit of progress. The detective thought of different ways she could have a chance to talk to the Sato again but they seemed pretty out of reach since they hardly ever have the chance of being alone together. Much less not going at each other's throats every time they spoke. The detective could always stalk her and ambush her into a place where she could talk to Asami one-on-one but that might creep her out to the point Korra might receive a restraining order the next day. Well at least not after getting a good punch to the face, Korra guessed as she narrowed her eyes even more at Asami. The other then intensified her glare as if it was a competition on who could burn the other's soul first through their eyes.
Opal picked up the intense stare the two girls shared and sighed heavily from underneath Korra's arm. "All right that's it. Stop with your eye fucking and get straight to the point." she said pushing Korra into the kitchen.
"What?" Asami asked appalled with Opal's comment.
"We weren't eye fucking." Korra finished while Opal continued pushing her until she stood beside Asami.
Opal crossed her arms and watched the two girls send cold shoulders toward the other. "Okay I know that you two aren't the best of friends and that you're both sarcastic shits but obviously there's something more than that happening here." Opal narrowed her eyes at them and placed her hands on her hips as she tapped her foot impatiently, "now spit it out or you two aren't getting out of this kitchen anytime soon."
"Wow now I'm so scared." Asami replied sarcastically while she rolled her eyes.
"Asami." Opal threatened in a scary tone that greatly resembled Chief Beifong's.
Sheesh does that authority-voice run in the family? Korra thought.
Sighing Korra spoke up. "I pissed her off a few weeks ago because I was being a pushy little shit and I just apologized to her but she still won't talk to me."
"Well someone's a tattle-tail." Asami commented sarcastically once more.
"Asami shut up. Korra, thank you for explaining." Opal said, "Okay I don't know or care about what happened, clearly Korra is sorry for what she has done. Now Asami why won't you accept her apology?"
Asami slammed the Coke bottle back onto the counter and crossed her arms. "Because she's an annoying piece of shit."
"Like you aren't." Korra retaliated.
"Oh trust me you both are really annoying right now." Opal pointed a finger at them both, "Now can we stop being children and grow up now, please? It's over, it's done. Now can you two please just forget what happened before and let things be good again? For me at least. C'mon guys it's my birthday party right now. It's the least you can do." Opal pleaded.
Asami who was staring angrily at the microwave, softened up her eyes as she looked back toward her best friend. Taking a few seconds to decide, she let out a sigh. "Fine." she turned to Korra, "I accept your apology, but don't you dare try to cross the line again or I'll break your arm along with your neck." Asami threatened.
Korra gulped at the threat but only one thing slipped out her mouth, "Are you talking to me again?"
"Yes you idiot, I won't ignore you anymore. But don't get any ideas because I'm only doing this for her." she pointed at Opal. Asami turned back to Opal, "You're lucky that I love you."
Opal finally let out a bright smile, "Yeah I know." she then grabbed the two girls by their arms and dragged them into the living room. "Now that we're all friends again, let's eat. I'm starving!"
The night went on and was filled with movies, delicious pizza along with tasty crispy fried chicken and finally some games.
It started off as a fun past time. Just a casual fun loving game until Asami and Korra started battling each other like their life depended on it. The two would jump up and shout never-ending insults when the other lays down a plus-5 card in UNO, or screws the other up in Monopoly, or when one of them annihilates the other's ship in Battleship. The fun, casual, family games turned into a war-zone whenever the two went head-to-head with each other throughout the night.
"Damn they literally have no chill." Wei said as he, along with everyone else in the room, retired from the games and watched Korra and Asami battle each other (again) on Pokemon on DS. The two girls were sprawled on two bean bag chairs on the other side of the living room, head-to-head, their intense faces being illuminated by the gaming consoles' screens.
Opal replied tiredly as she flicked through movie selections on Netflix, "They're not gonna stop until one of them is victorious. Especially Asami, once she accepts a bet, she never stops until she wins."
"Korra's exactly the same babe." Bolin sighed.
"Wait what was the bet?" Suki asked as the two competitors continued to stare intently at their game console screens in fierce concentration.
Wei answered after plopping onto the couch beside his girlfriend, "Somewhere along the lines of: the person who wins gets to make the loser do anything they want."
Opal yawned from the foot of the couch, snuggling into Bolin's arms. She then took her warm blanket and repositioned it onto her body. "God they're so immature it pains me. Hey guys wanna watch Lilo & Stitc-"
"YESSSSS." Asami cheered in ear-splitting delight, announcing that she had won the intense Pokemon match, while startling everyone on the couch.
"No! It's not fair." Korra argued, stumbling a couple of times trying to stand up from her bean bag chair. She pointed a finger down at the victor. "It's not my fault that Wei's Pokemon are so shit. I want a rematch!"
"Hey!" Wei replied to the insult.
"It doesn't matter, I still won you idiot." Asami smirked.
"No, this isn't even my DS or my Pokemon so it's not a fair game. Right bro?" Korra asked, trying to get Bolin to back her up.
"Yeah yeah." Bolin yawned clearly not wanting to deal with the argument.
Wei sighed from the couch, "Okay you know what."
"What?" the two competitors asked at the same time.
"Instead of insulting my Pokemon you two can just do a simple game. There's some drinks in the kitchen. Take shots of whatever drink you two choose and the first one to be completely wasted loses. The rest of us sane and civilized people will decide who wins according to how banged up you look or act." Wei concluded.
Korra smirked at the idea. After they all agreed with the game and rules, she let Asami go and pick the drink for them both, being ever so confident in herself. After years of hanging out with Mako and a few other friends in the police department, she had developed a rather high alcohol tolerance after various occasional trips to Toza's bar after work and also after completing missions. I was born ready for this, Korra smirked as Asami came back with a bottle and two shot glasses in her hand.
"I'm so going to enjoy smacking that smirk off of your face you idiot," Asami chuckled as she sat beside Korra and started filling up the glasses. "you up for some Fire Whiskey, graciously bought by Suki all the way from the Fire Nation?"
Asami handed Korra her shot glass. The water-tribe girl inspected the liquid inside. "So this is the famous glory of the Fire Nation? Their world famous whiskey?"
"And famously fucking expensive." Suki added. "Have fun getting wasted you dorks. That thing is strong."
Korra grinned raising her glass. We'll see about that, she laughed internally. "Cheers."
"Cheers." Asami smiled and clinked their glasses together then shot the liquid down their throats.
Korra didn't know what time it was but she did know that she was floaty. She kinda felt dizzy and loopy but more or less still okay. Somehow she was already in her pyjamas which consisted of grey sweatpants and a loose shirt, so she was comfortable. The girl still had a bit of her senses, she wasn't that wasted and over board drunk. Yet.
She was slouched on the couch, not wanting to stand up because she might just fuck up on her feet and fall on her and her have already drank down 8? 6? 9? shots? She lost count after five. She had to admit Asami impressed her a bit since she expected the Sato to lose after the fourth but she wasn't as impressive as Korra. The others have taken a couple of light drinks such a beer and Bacardi's to pass time as they continued to watch movies that just blurred through Korra's mind.
Korra felt a nudge on her arm. She dropped her head's weight to the left to let gravity turn her head, too out of it to actually use energy to turn her head. "What?" she slurred to Bolin.
"How are you holding up?" he asked.
Korra cleared her throat and sat up a bit. "I'm still alive. I'm still aware of my surroundings, I guess. I'm holding up good obviously."
"I'm surprised that you can still understand me bro." Bolin laughed. "Fire Whiskey is hard shit. Well that's what people say."
"Fire Whiskey shit ain't got nothing on me. I am not weak bro, I am fearless and brave and powerful. I am an unstoppable force." she said in an inspirational heroic and valiant voice, "I am the powerful winds, the ferocious waves of the sea, I am the violent fires, I am the unmovable rock. I am -"
"Okay okay I get it all-powerful Korra. Korra brave, Korra amaze."
"That's right." Korra nodded, her voice hoarse.
Opal yawned loudly. Her head was rested on Bolin's leg as she laid on the couch, her feet dangling off the armrests. "You guys wanna go to bed now? I'm absolutely exhausted." Everyone murmured their agreement. "Wait where's 'Sami?"
"Asami!" Wei called out. There was no response. They continued calling her name but there was no reply.
Opal stood up and walked to the bean bag chairs, checking if Asami had managed to completely bury herself underneath. She wasn't there either.
Korra and Bolin got up to check the other rooms while Suki and Wei went upstairs to check the bedrooms. Korra stumbled around towards a door and was about to open it and check, but Bolin stopped her.
"Watch this." he bellowed his voice echoing loudly in the hallway. "Asami!"
"We've already tried that. She might be passed out on some floor."
"Desperate times calls for desperate measures then." he cupped his hands again intensifying his shouts, "Korra is a fucking idiot!"
Before Korra could respond to the random and unnecessary insult, the bathroom door at the end of the hallway swung open revealing a very, very drunk Asami. She leaned against the doorframe for balance, her face flushed from the alcohol. Her eyes were slightly droopy while a drunken smile filled her lips as she laughed. "Damn right she is!" Asami slurred her response.
"Shut up!" Korra defended herself as Bolin laughed, tears forming in his eyes.
"High-five Bo-Bo!" Asami cheered shouted pushing herself off of the doorframe and staggered herself toward Bolin, raising her hand up for a high-five. One foot after another, Asami stumbled forward while she violently swung from side to side with each step. Even though her lower half's motor skills looked like a total mess, a goofy smile still plastered itself on her face as she laughed, giddy from her drunkenness. Slowly, the Sato tried to make her way towards them but about half way through her path, she started to lean forward too much.
As expected (by everyone except Asami), her foot got caught by the other, absolutely throwing off Asami's minimal balance and by the gift of gravity, she started to plunge towards the hardwood floor. "Oh shit." Asami blurted out hopelessly. She closed her eyes, threw her arms in front of her, just waiting to smash into the ground.
The side of her head slammed hard. But not as hard as she expected. Suddenly, she felt something warp around her waist. A throbbing headache shot into her head. Am I sinking into the ground? she thought as the thing around her waist tightened.
"Don't worry, I got you." a hoarse voice whispered to her ear.
Utterly confused and disorientated, Asami opened her eyes and found her face being tickled by short hair and her head pressed against a shoulder. Blinking a few times trying to comprehend her surroundings, Asami lifted her heavy head from the person's shoulder and found blue eyes catching her own.
Asami wrapped her arms around Korra's neck for more support as she struggled staying upright and tried to stay on her two feet (even though Korra's grip was strong enough to hold the both of them). Asami giggled.
"What are you giggling at?" the water-tribe girl asked.
Asami giggled once more, the alcohol blurring her mind. "Oh nothing. Just enjoying your arms around my waist and that I'm not on the ground." she then buried her face into Korra's neck, allowing her to whisper into Korra's ear in a low seductive voice. "But if you were down on the ground with me, specifically on top of me, I'd enjoy that even more."
Korra's body tensed at an instant, her mind going blank as all the blood drained from every part of her body and instead rushed to her cheeks. She didn't know if it was because of Asami's voicing out her shameless sexual desire with her or with the feel of Asami's lips so close to her ear and her hot breath tingling against her neck. Or both.
Korra felt Asami's hand snaking up and down one of her arms, feeling each muscle that she could touch. Asami, who was absolutely giddy at this point, spoke in a higher pitch than usual, "Wow, I knew you had guns but I never knew they were so wow."
Korra stammered in reply, "So w-wow?"
She's wasted as fuck, this is the alcohol talking. This isn't Asami, this is her drunken self, Korra repeated to herself again and again trying to calm her hammering heartbeat.
"Mhmm. Exactly." Asami noticed the dark shade of red on Korra's face and giggled at the sight. "Korraaa~ you are so cute did you know that? Do you know who else is cute?"
"W-who?"
"Meeeeee!" Asami flashed a beautiful smile before bringing up a new random topic. "Korra can you keep a secret? No one knows this secret, not even Asami knows. So you gotta be sneaky sneak and be quiet okay. Shhhhhh."
The utterly confused and baffled girl replied, "Sure uh I guess."
Korra watched the innocent looking girl in her arms glance from side to side checking if there were any prying ears. Korra being too fixated on the drunken Asami, didn't even realize that Bolin had gone off upstairs with Opal to grab something. She watched Asami's flawless hair sway from side to side as she tripled checked their surroundings, the hair framing her face complementing the beauty of her stunning face. Asami then turned her head to face Korra's and flashed another gorgeous smile that melted Korra's heart.
"Stop staring at me Korra. I get it I'm beautiful and flawless." Asami pouted.
"Yeah and modest too obviously." Korra rolled her eyes.
The raven haired girl shushed her and held a finger against Korra's lips. "Oh shhhh. I wanna tell you the secret!"
Korra sighed, "Asami, you've had too much to drink okay. You might regret spilling things to people when you sober up the next morning. C'mon let's get you to bed."
"But I gotta tell you a secret. Asami doesn't even know it, but I do!"
"What? How could you not know what you already know?"
"Because Asami doesn't believe it, but I know it's true."
"Asami please stop talking in third-person."
Asami blurted out, "Asami is very attracted to you but she won't admit it because you're an annoying idiot."
Korra choked on air and started coughing, "Wait, what?"
"Shhhh!" the drunk Asami held a finger on her lips and then inched her face closer to the other girl's, a serious expression casting onto her face. "You can't tell Asami that me-wasted-Asami told you. She'd flip so much poop."
"So you're saying that Asa-wait you like me?" Korra asked totally bewildered at the statement. How could such a person that radiates such hate and annoyance towards her have any sort of feelings for her? Sure Korra was very flattered (and freaking out inside) but this must be a fucking joke.
"I don't like like you yet but I can't deny that you got a good booty KorKor. And I'd like to get the chance to tap that." Asami giggled while she snuggled and pressed herself onto Korra even more. "Hm, Korra why is your boob beating so hard?" the drunken girl asked innocently, forgetting the word "heart".
She was right either way. Korra's heart was pounding like a hammer that was practically stuck at her throat after hearing that. She glanced down at Asami's snuggled head on her shoulder and actually felt her heart skip a beat. She had her eyes closed like she was about ready to literally fall asleep in Korra's arms even though they were still standing in the middle of the hallway. Asami looked so peaceful and calm. It made Korra forget all the insults, fights and tension between the two of them now that she was looking at this angelic looking beauty. Who knew she could ever look so peaceful and innocent?, she thought. A smile made it's way onto Korra's face as she brushed Asami's loose hair behind her ear gently.
Asami let out a little snore as she drooled a bit on Korra's shoulder, causing the water tribe girl to laugh softly. She then felt Asami's body slump down against her own.
"Jesus Christ, did you actually fucking fall asleep?" Korra grunted as she tried to keep Asami upright.
"Aww aren't you two so cute." Opal suddenly appeared and giggled from the staircase behind them.
The startled Korra reddened. "W-what do you mean. We're not cute. We're not together. We're not what you think we are. We don't like each other. Shut the fuck up." her mouth ran in response before she could even process anything.
"Woah okay girl calm a tit, I didn't even say any of what you said." Opal held her hands up as if she was trying to calm a wild animal down. "I was just saying how cute you two are, y'know because you two are always at each other's throats and now you're all snuggly and kind after a couple of shots."
Bolin then appeared behind Opal carrying an inflatable mattress down the stairs. "Yeah, those two need to have a drink regularly so they can stop with their endless bickering." Opal hummed in agreement. "And by regularly, I mean everyday."
"Oh shut up and leave us alone." Korra muttered. "Help me get this drunken mess to bed."
The couple set up the mattress in the living room for Korra and Asami to sleep on for the night, while Korra carried the sleeping beauty in her arms. Once Bolin was finished putting down the pillows and blankets, Korra carefully slipped Asami underneath the covers trying not to create too much movement that could stir the girl awake in her arms.
"Try not to barf onto the carpet tonight. It'll be really gross and I'm going to have to launch a soccer ball straight into your or Asami's boob if you do." Opal stressed while Bolin chuckled beside her.
"Trust me, you don't want that." Bolin whispered loudly to Korra.
"Please no. I'll take care of your carpet and Asami." Korra reassured the girl. "No need for boob threats."
"Okay goodnight," Opal laughed. "Have fun you two. The rest of us are upstairs in our rooms if you need us. Sorry that we can't fit everyone in one room and besides I'm pretty sure Suki and Wei are doing the nasty right now so I'm pretty sure you'd want to stay down here for tonight. Oh and speaking of the nasty," Opal then turned to her boyfriend and grabbed his hand and hauled him up the stairs, "I'm about to get me some birthday sex, byeee!"
Korra visibly gagged as the couple bolted up the stairs giggling and laughing. "God I hope they're joking." Korra prayed as she slipped into the covers beside Asami. Before Korra got comfy into her own side of the mattress she propped herself up on her elbow and glanced over to check on the other girl. As expected Asami was fast asleep, snoring again lightly. Her mouth was slightly open and a bit of drool escaped from her lips. Her hair was sprawled around her head but looked perfect nonetheless against the white pillow while her face seemed to glow even more against the white. Who knew that the badass, sarcastic and stubborn girl she first met at the bar would look so tranquil and peaceful like a child while sleeping. Another smile shamelessly tugged itself onto Korra's lips as she gently rubbed some smeared lipstick off from Asami's cheek.
The girl could feel the softness of her cheeks under her thumb as she wiped the lipstick away. She looked at her lips and as expected, some parts looked like they were wiped off accidentally. Korra traced the shape of her lips with her eyes then glanced over to Asami's perfect nose and eyebrows then back to her closed eyes where her delicate and long eyelashes rested. She's breathtakingly beautiful, Korra thought. Even though that thought had been popping up in her mind all day, Asami never failed to justify them. She likes me, Korra thought happily, well no she doesn't like-like me, but she's attracted to me at least. Or more specifically, my booty. Either way, Asami Sato is attracted to me! Korra's stomach fluttered as a giddy wide grin plastered itself onto her face as if she was a crushing teenager again. She was so happy that no one could see her stare and grin at the girl beside her because she looked like an absolute fool right now.
The water tribe girl laid back onto the mattress, her smile still stuck on her face. Sure she has had crushes and partners and such in the past, but none have been this confusing and annoying yet strangely made her insides flutter without stop making her want more everyday. Korra had never felt this way before, at least not this intense. Not even with Mako- shit.
Korra's eyes shot open. Fuck I need to stop this nonsense, she thought. I'm a cop in mission. I'm a cop. Mako and I have a job to do. I can't. She then took her pillow and buried her face underneath and groaned out loud. God I need to get some self control. Without warning, Asami stirred and mumbled in her sleep because of Korra's noise and rolled aimlessly to her right and eventually rolled against Korra's body.
Korra groaned again, feeling Asami's fucking body against her side. Why does she have to make it so damn difficult? A sigh escaped her lips before she took her pillow out of her face and placed it back onto the back of her head. I'll survive and get through this, she told herself. After stealing one last glance at Asami, Korra closed her eyes before falling to sleep.
The next morning, before the day could start for the two of them, the rest of the crew strolled into the living room and stumbled upon two girls who were snuggled up and warped up innocently around each other's arms sleeping ever so peacefully. That was until the krew's camera flashes stirred Korra and Asami awake.
"Hey Asami wait up!" Korra called as she jogged up to Asami's side.
She received a glare in return. "What do you want?"
"Sheesh, it's only 12 in the afternoon and you already have a frown on your face."
"Oh shut up." Asami growled as she turned a corner on the street.
The sun was shinning in the cloudless sky yet it didn't provide enough warmth to counter the cold autumn weather. It was nearly closing into winter, making the winds colder and brisk as the days went on. Leaves scattered the streets, the bare trees standing tall down the street while cars drove by on the roads underneath it's tall branches. Corner shops, restaurants and small businesses decorated with Halloween decor appeared every few blocks, attracting a few customers of the city.
"Aww is someone still bummed that she lost a bet last night?"
Asami stomped her foot and stopped in her tracks to pointed a finger at the smirking Korra. Asami then opened her mouth, about to launch an insult or comment to shut down Korra's cocky statement. She glared at the water tribe girl as she tried to formulate a response whilst still keeping her mouth open. Her mind tried to click but kept stalling as Korra's smirk continued to grow, pissing her off by the second.
"Oh fuck off Korra." Asami retorted weakly while failing to provide a witty and sarcastic response and stomped away from Korra who was now howling in laughter.
Korra continued to jog to catch up to the pissed off girl as they turned into a busy street filled with people. "C'mon I won admit it, oh-great-Sato!"
"Oh shut up, it was a stupid bet. It doesn't make you any less of an idiot for winning it."
Korra pouted, "Can you stop calling me an idiot? It's getting really old."
"I'll only stop when you start having some common sense and stop being an annoying shit that you are." Asami complained.
"Call me whatever you want Sato, but I still won the bet! And you gotta deal with that!" Korra smirked once more as she continued to walk beside Asami.
Asami let out a heavy huff in annoyance and then without warning, grabbed the back collar of Korra's hoodie and jerked her to the side of the sidewalk. Korra coughed as the front collar choked her, catching her off guard. "Jeez, a little 'can you stop and stand to the side' would suffice." Korra grumbled as they stood in front of a corner shop.
Asami then grabbed a rolled up newspaper from a nearby newspaper stand and smacked it on top of Korra's head silencing her. "Shut up and listen." she then pointed the end of the newspaper at Korra's face as if proving that she could easily kill a man with one blow using only the morning paper. "I don't like it when I lose, especially not to idiots like you. Now let's get this over with and just tell me what you want me to do."
Korra who was transfixed at the threatening newspaper that was so close to her face she was becoming cross-eyed, mumbled in confusion, "Wait what?"
"The bet Korra. Loser has to do whatever the winner tells them to do, remember?" Asami clarified, "Now tell me what stupid thing you want me to do so you can finally shut up about this bet."
Korra pouted and narrowed her eyes at the girl. A million ideas sprung through her head. Embarrassing yet hilarious dares, childish dares, dares that could get her arrested, dares that could inflict second hand embarrassment to every living soul in the area, the possibilities were endless. There were so much it made Korra giddy. It's not every day that you get to control a stubborn, tough and collected girl's actions like Sato, even if it was just for a few moments. Nope, Korra had to play this card carefully.
A couple of minutes have passed and Korra had still not moved or spoke and it was really starting to piss Asami off. "Korra you have a mouth and a brain to create words, say something god damn it."
"Shhh, I'm thinking." Korra took a finger and placed it on Asami's lips shutting her up.
Asami stood there impatiently for another few seconds, Korra's finger still attached to her lips. She looked around at the people walking and passing them on the street and noticed a few weird and curious glances from a few passersby. Asami couldn't blame them. If she also saw two girls facing each other on the side of the street with one looking pissed off and irritated and the other pressing a finger on the other girl's lips and staring aimlessly at the distance as if she was trying to see the future, yeah she would've stolen a confused glance too. Asami looked back at Korra and noticed that a serious face had adorned her face. When Korra finally came back to the human realm from her own little world of thoughts, Asami raised an eyebrow signalling her to speak.
"Uh okay so I thought of something," Korra started, "it's not anything weird or extravagant don't worry but promise me that you won't get mad."
Asami sighed and nodded, "Okay what is it?"
"I know you told me to drop this topic but seriously I want to know how and where you got your scar on your forearm." Korra asked quietly while she stared at her boots.
Asami's lips dropped to a frown as her eyes glared at the girl. "Korra I'm going to give you one min-" she was cut off by her phone emitting a beeping sound. She took out her phone and took a quick glare at Korra's direction before looking down at her phone to read her newly received text message.
[12:31pm - K] 'Hey, so boss also needs some cash to pay off some stuff. We all need money. So it's either we make a terribly good plan to get all of us some high cash or one of us has to go back in twice and somehow get all the goods back to the safe house. Boss can't be on the field, we need him to keep an eye on the security systems. Figure something out.'
Meanwhile as Asami was reading the message, Korra looked up at Asami and found the Sato biting her lip and her eyebrows furrowing in concentration, deep in thought. Korra started to feel nervous thinking that maybe Asami was formulating an efficient way to kill her and where to hide her body where she would never be found again. Korra gulped at that thought.
Suddenly Asami looked straight at her, her calculating eyes staring at her as she could read things off of Korra's face. Asami then continued to scan her body up and down, making the girl even more confused. She was scanning her as if she was evaluating Korra's every strength and weakness, every muscle, every aspect of her physical body. As Asami stood there deep in uneasy looking thought, Korra fiddled with her hands in nervousness. Asami's eyes finally reached her own with determination filled them making Korra a tad bit more anxious.
The Sato raised an eyebrow and settled a hand on her hip. "Okay do you really want to know where and how I got my scar?"
Korra who was a bit surprised at her calm question, replied uneasily not knowing where this conversation was going. "Uh yeah sure."
Asami sighed. "Okay listen right here you idiot." She glanced around for a bit checking their surroundings before leaning in to whisper. "Are you willing to do anything to figure out my scar secret thing that you won't shut up about?"
"Uh well- I- um-" Korra stuttered unable to make sense of anything coming out of Asami's mouth.
"I take that as a yes then. Bring your ninja, stealthy moves or whatever you did at the library a few weeks ago and meet me at the back alley of Narooks at 2am." Asami then looked down at her phone and typed a short reply and then started to walk away. After a few steps Asami turned her head to address the still-standing Korra. "And remember, one word or slip about this and you're good as dead do you understand?"
"You got it boss." Korra replied lamely while her mind whirled in thought. I need to tell Mako, she thought as Asami walked away down the busy street.
Korra banged on the door impatiently until the home owner open the door.
Mako stood there in his shorts and tank top, looking uncharacteristically messy with his hair shooting up all over the place and the smell of pizza reeking off of him. His eyes widened at the sight of Korra and quickly craned his head back into the house as if checking if someone had seen her appear at his house.
"Damn Mako are you screwing someone in there and eating pizza at the same time?" Korra asked with a joking chuckle watching her partner.
Mako whipped his head back at her, a pissed look appearing at his face. "You could've called or texted me that you were coming." he whispered angrily.
Korra raised her eyebrows. "Wait ew, are you actually fucking someone right now?"
Mako grunted heavily and leaned in closer to Korra whispering once more, "No Korra. Bolin is in my house right now and he doesn't know that you and I are partners and that we are both on a mission."
"So he doesn't know anything about your work life?"
"Of course not. Now that's not the point. Is you being here really that important right now or can you save it for tomorrow?"
"No I need your advice and help right now because I may have gotten us the biggest lead."
Mako nodded then walked back into his house, "Bolin, I'm just going out for a few minutes to help my neighbour with something."
"Can I come?" Korra heard Bolin yell back.
"No, you need to keep an eye on the pizza that I put in the oven. Make sure it doesn't burn Bo!" Mako replied back as he came out from the front door, a coat in his hand.
After Mako closed the door and put on his coat, the two detectives walked down the neighbourhood and slipped into a back road.
"Okay." Mako started after making sure the coast was clear and pulling out a cigarette. "What's new?"
Korra stuffed her hands into her hoodie and started her recount, "Long story short Asami has this scar on her forearm which seemed really suspicious to me a while back because it looked recent. I suspect that it's an injury that she received during a secretive job since she's very protective and defensive about that injury."
"So you think that the scar is related to her alliance with the Red Lotus?" Mako asked as he lit his cigarette and leaned back onto a building wall.
"Exactly. So fast forward to today I asked her about the scar again. Asking her where and how she got it."
"Where are you going with this?"
"She asked me if I was willing to do anything to find out about how she got her scar and told me to go to the back alley of Narooks at 2am."
Mako stood up straight a look of disbelief adorning his face. "Wait, did she invite you to a job?"
"I'm pretty sure. She told me to bring my 'ninja stealth' skills along with me for tonight. So I'm guessing she's pulling me along with her on a heist or something."
"You're in! Oh my god, Korra you are amazing!" Mako laughed throwing his hands in the air. "We've been what, like only a month into this mission and you've already made your way into the Red Lotus! Tonight!"
Korra stared at her partner and waited for him to calm down. After feeling eyes on him, Mako found his partner giving him a raised eyebrow. Clearing his throat he stuffed one hand into his coat and puffed a smoke from his cigarette in the other hand. "Sorry." he mumbled in embarrassment.
Korra shook her head but an amused smile stayed on her lips. "Anyways, I need your input. What's our next move?"
Mako racked his mind pulling up strategies and scenarios for the mission. They were right where they needed to be and it all comes down to Korra's interaction with the notorious group. First priority was intel.
"We need to grab some intel about them. How they are, how they operate their missions, their plans, everything. You need to get them to talk but not so much that they start suspecting. We could hook up some micropho-"
"No." Korra cut him off. "It'd be no question that they're going to scan me or feel me up. They're a tight knit group and they'll find every way to pluck me out and throw me away and I'm sure that Asami won't do anything to stop them. I'm not risking getting scanned and busted for a lousy microphone."
"So you'll just memorize every single thing that they say?" Mako questioned.
"I'll remember every detail that I can. What else can we prepare?" Korra continued.
Mako's eyebrows furrowed in thought. "We can't have too much back up because it's going to cause a lot of suspicion and the Red Lotus will smell something from a mile away. I can try and get a handful of guys to back you up though just in case we need to save and pull you out immediately at any point. At most five people including myself to be your reinforcements. I'll go inform the chief about this."
Korra nodded, "Okay. So there's not much we can do movement and technology-wise with the Red Lotus in the picture. Do you think the chief can-"
The detective was cut off by a ringing phone. Mako fished his phone from his pocket and sighed. "Ugh it's Bolin. I have to go, he might've burnt the pizza. Or the oven."
"Okay, quick what's our plan." Korra hurried.
"You go to where Sato told you to go while me and a few guys tail from a safe distance. Right when you meet them, impress them, woo them. Make sure they know that you're good at what you can do and that you're on their side and that they have no reason to be suspicious. Be assertive yet casual. Ask them things but not too much. Make sure you get the information that we need and remember all of them. And most important of all, be safe."
Korra nodded, absorbing all of the information. "Sure, got it."
Even though her words were filled with confidence and assurance, it masked her uneasiness and her terrified nerves. Even with the cold weather engulfed them where they stood, Korra's hands were cold with nervous sweat. Worst case scenarios kept flying into the detective's thoughts. What if she fucked up? What if, even with all the precautions, she was still busted by the Red Lotus and then killed on the spot? What if she was simply not good enough to step up into this game and failed the mission and dishonoured the chief that had entrusted this mission onto her?
As if sensing Korra's uneasiness, Mako placed a hand on his partner's shoulder giving it a soft squeeze. "You can do this Korra. I believe in you. It's no question why chief picked you to be the infiltrator for this mission. You're the best of the best in the department Korra. Well after me of course." Mako smirked followed by a laugh.
"Go fuck off Mako." Korra chuckled and punched him on the shoulder. "I'll see you soon."
Mako waved goodbye and hurried back to his house while Korra walked the other way towards her apartment.
Korra sat on her couch, polishing her handgun. It was 12am and she had been taking apart and piecing her gun back together piece by piece for over an hour now. After finally clipping in it's ammo, she inspected it once more. The detective found comfort in this, pulling things such as her gun apart and inspecting things. Where she could see every single aspect in the things that she was holding, doing and inspecting. It gave her some kind of comfort since it contrasted from the mission she was in. Where she couldn't break things apart and look closely at the different pieces to study them because she couldn't even grasp or see the different pieces in this situation. There were already a lot of pieces to think about, but there were some that she has still not discovered. Some pieces might just be waiting to show itself at the right time, or there might be pieces that Korra might stumble upon and take her by surprise.
Until now, it was really strange to Korra how, even without all the pieces in front of her, she has still been making so much progress for this mission. In and out, Korra thought, nice and easy. But it shouldn't be this easy.
Korra sighed. She knew that there was more to come and that it's not going to end in one night. You can't win a Pai Sho game fast and easy against a difficult opponent. You win by luck and strategy. But you have to make sure it lasts you the entire game. I'll lay all my tricks and cards on the table then. I'll never know what move my opponent will make next. She then clicked her gun and held it in her hand in a shooting position. But I'll sure as hell make sure that I win this game.
Welp, another very late chapter. Any thoughts and comments on this chapter though?
~ So sorry that I have been taking a million years to update, school has been a bitch lately, more specifically math -.- but I hope I didn't disappoint too much in this chapter. ily guys.