Tahno, after waiting for almost an hour, felt his energy draining too fast from keeping up the mist. Not wanting to leave, he scurried under her bed and took his body form. The bed was cramped underneath and he was pretty sure there were spiders crawling under there somewhere, but he could not let those disgusting creatures stop him. So he continued to wait.
The sudden slamming of a door jerked him from his sleep and his eyes instantly glued onto Korra's frame as she stomped inside her room, throwing her book bag against the wall with some force. Well wasn't she in a cheerful mood? "How much of an idiot am I?" she hissed to herself as she moved over to the bed, much to his delight. However, when she flopped back on it, he let out a soft grunt as the mattress pressed down on him. She immediately jerked up and he had to quickly dissolve again so she wouldn't see him when she leaned down and looked underneath her bed. She stared right at him for a moment before she went back to laying on her bed. He took the opportunity to dart out from his little hiding spot to her closet, changing back in there.
"Ugh, what's that smell." She turned over on her side, nose pressing into the sheets. Oh no. The scent was delicious, smelling like chocolate and candy and pure male. Tahno grinned to himself. Yes. It was working. She rolled over to fully push her face into the sheets. Wouldn't be long now, he told himself. Damn he was good. Korra sat up and grabbed the corner of her bedsheets and tugged. Tahno frowned. What was she doing? He watched in horror as she stripped her bed, a deadly look on her eyes. "That bastard!" She cursed, forcefully ripping the sheets from her bed and balling them up. "And I just changed these too!" She moved out of her room and he followed after going back into his mist. Ugh. After all this transforming, he was going to need some serious beauty sleep.
He followed along, sticking to the shadows. She muttered to herself the entire time and he figured that she was probably cursing him in five different languages.
"Hey Naga." Tahno froze in a corner as a huge beast of a white dog came running in, happily jumping up and licking at Korra. Korra patted the creature on the head, ruffling her fur gently. Naga stuck her nose in the sheets and let out a low growl. "My thoughts exactly girl." Korra grinned before moving on. Naga watched for a moment, lifting her nose to the air and sniffing around. Her head snapped towards the corner Tahno was floating in and he tried curling into a small ball of mist. Naga slowly started stalking towards him and when her nose was almost touching him, she let out a low growl.
'Shoo you filthy beast,' he mentally scowled, but he was hardly intimidating as mist. A giant paw came up to swipe at him and he had to dart up the wall and nestle up in the corner there. Mentally he was sticking his tongue out, chuckling over how the dog stood up on her hind legs, staring at the ceiling. "What are you doing silly?" Korra's voice laughed as she came back in. "C'mon, let's go get ready for dinner." Korra hooked her finger in Naga's collar and pulled her away while Naga looked back and whined at the corner Tahno was flipping her off from. Seeing this as his chance to go back to his hiding spot, he didn't waste a second darting back and settling down in her closet. If his brothers could see him now, huddled up in a girl's closet, they would no doubt laugh their asses off.
Oh well. Good things came to those who waited.
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Korra pushed out of her skirt and pulled off her shirt and tie, tossing them into the ever growing pile on her bathroom floor. She snagged a nightshirt from the end of her bed and pulled it on, tugging off her bra as she did so. Fresh sheets were on her bed and she was determined to get some decent sleep tonight. No more incubus. No more dreams about the incubus. She flipped off her lights and curled under the covers, letting out a sigh of relaxation.
A sudden sensation of someone leaning over her made her bolt up and resulted in the loud 'crack' as two skulls hit. Pain flooded her temple and she clutched her head, barely hearing as someone stumbled back and curse. She turned her lamp on and she almost screeched as she saw the incubus standing there, holding his nose with black blood dripping from his fingers. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" She hissed as loud as she could, not wanting to wake her father. She leaned over and picked up a school book and flung it at him. It smacked him in the stomach and he buckled over.
"Stop that damn it!" he released his nose and she could tell that it looked more crooked than last time. He pressed his fingers on either side and with a snap, put it back into place. Ew. Gross. She bent down and picked up another object, this time a pair of sissors, threatening to throw them at him as well. "What are you doing here?" Her voice was low and menacing. He straightened himself, eyeing her warily. "You called me." He lied.
"I did no such thing." "You sure?" he purred, his voice dropping into that sexy octave.
"Ouch! That hurt you little.." he seethed as the sissors grazed against his leg, not ripping fabric but still. She was a dangerous bitch. That just made her all the more attractive. "Get out before I start screaming," she threatened. He only smirked. "Why? So your father can run in here to see you talking to yourself again?" Her face reddened and he knew he hit a sore spot. She huffed and turned her back on him, pulling the covers over her head. "I'm ignoring you." A pout formed on his lips as he floated over. He poked her in the shoulder. "Don't ignore me." She didn't answer. "Come on, you know we have fun together," he bent down, pushing his nose against her head. She continued to be silent.
A female was ignoring him. This was a first.
He continued to poke her for a few more minutes and she started to snore. "You're faking it. Believe me. I know these things." He muttered. The snoring persisted. "Fine." He huffed, standing up and crossing his arms. "I'll be back, trust me."
When everything was silent, Korra lifted the covers from her head and looked around. No sight of him. She rolled over and glanced under her bed. Nothing. A grin broke out on her face. Evidently the best way to get rid of an incubus was to ignore him. She tucked that information away as she nestled into her bed, satisfaction helping her get to sleep.
—-
"Someone looks happy today. Have another sexy incubus dream?" Asami teased and Korra flushed. "No. In fact, I think I solved my problem." She nodded. Asami just shook her head. She wrote off Korra's strange behavior from yesterday as just a fluke thing caused by lack of sleep. Korra finished lacing up her shoes and popped up, doing a little spin. "You look good in a soccer uniform." Asami complimented. Her eyes drifted over as the other soccer players came out onto the field to help with tryouts. "Not as good as Mako though." Korra glanced over and she nibbled on her lip as she saw Mako kicking a ball around with his brother. "You got that right." she gave a soft sigh. Now that she got rid of Tahno, she could focus back on Mako. Though her inner self kept pointing out all the differences between the two. Finally, she told her inner self to put a lid on it or else.
"Well, you're on. Good luck!" Asami and Korra hugged tightly before Korra jogged out to the field. "Hey Korra," Mako greeted, catching the ball as Bolin kicked it to him. "Hey Korra!" Bolin greeted with a huge grin that spread to Korra. "Hey Mako, Bolin. I'm really excited about the tryouts. I have a good feeling." "Us too. Good luck." Mako flashed another smile and Korra felt her stomach doing funny flips. She gave a nervous little wave and headed over to where the others were gathered for tryouts.
Teams were made and as soon as the whistle blew, everyone jumped into action. Korra focused all her energy towards making the team. She pushed herself to her limit as she sprinted down the field, catching and kicking the ball until she made it all the way down to the goal. The ball was kicked to her again and she lifted her leg, prepared to make a winning kick when /he/ appeared. "Ah!" In an effort to stop herself, she veered off, her upswinging leg causing her to go off balance. The field was not soft when she crashed against it and she felt pain shooting up her ankle. She reached down, tucking her leg close as she tried to push away the pain. Her eyes squeezed shut as tears threatened to spill. Spirits, why did it hurt so much?
"Korra!" Voices were calling her name and she slowly opened her eyes. She expected to see Tahno standing there, but instead she saw Mako leaning over her, Asami and Bolin running up. Mako slowly lifted her so she was sitting up. "Let me see." He gently took her foot and she winced as he moved it. "You probably twisted it real good." "Korra! What happened?" Asami asked, worry on her face. "I don't know." she murmured, looking around. Where was he? Oh, she was going to kill him.
—
Tahno couldn't help but feel partially responsible for her injury. He frowned as some guy lifted her up in his arms, carting her off field. The mere sight of him carrying her made something ugly stir up inside of him and he kicked at the dirt before floating after. He could have carried her, he thought childishly, not even thinking about the fact that if he did, it would have made her look like she was floating.
He peeked around the hallway corner, watching as she was carried into the nurse's office. She looked way too cozy for his liking in that male's arms. Deciding that he saw enough, mist swirled around him and he disappeared. He was going to go home and sulk over this new development. And then he could start plotting on how to seduce her back to his bed. Or her bed. Where ever really.
He reappeared inside a stately manor and he cautiously hoped that the house was empty.
"Oh Vinh, look who it is."
"Aw, well if it isn't little bro Tahno."
Tahno cringed as he heard his brothers' voices. Anyone but them. Vinh and Ushio came strolling down the middle staircase, looking extremely pleased with themselves. Tahno scowled. "I'm in no mood for you two." His voice came out sulkier than he wanted. Ushio smirked along with Vinh. "Well we missed our little brother. Now come over here and let us give you a big ol' hug." Vinh cracked his knuckles and Ushio rolled his neck, loosening it up. "No, no hugs!"
Too late.
"Ugh!" He squirmed as Ushio wrapped him in a tight bear hug while Vinh head locked him and gave him a rough noogie that not only burned, but was severely messing with his hair. Their laughter echoed.
Now Tahno remembered why he didn't like to come home anymore.
"Aw what's wrong little bro, not happy to see us?" Ushio teased.
"I'm never happy to see you."
"Listen to him Ushio, he sounds…sad. Like, pathetic sad." Vinh stopped his noogie and stepped back. Tahno jerked from his other brother's arm and brushed himself off. "I'm not pathetic sad. Just…having some problems." "Problems?" Both of the other brother piped up. "Yes. Problems. Nothing that you two should be concerned about." "We could help you with these…problems." "No. Absolutely not. You two will just ruin everything." Tahno narrowed his eyes at them. They gave angelic smiles back. "We only want to help!" "I don't need your help." Tahno pushed them aside and started towards his room.
Ushio looked at Vinh. "Girl troubles?"
"Girl troubles."
"Who would have thought that he would have girl troubles?" Ushio chuckled. Vinh grinned. "You know what we have to do brother." "Oh yeah. But I say we should give him a little more hell first Vinh." "You are the smart one after all." "I am, aren't I?" "Watch it or I'll start giving noogies to you too." "I dare you."
