Korra led Asami through the front doors of the apartment building and pressed a button on the intercom. They stood there waiting for someone to open the inner door, Korra's warm hand in Asami's slightly colder one. Asami was hunched into the hoodie that Korra lent her after the fire fiasco, chilled to the bone from the brisk autumn air. The fact that she only had a bra underneath didn't help her situation. Korra, however, was dressed in merely a tank top, yet she was toasty warm beside Asami.
"How come you're so warm? You gave me your sweater and it's freezing outside," Asami asked Korra incredulously.
She shrugged, while a small smile played across her face, Asami could still see the lipstick smudges on Korra's lips and blushed slightly, remembering the feel of her lips.
"I'm from the Southern Water Tribe so I'm used to it I guess."
Korra, noticing Asami shiver, took her hand out of Asami's grip, despite the taller girl's whine, and put it around her shoulders pulling her into her warmth. Asami stuffed her hands into the front pocket and leaned into the tan girl, glad for the new source of warmth. Korra rubbed her hand on Asami's back, trying to warm her up, and angrily pressed the intercom again, holding the button down for several seconds.
"Who's there?" said an annoyed voice.
"Mako, open the damn door!" Korra grunted.
"What happened to your keys?" he asked in surprise.
"I have someone with me and she's cold, just open the freaking door," she threatened. Asami found it adorable that Korra was all flustered because of her, and nuzzled closer into her. As the door buzzed, they walked through, Korra still holding her, and made their way to the elevator. The trip to the sixths floor was quick, but by the time they made it up Asami felt all warm and cozy.
As they walked down the hall, a door swung open and three confused faces peered out. Suddenly Asami felt self-conscious as she remembered that her face was still covered in soot, and her hair was a mess from the few minutes of bliss she spent with Korra on her couch.
"What are you three staring at?!" Korra tightened her grip on Asami and shoved through the group of people. Asami awkwardly waved in their direction as Korra pulled her inside, and felt their gazes linger on her back as Korra walked her through the living room and into a bedroom.
When they entered it, Asami realized that it was Korra's room. There were a few pictures of her with some other smiling people on the drawer, and some clothes thrown around on one half of the room. The other half of the room had a slightly different feel, and Asami realized that there were two beds in there. She figured Korra shared her room with the girl that she saw a few moments ago. Asami stood there awkwardly, and observed as Korra shuffled around, taking out a towel and some clothes from an assortment of different drawers. "You probably want to take a shower, right?" she spoke as she moved around. Asami looked at the mirror that was hanging on the wall and saw that her face had way more soot on it than she thought.
"Ok, here's a towel and some spare clothes. They should fit you ok. I think…" she added. Asami gratefully took the pile of clothes and before she could chicken out she leaned in and gave Korra's cheek a light kiss. "Thank you," she said softly.
"Yeah," Korra chuckled nervously, her cheeks turning pink, "no problem. The bathroom is just across the hall, come on I'll show you." Korra took her hand and led Asami after her out the room, but as she opened the door, the three from earlier toppled in. The boy on the floor had brilliantly green eyes and an impressive build, while the one scrambling off of him had spiked hair, and was clad in a slightly ripped tank top. Behind the two stood a girl, her short hair framing her embarrassed face.
"Oh, hey there Korra," said the green eyed boy, a fake grin decorating his face as he pushed the other guy off him.
Korra's muscles tensed as she angrily marched out to face the three in the hallway. "What the hell guys! You're so embarrassing," she frantically whispered.
"But Korra, she's so hot. How did you manage to-"
Korra pushed the spiky haired boy down the hall, pointed for the others to follow him. When she turned back to Asami, her features changed from anger to embarrassment, "sorry, they're so dense sometimes. The bathroom is through that door there." She pointed at a door and told Asami that she will be in the living room.
Fifteen minutes later Asami stepped out of the bathroom and walked towards the sound of arguing coming from the living room. She saw Korra standing over her roommates, her hands on her hips, while they snickered.
"Hey, Korra. Thanks for the shower," Asami interrupted.
Korra whirled around, the smile on her face growing, but didn't get a chance to say anything, as the other girl spoke up.
"Hi! I'm Opal," she held her hand out and Asami shook it. "That's Bolin, and his brother Mako," she pointed to the boys, as they waved.
"So, how did you two meet?" Bolin inquired as he leaned forward on the couch.
"Korra showed me to my dorm a few days ago. It was really late and if it wasn't for her I probably would have walked around all night," Asami said.
"Cool, cool. So what brings you here tonight?"
"Um, my dorm caught fire," Asami said looking embarrassed.
"Woah how did that happen," Opal chimed in incredulously.
"Some wires shorted out, and stuff," she didn't want to give them a reason to make fun of Korra even more, and graciously left out the part about how it was Korra that started the fire.
They all stayed quiet for a moment. All of the sudden Bolin smiled mischievously, "oh Korra, by the way since when do you wear lipstick?"
Mako was trying not to laugh as his brother questioned her, but was failing miserably. Asami looked at Korra, the poor girl looking as red as a tomato, and furiously wiping at her lips. "I…it was- we were…"
Asami recalled when Korra took charge of the talk they had with the firefighter, and decided to return the favor. "We were making out," Asami said proudly, crossing her arms in front of her chest, as she attempted to get the attention away from babbling girl next to her. Four sets of eyes turned to her simultaneously.
Mako nearly fell out of his seat and Korra moved next to Asami and stood there smugly.
"Also, Asami will be staying here for a few days," Korra said defiantly.
