Korra was clearly still angry after their meeting with Ginger. As she stormed back and forth across the room, flickers of fire started to appear around her hands then briefly vanish. "I can't believe she has the audacity to ask... THAT of us and pretend like it'll actually help anyone."

Asami finished pouring the pot of tea she had brewed. "I'll admit her request is very unusual, but she made some valid points." Korra turned towards her "What valid points? Filming people having sex won't accomplish anything besides entertaining some perverts."

Asami set both cups of tea on the table as she sat down. "She did make decent points regarding the treatment of women in the world. I don't mean to be insulting, but youare the Avatar Korra. You were raised by the White Lotus, you never wanted for anything and had the best instructors provided to you. I was brought up similarly by my father, he had me trained in as many combat styles as he could."

"Ginger's right when she says we're part of the lucky few. Many women have arranged marriages or are sent off somewhere else because their families can't provide for them. Some places are better then others, such as Republic City or here in the Fire Nation. And even today, can you honestly say the Northern Water Tribe is much better then it was when Katara and Aang visited? Surely she's told you about how they treated her."

Korra ceased pacing as Asami spoke, by now the flames had stopped appearing. She picked up the cup of tea and sat "Yes, Katara told me that story, but she didn't give up and Pakku agreed to train her." Asami shook her head "That's true, but Pakku didn't train her because she refused to give up, he trained her because of who her grandmother was. Even now, Water Tribe women still primarily focus on the healing aspects of water bending."

Asami picked up the folder "At the very least, let me see what she's asking us to do, it could be as simple as asking us to take off our clothes." Korra snorted in response as Asami continued to read "Let's see, she mentions three possible options. One solo act, 'instruments' or dancing at discretion of performer. One solo act on a... machine. The third involves Ginger as a partner, but she specifically mentioned that anyone could replace her which means that it...could be me and ..."

As Asami's voice trailed off, her gaze remained fixed on Korra and her face went red. "You." Korra's face turned a matching shade as she pulled her arms close to her and looked down at the ground bashful. "I guess it would..."

Abruptly Asami started giggling uncontrollably and fell out of her chair. Korra rushed forward kneeling down "Are you ok?" Asami looked up at her as she stopped laughing "I'm sorry, the look on your face, this whole situation, I couldn't help myself." Korra put her hands on her hips indignant "You think this is a joke? That woman is asking us to whore ourselves out and break one of the oldest taboos we have."

Asami sat up folding her legs underneath her and leaning on one hand. "That's why you've been running away from me isn't it? You're afraid of the fact you fell in love with another woman." Korra started violently in response to Asami's words "I...I..." She stopped speaking and remained silent for a long moment before replying "Yes."

Asami leaned forward taking her face in both hands and drawing their foreheads together. "I know I've said this before, but I love you Korra, and I know you love me. So what if we're both women. What difference does it make? Really? We're still both human beings, we have the right to choose who we want to be with. Some people won't approve, but they can't make your choices for you or my choices for me. We're both capable of making our own decisions, if we choose to love each other, what right does anyone else have to say that love is wrong?"

Korra closed her eyes as she listened to Asami speak. As she went on, Korra could start to feel the guilt slip away. Who were the White Lotus or the Earth Kingdom or either of the Water Tribes to tell her how she was supposed to feel? She could make her own decisions, she was the Avatar. They would have to deal with it. "Korra?"

Asami's inquiry snapped her out of her thoughts "You still with me here? I'm not going to let you escape by meditating into the Spirit World you know." Korra pulled back briefly surprised then started laughing. After a moment, Asami joined in. As Korra's laugh trailed off, she found herself looking Asami in the eyes. Asami was right, she did love her. Korra reached out with one hand moving a lock of hair dangling in Asami's face and tucked it behind one ear. Then she leaned forward pushing her to the ground.

Asami started to push herself back up, but didn't make it further then putting one hand on the ground before Korra grabbed her wrists and pinned them to the ground above Asami's head. The avatar bit her lip for a moment as she considered Asami beneath her. Then she moved her face downwards crushing their mouths together. The kiss from the day before had been lingering in the back of Asami's head since it happened. It had been nice, but being kissed by Korra here made that one vanish into nothing.

Asami tugged at her wrists willing Korra to let go. After she obliged, one of her hands found it's way to the avatar's neck, the other sliding around her back to pull her all the way down on top of her. As their bodies drew closer, Korra moaned against her mouth. She started to sit up taking a deep breath, but Asami refused to let her get away so fast and sat up with her. She started trailing kisses down the avatar's face and chin as her mouth made it's way to her neck. Korra moaned again as Asami's fingers abandoned their previous grips and made their way to her chest, giving a soft squeeze. After another deep breath, Korra's voice broke through the moment "Asami...wait"

Sato paused looking up at Korra's face but chose to leave her hands where they were. A slight tinge of frustration ran through her, she had figured out what's Korra's problem was and broken through it so quickly. But if Korra wanted to take this slower, that was fine. "What is Korra?" She kept her voice soft so as not to give the wrong impression. Korra looked down at Asami, she could see the momentary frustration and she giggled for a moment. "The cameras aren't on, in fact they're not even on this ship."

Asami had been hoping to break through Korra's barriers on this trip, but she hadn't been expecting this. "Let's take a minute and catch our breath here. I can't tell you what it means to know that you're starting to accept your feelings for me, but you're changing your position on this whole thing so suddenly. Just a few minutes ago, you were so angry that you were firebending on accident."

Korra remained silent for a moment as Asami's words sank in. "I... you're right. Just kissing you, having you touch me like that, I lost control. I dated Mako before, but he never made me feel like this. This is all...so...so..." She trailed off unable to finish the sentence, but Asami understood instantly. "You've never been with anyone like this before, have you?" She shook her head "No I haven't...I mean I understand the anatomy...but I never..."

Asami smiled and pulled the avatar's face in for a short kiss "It's fine. In fact, I kinda like this, I get to have you all to myself. Now, I haven't decided myself, I plan to think this over tonight. I will say this though. If you decide to do this and need a partner, I won't refuse you, even if I don't do the solo act. And if you're uncomfortable with me as a partner for the mover, I promise not to be jealous of Ginger, though I will insist on having you first. That isn't up for debate. "

With that, Asami leaned in kissing her again "Take as much time as you need to think this over. There's no need to make a hasty decision." With that, she stood up and walked out to give Korra space to think it over.

Later that night Korra shifted in her bed staring at the wall. She knew that Asami would be also be awake as they both made their decisions about Ginger's proposal. After their conversation in the common room, she knew she wouldn't have any issue with making love to Asami after this. And she had needed release in the past, so that wasn't anything new to her. But what did Ginger mean by instruments and a machine? It was that, and the whole thing being recorded that bothered her. How many people would end up seeing this?

What would her parents or Tenzin say? Bolin would probably say that's it's just acting, but he was an actor in his own right, though he did get Ginger's character mixed up with the actual person. Or Mako, he had dated both of them in the past, the idea that he might have had turned both of them into lesbians would bother him to no end, though he might never admit it. Come to think of it, was she a lesbian now? She wasn't sure about that other then her feelings for Asami. She turned towards the wall as her thoughts continued racing through her mind.

In the other room, Asami sat her desk as she studied the railway schematics, some of the flaws were obvious to her, but she could see how the fire nation engineers had missed them. The only problem she saw would be finding a group of metal benders who could maintain the railways. She set the drawings down and glanced over at the papers Ginger had given her.

She jumped at hearing a knock on her door. "Yes?" "Can I come in Asami? it's me." She stood up and unlocked the door to let Korra in. "This is a surprise, can't sleep tonight?" Korra nodded looking sheepish "So I've been thinking it over since this morning. And I want to do it, and I don't want Ginger in my bed. I want you."

Asami smiled softly"Well then, I expect the two of us are going to be busy girls this week, or however long it takes." Korra smiled back, moving inside and closing the door behind her. "One more thing, I want you to... take my virginity on camera. Ginger was right about me being able to influence people's opinions and it would make more of an impact if people knew my first time was with a woman, with you."

Asami blinked surprised at how bold Korra seemed about this "Are you sure, we could just say that you're a virgin on camera. Nobody but us would know the difference and it wouldn't be as awkward since you've done it before."

Korra laughed at that "There's actually a secret about that us Avatars keep. My connection to my past lives may be gone now, but during my dreams, I would occasionally start to drift through their memories. Those memories were usually related to whatever the dream had been about. I've seen several of the past Avatars when they were...active. I may not have done it in this life, but I can promise you that I won't be awkward."

Asami stared at Korra "I've never heard of this before, though I can see why none of the past Avatars ever mentioned it." She coughed "You already know I won't refuse being your partner, but what have you decided about the solo parts?" Korra shifted her feet "I'm still a little unsure, I want to see what Ginger means by instruments and a... machine. But I'm most likely going to say yes, I don't do anything halfway." Asami smiled at that "Well, I have an idea, but I'd rather not say anything, I'd rather you make up your own mind on those. Is there anything else? It's starting to get late." Korra nodded "I want to stay in your bed tonight, no sex or anything, I've always slept alone or next to Naga before. I'm curious to see what it's like to fall asleep having my arms around someone."

Asami giggled "Well I won't promise not to feel you up a little, do you have any nightclothes?" Korra shook her hand "I... uh.. no I don't." Asami turned to her dresser opening it and looking inside "Let's see, I think this chemise should work, though it'll be a tight fit for you. We'll have to go shopping later and get you some proper woman's attire.

Korra took the purple chemise looking it over, then glanced up at Asami waiting for her to turn around. She shook her head, a playful look on her face "Now don't be bashful Avatar, we'll be seeing every part of each other soon enough. If it helps, I'll go first." As Asami started peeling off her jacket and gloves Korra's breath quickened. It wasn't long until the other woman was down to her underwear, every curve showing, her hair unbound and those legs that kept going on forever. It wasn't fair, Korra felt like a brutish hulk in comparison.

Asami took a few steps closer pulling the chemise out of her hands "Come on Korra, you're not spending the night in my bed unless you change first." Korra flushed as she stripped down to her underwear and pulled the chemise back, putting it on. Asami had gone back to the drawer pulling out an identical piece of clothing "We might as well match our first night together in bed." She giggled as she lay down.

Korra sat down beside her before laying down and moving to slide her arms around the other woman. To her surprise, Asami squirmed away slightly as she swam her hands underneath the avatar's arms and pulled Korra so that her back was to Asami's chest. She started to protest but Asami cut her off, her voice soft. "I know you're the Avatar and you're used to being in charge, being the hero, the person everyone expects to hold things together. But you don't have to do that with me when we're alone, you're not the Avatar here. You're just Korra and I get to hold you." Korra remained silent for a moment then turned her head to gently kiss Asami's lips. "Thank you."

They ate a small breakfast the next morning. They had already sent the message out and were waiting on it's response. "So how are we going to do this Asami? I want us to be together the entire time for this, solo act or no." Asami looked down at her tea before responding "I'd like that as well, but it's called masturbation, not a 'solo act'. We'll do that first, no toys involved. That'll ensure you're still a virgin for when I'm using the toys on you. As for the ...machine, I need to see what that means here, but that will be last if we decide to do it."

Korra blushed as Asami spoke "Masturbation, you say it so simply and without any fuss or hesitation, aren't you at all nervous? You're acting like this isn't a big deal for you." Asami shrugged slightly "I'll admit this whole scenario is extremely unconventional, but I have plenty of reasons to do this, both personally and professionally. Landing this railway contract secures the future for Future Industries and myself. To be honest, I'm more concerned about how this will impact you Korra. No one doubts your strength in battle, but this will test you in an entirely different way and part of me is afraid you won't cope well with how some people are going to react."

Korra shrugged slightly then reached out placing her hands on top of Asami's "People have had a negative opinion of me ever since I opened the Spirit Portals. Raiko actually exiled me from the city because of the Spirit Wilds. Things may be rough in the short term, but I'll be able to handle it with you at my side. We're in this together."

Asami gave a soft smile "One more thing I wish to be clear on. I mean no offense, but I'm the more knowledgeable person here, both in business and sex-wise. I make all the decisions about this when we arrive. That means you grant me legal rights to act on your behalf here. Is that all right with you?" Korra nodded slowly "Of course, I've always trusted you before Asami, I'm not about to stop now."

After that, it was simply a question of waiting for the response and departing for the address provided.

When they arrived, Ginger was waiting for them "Good morning ladies, I hate to be a poor host and cut to the point so quickly, but what is your decision?" Asami glanced at Korra for a second "We both agree to your solo acts and we intend to be each others partner. But I want to see your toys and machines before we agree to anything. Korra will wait here until then."