Asami's POV

The next week I came back to find copies of the notes I'd missed on my desk. Korra was in her usual seat, signing away with Opal and I sighed. Class dragged on and the brunette was quiet. Now that I think about it, it almost had seemed like her translator and her had been arguing, but I didn't know much about sign language.

Finally we were dismissed and the short haired girl was out the door before I reached them. I smiled at Korra, furrowing my brow when I noticed the bruising around her mouth and busted lip. I waited until we were outside before I deciding to ask about the injury.

"Are you okay?" She nodded. "I'm not being nosey, I just want to know if you need any help."

The shorter teen nodded and took out her notepad. 'Can I borrow your laptop again? I need to write an essay for English.'

I nodded my head. We turned around at corner of the building and I think I might have jumped when a white large beast roared at me. Korra immediately stepped in front of me and shook her head at the animal. The polar bear dog growled at me but didn't lunge as the brunette hopped on the saddle on its back. Was she...the owner?

'This is Naga, she's my best friend and a little overprotective,' she wrote down.

"How did you get your hands on her?" I asked curiously. Not every day you saw a tamed polar bear dog...

'It's too long to write,' was her answer.

We went to Narook's and sat down in one of the booths before her shift started. She pulled out the essay she'd written by hand and started to type away. Meanwhile I couldn't help but wonder what had happened to her. Had she gotten in a fight? Had a Bender beat her? Was she mugged? All these questions kept spinning in my mind that I knew probably wouldn't be answered. Korra didn't trust me and it was understandable. We had only hung out a couple times.

She looked up at the time and typed a few more words before standing and tying her apron on. I watched as she checked in with the restaurant owner before going straight to work. I turned the laptop around and couldn't help but notice that it was almost done, just a few paragraphs short. I looked at where she had left off and started to type the rest. I knew she had to be tired after work and I just wanted to make things a little easier. Once I finished I hit the save button and patiently waited for her to get back.

When her shift ended and she sat back down, I looked up from my book and watched as she furrowed her brow, looking over at me. I had a moment to wonder if I had overstepped my bounds when she began to write in her notepad again.

'Thank you,' the note said.

I smiled in response and got up with her, asking if she wanted me to wait with her for her brother. She shook her head and I sighed as I stepped into the taxi I'd called. We were almost home when I asked him to make a quick stop and I went inside the book store and purchased a book. I looked through the pages as I continued on my way home.

Learning a little sign language couldn't hurt.

Bolin's POV

I couldn't get upstairs to our apartment fast enough. I had finally found the solution to all our problems and a way to make it up to my brother and surrogate sister. Earlier I had gone out to take Naga for a walk when I noticed a sign in the office downstairs. I didn't pay it much attention but after taking the polar bear dog to the apartment I decided to check it out. Pro-Bending season was going to start but they were short one team, making matches uneven. That's when it hit me.

Pro-Bending required a team of three: a Firebender, a Earthbender and a Waterbender. Sure Korra was the Avatar but she knew how to keep we abilities a secret. As far as anyone was concerned she was a Waterbender. It was perfect!

"Mako! Korra!" I shouted as I reached the top of the stairs. I finally reached the top and found the happy couple on the couch. The teen writing in her notebook while my brother read a book. "I think I've found a way for us to get back all the money I lost!

The Firebender sighed and lowered his book, Korra looking up at me curiously. She had missed the screaming part. "What scam are you talking about now?"

"It's not a scam!" I assured. "This is a legitimate way to actually earn the money! I'm not sure why we didn't think of it sooner, seeing as you and I live here."

"Bo, what are you...?"

"Pro-Bending! The jackpot grand prize!" My brother raised a brow. "It'll be enough to get Korra the hearing aid and still have a little left over!"

"Bo..."

"You and me, we're top notch Benders! And Korra-"

"Is deaf," he answered bluntly. Of course I knew that.

"Yeah but-" I stopped when I noticed her signing. So she had been following along.

'I think Bo might have a point. All three of us make a pretty good team.'

'Korra-'

'I'm not saying it'll be easy,' she answered. 'We might have to come up with some sort of system so I can keep up with the more verbal aspects...' She paused, as if debating whether or not this would be a good idea. 'But... I think it's worth a shot.'

"See Mako!" I answered. He had to see that for once I had a good idea.

Mako looked at the Waterbender, placing a hand over hers. "Korra, are you absolutely sure you want to try this?" She nodded and he pinched his nose and huffed. "Okay."

"Yes!" I shouted jumping up.

Korra laughed and gave my brother's cheek a kiss making him smile too. Now all we had to do is win the jackpot. Easy enough.

Asami's POV

After a couple of weeks of just hanging out, Korra invited me to her home. I was a little nervous about meeting her family. She had told me about the bombing and how she had gone deaf because of it. As she typed away on my tablet, since writing took too long, I couldn't help but admire her strength. Even when the odds had seemed against her, she had pulled through.

The teen didn't remember anything before the bombing but it didn't seem to bother her, mentioning how she had made new memories with her new family and she wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. She even mentioned how she had fallen in love with the older brother and how protective he was of her which as much as it irritated her, she found comforting.

Korra opened the door to the apartment in the attic of the Pro-Bending arena and gave me a sheepish smile when she noticed what looked like uniforms scattered around. She sighed and picked them up, placing them by the door as I took a moment to look around. I walked over to the window and smiled. This had to be the best view of the city. You could see the park from here, Air Temple island and Yue Bay. I heard shuffling and turned to see that the large polar bear dog had a small companion, a fire ferret.

'So, this is my home,' Korra typed.

'Its beautiful,' I signed in response.

She blinked, putting the electronic down. Slowly she asked either if I had been learning sign language or if I'd already knew it. I still wasn't very good, which I told her. Ever since our conversation at Narook's I had been trying to learn.

The teen smiled before asking me to sit down. I watched as she took out a pair of plates and started to serve some of the food she had brought from work.

The door opened and a green eyed guy came in. He blinked, clearly surprised to find me here before walking over to me and introducing himself. His name was Bolin and I knew he had to be Korra's playful brother.

"So you're a classmate of Korra's?" he asked. I could tell she didn't bring visitors often.

I nodded my head. "We've had a couple of classes together before but it wasn't until recently that we started talking."

He hummed in response turning around to greet the brunette. She handed me a plate before giving hers to her brother. I noticed he was wearing a uniform similar to the ones that were scattered on the floor and had to wonder if he played a sport.

When I asked Korra she smiled and nodded. 'We all do,' she typed.

"Oh. What kind?"

'Pro-Bending. We're rookies but we've been getting the hang if it.'

"So you can Bend?" I had been curious. I'd never seen her do it, but I tried not to assume things.

A nod. 'I'm a Waterbender, Bo is a Earthbender and Mako a Firebender.'

I laughed. "Very talented family."

Korra grinned and finished her food as the door opened once again. Her eyes lit up and the tall, amber eyed man walked over to us. She got up and gave him a kiss, signing away. He raised a brow and signed something back which were probably questions about me.

"I'm Asami," I greeted stretching out my hand politely. "It's nice to meet you."

He simply gave me a nod. "Yeah, real pleasure."

I retracted my hand and saw Korra sigh. The teen sat down and wrote that he was tired and when he was tired he was grumpy. I nodded my head, accepting the explanation but knew it wasn't the truth. It was obvious her boyfriend didn't like me, but I wanted to get to know Korra. She was special, I could feel it.

Tonraq's POV

Even after all this time, the sight of the stump on my left shoulder still managed to seem foreign. It had been fifteen years since the bombing. Since the day I lost my child, my arm, and, in a sense, my wife. We had gone to city for Korra's birthday and for her to meet Katara. Senna and I had been pupils of hers, which was how we'd met, and she hadn't seen our little girl since she was an infant.

We'd gone to the park, to enjoy the outdoors and I could still see her little dimpled smile as she tried to hide from us. Then the bomb happened. When I woke up days later I was missing my left arm and my daughter was dead. With time I managed to recover and learned how to make an arm out of water when needed but my wife was never the same.

At first all she did was cry and once her tears dried up she'd just hold our little girl's favorite stuffed toy and carry it around, as if she herself was a child. My brother thought I should leave her and I had nearly strangled him at the mere mention of it. I loved my wife, and I wouldn't leave her. She had suffered a great loss, we both had, but as the mother who carried our only child for nine months and took care of her, losing Korra was too painful for her mind and heart to handle.

I took a deep breath, pulling my shirt on, followed by my skin belt. If there was anything I hated about leaving the South Pole it was having to be formally greeted by whatever nation we would visit. Once I was dressed and I left my cabin and went inside my wife's, knocking on the door. She was braiding her hair and she shared a smile with me. Today was a good day for her it seemed. I went over and gave her a quick kiss and she sighed. I wasn't the only one who didn't like protocol.

"How long will we be staying?" Senna asked.

"A few weeks. Maybe a month."

She nodded her head. "Can we go to the park?"

"Senna..."

"Korra wanted to go to the park, remember? She was having so much fun..." She trailed off, her brow furrowing. She looked unsure, like there was something wrong with the words.

I knelt down next to her. "Senna," I began gently, placing my hand against her cheek. "Korra... She isn't here. You know that."

My wife's eyes watered and she quickly wiped away the tears before more came. I pulled her close, soothing her the best I could. I knew it was hard for her to come to terms with, even after all this time, but she had to understand that our daughter wasn't coming back. Some days I felt like letting her believe the delusion, even if it was only for a moment.