Return of the Drunken Krew. Erbody gets together to celebrate and welcome the New Year. SFW. Warning: no proofreading so you're on your own with the grammar issues.


"There!" Bolin shouted. "I was doing it, right?!" He eagerly looked around at his companions, waiting for them to confirm that he was in fact, doing the thing. But no one said a word. His brother, Mako, had closed his eyes, head shaking in disappointment and irritation. Asami seemed mildly surprised, eyes wide open. Korra was stifling a laugh behind a hand. However, she was nice enough to break the silence.

"Sorry to break it to you Bolin, but you weren't levitating."

"What?!" he gasped in shock. "I did it exactly how I've seen Varrick do it. Right, Asami?" He turned to the raven-haired CEO for confirmation.

"It was the exact technique I've seen Varrick use," Asami said matter-of-factly.

"Well, as an airbender, I can confirm that is not the proper levitating form," Korra said bossily.

Bolin rose from his seated position and stood directly in front of Korra. "Oh yeah? How would you know?" he responded equally as bossy. "You've never seen Varrick do it."

Korra glared back, pressing her forehead directly against Bolin's. "Cause I'm the motherfucking Avatar."

"This is a great New Year's Eve party," Mako muttered.


Three hours earlier….

"Let the festivities begiiiiiiin!" Bolin hollered as he hopped off the ferry boat. In his hands were three bottles of champagne and whiskey each. Mako stepped off the boat as well, though much less exuberantly.

"Guys!" Korra shouted as she ran up to greet them. "Glad you could make it!" She hugged each of them in turn. Asami followed a little behind, giving each of the Bending Brothers a hug as well.

"Where's Opal?" Korra asked, expecting Bolin's girlfriend to appear.

"Stuck doing some important airbendery stuff," Bolin said dejectedly. "So that's why I'm gonna celebrate the new year with my big bro here!" He squeezed Mako with a side hug. His brother appeared less than thrilled, if his sharkbrows were any indication.

"This way to the bar," Asami motioned with a hand.

"You built a bar on Air Temple Island?" Mako asked incredulously.

"Nothing a little earthbending couldn't create," Korra said as she flexed a bicep. "Tenzin agreed to it as long as we stay on the east side of the islands, away from the little ones."

The meditation pavilion had been transformed. String lights adorned the pagoda, and Korra had created a bar, along with a table and benches to accompany it. Bolin put all the bottles down with it, next to the appetizers that were already there. He quickly poured out a shot for everybody.

"A toast!" he proclaimed, as he held the shot up to the heavens. "To the end of a fantastic year, in which Korra saved the world, Asami saved her company, I saved the some Earth people and Mako saved Prince Wu!"

Mako shook his head, but drank the whiskey along with the rest of his friends.

"Another," Bolin said as he poured more glasses of the potent alcohol.

"What are we toasting this time?" Korra laughed.

"You!" Bolin shouted. "And Asami! It's about time you two got your act together-together!" He clapped his hands together in joy.

Korra and Asami shared a look, and broke into big smiles. "Thank you Bolin," Asami said.

"Of course," Bolin said, wrapping an arm around each of them, "you guys are like my sisters. But not, like sisters who date, more like sisters who have like this crazy awesome love for one another that's not really sisterly, but like still kind of sisters-"

"Bro," Mako interrupted with a flat voice.

"Too much?" Bolin asked hesitantly.

"Too much," Mako confirmed, crossing his arms.

"Oh lighten up Mako," Korra said as she shoved him with a shoulder. "He had good intentions, I think."

"Oh," Asami suddenly spoke up. "There was a holiday a week ago-"

"We know," Mako cut in, "Aangsmas."

"Incorrect," Korra vetted. "There is Aangsmas, which I'm sure Asami and I, as well as Bolin, enjoyed. You on the other hand, enjoy Angstmas."

As if to prove her point, Mako recrossed his arms and pouted.

"Oh Kor, leave Prince Pouty alone," Asami teased, clearly buzzed. She looped an arm into the Avatar's for balance. Trying to steer the story back to her original intention, Asami said, "I was talking about Boxing Day, the day after Aangsmas. There's an old tradition that superiors and subordinates trade places. I let my quartermaster, Eiji, take the reins as CEO while I went to work in the factory."

"Where are you going with this?" Korra cocked her head.

"I was going to suggest that we switch being each other," Asami smiled widely.

"That's brilliant!" Bolin exclaimed. "I call Avatar!" He immediately began fake firebending at Mako, who shoved the hand out of his face.

"I'm Asami!" Korra exclaimed. She flipped her hair over her shoulder (or as much of it as she could, since her hair barely touched her shoulder). "I'm Asami Sato," Korra said in a much deeper than necessary voice. "Fix that Satomobile there, it doesn't match the color of my eyes."

Asami raised a silent eyebrow, a clear indication of what Korra should've been doing if she really wanted to imitate Asami. The CEO ignored her though, and claimed Mako. "I'm Macho Mako," she said in another far too deep voice. "Watch me firebend, and then be too cool to talk to anyone." Asami made punching motions then quickly folded her arms and stuck her lower lip in a pout.

Korra immediately bowled Asami over, her hands out holding invisible handle bars. "Oh no, I didn't see you there, and just ran you over with my moped." They toppled to the floor together. She pushed herself up until she was hovering over Asami. "My name's Asami Sato, and I'm like, super pretty and gorgeous, and hella rich. Kiss me and we can date even though I literally just ran you over." Korra batted her eyelashes in a poor attempt to be sexy.

"Oh wow," Asami giggled behind her hand. "You're like the prettiest girl I've ever seen. I'll go anywhere you want as long as you pay for all the food and make the Avatar jealous. Did I mention I'm like really handsome and have that Zuko brood down pat?"

"But can you make your eyes glow and metalbend? Or own a polar bear dog?" Korra asked. "Cause the Avatar does. I heard she's pretty hot too." She leaned in to steal a kiss from Asami.

"Oh!" Asami exclaimed. "You're right! I can't date you then! I have to ignore you!" She pushed Korra off of her by the shoulders, sending the Avatar sprawling on her back. Both of the girls immediately fell into a mixture of large guffaws and occasional snorts. Mako was not amused.

"I hate you guys," he muttered.

"No Mako," Bolin grabbed him by the shoulders. "You're not doing it right! You can't be yourself, you're supposed to be me. Flex or do something manly or extremely funny!"

Mako ignored his brother. "You dropped your flowers and ran away crying like a little bitch when this actually happened," Mako said irritatedly. "I'm not doing that."

"Fine, whatever, watch this!" Bolin dropped to the ground, crossing his legs indian-style. "I'm going to airbend, like the Avatar and all!"


Presently…

"So you mean I wasn't levitating?" Bolin sat dejectedly.

"Sorry Bolin," Asami said with a gently hand on his back. "But at least you can bend something," she added reassuringly, "I can't bend anything."

"I'm pretty sure you've mastered bending the Avatar," Mako said dryly, fixing a deadpan look on his face. Korra froze, slowly turning to the rest of the group with a look of horror and a large blush creeping over her cheeks. Uncomfortable silence fell over the group until Bolin thankfully broke it.

"Bro can you drink more?" he asked seriously. "You're like, a million gajillion times more fun when you're drunk." Asami and Korra both vigorously nodded their agreement. Bolin held out a recently refilled glass. Mako took it, and slammed the liquid to the back of his throat. "Happy?" he growled.

Bolin shrugged his shoulders in indifference.

Fireworks began erupting above them.

"It's almost time!" Korra shouted happily, immediately springing to her feet.

The roleplay game forgotten, the Avatar grabbed the CEO's hand and pulled them to an area with a clear view of the sky. High above, beautiful displays of fireworks lit up the night in a rainbow of colors.

"It's beautiful," Asami gasped in excitement. Korra nudged her with a shoulder, giving her a look. Asami could see the firework's reflected in Korra's eyes. Her Korra's eyes. "You're beautiful too," she acquiesced. Somehow, Korra's eyes seemed to light up brighter. It must be the alcohol, Asami concluded.

Nearby, Bolin could be heard whooping with excitement, likely annoying his older brother in the process.

Asami intertwined her fingers with Korra's. "This has been a tough year," she stated bluntly. Korra gripped her hand tighter.

"It's been the hardest," Korra agreed. "But the best." She turned to Asami, picking up her other hand. She smiled, the fireworks still reflecting in her eyes. The pyrotechnics were loud and booming, and yet, Korra felt oddly still and silent.

"All the time I spent in the South Pole, I spent a lot of it reading, just to have something to do, to take my mind off of everything. Something I read was really special. It made me think of you. It made me think of getting better to get back to you."

"What was it?" Asami asked.

Korra recited:

"Every one of us is losing something precious to us.

Lost opportunities, lost possibilities,

feelings we can never get back again.

That's part of what it means to be alive.

"I realized that I wasn't really living. I was only losing time. I was losing the opportunity to tell you. I was so worried that while I was gone, someone else would realize how special you are and I'd never be able to tell you how I felt."

"Korra," Asami said softly. She placed a soft, chaste kiss on Korra's lips. "I was afraid I'd lost you too, but you came back, you're here."

Far away, shouts could be heard counting down to the New Year.

"Ten!"

"Nine!"

Bolin began joining the countdown. " Eight !" he shouted.

"Seven!"

"Six!"

"Five!"

"Four!"

"Three!" The two women stared into each other's eyes, sharing the moment with no one.

"Two! " Silently, they made promises to themselves and each other, vowing to give the best they could.

"One !" They closed their eyes and met in the middle, welcoming the new year with a kiss that held all their resolutions and aspirations.

"Happy New Year!" Their lips met over and over, as if they were one unit, one soul. Finally they separated, resting their foreheads against each other.

"Happy New Year," Asami whispered.

"Happy New Year," Korra murmured back. "It'll be our best one yet, I promise."


Happy Holidays y'all. Extra brownie points if you know where that quote come from.