We Love the Water
Chapter 9
The last week of the semester was tense for Korra and Tahno. They seemed to have an unspoken agreement to remain civil with each other, but it was easy to tell there was a lot more going on underneath the surface. Then the classes changed, and instead of only having one class together, they now had two: Chemistry and Drama. The swimming season was also done for the year, and since Tahno wasn't on the dive team, he didn't get to see Korra in the pool after classes anymore. He hadn't realized how much he would miss seeing her for that extra couple of hours until it was the end of the day and he watched her walk towards the pool. She must have felt his eyes on her, because she turned around and looked at him for a moment over her shoulder, giving him a look he couldn't read from the distance before turning the corner and leaving his line of sight.
The next day Tahno nearly had a stroke in Chemistry. They were told to break up into partners, and as he hesitated, wondering whether he should try to ask Korra to be his partner or not, a linebacker from the football team got to her before he could work up the nerve. So he had to watch as the two talked and laughed while they performed their experiment. Then the linebacker, Tony, complained about his forearm hurting him when Korra offered to massage it for him as an act of kindness from one athlete to another. Tony readily agreed and offered his arm to her, and Tahno watched from the corner of his eye, transfixed, as Korra expertly worked on the knots in the bulging arm. Tahno noted with a barely restrained growl at the way Tony's whole body seemed to relax at her ministrations and the way he pressed his lips together as if he was trying desperately not to make any embarrassing sounds of pleasure.
"Will you marry me?" Tony asked Korra suddenly.
Tahno's pencil snapped in half in his hand, and he listened with vicious jealousy as Korra just laughed that laugh that haunted his dreams at night.
"No, thanks for the offer though. Believe it or not, this isn't the first time I've been proposed to, joking or otherwise," Korra replied with a chuckle.
At hearing this, the beaker Tahno was holding slipped out of his fingers and clattered loudly on the table.
Chad, Tahno's friend and lab partner, looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Be a little more obvious in showing off your little green monster there, Bro," he muttered slyly under his breath, to which he only received a glare in response.
"Really?" Tony asked, surprised by Korra's admission.
"Yup, last summer I globe trotted with my Nana in Japan, Southern China, and India, with two weeks in Egypt, and I got four marriage proposals in the three months it took to do the trip to begin with. Then this past summer I visited my father's family in the Arctic Circle and got another one before I finished my passage rite and earned my tribal tattoo."
"What made you say no?" Tony asked as she continued to work on the muscles down his arm and to his hand.
Tahno tried to look busy measuring out chemicals as he listened with rapt attention.
"I didn't love any of them, and I was WAY too young. I'm still too young, actually," Korra answered with a shrug and a small smile. "Done. Feel better?" Korra asked as she dropped her hands from his.
"Yeah, a million times better. You know, I have another arm, a back, a set of shoulders, a neck, and three legs..." Tony joked with a wink.
'The fuck you do', Tahno wanted to yell across the room, but remained silent as he openly watched the rest of their interaction with darkening eyes, abandoning the attempt to be inconspicuous.
Korra just laughed some more and shook her head while she rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I'll bet you do. Too bad I won't be touching anymore of you since you brought that up," she stated as she turned back to her work.
"Oh come on," Tony pleaded.
"Nope, my mind is made up now; you are officially friend-zoned, Buddy," Korra said as she patted him on the arm sarcastically. "Now, come on, don't leave me all the work here."
"Oh well, you can't win them all, can you?" Tony lamented.
As the football player eased up on the flirtatious behavior, Tahno let out a strained breath he hadn't realized he was holding and tried to refocus on the steps he was supposed to be performing for the experiment.
"Dude, I swear, either put a lid on it or ask her out already. I'm starting to feel genuine fear for the safety of the guy who eventually does become her boyfriend," Chad chastised Tahno as they finished their experiment.
Tahno froze for a second as his fists clenched before darting a contemptuous stare at his friend. "Do me a favor and stay out of it, okay?"
"I don't get what your deal is. I'm surprised you don't actually have her under your arm already."
"It's not from lack of trying."
"Did she already turn you down?" Chad inquired.
"It's not that simple," Tahno answered.
Chad rolled his eyes. "Get over it and just ask her out already before someone else does, like me for instance," he suggested with a smug smile, causing Tahno to narrow his eyes threateningly. "Ha! You do really like her, go figure."
For Korra, the school days now seemed to be passing in an unbearably slow tandem. Ever since the disastrous incident with Tahno's parents and the resulting fight with Tahno in his car, she and Tahno hadn't said a word to each other. She hated to admit it even just to herself, but going through the school day without those little conversations with him suddenly made White Falls Academy seem horribly bland. There were occasional moments throughout the day when she could laugh with her friends and temporarily forget her rancor with him, but a reminder was never far behind.
Tahno hadn't made any attempts to breach the distance between them yet, not even with a call or text message. Mako, however, had sent her at least a dozen text messages, and she had ignored and deleted every single one. Korra decided that if he really wanted to make things right with her, than he would do it in person or at least call her. And anyway, she couldn't understand why he all of a sudden seemed to have feelings for her. The irony that he was beginning to show interest right as she had started to lose interest in him irked her to no end. Amazingly, the confusion with Tahno was even greater, because she couldn't make heads or tails of how he was making her feel or what she should do about it. Mr. Tenzin had told her that she should take a step back and look at the situation with a renewed something or other, and she could only guess that he meant she shouldn't let her emotions affect her judgment, but that was going to be nearly impossible for her. She, who could never hide her emotions away or separate herself from them.
On the drive home after school that day, Korra turned on the radio, still stewing in her discontent and replaying memories she'd rather not think about. Then the strands of a song she had heard many times began floating out from the speakers. A song called "Frozen", written by Casper Denali. She lifted her hand to turn it off, but stopped and put it back on the steering wheel as she decided to just listen to it. It was a good song after all, and its melancholy vibe perfectly matched her mood. The strains of violin gave it a wistful air, while the deep bass and drums made it feel somber and contemporary, and for the first time, Korra really began to pay attention to the lyrics that she now knew Tahno had written.
Lost inside the dark cave of emotional scars,
Trying to solve the twisted maze of this twisted heart.
Without warning, something seemed to prick at Korra's sympathy as she listened to the lines of pain and confusion, remembering that this was a song about trying to love and understand another person who seemed frozen.
Snow falls in the place of unshed tears,
The ice freezes and burns; it chills and sears.
Fighting to get away from your frigid hold,
How the hell did you get so cold?
Who could he have written this song about? For a moment her mind played with the possibility that it had been about an old girlfriend, but then the continued phrases about coldness made her think of Tahno's father and the way his eyes had appeared so cold and distant when she met him the other day. She had never before come across someone who was so much like a frozen statue. Korra then found herself thinking how lucky she was to have such warm and caring parents, unlike Tahno. But he wasn't like his dad. The way she melted at a single glance from his eyes was more than enough testament to that.
Even though with cracked, bleeding fingers I still hold on,
If you never melt, I won't last for long.
As the song came to a close, Korra felt something shift in her heart; a second guessing of her thoughts and actions. Maybe she had been rash with Tahno and too quick to assume the worst.
That night, Tahno was lying in bed when he suddenly heard his doorbell ring. 'That's odd,' Tahno thought as he got up and answered the door to find Korra in a coat that went to her knees and left her bare legs exposed to the wind and snow.
"Korra, what are you doing here? Get in before you freeze to death," Tahno exclaimed as he didn't hesitate to usher her inside.
Her hair was down, framing her face beautifully while the chilly temperatures had caused her cheeks to color nicely. And the shy but slightly mischievous smile she was giving him along with her bright and slightly hooded eyes were doing terrible things to his willpower.
"I wanted to come over and tell you I missed you. I'm sorry I pushed you away..." Korra whispered softly as she moved forward, taking her hands out of her pockets and unfastening the belt around her waist.
"I'm sorry too. I should have told you everything before..." Tahno started before Korra silenced him by putting her finger on his lips while the other hand undid the buttons on the coat.
"Answer something for me, Pretty Boy. Do you want me?" Korra asked as she raised an eyebrow, her eyes glazing over with lust as she spoke before she stepped back and put her hands on the lapels of her coat.
"Always," Tahno replied as he suddenly found his throat dry.
"Good, then take me," Korra commanded as she opened her coat and let it drop to the floor, revealing her body sheathed in nothing but a blue, silk, lace lingerie set that turned Tahno's dry throat to wet as his mouth started to water.
He wasted no time in closing the distance between them and grabbed her face to kiss her fiercely. He felt her smile against his lips and couldn't help but smile himself.
"Bed," she suggested as they broke apart for air.
Tahno began walking her backwards down the hallway as Korra continued to kiss him enthusiastically and helped him lift his shirt over his head. After it had been discarded, Korra jumped up into his arms to bring their bodies closer together, and he picked her up to carry her the rest of the way to his bedroom as she wrapped her legs around his waist and kept her lips locked to his. As his knees met the mattress, they fell onto the bed, and he put out a hand to keep himself from crushing her. She kissed him deep and hard while her legs pulled him even closer, and her hands raked across his back before settling into his hair so she could angle his head to kiss him better. Tahno's hands were everywhere they could reach and her skin was warm to the touch. She bucked her hips against him and Tahno nearly lost it. He abandoned her mouth in favor of her throat and jaw and nipped at an earlobe as he ground his hips into her, making sure to hit her center as he did so. The moan that emitted from her throat sent sparks of electricity down his spine before settling in his groin. He ground against her again and groaned at the incredible friction.
"Tahno, please," Korra begged in a strained whisper.
She started pushing at his hips with her hands, and as he lifted them up she immediately began pulling at the waistband of his pants. Tahno pulled himself back and sat on his knees as he tried to undo the fastening, which suddenly seemed impossible with his fumbling fingers.
"You want some help with that?" Korra purred as she sat up and placed her hands on his, speeding up the process and pushing his pants down his hips and thighs once they were undone. At the sight of his erection, she grinned and slowly raised her eyes to meet his seductively.
"Like what you see?" Tahno asked smugly as he smirked at her reaction.
"I love what I see," Korra affirmed with a low hum in her throat as she licked her lips and kissed him again, stroking him a few times with the perfect amount of pressure. "But we have a problem; I still have too many clothes on," she complained with the sexiest pout Tahno had ever seen.
"That can be easily rectified," Tahno replied huskily as he leaned forward and dipped his fingertips into the top of her underwear and began to slowly pull them down when all of a sudden... he woke up.
Tahno gasped as he shot straight up in bed and cursed when he realized it was all just a dream and that he now needed to change his sheets. He also noticed that he had slept in and made himself late for school. Fantastic. And it was only Thursday. At this rate he wasn't going to make it to the weekend if he didn't do something, which would be easier if he could manage to get them alone for two minutes, but it seemed the universe was against him.
It didn't help his predicament that Korra had started to return his gaze when he stared at her in school. Sometimes her eyes even had that challenging edge to them that made it nearly impossible to turn away. She had also been wearing that perfume that made his vision blurry and his brain fuzzy with lust, and she would walk by him just close enough that he could get a good lungful, and he would turn his head in her direction to follow her for a few paces with his nose before his eyes could get a good look at her. Everything about her was as bewitching as hell. She was on his mind every waking hour and now in his dreams as well.
Since winter was beginning to settle in, most of the girls opted to wear thick tights under the skirts of their school uniforms to protect their legs, Korra included. But Tahno couldn't forget what lay underneath them; the sexiest legs on the planet, that led to the most perfect body on the planet, that belonged to the most amazing girl in the universe, and he had no choice but to curse his foolish self for messing things up with her and for not finding a way to get back with her yet. A part of him was saying that he just needed to give her time and that she would approach him when she was ready. Another, increasingly demanding part was insisting that he just go to her and beg her to forgive him, and he knew for certain that he would if he had the faintest idea of where to begin. Tahno admittedly hadn't had much experience with apologies in the past, preferring to make the idiots at this school feel like they should count their lucky stars if he even gave them the time of day. But now he saw how much his arrogance had cost him. Korra was not a girl for beating around the bush or taking other people's shit, and he was going to have to get his act together or risk never getting back in her good graces.
That night Korra sat in her deep bathtub, soaking in the soapy, oil infused water as thoughts of Tahno swirled around in her mind. She missed him; she could no longer deny it, but that didn't make her anger or hurt feelings go away, and it created a dark, sexual tension whenever they were in a room together. They still hadn't spoken to each other yet, but the looks of interest and longing between them had rapidly begun increasing in frequency and duration, and the heated intensity of his gaze was still capable of sending tingles up and down her spine.
Korra recalled to herself how hot those ice blue eyes seemed to burn as she started to apply her body oil while she sat in the steaming water, and her brain began playing tricks on her as she imagined it was Tahno's hands rubbing the divine smelling oil on her body. The fantasy kicked her hormones into overdrive, and she remembered how the looks he had given her in class today had nearly pushed her over the edge and made her want to get out of her seat and drag him out into the hallway just so he could push her up against a wall and kiss her the way she needed to be kissed. She imagined he would start kissing her passionately on the lips then move down to her jaw and her neck as he caressed her now slippery breasts and nipples with his hands as his weight would settle over her.
"Oh, Tahno," she half whispered, half keened as one of her hands snaked down to the building heat between her legs.
Her breathing hitched as she inserted two fingers and curled them to hit that one spot that made her toes curl. Then her breathing became labored as she stroked herself faster and harder, picturing Tahno's face, Tahno's body, and the way his voice sparked sensual chills all over her, building her up and bringing her to her height. Her hips jumped and ground against her hand as she got closer and closer to her goal. She chanted "Tahno" over and over before she threw her head back and arched as her orgasm took over her. She felt herself tighten around her fingers and spasm. After she came down, she relaxed until her limbs regained their strength and climbed out of the tub to find her hands and feet all pruny.
"Oh yeah, that's sexy," Korra muttered sarcastically as she dried off and got dressed for bed.
She couldn't get him out of her head, and she feared that she wouldn't until they cleared all this mess out from between them. But her stupid pride kept her from being the one to speak to him first, and the way she had treated him during their last conversation would almost assuredly keep him from coming to her. She cursed her temper for not the first or last time in her life and wished she had handled the situation more delicately. The only outlet she had now for the piling frustration was dive team, and she threw herself into training.
Korra's first dive competition was Friday night, and as usual, she was pumped and raring to show her stuff, but at the same time she was feeling a little nervous. She was going to be trying a brand new dive for the first time, and her usual cheering squad wouldn't be there. Bolin had a wrestling match that night, and Sasha would be in his cheering section back at RCH. Things still weren't cool between her and Mako, so he was going to support Bolin. Also, her mom had to work late and her dad had been called in, so Korra wasn't expecting to see any familiar faces in the crowd that night. She was quite surprised, however, when she heard her name being yelled from the stands as soon as she walked into the pool area. She looked up and saw Asami waving and smiling at her, to which Korra waved back, but then did a double take when she spotted Tahno sitting next to Asami. He gave her one of his half grins as he leaned casually on his elbows resting on his knees and held her stare as he lifted his fingers in greeting.
She waved back warily before forcing herself to tear her eyes away from him, gulping in awareness of his presence as she went to stand under the showers and stretch before it was her turn. She felt her body flushing with heat, knowing he was still watching her. Finally, her turn came and she climbed to the top of the platform, which, unlike the diving board, didn't move when the diver jumped off. She reached the top and took a few deep breaths before walking almost to the end and turning around with her back facing the pool.
"She's not at the end of the platform," Asami pointed out as she and Tahno watched in anticipation.
Korra raised her arms over her head and leaned backward until she flipped into a handstand. Her toes pointed to the ceiling in a perfect, straight line for a moment before she brought her legs down into the right-splits, then she rotated them into the middle splits and finally moved her legs into the left-splits. She did all this while balancing on her hands at the very edge of the seven and a half meter high platform. Tahno felt his jaw drop away from his face as he observed the unbelievable feat before Korra raised her legs back up into a straight line with her body, then used her arms to push herself off the platform and doing a set of twists and somersaults before hitting the water perfectly.
"Oh my god, what was she doing?" Asami exclaimed incredulously while she and Tahno clapped along with everyone else.
"Blowing away her competition," Tahno answered as his eyes followed Korra's form while she swam to the ladder, smiling at how she still maneuvered through the water like a marine mammal.
"I'll say. You can't beat that," Asami replied.
By the end of the night, Korra did end up winning first place in her division. After she received her trophy, she walked by where Tahno and Asami were waiting to congratulate her.
"Hey, congratulations!" Asami cheered, reaching forward to hug her.
"Thanks, I was worried that first dive was going to blow up in my face."
"Are you kidding? That was the most fantastic thing I've ever seen," Asami assured her.
"So what are you doing here?" Korra asked, directing her gaze at Tahno and holding her trophy awkwardly between them.
"Oh, you know me, Mr. School Spirit," Tahno responded as Asami and Korra looked at him like he had just grown a second head. "And you know, couldn't pass up the chance to watch my friends while they wipe the floor with the competition. Good job," he finished, shrugging and feeling more awkward than he hoped he looked.
Korra's countenance seemed to fall in resignation as her eyes dropped sadly to the floor. "Thanks," she mumbled before turning to enter the girls' locker room.
As soon as she was out of sight, Asami turned in Tahno's direction and smacked him on the back of the head. "What the hell is wrong with you?" she demanded.
"What?" Tahno asked as he rubbed the back of his head where he got slapped.
"You said 'friends'. Is it really your desire to stay just friends with her?"
"No," he answered honestly.
"This is just sad, even for you. After everything, THAT'S what you say to her?" Asami snapped as she put her hands on her hips.
"What do you expect me to do?" Tahno asked with a groan.
"Simple. Go and talk to her. Get all this crap straightened out between you two and tell her how you feel," she answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
He let his eyes fall to the floors as he stuffed his hands into his pockets uncomfortably.
Asami rolled her eyes at his continued hesitation. "Are you really just going to let her keep on suffering like this? The whole school has noticed the way you two still look at each other. Clearly, it's not over for either one of you."
He looked up at her in surprise. "You really think she wants me to talk to her?"
"Yes. I know she does."
"Okay," he relented, letting out a heavy, anxious sigh and giving her a grateful smile before turning to head out the door. "Thanks for the push. You're not so bad, Sato."
"You know, I'm beginning to think the same about you, especially if half the stuff Korra says about you is true. Now get going," she said with a small grin as she nudged him toward the door.
After getting dressed and gathering everything in her gym bag, Korra began heading out into the dark parking lot, feeling tired and depressed despite her win. She made her way over to where her car was parked and looked up in shock when she noticed Tahno leaning against the side of her jeep.
"Can I help you?" she asked stiffly as she slowly closed the distance between them.
"I don't feel like I properly congratulated you earlier," Tahno replied, staring intently at her and maintaining his slouched position.
When Korra didn't say anything in response, he shoved away from the car and stepped closer to her, leaning his head down so she could see clearly into his face and eyes. "You're amazing, and I've never seen anything like you before. What you did tonight was pretty amazing too," he said, his voice low and soft and with sincerity in every syllable.
"Thank you," Korra muttered, trying to swallow past all the emotions his words and close proximity was eliciting. "So are you really that into supporting your school or did you come for another reason?"
"I only came to see you," Tahno admitted. "I knew you would crush all the other competitors, just like you did at all the swim meets, and I wasn't about to miss it."
"Do you do that for all your friends?" she inquired.
"No, I don't. But I don't want us to be friends. I want more than that."
"Tahno," she breathed out in a rush, feeling her heart soaring at his words, but still with a hint of reluctance niggling at the back of her brain.
He must have detected the doubt in her tone, because he continued on forcefully, "I'm sorry for everything I did to push you away from me. I'll do anything to make up for it. Please, let me."
Korra felt two sides of herself warring together at his request; the prideful part wanting her to tell him to hit the road, and the other, which she didn't know the name for, wanted to jump into his arms and forget that she was ever mad at him. The pain seeping from his demeanor and the way his voice broke when he said 'please' finally melted her resistance.
"Anything?" she asked.
"Anything," he confirmed solemnly as if we was agreeing to a blood contract.
"I want you to answer my questions, and none of your answers can be 'it's complicated' or any type of equivalent. Deal?"
"Deal," he said.
"Get in the car," she ordered as a cold wind blew across the parking lot.
She unlocked the doors and got into the driver's seat as he slid into the passenger's. Then she started the engine and turned on the heat, taking off her gloves and scarf as she turned to face him. "If you wanted us to be together, then why did you insist to your parents that I was just your friend?" Korra challenged, jumping right into the issue.
"There's something you have to understand about my father; he does everything he can to control every aspect of my life. I didn't want to risk him deciding that you were a weakness he could sabotage, and he would have. But it was a mistake, because I ended up ruining whatever we had building between us while I was trying to prevent him from doing the exact same thing."
Korra scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. "But why wouldn't he want you to date me?"
"When I first mentioned your family to him, he gave me the distinct impression that things weren't always peachy between our families, and it became apparent to me that he already didn't like the idea of us together. So I panicked and lied to him so he wouldn't ban me from seeing you or something idiotic like that."
"Somehow I get the 'distinct impression' you wouldn't follow that order even if he did give it," Korra countered.
"You're right, but he does have the uncanny ability to make my life hell if he so chooses," Tahno explained.
"So how many other girls have you written songs about besides me?"
"One," he answered and smiled as Korra frowned in jealousy. "Sura," he specified.
"Oh, well with the way your dad talked and the reputation you've got built up at school, I guess I assumed that you wrote songs for all your conquests," Korra admitted, triggering Tahno to groan in frustration and pinch the bridge of his nose.
"Again, my dad has a penchant for making my life hell by being an asshole, and I'm willing to bet nearly every part of my so-called reputation is a lie."
"So you haven't slept with more girls then you have fingers and toes?"
Tahno set his jaw and held up two fingers. "Emily Anderson, freshman year, moved to Vermont two months in, and the second was Vanessa Ray who cheated on me three weeks in," he deadpanned.
"Oh," Korra replied, not knowing what else to say. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be."
"How's Sura?" she asked suddenly with a hopeful smile, changing the subject. "I've hated not being able to see her again."
Tahno's face spread into a fond smile at the reference to his sister. "She's good. She never lets go of that scarf you gave her; she even sleeps with it. I think she misses you too. You should come over and see her sometime," he recommended.
"I'm free tomorrow if that's too soon," Korra offered, hoping she didn't sound too eager.
"No, that's not too soon. She would love to see you," Tahno assured her with equal eagerness as a silent pause filled the inside of the jeep for a moment. "And I would too," he included after a couple of seconds.
Korra's chin trembled slightly at the true-ness ringing in his eyes as he spoke. "You would?" she questioned, even though she no longer doubted his sincerity.
Tahno nodded his head simply. "I would also like to tell her you're my girlfriend. Can I?"
Instead of answering with words, and being the girl of action that she was, Korra leaned over the console and kissed him in a firm yes. Tahno's hands came up to cradle her face and pull her closer to deepen the kiss as hers settled on the back of his neck.
"I missed you," Korra whispered as she stopped for a moment to lean back and look him in the eyes. "So damn much it hurt."
"I missed you too. More then you'll ever know," Tahno responded before tilting his head back down to kiss her until they were just about mindless.
Then Korra began to gently rub where her hands rested on his neck, and Tahno had no choice but to break the kiss and groan while he rested his head on her shoulder so she had more access to his neck. "Oh dear lord, you weren't kidding when you said you had gifted hands. That feels so good, Jesus Christ..." Tahno practically moaned as he buried his head into the crook of her shoulder and zeroed in on the faint, leftover trace of where she had applied perfume that morning and softly nuzzled the spot with his nose while he inhaled deeply.
"Hey, that tickles," Korra murmured as she moved her hands to work on his shoulders and rest her head on his.
"Really? You don't say..." Tahno muttered as he did it again
Korra squirmed away from him and pushed him back as he nearly whined in protest and gave her a fake pout.
"I don't work when I'm being tickled," Korra warned while she gave him a playful smile. "Ok, Pretty Boy? Now wipe that pout off your face before I wipe it off for you," she taunted.
"Oh, baby," Tahno responded as he scooted closer to her, his pout melting into a wide and mischievous smile.
"When should I come tomorrow?" Korra asked, changing the subject.
His grin seemed to spread impossibly larger. "You can come whenever you want, for as long as you want, and wherever you want."
"Oh my god," she said, rolling her eyes and blushing, but still smiling. "When may I arrive at your house?" she reworded carefully.
"As early as you can. Just call me when you're on your way."
"Alright, I suppose I can extend that courtesy to my first real boyfriend."
"Wait, real boyfriend?" Tahno asked.
"Yes, besides Hawkeye, Spiderman, Wolverine, ..." Korra counted off her fingers before busting out in laughter at the look Tahno was giving her. "Hey, I have a thing for the tall, dark, and handsome type. What can I say?"
"Well, I can't argue with that," Tahno reasoned before reaching out and bringing her face closer so he could give her one last, soul-searing kiss before leaving her breathless and wanting more. "See you tomorrow, PrettyGirl."
Author's notes-
Thank you Alaburn for that heartwarming yet heart wrenching scene of Korra listening to the song in the car as well as the song and song lyrics, as well as betaing and just generally being awesome.
Yeah...so now you can see why the story now has an M rating and it's only going to get worse/better/hotter from here. You've been warned.
Reviews are love. Thank you for reading.