Ch 9: It felt so real

"AHHHH" Korra screams, jumping out of bed.

"B-baby what's the matter?" Asami sits up and quickly grabs her girlfriend's hands.

Korra looks into her brilliant jade eyes "A-Asami?"

Looking around she sees that she's in her room in the South Pole. The water tribe girl looks around feeling very confused. "W-where are we? Why are we in my room?!" she's panicking as the last thing she recalls is fighting Zaheer in Asami's office.

Asami looks at the girl confused and raised her eyebrow "what do you mean why we're in your room? Don't you remember we just got back from the spirit world from our vacation and we came to say hi to your parents?"

"Th-the spirit world? What do you mean that's only in the legends and fairy tales there's no such thing as-"

"KORRA? IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?!"Tonraq barges into her room with Senna right behind his back.

Her eyes widened: "D-dad? Mom?" Feeling her eyes water up, Korra laid there speechless.

"Asami what's wrong why is Korra being quiet." Senna asked very worried.

"I'm not sure she just screamed and she seems very confused... Do you mind if you leave us alone real quick? So I can talk to her" looking at the girl's parents empathetically.

"Of course Asami, we'll be in the living room if you need us." She nodded thankfully. Grabbing her girlfriend's cheek and tilting her face seeing fear filled eyes "Korra what's wrong? Talk to me will you?" She plees resting her forehead on the younger girl.

"I-I…. I'm sorry I just had a bad dream..." Grabbing back her lover's hand.

Asami looks at her worried "is… is this because of us? Are you regretting what we've become..." she says in a faint voice.

"N-NO! That's not it Asami! I-I love you more than anything in this world." Gently kissing her girlfriend: "I just dreamt about Zaheer and I became so afraid, I thought I'd never see you again."' Burying her face in her raven hair.

"Korra… it's ok... it's all in the past he can't hurt you or anyone else anymore." Patting her back softly.

The Avatar felt relieved and at peace in the older girls arms. They sat there in a comfortable silence until the frightened girl fell back asleep in her beloved's arms. When sunrise finally came the two love birds were snuggling. "Mm…" Korra mumbles as she buried herself even deeper into her girlfriend's chest. Asami was sound asleep resting her chin on Korra's head until she woke up when Korra started becoming restless. She smiles giving Korra a kiss on her head.

"Mm Asami…" She mumbles.

"Yes Korra?" Stroking the girl's shoulder with her thumb.

"I love you so much." She whispers into her neck.

Smiling: "I love you so much to." They both giggled and gave each other loving kisses.

For the next few days Korra went on countless of dates with Asami. She did things such as otter penguin sledding, aurora sightseeing, snowball fights (which Korra dominated by snow bending), and many more. She even went out hunting with her dad and showed Asami the ways of the water tribe. It was exhilarating and the most fun the Avatar has had in a really, really long time. But deep inside she knew something was wrong, something felt off. Even though she was the master of all the four elements: earth, fire, air, and water something was terribly wrong.

"Sweetheart what's the matter" pulling Korra by her hips.

"I-I don't want to go…"

"Go? We don't have to leave yet, we still have plenty of time" her parents happen to hear the conversation: "Go? Are you girls leaving soon?"

"No… I-I don't want to go…" Tears start falling from the girls face. "Asami… Dad, mom I don't want to go." She says desperately.

"Sweetie what's the matter why are you crying? You don't have to go, we're right here with you." As they all embraced the crying girl.

"I… I don't want go..."

"AAAAHHHHHHH" Korra screams and twitches waking up confused by her surroundings. Tears were heavily falling down her face as she panics seeing that she is now in a white room with oceanic paintings on the wall.

"W-where am I?!" She whimpers scared.

Asami who was asleep on her bed woke up from the commotion "K-Korra? Thank the spirits!" embracing her in a hard hug. The girl winces from the pain making Asami quickly release her "Oh I'm sorry, it's just- you've been sleeping for a very long time and I just…"

"N-no... It's ok I'm fine, really…. You don't have to be worried I just-" Playing her dream in her head: "I just really missed you that's all… It's been forever since I've seen you..." Quickly kissing the maiden on her lips.

Asami kisses back and broke free a few seconds later. Noting her tears: "How are you feeling? Do you feel any discomfort? Should I call the doctor?" She says while casually wiping her tears by cupping her face.

The younger girl chuckles nervously and rubs her neck: "Haha... I'm as good as I can be at the moment I guess?!" Groaning as she tired to move closer to Asami "Argh… Never mind on second thought, I feel old and bruised all over. Owww what happened to my side it's killing me!" Looking down to a heavily bandaged stomach.

Asami looks down with guilt "Korra I'm, I'm sorry if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have been-" Korra pushes her finger to Asami's lips "Ah! No don't, I did it because I love you and I didn't want you getting hurt ok? Besides I'm alive aren't I." Making a lopsided grin.

Obviously dissatisfied by her answer "Korra... I-I don't know what I'd do if I lost you to… please don't sacrifice yourself for my well being. I can take hits to you know, I'm not as weak as you think." Her eyes quickly teared up.

The younger girl grabbed her lover's hand noticing how much she was shaking. "Ok I'm sorry... I just wanted you to be safe." Rubbing the pale girl's hand with her thumb "So... Tell me, how long has it been since the fight? A few days? Is everything alright?"

The CEO flinched a bit before responding: "A-actually… It-it hasn't been a few days Korra… It's been three weeks already…"

"WHAT three weeks you serious?!" Shocked by her response.

She nods: "Mmhm… And quite a lot of things have happened since you were in a coma…" She trails off. Asami then quickly briefs Korra on the recent events: everyone who was at the Misty Palm Oasis returned home safely, the Air Nation was safe, Mako has his arm in a sling, Bolin is using crutches, and even the fact that they renamed Central Park as Avatar Korra Park.

"W-wait what they named a park after me?" Raising her eyebrow.

"Yeah, in thanks for saving everyone on Air Temple Island and stopping the terrorist group the Red Lotus." She shrugs.

"W-wow, that's… weird..." Rubbing her neck: "Um… Wait what has happened to Air Temple Island? Last thing I remember was that there was a loud boom and shaking." She says while frowning.

The maiden looks up into her clear blue eyes "Well you see Korra… The thing is it was completely destroyed…" Wincing at Korra's pained face "I-I heard from Mako and Bolin that you used lived there…"

"Y-yeah… I did wow… Most of my things were still there…. So my home is… Well... I guess on the bright side I didn't lose too much since I didn't have that many possessions in the first place? Haha…" Looking at her girlfriend who looks sadder than her "H-hey don't worry about it, items can get replayed or rebuilt as long as everyone's safe so it's alright." Smiling warmly. "Though I would like to go back and look for my things… There was one item that was really important to me…"

"Don't worried about that babe, Mako and the others salvaged the things that weren't too damaged. You can check those items at the station when you get released. For now your main objective is to rest."

Raising her brow "Since when were you my mom?" She teases jokingly.

"Ha ha very funny Korra but I'm not your mom, I am your girlfriend though. I do love you, you know that… We may have not been together long but I feel like we were meant to be…. I feel connected… You know like we had past lives together or something... I don't know how to explain it…" She gazes off looking into her eyes.

Korra was surprised by her statement but content by with their situation: ("I do know actually… that dream I had… It felt so real…") Breaking the silence: "A-anyways when can I go? My body may be bruised up but I feel seriously stiff from laying down for three weeks haha..."

"Let me go grab the doctor, I'll be right back babe." Giving her a kiss on the check before waving her girlfriend off. The injured girl waved back and brought her hand half way down, she grabbed her face: "I-I… It felt so real..." She chokes out.