Flaws in Our Strengths 20
"Alright Korra we will start with you. So, tell me why you and Iroh had this fight." Mr. Zaheer asked. Mr. Zaheer was a bald buff man dressed in a tweed suit.
"Well Mr. Clean if you ask me it was because of how he insults me all time and bullies me." I said starting to fake cry. "It's just not right!" I began to shake my head and wiping the fake tears away.
"I can't say I like the name Mr. Clean but is that true Iroh?"
"Mr. Zaheer Korra and I always have spats but it's only gotten worse since I've started dating Asami. You see she likes Asami and she's jealous that I have her." Iroh responded.
"It's like the only word you people know is jealous, couldn't I just be, oh I don't know, mad you took my best friend away from me!" I yelled getting angrier by the moment. "I'm sorry Mr. Clean but I don't think you're going to be able to get off the stain between Iroh and I." Good joke me!
"Well I still have to give a punishment, and Iroh since you did start the fight, I will have to suspend you."
"Sir that's not fair, she started the argument!" Iroh said.
"I'm not done, and Korra as for you." He looked at me seeing that my smile was super wide and he raised an eyebrow. "Do I even want to know what your smiling about?"
"Oh well this is just the first time I've ever heard of Mr. Clean doing someone dirty." I said cracking up. That was a knee slapper.
"Alright Korra, I wanted to give you a lesser punishment but I think you instead should be suspended from basketball until further notice." Instantly my smile fell.
"Huh?" I looked at him dumbfounded, I didn't even know he could do that. Can he?
"I will talk to coach Lin right after this, and you'll also have to serve detentions for the next 2 weeks." Mr. Clean added on.
"Huh?" was the only thing I could muster.
"This has been lovely with the both of you really but do me a favor and leave my office."
"Good job Avatard, you pissed him off…" Iroh said as stepped out of his office.
"Iroh set aside our petty fighting for one moment, he just took basketball away from me." I could slowly feel my nails digging into my skin from my fists.
"Yeah and he suspended me?"
"Does that matter right now Iroh? Right now, we have to focus on our common enemy."
"And our common enemy is the guidance counselor?"
"Yes! Can't you see? Mr. Clean is the true evil in this world! And we must purge him." I said getting in Iroh's face. I dislike Iroh but that man took basketball away from. I'm not having this.
Iroh looked at me like I was crazy. "So how exactly do we "purge him"?"
"Iroh… I have connections and if this works out, we could possibly forget about whatever punishment he gave you."
"You don't remember the punishment I received, do you?" he asked rolling his eyes.
"Nope not at all, now let's go. I'm skipping class for this." I said as Iroh proceeded to follow me.
We ended up outside the principal's office.
"So, what you're just going to tell the principal about it?" Iroh asked.
"No Iroh, that is too simple. I'll be out in one moment just stay right here." I walked into Tenzin's office to see him busily on the phone. I signaled him to hang up, I didn't know what could be more important that this!
"What is it Korra?" He asks finally hanging up.
"Tenzin my man, I need you to do me a slight favor?"
"Does it have to do with your fight?"
"Yep!"
"I'm not helping, take your punishment like a big girl." Tenzin waved me off.
"Tenzin, don't be too hasty, I don't care about the detentions Mr. Clean gave me. What I care about is the fact he suspended me from basketball. Which if anyone clearly reads the school rules, it states if I pass my classes I can play. AND GUESS WHOS PASSING!?"
"Look Mr. Zaheer is doing his best as the guidance counselor and as a bald man I know what it feels like to be called Mr. Clean and it doesn't feel too good."
"Tenzin, I didn't want to do this… but remember a long time ago when Pema cooked that pot roast?"
"You wouldn't dare?" I could see his eyes focus in on me with a glare.
"What means more to you Tenzin, your wife's cooking skills? Or a man who's already setting a punishment against the rules?"
"Fine, I'll get rid of your punishment." He said shaking his head.
"I also don't want Iroh to be suspended, give him 2 weeks detention same as me."
"Korra he started the fight."
"We both started the fight in a way, if he hadn't of thrown the first punch I would have eventually. Besides you wouldn't like Pema hearing about not only the pot roast but the baked chicken?"
"Fine but this is the only time I'll ever do this." I grin at Tenzin.
"Thank you and I promise never to come in here asking for an unfair request again."
I left Tenzin's office only to see tears in Iroh's eyes.
"What's up buddy?" I asked him.
"How did it go? Korra I can't get suspended." He said wiping the tears from his eyes. "I have colleges watching me Korra, really good colleges."
"Don't worry Iroh I solved it! You get detention same as me." I said grinning at him. I may dislike him but I don't want to see him cry.
"Thank you Korra!" He yelled hugging me.
"You're welcome Iroh, now do you want to go back to hating each other?"
"Yeah but a little less so, if that's okay?" He asked wiping the last tear from his eye.
"I'm okay with that buddy."
"Don't call me that." He laughed and walked towards the bathroom. Shit I should probably go to class. As I was walking back to class I got a few messages from Asami.
Sams: We going to talk about this?
Kor: We could just go for ice cream later and forget any of this ever happened. I know Strawberry is your favorite!
Sams: That's your favorite…
Kor: Oh, what do you know it is, but I don't hear you saying no.
Sams: How about Ice cream and a long talk later today?
Kor: Or just the ice cream?
Sams: …
Kor: Yeah, the talk too…
The rest of the day went by fast. Iroh went home early to "sort things out" so I asked Asami if she wanted to skip practice and just got get ice cream with me.
We entered the ice cream shop and I could feel the impending doom of the conversation about to happen.
"So…." I said sitting down near the ice cream bar.
"So…." She repeated sitting next to me.
"Look Asami I was mad at Iroh and I shouldn't have started that fight with him. And I was mad at myself for making you upset." I said looking down at the ice cream choices.
"It's okay, Mako told me how beat up you were about it."
"Is our friend group just made of rats." I asked still looking the ice cream choices up and down. "Can you tell me why you were so mad to begin with?"
"You didn't have any place to tell me who I should and shouldn't be with." I actually looked at her instead of the ice cream menu. I looked into her emerald eyes and I felt myself sinking into them. She's so beautiful. Her wavy raven hair compliments her stunning emerald eyes so well. I could get lost in them for days. Wait what did I just say to myself! She gave me her signature searching look instead of continuing the conversation. I love that look so much. WHATS GOING ON WITH ME!?
It's probably withdraw from not talking to her in so long. "Hello? Asami you there?" I noticed Asami was zoning out along with me.
"Yeah, I'm here, I'm fine!" She said looking away I could see the cute blush begin to rise on the side of her face.
"You're right. I don't have any place telling you who you should be with. Even though that guy in Alaska is a really cool mortician." Asami laughed at the comment.
"Asami I've been thinking about myself too much, I just want you to be happy. Even if it means dating a jerk." I said smiling at her. She gave her own smile as a reply.
"Thank you Korra, and I'm actually breaking up with Iroh. I realized the reason I was with him wasn't right."
"I'm sorry to hear that, let me buy you some ice cream if that would cheer you up."
"That would be lovely."
"What do you want Miss Sato?"
The rest of the evening was spent with me and Asami joking around and laughing. It was amazing, I missed her so much. I even went home happy. Tonraq made fun of me saying it was a date. But I could care less, Asami was happy and so was I.
Author's not~
Sorry about uploading chapter 18 twice. There was like some weird mix up in doc manager where it labeled 18 as 19. So I uploaded this chapter earlier than I wanted to as an I'm sorry present.