Saturday, February 28th

"Hey, Bo!" Korra called down the hallway from the bathroom, "Go in my bedroom and look for Naga's rubber ball. It should be on the desk or something."

"You got it!" Bolin yelled back.

Korra yawned and stretched, looking out of the bathroom door as Opal came out of her bedroom.

"What are you doing?" Opal raised one eyebrow.

"I just brushed my teeth," Korra shrugged, "Then I was looking at how dark the rings under my eyes are."

"Yeah you look awful," Opal snorted, "But if someone hadn't stayed up the past two nights talking to Asami on the phone..."

"I didn't talk to her the entire time," Korra frowned a little, "Just until she went to bed."

"Then you stayed up Thursday night running around with Aunt Lin, and last night you were killing zombies with your other girlfriend." Opal smirked.

"Oh now they're both my girlfriend?" Korra snorted, "I think there might be some conflicting interest there."

"Korra?" Bolin came shuffling out of her bedroom with the rubber ball in his hand, "Your bedroom smells like Asami."

"Well I mean she sleeps in there," Korra shrugged, walking into the living room with Opal.

"Well yeah but it's like in your face-slap-Asami, as soon as you walk in the door." Bolin continued.

"Makes sense to me," Korra laughed, "Better than my room smelling like pickles."

"It's wearing off!" Bolin frowned, "And I've mopped the floor twice!"

Korra rolled her eyes and Opal grabbed both of them by the arm, laughing.

"Are you two ready to head to Air Temple Island? Tenzin isn't going to be happy if you're late to help rebuild the dormitories."

"Yep!" Bolin nodded, "Let's go, we can pick Mako up on the way."

"Good morning, sunshine! We're heading over now to help Tenzin start rebuilding. I miss you."

Asami smiled, holding her phone in her lap in the conference room, glancing up again to feign interest before typing her response.

"I miss you too. Hope you have fun, I'm already in meetings with dad."

"We're waiting on Mako now. How's the meeting?"

"We were supposed to be talking about our product lines and daily output and maybe make some trade partners but there's a guy here who has been talking about the marketability of his 'wireless' toasters for twenty minutes without pausing. Very monotone voice. I'm so bored. I think dad is even falling asleep."

"How to bore a Sato 101?"

"Wireless toasters, Korra. Not something I see myself needing. At least not with him selling them, he makes it sound so boring."

"Toasting to-go. Take your toast on the road! It's as wireless as you are! The toasting opportunities are endless!"

Asami bit her lip to keep from laughing and glanced around the room again at all of the bored faces as the man continued droning on and on.

"I would buy a wireless toaster from you, Korra. You're a better salesman than he is. I need to wake dad up. I'll call you later?"

"Sounds good, sunshine :)."

Asami put her phone away and looked at Hiroshi, whose eyes were closed, his head dangerously close to bobbing. Asami swung her knee over into his leg, causing him to jerk his head up with a grunt and open his eyes wide.

The toaster man noticed, and cleared his throat loudly, casting a glare in Asami and Hiroshi's direction. Asami pressed her lips together, trying not to grin and cut her eyes at Hiroshi. His mouth was a hard line too, doing his best to keep from smirking.

Hiroshi looked at Asami out of the corner of his eye and grinned once the man looked away, reaching up on the table for his pen and notepad. Mustering his best attentive expression, he listened for a minute or two before scribbling something down on the pad and pushing it toward Asami.

'Do you want a wireless toaster, sweetheart?' Asami had to cough to hide her laughter and covered her mouth with one hand so they wouldn't see her grinning as she reached for the pen.

'Not from him. They could have picked a better salesman.'

'Not everyone can have someone as talented at it as you, Asami.'

'Now I know why you brought me. Smart.'

Hiroshi grinned when he read it, but put the pen down when someone else finally began talking. Asami didn't think the meeting was going to be so bad after all.

"Alright," Tenzin crossed his arms and looked at them, "Korra, you and Mako are going to be repaneling the roof of the men's dormitory, while Opal, Bolin, and myself put the new walls up in the women's rooms. Is that agreeable?"

Korra and Mako looked at each other and shrugged.

"The materials are already over there," Tenzin continued, "Kya and I weren't able to finish yesterday."

"Sounds good." Korra nodded.

"We'll come get you when it's time for lunch. You should be done by then. Then we can all work on finishing the women's dormitory."

Korra nodded again and jerked her head for Mako to follow her, and the pair of them walked out of the courtyard.

They could see the roofing panels laying on a tarp next to the dormitory like Tenzin told them, so they each took one side of the panels before climbing up the ladder nearby onto the roof itself.

"Do you know how to put these on?" Korra crossed her arms and looked around.

"Nope." Mako shrugged, "I'm just going to do it like they did and hope for the best."

"Sounds good to me."

Korra picked the first panel up and turned it over, looking at the part of the roof that was already done.

"So do we have nails, screws, what?"

"Got a nail gun. Put the panel down and I'll nail it down."

It took some positioning, but they finally got it straight enough to nail down.

"Getting your hands a little close there aren't you, Korra?" Mako raised his eyebrow.

"What're you gonna do, dumbass, nail me down?" Korra laughed, "You see my hands, you can avoid them."

Mako rolled his eyes and huffed, rocking back on his legs and looking at the roof.

"What have you been doing lately?" Korra squinted at him, "I've not seen you."

"Working," Mako shrugged as Korra got the next panel, "I take a cab to work and back to the dorm. I'm like Opal, unless I'm coming here to the island, I don't want to leave unless I have to. Less chances of getting killed."

"Well we're a little safer than we were, least from what Hiroshi told me."

"How is that?" Mako raised one eyebrow.

"He told me he didn't want to kill us," Korra shrugged as Mako drove another nail in.

"How are things with him and Asami?"

"They're talking. She seems to be having an ok time in Ba Sing Se. I called her last night. They're getting along better there than they have been in a while."

"That's good," Mako nodded, "At least he's trying, I guess. How are things with you and her? Bolin was convinced you had a crush on her."

"We're good, I think," Korra's neck felt hot, "I asked her out on a date."

"Really?" Mako looked at her, both eyebrows raised.

"Yeah. Kuvira stayed on my ass about it," Korra chuckled, "I don't know when we'll go out, I haven't mentioned it again, probably soon."

"Well I'm glad," Mako smiled, "Let me know how it goes."

"If I don't die before then," Korra sighed, "I'm nervous."

"It's just Asami," Mako laughed, "I'm pretty sure you two could watch paint dry and have a good time. Don't sweat it."

"Is this not weird for you?"

"Nah," Mako shrugged, and scooted over for the next panel, "I mean we're well and done, right? We're better as friends, so if you're happy with it, I'm happy with it."

Korra grinned and raised one hand to block the sun out of her face.

"I've missed you, loser."

"Hey, you're the one who replaced me with Kuvira."

"Pfft, I didn't replace you."

Mako stood up and stretched his shoulders, yawning.

"If you say so," he smirked, "Come on, we need to do the top."

Korra stood up and nodded, stepping across the rafters. The pair of them climbed to the top of the roof and took a moment to look and see how much more they needed to be finished.

A gunshot echoed somewhere close by, and Korra could feel the pressure of it in the air near her ear before she felt Mako's hand on her shoulder, pulling her down. As she was dragged down, a second gunshot rang out before they could roll off the roof, and Korra felt adrenaline start racing through her veins. Hitting the ground knocked the breath out of her, and she spent several moments gasping, listening to the noises of the island, waiting for another gunshot. She could hear Tenzin bellowing, her name the only thing she could recognize.

"Mako?" Korra pushed herself up, forcing herself off the ground, "Mako?!"

The only response she received was a pain-filled moan, and she scrambled to her feet, her entire body throbbing in time with her racing heart.

"MAKO?!"

She finally saw him, laying a few feet from where she had fallen, spread out on his back, clutching his arm, blood seeping through his fingers.

"KYA!" Korra roared, trying to swallow the rage that was boiling through under the fear and adrenaline.

She knelt next to Mako and ripped his coat off so that she could better see the wound, which was a hole in his upper arm, wider than her finger. Blood was pouring from his arm as she went to put pressure on it, and he looked up at her, panting.

"It went through," he managed to groan, "Through my arm."

"Kya!" Korra shouted again as she heard Tenzin's voice coming closer.

"Opal, go get me some more water!" Kya ordered, somewhere near Korra, her voice sharp but level, "Bolin get back, he'll be fine!"

"Mako?" Bolin sounded panicked.

"I'm fine, Bo," Mako took a deep breath and looked at Kya, who had dropped down next to him and was examining his arm, pulling a stream of water out of the skin at her side.

"I can close it, Mako," Kya told him soothingly, "But it's going to be sore for a while. Good thing you've got two top notch healers with you."

"That's fine," Mako nodded, closing his eyes, "You can wrap it, right?"

"Soon as I can," Kya promised, "Korra, help."

Korra nodded silently and moved one hand under Mako's arm, holding pressure on the wound as Kya began healing the other side.

"Where did the shot come from?" Tenzin was standing over them, a phone held to his ear, "Lin is on the way."

"That way, I think," Korra managed to jerk her head, "We were standing on the tip of the roof. We weren't facing them, wherever they were. The first shot went past my head, I could feel the air pressure. They might be on the island."

"They were trying to shoot her," Mako said finally, looking at Tenzin, "Tell Lin they were trying to shoot Korra."

Asami came out of the bathroom wiping her hair with a towel and yawned. She hadn't heard from Korra since that morning, and was starting to get a little worried. She put her nightgown on and finished towel-drying her hair before walking over to the bed and picking her phone up. It was ten-thirty, she knew she should have heard from Korra by then. Frowning slightly, she hit the call button next to Korra's name and held the phone up to her ear.

"Mmm, hey sunshine," Korra answered tiredly after the fourth ring, "What's up?"

"I was starting to worry about you," Asami sighed, relaxing, "How'd the building go?"

"I'll tell you in a minute. Do you have your laptop?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Give me a few minutes and I'll get my laptop and call you on there. I need to go check on Mako and Bolin. It's been a long day."

"What happened?"

"Well we got shot at, or just shot, in Mako's case."

"What?" Asami's voice cracked and her eyebrows shot up.

"Yeah, he's ok," Korra promised, "I'll call you back in a minute."

Asami put her phone down when Korra hung up, and brought her laptop onto the bed with her, plugging it into the charger and opening it. It took Korra about ten minutes to call her back, and when she did Asami saw that Korra was sitting in her bedroom, her eyes tired, and a worried crease between her eyebrows.

"Hey sunshine," Korra said again, her face lighting up the smallest amount, "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too," Asami smiled faintly, "What was that about getting shot at?"

"We were working on the men's dormitory," Korra shrugged, rubbing her neck, "We were up on the roof and we stood up at the top and the next thing I know I'm hearing gunshots. One went right past my ear, and by the second one, Mako was dragging me down and got hit instead. Lin's been working since to find out who did it, she's mad as hell. Whoever it was, probably was on the island. But we were too busy worrying about the hole in Mako's arm to think about it."

"Is he ok?" Asami looked at Korra worriedly.

"Yeah," Korra sighed a little, "Bolin hasn't let him out of his sight since. He's a little sore, but Kya said to expect that. Bullet went clean through."

Asami sighed and rubbed her eyes, glancing at the door into the next room.

"Do you think dad had it done?"

"No," Korra hesitated a moment, thinking about it, "I don't. Really. Has he acted weird around you?"

"No," Asami shook her head, "We've had a good time, even with the toaster guy."

"Then he probably doesn't know." Korra offered.

"I guess we'll see," Asami pushed her hair out of her face and frowned a little, "You look exhausted."

"I pretty much am," Korra shrugged, "Other than this that happened today and working on Air Temple Island, I have stayed up talking to someone on the phone the past two nights."

"Are you complaining?" Asami giggled, "I can hang up on you, you know."

"Don't do that," Korra pouted.

"Fine," Asami rolled her eyes and smiled, "How much did you get done on the island?"

"Well, Bumi had to help me finish the roof on the men's dormitory, and we got most of the rooms structurally built today too. Now we just have to fix the walls and floors and stuff. Tenzin's going to wait a couple days on that, I think. How was your day of meetings?"

"Pretty good once the toaster man shut up," Asami laughed, "It probably wouldn't have been so bad if his voice hadn't been like it was. Once he was done though, everything was interesting. Dad got some new contracts in the Earth Kingdom, which is good. So the day wasn't a total bust."

"I'll have to apply for a job selling toasters," Korra grinned, despite the tiredness in her eyes, "That might get Future Industries to invest."

"We'll see about that."

Korra smiled and yawned, stretching out and laying on her side on the bed. Asami could see the bedroom door over Korra's shoulder, so she figured Korra must have put her laptop between herself and the wall.

"You can go to bed, you know," Asami told her, "You don't have to stay up."

"No, no," Korra stretched, wrapping her arms around a pillow, "This is fine."

"Uh huh," Asami chuckled, "You're going to fall asleep on me."

"Am not," Korra huffed, pouting again, "So when are we going on our date, sunshine?"

"Hmm," Asami licked her lips and laid down on her side, fixing her laptop on the bed a short distance away from her so that Korra could still see her, "Is Tuesday ok?"

"Tuesday sounds good to me," Korra grinned, "Five?"

"Five works for me," Asami smiled, "What are we going to be doing?"

"I dunno," Korra yawned, "I'll think of something."

"Should I be worried?" Asami laughed, grinning when Korra stuck out her tongue.

"Nah," Korra told her, stretching and rubbing her face against the pillow, "What kind of companies did you deal with today? Other than toaster guy."

"Oh that's a long list, are you sure you want to hear that?"

"Please," Korra nodded.

"Ok, you better get comfortable then," Asami teased, "There's a pretty long list."

Korra half-heartedly pulled a blanket over one shoulder and yawned, squeezing her eyes shut and smiling at Asami.

"That better?" Korra opened one eye and grinned.

Asami nodded and smiled at her, a feeling of warmth soothing the worry from earlier as she watched Korra on her computer screen.

"Korra?"

"Hmm?"

"I miss you."

"I miss you too, sunshine. I'm glad you're coming back tomorrow. Now tell me about these companies that have passed the 'how to bore a Sato 101' class."

Asami yawned and nodded, pulling a blanket up over her legs.

"Well, there was a guy from Cabbage Corp there at this morning." Asami finally began, "He wasn't there yesterday. I had to deal with him because he almost started a fight with dad because he said Cabbage Corp cars are better than ours are. We all know that's a lie."

Korra chuckled slightly, and Asami continued.

"There were a couple companies from the Fire Nation. Dad dealt with them, I think he knew some of the people, but I forgot to ask. Toaster guy was from the Earth Kingdom-."

Asami continued for nearly half an hour, until her eyelids were heavy and she was ready to go to bed. She only stopped talking when she paused to yawn, and noticed Korra was snoring. She looked at her laptop and smiled, spending several minutes just happy knowing that Korra was getting some sleep. The last thing Asami noticed before she fell asleep herself was that the crease in Korra's brow had smoothed out, and that Korra was sleeping peacefully.