I'm only here for a while
But patience is not my style
And I'm so tired that I gotta go

What am I supposed to hide now?
What am I suppose to do?
Did you really think I wouldn't see this through

Tell me I should stick around for you
Tell me I could have it all
I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go

~ Stone Sour

'Treatment is possible, miss Waters' The doctor said as Korra looked up to him from her chair, silently and broken as she had been since the accident. 'Doctor Kya is the best in her business.'

'I sense a but coming.' Kuvira said as she laid a hand on her best friend's shoulder. 'Spit it out.'

'It is going to cost you a lot of yuan, I hope you have saved money.' The doctor said as he looked down at her with pity, Raava, Korra hated that look, Kuvira was the only one who didn't give her that look. 'Otherwise, it will be unclear if you ever walk again.'

Korra sank in her wheelchair, never walking again wasn't an option, she was an athlete for Raava's sake.

'I'm not letting that happen,' Kuvira said. 'We'll find a way.'

'Thanks, V.' Korra mumbled.

'We'll take a look at the file.' Kuvira said, grabbing the folder the doctor had in his hands.

'Kya is in the other room; I can send her in if you want.' The doctor said.

'Send her in.' Kuvira said, Korra not being able to talk, she was panicking about her money problems, she was in huge debt still from her first couple of years of college with one more to go.

A soft knock on the door could be heard before a woman, in her forties, nearing fifties stepped inside the office of Doctor Tenzin.

'Good morning, Miss Water, my name is Kya, and I would help you rehabilitate after you get the implementation surgery.' Kya said. 'I am also a therapist and could help on that front if you need me, but as I said only after the surgery.'

'Wow, both... you're awesome. Anything you can't do?' Kuvira said, gawking at the woman.

'Unfortunately, I cannot cook.' Doctor Kya chuckled.

'I could cook for you?' Korra looked somewhat shocked, was Kuvira actually flirting with her doctor.

'My wife does the cooking for me, so I can't complain.' Kya joked before turning to her potential patient. 'Korra, I know the surgery might be expensive or scary, but it will give you a chance to leave your accident behind you and move on with your life.'

Korra stared in relative silence as Kuvira drove her home to their apartment, she was already in so much debt, how could she ever try to afford surgery. She thought back on her accident, and the long weeks in the hospital being nursed back to health by Tenzin, she had felt so helpless, and now the hope of walking again was crushed as she looked through the folders, he had given her.

'Korra,' Kuvira started as she wheeled Korra through their front door. 'Korra, talk to me, please.'

Hearing Kuvira pleas was the final straw and tears started falling down her cheeks, her cerulean darkened at the pain.

'Don't worry,' Kuvira said as she embraced her friend, a big gesture as she wasn't a hugger. 'We'll find a way. I promise.'

'Wheelchair basketballer?' Kuvira proposed.

'No,' Korra said, it was about a week and a half later and Korra and Kuvira were busy trying to find out how to pay for surgery without having to sell their organs, after their first couple years of college, some of them weren't worth that much anyway.

'What do you want?' Kuvira asked. 'I've gone through a lot of options and you've shot most of them down.'

'I will not become a person who does stunts in a wheelchair for money in the park.' Korra said, reading Kuvira's list. 'Do you have any other of your brilliant ideas?'

'As a matter of fact, I might,' Kuvira said. 'But you won't like it.'

'How would you know?' Korra said, trying to look intimidating from her wheelchair.

'Because I know you and your kind of a prude.'

'How do you mean.' Korra said. 'And I am not.'

'You've had no one-nightstands with anyone, in three years of college.' Kuvira said counting on her fingers. 'You have had one boyfriend in your life, even though you play for both teams, plus you don't even drink that much on a night out, you're not a fan of drugs.'

'Well, they make my headache.' Korra defended.

'Furthermore, even if I'd say the words Sugar Daddy, you'd go bananas.'

'I'm not becoming a fucking prostitute V.' Korra said angrily, Kuvira just looked at her with a told-you-so look.

'Told you, Bananas.' Kuvira said. 'That's not what I want you to become, but there is this application that would set you up with a rich person and they take you on dates and buy your presents or an implant that could make you walk.'

'Some weird old, perverted dude, probably.' Korra said.

'Not at all, it works pretty much like Tinder, minus the STDs and one-night-stands, you have to match, so you can look at their profiles first, and they'll look at yours.' Kuvira said as she showed her profile on the app.

'You're on it?' Korra said with a voice filled with disbelief, and a hint of disgust mixed with a dash of curiosity.

'Yeah, well, I was. I was matched with this hot Earth Kingdom politician, but he turned out to be married, so I had to dump him, I will not be a home-wrecker.' Kuvira said as she started to look at profiles of others. 'I should get back on it, it almost paid for my whole education, I need some new stuff as well.'

'But how would it work?' Korra asked, curiosity winning from disgust.

'I don't know you match up with a nice guy and he takes you on a date to see if you connect then he'll pay for a lot of stuff for you if you please him.'

'Please him…' Korra raised an eyebrow.

'You know what I mean, you don't have to put out, but don't be rude or openly flirting with others.'

'I could do that,' Korra said. 'I think.'

'We should make an account for you.' Kuvira said as she grabbed Korra's phone.

'Wait, V, we can't.' Korra said.

'Why not? I mean Korra, for Raava's sake you need the money and we're desperate, plus your incredibly sexy, any Daddy would love to have you.' Kuvira said. 'Now Name'

'Korra Waters.'

'Age?'

'23'

'Date of birth?'

'Can't you just fill this in?' Korra said.

'I just want this to be accurate, but alright, we'll skip those ones.'

'Hobby's?'

'Working out, going to the park with Naga, binging series.'

'Pet peeves?'

'Intolerance and laziness.'

'Don't forget spiders as well.' Kuvira said. 'Ideal partner?'

'Smart and funny wouldn't hurt.'

'I'm adding sexy, anything less for you is not worth it.'

'I'm in a chair, I don't know how much picking I can do.' Reality coming back to her.

'If they don't like that, not your problem only theirs.' Kuvira said. 'I'm done I only need a picture and I know just the one.'

'Which one?'

'The one I made of you and Naga in the park, before you know... it shows you smile and muscles in your arms.' Kuvira showed her a picture of Korra hugging Naga, a goofy grin on full display just as one of her bare arms, which showed a lot of muscle.

'That's a good one.' Korra said.

'I knew you'd come around.' Kuvira lied, but Korra needn't know that.

'Alright, can I have my phone back?' Korra said.

'Nah, I'm helping you.' Kuvira said.

'I will chase you down with my chair,' Korra said. 'I will set Naga loose on you.'

'You can have your phone.' Kuvira tossed it to Korra and grabbed her own. 'I need a new source of income anyway, the job search is difficult nowadays, what do two just graduated young people do for a job.'

'Prostitute ourselves?'

'It is not prostitution; it is an easy way to make a few coins.' Kuvira said as she walked towards the couch. 'Start swiping bitch.' She yelled from the couch, Korra wheeled towards her.

Korra sighed in defeat and started looking through profiles, the first three were over 60 and looking for girls younger than herself, the following was a tall dark man in search of a new project. He looked quite promising until she read that he loathed animals.

Next up was a younger man from the Northern Water Tribe, he was not unattractive but only wanted tall women with green eyes and dark hair, don't we all, Korra thought.

It went on and on from old perverts to creeps and weirdo's, sometimes the pictures were good, but the bio and adjacent personality were appalling. Korra was just about done when she found it, a new profile.

Asami Sato, CEO

Age: 32

Address: Republic city

Occupation: CEO of Future Industries

Hobbies: Working out, Reading, Doing engineering stuff.

Looking for in a partner: I'd like a woman I can spoil, someone who's kind and funny, an adult I can have a conversation with or just a reason to get out of the office.

She was cute, Korra though looking at a picture of the woman, she oozed sophistication and poise. Black hair framed a pale face, green eyes, and ruby lips. The woman was wearing a form-fitting business suit, Korra had a thing for women in suits, and she wished this woman would ever want her. She gazed at the picture for a while, letter her face fall.

'I know that look,' Kuvira said, looking up from her phone. 'Just try it, you won't be disappointed, just hit the connect button.'

'Alright.' She tapped connect. 'And now?'

'Wait and hit up more people.' Kuvira said.

Korra tried to be open-minded, she really did, but all the other people couldn't compare to the woman she had just seen. A couple of people who belonged in an elderly home, some people with a terrible pickup line in their bio, she was about to chuck her phone away to go to the bathroom, a difficult task now, when her phone went off with a message.

Connection has been made with: Asami Sato

She did a little dance with her upper body, Kuvira looked at her with a raised eyebrow. Korra shrugged and wheeled herself to her bedroom where Naga was waiting for her.

'Hey, Girl.' She said, petting the dog and then laying herself on the bed with the use of her toned arms, during this motion she felt her phone vibrate again. Naga jumped on the bed with her, Korra had given up trying to get the dog to stop jumping on her bed, but lately, she missed the comfort of having another person next to her, together with the pain and trauma and the fact that Naga was very huggable, Naga was allowed to stay in her bed most nights. It was then that she got her phone out of her pants.

Message from: Asami Sato, open application to see

She opened her phone.

[16:14] Asami Sato: This is the point where I say a pick-up line that borders on perverted trying to get you to go out with me, but as I was trying to find the best one for you, I was Blanking.

[16:15] Asami Sato: I mean, what could I say when a girl as pretty as you must've heard them all, I mean you're beautiful.

Korra giggled, she actually giggled, she didn't know it was the honest truth or the actual greatest pick-up line in the world, but she felt her cheeks go pink, she hadn't been this excited since before the accident.

[16:20] Korra Waters: That must be a line.

The reply was almost immediate.

[16:21] Asami Sato: I swear to you it wasn't.

[16:21] Asami Sato: Did it work though?

[16:21] Korra Waters: Kinda…

[16:21] Asami Sato: What is a girl as beautiful as you are doing on such an application?

She had to tell a half-truth; the full truth would scare this woman off. Korra thought about it for a while before typing her next reply

[16:26] Korra Waters: You know, standard 23-year-old problems, just out of college with a huge amount of debt and no proper source of income.

[16:26] Korra Waters: Sorry, I forgot, but you're beautiful as well, I don't understand you being here as well.

[16:27] Asami Sato: My friend made my account, wanted me to get out of the office and I wanted to spend some of the money I have over, I can't keep renovating my estate.

Asami replied immediately, that meant she stayed on the app during her time to think, that could mean just for her, Korra thought.

[16:28] Asami Sato: Sorry, that sounded vain, I just get really nervous talking to a pretty girl, apparently online as well.

[16:28] Korra Waters: You don't sound vain at all; I wish I had the money.

[16:29] Asami Sato: What'd you do with it?

[16:31] Korra Waters: Partly invest, partly spend some on myself, like getting a proper living space except a non-cooled or heated apartment with a loudmouthed roommate, and I'd spend some to good causes, Water Tribe needs wood, it is scarce.

[16:32] Korra Waters: This was a test wasn't it?

[16:35] Asami Sato: Kind-hearted and intelligent, Korra I'm going, to be frank with you.

Then it stopped, the follow-up didn't come when she was on her bed, it didn't come when she had to go to the bathroom again, it didn't come when Kuvira brought her dinner. She waited for hours when finally.

[23:47] Asami Sato: I am so sorry, Korra. Apparently, as CEO, you have to actually do some work, and the investor came in. My apologies.

[23:48] Korra Waters: Don't apologize, it is not necessary.

[23:51] Asami Sato: Good, because that makes the next part so much easier.

[23:53] Asami Sato: I really want to see you; would you like to grab some dinner soon to see if we're a good fit and lay down possible boundaries?

[23:54] Korra Waters: I'd love to, when are you free?

[23:55] Asami Sato: I'm free the whole weekend, starting Friday evening.

[23:57] Korra Waters: You do know that is tomorrow right?

[23:58] Asami Sato: I know, I just really want to meet you, you're the first person I might like on the app.

[23:58] Korra Waters: I won't look the exact same as the picture I must admit.

[23:59] Asami Sato: Is that you in the picture of you and your dog?

[23:59] Korra Waters: Yes.

[0:00] Asami Sato: Then I don't care, show me tomorrow.

[0:01] Korra Waters: Show me tonight, you mean.

[0:02] Asami Sato: Raava, beautiful and a dork.

[0:02] Asami Sato: I'm going to bed, see you tonight.

[0:03] Korra Waters: Until tonight, miss Sato.

[0:04] Asami Sato: I like it when you call me that.

[0:06] Asami Sato: I know this place, serve great noodles; I'll take you there I'll text you the address

[0:07] Asami Sato: {Location}

[0:08] Korra Waters: See you soon.

[0:10] Asami Sato: Good night and sweet dreams.

'Kuvira!' Korra yelled.

'What is the matter?' Kuvira came barging into her room, dressed fully in her fluffy PJ's and slippers, toothbrush in her mouth.

'You shouldn't run with a brush in your mouth.' Korra said.

'That's what you needed to tell me?' Kuvira asked.

'No, I need you to drive me to this restaurant tonight.'

'You sly fox, Korra Waters, have you got yourself a date?' Kuvira said.

'V. please be an adult about this.' Korra said. 'Please, for me.'

'Fine but as soon as your legs work, you're going to learn how to drive.' Kuvira said, before leaving her room. 'And not in my car.'

Korra went to bed with a smile on her face this night, hugging Naga close to her. Starting tomorrow, she might have a way to walk again.