"Greattttttt…" An annoyed young woman exclaims before tossing her duffel bag onto the hotel room floor. "Can't believe we have training camp with the snobby rich kids. This is gonna suck."

Her roommate, and also her best friend, Korra gave her a sparring look. "You're overthinking things again V, I doubt they'll be that bad. Besides, we can just shut them up on the court."

Vi just rolls her eyes. "Come on K, did you not see their school bus? Like hello, it was a double-decker boujee one for Pete's sake! Not just one or two but three for crisis sake! How many do you need? There are oh so many members that attend a training camp! Hell, we only had two basic buses!"

Korra couldn't retort that. "Fine… you have a point there but play nice okay? Coach is gonna slam our asses again if we get into a fight. Again."

"Depends on them." She spits back before taking off her hoodie and putting on a light sweater. "Anyways, let's hurry and go take a shower since it's getting late. I feel all sweaty and gross thanks to the lack of AC in our so-called humble abodes."

Fanning herself with the collar of her sweater, Korra wipes away some sweat before agreeing. "Sounds like a plan, wanna hit up the cafeteria after? Coach said they were covering three free meals every day."

Vi randomly gathers some clothes and bathroom essentials before tossing a towel over her shoulder. "Do you even need to ask? When have I ever skipped out on free dinner?"

"True," Korra responds as she quickly grabs her supplies as well. "I heard the food here is buffet style so we should pig out." She grins with a smug look.

"Perfect. What are we waiting for then?"

"Hold up, let me just grab the key."

"Alright K, I'll wait for you outside."

"Got it."

Not after long, they shut the auto-locking door before making their way to the shower rooms. On their way there, they made some small talk on random topics.

"Wait did you know anything about the team we're practicing with?" Vi asks as she glances out the hotel window, appreciating the night sky view.

"Mmh… not much? They didn't really rank in any prior competitions so it's hard to say. I heard from captain that they got some new members last year who are game-changing. Apparently, they completely changed their basketball team in less than a month."

"You're kidding. Hah! If that's the case, we're gonna destroy them. Each year, we get closer and closer to the gold trophy and I got a good feeling this year. We're so gonna take the cup home!"

Korra returns Vi's fist pump with a cocky grin. "Oh yeah, you know it. I've been literally sore every day for the past month ever since we started our serious training. I can hardly run my ass up the stairs when I'm late to class."

Vi scrunches her face at that. "You're telling me. You should try parkouring to our school from the westside. I almost ate shit when I just hurdled over the park bench…"

"Damn woman," Korra then eyes Vi's body up and down. "Here I thought I had it tough from commuting via foot."

"Mmh, you run twenty kilometers while I basically climb up a mountain every day." She then groans at the thought, "It's a miracle we're still alive."

They sigh in unison before they finally make it to the shower rooms. But, just when they were about to head inside, two other girls from the opposing school crossed paths with them.

"Would you look at that, it's RCU's ferrets."

One of them scrunches their noses at them. "No wonder they're here. You could smell them a mile away."

Vi's eyebrow twitches at the comment as Korra immediately gave them an annoyed look.

"What was that? Care to repeat, I couldn't hear you." Korra snaps as she cracks her knuckles.

The two of them flinch before Vi quickly wraps her arm around Korra's shoulders. "We should hurry and wash up K, the cafeteria closes at nine I think."

Korra continues to give them a scowl as they scamper off. "We were sweating like hog monkeys on the way here, no shit we smell!" They then enter the shower room. "You were right V, this is gonna suck."

"Told you so. Let's just hope we won't have to do much interaction with them."

"Let's hope for the best."

xXx

"Asami are you seriously eating this late in the night? It's almost nine you know."

Asami spares her friend a look. "I know but I missed dinner thanks to a certain someone…" She then jabs her friend in the side. "Like seriously Caitlyn, who the heck needs help packing two suitcases for a training camp that's gonna last a week!"

"What? You can never be too prepared for things. You never know." She argues back while jabbing her back. "Don't come crying to me when you need a towel or two."

"Rather than coming to you for towels, I would rather come here for a snack." Asami shoots back before grabbing a tray. "You sure you don't want something?"

Caitlyn waves her hand dismissively, "Thanks but I'm good, trying to stick to this diet plan."

"Suit yourself." Asami then grabs a light snack consisting of a cup of fruits, a cup of nuts, and a small bowl of yogurt.

They sat down at a close-by table near the window and after Asami ate a few bites, she couldn't help but ask.

"You think RCU's members will be a challenge?"

Caitlyn couldn't help but chuckle. "You mean a minor nuisance."

Asami rolled her eyes with a smile. "As confident as we are, they have made it to the final rounds. We shouldn't overlook them or else we'll regret it."

"The same could probably be said about them. I bet you most of them are looking down on us since we've never made it far in the tournament before."

"Then we should teach them a thing or two. It'll be fun to see the looks on their faces when we destroy them."

Caitlyn laughs at that. "Take it either there tiger, if we expose everything we got, there won't be any surprises for the tournament."

Shrugging at that, Asami popped a grape in her mouth. "But if we hold back, we won't get much practice."

"True… guess we have no choice but to crush them then."

Asami gives her a playful smirk before finishing the rest of her food. By the time they were about to head out, two students from their opposing school came into the cafeteria. Both Caitlyn and Asami spare them a look before looking at the time. It was 8:45pm. Asami then taps Caitlyn's arm.

"See, told you I'm not the only one with night munchies."

Caitlyn rolls her eyes at that. "Yeah yeah let's hurry and head back, shall we? I want to review some videos before we unpack for the night."

"Sounds good."

They then made their way back to their rooms and on the way, they happened to make eye contact with the other two. They end up nodding at either slightly before carrying on their way. Once they were in the halls, Caitlyn looked at Asami.

"Those two were something."

Asami raises an eyebrow at that. "What do you mean?"

"They seemed more muscular than most students we see."

Asami then gives her friend a dirty look. "Hmm… I didn't know you were into buff women."

"What!" Caitlyn snaps at Asami, "I just made an observation!"

"By looking at their arms."

Scoffing with the slight roll of her eyes, she nudges Asami's arm. "You mean you were looking at their arms."

Asami laughs playfully while raising her hands in surrender. "Guilty as charged."

xXx

Sitting on the floor with her legs parted, Korra groaned as Vi pushed her back forward. Korra sucked up the stretching pain before throwing in the white flag.

"I give up, give up! Argh, fuck!"

Vi gives her one last friendly push, causing Korra to make the most gnarly face out there before letting up. "You're stiff again."

"I—know! Urgh…" once Vi was off of her back, Korra rolled over before getting up on her feet. She ends up cracking her neck before asking, "Okay what's on the schedule today?"

Rolling her eyes at that, Vi points towards the opposing team. "Practice with the ladies obviously."

Korra notices a member hearing Vi's comment. She gives her a judging look before Korra clears her throat and taps her arm. "Hey hey… tone it down a little. We still gotta share this facility with them for a week you know."

"Yeah yeah I know I know, play nice. That's why I'm wearing arm sleeves aren't I?" She then looks down at her arm sleeves, "Can't go scaring off the ladies with my tatts right?"

Sparring her arms a glance, Korra snorts. "Not gonna lie, I'm surprised you remembered."

Vi just shrugs at that, "Coach may or may not have nudged a reminder my way…"

"To be friendly or not a thug?"

"Hey." She shoots her a glare, "Don't make me whip you on the court."

Korra grins back. "I'd like to see you try."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah."

The two of them got pretty close to each other's faces as if they were in their own little world. It wasn't until someone cleared their throat that they eased up and turned away.

"Sorry to interrupt but we were wondering if you girls were ready… for practice." A young woman with dark hair with an undertone of blue asks.

Korra and Vi spare each other a glance before looking at her.

"Oh, my apologies. My name's Caitlyn by the way," She then offers her hand, "I'll be looking forward to practice."

They look at each other again before Vi eyes her up and down. She was a few inches taller than her but that didn't matter too much. She quickly grabs her hand before responding. "Likewise." She then squeezes her hand more firmly than necessary.

Caitlyn raises an eyebrow at that but before she can react any further, her friend cuts in with a loud ahem. She turns to see her amused face before looking back at the two. "Alright, shall we?"

"Let's."

The three of them walked off to the side of the court where another young woman was waiting. She had darker hair than Caitlyn and her eyes were light green. She makes eye contact with Korra first before giving her a warm smile. When they were within talking distance, she spoke up first.

"Nice to meet you two, I'm Asami." She waves her hand in a friendly gesture.

Korra was the first to greet her. "Hey, I'm Korra and that's Vi." She says while pointing at her friend before glancing around. "Guess we'll be having a two on two?"

Asami gives Korra this smile. "Yeah. I guess so." She then grabs a basketball from the cart before dribbling it a few times. Shortly after, she passes it to Korra with much oomph. "You first."

If Korra hadn't been already looking at Asami, she probably wouldn't have caught the ball. She gives Vi an intrigued look which she returns as well. They had this silent agreement before Korra shrugged. "Sure sounds good."

Once they're all in position, Korra slams the ball down onto the court a few times. Soon enough, she lunges forward, signaling the start of their two on two matches. Their shoes squeaked on the court throughout the exchange and one faint after another, they passed the ball to each other and went back and forth for quite some time.

Pleased by Caitlyn and Asami's good fight, Korra grins before finally showing off her amazing footwork. In a flash, she winds up and fakes taking a shot before sneakingly passing it to Vi. Vi catches it with ease before going for a shot. Asami goes for the block but falls short and Caitlyn jumps in as well. The tip of her fingers grazed the ball so it still made it up to the hoop. Sure enough, it rolls around on the ring before falling into the net, scoring the first point.

"Yes." Bumping her fist with Korra, Vi gave her a crooked grin. "You're up cupcake."

Caitlyn raises an eyebrow before giving Asami this look. She then grabs the ball before dribbling it a few times. "It's on."

They end up having another intense exchange, each at each other's necks. If anything, Korra and Vi weren't expecting such a challenge. When Asami and Caitlyn finally scored a point against them, they struggled to make another. It was hard and evenly matched to the point they were all breaking a heavy sweat. Vi goes for a three-point shot just to be blocked by Caitlyn.

Clicking her tongue, Vi bit back her tongue. However, what did escape her lips was a mumble. "You just had to be taller than me…"

It was a whisper but Caitlyn had heard her. At least that's what she thought before she inquired, "Pardon me?"

Letting out a tired breath, Vi quickly pivots to grab the ball. "Nothing."

She had this smile on her face and Asami and Korra were in a similar position.

Coming to a hard stop, Korra had this pleased grin on her face. "You know…" she catches the ball before dribbling it between her legs, "I didn't peg you gals to put up a nice fight." She goes for a faint which Asami catches before blocking Korra again.

Asami pants heavily before responding, "Yeah?"

"Yeah." Korra then passes the ball to Vi who catches it and goes for a shot.

Caitlyn narrowly touches the ball just enough to mess with the ball's course. It hits the metal rim and bounces off it, flying past the boundaries.

Huffing like crazy Vi, pulled at her jersey. "Geez cupcake, you sure put up a mean game."

Breathing equally tired, Caitlyn wipes away the sweat from her face. "You know… I have to ask. Why do you keep calling me cupcake, my name's Caitlyn."

Vi just shrugs. "You just seem like a sweet person, that's all."

Rolling her eyes playfully, Caitlyn had to sarcastically retort. "Shut up and play ball."

xXx

Opening one of the small changing room cubbies, Caitlyn started undressing. "I'm telling you, those two are something." She exclaims as she takes off her sweater. "First they were trying to show us up, the next, they wouldn't stop until our points were tied! We ran well over our practice time. Heck, all of our members finished way before us."

Asami laughed as she tossed her jersey aside and unclipped her bra. "Yeah, they were something."

Caitlyn raises an eyebrow as she glances over at Asami. "And what are you trying to imply?"

Her friend just shrugs. "Nothing," she responds innocently before adding on, "I just saw the way you were eyeing…what's her name again? The one with the red hair?" She asks with a sly smile even though she did know her name.

"Vi."

Her lips curled into a smile with a light chuckle. "Yes, Vi, her."

"What about her?" Caitlyn ushers as she finishes taking off her bra.

Asami slipped a leg out of her sweats. "You think she's hot don't you?"

Caitlyn twitches at that. "What makes you think that?"

"Oh please, Cait you were so persistent at being her guard rather than Korra."

Scoffing at that, Caitlyn returned the favor. "Oh like you didn't like guarding her. Didn't you tell me once upon a time that you had a thing for muscular and tan people… especially hot women?"

Giggling at that, Asami stuck out her tongue. "Busted."

They closed their lockers before grabbing a towel and loosely covered themselves modestly. They then slipped on some flip-flops before making their way into the shower room.

"So what do you want to get for dinner later?"

"Hmm… good question. Anything but a salad sounds nice."

"True."

Their slippers flopped on the wet tiles one foot after another.

"Oh! Speaking of which, did you happen to see what was under Vi's undershirt and sleeves? I feel like I saw a glimpse of something under it or was it just me?"

"Hmm… you saw something? Like what? A tattoo?"

"I don't know, maybe? That sleeve was just so damn snug—" right when Caitlyn passed by one of the stalls, someone slid open the shower curtain and stepped out. She was about to crash into her when she abruptly forced herself to stop.

"Oh shit—" her hands snapped up to her chest and she caught Caitlyn's arm to stop herself from crashing into her. "Sorry!"

"Oh—no worries, it happens all the ti—"

When Caitlyn turns to face who ran into her, her eyes pop open for various reasons. One… it was Vi. Two, she was naked. And three, namely the tattoos all over her arms and neck. Her neck immediately went dry and her eyes couldn't help but admire those tattoos.

"T-Time… wow. Uh… don't sweat it… Vi."

"Oh— Caitlyn didn't expect to run into you here," Vi says as water droplets roll down her neck and chest. "You two finally caught up? Wanna get some dinner together or something? We'll wait for you outside." She then points to the stall next to her before grabbing a towel and draping it over her shoulders.

Finally, her nipples were covered but the rest of her body was…

"Oh, hey Asami, hey Caitlyn, you two washing up?" Korra says as she pokes out from the stall but… unlike Vi, she was more modest and had a towel wrapped around her genital area and breasts.

Asami's eyes immediately wander up and down Korra's body. She savored her muscular figure before speaking up, "Yeah, it took us a second because we got caught by our team."

Korra hums before glancing between the three of them and then back to Asami. Her eyes quickly size up Asami before smiling smugly. "Well… we'll see you outside then?"

An awkward silence passes until Korra taps Vi's arm. Vi looks at Korra before finally speaking up.

"Uh yeah, yeah. We'll see you two outside. After we're dressed." Vi then points towards the exit, "We'll see you two later." One wink later, the two of them made their way out.

Asami was the only one to respond. "Yeah, see you later." She waves sparingly before turning to face Caitlyn with a smug grin. She then smacks Caitlyn's arm before teasing her, "Yup. Tattoos. Anddddddd. A lot of them."

Caitlyn blinks a few times to process her thoughts. She had an empty mind and her cheeks were slightly pink. "Y-Yeah… a lot."

Giggling light-heartedly, Asami taps Caitlyn's shoulder before walking ahead. "Come on, let's hurry and wash up."

"Mmh… yeah. Sounds good."

xXx

"How bad would it be if I asked Caitlyn for her number?" Vi mindlessly puts out into the world as she kicks a pebble on the path while jogging up this hill.

Korra looks her way before looking straight ahead and she exhales some controlled breaths. "I would say go for it V, she probably won't say no."

"And what makes you think that?" She huffs back.

With a slight hum, she shrugs her shoulder. "I don't know. Something tells me that these rich girls are dying for some sort of action. Asami was telling me that their private school is pretty bland."

"Hmm, I see." A few seconds pass before Vi finally registered what Korra said and snapped her head at her. "Wait, what? Hold up, back it up a bit. You were talking with Asami? Alone? Since when?!"

Korra just shrugs again. "When she asked me for my number obviously."

"She what?!" Vi stops in her place. "Asami asked for your number?!"

"Yeah, that's what I just said, idiot."

Vi scoffs out loud. "You're kidding me. When?"

"Last night, it was when I went on a run. I ran into her and then after this and that, she sort of asked me out."

Her friend's mouth drops. "You're shitting me K."

"Nope." She pops the 'p' for extra flare. "Totally serious. We ended up talking about random shit the rest of the way back and well… she's pretty amazing. Spirits that woman is hot…" Korra says in a love-sick and dreamy voice.

"And you're just telling me this now!"

"What? You were knocked out when I came back last night and then after breakfast, here we are!" She gestures out towards the hill path they were jogging up. "Sweating."

A second of silence and glaring later, Vi huffed. "Fine, when you put it that way…"

The two of them finally come to a stop at the top of the hill.

"Help me out will ya?"

Korra spares her a look. "And how exactly do you want me to do that?"

Vi shrugs back. "I don't know. Maybe slip Asami a little hint?"

She snorts at that. "What hint? That my best friend wants your best friend's number?"

"Why not?"

"Cause it'd be weird that's why you duffus!" Korra then smacks Vi's arm before jogging ahead. "Come on, let's hurry."

Letting out a groan, Vi dragged her feet forward. "Fine fine, I'll just have to do it the old school way."

"Sure… good luck with that."

The rest of their run down the hill was relatively quiet and it wasn't until they were at the last part that they were excited again. They gave each other these looks before Korra gave in first.

"Race you to the bottom?"

Vi grins back. "It's on."

A second later, the two of them go into an all-out dash and they were neck and neck for quite some time. It wasn't until they were at the last stretch that Korra tripped a little. Thankfully, she had a good comeback but that was just enough to let Vi take the lead. Vi runs past the imaginary finish line before turning around and jogging backward.

"Hah! You snooze, you lose K!"

Korra finishes a few seconds after her before coming to a stop and panting with her hands on her knees. "Hey! Not fair! I tripped man, if not, I would've wiped the floor with you!"

Still laughing victoriously, Vi had a smug grin. "Sure you would, sure you would."

It was then that Korra finally looked up to see Vi jogging backward. Her eyes quickly widened when she saw that Vi was about to run into some. "V watch out! There's someone behind—"

A few seconds too late, Vi runs into someone pretty hard. They both end up falling down somehow and when she snaps out of the initial shock, she quickly flips around to apologize.

"Oh my god, I am so sorr—"

Vi's eyes snapped open as her jaw dropped.

"C-Caitlyn?!"

Groaning in pain, Caitlyn coughed a little from having the wind knocked out of her. She winced a bit from the pain before slowly cracking an eye open. "What in the—" she froze up the moment she saw Vi on top of her.

Vi had Caitlyn pinned beneath her body and she was breathing roughly as sweat dripped down her jawline onto her skin. Her skin was also flushed from the blood coursing through her body and the more she breathed, the more warm and conscious Caitlyn felt as she took in the details of Vi's sweaty body. The way her chest rose and the small sliver of her tattoo peeking out from her jersey had Caitlyn lost for words.

"Hey, you alright?" Vi asks again with a concerned look from her lack of response. "Talk to me cupcake." She then carefully rubs the back of her hand against Caitlyn's cheek, as if she was checking for her temperature for a fever.

Caitlyn's skin practically burned at Vi's touch. She had a hunch that she was blushing pretty hard so she quickly looked away and broke eye contact. "Oh— I uh…" her eyes shifted to and from Vi's eyes repeated. "I'm good." Her voice squeaked. That made her blush even further and she cleared her throat before trying again. "I'm good… can you just um… get off of me?"

"Oh—" Vi blinked rapidly before realizing that position they were in. This time, she blushes a bit before quickly pushing herself up. "Shit— sorry about that!" Once she is on her feet, she offers Caitlyn a hand.

"..." Caitlyn couldn't help but stare at Vi's exposed skin. Her arms looked ridiculously good from her angle and there was something about the idea of having a sweaty Vi on top of her that made her feel warm in various places. However, she quickly shakes off her indecent thoughts before grabbing Vi's hand. "Thanks."

They were surprised, Vi practices yanks Caitlyn upright with little to no resistance.

"Any time. Sorry about that, I should've looked where I was going… you're not hurt, are you? I was racing Korra down the hill and—" she points backward before turning around to see no one in sight. "The hell? Where'd she go? Don't tell me she ditched me! Why that little…"

Caitlyn ends up giggling from the pout on Vi's face. When Vi turns to give her a look, Caitlyn covers her mouth. "Sorry, I don't mean to laugh. It's just I haven't seen someone this cute in a long time."

Vi blinks a few times before what Caitlyn says finally registers. Her eyes widen and her cheeks flush before she looks off to the side. "Oh— I uh…" she starts rubbing her cheek as she fiddled in place.

Smiling playfully, Caitlyn shifted in place. "Anyways, it's a little sad that training camp is coming to an end soon huh? I really enjoyed our matches, heck, I enjoyed hanging out with you. You're quite the character Vi, I have to give it to you, I haven't had this much fun in a long time."

"M-Me too! If I'm being honest as well, I haven't had such a good laugh with a stranger in such a long time either. Not to be creepy or anything but I feel like we match each other's wavelengths or something like that you know…?" Her voice shrinks at the end thanks to the worry of coming out as weird.

Quickly for her, Caitlyn didn't push the wrong pins. "I know what you mean… say, if you don't mind… did you want to exchange numbers?"

Vi didn't see that coming.

"What?"

Caitlyn frowns slightly at her response. "Oh— I, I'm sorry… I didn't mean to overstep my boundaries. I just thought that since your Korra's friend and Asami's my friend, you wouldn't mind because you know… since they exchanged numbers and all…"

Finally realizing what was happening, Vi brought her hands up in surrender. "Oh no! No no no! Sorry, that's not what I meant! I want your number!" She spits out a little more excited than she should have.

When Caitlyn gives her judging look, Vi wants to go jump in some ditch.

"Oh god." She smacked her own face. "That came out too aggressively, I'm so sorry. This just got really weird." She clears her voice loudly before trying again, "Sorry. Let me try again, I've been meaning to ask for your number myself. You know… since Korra and Asami apparently exchanged numbers already. I felt a little left out because I wanted to keep in touch with you after camp… if that's alright with you of course."

Caitlyn's lips curled upward with a light chuckle. "Of course, that's alright with me, I asked you first…" She then pulls out a pen from her pocket before tenderly grabbing Vi's arm. She scribbles her number down before finishing the combination with a small heart. "And there you go, I'll look forward to your text or call." At that last note, she turns around and walks away but, rather than a normal walk… Vi could've sworn she was sauntering away with a slight wave of her hips.

Vi's mouth ran dry as she watched Caitlyn's hips sway back and forth. By the time she was out of earshot, Vi finally closed her mouth before mumbling. "Fuck she's hot…"

Shortly following this training camp, an intense rivalry formed between their schools. There was still time until the championship and what their teammates didn't know was that their top players had started dating each other not long after the camp. Of course, their relationships were mostly a secret but that didn't stop their rivalry. If anything, it sparked extra competitiveness between them, resulting in their schools going at it like dogs. In the end, they never really understood why Korra and Vi practically hounded Asami and Caitlyn most of the time.