It had been two weeks since I had spend an evening with Opal and Korra in her room. I tried to keep myself from thinking of that dream I had the same night. Korra's eyes were now a nightly routine. If the nightmares didn't haunt me during the night, Korra seemed to always be present in any other dreams I had. It confused me to no end. I never thought of women that way. Or about liking women in general even. I didn't avoid her though and went along with Opal on any invitation that she gave me. Korra proved to be an easy person to be around with. She was funny, sweet, and very generous.

I found that when I spent time with Korra that it were her eyes, her face that kept the nightmares at bay. For the most part at least. I started making excuses just so I could go down to the garage. If for nothing more than to just watch her work. Even covered in oil and grease, she was captivating… and her easy going smile something to behold. Get ahold of yourself Sato… you cannot possibly be gay? I chided myself.

This new feeling was confusing me to say the least. I always thought that I was straight. Don't ask me why. This new feeling had overwhelmed me like a tsunami. Finally, after several more weeks had passed, I decided it was time to take action. I needed to find out if Korra felt anything near the same for me as I started to feel for her. The office was quiet, Opal worked on invoices and I was cataloging parts. "Hey Opal…? Can I ask you something?"

Opal looked up from her work and smiled. "Sure Sams, what's up?"

"I wanted….um…well," I fidgeted in my chair this was harder than I thought. "You see…" Damn it, it should be easy. "What do you think of Korra?" You dolt, that wasn't what you wanted to ask.

She chuckled and adjusted some of the papers on her desk. "She's nice. Sweet. Loyal and very strong." I smiled at her words, knowing they were true.

"Uh… w-what do think of someone liking the same sex…" I flustered instantly. "S-sorry, that-that was way too personal."

"Don't worry about it Sams and I'm totally cool with it. One of my brothers is gay. So yeah." She let out a light laugh.

"How… how do you think Korra feels about it…?" Finally, the question I had wanted to ask from the start left my lips. My heart hammered in my chest. Spirits… what's wrong with me…?

Opal's smile turned into a wide grin and she rose up one of her perfectly maintained eyebrows. "Ohhhh… well… and here I thought you were flirting with me." She let out another laugh, harder than before. I guess the embarrassment was clear on my face. "Don't worry, I'm kidding! Your face was priceless though...ha!"

She continued to tease me for a few seconds longer before she finally gave me the answer I wanted to hear. "Korra's bisexual. She likes guys and girls." She said and winked at me. I never felt so relieved in my life.

"W-would you mind if I…"

"Go ahead. I'll finish up here." Opal said, the smirk on her face never wavered. I turned off my computer and put my paperwork that I still needed to finish, neatly on my desk. "Thanks Opal!" I said before I hurried out of the office.

I headed upstairs but had a quick peek outside through my window. The day promised to be a nice one later on in the afternoon. I quickly jumped under the shower, letting my mind drift over Opal's words. I began to wonder if Korra could feel the same way about me while the hot water poured down on me. I'm not sure how long I stood there, staring at the wall after I had rinsed my hair but I finally turned off the water. While I was drying off my body, I heard the door of Korra's apartment being shut.

She's now on the other side of this wall… My eyes focused on the wall that separated our rooms. I swallowed hard at the thought. My towel held in front of my body by my two hands. Opal said she likes girls… I think I like girls too… I shook my head at the thought. Maybe a drive outside the city will help me sort things out. On the plus side, my darker thoughts were kept at bay. Thanks to Korra and her beautiful blue eyes.

I decided to go for a ride. I got dressed, headed to my room once I was done drying myself off and putting on my underwear. I had picked out a something simple to wear. Tight jeans, white blouse and a thin, black jacket. My hair was just hanging loosely over my shoulders and I hopped into my red shoes. Once I got my keys, I headed to the door, only to have my heart stop when I opened it. "K-Korra!" I yelped and flinched. Taking a step backwards and nearly tripped over my own two feet. I would've surely fallen onto the hard wooden floor if it hadn't been for the strong but gentle arms that quickly wrapped around my torso. Hands placed on my back and fingertips dug gently in the muscles of my back.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!" She apologized sincerely. Her voice surely higher than normal and she seemed panicked. My hands rested on her biceps and my eyes locked with her fearful ones. Somehow, somewhere I knew how my body would normally react. I should have been scared but I wasn't. "I-it's okay…" I finally managed to stutter and she pulled be back on my feet. We stood there for a couple seconds and I saw the deep crimson that decorated her cheeks.

"Y-you sure…? I caught you on time right?" She asked and her hands now rested on my hips. Mine hadn't moved an inch.

"I'm sure yes…" Somehow, I have no idea why I did it, my right hand squeezed her bicep. Oh my Spirits! Why did I just do that!? Think of something! FAST! "D-do… work you out?" I facepalmed myself internally.

AN: A follow up on chapter 34, there is more to it but I decided to turn this in a seperate story. You'll find it between my other works when you check my profile :)
The title is, A New Beginning: Short Story