With the last few precise movements of her arms and hands, Korra waterbent the final bit of rain from Naga's fur and directed it to a waiting bucket. Naga licked Korra's face and padded to the front of Lin's couch, flopping down with a yawn. Korra wiped her face clean of Naga's saliva and got to work removing the water from her own soaked clothes and hair. "Sorry about the smell," she said to Asami and Lin who were just came back with fresh clothes after declining the offer of having Korra bend the water out of their wet clothes. Even if Naga was now dry, the living room held the stench of wet polarbeardog.
Neither of them said anything, Lin had her nose wrinkled while Asami was looking at the picnic basket sadly. She had really been looking forward to having a picnic date with the two women at Avatar Korra's Park. They had planned it a week in advance to ensure that Korra and Asami didn't have a training lesson or meeting. It was going swimmingly for an hour until the weather took a turn for the worst and they ended up at Lin's house, soaked to the bone and the picnic effectively ruined.
Korra and Lin shared a glance when they saw the slight pout on Asami's face. They were well aware of the amount stress the business woman was going through and the picnic was a way for her to blow off some steam and spend quality time with them.
Lin finished drying her hair and threw the towel over the couch. Naga picked up her head and snatched the towel from its spot. Lin raised an eyebrow but didn't attempt to take back the towel. She learned from the first time that if Naga got something in her mouth, she might as well kiss it goodbye. Lin went to the kitchen and turned on the front right burner. She put a pot of water on the burner and turned on the radio. Catchy jazz music came out of the speakers. She grabbed a bag of scalloped greens and soft tofu from her fridge and a chopping board. "You," she spoke to Korra with a tone that broke no argument, "cut."
"Aye aye, captain," Korra answered. She started to cut up the scalloped greens.
"No," Lin said when she glanced over Korra's work. "They're too big, cut them smaller." Korra tried again and Lin grimaced at the result. "Let me." She took the knife from Korra's hand and started cutting the greens into tiny, neat pieces with ease. "You're useless," she grumbled.
Korra was going to retort that she could do it but the sound of Asami giggling stilled the words. She looked at the business woman and noticed that her eyes were alight with humor. "Nicely done, Lin," she whispered.
Lin didn't respond except for a small uplift of her lips.
"I should have warned you that Lin is a perfectionist when it comes to cooking," Asami said with a chuckle when Korra joined her. They decided to wait in the living room as Lin cooked. They leaned against Naga with the polarbeardog curled around them, her head in Korra's lap as she chewed on Lin's towel. Korra tried to snatch the towel back but Naga growled softly, making it clear that the towel was now hers. Asami laughed at the attempt and leaned her head against Korra's shoulder. Korra abandoned rescuing the towel for Lin in preference of playing with Asami's hair. It was so soft and pretty that she could move her fingers through the strands all day. Asami closed her eyes as she relaxed. She looked so peaceful that Korra almost thought she was asleep if it weren't for the thumb rubbing circles into her thigh.
Lin poured the soup into three bowls and placed them on the island table. "Food's ready," she called.
It took a minute for Korra and Asami to untangle themselves from Naga and sit at the table. Korra tried a spoonful and licked her lips. "This is amazing!"
Asami nodded after she had her own try. She smiled when the different tastes danced on her tongue and warmed her belly. It was her favorite soup. Her mother would make it for her whenever she was sick or having a bad day. Asami had told Lin about it once and it warmed her heart that she remembered and made the effort to cook it for her. "We should get rained out more often," Asami said.
Lin hummed, her cheeks turning a shade of pink. They both knew that Lin was secretly pleased about the positive feedback on her effort to make the soup. They talked about their respective days before the picnic, sipping the soup between words.
The entire room was engulfed in darkness. The three women gasped in shock while Naga gave a bark. Korra was quick to bend a small flame in her hand to provide some light for them. Lin sighed and walked into the kitchen to grab a flashlight from the cabinet under the sink. She clicked it on and went to fetch some candles. When she returned, Korra lit the candles with a flick of her wrist.
"I wonder how everyone else is fairing," Asami said, looking out from the window. Everything was different with the constant lighting off and the rain pouring down on the world. She could see the double helix of the portal Korra created peeking over the top of the roofs in front of Lin's house. It set an eerie feel to the landscape but for some reason Asami took comfort in the glow. Asami marveled at it, spotting the tiny dots that were spirits flying about the portal. She felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her into the body behind her. Asami turned her head to look down at Lin who was studying the outside with eyes that knew what terrible secrets hid in the shadows.
"Better than Mako, I suspect," Lin said.
"What do you mean?" Korra asked as she joined the two after giving Naga some treats to munch on. While the polarbeardog was busy tearing into the jerky, Korra had snatched the towel from where it lay. She didn't know if Lin even wanted the towel after the treatment Naga gave it but she figured it would still score her some brownie points.
Lin gave the Avatar a chuckle even though her eyes betrayed the weariness that she learned to equate to blackouts. "He's going to have a busy night dealing with the power outage looting."
"How much does looting occur when there's a power outage?" Asami asked.
"There'll be maybe fifteen cases of breaking and entering, mostly from the gangs, and perhaps two of physical assault," Lin answered, resting her chin on Asami's shoulder. "People tend to think they're invincible when it gets dark." A bark of laughter left Lin's mouth. "Thank the spirits I don't have to deal with that bullshit anymore."
Lin noticed how Asami tensed when she alluded to her retirement. She nuzzled Asami's neck to try and make her relax. It was a poorly hidden fact that Asami was still uncomfortable and a little guilty with how Lin hastened her retirement after they were exposed. Lin had tried numerous times to explain that her retirement was going to happen soon anyway but Asami wouldn't take the words to heart. "Hey." Lin turned Asami around so she could kiss the younger woman. She put what she felt for the younger woman through the kiss. Lin groaned when Asami asked for entrance, the mechanic's arms wrapping around her waist to pull her closer.
Korra smiled at the sight of her two lovers kissing each other. The way that the moonlight fell on the two women made the scene feel almost surreal. Her heart was full and it felt like it could burst. Korra threw the towel in her hands to some part of the room and placed a hand on top of Asami's that was on the small of Lin's back. The two broke apart to look questioningly at the Avatar. "Let's go to bed."
"Will Naga be okay in my living room?" Lin asked, glancing at the polarbeardog. Naga had her head resting on her front paws, an eye popped open at the sound of her name. Her tail thumped against the floor as she looked at the three women. Lin could feel the temptation of falling into bed with her two lovers and sleep the storm away but she still had concerns of leaving the polarbeardog unattended, especially with her towel flung over the chair like that.
"Yeah, she's a good girl."
Korra, Lin, and Asami walked to Lin's bedroom after blowing out the candles. Korra led the way with a small flame dancing in the palm of her hand. When they entered the room, she let it go out, the moon was providing ample light through the two windows on either side of Lin's bed.
The three women changed into their pajamas which led to some light fondling. The fleeting touches were mainly from Korra but Lin and Asami gave some of their own. Soon the plan of just sleeping was thrown out of the window as Asami fell into the bed, taking Korra with her. The two women laughed which ended in breathless kisses. Korra pulled back to look down at Asami appreciatively. "You should wear this nightgown more often." It was the same one the older woman had worn the last time they spent the night at Lin's but the sight would never lose its power to make Korra's and Lin's pulse race.
"Oh?" Asami replied with feigned innocence, her eyes sparkling with mischief. She sat up and carefully slipped the nightgown down so only her shoulders and the tops of her breasts were bared. She stopped the nightgown from falling further. The way that Lin and Korra's eyes were trained on her made her feel like the sexiest thing alive which stoked her own lusts. Perhaps it was narcissistic, being able to get excited when she teased her lovers and saw their arousal on their faces and felt it in their eager hands.
"Yeah," Korra mumbled, her brain only forming short and simple words. She reached out and tugged at one end of the sash of Asami's nightgown and the loose knot came undone at once. She didn't hesitate to push the clothing from Asami's shoulders and nip at the exposed flesh. Korra felt Asami tense under her and gasp at the first bite but she soon gave encouraging murmurs, her fingers gripping Korra's short hair and guiding her lips to her breast. Korra felt strong hands roam over her clothed back and move down to pull her shorts down to her knees. A moment later and Lin's hands were spreading her lower lips and her tongue swiped up her slit before plunging into her wetness. Korra groaned against Asami's torso. "Lin, I need to," Korra paused to moan loudly, her legs acting on instinct and spreading so Lin would have more room. "I need to focus on Asami." The mechanic's name left as a whine when Lin pulled away. But two fingers entered her and Korra's eyes fluttered shut.
"Are you sure you want me to stop?" Lin asked, her voice slightly hoarse from her lust. She removed her fingers and sucked them clean, smirking at how Asami licked her lips, wanting a taste herself. Lin grabbed Korra's hips and pulled them back as she rocked her forwards. She reveled in the sharp intake of breath Korra gave as she leaned forward, pressing her breasts against Korra's back. Lin scraped her teeth against Korra's ear. "It seems to me that you're begging to be fucked." Korra shuddered under her, panting lightly as her hips moved back on their own. Asami giggled at the scene and Lin's piercing eyes moved to look hungrily into hers. "You too." Asami's smile only grew.
The room lit up for a split second as lightning flashed across the sky. Like a bucket of ice cold water had been emptied on Korra, the Avatar pushed Lin away with one hand as the other pulled up her shorts. Lin and Asami looked at each other in confusion at the shift in Korra.
"What's wrong, Korra?" Asami asked.
Lin grabbed Korra and tugged her flush against her body, reaching down to stop Korra from fully pulling up her shorts. She grinned at Asami who went on her knees, her nightgown pooling at her hips. "Is the little Avatar scared of lightning?" Lin teased, her warm breath tickling the nape of Korra's neck before she pressed a kiss there.
Korra opened her mouth to answer but it was claimed by Asami. The mechanic kissed Korra, her palms sliding up the Avatar's sides, pushing the tank top up and revealing more skin. The younger woman broke the kiss, panting, the feel of Lin's lips and Asami's hands left desire burning inside her. "No," Korra managed to get out. "It's,"
She was interrupted once more but this time by a clap of thunder. Not a second past before the entire house was filled with frantic howling and barking. Korra took advantage of the other two women's shock to untangle herself and pull up her shorts as she stared at the door with wide eyes. She could already hear the thudding of Naga's paws as the polarbeardog bolted to where she had last seen Korra, which was in the room. "Naga," Korra finished just as the door was slammed open by the brute force of Naga's body colliding against it. It bounced against the wall and slumped towards the floor, the top hinges having been snapped and the bottom very close to being broken as well. Naga spotted Korra still wedged in between Lin and Asami. The room was lit up with another flash of lightning.
"Naga, calm!" Korra yelled out but her voice was drowned out by a boom of thunder. With a terrified yip, Naga hurled herself into the Avatar, knocking the three women into the bed with grunts and yelps. The bed gave an ominous creak before it could no longer hold the sudden weight and crashed onto the ground. Naga lapped at Korra's face, constantly whining and yipping. Korra held the polarbeardog's head close to her chest as she ran her fingers through her fur. "Naga, it's okay! It's just a little bit of thunder. I'm here, I got you."
With a few more comforting words, Naga's whimpering became less frequent and she seemed to become aware of the fact that she was practically crushing three women. Naga shifted her weight to allow the three women to squirm out from under her.
"Lin, I am so, so sorry," Korra said, still holding onto Naga and petting her.
Lin gave a huff as she took in the damage to her home. She didn't want to imagine what Naga did to her living room.
"I can pay for all the damages," Asami offered. "I can get us a new bed easy, one that's even bigger and with a headboard!"
Another huff was their reply. Lin looked down at the cause of all the destroyed property. She reached out a hand and ruffled Naga's ears. "You have nothing to be afraid of, little one."
Korra's and Asami's jaws dropped as Lin made a soothing noise and reached down to scratch a spot on Naga's back. Naga's hind leg beat against the bed as her tongue lolled out of her mouth.
Lin glanced at her lovers and raised an eyebrow at their expressions. "What?"
Korra stuttered out some incoherent words, gesturing to Naga and then the ruined bed and door.
Lin shrugged. "It's not like the runt can ruin my bed any further." She said the word runt with a cooing sound like one would make to a puppy. "Besides, I already expected Korra to break it some time in the future."
"Hey!" Korra yelled out at the same time Asami said, "Yeah," with a giggle. Korra looked from one girlfriend to the next, scowling at them with her arms crossed. "Lin would have been the one to break the bed, not me." She patted Naga's head and chose to ignored the other two as she coaxed Naga to lay at the foot of the bed.
Once Naga was curled up on the floor, Lin pulled up the covers and the three women laid down, their bodies pressed securely against one another. Korra had ended up in the middle with Asami behind her and Lin in front. They whispered sweet nothings to each other and gave one another passing touches and soft kisses. Eventually, the sound of rain splattering against the roof of the house lulled them to sleep.
The three would awake uncomfortably warm and with an impressive weight bearing down on them. Somehow Naga had got up onto the bed without the three women knowing and sprawled out over them in the middle of the night. It took ten minutes for Korra to get Naga to wake up and get off them. By then Lin had vowed never to let the 'runt' sleep in the same room as them. But Asami and Korra knew that Lin's words were grumbled out without any true conviction.