Convenience
"Have I mentioned that you're the best girlfriend ever?" Korra lifted some more noodles to her lips and devoured them with obvious relish. "Because you totally are."
"You might have." Asami settled down beside Korra on the couch. "But I wouldn't mind hearing it again."
"Well, you're the best girlfriend ever – as in ever."
Asami chuckled. "If only I'd known that it was this easy to win you over with food, I'd have tried it a long, long time ago."
"Give me a break." Korra ate more of her noodles. "I think pretty much everything you do is super awesome and important, but it is kind of nice to see you come up with something I can enjoy everyday."
"Really?" Asami took a sip of her tea and set her teacup down on the coffee table. "I was under the impression that you quite liked Satomobiles."
"Oh, don't be like that. Driving is almost as much fun as flying. But this?" Korra held up her cup of noodles like it was a gift from the Spirit World. "You just re-invented instant noodles to make them even better. If it were up to me, I'd give you a medal, maybe ten of them. I mean how did you even get them to cook faster and taste better?"
"It wasn't that hard." Asami shrugged. "With some tweaks to the packaging to improve heat retention and insulation, a few adjustments to the ingredients and how they're preserved…"
"You make it sound so easy, but I wouldn't have thought of it." Korra laughed. "I'd just –"
"Use your firebending to try to make it cook faster?" Asami's lips twitched. "I know. That's why I came up with the idea. While it might have been funny to watch you hunch over your instant noodles and firebend to make them cook faster, it got a lot less funny when you made them explode."
"Hey! How was I supposed to know they'd explode?" Korra put her noodles down and poked Asami in the side. "And that only happened twice."
"Korra, when you put water in a closed container and make it boil, it's going to expand."
"I guess…"
"It's simple physics."
"Yeah, yeah." Korra put one arm around Asami. "Anyway, I'm just glad that you came up with better instant noodles. Now, I only have to wait thirty seconds instead of two minutes."
"It was for the good of society, really." Asami smirked. "Can you imagine what people would say a hundred years from now if you somehow managed to kill yourself making instant noodles?"
"They'd say that I died eating what I loved. Besides, if something like that ever happens, I totally expect you to lie. Tell them that I died fighting a dragon or something… actually, make it about ten dragons… and a Lion Turtle… and maybe a rabid moose lion… all at the same time."
"Korra, I hardly think that you need to make up achievements. You've already done more than enough." Asami rolled her eyes. "But, yes, if you ever kill yourself making instant noodles, then I will absolutely lie about it so that everyone in the future thinks you're awesome."
"Good." Korra rubbed her chin. "Say… you don't suppose you could come up with a sea prune flavour for this, could you?"
Asami stared. "Korra, I love you very much, but, no, Future Industries will never, ever come up with sea prune flavoured instant noodles."
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Author's Notes
As always, I do not own Legend of Korra. I am not making any money off of this either.
Because waiting for instant noodles to finish is super hard…
As always, I appreciate feedback. Reviews and comments are welcome.