Chapter 19
"Where is Kuvira?" Wu asked bouncing on his heels. He always found it difficult to mask his excitement. "She is in assembly going over blue prints with the manager. I will radio for her to come up here." Asami replied. She looked at Korra who was also smirking and she had a feeling that the outcome of the council meeting was good. She radioed Kuvira to her office immediately.
"What's wrong? What couldn't wait fifteen minutes for me to finish going over the blue prints?" Kuvira asked half anxious and half annoyed.
"We just got back from the council meeting and you will be released at the end of next month." Wu informed her.
Kuvira thought she was hearing things. Bataar stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Are you serious?" Bataar asked not wanting to get his hopes up.
"Yes, we are serious. You will be released at the end of next month, but you still have to work here for at five more years. I think Asami might not let you go even then." Korra smiled.
Kuvira ran up to Korra, Wu and Asami and hugged them all in turn before running back to Bataar who lifted her into his arms and spun them around. Bataar took a small box out of his pocket and kneeled on one knee and took Kuvira's hand. "Kuvira, I love you more than words can ever express. You are the light of my life and my entire world. Will you make me the happiest man alive by becoming my wife." Bataar asked. Korra, Asami and Wu stared at them, their eyes starting to tear. They were already engaged, but until this moment, they didn't know when they could be married. Kuvira looked shocked. This is not the first time Bataar declared his love for her, but in that moment when their future together was certain, she couldn't believe how lucky she was to have him. Still speechless, all she could do was nod her head. He removed the engagement ring that he had given her two years ago, and replaced it with a huge diamond and emerald ring. The green emerald matched her eyes. He put the old ring on her other hand, put his arms around her and kissed her.
"Okay, now we have a wedding to plan," Asami stated and Wu and Korra nodded in agreement.
"I don't think we were going to have a wedding," Kuvira started, "We were just going to get married in the courthouse."
"Kuvira that is something you do when you don't have many friends to share it with. Don't be selfish because we want to celebrate your wedding. Are you going to deny me the honor of helping you plan your wedding?" Asami pouted.
"She's right we all want to see you walk down that aisle in a beautiful white dress and all the other trimmings." Wu and Korra exclaimed.
Kuvira looked to Bataar to decide,"darling you know I would marry you this moment if I could, and I know you originally didn't want a wedding, but you have close friends now. I would love to see you walking down the aisle. What do you say?" Bataar asked.
"Alright, let's start planning the wedding. Any ideas…" Kuvira conceded. With that everyone crowded around Kuvira and gave her a big group hug. She couldn't remember a time in her life where she felt so happy. For the first time in her life, she felt loved and not only by Bataar, but experienced the love of friendship. "Just to set your mind at ease, I plan on doing everything I can to make sure my mother doesn't know anything until after the wedding. Then she can yell at me all she wants." Bataar promised and they all laughed.