It seems that I always start these things with apologies but Iowe it too any and all of you who read this thing. I said I would work more on it over the summer and I did not live up to the that promise and I'm very sorry for that. That being said I've had most of this chapter on my laptop for months and was just never happy with it. So between that and all my traveling this summer It just never got done, so here I am midnight the night before fall classes start and needing too be up in four and a half hours finishing what I can too get it out there. As a side note I'd like too thank two new proofreaders who at least saw parts of this chapter and greenlit it for better or worse. Without further ado chapter 4.

Korra's eyes opened groggily and glanced around the living room of Opal's apartment. It was dark and her eyes having started too adjust to the low light began to make out shapes of the furniture in the living room as she swung her legs off of the couch. She felt like she had jus been dreaming but could not remember any of it maybe it had been another nightmare and she had woken up because of it. She padded into the kitchen and took a glass from a cupboard and placed it beneath the faucet of the sink, as she turned the faucet on she looked out the window above the sink down onto the street. It must have been late as there were only the occasional satomobile or unfortunate soul who had had one too many drinks that night stumbling their way home.

Korra took her glass of water back to the couch and sat there in silence sipping at the water. Her eyes drifted down the hallway, resting as they came to Kuvira's door, she suddenly became aware of her staring at the door. Being not quite sure how long she had been staring she sighed and berated herself. "Don't be stupid Korra" there were so many reasons not to even entertain that thought. She let out a sigh and gulped down the rest of her glass of water and set it on the coffee table. Laying back down and pulling the blanket over herself she though there must be something about green eyed women.

Korra's eyes opened reluctantly for second time that night, or maybe it was the first? It was hard to tell. What time was it she wondered, as she tried to sit up only to notice something was holding her there in place, there was a weight holding her down against the couch, something she couldn't see in the pitch black of the living room. Her eyes adjusting to the light made out a figure above her straddling her waist. Korra froze partially from having just woken up and partially from the shock of not knowing what was going on. She could make out a feminine frame as her eyes continued adjusting; a mouth and eyes came into focus, the now familiar beauty mark just below the woman's right eye. "Oh fuck" was all Korra could muster, her heart beginning to beat like a drum. The green eyed woman's lips moved but Korra couldn't make out any words, as if the words were dropping of the tip of her tongue and falling into oblivion never to reach Korra's ears. Korra strained to listen, but her heartbeat was now to vigorous that it was the only thing she could hear at all. The woman sitting atop of Korra leaned back pulling her hair out of the tight braid it was kept in letting it fall free around her shoulders, Kuvira's lips moved again but along with the sound of Korra's heartbeat pounding louder in her ears was someone calling her name. The green eyed woman leaned forward her hair cascading around Korra's face, Korra wanted too say so many things, wanted to tell Kuvira to stop, beg her to continue, ask what on earth was going on. Someone called her name again somewhere out of sight, but Korra couldn't care to respond now as Kuvira's lips were mere centimeters away from hers. "Korra get up already!"

Korra was startled awake with Opal standing over her, hands on her hips looking unimpressed.

"Sweet merciful Raava are you hard to wake up."

Korra took a moment to realize what was going on, her eyes adjusting too the light for what seemed like the millionth time in the last few minutes her skin covered in a sheen of sweat. The morning light was pouring through the kitchen and living room windows berated Korra's eyes as her heartbeat was calming down. "What do you want? Can't a person sleep in peace?" Korra asked as she rubbed at her eyes, wishing her dream hadn't been interrupted while simultaneously feeling guilty about it.

"I need you to do me a favor today, and you know I never ask you for favors so you should totally do this one." Opal stated quite matter of factly.

"Mhm sure you don't, what do you need done, does Bolin need beating up?"

"No not today" Opal laughed "Tenzin called me this morning, about thirty minutes ago, he needs me on the island to help with incoming acolytes, getting them situated and all that logistical stuff. What I need from you is too accompany my sister down to the university, she needs to check in with an advisor and be shown around. I figured you're the perfect person for that job."

"Uhhhm.." Images of the dream she had playing back in her mind this was going to be awkward, "I could say no," she thought to herself. Just as she was about to answer Opal with her response the door from the bathroom opened, and Korra caught sight of Kuvira covered in naught but a towel walking into her room steam billowing out of the bathroom as she did.

"Earth to Korra, hello?" Opal waved her hand in front of Korra's face snapping her out of her daze. "So can you help us out or what?"

"Oh yeah of course I can do that, I mean there's no reason I couldn't do that for her, for you guys I mean" Korra coughed and swallowed the lump in her throat.

"Alright well I have to get going, there is coffee in the pot, you know where the mugs are, I'll see you guys tonight, maybe we can all get dinner or something." Opal said while grabbing her bag and rushing out the door, closing it before Korra could think to answer. Korra exhaled sharply as she walked into the kitchen and poured herself a cup of coffee. She sat back down on the couch and grabbed her phone to check her email and text messages, of which there were only a few drunk text messages from Bolin about about why everyone couldn't be friends and how he wished she was there having fun with him, followed very shortly by a picture of himself with a passed out Mako with "I'm a girly man" written on his forehead with marker.

"Pftt is that the best insult he could come up with, what a wasted opportunity" Korra snorted under her breath. Korra looked up from her phone in time too see Kuvira emerge from her room and close the door behind her. She was wearing a green turtleneck sweater with black skinny jeans and converse, her hair pulled back into a braid and her glasses rested gingerly on the arch of her nose and she walked purposefully down the hallway towards Korra.

"So what's the plan for the day Ms. Korra?"

"it's just Korra you don't have preface it with anything" Korra responded.

"I know, it was a joke." Kuvira answered dryly, as she opened a cabinet looking for a mug.

"Well I'd say your joke game needs some improvement but that's alright we'll work on it. Well I was told that you need to be at the university, so when does that need to happen?" Korra said as she walked into the kitchen, pulled out a mug and handed it to Kuvira, "I assume this is what you're looking for?"

"Indeed it is," Kuvira answered "well it's nine thirty now, and I don't have to be there until two thirty so we've got plenty of time. You can go and do whatever you need to do and just come back later when it's getting closer to that time if you want."

"I don't have anything that I really need to do today I was just planning on going to the gym but that can wait. So I figure we could maybe hang out a bit Opal said I should show you around, whatever that means, I took it to mean we should totally hang out." Korra smiled, "I mean if you want to that is." She sputtered looking away from her charge. Kuvira lifted the mug of coffee to her lips and sipped from it while leaning against the counter. Korra finding it difficult to wait for the answer glanced nervously around the kitchen, which Kuvira must have caught onto as a small smirk tugged at the corner of her mouth.

"Yeah, we can hang out she finally said after taking a few sips from her coffee, let me get my things together and we can be on our way." Kuvira said walking out of the kitchen and disappearing down the hall. Korra waited in the living room for a few minutes before Kuvira reemerged from her room with a messenger bag draped over her shoulder and was striding for the door, "Alright what's the plan?"

Korra hummed for a moment in contemplation before answering. "I would like to stop by my place and shower and change real quick, I promise it will take like five minutes. After that I was thinking maybe something to eat and then we can just meander our way towards the university." Korra and Kuvira exited the apartment and reached the ground floor, Korra glanced at her mangled bike and sighed. "I guess I'm foot traffic today."

"Seems that way." Answered Kuvira plainly, "Which way oh gracious chaperone?"

"Well my place is a few blocks this way." Korra replied starting in the direction of her and the brothers' apartment. The pair walked in silence for a few minutes past several shops and storefronts as Korra's mind began to wander thinking about the coming semester and her classes, looking forward to taking a few classes with a favorite professor from previous semesters.

"What are you thinking about?" Kuvira asked looking at her with an arched eyebrow as they stopped at the last intersection before the apartment building.

"Oh nothing really, just the coming semester why?" Korra answered.

"Just making conversation, I don't like awkward silences." Kuvira said looking down the street away from Korra.

"Oh I didn't know it was awkward sorry" Korra replied.

"Well, what's up with the incoming semester?" Kuvira asked.

"I'm just looking forward to my classes, I'm finally in upper division courses for my major so I'm excited is all. Korra answered as they ascended the stairs toward the apartment and fiddled with the lock. The Pair walked into the apartment too find it a total wreck. There were beer cans and bottles strewn about the kitchen counters and living room's coffee table, pizza boxes and various other articles of garbage laid about similarly. "What the hell is this!?" Korra asked exsaperated by the scene in front of her. This hadn't happened in the few months she had been living with the brothers before.

"It's not usually like this I assume?" Kuvira asked glancing around tentatively.

"No it's not I swear!" Korra answered waving her hands frantically in front of her. "Let me see what's going on here." She said walking down the hallway stopping in front of Bolin's bedroom door. "Bolin are you in there!? Wake up!." Korra continued yelling in this manner and pounding on the door until faint noises could be heard from the other side. A red eyed hung-over Bolin dressed in only his red and white striped boxers and white tank top emerged from the room looking dazed and confused.

"What's going on?" Bolin mumbled rubbing his eyes.

What is going on here? This place is a wreck, I mean it looks like a tornado of drunken sorority girls came though here." Korra fumed. Bolin blinked a few times and looked down the hallway to see Kuvira leaning against the wall with an arched eyebrow.

"Korra, who's that?" Bolin whispered, eyes narrowing.

"That's Kuvira, you know, your girlfriend's sister." Korra answered.

Bolin's eyes widened, as he looked back at Kuvira who hadn't budged from her spot and then down at himself, suddenly aware of his and the apartment's appearance. He jumped back into his room out of her sight with a short high-pitched yelp. "Why didn't you say anything sooner, I just made a fool out of myself." Bolin groaned at Korra.

"Because I'm still mad about the apartment!" Korra roared at him.

"So that's my sister's boyfriend huh?" Kuvira asked suddenly loud enough for both of them too hear.

"uhhm… yes?" Bolin murmured quietly from his room.

"Mhmm" Kuvira hummed.

"Alright well what happened here last night Bolin?" Korra asked after a short pause with an annoyed tone.

"Well you know Mako and I were out last night with Asami and stuff, and you know when the bar closed we weren't all ready to wind down so we picked it back up here." Bolin answered as if being interrogated now clothed with sweatpants while leaning through his bedroom's doorframe.

"How in the world did just three of you make this amount of mess?" Korra asked flabbergasted.

"Well it wasn't just the three of us Asami's new... friend and… acquaintances were here as well" Bolin answered dutifully while maintaining zero eye contact. Korra stayed quiet for a moment and silence blanketed the hallway. Korra after a moment seemed to have come to a sudden realization her eyes widening as if taken aback by what Bolin had just said.

"Oh o-ok, well clean this shit up I don't want this place to be a mess when I get back tonight, c'mon Kuvira. With that Kuvira followed Korra past Bolin sparing him the smallest glance out of the corner of her eye and a small grin. They entered the room and Korra motioned to the bed. "You can have a seat here or at my desk, or wherever I suppose, just make yourself at home."

"The bed works for me… too sit on that is, I'll manage too entertain myself while you're gone, just don't take too long the longer you're gone the less I can guarantee good behavior." Kuvira answered winking as she finished.

"Alright I'll try not to take very long then." Korra said with a smile that never quite made it to her eyes as she exited the bedroom and closed the door behind her.

Kuvira recognized that smile, she'd worn it herself plenty of times before. "You're so broken Korra, what really happened to you?" she whispered looking around Korra's bedroom.