Heyo! You guys make me happy! I probably say that a lot, and I'll probably say it a lot more, but I really mean it! If it weren't for any of you, I never would have thought of continuing my stories. You guys are my drive :) Oh, and there's a little surprise in this chapter, I'm sure you guys will love me for it :)
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~Asami~
I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said I was pissed at Kuvira. Actually, I think I'll say it. I was pissed at Kuvira! She's way too impulsive for her own good. Don't get me wrong, she's an awesome friend and more loyal than the best of them, but oh my spirits! I wasn't going to talk to her in school. I would refused to even glance her way. Was I overreacting? Possibly. Did I care? Hell no. She purposely invaded my privacy, my MUCH TOO PERSONAL privacy! I know I'm being ridiculous considering the fact that I still stayed the night, but that was for the sake of Korra not realizing that something was going on. I preferred to not let her know that something was wrong with me and Kuvira. That didn't keep me from ignoring her the next day, though.
"Come on, 'Sami!" she basically pleaded, walking backwards in front of me. "Talk to me!"
"Not now, Kuvira." I said, trying to step around her.
She blocked my path. "Look, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to fuck everything up, okay?"
"Sure." I said.
"You know me!" Kuvira said. "You know it wasn't my intention to do anything wrong!"
"I gotta go find Korra." I replied.
I stepped around her and she grabbed my wrist. "I'm really sorry." she said again. "But you shouldn't be keeping secrets."
I looked at her. I knew my anger with her wouldn't last very long. It never did. However, in the moment, I wanted nothing more than to let it go. "I'll see you later, Kuv."
She dropped my arm and nodded once. She always knew when to let it go. Sometimes. I purposely left a tone in my voice that told her 'Give me time.' Kuvira could respect that. This is just second nature for us. Fight, then beg for forgiveness, then act like it never happened. And, although this was different, it's not like she wasn't going to find out anyway. Eventually we'd have to tell.
Or never.
Never sounded better.
Even though I knew that Korra was the Avatar, so all her secrets would eventually come out in time. But now wasn't that time. And I wasn't ashamed of being with Korra. Far from it. It was just that people could be so judgmental, and she's heard enough about not being accepted by Tenzin and her parents. I wanted to be the one to break that cycle. At the right moment.
I found Korra coming through the front doors of the school. Her gaze immediately settled on me and a huge grin crossed her face and she picked up the pace until she reached me. Her arm went around my waist and she pulled me close and kissed me deeply. I forced back a moan of satisfaction and kissed her back, smiling when we backed away.
"Hey." she said, doing her signature side smile.
"Hey." I replied, giggling.
"How are you?" Korra asked.
"I'm fine." I said. "And you?"
Korra shrugged. "Can't complain."
"Oh, get a room you two!"
I groaned and rolled my eyes. Kuvira just couldn't resist. Korra looked over my shoulder and laughed.
"Are you offering yours?" she said, raising an eyebrow.
"Only if you're paying for housecleaning afterwards." Kuvira said.
Korra let me go and took my hand. I turned to stand beside her, giving a sideways glance at Kuvira who held up her hands.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." She stifled her laughter.
"Sorry for what?" Mako said, coming up behind Kuvira with Bolin and Opal, Bolin's girlfriend.
"Just teasing the lovebirds." Kuvira said.
"The usual." Bolin commented, smirking. "Oh, and I almost forgot!" He looked at Opal. "Opal, that's Korra. Korra, Opal."
Korra stuck her hand out and Opal took it, shaking it. "Nice to meet you."
"Likewise." Opal said. "I would have met you sooner, but I was with my mother in Zaofu, helping her and my father."
"Sounds cool." Korra said.
"Sort of." Opal said. "There's not much I can do, being a non-bender. My two older brothers are, but my oldest brother isn't. I guess you could say we're even."
"Anyway, now that everyone's all caught up," Kuvira said. "What do you say we skip school today?"
"Skip school?" Korra asked.
"Keep your voice down, Kuv." Mako said, though he was grinning.
"We haven't skipped in a while." I stated, smirking.
"Wait, you guys have done it before?" Korra said, looking at all of us.
Bolin nodded. "We do it once a month, actually. And we haven't done it this month."
"So are we all in favor?" Kuvira asked, opening her arms out.
The bell rang above us and we all looked at each other, nodding.
"We're in." we said.
"Awesome!" Kuvira said. "Let's take the secret exit."
"Secret exit?" Korra asked as we started walking. I laughed.
"Well, it's not that secret." I told her. "But the stairwell that goes straight to the cafeteria has an exit at the bottom of them. We just walk right out. There's no camera there."
"Oh." Korra said. "But, wouldn't they call our parents or whoever if we're not in school?"
"Not all the time." I said. "Even then, we don't care. Mako and Bolin don't have parents, neither does Kuvira. Opal's parents live in Zaofu, she's here with a cousin who let's her do almost whatever she wants. And my father is to busy to care." I looked at her, giving her a teasing expression and lowered my voice so the others couldn't hear me. "Besides, I thought you were the Avatar and a wolf. You've taken on five guys at once without a problem. Why are you getting nervous now?"
"Who said I was nervous?" Korra said, putting on a brave face but flustering. I saw her hood twitch.
"Prove, then, that you're not nervous." I said.
By then we were face to face, dangerously close to each other. Something flashed in Korra's eyes and they darkened a bit. She smirked, her voice a low growl. "Fine." So much sexual tension, am I right? That familiar heat smoldered in me. I didn't know why just simply staring in Korra's eyes did that to me, but it didn't bother me anyway.
"Hey!" Kuvira whisper-yelled from behind us. The others were quietly laughing. "No time for eye-fucking! Let's go!"
And just when I was about to forgive her.
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~Korra~
It was surprisingly easy to sneak out. You would think they'd put more security guards where kids are likely to sneak out, but no one was near or in the cafeteria when we got there. The table the guards were supposed to sit at was empty. Then there's the office, which is literally next to the cafeteria, but no one saw us. One by one we slipped out of the doors. Like Asami said, there were no cameras.
It was a pretty cloudy day, looking like it was going to rain. Everyone else pulled up their hoods and headed up the street, stopping at the corner. Kuvira turned to face us.
"Okay, where to first?" she said.
"Let's go to the Kyoshi Diner." Bolin said. "We haven't been there in forever."
"What about the Club?" Mako suggested. "It should be open now right?"
"Sometimes it is." Kuvira said.
"We can go to the track, or to that part of town." Asami said. "How long has it been since we've seen or done a drag race? Or any race for that matter."
"I like that idea." Opal said.
"We have all day, we can do everything." Kuvira said. "Let's start with the diner, I'm hungry. We can figure out what to do from there."
"Let's go in my car." Asami said, already heading to the parking lot.
"Are you sure it can fit all six of us?" Opal asked as we followed her.
"I've made plenty of modifications to another model. This can be considered a test drive." Asami said, looking over her shoulder. "It should fit us all comfortably."
And she wasn't lying. The car was white with black along the bottom and blue outlines. Three seats in the front, three seats in the back. Asami would never cease to amaze me. She got in the driver seat. I, of course, sat in the middle. Kuvira sat beside me and the others got in back.
"This is really nice, 'Sami." Mako said, sliding his hand along the leather interior.
"Thanks." Asami said.
She put the key into the ignition and turned it. The car roared to life, then shifted into a soft purr. It hummed below us. Asami would never cease to amaze me.
Kuvira whistled, impressed. "Damn, Asami." she said. "Where did you get the idea for this?"
"I guess it just came to me." Asami said, glancing at me from the corner of her eyes and winking. I blushed subtly.
"What do you call it?" Bolin asked.
"Right now, I'm thinking the Arctic Wolf." Asami said as she backed out of the space and pulled out of the lot. Damn her for being so incredible.
"You must of had some real inspiration." I said, smiling.
"You could say that." Asami replied, smiling too.
~time skip~
We reached the diner and Asami parked the car.
"Okay, everybody out." she said as she removed the keys.
Everyone got out of the car and headed for the front door of the diner. Asami took my hand and followed them.
"Well if it isn't the gang!" a woman said, approaching us. "It's nice to see you guys!"
"Nice to see you, too, Yue." Mako said. "How's your mother?"
"Oh, she's fine." Yue said. "Her normal self."
"Tell Suki we said hi." Bolin said.
"Will do." Yue said. Her eyes locked on me and she put her hands on her hips, laughing. "I don't think I've met you."
I shook my head. "Nope."
"Yue, this is my girlfriend Korra." Asami said. I looked at her, my heart skipping a beat.
"Girlfriend?" Yue said.
"Uh, yeah." I said, recovering from my shock.
"You're taking care of her, right?" Yue said, raising an eyebrow.
"You have no idea." I said.
"That's good." Yue said, smiling. "I'd hate to take you down." She laughed at my expression. "I'm kidding! Though, my mother did teach me plenty of fighting skills. Can't tell you her slight disappointment when I decided to run a diner."
"Her mother used to be a Kyoshi Warrior." Opal said to me. "The leader, actually."
"Really?" I asked.
"Yep." Yue said. "Worked right beside Avatar Aang. Her and my father, Councilman Sokka."
"Wow." I muttered. There was so much to my history I didn't know. Asami squeezed my hand.
"Anyway, you guys can go take your seats. Your booth should be available." Yue said.
"Thanks, Yue." Kuvira said.
We traveled to the far corner of the diner to the biggest booth. We all sat down and took a menu from the center.
"So, who's paying?" Asami asked.
"We can split it." Kuvira said. "I got money on me."
"I don't." Bolin said.
"You mean we don't." Mako said, looking at him. "If you didn't borrow more money from Butaka and waste it-"
"Hey, I'm a growing boy!" Bolin argued. "And we needed groceries!"
"Guys, quiet down." Opal said.
"I guess me and Kuvira are covering it." Asami said. "You okay with that, Kuv?"
"Sure." Kuvira responded.
A waiter came over to our table, a notepad and pencil in hand. "Are you guys ready to fill your orders?" We all nodded and one by one gave him our choices. He wrote everything down and stuck the pencil behind his ear, taking the menus from us and tucking them under his arm. "Okay, you're food will be out soon."
"Thanks." Asami said.
"Alright." Kuvira said, placing her hands palm down on the table. "Where are we going after we're done eating?"
"I'm still open to the race track thing." Opal said.
"I think we'll stick to watching." Mako said. "The last time Bolin tried to drive he crashed the car into the wall."
"It was an accident..." Bolin mumbled. "But I'd like to go."
"I'd like to see that myself." I said. "I've never been to anything like it."
"Then it's decided." Asami said. "We'll go to the track. You guys will be able to see the other models the Future Industries team and I are working on."
"Great." Kuvira said, smiling as a couple of waiters arrived with our food.
~time skip~
~Asami~
When we were done eating, we said our goodbyes to Yue and went back to my car. In case you're wondering how I did the car in such a short amount of time after finding out about Korra, most of it was done before. After Korra first saved me, more or less. The car was originally black, so I just spray painted the top half white and the blue for her eyes (obviously). The seats were done within the three day time span that I didn't see her, and the name came to me when I took it out that morning.
We headed to the track and I parked in my space. The sounds of cars revving engines and speeding on road filled our ears. I automatically felt like I was home as I got out of the car, the others following suit. Korra leapt from the car and ran to the fence overlooking the track, excitement all over her face. Another car sped by and she watched eagerly.
"Woah!" she said.
I came up behind her, laughing at how adorable she was. "Want me to take you for a spin?"
She turned to face me, her mouth agape. "Are...are you serious?"
I shrugged. "Why not?"
"Let's do it!" she said, grinning.
I led her through the gate off to the side with the others. They took their seats in the bleachers and Korra followed me to the garage that we kept the cars in. She looked around in amazement.
"Hey, Asami!" My fellow mechanic, Tadao, greeted me when we entered the garage. "Nice of you to stop by!"
"Hello, Tadao." I said, smiling warmly.
"Have you come to check out the newest scores?" Tadao asked, jerking his thumb back at the scoreboard that held the highest speeds on record.
"As tempting as that is, I've actually come to do a test drive myself. A race." I said. "My girlfriend will be joining me."
"Girlfriend?" Tadao said, looking behind me. Korra was admiring a sleek built car that was colored green and yellow with streaks of white along the sides. "Oh, her!"
"Huh?" Korra mumbled looking up.
"This is Korra." I said. "Korra, this is Tadao. He works with me on designs, testing, and building."
"An honor to finally meet the girl that has stolen Asami's heart." Tadao commented, making me blush.
"She's told you about me?" Korra said.
"Many times, as a matter of fact." Tadao said.
"Anyway," I interrupted, tired of all the embarrassment. "Is the Dragonfly ready to go?"
"Yep!" Tadao said. "Just finished polishing her up! I'm gonna go work on the designs for the Komodo." He took the keys from his pocket and tossed them at me before disappearing out the side door in the garage. I caught them with my right hand and looked back at Korra.
"Do you name all your cars after exotic animals?" Korra asked.
"Some of them." I said. "Come on, we gotta get you a helmet."
"Uh, about that..." Korra said, approaching me. She leaned in close to whisper into my ear. "What about my ears?"
"Don't worry, I can find one with padding on the inside so that they're comfortable." I said.
She smiled at me and nodded. I went to the stand and grabbed the baby blue helmet that had plenty of cushion on the inside so her ears could lay back without hurting. I tossed it to her and she took her hood off. She flexed her ears for a brief second, sighing contentedly before laying them back and putting on the helmet. She nodded her approval.
"Yeah, this works." she said.
"Good." I said, putting on my own.
"So, which one is the Dragonfly?" Korra asked, looking at the row of cars.
"This one." I said, walking over to a lime green one on the very end. "This is probably close to one of my favorites, next to the Arctic Wolf." I looked up at her with a slightly seductive look.
She blushed a deep crimson and jogged over to get in. She climbed into the backseat and I got in the front. I picked up the walkie talkie attached to the radio and clicked it on.
"Hey, Mikio." I said, sounding smug.
"Sato!" His voice came back to me, followed by a laugh. "I knew you'd come to me for a rematch."
"Can't be a rematch if I won the first time." I said. "Wanna go for a one on one?"
"You know it!" Mikio replied. "You know where to meet me. I'll tell the others to clear the track."
"Okay." I said. "Be prepared to eat my dust."
"Only if you can handle mine." Mikio said before clicking off.
"Who's Mikio?" Korra said.
"A friend of mine I race with." I said as I turned the key and drove the car out onto the track and up to the starting line. I pulled my goggles down and instructed Korra to do the same. Mikio pulled up not a second later.
"Ready, Sato?" he called over the engines.
"Ready to beat you?" I said. "Always!"
The motorsport marshal walked onto the track with his white flag in hand and raised it. I glanced over at Mikio, who looked back and smirked. I turned my attention back to the road. The flag came down and we were off.
~time skip~
~Korra~
The race was incredible. Asami had won, as I knew that she would. It started off with Mikio leading and Asami right on his tail. She pulled up on his side and he forced his car against Asami's, slamming it into the wall roughly. The wheel was scraping the wall and Asami picked up speed to get by him. She took out his wheel as she did so, giving her the upper hand and letting her win.
She drove into the pit stop and I hopped out for the car, turning to face her. "That was awesome! I thought we weren't going to make it!"
"I guess I've taught you a little something about doubting me." Asami said as she got out. "If I can do anything, it's race."
"That was awesome, 'Sami!" The others said as they ran up behind us.
"I wanna go!" Kuvira said.
And that led to us staying at the track for the rest of the day, taking turns driving on the track and going on our own races. We forgot about our other plans and stayed until it was almost dark.
"I think we gotta get ready to go home." Bolin said, looking at his watch then at Mako.
"I'll drive you guys home." Asami said. "Come on."
We all followed Asami to her car and got in.
"Today was fun." Opal said, laughing.
"Hell yeah!" Kuvira said. "Did you guys see how I drove all over that amateur? I was totally badass!"
"Technically, you're the amateur." Mako said. "You haven't driven a race car very often."
"So!" Kuvira argued. "That doesn't excuse the fact that I demolished that dude!"
"Who's getting dropped off first?" Asami interjected, laughing.
"We're closer, you might as well drop us off first." Bolin said. "Opal, you can call your cousin to get you if you want."
"Sounds like a plan." Opal said.
The rest of the car ride consisted of plans for tomorrow and the weekend. No one had much to do. Bolin suggested that since the next day was Friday, we should go to the club after school. We all agreed that it was a great idea, seeing that we didn't get to do anything else. Asami pulled up in front of the arena and Mako, Bolin and Opal got out, waving goodbye to us. Next we dropped off Kuvira, who, before she left, turned to us and said, "You guys are going to your own homes, right?" She waggled and eyebrow and Asami blushed, biting her lip. Kuvira laughed and got out of the car, also waving to us.
As for me, I wasn't quite ready to leave Asami just yet. I wanted more time to be alone with her. N-not like that! I just couldn't help but think that we hadn't gone on a real date since we started going out, and the sun wasn't quite gone yet. I knew a place I could take her, I just needed to ask her...
"Hey...Asami?" I said.
"Yeah?" she said, glancing at me.
"I-I was thinking...it's not that late." I began. "And I realized we haven't been on a real, um, date so..."
Asami chuckled and smiled. "So, what?"
"Do you, maybe, want to go to this place I know?" I asked. "It's close by, and we don't have to stay long."
"Sure, just tell me where to go." Asami said.
I grinned triumphantly, then looked around at our surroundings. "Take a left here."
~time skip~
Asami parked the car at the edge of a small forest hill and shut the car off. We got out and she looked up at the hill, confusion ghosting her face. "What are we doing this far out here?"
"Do you wanna go for a ride?" I asked her sincerely. She looked at me, even more confused. I laughed.
"What do you mean?" she said. "The car won't make that and..."
I took a deep breath, drowning her out with concentration, and closed my eyes, feeling a flash of heat rush down my spine. I willed my change on and, before I knew it, I was on all fours. I looked at Asami through wolf eyes and she stared back. I never had much practice with speaking to through telepathy, which is one thing we hybrids could do, but I decided it was worth a try.
-Get on.-
My words obviously rang loud and clear in her mind because Asami jumped back in surprise.
"How...?" she muttered.
I huffed a laugh and lowered myself down beside her. -I'm full of surprises.- I turned my head. -Come on.-
Asami stepped forward hesitantly, but smiled. She grabbed gently onto my fur and hoisted herself up on my back, throwing her leg over. -Hold on tight.- Asami grasped onto my fur and I straightened myself up, stretching out. I bounded into the trees effortlessly. Asami gasped and her fingers tightened on my fur. I laughed as I dodged tree after tree, ducked under branches and leapt over large rocks. My feet thudded heavily against the ground in an even rhythm, almost like a heartbeat.
Through my point of view, I was used to this. Asami, on the other hand, was new. Through the wind in my ears I could hear her breathing, which was shallow and ragged. I slowed my running out of habit of worry. -Are you okay up there?-
"Yeah, I'm...I'm fine." she said.
-You sure?- I said, whining unintentionally. -We're almost there, but if you want to get down...-
"No!" Asami said hurriedly, then cleared her throat. I knew she was blushing. "N-no... I...like this. A lot."
I did my best to smile, which wasn't easy with a wolf muzzle. I picked up the pace again, keeping my breath labored so I wouldn't run out of it too soon. I knew we were close enough when I could see a faint glow peeking through the trees. I slowed to a walk.
"What are you doing?" Asami said.
-We're here.- I said.
I slipped past the last of the trees and came to an edge of a cliff. Asami sucked in a breath.
We were above Republic City, literally right outside of town. The sun was just starting to sink below the horizon, coloring the sky with pink and orange hues that faded into navy blue and black dusted with stars. It was indeed a sight to experience. The lights of the city glowed with a soft light. I lowered myself down and Asami took the hint to get off. She carefully took her leg back and slid down, hitting the ground with a dull thud. She walked forward to stand at the edge and I took the opportunity to change back.
"Korra, this is..." she said, her voice falling to the breeze that waved by. By the time she looked back, I was already human. I blushed.
"I knew you would like it." I said as I walked up beside her. "The timing was right, it just happened to be sunset..."
"How did you find this place?" Asami asked, looking back out.
"Those three days you didn't see me, I came here one night by accident." I explained. "Tenzin was giving me my space while I was figuring out my feelings towards you, which gave me freedom to leave, and I ran out here in my wolf form." I sat down on the edge. "I didn't want to be in town while my emotions were out of control and Air Temple Island was too close. It was a struggle getting out here, considering that there were guys everywhere and I didn't know where you were."
Asami sat down beside me, placing a hand on my shoulder. Her other hand reached up and gently pulled back my hood, exposing my ears. I looked at her from the corner of my eye only to find that she was smiling.
"I've never met anyone like you, Avatar Korra." she said, laughing.
"Of course not." I said. "I'm the Avatar, I'm a wolf, I'm a complete and utter outcast-" Her finger on my lips cut off my sentence.
"I don't mean like that." she said. "I mean with your personality, you're entire being." She put her head down. "Ever since I lost my mother, I didn't think I could ever feel whole again."
"You...lost your mother?" I said slowly.
She nodded solemnly. "Yeah, when I was eight. These Agni Kai triads tried to rob my father's company. My mother was killed in the process." She smiled through the tears gathering in her eyes. One slipped down her cheek and I brushed it away with the pad of my thumb. She laughed once. "For years my father tried to fill the void by dating, but it never worked. He eventually locked himself up in his workshop for hours on end, endlessly working on projects.
"I had the house staff, but it wasn't the same. I still felt like something was missing. So...when I saw you, something just clicked inside of me. When you saved me, every single time you saved me, the hole within me continued to sew itself back together." She met my eyes. Hers were shimmering with the building urge to cry.
"Asami..." I said.
Her lips were on mine before another second could pass. Passion, desperation, salty tears, and desire swelled in the kiss and I melted into it. A fire was beginning to roar to life in me when I kissed her back. Asami took hold of my shirt, tugging me closer and making what little space was still between us disappear. When our lungs demanded air, we broke the kiss and pressed our foreheads together, breathing heavily. I took her face in my hand and she looked up at me.
"Asami?" I said.
"Yes?" she said.
I smiled, picking her head up by her chin. "I'm glad I met you."
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Aaaand, that's it for this chapter! I hope you guys loved it, I put a lot of work into it! I hated the fact that Suki and Sokka were dead and NO ONE ever mentioned them having children, so I decided that need to change. Thus, the head canon for Yue was born! I always imagined Sokka naming his daughter (if he had one) after Yue, so...yeah!
Thanks for reading!