Author's notes: Thank you all so much for your responses! I'm still trying to understand how to visually piece the 3 year gap together. I apologize for any mistakes on my part. Also, the previous chapter happened a few months before Korra wrote her own letter to Asami. If there needs to be any clarification, please feel free to add your thoughts. Thank you for reading. I will try my best to update this probably every week or every other week.

Asami looked out President Raiko's window. Today was the middle of the month which is when they usually set up their meetings to discuss their plans on reconstructions. He was muttering some words, but she certainly wasn't paying attention to most of what he was saying. Instead, the hopeful engineer observed the recent construction happening around Republic City.

It had been two years since Korra left and Asami felt that Republic City was taking shape. But there was one project that she was eager for her friend to see once she comes back.

I hope Korra enjoys the park I built for her, she sighed happily. She deserves all the recognition for what she went through and how much she's helped shape the world. Welcoming new airbenders, uniting the spirit world with the material world… But then Asami remembered what also happened. She remembered the awful day that the Avatar fought with Zaheer; the day that Asami had realized that if Korra was indeed gone from this earth, Asami's heart wouldn't take it; and also the day that she fully recognized her truest feelings for Korra.

I hope you're feeling better. Just.. she thought to herself. Just get well soon, okay? She looked down at what was a makeshift statue of an eventual Korra. It gave Asami hope that when all of this construction would finish, she would ultimately have the courage to tell Korra her true feelings.

I'll wait. No matter how long it takes. Just get well soon and focus on yourself. But I just wish you would tell me how you're doing. It'd be nice to at least hear from you.

Asami wiped a small tear that was about to roll down her cheek.

"Asami, are you listening to me?" President Raiko snapped her out of her line of thinking.

"Oh-Oh! I'm quite sorry, President Raiko.. It's just-"

"Are you okay? Did you need some time off from working on the projects?"

"Spirits no! I'm fine. I just had some thoughts about the Avatar and what her current status is."

"Well, if you only paid attention to me, you would have heard that I just received a message from Korra that was for your eyes only."

"Wait… From Korra? Why was the letter sent to you?"

"Well, it was probably the fact that you were working too hard on your projects that one of my advisors went to check up on you. One of them noticed that your mailbox was full and decided to hand it to you, but you declined. You probably weren't given the details of what was in the mail that you were about to recieve. I know this might sound odd, but they decided to deliver it to me so that I may give it to you."

"Very odd indeed, but I'm very grateful for you to do this. I stopped checking my mailbox last month because I wasn't sure if I was going to get any response from… our Avatar."

"Ah, don't worry," President Raiko shuffled through his desk trying to find out where the letter was hidden, "A-ha! here it is. It's only a week old from when it was sent to your house. Here you go."

Raiko handed her the unopened letter and Asami gave a little bow.

"Thank you sir. Now, I'll be on my wa-"

"Ah, ah, ah. Ms. Sato, I want you to think about what I said."

"Erm- come again?" the genius blushed. "I'm sorry I haven't been myself the past few days, so I might have not heard every word you said."

Raiko rolled his eyes and said, "Just go take a break Ms. Sato and work on your projects when you're in good health. Also make sure to read what Avatar Korra sent you."

"Th-thank you sir! I'll definitely make it up to you."

"Yeah, yeah. Now run along and please take care of yourself."

"I will!" Asami's shout trailed off as she ran out the president's office. She was too excited to understand what was going on. All she could think of was what was in Korra's letter…

――――

Asami quickly arrived to her room and quietly sealed the door shut. She looked down onto the letter that was intended for her and it made her heart flutter.

She opened the week-old letter and took a giant breath. She unfolded the pages and read on.

"Dear Asami, I'm sorry I haven't written to you sooner, but every time I've tried, I never knew what to say. The past two years have been the hardest of my life. Even though I can get around just fine now, I still can't go into the Avatar State. I keep having visions of Zaheer, and what happened that day. Katara thinks a lot of this is in my head, so I've been meditating a lot, but sometimes I worry that I'll never fully recover. Please don't tell Mako and Bolin I wrote to you and not them. I don't want to hurt their feelings, but it's easier to tell you about this stuff. I don't think they'd understand…"

The note ended there without any warning, but the fact that Korra finally sent her a letter all these years had brought tears upon Asami's eyes. Nonetheless, this letter was only addressed for Asami. She felt a rush of emotions: joy, sadness, sympathy, compassion, but mostly worry. She worried so much that her heart was about to explode and she wanted to see Korra now. But she knew that she couldn't throw herself upon Korra. She knew that Korra's recovery was more important than anything. But Asami felt like being a part of her recovery… She wanted her to get better as soon as she can. But she knew in her heart that all she could do for Korra was be there for her. She couldn't fully understand how it must have felt when the Avatar was faced with not only Zaheer, but also the events leading up to Zaheer: the burden of becoming the Avatar, being a world leader, facing other enemies such as Amon and Unalaq, being the bridge between the spirits and the people…

Asami! Get it together. You need to be strong for Korra.

She knew her conscience was right. Korra had been so strong for everyone that the turmoil that she went through had a giant toll on her recovery process. Asami wiped her eyes and patted her face in order to snap back into reality.

Just be patient, Asami.

But how could she? She was so worried for her friend, the one she loved so dearly. No, she wasn't just a friend. Korra was more than that, but she knew that she didn't want to burden Korra with her feelings. But when Asami kept these feelings in her chest, the pain started to swell. Waiting and waiting kept her up at night, so she drowned herself upon projects and projects in order to mute that pain. She even wrote letters that she was too reluctant to send because she felt that she was either getting too hasty or―dare she say―clingy for her. Asami valued Korra's personal space. She knew that the Avatar was just as human as she was.

What am I going to do? Do I just keep waiting?

She felt like going to the Southern Water Tribe, running into Korra's bedroom, and holding Korra in her arms. However, Asami just let out a big sigh of uneasiness and desperation.

No. Asami, just be strong. You've got to help shape this world, too. It's what Korra would have wanted.

She jumped onto her own bed and stayed slumped on it for a while. She then figured that it would be best to stay strong.

For her. It's for her.

Exhaustion caught onto Asami's eyes and she eventually fell into a deep sleep that was long deserved.