Give Me Everything

We're Gonna Be Friends

Kainora. Modern AU. Jinora is a 21 year old busy college student. Jinora's friends convince her to go to a club one night so she can have some fun. Her night takes a turn when she meets this stranger. None of these characters are mine except for the plot.

A/N: Thank you for the previous reviews. I'm sorry this took so long but I was trying to organize and fit how this was going to turn out.

Part III

"…And inhale when you bring your arms above your head," the Pilates instructor said as she exhibited those movements, "then exhale when you bring your chest down to your legs. Make sure you breathe deeply for every movement."

Jinora followed the instructions along with the other students in the studio. Each time she brought her chest to her legs she lowered herself further so she could feel her back muscles stretch. They repeated this movement several times. On the last stretch, the instructor pressed her chest to her thighs as well as the students. Jinora kept her toes pointed and the back of her knees against the mat. She inhaled and exhaled slowly, feeling that nice stretch along his spine. Her forehead was on her shins and she concentrated on the purple mat below her as she relaxed her muscles even more to further her stretch.

Her favorite part of Pilates was the end. Not because it's over but the stretch all over her muscles felt marvelous to her. Besides in yoga class, She was able to have peace in her mind, body and soul in Pilates, too. Without exercising, her anxiety would go off the roof. She always made sure exercising was part of her schedule even if it was for thirty minutes.

"Now, we roll up slowly," the instructor gradually brought her body up, "and we're going to stand up."

Everyone shadowed the instructor.

"Let's bring our arms above our head and inhale, and then open our arms and exhale," the instructor continued, "and do that one more time."

Jinora took her deepest breaths, enjoying every moment of it. Although sweat formed on her body she felt stress-free for that hour and half of class until she steps out of the studio.

"Class is over. Thank you for coming."

The students thanked the instructor, as did Jinora. She bent down and rolled up her yoga mat as well as the other people in her class. She strode to where her bag laid on the floor. Jinora tucked her mat in the bag and pulled out her sweater. As soon as she put on her sweater, she placed the strap of her bag on her shoulder and headed to the door.

As she came out, she almost bumped into some guy. Ready to apologize, Jinora looked up and it was him. It's been a couple of weeks since she seen him. Her stomach flopped as her heart fluttered when her eyes met those pair of emerald eyes again. Oh how she missed that color so much.

"W-what are you doing here," Jinora asked, playing with the strap of her bag.

"Oh I don't know, Jinora. What could I, a person, be doing at a recreational center," Kai crossed his arms.

Her heart stopped when he said her name. Each syllable of her name melted by the deepness of his voice. But she quickly ignored that feeling and a crease between her eyebrows formed.

"Kai, I just asked you a simple question politely as possible. Forget I said anything," she jutted her chin and started to walk around.

"Jinora, wait," he grabbed her arm and his eyes soften, "I didn't mean it. I thought—"

He paused and swallowed. She kept staring at him as she relished the warmth from his hand on her. They both stood there gazing at one another.

"You thought what," Jinora whispered.

Kissy noises and giggling broke their contact when a group of boys who looked sweaty walked towards them. Jinora had no clue who they were, but they seemed to know Kai.

"Oooohh Kai, is this the broad you brought home the other night," one of them said as that man bit his lip from laughing.

Jinora grimaced at him when he called her a 'broad'. She automatically hated him.

"Shut up and go away," Kai shooed them away with a hand.

Another guy chuckled, "Bring her over the house again so we can torture you again."

Jinora raised an eyebrow clearly confused by this interaction. Torture? What did Kai go through?

"Guys just shut the hell up for once," Kai scowled at them.

She sensed his patience wearing thin as she too wanted them gone. The group of men continued to tease Kai, leaving him more crossed than before. Wicked grins played on their mouths, ready to mock the innocent and cause trouble. These group of men appeared as if they're made it their mission to annoy Kai.

"Dude, are you coming home with us or nah," asked one of the men.

"I'll come home when I feel like it," Kai snapped.

They smirked and one guy said, "All right. Well, let us know how it goes. Later."

"Yeah sure," Kai snorted.

As the group of guys walked away from them, one of them turned to face the pair. He stopped and placed his hands in front of him pretending to grab something. Then, he moved his pelvis back and forth while his other hand swung side-to-side over an imaginary ass.

Kai and Jinora looked at each other briefly before averting their eyes, leaving Jinora to blush furiously. As soon as they were finally out of their sight, Jinora cleared her throat.

"Uh…yeah. Sorry about that," Kai coughed, "they don't have manners."

Their palpable discomfort between the two could be cut with a knife. Neither initiated a word to say to one another and Jinora didn't want this conversation to end so soon.

"So…" Jinora broke the silence.

"So…um…where are you going after this," Kai asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"I was going to have dinner at the cafeteria," Jinora answered.

"Oh well I was heading there anyway," he sent her a crooked grin.

Jinora's heart became mush and said, "Awesome."

As they exited the recreational center, they walked a couple blocks down to go the cafeteria in silence, enjoying the scenery of the violet and blue shades of the sky. The evening became cooler and more students stayed inside. For Jinora, the soft breeze refreshed her body after an hour and half of working out. Oh spirits, her hair must have looked greasy and sweaty to Kai, but it was too late to worry over that. They were inside the dining hall and the cafeteria workers checked in their IDs.

Hardly anyone ate at the cafeteria at this time since it was almost 9 o'clock at night. The two split off their ways around the buffet bars. Jinora grabbed a tray and plate close to the salad bar. She placed her favorite vegetables on top of her plate, and then sprinkled it with some dried cranberries and croutons. An assorted array of salad dressings was in front of her, but she picked the usual one she always used and drizzled it over her salad. She grabbed a small bowl of fruits, a roll of bread and a glass of water. Once she took her utensils, she stood away from the buffet bars to look for a free and clean table.

"Hey! There's a spot by the windows," he pointed his finger as he held his tray on his other hand.

She was unaware when Kai stood next to her, causing her to slightly jump and luckily, he didn't notice her mini fright. They walked around tables and dispersed chairs to arrive to the other side of the cafeteria. Jinora noticed they were the only ones in this section, but she didn't mind it. They were able to oversee the landscaping of the university grounds with the lighting around the gardens.

As soon as they sat down, Jinora observed his tray full of food. He had a slice of pizza with meat and vegetables on top and a cheeseburger with everything in it along with a slide of curly fries. On the corner of his tray he had a two glasses, one filled with soda and the other with water.

"What," Kai asked with a mouth full of cheeseburger.

"Nothing," Jinora shook her head and began to eat her salad.

In between bites he explained, "Hey, at least I didn't put a slice of chocolate cake for dinner because I had ice cream earlier."

Jinora giggled, "Well, aren't you the healthy conscious one?"

"Well someone's gotta take care of this perfect figure," he sent her a cocky grin before stuffing some fries in his mouth.

The brunette just shook her head smiling as she continued to consume her salad. There was something about that boy that made her grin nonstop. His carefree and nonchalant attitude wasn't anything she was used to, though it was revitalizing for her as the first bite of a ripen fruit on a hot summer day.

She noticed that Kai's skin became flushed, and he hasn't taken off his hood from his head since the dining hall was warm.

"Kai, why don't you take off your hoodie? You're sweaty in it," she proposed.

Ready to take another bite from his burger, he stopped midway.

"Uh…'cause…um…," he paused as he nervously looked at her, "'cause I'm burning more calories this way."

Jinora unconvinced of his explanation argued back, "Kai, you're sweating profusely you can get a heat stroke."

"Jinora, I'm fine!"

She reached over the table to grab his hoodie, but he quickly gripped her wrist, pushing her away from him. However, Jinora twisted her wrist out of his grasp and caught the edge of his hood. Kai held her forearms and pulled them away from his hood. Since, she couldn't fight against his strength, she hurriedly slid her hands underneath his and pushed his hood back.

The tanned young man no longer had his mop of dark brown hair. It was short and it seemed to be growing in. He glowered at her and Jinora couldn't help but laugh at his reaction.

She sat back down and said, "Kai, you just had a haircut. It's not a big deal."

"It's not like it was my decision," he crossed his arms, pouting.

Her face turned into confusion, "What do mean?"

"I was forced. Why would I decide to ruin something so perfect like my hair," he said angrily.

"Forced? Is that what the guys in the rec center was referring to when they wanted to torture you," asked Jinora incredulously.

He became silent and took another bite of his burger and Jinora received it as answer. All she could do was sympathize with his insecurities.

"Kai, you look fine," her eyes softened, "but why would they do that?"

His eyes widen and he coughed as soon as he attempted to swallow his food.

"Kai, are you okay?"

He nodded and took a sip of his water. Once he cleared his throat, he took a deep breath.

"Well…for my punishment they tied me down and shaved my hair off," he frowned.

This explanation made Jinora more curious and she pressed on, "but why?"

He avoid her eyes and muttered, "you."

Her eyebrows knitted together in puzzlement, "Me?"

Jinora was completely baffled as to why she had any part to this. He kept looking at her disbelievingly as if she missed something. How could the boys even know who she was? She only had sex with—

"Oh," she simply said as she realized what he hinted.

The atmosphere between them became awkward yet it still didn't make sense to blame it all on her.

"But I still don't understand how I'm involved with this," Jinora said.

Kai in frustration said, "Jinora, my fraternity brothers found out I brought you home the other night. I'm not suppose to have sex in the house unless we're holding a party and everyone is getting some."

Jinora was speechless. She didn't know whether apologize for getting him into trouble or to comment on how silly that rule was. Honestly, she was shocked that fraternities have a problem with having sex in a house with or without a party.

"Yeah, I know it's a stupid rule, but it's not like I made it up. I've only dealt with a week of torture and now everything is back to normal," he explained rapidly before shoving his slice of pizza in his mouth.

"I'm sorry, but I wanted to thank you for giving back my ID. You saved me about 20 yuans," Jinora smiled.

A small smile etched on his face, "you can thank my brothers for finding it under my bed."

"I feel like your brothers have no boundaries," she remarked.

"Please, they said they heard us especially you. They thought some spirit world just opened in my room," he gave her a cheeky grin.

Jinora lightly kicked his shin under the table and he reached down his leg pretending to be hurt which made her giggle.

"Oh please, get off your high ostrich horse," she rolled her eyes.

"Don't pretend you didn't enjoy it," he lowered his voice so only Jinora could listen, "and I didn't make you come multiple times that night."

Jinora's cheeks became hot as she shifted in her seat. His green orbs still bore into hers as if he knew what was happening between her legs. However, she snapped herself out of those thoughts.

"Kai," she warned, "we are not doing this right now in this cafeteria."

His face was smug, "You see you're the only one thinking about having sex, not me. I'm just reminding you what happened."

She clenched her jaw, "I was not thinking about it, you pompous jerk. Right now, you're being totally inappropriate."

He cocked an eyebrow and leaned back in his seat, "You need to get that stick out of your ass. You're starting to remind me of someone I know."

Jinora was ready to throw her glass of water at him, but she counted to ten not wanting to cause a mess for the janitors to clean.

"I do not have a stick up my ass," she replied as calmly as she possible.

"That was a metaphor."

"I know that but you're being such an annoying typical frat boy," the brunette retorted.

His jaw shifted side to side, and Jinora gave him a taste of his own medicine. So it was her turn to be self-satisfied.

"Listen, Miss Priss, don't compare me to them ever again, okay. Unlike you I'm not some judgmental, snobbish, know-it-all who prefers to drink tea and read 'classic' novels that were written before they were born," he clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Her fists clenched at her side as her nails dug into her palm. She was ready to throw her morals and lessons about pacifism out the window and to smack that haughtiness off his face. Blood boiled through her veins and arteries. She already felt her body shake and wished her family wasn't such peaceful people.

"You know what? You only probably only have sex with a ton of women just to conceal your insecurities and how much of a loser you are. You surround yourself with 'friends' and other people like yourself just to pretend like you're some extroverted, irresponsible, loving, party animal when in reality you're just lonely and selfish," she spat.

She observed his bright emerald irises turning into a dark forest during a hurricane. Yet, his face, in contrast, remained calm as the eye of the storm. Concern slowly made its way into her rage of emotions as she noticed his demeanor changed. Perhaps, she was too harsh, but he did start it and he did hurt her with his assumptions.

"You're right," he said not looking at her, "but thanks for joining me for dinner."

He grabbed his tray and pushed his seat back. Jinora bit her lip. She didn't want to end her night on such a bad note. She enjoyed his company and how much she was having fun.

"Wait," she said, "I'm sorry I crossed the line."

Spirits, she hated how considerate and nice she was at times.

This made him release his hands from his tray and pushed his chair and himself close to the table.

"No, I should be the one apologizing. I didn't mean for it to escalate that quickly," he sulked.

"Enough trying to psychoanalyze each other since none of us are qualified therapists or psychologists. So how about we start all over? I'm Jinora Gyatso," she stuck her hand out in front of him.

He shook her hand and smiled, "and I'm Kai Fong."

"So what year are you in," she began.

He chuckled, "I haven't introduced myself this properly since freshman year when my resident advisor made us do this the first day we moved in. By the way, I'm a senior. And you?"

"I'm an RA in training so I need to think of ideas and fun ways for my new students living the dorms can know each other and become one big 'family'," she grinned trying her hardest not to laugh, "but I'm a junior. Your turn to ask the question."

Kai thought for a few seconds and asked, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Jinora blushed, "No, I don't. Why do you ask?"

He was so brash and upfront. Though she should be used to this, she wasn't. Jinora wondered if he was going to ask her out for a date. This thought caused her to blush even more.

"Great because I don't want to get into trouble again," his face paled as he reminisced, "it's not like it was my fault. I didn't know this girl had a boyfriend. This guy was huge—twice my size. I thought I was going to die when he came up to me—this happened during sophomore year and the guy must've been 25 years old— but he was too drunk and passed out before he could even hit me."

"Spirits, Kai. Aren't you the lucky one," Jinora replied sarcastically, but she was truly amused.

"No seriously, Jinora. You have no idea how huge this guy was and I was kinda scrawny back then. Like if I ever meet him again, I think can handle him," he said but mostly as a reassurance to himself.

"I'm sure you would, Kai," she snorted. "Okay so what made you be part of a frat?"

"It's fraternity," he corrected her and she rolled her eyes, "hey, don't roll your eyes at me. But yeah…I only joined because my brother who's actually my brother…well he's not my biological brother, but he's sorta my adopted brother even though I'm not adopted."

Jinora laughed at his horrible explanation though she encouraged him to continue his story.

"Okay that doesn't matter. My older brother, Bolin, was part of this fraternity and got me to join during my freshman year. Plus it looked good on my resume and I get to live in a house without sharing a room," he finished satisfied with his answer.

Suddenly, Jinora recognized the name, Bolin, somewhere and asked, "I think I heard about this guy who placed cupcakes all over his naked body to get more people to buy them for a fundraiser. Was it him?"

"I can't answer that yet because it's my turn," he gave her a sly smile, "What else do you do besides picking up guys at clubs and training to be an RA?"

She playfully smacked his arm across the table, "Anyway, I'm part of the student body government, Feminist Alliance, tutor history, and assist history and philosophy teachers during class."

He whistled, "Yeah, I think I would need naptime added to my schedule. But like, feminist alliance, really?"

"Do you have a problem with feminism," she crossed her arms, ready to give him a lecture and to teach him a lesson.

Kai put his hands up defensively, " No, no I don't. I like feminists. They're great and can give good hea—"

Jinora glared at him making him stop.

"I mean feminists can give good heaps of explanations about the sexism and discrimination in work related areas and in the economy," he corrected and saved himself.

She gave him an approving nod before asking, "You seem to have an interesting relationship with your older brother, so tell me about the rest of your family?"

"Um…you see. It's just that I live with my two brothers, Mako, who's the oldest, and Bolin. Those two are actual brothers, but I'm not. Basically, it's just the three of us as a family. We don't have parents and Mako is literally the parental figure I have," he smiled sadly.

Jinora frowned and realized that her earlier accusations about him made her feel even guiltier.

"What happened to your parents though," Jinora asked.

"My mom didn't want me so she just left me at some adoption center when I was baby and I have no idea who my dad is. I went from foster home to another because they all sucked and wanted to use the government's money to use on themselves instead of on me. So one day, I just left this family and decided to live with Mako and Bolin because they knew about my situation since we were all part of the same foster care system," he said.

"Kai, I'm so sorry," she regretted all those remarks she made about him.

"Don't be. I'm sorry I bored you and told you my life story," he waved his hand dismissively, "but enough about me. How about your family?"

"It wasn't boring…it was admirable," she saw him smile a little and continued, "Oh I just have a mom who's a housewife and a dad, who's a professor at Western Air Temple University. I'm the eldest of four, so it's just me, Ikki, Meelo, and Rohan. In that order."

"Wow, so you're like really smart since you're dad is a professor at one of the Air Temple Universities. Like only the top 1% or the best students go there. I'm sure you probably got in one of those universities," he said impressed.

She shrugged, "Yeah I did, but I didn't want to be like my dad who went to that school and I just wanted a new atmosphere after living on Air Temple Island for so long. Plus I don't need anyone to get on my case on how I only got in because of my father. Anyway those schools are filled with super pretentious people, like you have no idea how arrogant they can be. I swear on Raava, they like to mention how they went to Air Temple University at every chance they get. Like they're worse than alumni who went to Ba Sing Se University, Roku University and University of Sozin combined."

Kai laughed, "I know what you know mean. Like Bolin and Mako used to work at one of the gyms in Republic City that's exclusive to Air Temple University students and alumni. They would play badminton while sipping martinis and up each other on who had the hardest classes. Boy, I would sure as hell shoot myself in the head if I had to listen to that all day."

"Ugh same," she sneered, "they're worst than I expected. So what are you majoring in?"

"I'm double majoring economics and math and by the end of this semester I completed all my math major requirements, thank you Raava," he praised.

"Math," she asked in disgust, "I hate math it's my worst subject and calculus one is killing me."

"Jeez, I haven't taken calc one since high school," he cleared his throat, "and what you majoring in?"

"I'm a history and philosophy major," she said proudly.

"So why are you even taking calc for?"

She sighed, "I don't why I decided to take calculus when I dropped it in high school. I guess I just wanted to be an overachiever and I thought I could handle it, but it's harder than I expected. I should've just taken statistics instead. I wish I signed up for a tutor earlier."

"If you need any help with math, I can show you what I know," he offered looking away from her.

Jinora played with the bit of lettuce on her plate with a fork, "Thanks. That's real nice of you. I'll take you up on that offer."

"So when do you wanna meet," he glanced up at her.

"Um…maybe this Saturday around the afternoon since I'm free," she suggested.

"Sounds good. So you want to meet at the library?"

"Yup," she pulled out her phone from her pocket, "let me just give you my number in case we have a change of plans."

He nodded and he, too, took out his phone from his pocket. The two exchanged their phones to enter their numbers and handed them back.

"I guess it's my turn. So what do you plan to do after you graduate," Jinora asked.

"Well I'm waiting for any acceptance letters even though I know that I'm accepted in Republic City's graduate program for economics," he hesitated as rolled tiny pieces of napkin paper into a ball.

"But what," she asked curiously.

"I'm not sure if I'll get into Ba Sing Se. It's out of my league," he said pensively.

She frowned, "Kai, I'm sure you'll get in especially with your strong background in mathematics."

He gave he a halfhearted smile, "and what about you?"

"I want to be a history professor just like my dad," she replied.

"Huh, so you really like history? I could barely keep my eyes open when I took a class about the Foundations of Earth Nation," he commented.

"But Kai, learning about he four nations' histories and politics is so important. You should try reading some fictional history books. Those are a lot of fun to read while exploring some real accounts that a character might go through," Jinora gushed as she remembered a book she read some time ago.

He looked at her as if she was insane, "Uh…no thanks I don't do books. I'm not Mako whose head is buried in a book, well a medical book, now that he's in residency at the Southern Water Nation Medical University."

"Oh nice! I have friend named Korra, who's down there getting her physical therapy degree. I can't wait to visit her and my grandma once we're on break," Jinora said excitedly.

"Yeah I've only gone there once for Mako's graduation and I was freezing my ass off," Kai said.

"But you're at the South Pole of course it's going to be cold all the time," Jinora said in a matter of fact tone.

"Whatever. At least history is useful and more interesting than philosophy. Every time I go to philosophy class I'd rather pluck the hairs off my legs with a pair of tweezers than sit there and listen to what's real and not real," Kai complained.

Jinora scoffed, "Philosophy is used everywhere and for every subject. Why are you even in this 200-level philosophy class?"

"'cause the 100-level class started at like 8 o'clock in the morning so I took this one since it started at 11," he explained nonchalantly.

She looked at him as if he had grown two heads, "Kai, how can you take that class without taking the most basic philosophy classes."

He shrugged, "A D still gets the degree as they say."

"Kai! You just can't pass with the minimum grade," she scolded him.

"Listen it'll only be the lowest grade on my transcript besides biology which I got a C," he said.

She almost gasped because there was no way she was going to have a B or lower added to her GPA. Jinora never understood how he could okay with a C because she would have a heart attack if she ever had that. Her perfect 4.0 GPA will most likely be at risk if she didn't get help with calculus and she was glad Kai was going to tutor her. She couldn't understand how he could be okay with a 'D' added to his GPA.

"Kai, it'll look terrible on your transcript and since you want to go to Ba Sing Se, I'll help you with philosophy while you help me with calc," she advocated.

He smiled, "It's a deal."

They both took a look at their phones and Jinora noticed it was getting late.

"Well I lost what place we're in this 20 questions game," Jinora said.

"Yeah I think we should go back home. How time flies when you're having fun unless you're in philosophy," he joked as he stood up with his tray.

Jinora followed his movements, and jokingly glared at him, "Don't worry Kai I'm gonna make you love philosophy until you finally shave your head bald and decide to become a monk."

He laughed, "Well I can tell we're gonna be friends."

She bit her lips to keep from smiling, "I thought we are."

"Yeah, we are," he beamed.

They dumped their trays on a conveyor belt that took their used plates to the kitchen. No one was outside and Jinora shivered. Kai put his hood back on and shoved his hands in his pockets as they walked in silence to her dorm building.

Jinora pulled out her ID card from her pocket and turned to face him, "Well Kai, it was nice getting to know you."

"The same for you Jinora. I guess I'll see you later," he licked his lips.

"Yeah, I'll see you," she whispered.

Jinora gazed up to his eyes as he bowed his head to stare at her. She didn't understand why she had the urge to kiss him, but if she stepped forward she would be standing too close and she knew she wouldn't hesitate to press her lips against his.

He moved his head closer as he kept staring at her lips and Jinora anticipated his kiss. So her eyes fluttered shut, leaning forward and puckering her lips a bit.

"Bye Jinora," his breath brushed against her mouth.

Her eyes snapped open and he was no longer in front of her. She noticed him walking on the sidewalk and she already missed his company. Though she was slightly angry that he left her without giving a kiss, it's not like they were in some kind of relationship. She shook that feeling off and entered the building. She had a lot of homework to be done before her meeting with Kai.

A/N: Yes this is another chapter with nothing much happening but things need to be established first. I wanted them to develop a friendship and explore their feelings they had for each other in these chapters after their rendezvous. At the same time I wanted to keep the conversation as realistic as possible while trying to keep them in character in a more modern and young adult way. Since I'm in college also, I'm using my experiences and stories from what from friends and siblings tell me during their college years. But I promise everything will come together and I'm excited to write the rest.