AN: Oh Spirits what am I doing? I don't like this chapter very much but that's likely because there wasn't much Asami in "The Spirit of Competition" and thus far I've been writing from Asami's POV. But eh, who knows maybe some of you will still enjoy it? *shrugs*
With the new uniforms in hand Asami headed to the Pro-Bending Arena. They looked great and Asami was certain that Korra would look amazing in her uniform. Although it'd probably look better on her if it was a different color. You know, maybe something like blue. Too bad they were the Fire Ferrets, but then again there was always blue fire so perhaps… but enough about color coordination and all that. Asami had made her way to the Arena, new uniforms in hand, and quickly found where Korra was training, with Mako and Bolin of course.
Never could she get a moment along with her, but then again that might have been for the best. She walked over to them and presented one of the shirts for their new uniforms. "Not quite, you'll need these." They all seemed happy to see her, except for Korra. Asami liked to think that it was the uniform, cause you know, it wasn't blue. Eh, who was she kidding?
"Hey, Asami."
"Morning Mako." Korra scowled and their interaction.
"These new uniforms look great."
"You look great-"
"Th-"
"-Korra!" Asami stepped around a befuddled Mako so she could gush at Korra. "I saw you practicing; you were on fire. Like hot on fire, like smoking hot. Not like 'hot' hot, but not to say that you're not hot in that way either just… you're hot." Bolin promptly slid away, looking quite uncomfortable with their exchange. He got up right behind his brother and whispered something in his ear while making a very obvious gesture between Asami and Korra. His subtly surely needed some improvement.
"Uh… thanks." Likely as a way to change the subject, Korra took the shirt that Asami was holding and examined it herself. "These um, do look great. Thanks Asami."
"Of course. I'd do anything for you, Korra."
"Oh, okay… thanks."
"No problem. I guess I'll see you later." Asami took her lower lip in between her teeth as she looked upon Korra anxiously.
"Sure…"
"Great!"
Asami felt like going in for a hug but decided against it. Instead she just casually flipped her hair and left the room, gave Korra a big smile and turned to exit, leaving three very confused people behind her. It was just as she left that she heard Bolin say, "I thought you said that you two had a date?"
"I thought so too…"
Asami stopped in her tracks and took a few steps back, popping her head back into the room. "So sorry Mako; I completely forgot about that," she apologized sincerely. "And," she turned to Korra to ensure that she was listening. "It's not a date." Somehow, Asami felt like Korra wasn't too convinced even considering the fact that Mako looked genuinely surprised and upset. And, Asami was in fact correct.
It was clear to everyone that Korra was jealous, everyone that is except for Tenzin's kids. Jinora and Ikki in particular were quite curious and both had their own ideas about love. It was later on that day when Jinora tried to question Korra "So, how's it going with the tall, dreamy firebender boy? You've been spending a lot of time together lately."
"Oooh, yeah! Tell us about the magical romance."
"What?" She laughed nervously as she tried to brush off their words. "Listen to you two. I-I'm not interested in Mako or any romantic stuff." She faked a cough and then went on. "Besides, he's all into that prissy, beautiful, elegant rich girl with the smoldering eyes and those red lips and… Jinora, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?" Jinora asked while trying to sound clueless.
"Like that." Korra pointed a finger at her, and the contemplative look upon her face, which in turn had Ikki turn around to look at her sister as well.
"Ooh!" Ikki jumped up. "I know that look! I know that look!" she yelled happily. "That's Jinora's 'I'm smarter than you' look." It was only then that Jinora's expression changed. She glared down at her sister angrily.
"I don't have an 'I'm smarter than you' look," she practically growled at her.
"Yes, you do."
"No, I don't."
"Yes, you do."
"No, I don't."
"Okay, okay. Why don't we all calm down?" Korra forced herself in between them. It was clearly a mistake to even try to talk to them about her love life, or lack thereof. What she needed was a girlfriend her own age that she could talk to about these kinds of thing. The only problem was that the only girl that Korra knew that was around her age was little miss perfect Asami Sato with her gorgeously flowing hair, brilliant mind, sultry voice and… and… where exactly was this supposed to go?
Oh, right. Korra couldn't see the two of them becoming girlfriends.
Now, that thought aside Korra did manage to stop Jinora and Ikki from killing each other, but only by asking their opinion of what she should do if she were interested in Mako. Needless to say but neither of their ideas were very helpful, and Jinora kept giving her that look. Pema's advice proved to be better, or at least more realistic and so Korra was utterly convinced that randomly blabbing out the words, "Look, I really like you and I think we were meant for each other!" was a good idea. It wasn't, especially considering the fact that she had very bad timing.
No one had noticed but Asami had walked in right in the middle of her confession. She was wide eyed as she stared at Mako and Korra. There was an awkward silence that was made even more awkward due to the fact that Bolin seemed to be completely oblivious to their exchange. "Okay, I'm just going to pretend that I didn't hear anything." Korra and Mako wordlessly nodded. Asami smiled and approached Korra. "Congratulations guys! You were amazing out there. Especially you." She grabbed Korra's hands and smirked at her.
Korra nervously slipped out of her grasp and excused herself from the room, "I have to go. I um… need to… practice my airbending." She quickly bolted out of the room before another word could be said. Yep, she and Asami were definitely not going to become girlfriends. But Asami had other ideas.