When Korra got in the car her attention easily went to the window. She got entranced by all the lights and easily remembered her arrival to Republic City two years ago. She laughed remembering how angry Lin was at her and how she threw her in jail knowing she was the avatar and not giving a fuck. That's one of the things Korra loved about the woman she always did what she wanted unlike her. She didn't have that freedom. All her actions were always judged and looked upon. It's hard to stand tall when you're pretending to be a brick wall. She'll always fall before the egg full of pressure. A Gala was held on the exact day that she decided to play with the flying spirits and ended up breaking windows on different places of the building. Regret about causing that never and will never cross her mind because she gained Lin as a friend. Even though the woman refuses to admit it. The Gala was a uninteresting thing to her then as it is now. She didn't understand the meaning behind it. It wasn't to benefit the people or raise money for anyone. The Gala soul purpose was so the nations could see how well the other nations, they were also in each others business, and so President Raiko could try to get on everyone's good side. Her eyes were scanning the city as they drove through it. It was then that she realized Opal was talking to her.
"What did you say?" She asked sheepishly. Opal gave her a small smile and shook her head. "I'm sorry."
"No it's alright. I was just saying I'm glad you let me cut your hair. It makes you look like a whole new person." Opal said making her friend blush.
"You look snazzy as always." Korra mumbled twirling a strand of her hair around on a finger.
Opal's laughed filled the car making her join in. Korra smiled and Opal easily returned it. "Why couldn't you just be my soulmate?" Korra questioned out loud more to herself than anyone else.
"Because we would never work." Opal said surprising her with a answer.
"What a shame." Korra joked. "It would make things so much easier."
"Yeah but we don't do easy." Opal said looking out the window.
"No. No we don't." Korra said just looking at her before returning her attention to the city.
"Wow!" Korra said as she stepped out on the red carpet. The camera flashes blinded her a little but she smiled and posed with Opal before going in.
"Future industries didn't hold back any punches." Opal said as they came in.
"Future industries?" Korra mumbled confused as she continued to look around.
Opal sighed "The sponsor this year is Future Industries. You know the billion dollar company that is this cities back bone with almost everything." She groaned when Korra's confused face turned to her.
"You've got to be shitting me!" She hissed at her friend. "How do you not know who they are!?"
Korra laughed nervously as she rubbed the back of her neck "I've been meaning to get around to it."
Opal rolled her eyes as she headed off to find a drink. "Hey! Wait up!" Korra stuttered as she hurried to catch up.
Opal handed her a glass of champagne. "I was took you for a vodka kind of girl." A voice off to the side said.
"Mom! Dad!" Korra yelled lunging at her parents careful of her glass.
Her dad laughed hugging her tight. "How's my little penguin?"
She blushed from that and her mothers kiss on the cheek. "Dad!" She whined embarrassed. "I'm not a little girl anymore."
"Oh sweetie you'll always be are little girl. Even if you are all grown up." Her mother said proudly.
"It's good to see you Mrs and Mr. Element." Opal said from beside her friend.
"Oh stop! You know your like our second daughter." Senna said pulling her in for a hug and passing her to her husband.
"Has she been giving you more trouble than usual?" Tonraq asked releasing her from his bear hug.
"You should of seen her this morning. I thought she was part of the dead." Opal said looking annoyed making both parents laughs.
"I'm right here you know." Korra huffed.
"Why cousin I see the city hasn't changed you for the better." Korra turned around with a bright smile for cousins Eska and Densa.
They easily went in for a hug together. "We missed you to dork." Densa said into her hair.
"Grey tips this time?" korra asked playing with Densa's hair.
"It's nice right?" He asked twirling in a circle then posing.
Eska laughed shaking her head at her twin "Father had a heart attack."
"I would have loved to see that."Korra rolled her eyes at the mention of her uncle.
"Trust me no one knows your pain better than we do." Eska responded her brother nodding in agreement.
"So how long are you staying?" Opal asked bumping Eska with her shoulder.
"Well were staying at a hotel with aunty and uncle right now." Eska said hugging her some.
"But we were planning on maybe... staying." Densa finished hopeful.
Korra and Opal squealed hugging their own twin. "Of course you can stay!" Opal cheered.
"Yeah Tenzin won't mind at if you move in! He won't say it but he'll be happy at some new faces around and plus we have the room." Korra said.
"Alright girls settle down." Tonraq said glancing at Densa to see if that was alright. When the young adult rolled his eyes and smiled he continued. "It looks like they are going to start now." He motioned toward the stage as President Raiko cleared his throat.
Korra rolled her eyes again but remained silent. She could care less about anything that came out of his mouth so she naturally tuned him out. The man irritated her like no one she had every met before. He was always trying to find a way to throw the avatars name and his together in a way that benefited only him. Her attention soon drew back to the decorations around the large building. Whoever these future industries people were. They sure know how to impress.
Asami pulled into the underground parking lot. She didn't trust anyone to drive her baby and she would rather have a low key entrance. She already doesn't want to be here in her fathers place. Of course he just had to go on a business trip when it came to unimportant part of his job. His words and not her's this time.
"Ahh the life of Asami Sato must be hard." Kuvira sighed as she got of the car.
"Yes being reduced to dwell with us common folk." Baatar added on as he got out.
"Oh shut the hell up." Asami huffed rolling her eyes. "It's hard because I have to deal with you to idiots."
"Pssh! Anybody would want to be seen with us." Kuvira said as her and Baatar struck a pose.
"Right." Asami said shaking her head as made her way to the elevator. "Come on losers I do have a speech to give." Making her to friends hurry after her.
"Now without further ado I present tonight's sponsor and replacing her father Asami Sato!"
Korra's snapped to the stage as President Rakio and the crowd started to clap. There was no way in hell that the Asami that she met that night was going to come out on stage. And as if someone wanted to prove her wrong or either she should have just kept her mouth shut. Probably both knowing her track record. Asami that fell out of the sky and almost landed on her was now up on stage smiling waiting for the crowd to stop clapping. Korra almost laughed. Almost. Very fucking close that she tasted blood. But held it together at the smile that was painted perfectly on the woman's face. How could no one notice that she looked like should rather be eating nails and drinking hot sauce. She then shushed her own mind because Asami had started talking. She honestly had no idea what was coming out of the woman's mouth because she was focused on her amazing and very kissable red lips. Kissable? Yeah right Korra like there's a chance for that she scolded herself. Then as if the night hadn't be uninspected enough. Asami's beautiful, man she really needed to stop that, eyes had stop crowd searching and landed right on her. Nothing else mattered at that moment. In Korra's mind it was just the two of them in the building and she was helpless at anything else besides getting lost in her eyes.
"Korra!" Opal yelled snapping Korra back to reality and also making here jumped.
"What!" She hissed scowling at her friend.
"Well I was just trying to inform you that the speech has been over for like five min's and you've just been standing here like an idiot." Opal retorted as she rolled her eyes.
"Oh shit! Why didn't you hit me sooner or something?" Korra groaned. She prayed Asami didn't see that.
"Because your reaction would have been even more annoying." Opal said dryly. "Anyway do you want to tell me what that staring contest you and Ms. Sato had going on? Oh and the twins said that want details tomorrow night at the party."
Korra sighed as she sipped her drink. She knew her friend was going to make a big deal out of something that was nothing. "We've meet before." She mumbled.
"What was that? I'm positive you just did not say that you meet Asami Fucking Sato and I was not informed." Opal said with a glare. "You know me? Your so called bestfriend."
"Ugh! You're so annoying." Opal smiled knowing her friend was going to tell her the whole story now. Korra told her the story leaving out the part about spark she felt.
"You lucky bitch. Why the hell didn't you go get coffee with her." Opal asked looking wounded.
"I don't know. It was a really dumb decision on a long night." Korra groaned as she sat her glass down on a waiters passing tray.
She spotted her parents wrapped up in each other passing soft kisses like they weren't even out in public surrounded by hundreds of strangers and she smiled. Then she saw her cousins pretending to be interested in a group of rich looking men. And yes she could tell from this far away because Densa was looking at his nails and nodding and Eska just wasn't paying them any attention. She laughed her cousin always did have a with words.
"Well it looks like you might get a second chance since Asami hasn't stopped looking over here since she got off stage." Opal said glancing over her shoulder to conform that.
She gasped as she got caught in the sea of green that was looking at her. She hoped no prayed that whoever the beautiful woman standing next to Asami was single because sparks don't lie. She composed herself before turning back to Korra.
"Damn you Opal." Korra scowled as she fought against her body wanting to turn around. She had made a fool out of herself enough already.
Opal just grinned and winked like it was her absolute fucking pleasure.