A series of sensual butterfly kisses woke Korra from a very pleasant slumber into an equally pleasant embrace. "Mmmm, g'morning," she mumbled, snuggling closer to Asami. "Last night was amazing."

"Mmmhmmm," Asami hummed, enjoying the feeling of skin against skin. They were both still very much naked. Korra sighed, her long black hair was gently draped over her. She really did need to find out what Asami used on it, the scent was intoxicating.

Asami beamed at the snoozing avatar. She stroked her cheek with the back of her hand, drawing a soft hum from her. Korra nuzzled her hand and Asami curled it into Korra's hair. " I think I might grow it back out. What do you think?" she asked.

"I love it both ways. You can always cut it short again," Asami said. In the back of her still dozy mind a thought struck her. If she was all right with growing her hair back out, maybe she was far enough away from her past to…no. Not now. Maybe some day, though. She continued petting her love, at the very least she would have more hair to play with. "You want breakfast?"

"Eventually." Korra curled her leg around Asami. "You're all I want right now."

Asami beamed and gave her a loving squeeze. "Then I'm yours. At least until..." she glanced out of the window, it was raining. "You know what? I can work from home today."

Korra mumbled happily, burying herself in Asami's chest. Asami pulled her close and resumed stroking her hair. Korra mewled and kissed her chest. "Love you."

Asami giggled and kissed her forehead. "Love you too."

"Korra! Koooorraaaaaa!" Asami called. Even though the rebuilt Sato manor was smaller, it was still a little difficult to find someone in if you didn't know where to look. Asami marched up and down the halls a few times calling Korra's name until she heard a distant reply. She followed the sound and called out again. "Where are you?"

"Gym!" Why hadn't she thought of that? A few more doors down one was ajar. Asami glanced inside and put a hand to her mouth. "Hey you. What's up?" Korra was doing pull-ups, she was near the end of her usual routine.

"Just, wanted to ask you a quick question," Asami said, blushing and looking her up and down. Tank top, short shorts, muscles.

"Sure, just a sec. *Nngh!* Almost done." Asami sidled quietly into the room. Korra did a few more repetitions and then dropped nimbly to the floor. She grabbed a towel, wiped the sweat from her brow and then turned and smiled. "Okay, what did you want to ask me?"

Asami didn't respond for a few seconds, her eyes were glazed over and fixated on Korra's midriff. "Hm? What?"

"You had a question for me?" Korra replied, putting the pieces together and grinning slyly.

"Oh! Yeah, right. Uh, The White Lotus wants to talk to both of us about protecting the new spirit portal. Can you do..." Korra had snuck over while she was looking at the papers she was holding. "Uh...can you...do...tomorrow morning?" Asami asked, her voice getting softer with each word.

"I think so, as long as we don't stay up too late," Korra cooed. Asami smirked, took her cheeks and pulled her into a luscious kiss. "Haaaaa, speaking of which," Korra sighed as their lips slowly separated. "I wanted to ask you a question too."

"Like what?"

"It's, kind of weird but...I've had this idea for a while but I didn't want to bring it up."

"How come?"

"I...I guess I was worried you would think it was weird. But, I trust you, and I want to see what you think," Korra said, giving her the soft look she only ever gave to her.

"Anything," Asami replied, eyes shining.

"Tonight...do you…? Do you think you could try...tying me up?" Asami's heart skipped a beat. It must have showed in her face because Korra immediately backpedaled and said, very quickly "If you don't want to I totally understand, I know it's kind of an odd thing to suggest and the sex we've had is great and I mean great like 'think I went into the avatar state once' great and I'm not trying to say I want to try this because it hasn't been good enough for me I only..."

Asami suddenly took her shoulder. "Korra?"

"Hm…?" the avatar pipped, a little worried by Asami's expression.

"Come with me."

Asami lead Korra to a room between their bedroom and the dining room. Korra had always thought it was just a storage closet. The door was always locked and she couldn't find a window on the outside to see in. Asami stopped in front of the door, bit her lip nervously and turned on her heel. "Before I show you this, promise me you won't freak out?"

"Why would I freak out?" Korra replied.

"Promise me."

Korra immediately nodded. "I promise." Asami took a key from her pocket, unlocked the door and lead the way inside. Korra's eyes widened and her jaw went a little slack. Beyond was a red velvet-walled room lit by crystals with a second heavily modified bed, a number of padded frames, seats and saddle-like things with leather straps. There were racks with riding crops, paddles and floggers of all shapes and sizes, and in the corner was a closet full of corsets, lingerie and countless things Korra couldn't even begin to identify. Asami braced for the worst, but the avatar just asked "What is this place?"

"It's uh...It's called a play room. I've been into BDSM for a while but I kind of have to keep it secret. Y'know, 'CEO of Future Industries is secretly sexual deviant' makes a pretty interesting headline."

"What's BDSM?" Korra asked, walking over to a rack and running a flogger through her fingers.

"Oh! Oooooh. It uh, it stands for bondage, dominance and sadomasochism," Asami replied. "But I'm way more into the first two," she added quickly. "I mean, yeah I like to spank a little and nipple clamps are..." she mumbled, looking down at the ground. Korra turned around and looked at her, she looked so nervous and embarrassed.

"So, what's it all about?" she asked, face full of reassurance.

Asami looked up from the ground, she wasn't freaked out at all. "Well, it's like you said. The basic stuff I just tying someone up during sex. From there you get the bondage. Of course there's a lot of different ways you can do that," she said, looking around.

"Where did you get all of these?"

"I uh, I made most of them. Had someone buy the others," Asami said, blushing and rubbing her arm.

"They're incredible!" Korra said.

"You really think so?"

That had gotten her a little perked up. "Of course! All of the stuff you build is great, people would pay anything for these!"

"If they could buy them in broad daylight," Asami grumbled. She shook her head and continued. "Anyway, the dominance part is a power play. Whoever is tied up is the submissive or sub for short, whoever did the tying up is the dominant..."

"Or, the dom?" Korra added.

"Mhm. It's like super topping and super bottoming I guess. It's kind of hard to explain."

"I...think I get it," Korra said with a nervous smile. "What's this about sadomasochism?"

Asami winced and nervously fiddled with her nails. "That's...that's what all the stuff on the racks is for. A certain kind of pain can be really arousing in the right circumstances. Not the kind of pain that actually injures you or draws blood or anything like that! It's not like stubbing your toe or cutting your finger, it's..." She struggled to find the words.

"You mentioned spanking?" Korra said, trying to be helpful.

"Spanking, nipple clamps, gentle biting, it's all around the erogenous zones," Asami continued. "As for the clothes, they usually come with the territory and, I really like them," she finished with a nervous smile.

"It...sounds interesting," Korra said with a bright grin.

"Don't say that for my sake," Asami replied.

"No! Damn, that came out wrong." Korra fought to make her emotions and words work together. "I did say I wanted to be tied up. If this is all stuff that you like that goes with it I'd love to try it."

Asami swallowed hard. "The reason I never brought this up before was...well, after everything that's happened to you, I thought being tied up or gagged or..."

"Gagged?" Korra asked, genuinely curious.

"Did I not mention that?" Asami shook her head again. "The point is, the only times you've been tied up you were in real danger. Once you were almost killed. I never want to force you to relive those things." Asami stepped closer and took her hands. "The last thing I want to do is really hurt you."

Korra closed her eyes and pulled her into a tight hug. "You are so sweet..." she said softly. She looked into her eyes and put a hand to her cheek. "I was the one to suggest it. If this is something you like, then I want to try it. It's you tying me up. I've never felt anything but safe with you."

Asami's heart swelled. Nothing in the world could have made her happier. She fought back tears and pulled Korra back into the hug. "Okay. We'll try it." She held her at arms length. "But we start slow, if not for your sake then for mine. We'll wade in instead of diving straight into the deep end. We're both gonna be nervous until I know what you like and how much you can take." Korra beamed and nodded. "Oh, and before anything else happens, you need to pick a safeword."

"A what?"

"A safeword. Whenever we're playing if something goes wrong, or you start to panic or anything like that and you need to get untied ASAP, say the word and everything stops. I cut you loose no questions asked."

"I couldn't just say 'let me down?'"

Asami bit her lip. "Sometimes it's fun to be a little feisty. I need to know the difference between 'no, mistress Asami, please don't punish me 3' and 'this isn't fun anymore let me down,'" Asami said, a little erotic spark returning to her voice.

An unfamiliar type of arousal swam through Korra and she felt her cheeks grow warm. "O-okay! How do I pick one?"

"Usually you want it to be something you would not say accidentally during sex. A little inside joke in the bdsm community is that the worst safeword ever is 'fuck.'"

Korra laughed. "Yeah, I can see why." She thought for a while about words that were distinct and not at all sexy.

"It should also be something I could still recognize if you said it with something in your mouth," Asami added playfully.

"Hm? Oh, right, gag," Korra replied. The thought of being gagged and tied up with Asami on top of her was new, and definitely interesting. She perked up as it came to her. "I've got it! 'Badger Mole!'" They looked at each other, there was a moment of silence, then they both burst out laughing.

"Perfect! I can't think of any sexy way you could say that by accident."

"So, can we start tonight?"

"Absolutely." Asami's trademarked bedroom eyes returned and she pulled Korra to her, but in a new way. Her hold was gentle, but firm. Korra was a little off balance, but Asami supported her well, it was almost a dip. "I'm gonna have a lot of fun with you, miss avatar."

Korra flushed again. "I can't wait." This was very new, and very interesting. She got the feeling she was going to enjoy exploring Asami's wild side.