Korra
I'm lying down when I can sense the presences of someone watching me. I open my eyes and I see the same man with the glasses and black and grey hair.
"I'm sorry, Did I startle you?" he asks concerned
"No not at all, what time is it?" I say looking around for any form of clock but it's a basement. But in a way its not.
It's bigger than the room I used to have. This basement could be a pool house, if he really wanted it to be.
"Just 7am, I been checking on you, you were knocked out cold, I wouldn't blame you who knows how far you traveled, my name is Hiroshi"
He extends his hand out and I shake it. "Korra"
"Nice to meet you Korra, you look so young, do you mind me asking how old you're"
"I'm 18" he nods
"Ah, my daughter Asami is around your age" I remember the girl who opened the door for me, she was beautiful not was, her confused face expression captivated her beauty.
"I want to thank you, for letting me in last night"
"No, I made a commitment years ago, and I plan to keep it" he gets up from the chair he was sitting in.
"My daughter made breakfast, and I made you a plate"
"Aww thank you, that was kind of her"
"Yes, she can be stubborn but she does have a good heart" he sets the eggs and pancakes infront of me.
"I have to go to work, I should be back around 4 or 5, Preferably you would be stay down here, even though I doubt it will be trouble going up, I just want you safe"
I nod
"I understand sir, and I appreciate what you have done, so far" he smiles
"Welcome Korra, I stocked the mini fridge up,with some things, that hopefully can hold you till dinner"
He walks up the stairs and I take a bite out of the pancakes and my mouth just explodes with so much flavor.
Asami
My Father makes his way up the steps, while I wash the dishes.
"So, are we not going to talk about this?" I ask even more confused and frustrated.
"Sami, please I have to go to work, can this wait till I get back"
"No you have a bender in our basement, a waste of space, and hopeless freak"
"Sami, that's not nice, you don't know her and please I have to get to work"
A part of me want to say no, but he's giving me pleading eyes so I sigh
"Fine, but I want the truth, when you come home" he gives me a hug
"Will do, don't be late for school" he says while grabbing his coat.
"I wont"
I wait until the door close then runs up the stairs to my Father's room and type in the pass code for his chambers and take a seat while starring at the surveillance of the house.
I open the folder that views the basement and see the stranger eating her breakfast, the meal I prepared and some of the syrup falls on to her shirt.
"Shit" she says as she hops up and I find myself smiling at how over dramatic she is about a small washable stain. She stares at her shirt then the next thing I know she's pulling her tank off and I cut off the screen. What am I doing, watching her like some creep?
I log out of my Father's computer, and shut the door behind me. I need to get to school any way.
I make my way downstairs and head out to my car.
As I shut the door and put my keys in the ignition. Then I remember I forgot my backpack in the kitchen. I take my keys out and reopen my house door and head back into the kitchen.
As I put it over my shoulder I hear something. "Hello?" I ask but nothing
I hear walking and I turn around to grab a knife from the sink when I see the plate the stranger had on the drying rack.
She must not be in the basement anymore, I get a little paranoid. I don't know this person, or what she's capable of and the fact she's roaming the house, is not just weird, but scary.
I lose my train of thought when I hear a knock on my door. I look through the peep hole and see that It's Mako and open the door.
"Yes, Mako?" he smiles
"Hey, why aren't you at school?" he asks in his Equalists uniform
"I was just leaving, had to wash the dishes" he nods
"Do you need a lift?" does he not see my car in the parking lot?
"That's nice of you Mako, but you know I have my car" he nods and swings his arms back fourth
"I was wondering if you wanted to go get some ice cream later"
"Today's not a good day, my Father and I are having a talk"
"A talk?" he asks
"Yes, like a talk" as I'm explaining I see the stranger in the corner of my eye.
What is she doing?
She tilts her head back like she's going to sneeze. Please don't let her sneeze and she sneezes. Mako sticks his head in my doorway.
"Is someone here with you?" he asks worried while charging up his electric glove.
"No, my Father is working on a new weapon and it sounds like it's sneezing that's why he wants me to work on it, to stop it from making that sound"
"That sounded too real, to be a weap…" I panic and bring my lips to Mako's and he closes his eye I look over at the stranges with wide eyes and she leaves out of the living room and into the basement I pulls away as he looks at me in shock
"Sorry was that too much?" I ask
He smiles and shakes his head "Nooo, that was just wow"
I nod
"Mmmhhm, I have to get to school" he backs up as I shut the house door.
Ugh thanks to her, Mako thinks I like him, which I don't ! I walk into my school and as I walk to my class. I see Bolin coming out of the office.
"Bolin" I pull him into a hug and he laughs
"How do I look?" he lifts up his crunches
"Hmmm, they makes your arms look stronger" I tease
"And that's not the best part, I have a helper"
"Who?" the office door reopens and Opal comes out.
"Are you ready for your class?" she ask I look down remembering the conversation her Mother and I had yesterday. That I'm sure, her Mother probably told her about.
"Hello Asami" Opal says in a bubbly voice which wasn't what I was expecting, I guess her Mother didn't tell her or Opal is just positive.
"Oh Hi Opal"
"Iroh been looking for you" she says as we walk down the empty halls.
"I don't want to talk to him"
"What happened, when did you start talking to Iroh?" Bolin asks
"It's nothing, we arent a thing"
"That's not how the school sees it" Opal tease
"What do you mean"
"Everyone saw how Iroh came in and defended your honor"
"Ohhh I'm telling Mako" Bolin says
"Tell him, I don't care I'm not scared of any Equalists"
It's lunch time and I'm waiting for Opal and Bolin to come out of the lunch line. What am I doing here, sitting and acting normal when there is a stranger living in our basement. That's not normal!
As I'm thinking about it, I make eye contact with Iroh across the room and I groan internally. As he makes his way over to my table.
I pick up my stuff to leave "Asami please, just hear me out"
"No, Iroh you wouldn't stop"
"I know and I'm sorry, I was just trying to protect you, everyone saw that"
"I don't care about everyone, I care about you!" he smiles
"So you care about me?"
"No, I meant as in your actions were the only thing at fault"
"Trust me, I thought it over and I really feel bad, let me make it up to you"
I see Bolin and Opal make their way to the table and I sigh in relif
"Bolin, Opal, say hi to Iroh he was just leaving" Iroh kisses Opal's hand
"Pleasure seeing you again" she giggles
"Nice, seeing you not in the office" Opal tease
"I was just apologing to Asami about my behavior" he anwers while facing me which I roll my eyes
At
"Glad you were there Man, to help Asami" Bolin says while dapping him up. What is this a family reunion, don't I have a say in all of this?
"No problem, we have to protect our ladies" Iroh says while pointing to Opal making Bolin and her blush.
"Come eat lunch with us" Bolin offers
Iroh smiles and sits down "Don't mind if I do" Great I have two guys I have to worry about.
Korra
I'm doing my sit-ups when the basement door burst open.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE?" I get up and use the hem of my tank to wipe the sweat off my face.
"I wasn't picturing our introduction being like this, but I guess it's alright" I tease
I extend my hand out so she can shake it but instead she looks down at my hand in digust and I bring my hand back to my side.
"You been here for not even one day and you already managed to ruin my life" I laugh at how dramatic she is.
"Maybe you should calm down and take a deep breath"
"No, how dare you tell me what to do in my own home?" I shrug she's right
I start doing my cool down stretches and reach for my toes.
"So are you done with your temper tantrum?" I ask not fazed by her out burst
"I'm not have a tantrum,and I don't like how you can come into my home and act like you own this place"
the way her eyebrows goes up and the way she pouts, is cute.
"Do you think I want to be here?"
"I don't know, I don't even know, who you're!" I stand up
And walk towards her and she slowly starts backing up and her back hits the wall. I'm standing right in font of her and her whole demeanor changes.
"Then ask me instead of rambling about how you don't have the answers get them" I raise my hand and she flinches and shuts her eyes and I laugh she reminds me of those small dogs where they bark loud but are harmless.
I tap her nose with my finger and back off.
"You don't get to do that?" I sit back on the bed as she puts on her game face.
"I don't think you get my point, so let me start, my name is Korra and yours"
"You don't get to know my name" she spits back
"Bad day, I guess"
"I had a bad day thanks to you!"
"How, I didn't do anything?
"Yes you did you were roaming my house, probably looking for something to steal?"
"Why, because I'm a bender?"
"Yes, and you take things"
"Mmmmmkk, I guess you're right I did take your basement" I tease I see a small smile form on her face then it drops
"So you do have a sense of humor"
"Don't talk to me like we're friends"
"You're right, friends know each others name, now me already being a good friend, know your name... Asami"
Her mouth drops "Before you call me a stalker, your Father told me your name" she doesn't say much
Just stands there processing everything. I feel like I'm doing all the work here.
"Was that your boyfriend, you kissed, he's an Equalist he's working for the people trying to kill me?
"NO" she says in disgust
"ooohhh I get it a pretty girl like you, like to play the fields, gotcha but I wouldn't recommend doing that any longer people have feelings, you know"
Asami
Who does she think she is, giving me advice? I don't like Mako nor am I a player like she is refereeing I wouldn't have to kiss Mako if she wasn't in my house in the first place and I don't like her whole demeanor, like she has the upper hand in all of this.
"You don't know me, and by the way I wouldn't have kissed that guy, if you weren't upstairs"
She nods
I was just washing my plate, I usually do chores around the places I stay at, due to my bending I'm pretty quick so, in a way I'm helping you out"
I totally forgot about her bending for a moment. I remember she bended more than one element. I heard about someone like that before In fact only the Ava…
I stare at Korra and she's picking at her teeth
"What?"
"You're the Avatar" she shushes me
"Don't scream it so the world can hear"
"You're the Avatar, people are looking for you" she rolls her eyes
"Yeah to kill me, not the type of popularity I was expecting" I process this information also. if anyone finds out we have the Avatar without turning her in, we could be arrested and that crime is punishable by death.
"You're going to get us killed!" she stands up trying to calm me down.
"NO, I would not let that happen"
"Don't you move, you are putting my family at risk"
"Trust me I understand that, but I'm going to figure out something, I wont stay here forever, I can't have you getting hurt like last time"
"There was a last time,did they die"
"I didn't mean it like that…well I mean yes but..I wont let anything happen to you or your Father" I feel like I can't breath
"Asami are you okay" I think the room is spinning I kneel to the ground and start breathing heavily
Korra rushes to my side and I try to move away from her but this is too much to process. My Father is all I have, without him I dont know what I would do.
She sits across from me "Hey look at me" I look up with my hand on my chest
"Just breath slowly okay" she starts breathing with me
"That's it, good job" I start to feel my body getting more under control as I look at her and repeat the step.
"See you doing this all by yourself"
I finally get my breathing under control and she gives me a smile "Are you okay?"
I nod trying to understand what just happened
She gets up and head to the fridge and takes out a water bottle and twist the top and hands it to me.
"Thank you" she sits back in front of me
"Does that happen often?" she asks me, in away most people don't really talk to me. In a concerned matter, like she genuinely wants to know how I'm feeling.
"No, it hasn't happen since I was a little girl, I guess the events these past few days caught up with me, I'm just weird"
She places her hand on my thigh and I look down at it.
"You aren't weird, if anything I think you handled it quite well, if that was me I would have" she makes a puzzled look
"I don't know, what I would have done actually, maybe I would have went to the Avatar state or most likely bend my soul out of my body... but that would have defeated the purpose of controlling my breathing. Like hey I can't breath, let me just take away my breathing altogether"
I find myself laughing and she smiles
"I'm goofy, so if anything I'm the werid one" she gets up and helps me up
"Thank you" I say embarrassed that she witnessed me go through that whole ordeal.
"No problem, at least you can say at least one bender helped you today"
I roll my eyes "You were the caused of it!" I tease not giving her the satisfaction
"Awww thanks, for saying I take your breath away" my face drops
"Was that joke too soon?" she asks panicing
Now I laugh and she joins me the basement door opens and it's my Father
"Ah you two met finally, Great guess now, is a good time to have our talk everyone please sit"
Don't you just hate, when the person you hate helps you? Guess Asami is feeling that way.