Asami woke up alone the next morning. She sat up quickly, remembering last night's events. A warm feeling spread throughout her body and she smiled broadly. The door opened and she jumped, but it was Korra. She was also smiling.
"Morning sleeping beauty. I wanted to be there when you woke up, but I had to go to the bathroom. How are you this fine morning?" Korra asked, walked over to her and hugging her. Asami hugged her back contentedly.
"Amazing. This has been the best morning of my life so far." Asami whispered back to her. Asami broke the hug by checking the time. 7:38 AM. "We have to go! School starts in 22 minutes!"
"Yeah, we probably should go. I don't have anything to get ready with, so it's up to you sleeping beauty." Korra told her while she put her shoes on. Asami blushed scarlet, but ran to the bathroom anyway. She pulled the drawer open and grabbed an extra toothbrush. She ran it under the sink, squeezed toothpaste onto it, then ran back to Korra. She handed it to her while still brushing her teeth.
"If you want me to kiss you today, you need to brush your teeth. It's an extra one." Asami told her gruffly. Korra took the toothbrush and smiled at her, then walked with her to the bathroom. Asami grabbed her hand and squeezed it tightly. When they finished getting ready to go, they jumped into Asami's car and drove to school. As usual, it was crowded. They circled for a good five minutes around the parking lot before finally finding a spot. They hopped out of the car and ran to school together.
"We have Tenzin's class next, right?" Korra asked while running.
"You need to memorize your schedule! For the thousandth time! Yes, we have Tenzin's class first on Mondays!" Asami answered briskly, faking anger.
"They're the ones who keep changing it!" Korra retorted, smiling. She grabbed Asami's hand and squeezed it lightly. They screeched to a halt in front of Tenzin's door. Asami took a deep breath, then opened it.
"Oh, just on time girls. Take your seats." Tenzin said, gesturing for them to sit down. They walked to their seats at the back of the classroom and sat down. Once they were seated, Korra grabbed Asami's hand again.
By the time lunch started, both Asami and Korra were exhausted from getting so little sleep last night. They sat at their friend group's table slumped against each other.
"What gives guys, why you so tired? And Korra, why is your face bandaged? You have a crazy nasty bruise." Bolin asked, raising an eyebrow at them.
"Well, it's kind of a long story." Asami said shortly.
"We all of lunch." Opal said, smiling at them. She was holding Bolin's hand and leaning against his shoulder.
"Okay, well I finished my homework early so I started practicing my vio–" Asami started, but got interrupted by Bolin.
"Okay, you have to play for us again, the last time I heard you play was forever ago and I still haven't forgotten how amazing it was." Bolin said.
"Bolin, shush! Asami was just telling us what happened last night! Don't interrupt people." Opal interjected, apologizing to Asami.
"Anyway, I was practicing until super late last night when Korra texted me. She needed me to come pick her up. She had an. . . argument. . . with her family and they kicked her out. She needed a place to stay. So I drove out there and picked her up. We got back to my place around 1 AM. I patched her up using my father's giant first aid kit and then we. . . went to bed." Asami finished lamely.
"Whoa, Korra. Did your parents do that to you?!" Bolin asked. Opal smacked his head.
"Jesus! Don't you have any tact! I'm sorry Korra, you don't have to respond to his question if you don't want to." Opal apologized on Bolin's behalf again. "Just know you can come to us whenever you feel you need to." She added.
"Nah, it's fine. It doesn't matter, I'm used to it." Korra said quietly. Mako, Opal, and Bolin sat in shock all of them thinking the same thought. Used to it? "But that doesn't matter. What does matter is that Asami and I are officially together now!" Korra lifted Asami's hand which was wrapped in her own, blushing. Asami smiled happily and watched their friend's faces change form. Bolin and Mako's jaws dropped, while Opal smiled.
"Finally! That took forever! There was so much sexual tension between you two it made me want to cry!" Opal exclaimed, pumping her fists. "Oh you two stop acting so surprised, it's pathetic." She added, looking at Mako and Bolin.
Asami smiled at Korra and kissed her softly and briefly. Korra smiled back, blushing a little. Opal squealed her obvious joy at the two of them getting together. "Asami is amazing, I am still amazed that she felt the same way about me as I felt about her." Korra said, grinning and rubbing the back of her head. Then she winced and her hand fell to her lap.
"Are you okay Korra? Don't push your body, you'll hurt yourself." Asami said, rubbing Korra's back lightly.
"I'm fine Asami." Korra said before leaning her head on Asami's shoulder and kissing her neck. "I must have wrenched it when he grabbed me." She added in a whisper quiet enough so that only Asami could hear. Asami's eyes widened in shock, though she didn't know why she was shocked after seeing and hearing what happened last night.
The boys both got up, saying they had math tutoring they needed to get to. They walked away talking to each other quietly, probably about Asami and Korra.
"How are you feeling Korra?" Opal asked quietly. "Now that the boys are gone, I thought I would ask."
"I'm fine, as I said before, I'm used to this. Besides, it's only them beating me up." Korra said. She shrugged it off.
"Not to worry, she's going to live with me now. You need to get out of that abusive house Korra." Asami said, angrily.
"Oh! I have an idea! How about you guys live on the student campuses like Bolin and I? It's really nice! And you don't have to drive anywhere, you can just walk to school." Opal said, smiling. "Then we can all have slumber parties!" she added, rubbing her hands together gleefully.
"Hey, that's a good idea! My house is too huge, I hate how big and empty it is. It would be different if there were people living in it, but it's only the three of us. I want to live somewhere that's small and cozy. And you can get away from your parents without them saying I kidnapped you!" Asami said, excited.
"Yeah, that is a good idea! I don't want to go back, and this a way that wouldn't seem suspicious!" Korra said, also excited. She squeezed Asami's hand under the table and Asami squeezed back. "Shoot, we have five minutes to get to class. My teacher is super strict about tardiness, bye Asami can't wait to see you after school!" Korra kissed Asami roughly before running to get to her class. Asami's hand floated up to her face and she gently pressed her fingertips against her lips. Then she shook her head and started running to get to Orchestra class.
After school, Asami ran to her car only to find Korra waiting for her. They hugged and Asami kissed Korra's neck right under her ear. Korra shivered and let go.
"You ready to go see if we can get a room?" Korra asked.
"Yes! But if they see us holding hands, they'll separate us so we have to pretend to not be a couple." Asami told Korra before leading the way to the office. When they got there, they pushed the door open and went to the front desk. An older lady sat there, probably in her mid-forties, with greying hair and crow's-feet at the corners of her eyes. She smiled at us as we walked in.
"How can I help you two young ladies today?" She asked.
"We would like to know if there are any open rooms on the student campus. There's a. . . situation at home, so we need a place to stay. It'll be easier for us to get to school this way." Korra told her.
"Hold on, let me check." The lady said as she typed away on her computer. "We do have openings, but you two would have to be room-mates. Is that okay?"
"That's fine, we are best friends." Asami said, smiling.
"Okay then, can you give me the number of who'll pay the bill?"
"That would be me. I'll pay it. Here's my email and phone number." Asami gave the lady her contact info.
"Alright, let me write up a letter for you. It'll only take a second, when I'm done, go to the student campuses and go to the building I write down. There'll be a man at the front desk. If you give him the letter, he'll give you the keys to your rooms."
"Sweet, thanks a lot for this." Korra said, grinning from ear to ear. She grabbed Asami's fingers and wrapped them in her own. "Jesus, I just brushed my fingers against yours and they are cold!" Korra rubbed Asami's fingers in hers to warm them up.
"My fingers aren't cold, they're at a normal temperature. Yours are just hot!" Asami retorted. She smiled and pulled her fingers out of Korra's grasp, faking anger.
"Okay I'm done. Have a good day girls!" The lady said, handing over the letter.
"Thanks!" Asami said, smiling. Asami and Korra ran out together. As soon as nobody from the office could see them, Asami grabbed Korra and pulled her into an alley between two student condos. She kissed her forcefully at first, then softened the kiss up before breaking away. "I'm sorry, I just couldn't stand pretending we aren't a couple. It was so awful. I wanted to hold your hand the entire time, but that would have given us away." She leaned down and dug her face into Korra's shoulder. "How are we going to do this? There are so many people who are homophobic out there. How can we protect our relationship from hatred?"
"Well, the first thing to do is remember that there are also a lot of people out there who love us. And who cares what people we don't know think of us? They don't matter. You and I do matter. Our friend group matters. And they already let us know that they support us all the way." Korra said, stroking Asami's hair.
"You're right, what was I thinking? Okay, let's go." Asami said, cheering up. She grabbed Korra's hand and lead her to their condo, at building 2-B. When they got there, they let go of each other's hands and opened the door together. "Hello, sir, we need the keys to room 5."
"Letter?" The man asked, raising his eyebrow at them.
"Yes, here's our letter." Korra said, handing it over to him. The man read it, nodded, and handed over two sets of room keys.
"Thank you." Korra said. They raced to their rooms and wrestled the key into the lock. "Got it, you ready?"
"Yep." Asami said, and they opened the door together. It opened into a small hallway. On their left was a small living room, with a couch's back facing them. Next to the couch was an armchair. On their right was a half wall with a counter on it. Behind the half wall was a circular dining room table with four chairs spaced out evenly around it. Next to the dining room was the kitchen, another half wall separating it from the living room. They walked down the hallway and on their left was a white door. Asami opened the door and there was their bedroom. Two beds on opposite sides of the room, and two desks next to each other. Asami grabbed Korra's hand and led her to the bed on the right, the one closest. She sat and pulled Korra onto her lap. Asami kissed Korra softly, her hand snaking to the back of Korra's neck and holding her there. She leaned back to that Korra fell on top of her onto the bed. They stayed like that for a time, just kissing. Korra broke away first, blushing. She wrapped her arms around Asami and leaned her face against her breasts. Asami stroked Korra's hair and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I want to cuddle, nothing else." Korra answered, her voice muffled.
"That's do able." Asami answered, smiling.
"But we need to get our things." Korra sighed.
"We don't have to go to your house if you don't want to." Asami answered.
"No, we need to get my things. Can you come with me?" Korra asked, lifting her head and looking Asami in the eyes.
"Of course I'll go with you. You are my girlfriend after all." Asami said. "And I would go even if you weren't my girlfriend."
"Thanks Asami, you're the best." Korra answered, smiling. Asami leaned down and kissed her again, a quick peck. "Let's go to your place first and get it over with." Asami suggested and Korra nodded, taking a deep breath. They got up and walked out, locking the door behind them. When they got to Asami's car, they kissed once more and separated to get in. And before either of them knew it, they were stopped in front of Korra's house. Asami took a deep breath and got out of the car. Korra followed her to the door and pulled out her keys, unlocking the door quickly with the ease of long practice. They walked in and went straight to Korra's bedroom. Asami was holding bags and she handed some to Korra, who was pulling clothes out of her drawers and throwing them onto the bed. Asami grabbed the remaining bags and packed the clothes on her bed into them. They were rushing, and soon enough they were done with clothes. Korra was now wandering the room, grabbing random things and her school supplies, pulling drawers open to see if there was anything else she needed. "Okay, I have everything." She said right when her father stepped into the room.
"What is going on here?" He said loudly. Korra turned bright red and stammered over her worlds.
"Oh, dad, hi. Ummm. . ." She finished lamely.
"What are you doing?" He asked. Korra froze, body stiff and jaw stepped in then, "Korra is moving out. She will be in the student dorms with me. We're roommates." She said, staring him down. He glared at her for a second before he started yelling at Korra so loudly and incomprehensibly that Asami couldn't understand what he was saying. She watched in horror as spittle flew out of his mouth and Korra grew white, flinching away from him. She stepped forward.
"Look, you're always kicking her out anyway, this way she'll be out of your hair and you won't have to deal with her." She was about to finish when he spun and slammed the heel of his hand into her jaw. She flew back and slammed into the wall behind her. She slumped to the ground, ears ringing and vision going black. She could barely hear Korra and her father screaming at each other, and suddenly, soft, small, warm hands lifted her up. They cradled her head and her face got turned to see Korra look at her briefly before turning and yelling at her father again. She got lifted up and then the world went black.