Asami came to about thirty minutes later. She spat blood out of her mouth onto the side of the road.
"Are you okay?" Korra asked softly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?" Asami asked, raising an eyebrow at Korra. Her head throbbed and she spat yet more blood onto the side of the road. Her tongue throbbed and she realized that she had bit it when she hit the wall. Only when she looked at Korra again did she notice the puffy, red eyes and the tear streaks that ran down her face.
"Well you said something and he turned and hit you hard enough to send you to the other wall. He got you right on the jaw. That's why you passed out. It was so scary. You must have bit your cheek or tongue or something, because blood coated the lower part of your face. I cleaned it up a little, but you still have some blood on your face." Korra said, voice breaking when she said scary.
"Well, I'm fine now. My head is killing me. Let's go to my place and get some painkillers. I could really use them right now." Asami said, running her fingers through her hair.
"Okay then, luckily I drove in the direction of your house. It'll only take a few minutes to get there from here." Korra said, grinning.
"Alrighty then, let's roll." Asami replied. She was lying, everything hurt, but she didn't want Korra to worry about her more than she had to. She held her head in her hands, watching the sun begin to set. When they pulled into her driveway, the sun was almost halfway set. She opened her door and the world swayed, yawing away from her. She staggered forward, spinning, leaning down and gagging. But Korra was there, supporting her all the way to her bedroom. She sat on her bed, waiting for Korra, who was getting medicine.
Korra came back carrying the first aid kit and a glass of water. "Here, take some medicine. I'm gonna clean your face up okay?" Asami nodded in answer and took the medicine while Korra pulled the things she would need out of the kit. Then Korra turned and started dabbing a wet cotton ball across her bloody face. Asami winced and Korra pulled back. "Are you okay? I can stop if you want me to." Asami shook her head, and pointed to the knot growing on her jaw.
"It jst hrts." She said, words slurring together. Korra winced in sympathy and returned to cleaning her face. When she was done, she covered her face with her hands and started crying.
"I was so scared, I thought he was going to kill you!" Korra said between sobs. Asami hugged her, squeezing her tightly.
"Wll, I'm obvosly nt ded yet, rght?" Asami asked.
"No, you aren't dead, but you are really hurt. We should go to a hospital and get you checked out. I don't like how dizzy you are." Korra said. She picked Asami up in her arms and led her down to the car. "What do you need? Can you give me a list?" Asami nodded and wrote down a list of things she definitely needed. Chief among them were her violin and her some clothes. Korra came back running, carrying multiple bags in one hand and the violin case and stand in the other. She threw them in the backseat and started driving to the hospital.
Asami grabbed Korra's hand and let Korra sling her arm over her shoulders. Korra led her to the emergency room and they staggered in together. A woman walked over to them and asked what was wrong. Korra quickly told her. "She got hit in the jaw, and then she slammed into the wall behind her and now she's dizzy, can't walk by herself without falling, and she can't talk properly." The lady grabbed Asami's free hand and led them to an empty bed.
"Well, you two are lucky, the ER is practically empty today. Alright, can you tell me what happened? Who beat her up? And who beat you up?" The lady said, still smiling a little bit. Korra went silent for a moment. She looked at the ground and a tear fell to hit the floor.
"My dad. He hit her after she told him that I was moving out and living in the student dorms." Korra said while lying Asami down on the bed and sitting down next to her, holding her hand. She rubbed small circles on the back of her hand.
"Okay, well I have to report all child abuse cases I get to the government. They have a special branch that deals with cases like yours. Can I get your names?" The nurse told them.
"My name is Korra, and this is Asami Sato. My father's name is Tonraq." Korra told her, and the nurse wrote down the names on her clipboard.
"Okay, stay here, I'm going to get the doctor." The nurse said, still smiling slightly forcefully. Korra nodded and stroked Asami's face along her jawline.
"I'm so sorry, I should have gone alone, you being there just aggravated him." Korra said. Asami shook her head in response, glaring at Korra. "Yeah, I guess you would have just followed me in. I'm sorry for making you angry." The doctor walked in then. She was a tall woman, about the same height as Asami.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting. The first thing I'm going to do is heal your jaw, okay?" Asami nodded and the lady water bended a long strand of water out of a sack tied to her belt. She positioned it on Asami's hurt jaw and the water turned light blue, and glowed slightly. Soon enough her jaw was healed, and the doctor was heading her tongue and her head. Apparently her brain had shook from the impact of hitting the wall and she got sick from that.
"Come back in one week, okay? You should definitely be better by then, but it's good to know. I'll send the bill to your account Ms. Sato." The lady doctor told her, smiling, but not forcefully like the nurse. Asami sat up and Korra grabbed her shoulders, helping her up. She swung her legs off the bed and hopped down.
"Korra, I'm fine, all better now. It's okay." Asami told her, and Korra buried her face in the crook of Asami's shoulder. Asami stroked her hair, trying to calm her down.
"Korra? Do you want me to heal your face? That's a pretty nasty bruise." The doctor asked. "I never told you my name, I'm sorry. It's Miza Ahren. But you two can can me Miza."
"Yeah, I would like that, thank you." Korra said, turning and sitting next to Asami.
"Are you two a couple?" She asked while healing the bruise and the cut on Korra's face.
"Yeah, that's why her dad was so mad. He doesn't approve of homosexuals. And he really didn't like that his daughter is gay. He found out yesterday, that's why she's so beat up. He kicked her out and I picked her up and brought her to my place. She's gonna live at the student dorms now." Asami answered, holding Korra's hand. "We went back to pick up her things, and he walked in on us packing everything into bags. He started yelling at us, and I stepped forward to explain. He spun and hit me in the jaw with the heel of his hand. I flew backward and slammed into the wall. Then I passed out."
"I'm sorry you two had to go through that. I'm also gay and I have a beautiful girlfriend at home. I was lucky, my parents don't care I am gay. My girlfriend's parents disowned her." Miza told them sadly.
"I'm sorry." Asami said. "I never got to tell my dad. He died last year, before I knew Korra."
"Okay Korra, all done!" Miza said. Asami looked at Korra. Her face wasn't bruised anymore, and she could tell that Miza had fixed her arm too, 'cause Korra was moving it around freely. Asami hugged her tightly.
"Thank you Miza." Asami said.
"No problem. And you know what? You two don't need to pay, I didn't need to use any equipment or bandage anyone, so it's all fine. Have a great night!" Miza said, waving them goodbye. Korra helped Asami up and they walked back to her car.
"How are you feeling Asami?" Korra asked.
"Just tired, I can drive." Asami answered, smiling at Korra.
"Only if you are sure." Korra said, holding onto Asami's chin.
"I am, here let me go drive. You know how much I love driving." Asami retorted, grinning. She sat in the driver's seat while Korra hopped down into the passenger's seat. They drove in silence until they got to their dorm.
"I'm sorry. I know I keep saying that, but I just need you to know that I really am so sorry." Korra said, eyes on the ground.
"Well, I suppose a way you could show me how much you are sorry is by taking me out on a date on Saturday?" Asami asked, looking at the sky, finger on her chin.
"YES! Let's go on a date!" Korra said, rushing over to Asami and hugging her. She broke the hug after a second and started grabbing bags. Asami grabbed her violin case and clothing, and they ran to their dorm together, laughing and excited for their first date.
They rushed inside, each going straight to the bedroom. Asami pulled her violin out of it's case and set the stand up. She started playing her warm ups while Korra pulled out clothes and shoved them in their new dressers. After a few notes, Korra stopped, turning to listen. She came closer, sitting down on the floor in front of her. Asami smiled at her, but kept on playing as Korra stared at her, open-mouthed. And soon enough, Asami had finished her warm-up song. She set the violin on her lap.
"I knew you played violin, but I had no idea you played so well! That was amazing! I loved how the song started out slow, but sped up gradually until it was so fast I could barely see your fingers moving on the strings! That was so amazing! You should play in an orchestra!" Korra said, ecstatic.
"Well, I have thought of being a violinist, but I love engineering too much. I will become an engineer when I leave university, and I will make Future Industries even bigger that it is now." Asami said confidently.
"Haha, and I still have no idea what I want to do when I'm an adult." Korra said sheepishly. Asami set the violin aside and sat on the floor across Korra.
"And that's perfectly alright. You have so many talents, it must be hard to choose just one thing to do as an adult." Asami assured her. She leaned forward and hugged Korra.
"Yeah. I love pro-bending but I also want to be a police officer. I want to do thing I love, but I also want to help kids who have gone or are going through what I went through." Korra said into Asami's shoulder.
"Well, luckily, you have two years to decide what you want to do. Let's go to bed, it's already 11:00." Asami said, pulling Korra up and leading her to the bed they had kissed on earlier today. Korra grinned, getting up and following her lead. They laid down on the bed together and Korra kissed Asami softly. Asami grabbed Korra's hair and kissed her back, harder. She swung her leg over Korra's waist, straddling her. She leaned down and kissed a shellshocked Korra on the lips. Then she started kissing her neck. Korra seemed to come back to life then, she grabbed Asami's head and pulled it back to her, kissing her roughly and passionately. Asami's eyes opened in shock, and kissed her back.
"Let's wait for a while. I want this to be special." Korra whispered to Asami. Asami paused and smiled.
"Sure, we can wait." Asami said, rolling off Korra and lying down next to her. She hugged Korra and pulled her in close to her.