The companion piece for chapters 15 and 16. Also, if you haven't as yet please check out 'Snapshots' my latest Korrasami story. I'll be posting a lot of ficlets over there.
"Are you okay? We heard you were attacked," Tenzin said as soon Korra and Asami entered the room. Mako and Lin came in after them, both smirking slightly.
"We're fine," Korra huffed leaning against the wall, "Would be better though if we hadn't spent the past few hours downtown,"
"Sorry kid, protocol is protocol,"
"So what happened?" Kai asked.
"Some guys tried to rob me," Asami said.
"What else happened?" Bolin asked, his lips twitched upwards.
"Nothing,"
"I was doing work,"
"At that time in the morning?"
"Yes," They both replied.
The others snickered.
"If you say so," Jinora said, trying not to smile.
"You made the front page by the way," Opal held up the papers for them to see. On the cover was a picture of the warehouse and you could see Asami, Korra, Lin and Mako standing in a little circle.
"That's nice," Korra said, "I'm going to sleep. I didn't get any rest last night because of those thieves,"
"I really don't think it's fair to put all the blame on them," Bolin smirked, nudging Opal.
Korra paused and opened her mouth to say something but decided better of it and left the room without another word.
After she left Pema said, "Asami, why don't you get some sleep as well?"
"I would, I don't want to give you any more ammo to tease us with,"
"Don't worry," Mako smirked, "We'll be teasing you about this for many months to come regardless,"
Asami sighed and left the room ignoring the laughter that started in her absence. She walked into Korra's room figuring they couldn't do any more damage at this point. Korra was sitting the edge of her bed, taking off her boots.
"Hey," She said when she saw Asami in the doorway.
Without a word Asami climbed into the bed. Korra gave a small smile knowing Asami was probably more tried that she was. She'd still gotten a few hours of sleep, but Asami had been up the entire night working, and she'd been working all through the day yesterday as well. She took off Asami's shoes for her and closed the window shutting out the morning light before curling up next to Asami on the bed, draping one hand loosely over her waist. Asami placed one hand over Korra's weaving their fingers together.
It wasn't long before their breathing slowed and they entered a peaceful sleep.
The following evening Korra was helping Pema in the kitchen with dinner when an excited Bolin burst in.
"Ha ha! There she is!" He ran towards her, hugging her tightly and kissed her on the cheek, "I love you!" He giggled gleefully doing a little hop in the air. "Where's Asami?"
"Uh…She's still in the city," Korra said bemused.
"Oh, I'll get her later." He laughed again and ran off calling for Kai. Opal came into the room carrying a magazine.
"Do you know what that was about?" Pema asked.
"See for yourself," She passed the magazine to them.
"Asami Sato and Avatar Korra more than friends?" Pema said.
"It's about time," Korra snorted, "Hey, this is flame-o that means…"
"Here's your share of the winnings," Opal handed her some yuans.
"Thank you very much," She tucked the money into her pocket.
"When mom comes back let me know, she has money to collect too,"
"Did she win for time or the magazine?"
"Both," Opal chuckled, "She's the only who did,"
"Why am I not surprised?"
Half an hour later Asami found her.
"Do you know why Bolin just kissed me?"
"He won the bet," She held to the magazine for her.
"Finally," Asami smiled, "Figures it would take rumors that we're sleeping together for them suspect something's up,"
Korra laughed.
At dinner Kai was staring at them so Korra finally asked, "What is it?"
"You couldn't have slept together last month,"
"Kai, there are children present," Tenzin said.
"How do you know we didn't sleep together last month?" Asami replied smoothly. Everyone stopped eating to stare at her, even Korra.
Kai opened and closed his mouth, but no sounds came out.
"Wait…did you?" Bolin asked.
"You'll never know," Asami smirked. Kai stared at them for a few seconds then continued his meal quietly, a contemplative look on his face. Jinora and Opal were stiffing their laughter. Most of the others looked like they couldn't decided between amusement or shock.
"You're mean," Korra whispered in her ear.
"If we're going to be sleeping together I should get some enjoyment out of it," Asami whispered back, smirking. Korra snorted with laughter.
Nardragon~ until the next page.