Chapter 1:
"Korra, Bolin. We're gonna be late for science if we don't get going." Mako said, getting impatient with the two.
"Oh, Mako. Ever the responsible one." Bolin replied in a tired voice followed by a yawn. "We have a good seven and a half minutes before class starts."
"Yeah, Mako." Korra agreed, sipping her coffee. "Just chill, or at least wait until I finish my coffee."
Mako groaned in frustration, his sharp eyebrows knitting together. "You two are so lazy."
"Boo-hoo, bro." Bolin retaliated. "If you're so keen on getting to Mr. Sheng's class, why don't you just leave without us?"
"Because whenever I leave you two alone together something bad happens, and worst case scenario: I have to pick you guys up from jail again."
"It wasn't that bad." Korra retorted, feeling slightly offended. "That creepy dude was borderline sexually harassing that girl. Bolin and I couldn't just walk away from that." She defended as she waved her hands around for emphasis, spilling small drops of coffee on the picnic table they were sitting at.
Mako let out a huff, his nerves calming. "Yeah, I guess you're right. So when are you gonna finish your coffee so we can get going?"
"Oh, we can go now. I've been ready for like five minutes now."
Mako's temper flared up once again but decided to let it go, seeing as how him yelling at Korra in public would get him nowhere. "Fine, let's just go."
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Korra sat in the middle row of seats in the packed science classroom, flipping the pages in her textbook as she continued to write notes in her binder. She looked up when the door opened, the loud creak of it catching nearly everyone's attention.
A girl wearing a black Rolling Stones t-shirt and tight jeans – very high class compared to her rustic blue tank-top, gray hoodie, baggy cargo shorts and beat-up sneakers – walked in carrying her backpack on one shoulder. She had long black hair tied back into a low ponytail and wore casual make-up. She was absolutely beautiful; the exact definition of breathtaking.
"I'm sorry I'm late, professor." The girl apologized in a hush tone. "I just transferred here yesterday and I was talking with the director of student life. I have a note." She handed him a blue slip of paper.
Mr. Sheng briefly read over the note before he looked back up at her. "Ah. Welcome, Ms. Sato." He greeted then looked out into the large crowd of students, searching for a free seat. "Um… You can sit over there." He pointed at the end seat in the middle row.
Korra's eyes went wide and she immediately snapped her eyes back to her book, pretending she wasn't staring at the pretty girl the entire time.
The girl sat down next to Korra and smiled at her. "Hey, my name's Asami." She greeted. "I'm new here."
"Uh, hey…" Korra began in a nervous tone. "I'm Korra – I'm… not new here." She said, faltering over her words with a nervous chuckle as she carefully studied her eyes; jade just like the stone but impeccably polished.
Asami giggled at this, noticing the blush on Korra's dark skinned cheeks. "Don't worry. I don't bite." She said with a wink and a suggestive smirk.
For the rest of the class, Korra couldn't focus on her work. Her mind kept wandering back to Asami.
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"She winked at you?" Bolin questioned as he, Mako and Korra walked down the hall after science, mentally examining the situation. "She literally just met you, so if she throws you a flirty gesture she's totally into you."
"I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Bolin." Mako began. "There's no way she would've winked at me or Bolin. She's obviously into girls."
Korra sighed deeply, frowning at the ground as she discreetly brushed her hand over the front of her pants and feeling the slight bulge hidden in her boxers.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Bolin asked, spotting her lack of response.
Korra looked up from the floor and briefly met her friend's gaze. "Oh, it's nothing. Just thinking about the five page paper I have to write for my psychology class." She lied, succeeding in convincing Bolin. However, Mako's parental suspicion kicked in; being the one who had to raise his brother on the streets before they hit it big time in MMA had him grow up faster than needed. But he let it slip for now.
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Korra lay awake in her bed in the town house she shared with Mako and Bolin that night. She was thankful it was Friday. She could sleep in late then go for a walk out in the campus's woods like she does whenever she becomes emotional.
'There's something different about her.' Korra thought to herself as she turned on her side to face the wall. 'She seems willing to be my friend, but I think over time I'd want more than that. And I sense she feels the same way.' She sighed deeply then closed her eyes. 'I guess I'll just have to wait and see.'
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The next day, Korra woke up early and took a quick shower before dressing in a pair of baggy sweatpants, hiking boots and a plain white t-shirt. She cautiously slipped out the door as not to wake up the brothers from their slumber because they had class that day and Korra didn't.
It was five in the morning and the sky was a blissful color of orange and pink, the sun peeking out from behind a fluffy cloud and the birds chirping happily. The autumn leaves were changing several shades of red and yellow as they hovered down and lie on the path of the campus forest in which Korra walked, the crunch of dirt and gravel music to her ears as she went out of her way to step on crunchy looking leaves and pinecones.
It wasn't as cold as she thought it would be, but it was still cold enough to nip at her skin giving her goose-bumps. Although the weather seemed like it required a light sweatshirt, Korra didn't feel the need to wear one because she liked the cold, she liked the way it bit at her nose and cheeks. It made her feel awake and alive.
The path was stretched out to about two and a half to three miles. Every fourth of a mile along the entire path had a section off to either side with decent-sized gazebos built used for outside lessons for certain subjects.
At the two-fourths-mile-mark, Korra decided she'd stop to sit down at the marked gazebo and take a rest. However, when she turned the corner someone was already seated on the bench of the gazebo reading a book. Rather a certain girl she had a crush on.
Asami.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Asami curiously looked up from her book and smiled. "Korra!" She greeted excitedly, sliding over a bit before patting the seat beside her in indication she wants the other girl to sit down next to her. "How's it going? What are you doing up so early?"
"I could ask you the same thing." Korra responded as she reluctantly sat down next to the raven-haired girl.
Asami chuckled, causing Korra to smile. "I'm not usually an early riser, but sometimes I do like to get up at the crack of dawn and go for a walk and catch up on reading." She said with a shrug. "What about you?"
Korra shrugged as well. "I don't have class today, so I figured I'd go for a walk early in the morning when nobody is around to bother me." Korra abruptly looked up from staring at her lap, now fully aware of what she just said. "Not that you're bothering me– I just meant other people… who aren't… bothersome…" She trailed off and let out a huff.
Asami chuckled again, this time causing Korra to look at her in confusion. "What's so funny?" The dark-skinned girl asked with her eyebrows knit together.
"Don't worry, Korra. I'm not offended." Asami assured as Korra let out a relieved sigh. "But…" She began, marking the page in her book then placing it down beside her. "That day in class when I winked at you: I meant for it to be in a… romantic way."
The Pachaug native gazed straight into Asami's green eyes with her surprised blue ones. She was too caught up in those green eyes to feel the owner of those eyes's hand slowly trail up Korra's leg, then up her thigh, and then – Oh shit! Korra mentally shouted before she jumped up from her seat without warning, slightly startling Asami who looked up at her with a bemused expression.
"What's wrong, Korra?" Asami asked as she stood herself, facing the girl. "If you want me to leave me alone, tell me. If not, then we can take this further…"
Korra stood there slack-jawed, the words she wanted to say not coming out of her mouth right away. She swallowed and braced herself before speaking. "I… I want this…" She said without thinking, barely above a whisper.
Asami then placed her hand on Korra's thigh once again and slowly trailed up. A rush of pleasure surged through Korra's body as the black-haired girl's hand continued toward her crotch, her eyes closing to enjoy the erotic sensation. As soon as her hand reached her sex, however, her eyes snapped open and she quickly backed away.
As she panted and sweat dripped down her forehead, Korra felt herself becoming hard. She quickly turned away from a concerned Asami to hide the fact.
"Korra…" Asami began, walking over to her and placing a hand on her tense shoulder. "What's the matter?" She questioned.
"N- nothing. Nothing's wrong, I… I'm fine. I just– I just need to go!" Korra exclaimed before running off down the path and back toward the main campus, leaving behind a puzzled Asami.
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Since it was six in the morning and no one was in the west building's common room, Korra decided to use the bathroom there so nobody would find or hear her while she 'took care of business.'
She felt bad just leaving Asami back at the trail's gazebo without an explanation, but she was afraid the beautiful girl wouldn't like her if she did. So she ran away, because that's the best she could come up with at the moment while under pressure and in heat.
So she was in the women's bathroom, rubbing one out in the stall to Asami's image. She wasn't ashamed of herself that she was masturbating at six in the morning in the girl's bathroom, but in the way that she knew who she was thinking about in the sense that Asami may think she's disgusting and overly passionate about it.
But Korra knows she'll have to explain her random escape to Asami tomorrow. Maybe she can find a way for them to be friends and gain trust before Korra spills her biggest secret to her.
But for now, she'll just have to deal with it.