Jinora's spirit landed in a vast field of flowers. Her rodent-like spirit companion chirped at her side. "Okay little friend, help me find the Avatar."

It squeaked and trilled at Jinora. "What do you mean you already have, I don't see her or sense her?" Suddenly Jinora was being lifted off the ground. She lost her balance and fell back on a soft pillow-like surface. She looked around as it shot her up into the air.

"A flower?"

Around her more and more flowers sprang up from the ground getting bigger and taller.

"There's so much energy in this field. You were right, it must be Korra."

Once her flower had finished growing, Jinora felt it was safe enough to stand again. She used her new height to scan the field for any signs of Korra or Asami. "I still can't see either of them."

The spirit out a high-pitch sigh and starting flying away from Jinora. "Hey! Oh, now you'll show me where they are?"

Jinora ran after the little spirit, hopping from flower to flower. For several yards Jinora dashed over the flowers until the spirit came to an abrupt halt. Catching her off-guard, Jinora almost fell between flowers. She clung tightly to the flower she barely managed to land on. It swayed back and forth from the inertia. When Jinora's heart stopped beating so loudly in her ear, she heard two familiar voices.

"So where do you think we should go next?"

Jinora scooted until she could see Korra and Asami sitting on a grassy knoll beneath the towering flowers.

"Well this map that spirit gave us has been in no way accurate. I think at this point we might as well just pick a direction and see where it takes us," Asami said, turning the map over trying to determine which side was up.

"The Spirit World is kind of like that, nothing is predictable," Korra said with a shrug.

"It's a nice place to visit, but I could never live here."

"I'm sorry if you're not having a good time…"

Asami reached over and put a hand on Korra's thigh. "Oh Korra, I am. Being here with you is what matters. We really could have gone anywhere and I would be happy. I just need to turn off the engineer-mode switch in my brain."

Korra's face turned red and she looked down to avoid Asami's intense gaze. The flower Jinora was spying from started to rise.

Jinora clung tightly as the flower went higher towards the sky. After a few feet it stopped. The airbender was about ready to announce her presence and get off the unpredictable flower when she saw Korra put a shaky hand over Asami's on her knee.

The rodent-spirit companion trilled excitedly and began to fly down to the girls. Jinora was able to grab its tail just in time.

"Wait, I think we might be interrupting something," she said scolding the spirit. It let out a little whine as its ears drooped.

"Asami, I have something I want to tell you."

Asami tilted her head to meet Korra's eyes. "Yes Korra?" she said, squeezing Korra's knee for support.

"Well you see, I uh… like you, in more than a friend way. I know it's really weird, because we're both girls. I don't know if it's maybe because of my past lives since I've been a man before and my lines are crossed. But I-" Korra looked up and saw Asami starting to giggle, causing the Avatar to stop her rambling.

"Oh no, it's so ridiculous you're laughing! Oh monkey feathers, I knew it was crazy!" Korra said, pulling her hand away from Asami's to cover her face. The engineer tried to grab Korra's hand back but it was too fast.

Asami adjusted her position so she was sitting face to face with Korra. She placed a hand on each of the Avatar's knees. "Oh Korra, no it's not ridiculous! It's actually one of the more human things about you."

Korra moved her hands down enough so she could look at her companion. "Huh?"

"I like you too."

"You like me too?" Korra asked, grasping Asami's hands with her own. "I was so worried, but you feel that way too?"

Asami giggled. "Oh Korra, I have for a long time." Asami raised their joined hands and kissed the back of Korra's.

The Avatar's face went red and flowers started shooting higher out of the ground. This time the growth caught the two girls' attention.

"Have you noticed the plants have been acting strangely? Are you what's making these flowers grow so rapidly?"

Korra looked up at the towering flowers. "If they are reacting to me, then technically you're the cause. The Spirit World is really sensitive to changes in emotions, especially mine…"

Asami started to lean in closer, placing a hand on Korra's cheek. "Really, then I wonder what would happen if I did this?"

Korra's eyes widened and then shut as she saw Asami's face grow near. Asami followed suit and closed her eyes. Their lips met for the briefest of seconds when Jinora came toppling down onto them.

The three girls groaned as they tried to separate the tangle of limbs.

"Jinora!" Korra shouted once she got a chance to lift her face from the grass.

The young airbender scooted away from the two, backing up against a giant flower stalk. "I am so sorry! The flowers went crazy and I was just coming around here to check on you and-"

"How long have you been here?" Korra asked as she pulled herself from the ground.

Jinora also rose from her spot, brushing the grass from her wingsuit. "I was going to announce myself but then it seemed like you two were having a moment so I was just going to go home and tell Dad you were fine. But then I was shot into the air by this flower and I'm really sorry…" She finished with a slight bow.

Korra grabbed her head in frustration and took a few dramatic steps away from Jinora. "Uuugh I told Kya to tell Tenzin to not come looking for us!"

"Well my Aunt Kya was drunk, and my father isn't very patient! Besides, everyone found it a bit curious you two felt it was necessary to leave for the Spirit World in the middle of a wedding party with little explanation."

"Korra, it's okay. We did leave pretty abruptly. Everyone is just a little worried, right?" Asami said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

The Avatar crossed her arms and pouted.

"Well you can go back now and tell everyone we're fine. We'll come home in a couple of days."

Jinora nodded. "Got it, we'll see you in a couple of days."

"Bye Jinora," Korra said, waving for emphasis, but the younger girl didn't move.

"It's just everyone really wants to know why you left. They know you're okay out here."

Korra turned her back to Jinora, crossing her arms again. "Well it's none of their business."

"I can't go back and tell them I saw you but I didn't asked why you left!" Jinora pleaded. Korra scowled at her, unmoved.

"I came to spend time alone with Korra and tell her how I felt about her. You can tell them that." Asami said, stepping forward.

Korra's mouth dropped. "You want to tell them, just like that?"

Asami's only answer was a shrug. Korra furrowed her brow. "Also, if you came to tell me how you felt, why'd you wait for me to do it?"

Jinora looked back and forth between the two as they spoke.

"Well," Asami said, flipping her hair. "I was going to bring it up, but then you kept on bumbling and stumbling every time I got remotely close to you."

Jinora giggled. "Aww Korra you're bashful!"

The Avatar directed her death glare back to Jinora.

Asami smiled at the young airbender and winked. "I thought it was cute and wanted to torture you for a couple days. See if you'd end up saying anything. And it worked."

"You tease!" Korra said, dumbfounded.

"I know. So, why did you come on this little vacation with me?" Asami asked, batting her eyes.

Korra looked between the two other girls and then to the ground.

"When you mentioned needing a vacation I thought... after always being there for me… writing to me… and all that you've been through. I wanted to do something for you... And let you know I'm here for you too, if you ever need to talk or anything."

Korra looked up to meet Asami's glistening eyes.

Jinora started to get the feeling she should make herself scarce.

"Alright Korra and Asami I think it I'll let you get back to your vacation. I'll figure out what to tell everyone and you two tell them the whole story when you get back."

Asami and Korra jumped, having forgotten the teen was their audience. They waved her goodbye. Once Jinora was out of sight Korra buried her face in her hands.

"Ugh how embarrassing, this must be what having younger siblings is like."

Asami pulled Korra's hands away from her face and back into her own. "Of all the people to catch us, I think we got lucky it was only Jinora."

"You're right. Tenzin himself could have come after us."

"So…" Asami started, rubbing her thumb over Korra's knuckles.

The Avatar smiled as she leaned forward and pressed her lips against Asami's. The kiss took their minds off the earlier discomfort. When they separated they both let out a relieved sigh.

"I've wanted to do that for so long," Asami confessed, leaning in to steal a quick kiss.

"My love I've waited so long…" echoed in Korra's mind and her face went red. It was Asami's voice, soft and husky in her ears. But she couldn't place the time, the place when she heard that.

Asami cocked her head at the blushing Korra and smiled. "C'mon, let's pick a direction and see where it takes us."

It was the first day of Baatar Jr.'s trial. Only he and Kuvira were left. The United Republic and Prince Wu's council had decided to try Kuvira's army in ascending order of rank. All soldiers were given a minimum sentence of five years. Higher ranking supporters and officials were tried individually.

Suyin put on a brave face to mask the dread she felt. She and Baatar Sr. were the first to the courthouse and took the bench directly behind where Baatar Jr. would sit. They waited in silence for everyone else to arrive. Their children had gone out for breakfast this morning. Suyin opted out, too nervous to eat. Baatar Sr. stayed with her, claiming he didn't want her to be alone, but she knew he was just as nervous about their son.

The matriarch accepted that Jr. serving time was unavoidable. He was a willing participant and the creative genius behind Kuvira's weapon of mass destruction. Had Korra not exploited Jr.'s weakness and Kuvira's unflinching dedication to her cause, they may have been in a very different situation today.

Suyin clung to the hope that his last-minute help in stopping Kuvira would count for something to the jury. She was unsure if his life was on the line, like Kuvira's was.

All jury members were shipped in from the Fire Nation and the two Water Tribes. It was obvious that there would be no unbiased jurors from the Earth Kingdom or the United Republic.

Soon a crowd of familiar faces entered the courtroom. The rest of their children and Bolin headed towards them, followed by Tenzin, Jinora and many adult members of the Air Nation. Lin, Mako and Prince Wu pulled up the rear.

Opal sat next to Suyin and gave her mother's hand a squeeze. Bolin gave her an awkward smile, clearly unsure of the best way to greet her in this situation. The matriarch nodded at the young man and he relaxed into his seat, taking Opals free hand.

It wasn't long before the courtroom seating for the public was filled. The jury started entering the room from the front, escorted by Republic City police officers. This meant the trial would begin shortly. Suyin turned around to scan the audience for the one face she hadn't seen yet, but the Avatar was nowhere in sight.

Suyin furrowed her brow. She considered the young woman a friend and expected her here today, if not to support the family, then at least as a public figure. Suyin leaned over to her daughter.

"Where is Korra?"

"Jinora said they'll probably be back tomorrow," Opal said as she watched the jury member's faces.

"What? Where did she go?"

Opal turned to her mother, her face flushed slightly. "Oh, I forgot to tell you. Korra and Asami went to the Spirit World a few weeks ago."

"Whatever for?" Suyin pressed.

"A vacation."

"A vacation?" the matriarch repeated. "Just the two of them? Are they...?"

Opal put her hands up defensively. "I don't know."

"Okay," Suyin said, turning back to face the front of the room.

It wasn't long before Baatar Jr. was walked into the courtroom. The first time Suyin had seen him since the battle for Republic City had ended. With a police officer at each side, he shuffled into the courtroom with his head hanging low. It was clear that in just the few weeks in jail her once strapping son had grown weaker.

Baatar Jr. dared one look behind him as he was being seated. Suyin's and his eyes met for the briefest of moments before the officer on his left pulled at his arm to get him to face forward again. Suyin's heart broke all over again. She felt her husband take her left hand, and Opal squeeze her right. With her family at her side, she would survive this trial.

Korra let out a long content sigh as she leaned back into the cushy grass. They had finished cleaning up from dinner and were now enjoying the view of the Spirit World night sky.

There were more 'stars' than in the sky back in the south. They also moved at a rate that the eye could see. The twinkling lights flowed across the blackness like a lazy river. It was mesmerizing.

Asami sat next to Korra and then eased her head down into the grass as well. The two lay side by side in comfortable silence. The Spirit World hummed with the night songs of the spirits.

Korra had never felt such peace. She had truly left all her worries back at the portal, and was allowing herself to enjoy her time away. Especially now that she knew Asami felt the same. The Avatar turned her head to look at her companion. 'She feels it too.'

Asami noticed Korra's movements and rolled over on her side to face her too. Asami reached out to take a hold of the Avatar's arm and snaked her own arm around it. She then scooted closer so she could rest her head on Korra's shoulder. Something that Korra imagined would be awkward to do if they weren't lying down, given their height difference.

Korra grinned as she looked back up at the sky, liking the feel of having Asami on her arm. She imagined strolling downtown, once it was rebuilt, arm in arm. Getting a snack from a street vendor and then feeding most of it to the turtle ducks in the park. The Avatar figured that must be what a typical date in Republic City was like.

"Asami…"

"Yes Korra?" she replied, with a squeeze of her arm.

"Are we a couple now?"

"I'd like to be," Asami said, lightly brushing her fingers over Korra's arm.

"Me too, I was just thinking about a date we could have once the city is rebuilt."

Asami perked her head up. "You're not going to take me on a date until the city is rebuilt?"

"That's not what I meant!" Korra said in a panic.

"Korra I'm teasing you. What's this date idea you have?"

"You're just going to have to wait until you rebuild the city now. Better get on it as soon as we get home," Korra said, pretending to roll away from Asami. The engineer squeezed her arm tighter to hold her in place.

"Jerk, I'll just have to take you on a date first."

Korra moved back toward her girlfriend. "You can't go first! I can't afford to compete with your kind of dates."

"Well then you better take me out first."

"Does this count? I mean this whole vacation is kind of like our first date, right?"

Asami leaned in closer and kissed Korra softy on the cheek, followed by a few quick pecks. The Avatar's heart started thumping. Asami sighed and nestled her head into Korra's neck.

"I'll take that as a yes," Korra murmured as she watched the tree nearby twist its branches out towards the sky. As the tree grew, small buds formed at the tips and then opened into flowers.

"What did you mean when you said this is one of the more human things about me?" Korra pointed to them with her free hand.

Asami thought a moment for answering. "I don't know too much about spirits, but I'm guessing they don't experience sexuality."

"Sexuality?" Korra asked, turning her head to look at her companion again. Asami adjusted herself to meet her gaze.

"Attraction and orientation."

"Like being attracted to someone that you find… attractive?" Korra asked with a lopsided grin.

Asami giggled. "That's one way of putting it. The different kinds of attractions people have. There are people who like the same sex, opposite sex or both sexes."

"Is this common knowledge?"

"For the most part."

"Then why isn't it ever talked about? All this time I thought how I felt was really unusual. I liked boys, but there was a big part of me that wanted to be with girls. But I never saw two girls together, so I kept it to myself. Eventually I came to the conclusion it must be an Avatar thing. Sadly that was after I lost my connection to my past lives."

"I wonder what they would have told you, maybe all Avatars are bisexual."

"Bisexual?"

"What you are, a person who likes men and women, 'Bi' meaning two or both."

"Oh, so is that what you are too?"

"No. I've come to the conclusion that I only want to be with women. It's called being a homosexual. Homo means same. Then there is heterosexual, people who like the opposite sex."

"Ugh, I feel so clueless sometimes. I was practically raised in a bubble," Korra groaned, hitting her fist on the ground.

"I didn't learn all of that overnight. Even after I did it took me a long time to come to terms with how I felt about women, about you. Besides, like you said no one talks about it, and there is a reason for that."

Asami untangled herself from her companion and sat up. "Korra, many people don't think it's okay to be this way. That's why most people who do, keep it secret."

Korra sat up from the grass. "What?"

The Avatar started to panic "I don't understand. I didn't want to Jinora to tell everyone before we got home, but I don't want to keep you, this, a secret."

"Neither do I Korra. I'm sorry I upset you, I just wanted to warn you that when we go home and tell people we're together it's not going to be all positive reactions."

"Even amongst Team Avatar?"

"Well, Mako might feel a little weird about this, but I think our other friends will be fine."

Korra smacked herself on the head with her palm. "I didn't even think about Mako! We both dated him and now we're dating each other!"

"It might hurt his delicate ego for a bit, but he'll bounce back," Asami said, flipping her hair.

"Wait, you dated Mako, but you only like girls?"

"I was still figuring myself out. I cared for him and still do, just not like this," she said, pulling Korra by the collar towards her for a kiss.

Asami let go of the Avatar's clothes and put both hands on her cheeks. "This feels right in a way I can't even describe."

"Asami… I…"

Asami pressed her lips to Korra's again before she could finish.

"Uh Korra, Asami, I am so sorry but…"

The entangled girls' eyes shot open at the familiar voice. They both let out an annoyed groan as they broke apart. Asami nuzzled her head into the crook of Korra's neck and let out a sigh.

"Jinora!" Korra whined, turning to face her.

"And Ikki too!"

The three older girls all perked up and looked behind Jinora.

Ikki bounced towards them. "I finally figured out how to meditate into the Spirit World! Isn't that awesome?"

Korra and Asami separated themselves and walked over to the girls.

Ikki playfully walked around the couple, inspecting them closely. "So… were you two kissing? Cos that's what it looked like when I was walking over here. Jinora refused to say if you two were on a date but from the looks of it, I'd say you are."

"Ikki!" Jinora scolded. "Now is not the time for this!"

"We told you we'd be back in a couple of days this morning; could this really not wait until then?" Korra asked.

Confusion washed over Jinora's face as she looked between the two older girls.

"This morning? I was here three days ago."

Korra and Asami looked at each other for a second and back to Jinora.

"How long have we been gone?" Asami questioned.

"Almost three weeks now."

The engineer put her hand on her chin. "The Spirit World time must be slower, I've been counting the days and it's only been eight since we arrived."

Jinora grabbed her sister, who was still circling Korra and Asami. "Then we need to hurry back right away, it could already be the next morning!"

"You at least need to tell us what's going on," the Avatar said, stepping forward.

"Baatar Jr.'s trial has started. The city is going to for the death sentence. Dad told me to come get you two because you're the most credible witnesses to his assistance against Kuvira," Jinora explained.

Korra let out a long sigh and looked over at Asami. "We need to go back."

"I know," Asami said, offering a smile.

The Avatar closed her eyes and the world around them began to blur. Valleys and forests shifted and skewed until the four girls were in front of the spirit portal to Republic City.

"How come you never did that before?" Asami asked, nudging Korra playfully.

"It only works if you know where you want to go."

"I was beginning to wonder why you never worried about us getting lost."

Jinora cleared her throat. "I'm really sorry to rush you two, but…"

Asami nodded and addressed the two younger girls. "Can you go on ahead and tell everyone we'll meet at Air Temple Island?"

Jinora nodded and Ikki cracked a big smile as they allowed their spirits to fade out of that world.

For a moment the two remaining girls just stared at each other, letting the news that their vacation was over sink in.

"Asami I'm… I," Korra started, but was stopped by Asami's finger on her lips.

"It seems like the world doesn't want you to rest just yet. Maybe it never will. Since you came back to Republic City I selfishly wanted a few moments where it was just you and me, despite all that was going on. Then you asked me away to the Spirit World and when we entered the portal I wished time would stop. It sounds like in some ways it did. Being away from everything with just you was all I hoped it could be, thank you Korra." Asami finished by pressing her lips to Korra's.

When the kiss ended Korra pulled Asami into a fierce hug. "You talk like what we discovered here is over, but Asami it has just started. You're my girlfriend now, remember? That means sometimes the world will have to wait."

Korra couldn't make out her response, since it was muffled in her shoulder, but she felt her girlfriend nodding so she knew it was okay.

They held each other for a few more moments until Asami pulled herself away. She wiped her eyes of any stray tears. "I'm sorry; these past days have felt like a dream, I've been afraid that when I walk through that portal I'm going to wake up."

Korra reached out her hand to take Asami's and gave it a squeeze. "Come on, reality awaits us, but we're facing it together."

Asami squeezed back, reassured by the Avatar's lopsided grin. "You're right."

The two stepped into the portal and everything went white.

To be continued...