Chapter 3
In the end all Asami bought was just a pair of jeans and some shirts. Korra decided on buying some new shirts, two pairs of jeans, a scarf and a beanie. It was September already so she should be prepared for fall. As they made their way home Asami linked arms with Korra pressing against her side while they walked down the streets to the next train station.
“It's sooo cold, I hate it!”
“I told you that sweater will not keep you warm enough. You never listen, again.”
Korra took of her own jacket and wrapped it around the girl's shoulders. „Here.“
“But won't you be freezing?” Asami snuggled up against her, an attempt to warm her, Korra guessed.
“Nah, I'm fine, I have roots in the Southern Water Tribe, remember?”
“But still..”
Korra turned to smile at her, signalizing that she was alright with her wearing her jacket.
“All right, if you say so.” She rolled her eyes playfully.
“It's okay, really. Besides, I don't want you to catch a cold. I have to look out for you since you are doing a pretty bad job on that.” Korra put on a scolding tone and pulled the jacket a little bit tighter around her friend's shoulders.
“Hey, that's not true at all! I can look out for myself. In the last few years I was sick like three times.” Asami crossed her arms and shoved Korra to the side, causing her to stumble a bit
Laughing Korra nudged the other girl. “Nope, you were not. I always came by to see if you were alright, remember? And that was definitely not just three times. Asami, you gotta treat yourself better.
“Yes, mom.”
“Asami, come on. Don't call me that.”
“Okay, then would you prefer being called my knight?”
Korra frowned at her words and dropped the speed a little bit. She looked at the floor – embarrassed – and blushed furiously.
She still remembers that?
She had told Asami in kindergarten that she wanted to be a knight and protect everyone and her, especially her. Since then Asami has teased her with that at any occasion possible.
“Asamii, I was just a dumb little kid, I-”
“But you still want to protect everyone and me, right?” She looked down at the shorter girl with that innocent smile of hers.
Korra was not sure why she emphasized the word me that strong but she decided to ignore it for now.
“Of course, I will always protect you, protect everyone.“
She looked Asami straight in the eye, her expression hard. Never did she joke when it came to those things. Asami stared right back at her and they held that stare for a few seconds, before they broke out into laughter.
“I know, you'll always be there to protect me, Korra's my knight after all.”
Asami pulled her into a hug. Korra was dazed at first but quickly hugged her back once she had registered what she was doing. The hug lasted long, a little bit too long to be honest but it's really pleasant to just hold someone you love and be with them for a while.
They pulled away, Asami's arms still around Korra's shoulders and Korra's hands on Asami's hips, and somehow the atmosphere around them changed.The taller girl's eyes followed the lines of Korra's face down to her lips and rested there. She slowly leaned in closer and tilts her head downward, their noses almost touching. Korra could see the reflection of her eyes in Asami's as she brought up her hands to cup Asami's cheeks.
And stretched them apart.
“Asami, stop that, I know you're just fucking around.” Korra groaned and pulled her cheeks apart even more.
“Ouuuuch, tha' hur's! Le' goo!” Asami tried to free herself and eventually the torturing stopped.
With a light pout she rubbed her reddened cheeks while glaring at Korra.
“I hate you.” Still rubbing her cheeks Asami started to walk ahead of Korra, leaving her behind.
Not at all offended by her words the younger girl smiled to herself and ran up to Asami and wrapped her arms around her waist lifting her from the ground.
“I know you don't!” Korra shouted and laughed, swirling the girl around.
“Korra! I do! Let me down!” Asami tried to free herself from Korra's hug, writhing and squirming out of the stronger girl's arms to no avail.
“Nope, take back your words! I won't let you down until you took them back.” Korra swirled her around even more, swinging left and right never loosening her grip on her.
“Korra, stop! People are staring at us...” Asami hissed, whispering the last sentence while looking around her.
“I don't care, just take it back!” The younger girl ran around and began to sing 'I believe I can fly' with the most dramatic voice she could manage.
“I don't hate you, okay? Now let me down and stop the singing! Please!” Asami begged, she was too embarrassed now to resist Korra's request.
“I'm not convinced yet.” Korra grinned and stopped running around like some crazy kid but still held Asami high up in the air.
“You're my best friend, I could never hate you, Korra. Not in a million years.” Asami huffed.
“You satisfied with that?”
“Not quite but it'll be good enough for now.” Korra giggled and dropped the older girl carefully on the ground.
“You're an idiot.” Asami crossed her arms and looked at Korra.
“It's not really convincing when half of your face is grinning like crazy and the other half tries to look angry at me. Asami stop that, you're creeping me out.” The shorter girl snickers.
“Oh, shut up!” Her anger left her and she punched Korra's arm lightly, laughing along with her friend.
“You dork.”
On their ride home they were pretty quiet but it was not the awkward kind of silence, it was actually calming and comfortable. They leaned against each other as they sat in the train in silence. For others they maybe seemed like a couple but they weren't.
Asami was currently in a relationship with Ryo and so was Korra with Mako. Korra and Mako were dating for almost one year and a half, Asami and Ryo for two years.
Korra and Mako were getting along pretty well within these months. Sure, there were a few fights now and then but which couple doesn't get into conflicts? Despite of that Mako was quite the loving boyfriend, he always wanted Korra to be happy, tried his best to comply with her every wish.
But recently he was acting weird around his girlfriend. Korra had the feeling that her boyfriend was hiding something from her, she didn't know what exactly though. She noticed a few weeks after she came home from her 5 months long exchange to France. She confronted him multiple times and asked him what was wrong but he always talked his way out and switched to the next topic as fast as possible. Wasn't that suspicious? She began to question their relationship, you shouldn't keep any secrets from your partner, right?
However, overall their relationship was pretty normal, almost boringly normal but neither of them seemed to care.
As for the relationship between Asami and Ryo, it seemed to be going well between those two at the beginning but recently both of them fought a lot. Korra didn't know Ryo that well but from what she knew he was actually a good guy, she liked him. So she didn't understand why her best friend had so much trouble with her boyfriend.
Of course she was on Asami's side and did her best to support her but she couldn't do much since Asami kept being quiet about their fights. Korra knew there were conflicts but she had never been told their content or what or who caused them. She was unsure of how to handle the situation when Asami came by her place after another fight with Ryo. She wanted to ask what happened, she wanted to help Asami, she wanted to support her as best as she could.
But no matter how often she raised the topic, Asami would reject her and tell her that the fight was not that bad. However, this did not calm Korra a bit. She worried about her friend, what if she was being violated or worse? She had spend nights thinking about Asami and how she could help her but never did anything helpful come out.
One thing was certain, if Ryo ever laid a finger on Asami, Korra would make sure personally that he will pay for what he had done. As long as Korra was by Asami's side she would not let anybody ever harm a hair on the girl's head. After all as her knight Korra swore that she would protect her princess no matter what. Aside from that they were best friends and best friends had to look out for each other.
Korra had Asami's back and Asami had Korra's, nothing will ever change that.