Everyone was getting ready, Asami and her father, Verrick and Zhu Li, even Jinora and Kai. I wanted to tell her how I felt, but I didn't know how she would take it.
I started walking up to her, my hands were sweaty, my heart raced and my mind was starting to doubt my decision. I saw her long dark luscious hair and how she was determined but still hope beamed in her eyes. Maybe she hasn't seen me yet.
"Korra..." I heard a shaky voice. Monkey feathers.
I turned to see Asami looking at me. I cleared the lump that somehow managed to get in my throat," Hey, 'Sami."
"Are you ok, because you certainly don't look it?" She said while turning her full attention on me.
I walked a bit closer to her, though she had already come closer to me.
I wanted to tell her everything, from when I was confused, to when I knew, to now. I just couldn't find the words.
I looked down only to have her put a hand on my shoulder and giving me a reassuring smile. "Listen..." I started," I wanted to tell you something before I left."
"Ok then, let's hear it." Asami replied with her usual friendly tone.
"My voice started to waver, "look, I know I might not make it back-" she cut me off.
"No don't say that!"
"Asami it has to be said." I tried but failed.
"No don't you dare say that. Korra you mean the world, to me, and everyone else here. If you weren't able to come back, I don't know what I would do.
"You leaving foe the south pole was hard enough on me, I wrote a letter every single day because I missed you so. For almost 3 years I waited for reply, and when it finally came my heart skipped. I don't know if I were to be able to function losing you permanently."
I started to get chocked up, I knew these past few years have been rough, I just didn't realize the severity. "Asami, for the sake of time let me tell you this without any interruptions." She nodded.
"Asami," I started," I know that things have been rough lately, but for the past 3 years, in the south, I was miserable. I couldn't walk for a good portion of the time I spent there and I had an even harder time accepting what happened to me. But when I'm with you, it seems like all time stops. And when time stops I don't want to be anywhere else.
"I was really confused about it and I still a-" I was cut off by her lips on mine. Her soft, plentiful lips guiding the useless muscles, also known as my lips, making me feel weightless. I could feel nothing but her on me, it felt almost as if I had forgotten how to breathe.
When we broke apart she rested her forehead on mine, "for just in case we won't get the chance to."
There was a small tear streaming down her face, I wiped it away and kissed where it had been. "Don't you cry no more, they'll be peace when we are done. For how long, I can't say. But for now I can promise you this: no matter how many lives I have to be reincarnated into to see you again, I'll keep falling for you over and over again."
I leaned in and planted a soft kiss on her lips, this one even more magical than the last. We were both ready for it, and we both wanted it. But at that moment we had that exact, same thought.
I can't live without her.
