Time To Heal

chapter 31

Much later that night Korra glanced over at Asami, who was sleeping somewhere among a large lump of covers. The sight made Korra chuckle as she slowly sat up at the side of her bed and used metal bending to pull the chair closer.

After getting off the bed and into the chair on her own she quietly rolled her way toward the living room, Naga following close nearby.

Once in the living room Korra slowly stood, earning a whine from Naga who sat only a few steps away.

“Don’t worry…I’ll be fine.” She told the polar bear dog however then a voice came from the kitchen.

“I will laugh when you fall.” turning she saw that it was Desna that had spoken, leaned lazily against the doorframe that lead toward the kitchen.

“Go away Desna.” She grumbled, only to earn a huff and smirk.

“All this to impress a girl. Pitiful.” He retorted causing Korra to get flustered and lose her balance, falling back into the wheelchair.

“What? How did you….” She stammered, causing him to roll his eyes.

“Both of you are oblivious…great.” He muttered, closing the distance between them and extending his hand.

“Here…I will keep you from falling but I warn you…it is clear you are in no condition to go more than a few paces.” He added, earning a surprised look and a nod as she let him help her to her feet.
Much to Korra’s surprise and distain he was right. Because after she had taken around three steps her legs gave out, though he caught her before she could fall.

“I’ll let the healer know that you will be ready to begin relearning to walk soon…just no more of this drivel.” Desna stated before leaving the room.

After catching her breath Korra made her way back into her room and into bed, the movement causing Asami to wake up.

“Korra? Are you okay?” the raven haired girl asked, earning a sigh.

“Yeah, just a lot on my mind.” The southerner answered, only to have a pair of arms wrap around her a few seconds later.

“Want to talk about whatever’s bothering you?” Asami questioned, earning a sigh.

“Have you ever wanted to do something but was so afraid that you would screw up and lose something important to you that you didn’t know what to do?” Korra questioned after a while, only to feel Asami sigh against her.

“Yes, I have. Why do you ask?” The heiress replied in a measured tone, wondering where all of this could be going.

“There’s something I want to do but I’ve just been so afraid.” Korra began though she shuddenly felt too shy to say anything

“it’s not that important….let’s just go back to bed.”

Reluctantly Asami agreed, breaking the hug only to have the other girl curl close to her beneath the covers.

She’d be so freaked out if I told her.

Korra thought sadly, closing her eyes in order to fight the burning sensation at the back of her eyes.