Keeping her distance from the others Eska’s gaze followed the group in front of her. The gnawing emotions settling in the pit of her stomach like a boulder as she watched her cousin, Asami and Tonraq engage in a snowball fight.
However then surprise filled her as she watched her brother water bend an orb of slush directly into Korra’s face, causing the other two to burst into laughter as the Avatar blinked in confusing.
“What the flame-o was that?” Korra exclaimed and Eska could have sworn that she saw Desna’s lips twitch upward.
“You are really pathetic cousin.” He replied flatly, causing the universal bender to bend a large glob of snow toward him though he deflected it just before it could hit him.
Bending is a sacred art! Stop this idiocy at once!
The words echoed through her memories, causing her to stop dead in her tracks well away from their roughhousing.
Suddenly a snowball crashed dead center into her chest, causing her to stagger at the unexpected force before looking up to find a nervous Korra.
“Eska!”
Her twin was instantly by her side, concern in his icy blue gaze as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
“I am unharmed…It was merely snow.” She replied, glaring at her cousin before water bending the snow off the tree overhead, causing the large amount to drop down onto the southerner.
Hearing laughter from her uncle and a startled yelp from the avatar who air bent the snow away almost instantly she allowed a smirk of her own as she glanced around; registering everyone’s reaction.
Tonraq was laughing, an amused twinkle in his eye. Korra looked shocked but was smiling despite her muttering and Asami had a slight grin.
“are you positive you are alright? You had that expression again.” Desna questioned from beside her, his voice too low for anyone else to hear.
The northern princess only gave a quick dip of her head as she replied nonchalantly
“Do not worry Desna.”
The answer came quick, too quick to set Desna’s mind at ease though he dropped the topic as he and his sister rejoined the small group.
The trip the rest of the way to the town went by uneventfully, however as soon as they entered the small settlement both of the northern chiefs froze.
“Oh look how cute!”
Korra exclaimed, going over to a large crate containing three polar dog pups.
Gingerly she lifted one of the small white and black stripped cubs into her arms, only to be rewarded with a yip before it began to lick her in the face.
“Better not let Naga see that or you’ll have a jealous polar bear dog on your hands.” Tonraq chuckled, earning a grimace from his daughter.
“Don’t remind me…I don’t think she’s completely forgave me for stepping on her tail the other night.” Korra replied, smiling as the pup in her arms licked Asami’s hand as the ceo tried to pet it.
After the young couple played with it for a few minutes Korra turned toward her cousins—who were still seemingly frozen—and asked
“Do you want to hold it?”
Eska was the first to speak
“No.”
It wasn’t the simple answer that caught everyone off guard but that the princess’s usual void tone was replaced by a slight quiver. However before anyone could ask both she and her twin had turned and walked off.
Tonraq narrowed his eyes at the response, swearing that he saw tears in both of their eyes.
“You two stay here…I’ll go see what is wrong with those two.” He stated, following them at a distance.
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Time To Heal
FanfictionWhat if Korra had let Asami come with her to the southern water tribes when she was injured? What if it was during this time that their feelings for each other began to develop clearly? Would Korra's healing go by quicker or will it be slowed down b...