Time To Heal

Chapter 68

Feeling Asami’s head rest against her shoulder Korra smiled. Turning over so slightly to press a kiss into her girlfriends’ hair.

They had managed to cover quite the distance over the course of the whole day, though it had taken a lot out of all of them.

“Why don’t you just get some sleep?” the avatar suggested softly, noticing how her cousins and Guāng had fallen asleep nearby.

“Actually I want to stay up for a little while.” Asami replied tiredly, earning a chuckle from her girlfriend.

“Whatever you want babe.” Korra replied, chuckling as she saw Asami’s cheeks flush.

Asami couldn’t help but grin as she leaned back against Naga, her eyes tracing the timberline as glow flies danced in and out of the shadows.

“How do you think Mako will react?” she suddenly asked, giggling a bit at Korra’s confused face.

“Oh you mean to us? Honestly as long as he doesn’t hate us….or start saluting again I’m fine with it.” The avatar replied, earning a laugh.

They sat there for a few minutes, relaxing in each other’s company when Korra slowly intertwined their fingers together, tracing circles into the back of the other girl’s hand.

“After all of this is over we should go away together….just the two of us.” She stated, earning a grin.

“I’d like that.” Asami answered, gingerly kissing the southerner’s lips.

Korra melted into the kiss, forgetting everything for those few minutes before pulling away.

“I am glad you came with me now…If you hadn’t I probably would still be confused with what I felt toward you.” The avatar admitted, blushing lightly as she glanced down at their clasped hands.

“There was no way I was going to risk losing you….I mean you were so depressed…I was afraid you would try to…” Asami began, though she was unable to complete that sentence as tears suddenly filled her eyes.

Pulling the taller girl closer and wrapping both arms around her shoulders Korra whispered

“What? Try to kill myself? I probably would have,” She admitted softly “but after I saw you cry that first night on the boat….spirits….I never wanted to see that again. It hurt me more than anything ever could.”

The news made Asami bristle but suddenly she felt lips press gently to her temple as the avatar added “I love you too much to ever hurt you.”

Asami knew that Korra meant every word, even after the few times that exes had said such things and had went back on the words. Though she knew that the avatar never backed down, not even when it could have possibly killed her.

Korra noticed the silent tears that was flowing down the other girl’s face until a small sniffle caught her off guard.

“Hey what’s wrong?” she asked, panic raising in her tone though she only felt arms snaking around her.

“No one has ever meant those words Korra…but you.” Asami managed to say, only to feel the avatar’s arms tighten around her.

“Of course I mean it! Asami…if anything ever happens to us…our relationship….it’ll be your call and even then I’ll always be your friend.” Korra assured, her own voice cracking at the thought of losing the heiress.

“I love you so much.” Asami managed to say while kissing the other girl once again, the salty taste of tears lightly tainting her lips though Korra ignored this.

“I love you too.” The avatar muttered as she finally broke the kiss.

Korra awoke to strong vibration shooting through her very core, though she soon realized what it was when she saw Asami a distance off, sitting with her face buried in her arms and knees drawn to her chest.

Slowly she made her way over to her girlfriend and put her arms around her.

“Bad dream?” she guessed, earning a sigh.

“It was about my mom…The fire…” Asami muttered, hiccupping lightly though Korra only nodded.

“Tell me ten good things about her.” She requested kindly, remembering how her parents had always told her to remember the good things besides the bad.

This caught Asami off guard but she didn’t question the avatar.

“Like what?” she croaked out, trying to dry her eyes.

“Her name, something she liked to do…some good memories in general.” Korra replied, earning a sigh.

“Her name was Yasuko, she was an amazing singer, she liked to take photographs, and she was the most patient person on the planet.” Asami listed, a smile coming over her face as she remembered something.

“Were you two close?” Korra dared to ask, earning a watery smile.

“I was really little but yeah…we were. She never lost patience with me, not even when I had to have gotten on her nerves.” Asami answered, chuckling a bit at the end.

As Korra listened to the young businesswoman talk she tried to imagine what a young Asami would have been like.

“I bet you was a sweet kid.” Korra stated, earning a laugh from the other girl.

“Sweet? I was into everything! I messed up her and dad’s room more than once while experimenting with Mom’s makeup.” Asami stated earning a snicker.

“Hey…at least you didn’t send a block of ice at your dad’s head during a tantrum.” Korra replied, glad to see Asami smiling again, even at her own expense.

When Eska woke up the next morning she found the young couple snuggled together, sleeping peacefully against Naga—who was curled around them.

“Are they a couple?” the light spirit asked, looking up at Eska who started to unpack some food.

“They are.” She answered, stifling a yawn.