How does it feel

How does it feel 6

6:00 am

Korra stares at the picture of the woman on the wall. Her chest aches. She turns her head away into the wet pillow soaked with her tears. She'd cried herself to sleep. The only solid feelings she could hold on to were anger and humiliation. She takes slow deep breaths through her nose ready to cry again. Yesterday's scene flashes in her mind followed by the feeling of Asami's lips against her cheek. Korra grabs her pillow tightly as her fist trembles.

She closes her eyes as her stomach tightens; she felt sick. Her whole body begins to shiver as she grits her teeth unable to get the scene from her mind. She sits up and punches the headboard cracking it. "How could I have been so stupid!" She says to herself as she covers her face with both of her hands as a few tears streak down her cheek.

"Ugh!" She grunts slamming her fists into the mattress.

"Korra…" She can hear Katara on the other side of the door. "Is everything alright?"

Korra wipes her eyes as she glares at the door. She suddenly had a place to put her anger. "Go away Gran." She says in a low voice. The only clear thought flowing through her mind other than her Asami's lips on someone else, were her mentor's words.

The door opens slowly. "You called me last night for a reason, Korra, I'm not going anywhere." The old waterbender says as she walks into the room completely ignoring the young avatar's livid expression.

She sits on the bed and moves her hand to cup Korra's cheek only to have her pull her face away. Katara lifts her eyebrows in surprise as she puts her hand back down. She gazes at her young student for a moment. Korra's face is like stone as she breathes through her nose.

Katara takes a deep breath and gets up from the bed then walks into the bathroom. A few minutes later the facet turns on and she walks back to the bed then bends a rectangular bubble of water directly in front of Korra.

The old waterbender pulls up a seat next to the bed as Korra stares at the floating water disdainfully.

"Go ahead." Katara says softly.

Korra turns her face away toward the window. The two sit silently for a few minutes.

"Korra." Her mentor says sternly. The young avatar puts her hand into the water still looking away from her.

Katara takes a deep breath and raises her voice. "Korra."

The blue eyed beauty grunts balling her hands into fists; she begins to punch into the water.

"No bending…." Katara instructs softly as Korra continues to punch into the water.

"Water is the emotional element. It is never hurt by your movement within it. It flows freely."

Korra swings harder as more tears flow.

"It is formless. It is shapeless. It can flow or it can crash. Water is life, it moves around…."

The young avatar grunts.

"…through, above, and below, it is within, you cannot fight …."

Korra yells, "AAAHHHH! What's the point!" … bending the water into a block of ice and punching it into the wall. She releases steam from her nose as she breathes in and out roughly clinching her teeth.

Katara liquefies the water and floats it back in front of Korra. The two waterbenders engage in a mental battle as Korra tries to move the water away.

"Fighting your feelings is a waste of energy, just like punching water. Stop fighting and speak." The old waterbender says not even breaking a sweat as her student makes one last swipe at the large water bubble.