To Feel Free-Korra X Fem!Reader

Chapter 5- Conflicting Feelings

Korra POV

I was laying in my bed, the blanket over my entire body because the window was open bringing in the cold air. I heard shuffling around and outside my room and sat up to see what was happening. An equalist had jumped into my room through the window and I stood up and another two men broke the sliding panel ready to fight. I used my firebending trying to land a hit but they flipped and dodged all of my attacks. One of the three men came from behind and landed 5 quick strong jabs up my leg and back, and I fell to the ground and as I struggled to get up, I saw Amon with (Y/N) in his clutches. She struggled to break free from his tight grip but instead he knocked her out and tossed her on the floor. I screamed her name, but I only heard mumbles from her and made it as she said,"Help...me, Korra" and a single tear fell from her face. Amon made his way over to me and reached his hand towards my forehead and said, "After I take your bending away you will be nothing." Then everything went dark

I screamed as I woke up in the middle of the night. My chest felt heavy as I was gasping for air. To my right was Naga, she licked my forearm and laid her head on my lap. I told her I was alright and all I had was a bad dream. My only concern was (Y/N) so I left Naga for a few minutes to check on her. I slowly slid the panel door open and peaked through to see her sleeping but she was tossing and turning, I didn't want to wake her but I wanted to help her so I decided to talk to her about it when she's ready, I smiled in relief that she was getting some rest. I closed the door and walked back to my room to go back to sleep.

(Y/N)'s POV

It was hard to sleep at night, even though I have no bending, I know Amon wants something from me. Whether it was me as another leader's soldier or something undiscovered I knew I wanted no part of it. I woke up as the sun was rising and took the ferry back to the city. I didn't want to face Korra in the unstable state we were both in, and I know she was terrified but I was too because I felt like a danger to her. I felt that Amon could use me to get to her and take her bending away and I couldn't take that risk.

I headed back to the probending arena to put some training clothes on. When I was done getting dressed I started punching the punching bag in front of me. The more I punched and kicked the angrier I became, and with each punch came with a quick flash of the trauma and shocking sights that unfolded before my eyes. Punch, Leaving Korra. Punch, Phantom. Punch, Amon. Punch, Korra getting hurt. Punch, Punch, Punch. I heard a rip and stopped, sweaty and out of breath I looked at the bag and saw a tear and amounts of sand pouring out.

I grabbed my towel to wipe the sweat off my forehead and went upstairs, as I was getting ready again to run some short errands I looked out the window to see Air Temple Island in the distance. I sat in thought about how Korra would feel if I left again, relieving her of the danger of me being around, but I knew in my heart I couldn't. Korra would be devastated and hurt, I didn't want her to hate me, in fact I care deeply about her, more than before but I couldn't explain it. Is this normal? To feel as if the weight is on your shoulders if you don't talk to a friend. Would I even call our revived relationship friendly? No, it seemed like more than that but I couldn't find the words. Mako and Bolin were off looking to find money to pay the 30,000 yuans we still had to pay, so I did the same. The day went on as I did a couple of side jobs but it didn't result in some major cash. I had to admit I was distracted, Korra was on my mind the entirety of the day, I was worried she would push her fear away like I would. I sighed at the fact I needed to talk to someone but Mako and Bolin weren't exactly the best people for the job, so I settled on going back to the island to talk to Korra.

(Timeskip)

As the sun set the ferry was half way on it's journey. By the time I stepped foot on land it was officially night. I walked where Korra would train knowing she probably spent all day distracting herself like I did in the morning. I saw her practicing her airbending movements and smiled. "Hey Korra!" I said and waved. She saw me and looked shocked. "Oh hey (Y/N) I didn't see you this morning." She said slightly disappointed.