The inside of the town hall was amazing. A huge dance floor was prepared in the middle and at the far end of the big room a band was playing.
Asami who still hat her right arm around Korra's left now took her girlfriends hand and pulled her towards Tenzin and Pema who she had spotted in the crowded around the buffet.
"Hey Tenzin, Pema." Asami said towards the other couple who had their back turned towards them.
"Hey, you two." Tenzin said after turning around "You look amazing! Let me guess Asami picked the outfits?"
"What is that supposed to mean." Korra said smiling.
"Tenzin means that even though you have many different talents Korra. The sense of fashion is clearly more one of Asami" Pema answered after Tenzin had seemingly no answer "I bet you wanted to wear the outfit you wore at Varricks wedding again."
"Okay" Korra laughed "You got me there. So...how is the Gala so far? Anything or anyone we need to be aware of?"
"There are some reporters in here, if you mean that, but these are mostly the polite type. I wouldn't be so worried about them." Tenzin began now looking slightly concerned "President Raiko however is a different matter. I think he will want you two to hold a speech or something along those lines. He asked for you two since the beginning of the Gala."
Asamis and Korras eyes crossed, the Heiress could the slight hint of worry in her girlfriends eyes.
"I should've seen this coming" Asami thought, "Raiko is exactly the guy who wants to make everything a public matter. If he knows?"
One look into the Avatars eyes showed her that Korra thought about the same.
"Well there's nothing we can do about that." Korra said with a slight grin "Anything else?"
"There is the obvious." Tenzin began "Mako. I met him earlier this evening, but he made it quite clear that he doesn't want to talk about you two. He only said that he doesn't need to understand why you two are together and that he just wants to do his job."
That hit Asami like a punch in the stomach. Of course she hadn't forgotten Mako, but the Gala and the preparations for it were a welcome distraction.
"Yes, I guess. I just hoped we could all have fun this evening - together." Asami said now looking at the floor.
"Hey, com'on 'sami" let's go dance." Korra said suddenly, the Avatar grabbed her by the hand and pulled he towards the dance floor leaving Tenzin and Pema alone again.
"You can dance?" Asami said surprised as they got to the dance floor in the middle of the room.
"Well, a little bit." Korra answered with a slight grin "I think your sense for the rhythm is better than mine, so you better take the lead."
"So like always" Asami laughed mockingly at her girlfriend.
They started dancing. It wasn't the slow romantic dance Asami had hoped for, but the evening was still young and it might come later. Korra moved more graceful than the Heiress thought she would. Even though the dance was more like a party dance and they weren't as close enclosed as Asami would have liked, she could feel the eyes of the other guests on her neck.
"Do they suspect something?" she wondered, but for now all that mattered were her and Korra. The Avatar smiled throughout the whole dance and Asami could have sworn there was unusual strong current of air whenever they got close.
When the dance was over they were approached by Raiko. The President wore a festive suit with golden accents throughout his outfit.
"Welcome back" he said with a formal, yet somewhat warm smile.
