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A different chance meeting

Practice. Why did practice have to be so early? Joining the Fire Ferrets was a great idea and Korra was having fun; but waking up early was just not something she was looking forward to every morning. Today, it finally caught up to her and she was running late. "Thanks Pema!" Taking a very quick breakfast from what Pema had half-coked, Korra was out the temple in a blur and waterbending her way across the bay to the city. Even with her practice clothing and helmet, she managed it easily enough. The ferry would have taken too long.

After she made her way through the streets on foot, she didn't have time to try and work out the public transportation schedules, Korra was finally able to see the large golden building off in the distance. A boost of energy came from that and she lighted up as she locked her eyes on her destination and ran full tilt into the street. As usual, she ignored the honking and other loud sounds of the city. They would only distract her from her goal

"Almost there!"

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That was way too fast for Korra get a good look-see to find out how much the damage was, but Asami didn't seem to mind the price. Next time maybe she would hold off on getting more than one serving.

Maybe.

Giving half of an apologetic smile, Korra nodded twice. "Yeah. If you don't mind." The dress was nice, her host had told her as much (she could only go off that), but Korra was only comfortable in her usual clothes. ~~Or none at all.~~

"-they didn't throw my clothes away, right?" Serious concern at that very moment.

Wait. Pause. She was joking, right? No, she wasn't...

"I-" Asami paused, at a slight loss for words. "No, of course they didn't," she finished with another small laugh and some raised eyebrows. "They're just holding onto them for you. They should be back in the room when we get there. If they did get thrown away, then someone's going to lose their job." Haha. Businesspeople humor...

"Okay." That's settled, she can breathe again. "Don't want to to lose my leather." Korra's rather proud of the things she made by herself.

"All right, let's go then." She was saving the thanks for the dinner when she and Asami were going to part ways, not in public. Something she was getting the hang of, and was set on learning. Especially with what just happened.

Getting up, Korra dusted off the cake crumbs on her dress while Asami got up so they could go back to the dressing room.

Meanwhile, not a single crumb could be seen on the napkin Asami had placed over her lap. She bit her tongue, once again smiling in a mixture of fondness and disbelieve as Korra so casually strolled off toward the dressing room.

Once there, Asami retrieved the other girl's clothes from a hanger (definitely not thrown away) and held onto them for Korra.

"I can drive you home, if you need a lift. No point in taking a cab if you don't have to."

Giving a quick thanks before taking the hanger, Korra placed it in between her teeth and reached behind her to unzip the back of the dress. All while she was going behind the dressing screen.

"Sure, that'd be great! I just took the ferry to the arena, so I don't really have a ride home." Not the best planning, but Korra didn't want to scare Asami off with Naga.

That had happened a few times in just the first couple of minutes in town.

Korra emerged fully clothed and putting her hair up into a pony tail with the other two hair tubes in her hand. "Any chance of you driving fast?"

She may have sounded a little too hopeful.

"Less of a chance and more of a guarantee," Asami replied with a smirk. She caught onto the hopefulness in Korra's voice. Her speeding ticket record spoke for itself, though she'd batted her eyelashes out of more than a few.

"I'm guessing you won't mind too much?"

"Are you kidding." The rhetorical question was full of amusement as she finished putting her hair up. "Let's go!" And she was just about to grab Asami's arm so she could drag her along-

but those heels. Last thing she wanted to do was break her friend's neck.

"Without running, I mean." What she meant now anyway, and she held the door open for Asami to walk through.

Asami grinned when Korra opened the door. She had an inkling of an idea that that wasn't her original plan. It was becoming obvious that dates would have to go a little differently from now on.

"Thanks," she said as she passed Korra by in the door. Asami's satomobile was waiting for them, pulled up right by the door. She pulled the key out of her purse and unlocked the doors. This time, it was her turn to hold the door for Korra.

Outside was nothing but a breath of fresh air, in both senses of the phrase. Unrestricted by the stuffy atmosphere of Kwong's and dressed in clothes that fitted her the way she preferred, Korra was back up to pep. "Ah-thank you, ma'am." she said playfully as she sat in the car and pulled on her seat belt.

"I wonder if..." She began to tune the radio as Asami sat in, and she managed to find the right frequency. Saxophones were all the rage on the radio, and this one was a slow solo. Driving fast to it might have felt weird, but Korra wasn't one to judge music to driving.

Not when she really couldn't get behind the wheel.

Asami shut the door behind Korra and circled to the driver's seat. The satomobile roared to life, and they were off down the lamp-lit streets of Republic City. She hardly minded Korra's choice in music. It was too soon to get picky over that.

"Should I take you to the ferry dock at the bay?"

Delighted to have the wind in her hair as they drove, Korra rested her head against her seat and rolled her head to the side to look over to Asami.

"No, just the bay." A smile crept across her lips. "I could use a swim."

Actually she was planning to sneak back onto the island since she stayed out a bit later than she meant to, and waterbending was the perfect way to do it. The ferry would be noticed way too easily.

"A- okay..." Asami said with a small laugh. She supposed swimming to Air Temple Island was a lot easier when you were the Avatar.

It was pretty impressive, actually.

She drove quickly, but not too fast. She certainly wasn't in any sort of rush for Korra to be gone. Tonight had been something of a rarity in her book, even if it hadn't been so wildly unexpected. A date! With the Avatar! And shortly after running her over, too...

"If you say so!"

A date that Korra was looking forward, not only because it would be her first one, but also because it was going to be very different from what she was used to picturing a date to be like. Curious by nature, it held a whole new view for her.

One she caught a glimpse of when it was just them at Kwong's.

Unfortunately, she didn't really have anyone to ask for advice on how to handle it. So, it would be an experience. But for now, she just enjoyed the ride to the bay and occasionally stole a glance at Asami while smiling.

"Sorry, it's just- well, taking the ferry isn't the best idea tonight."

Asami raised her eyebrows, glancing briefly to Korra.

"Why not? Bad service?" The idea of having a curfew was completely foreign to her. She didn't even think of it.

Instantly, Korra shook her head and waved her hands. "No! No, no. Nothing like that."

It took a her a moment to just admit it. "No one knows I was out this late, and I could get in trouble if I get spotted sneaking back in."

"Oh!" Suddenly, Asami felt badly. If Korra was getting in trouble because of her...

"I'm sorry, Korra, if I'd realized, I would've scheduled earlier." She didn't regret lingering as long as they had, though. What was a slap on the wrist when you'd had a good night out? She had the occasional... disagreement with her father, but it wasn't frequent.

"Don't be!" she said with a big grin. "I never get to really do anything in the city, and that was really fun."

A good talking to, shouting matches, scoldings, all things Korra had weathered through and sometimes even turned around. Still, she'd sneak in if she could to avoid it.

"I'm old enough to decide when and where I can be." It was more of a right at that point, especially after spending the majority of her life under a watchful eye at the compound.

"That's what I think too, if you ask me." And it was why she hadn't even considered the idea that it would be a problem. Korra was more than capable of defending taking care of herself. Asami supposed it wasn't her place to question.

"But still, I don't doubt that you can sneak in undetected." She shot Korra a grin as they approached the waterfront.

"Thanks." Her voice is somewhat subdued, but she's sincere in the delivery of it. Votes of confidence instead of judgment go a long way with Korra.

When Asami rolled the car to a stop, Korra undid her seat belt and was about to open the door when she stopped and looked back. "So, we're still on for next time. Right?"

She was just making sure that she hasn't done or said something wrong earlier that night that may have changed their 'arrangement'.

"Of course." Korra may not have been the most conventional date ever, but she certainly hadn't done anything wrong in Asami's book. She leaned over to the other girl to brush a kiss on her cheek. She couldn't just ignore what had happened earlier.

And really, she didn't want to.

Keeping the color out of her cheeks was impossible, and that particular spot felt much warmer than the rest. Korra quickly returned one back and looked as if she just stole something without regretting it.

Because she really didn't regret a second of it.

"All right! I'll see you then." Hopefully it would be sooner rather than later. She got out of the car and gave Asami a final wave before she turned to make her way to the bay.

"See you later, Korra," Asami said warmly in parting as the Avatar made her way out of the car. She didn't drive away, but pretended to be adjusting something on the dash as she watched Korra go.

She felt... good about this. The slightly nervous energy in her chest, that silly giddiness that came with a first date that had been, for all intents and purposes, perfect.

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