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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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"Thanks. You do too!" It was out of her mouth before her brain had time to abort and Korra's cheeks burned as she nodded. Quickly, she walked over to Asami so they could be seated and looked at the ceiling, walls, floor- basically anything that wasn't the woman's green eyes.

"Thank you," she replied with a wink and a slight blush of her own.

Asami stayed close to Korra's side as they were led to a quiet corner of the lowly lit restaurant. They had a private booth all to themselves, even a curtain to draw if they wanted to. But she knew that they weren't quite on that level, no matter how well they were clicking.

She settled onto the circular bench and patted the space next to her.

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Asami gave her the feeling nervousness and excitement were kicking and fighting for dominance in her stomach. As they walked, she stole a glimpse at the side of her face and Korra's baby blue eyes traced the outline of her cheek.

When they got to the table, the Avatar had to stop and actually look at the huge booth. It looked more comfortable than any couch she'd ever seen. After the patting sound grabbed her attention, Korra became aware that she was gawking and quickly slid in to sit next to Asami; avoiding any looks she may have been getting from the approaching waiter.

When asked what to drink, Korra shrugged and muttered "Water?" and then the harder question came and she answered way too quickly. "I'll have what she's having.

Menu? Korra was almost frightened to even look at it.

"I'll just have chilled sweet tea." Asami only managed a sideways glance to the waiter before returning her attention to Korra.

"I guess they don't have places like this on the South Pole, do they?" She tipped her head, friendly amusement in her eyes. Why was it so easy? Asami had been nervous all day, uncertain as to whether this was even a good idea.

But now? Now she was glad she'd taken the chance.

Laughing, Korra shook her head. "No, nothing like this. The North Pole might have something like it, but not down South. A lot of the places to go eat are practically inside other people's homes." She put her arm on the table and turned to the side so she could see Asami better.

Putting one leg up on the cushion put her dress at an awkward angle, so she brought her knee in to at least lessen it. She was way too used to pants.

"You're used to this kind of stuff?"

"Yeah, this is... pretty normal, I guess." She looked out to the rest of the restaurant, separated like it was a different place all together. Asami didn't mind it. She actually enjoyed her lifestyle. But it didn't also warrant getting away from time to time.

"I have to get away from it all from time to time, but it is nice to get all dressed up. I don't usually have someone my age to actually spend time with at places like this." She gave Korra another warm smile.

Korra's tone dropped slightly. "I've never really had anyone to actually spend time with either." Joining the Fire Ferrets was fun, but it was all centered on the sport and left room for little else. The drinks arrived shortly thereafter and Korra took hers with thanks, hastily taking a gulp.

"How do you get away from it all? Besides the pro-bending matches I mean." Picturing Asami having to get away seemed out of place, but she was just stereotyping from what she had seen so far: Rich, elegant, and beautiful.

Really beautiful. It was time for another drink of water, something to cool her throat down.

When their drinks arrived, Asami let hers sit on the table, her fingers tracing idly along the condensation of the glass. She smiled secretively to herself as Korra gulped down a good portion of it in the first ten seconds.

She really was something else, wasn't she? Young women never behaved like that in Asami's usual hangouts.

"It depends, really. I'll go for a drive, most of the time. It doesn't really matter where I go, as long as the news reporters aren't looking." It didn't even occur to Asami that she hadn't explicitly mentioned who she was, yet. At least not in terms of her father's fame.

For some reason, Korra kept getting distracted by Asami's fingers dancing lightly on her glass. But the Avatar's attention was brought back to fully undivided when she heard about the news reporters. The news hats were always looking for a big story or a big name, both if they could wrangle it. Something Korra learned not too long after giving her speech.

"Why are they looking for you?" Her first wild guess was because Asami was pretty, but that sheepish thought was pushed aside. Having only met her today, Korra had little to cobble together.

"Oh, it's... My father. Hiroshi Sato. The founder of Future Industries." Asami didn't mind the lifestyle, or even the attention, really. She loved her father dearly, ~~LAFFSOB~~ and was proud of what he had built. But the media was nothing short of obnoxious, along with the assumptions that came with being the daughter of a wildly successful businessman.

She glanced away from Korra, one fingertip now carefully running along the rim of her glass as a distraction. She hoped it wouldn't change the other girl's point of view, but...

It always did, for better or for worse. Usually both.

Korra's mouth slowly fell open and stayed slack for a few moments. Where this less of a restaurant, a bug might have flown in it and she never would have noticed. "Satomobiles!"

Of all the things to say, Korra went with the first thing that popped into her head.

"We have a few of those at the South Pole!" And it just got worse... "I mean, I've seen a couple." Time for more water so she could just drown herself. "I didn't know your last name was Sato. No wonder you like to drive."

Well that... certainly hadn't been a conventional reaction. Asami raised her eyebrows, smiling fondly at Korra. Yes, Miss Avatar. Satomobiles. She chuckled to herself.

"They're pretty widespread, yeah... I test drive new models for my father all the time. I guess that's pretty much all you need to know to get the whole reporter thing, huh?"

Korra nodded, thankful that Asami didn't treat her like the rube she probably looked like. ~~And probably was.~~ "That sounds so great! You get to go wherever you want. Was that what you were driving, one of the newer models?" If there was anyone in the world who knew next to nothing about cars, it was this girl.

"I... Yeah, sometimes." Not completely true. Asami had a very specific public image to maintain, and straying from that could cause 'trouble'.

"The one I was driving today? Yup! That's my personal car." Because the only 'rich people' thing that Asami won't indulge in is a chauffeur.

"I can't believe you get to have that much fun, it must go really fast if it's the latest." Korra didn't even notice her empty glass of water being refilled, her hostess had her rapt and oblivious to the rest of the restaurant. Even her dress feeling awkward wasn't bother her anymore.

"You should see my ride." Said with a secretive smirk. No, she probably didn't look that smooth to anyone that could see either of them.

"It's not quite as great as it sounds," Asami admitted with a small shrug. "You have to follow all the rules, written and unwritten. Keep your status. Know your place. It gets exhausting." She turned to face Korra, raising an eyebrows.

"You drive?"

Now that was something Korra could relate to, way too well. Even with her fiery temper and assertive attitude, she had rules to follow. Most of which she didn't like. That status part, well that she did like because being the Avatar had been what she wanted.

But was Asami the same way? That lingered in Korra's mind. She seemed happy to her, all one day of it anyway.

"More like I guide." She grinned and took a sip of her fresh glass of water. For some reason, having Asami's interest made her feel more confident. "I'll introduce you to her later."

Asami raised an eyebrow. Interesting... She had read about Korra's... grand entrance into Republic City. Hadn't there been a mention of an animal with her...? She couldn't quite remember.

"Sure." That was when the waiter appeared once again for their orders. Asami opted for a simple noodle dish.

Pleased with Asami's answer, more than someone should have been, Korra simply told the waiter. "I'll take the same thing. Two servings if-" She stopped as she held up two fingers and looked at Asami with a little bit of concern on her face. "If that's okay."

She wasn't buying and didn't even know how much the food would cost, or how big the portions were for that matter. All she did know was that she was starving and possibly just made herself look like a pig.

Well, a bull pig anyway.

Asami let out another small laugh, and gave Korra the 'okay' nod. The portions at restaurants like these were disappointingly small, compared to the smaller joints to be found in the less centralized parts of the city. She was buying, and one more order wasn't going to bankrupt Future Industries.

"Go for it."

Those three words spread a happy smile on Korra's face and she proudly held out out those two fingers. Which might have looked better if she was wearing her normal clothes, but in a dress- well it wasn't too womanly. But she didn't care, she got to have food.

The quickest way to Korra's heart in any situation.

Once the wait left Korra gave Asami a look that hardly contained her happiness and she was practically fidgeting, which was a weird feeling when her shirt wasn't there to confine her breasts.

"Thanks! I'll make it up to you." Wasn't Asami buying her dinner as means to make up for hitting her earlier that morning?

Asami lifted a hand to partially cover a smile as she glanced between Korra and the waiter.

"Don't worry about it," she said as the waiter left. Her attention turned back to her glass again, and she shifted in her seat. Deep breath, Asami. 'Make it up to you' wasn't even a remotely charged comment, and yet...

And yet.

She sighed and looked back to Korra.

"So... How have you been adjusting to the city?"

Korra inclined her head with an amused eyebrow. She was going to worry and make it up; and there wasn't anything Asami could do to stop that. The joys of not telling someone you were going to do something anyway.

The city.

Opening her mouth to take in a deep breath, blinking out the uncomfortableness of the thought, Korra let out a breath through her lips that puffed out both her cheeks before it finally died out.

"I've been, getting used to it." Then her shoulders slumped. "Okay, not really. It's nothing like the South Pole and I don't get to look around all that much between training on Air Temple Island and practicing at the Arena. Even then I can't really do anything because I don't have money. You have no idea the amount of questions I have to go through when I ask Tenzin for money." Of course, it didn't hit Korra that Asami may not even know who Tenzin was. He was an important figure in her life as it stood and-

that's as far as she thought it through.

Oh, dear, bad question. Time for damage control. Asami hesitated for a moment, watching Korra with a concerned frown. She reached out to rest her hand over the other girl's wrist.

"I'm sorry it's been tough. City life must be so different from living at the South Pole." Not that Asami had been there herself, but she could easily imagine.

"If you ever need any help with anything..." She tipped her head, letting Korra complete the offer on her own.

Now Korra wanted to know if she come off as whining. ~~Even though that was kind of what she did.~~

Putting up her hands, Korra shook them quickly. "No, no. It's okay. It's not that bad. I just- need to see more of the city that I'm sworn to protect, you know?" She brought in her shoulders and gave a very small smile. "But thanks. I appreciate that."

Not an offer she got to often, if ever.

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