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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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"I guess." That was the farthest thing from Korra's mind right now considering how close they were right now, and her gut was telling her to end this evening's dinner right. She looked over to the privacy curtain after getting up halfway, but the inclination to open it wasn't there and it showed on her face when she looked back to Asami.

She'd forgive her, right? After all, they did agree to a date date and that was an incredible waste of the privacy they had just then.

Which was exactly why she leaned down, hesitantly at first with her eyes moving from Asami's eyes down to her lips, and then lightly touched her lips against hers and hoped that feeling in her stomach wasn't about to get her in trouble like it usually did.

Asami wasn't thinking about the check, either. At least not anymore. There was a brief thought of 'well, that didn't take long,' but it wasn't a bad one. In the moment, it felt natural. And if it felt natural, why should she hesitate? What was the point in waiting?

The corner of Asami's lips turned up in a small smile as she leaned in to return the kiss, lightly. She knew she should keep it brief. It was only a first kiss. But she closed her eyes, faintly tasting chocolate on Korra's full, lightly chapped lips.

Was it the Avatar's first first kiss? She would venture to guess 'yes.'

Apprehension was laid to rest when she felt Asami kiss back and a tingle in Korra's belly shot straight up to her chest, her lips pressing together to catch the smallest bit of Asami's between them.

By the color of her cheeks when she pulled away, Asami would be able to see just right her assumption was when Korra looked into her eyes with a shy smile. Korra had never kissed anyone on the lips before and she was very glad to get that urge out of her system. She had been fighting it before the dinner even arrived and keeping her emotions pent up wasn't easy by any means.

After a few moments of letting her heart rate tone back down, Korra said "...I'll get that curtain if you're ready." Though she really wanted to stay where she was.

There was a dash of color across Asami's cheeks, though it wasn't nearly as obvious as Korra's. She watched the other girl as she drew back, green eyes lingering on clear blue.

"Yeah, I think we're ready to get out of here." This had officially crossed the line from a friendly dinner to something a little more. Asami's small grin widened when she noticed a small dash of lipstick on Korra's lips.

"May want to give your mouth a little wipe, though," she added quietly, a note of amusement in her voice.

Eyes wide, she blinked and brought her wrist up to her lips. When she looked at the small, red smear Korra brought both her lips in between her teeth and managed a sheepish smile. "Thanks."

Of all things, that made her more embarrassed than the kiss itself.

Just as she began to pull the curtain back, the waiter was only a few steps away from their table and caught Korra by surprise. She was expecting them to have at least a little more time before the check arrived.

"Wow, they really don't mess around when it comes to money, do they?" Actually remembering where she was, Korra kept that at a whisper to Asami and just out of earshot before he arrived with check in hand.

"No problem." Asami gave Korra a quick wink before the curtains pulled open, revealing the waiter. As for the money comment, she simply shrugged. This was the norm, as far as she was concerned. She strategically snatched up the check before Korra could see it, signing it off on her father's tab and handing it back to the waiter with a polite smile.

"I'm guessing you want to change, then we can get out of here?" She felt a little badly about putting Korra through the whole 'getting ready' thing when it clearly wasn't her thing, but... not badly enough to apologize.

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'.

A different chance meeting

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