A different chance meeting

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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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[paishodown]

"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.

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"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.

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"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.

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"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'.

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"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.

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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.

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"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.