I've always wanted to see what the Pokémon world's like...

[paishodown]

Who: Asami Sato and Korra
When: Morning of February 9
Where: Some hotel in Ecruteak
Summary: Waking up from canon update! Spoilers for book 4.
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Log:

[It's almost like waking up from a very long, vivid dream.

Which is exactly why Asami panics a little bit when she opens her eyes to the ceiling of a hotel room in Ecruteak City that is suddenly very familiar. The grogginess from sleep is gone almost instantly, and she immediately turns to look at Korra's bed.

She's here. That's the first good thing. She isn't as close as she had been moments (?) ago, her features illuminated in the blinding yellow of the spirit portal, but she's still here.

Asami's on her feet without even thinking to stand. How is she supposed to know what really happened? Korra looks older. The line of her jaw is more defined, and her face is longer. Asami sits on the edge of Korra's bed, heart racing, and reaches for her shoulder.]

Korra?

[She'd always woken her up like this in the weeks following the brutal last conflict with Zaheer, so Asami feels that no matter what's real and what isn't, this should be fine. She's heard of things like this happening to people. Like a dream. They live out their lives while all in a dream, sometimes they even change physically.

Asami can only hope that it wasn't all in her head.]

Comments

[goestoextremes]

[Honestly, at first she would think that the fight against Zaheer at the beginning of her dream is another one of her nightmares, that she's seen in the world of pokemon too. It's so much worse than she could ever even imagine it to be, but that very long dream goes on, and on.

Korra kind of feels like she's been sleeping three years forever when she finally starts to come to. Hearing Asami's voice is a relief.

She's not even opening her eyes, not yet, but she is smiling at her and she reaches for her hand.]

Hey. ...Please tell me I'm not the only one of us, who had a dream about home.

[Is it kinda cruel to hope, that she's from the same time as she is now? With everything that happened with Hiroshi Sato... Korra could almost feel bad for hoping it, but nonono, she really, really hopes Asami remembers as much as she does. It will be okay. She's here for her. But Korra really doesn't want to wake up/open her eyes yet, not before she gets an answer to that.

Oh yeah, that hand on yours, Asami? It just might sort of answer your question about what's the last thing Korra remembers from home. Or it could be just a friendly gesture, who knows!]

[paishodown]

[Asami's nerves melt as soon as Korra speaks. She smiles, her hand turning over to thread her fingers with Korra's.]

Not exactly the vacation I had in mind, but...

[No, Korra. You aren't the only one. Slowly, Asami reaches up to brush a bit of bangs out of Korra's eyes. Even just that brings a pleasant swell in her chest. Being able to touch her like this, openly and without second guessing that it might be too much.]

[goestoextremes]

[Asami threading her fingers with Korra's makes the Avatar's smile wide even more and she squeezes her hand gently with her own.

Vacation? Look, that smile can't get much wider anymore but it definitely gets softer when Korra hears that word.]

Good thing we still have a lot to see here too...

[They still need to see what the rest of the Pokemon world is like, then they can live here! Korra really loves the gesture of Asami brushing her hair, it's clear from her face, and she opens her eyes as soon as those bangs are out the way, so she can look at her. She grins.]

I guess it's just the two of us here again.

[Well, unless someone from home is screaming for help in the network, but she's not going to check. Not right now anyway.]

[paishodown]

That part of the plan is still the same.

[Asami can't help the giddy rush in her chest that comes from just sitting like this. Talking like this. Her hair slips over her shoulders in thick waves, falling between them.

Her head dips a tiny fraction, eyes soft and searching Korra's, almost asking silent permission.]

[goestoextremes]

['Well unless someone from home just showed up yelling at the network or something.' is something she could say, but that's not really something Korra even wants to consider right now.

Giddy rush might be one way to describe the ecstatic feeling inside Korra too, she's really not sure how to describe anything right now. At least she knows that she couldn't be happier right now. She reaches out to brush her hair and to move it back to her waves from between them. Rude hair, you are trying to come between Korra, who is focusing on gazing at her lover.

Speaking of her, Korra's hand stays right there on those amazing waves when her eyes meet with Asami's. Do you really think you need a permission, girlfriend? Korra's eyes look gentle, her lips curl into a soft smile and she -- is actually going to wait for her this time. There's no rush here, they have all the time in the world and Korra's definitely been a rush into kisses type before, but that was before. Of course this is very different than that situation, but really, she'll be patiently waiting for her right here. It's not like Korra would mind her actions at all, that's one thing to make today even better! But she wants Asami to do things in her own pace ...So if Asami is ready for that step then yes, please go for it?]

[paishodown]

[Asami's smile widens, and she giggles when Korra brushes her troublesome hair aside. She kind of likes the curtain it creates. Even though they're completely alone right now, they're even deeper into their own little world when their surroundings are cut off completely.

She's aware of so many things and nothing at all at the same time. Sensations buzz together. The softness in Korra's eyes, the feel of her warm, rough fingertips, the give of the mattress under their weight... Asami is sinking lower before she knows quite what she's doing, and her mind is only starting to catch up when her lips brush against Korra's.

Tentatively, at first, before Asami lets her lips part and rest fully against Korra's. The kiss is almost painstakingly gentle, a simple expression that she's played out in her mind now more times than she can count. There's no rush, now. She'll gladly take all the time in the world to savor every moment.]

[goestoextremes]

[Well, sorry girlfriend, Korra wants to see your face too much to have any curtains between you and her. She grins at her giggle, maybe lets out a tiny laugh even. After everything that's happened? It's really great to hear and see Asami being so happy just for something like that.

Korra sees her coming closer and her insides feel even more funny. Eyes softening even more, smile going wider as to encourage her even more. Yes, come here, you amazing woman. Maybe it's all going to feel even more real from that moment on.

Yup, sure feels so much more real when Asami is breathing so close and Korra closes her eyes, is still smiling a little when the first touch of their lips happens. Tentative is good. Baby steps are a great way to go here. Korra returns the kiss, gently as ever and she's almost surprised herself by how calm she is right now. She hasn't even dared to play out something like this inside her head too many times, well at least not until the fight against Kuvira was over. After that -- well, after that she's been actually even able to think about life the ahead of her again and she's only just begun.

Korra pulls Asami a little closer and continues the moment with a couple or a few more gentle, really soft and tender, loving kisses. Still no rush, but she couldn't stop with just the first one(s) either. She smiles against her lips after those, eyes open again. Not sure if Asami wants to continue or if she should break the moment by saying -- something, anything. Then again her head is such a beautiful mess in the most amazing way ever, that she probably couldn't even get any words out just yet. So instead she's brushing Asami's hair a little and just looking at her.]

[paishodown]

[The soft kisses are a relief and a release. Asami doesn't have to think- rationale falls away and instinct takes over. She lets Korra pull her closer, lets her continue to kiss her and meets her lips eagerly.

Asami's eyes flutter open, though only just enough to meet Korra's. Their hands are still linked, and Asami is desperate not to let go. Everything seems to freeze, for a moment.

She isn't surprised to find that she's nearly breathless, and her face feels hot enough that she's pretty sure she's blushing. But that doesn't matter. Not really.

Korra's here. She's here and she's okay.

Finally.]

[goestoextremes]

[Korra could grin when Asami seems to be so happy for those kisses. Okay, good. Not too much for the first go then. Yes, she worries about the littlest things right now, this is all new to them both and she's been worried about her for a while. Or three years, that long too, but especially after -- no, not the right time to think about things back home, not even after those kisses. But if Korra can make her feel much better, then of course she will with or without realizing it herself.

She spends a long while just looking at Asami after those. If she didn't know any better, she'd almost think that girlfriend has a fever or something. Korra is blushing too, though she doesn't even notice it from all her smiling and hand holding and just trying to believe that this is all real.

Tempted to ask if she's okay, but she clearly is as okay or fine as she can be all things considered.]

But I don't think we slept for three years here. That's going to be... weird. Later.

[She's in no rush to go see other people, she can see them later. For now, she's going to spend all the time with Asami.]

[paishodown]

Later.

[Just. Not now. Asami has people she wants to catch up with, but not as much as she wants to make up for lost time with Korra.

She dips down for another kiss, this time memorizing the way her lips feel against hers. She's more aware than she had been during the first kiss. There's less of that numbing buzz, more of that need to soak it all in, hold onto it and savor it now that she has it.]